bookbashuk Chapter 99 passed the exam
Chapter 99 passed the exam
Xiao Fen paused for a moment, then began to ponder it carefully.
Before she could figure it out...
Xu Sui, who had already arrived at the grain station, saw her name on the notice board.
Ranked first overall, I was successfully hired.
Seeing this, Xu Sui finally breathed a sigh of relief.
I finally have a job, and it's at the grain depot! The grain depot has good benefits, and the purchasing staff get a lot of kickbacks—it's a job everyone wants.
This time, she actually got lucky.
This position, like the one in the textile factory, was originally prepared by someone else for their own family.
However, the person didn't show up for the interview; apparently, he was on a date with his girlfriend.
Naturally, whoever has the ability will be given this position.
To avoid any unforeseen complications, Xu Sui brought her household registration book and other documents, and completed the onboarding process directly, securing the job completely.
Completing the onboarding process doesn't mean you have to start working immediately.
Instead, they can choose when to start working within a month based on their own circumstances.
Xu Sui calculated the time and finally decided to return to work at the grain station next month.
Firstly, her goal was not just to become a purchasing agent at the grain depot; she also wanted to prepare for university entrance exams. In this era, having a higher education would be a great help to her career development and other aspects of her life.
In addition, the mechanical manufacturing knowledge in her mind must have a legitimate source, otherwise it cannot withstand investigation.
In this day and age, ordinary people with some technical skills tend to keep them to themselves. Even if they get into a factory, most of the work is done by a master teaching an apprentice.
Good skills are passed down from one person to another. If you are neither a blood relative nor a master and apprentice who have sworn brotherhood, why would they pass on their livelihood skills to you?
Learning by yourself from books will only teach you the most basic things. You can make small gadgets, but if you get into something a little more complicated, that's the factory's trade secrets, and anyone can see through it.
Therefore, for her, there was no more reliable and safer path than going to university and continuing to study mechanical manufacturing.
It just so happens that next year is 1961. After passing the exam and graduating from university next year, I can avoid the ten-year upheaval that is about to begin in 1966.
After leaving the personnel department of the grain station.
Xu Sui happened to run into Hong Tao.
The other person saw her from afar and immediately came over with a smile to greet her.
"Congratulations, sister-in-law."
Hong Tao was the logistics director of the grain station, one of the interviewers, and also the one who wrote the recommendation letter for Xu Sui.
The benefit of a recommendation letter is that it lets others know that Xu Sui has some powerful backers, and that her abilities are what they are and cannot be arbitrarily changed.
Xu Sui smiled generously, "This time, thanks to Brother Hong, things wouldn't have gone so smoothly."
"No way, I didn't do anything. It's all thanks to your own abilities, sister-in-law. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to help at all."
Hong Tao had previously thought that Xu Sui was just trying her luck. He had never thought she could pass the exam so easily, so he didn't have much hope.
Unexpectedly, this person really gave him a lot of surprises.
During the interview, she not only appeared neither arrogant nor humble, but also poised and confident. Her answers were truly impressive, clear, logical, and well-supported, earning applause and cheers from the interviewers.
In short, anyone who isn't blind can tell who performed the best among those people.
Xu Sui smiled and said, "No matter what, I still want to thank Brother Hong and Sister-in-law Hong for telling me all this and for writing me a letter of recommendation."
"Yunzhou's leg has been feeling better these days. We'd like to find an opportunity to visit you and your wife sometime. We wonder when you'd be available?"
Although he and Qin Yunzhou had a good relationship and had even risked their lives together.
But no matter how good the relationship is, you have to put in the effort to maintain it in order for it to last.
Hong Tao laughed heartily, "That's great! Your sister-in-law and I will be home this weekend, so come over and visit if you're free."
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After leaving the grain station.
Xu Sui did not return to the Qin family immediately.
Following the route she remembered, she found the scrap metal recycling station in the county town, which was also where her father-in-law, Qin Youtian, worked.
Since she rarely gets to go out, Xu Sui wasn't interested in other places; this was the place she was most interested in.
Fengyang County is a small county town, not a very large place.
There is only one scrap metal collection station. It sells not only scrap metal, but also medicinal herbs, eggs, agricultural products, and even hair.
Don't let the shabby appearance of this place fool you; there are actually lucrative jobs and some hidden perks working here.
For example, you can buy some bargain items at a low price as soon as possible, and then resell them to others under the guise of a relative, making a profit from the price difference. As long as you are careful and don't go too far, since everyone does this, nothing usually goes wrong.
Qin Youtian is indeed an honest man, but if he doesn't do certain things, how can he support a large family on his monthly salary of less than twenty yuan?
He was sitting on a small stool in the duty room of the purchasing station, smoking a pipe as usual.
Hearing footsteps, he subconsciously looked up and immediately saw his second daughter-in-law.
Qin Youtian thought he was seeing things, so he quickly put down his pipe, got up and looked, and it really was true.
He couldn't help but get anxious.
"Sui Sui, what are you doing here?"
"Could something have happened at home?"
There wasn't much scrap to sell or much to buy at home. With him around, they actually had plenty of things; they got everything from recycling stations at low prices.
Xu Sui walked over, called out "Dad," shook her head, and said, "There's nothing wrong at home. Yunzhou and I were missing something in our room, and I just happened to be passing by. I thought you work here, so I came to take a look and buy something."
After saying that, she took out two White Rabbit milk candies from her pocket. "Dad, here, try these. I'll go see if there's anything else suitable."
Qin Youtian took it subconsciously, and when he looked down, he was stunned for a moment.
He had seen this thing before, but he had never eaten it in all his years.
I heard that they don't sell it in their small town; it's only available in big cities, and it's very expensive. Ordinary people can't buy it or afford it.
He carefully put it in his bag, intending to take it back and secretly give it to his wife to sweeten her mouth.
After placing the milk candies, Qin Youtian hurriedly followed. Although he was just an ordinary gatekeeper, he had worked here for many years.
It's easier to get things done when you know someone; you can even save money when buying something.
As soon as Xu Sui went in, she looked around and picked and chose and actually found some good things, such as a broken radio with several broken parts inside.
Under normal circumstances, it can't be repaired unless parts are replaced. But these are the most crucial parts of this radio, and the cost of replacing them is not much different from buying a new one.
However, she can fix it.
It just requires some specific tools; ordinary tools can't do such delicate work.