Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 49 Assistant
After leading Cao Dong into the restaurant, Duan Yun found that there was not a single person eating in the restaurant at this time, only a woman in waiter clothes was sitting on a stool by the window and knitting a sweater.

If there were no guests at noon in the future hotel, the boss would have been anxious to become an ant on the hot pot, but right now, no one in the hotel came to greet him.

"Comrade, do you have a menu?" Duan Yun asked after glancing at the knitting waiter.

"The menu is on the wall, don't you have a bad eye?" The middle-aged waitress had a somewhat impatient tone, and then added: "Now there are only wontons left."

"Okay, wontons are fine too." Duan Yun pouted when he heard the words, and continued, "Then give me two bowls of Chaos first."

"Come here to pay and get the ticket." The waitress pointed to Duan Yun's window and said.

"Well." Duan Yun nodded and walked over.

Today, Duan Yun took some food stamps from home. After paying the money, he and Cao Dong found a table and sat down.

After a while, two bowls of wontons were served.

Seeing the fresh meat ravioli with oily flowers in the bowl, Cao Dong's eyes suddenly glowed.

"You're welcome, let's eat." Duan Yun had already eaten dinner, so these two bowls of wontons were bought for Cao Dong.

"Yeah." Cao Dong was not polite, picked up his rice bowl and started eating.

"Cough cough!" It seemed that Cao Dong choked on the first bite because he ate too quickly.

It may be difficult for people in later generations to imagine what it would be like to have a long-term lack of oil and water in one's stomach. Cao Dong couldn't even remember the last time he ate meat.

At this moment, Cao Dong's eating behavior can be described as gobbling it up. A big bowl of fresh meat wontons was already upside down in less than a minute.

"You slow down, no one is robbing you." Duan Yun reminded aside.

"Yeah." Cao Dong responded and took another bowl of wontons to eat.

Amidst the wind and clouds, Cao Dong had already eaten two bowls of wontons, but he still stared at Duan Yun.

"Wait." Seeing this, Duan Yun got up and asked for another three bowls of fresh meat Chaos.

If you invite people to dinner, you must be full, and Duan Yun sees this Cao Dong as a bit pitiful.

Long-term malnutrition, Cao Dong was almost skinny, with prominent cheekbones and a brown complexion.

As for the clothes he was wearing, it wasn't much better than Beggars. There were patches all over the place, and it was a little whitish after washing.

Soon, after Cao Dong's three bowls of chaos, he looked straight at Duan Yun again.

In desperation, Duan Yun ordered three more bowls of wontons...

Seeing that Cao Dong is small and thin, but has such a big appetite, even the waiter in the restaurant was stunned.

Fortunately, after five bowls of fresh meat wontons, Cao Dong finally burped with satisfaction.

"Brother, tell me what to do!"

Cao Dong, who was full of belly, was grateful to Duan Yun, and did not mention the advance payment.

"Get in the car, I'll take you to a place." After Duan Yun unlocked the car, he motioned for Cao Dong to sit in the back.

Afterwards, Duan Yun took Cao Dong to his rental house.

"Brother, are you... repairing electrical appliances?" Cao Dong asked in surprise when he followed Duan Yun into the rental house and saw the soldering iron and multimeter on the wooden table inside.

Cao Dong also knows that there are several professional repairers in the factory, but they are of average level, and there is no special shop, but it is undoubtedly a good money-making craft.

"Did you go to high school before?" Duan Yun turned to Cao Dong and asked.

"No, I won't go to the second year of junior high..." Cao Dong said softly.

In fact, Cao Dong's studies in his student days were still above average, but his family was so poor that even if he was free of tuition for nine-year compulsory education, in order to share the family pressure, Cao Dong came out early and relied on scrap metal to supplement his family.

At that time, there were a lot of people picking up scrap iron like Cao Dong, usually with a big slap magnet, and then they went to the factory where the steelmaking waste slag was piled up to collect scrap scraps, and they could earn about seven or eight yuan a month. .

"To tell you the truth, now my business of repairing electrical appliances is only a part-time job, and I usually have to work in the factory, so sometimes I can't do it alone." Duan Yun paused, and then said: "Of course, I also I won't treat you badly, you follow me, I'll pay you salary at the end of every month, and give you in January... 35 yuan, do you think it's acceptable?"

"Okay! I'll do it!" Cao Dong's eyes lit up when he heard the words.

You know, now working in the Red Star Gear Factory, the apprenticeship is only 28 yuan a month, and after turning into a full-time job, the first year's salary is only 35 yuan, and Duan Yun gave him 35 yuan for the novice who just started working, which is indeed a big deal. It exceeded Cao Dong's expectations.

And Cao Dong's family alone, 35 yuan is enough for him to live a relatively 'prosperous' life for a bachelor without any burden.

"This is the five yuan I paid you in advance. I don't have much money on the food stamp. You can go to the black market to exchange it yourself." Duan Yun said, took a five yuan from his pocket, handed it to Cao Dong, and then With a smile, he said, "I'll buy you a set of work clothes and shoes later, anyway, you're also messing with me. I can't afford to be embarrassed to wear it like this."

Duan Yun is not worried that this Cao Dong will take the money and then slip away. After all, he is helpless now. Unless he is so stupid that there is no cure, he will not let go of his 'golden thigh'.

"Thank you bro!"

At this moment, Cao Dong was like a dream.

Having a job, receiving advance wages, and new work clothes, for Cao Dong, this is simply "turning over to serfs and singing"!
"Wait while you watch, try your best to learn, and ask if you don't understand." Duan Yun said, opened a bag from the corner of the small room, and dumped the aluminum pipe and angle iron inside it on the ground.

Duan Yun planned to let Cao Dong help him assemble and install the antenna.

At present, Duanyun's antenna business has only just opened up in the factory area. Due to its limited working hours, there is not much time to assemble and promote it.

In fact, in addition to the gear factory, there are many industrial and mining enterprises around Daxing, especially the mining bureau. The TV penetration rate there is much higher than that of Daxing, and the income of ordinary workers is also higher than that of Daxing.

And Cao Dong can usually work in this rental house. When he has nothing to do, he can go to the surrounding factories and mines to sell antennas, which will undoubtedly provide great help to Duan Yun.

As for teaching Cao Dong to assemble the antenna, Duan Yun is not at all worried that this kid will start his own business and steal his business in the future.

Because the core technology is the part of the antenna amplifier, Duan Yun will still do it himself, and will not teach Cao Dong everything.

(End of this chapter)