Age: Passionate youth, starting from graduation assignment

Chapter 19 Wages and Food Stamps

Going back to being blind, Xu Jichang still agreed, and followed the visitor to the accounting office, where he received money, food stamps, and other supplies from her.

A total of 12 yuan, 26 catties of local food stamps, including 8 catties of fine grains, 18 catties of coarse grains, and other odds and ends such as oil tickets.

Looking at the money and vouchers, Xu Jichang was still a little confused about the origin of them.

At this moment, the female worker spoke.

"Our factory pays the salary of the month on the 1st of every month. You just joined the job, and this is all the salary and tickets from today to the end of the month. If there is not enough food, you can change the fine grains into coarse grains. The current conversion ratio is 1:2.5, and the ratio will be adjusted accordingly as the season changes."

"If you don't need to exchange, I will leave."

The female employee held a bag containing yarn balls and sweaters in one hand, and said to Xu Jichang with a full face of urging, as if she wanted to fly out of the unit and return home in a second.

Xu Jichang now understands that the unit implements the salary system, that is, the salary is paid first every month before working.In later generations, only some state-owned enterprises still retain this welfare system.

After Xu Jichang realized this, he was very happy. Wouldn't it be nice to get the money in advance?

"Then I want to replace all the coarse grains with fine grains?"

In addition to being happy, Xu Jichang said hastily.

Coarse grains are a good thing for health care in later generations, but they are a helpless choice in this era.If there are too many people in the family and there is not enough food to eat, they will choose to exchange fine grains for coarse grains to ensure that every family member's stomach is filled.

Xu Jichang didn't have to do this, he had enough to feed the whole family, and he also had a side job to earn extra money so that he didn't have to worry about food and drink, and he didn't have to eat corn bread.

When the female worker heard his request, she showed a strange expression: she had only seen people who exchanged fine grains for coarse grains to fill their stomachs, but never saw anyone prodigal who exchanged coarse grains for fine grains.

"It's okay to change to fine grains, but you have to think about it, don't change it back later."

The female worker frowned and advised.

Today's young people don't know how to live on a budget.It's just delicious fine grains, but when the ration is not enough at the end of the month, you have to go around in a hurry.

she thought to herself as she spoke.

"I have a bad stomach, so I can only eat soft ones."

Xu Jichang insisted.

The female worker had no choice but to take the abacus from the side and flick it twice. After calculating the result, she bent down and opened a cabinet, and took out a stack of food stamps from inside and handed it to Xu Jichang: "Here, seven catties and two taels. I will not be responsible after counting in person and leaving."

Xu Jichang handed her 18 catties of coarse grain food coupons, took the fine grain food coupons and ordered: "Well, enough."

The female worker locked the cabinet after depositing the coarse food coupons, and left the office as if flying.

These days, all the housework is handed over to women, so the female employees run very fast when they get off work, otherwise they will have to delay the family's dinner.

Xu Jichang put the money and material tickets in his pocket, turned around and went home for dinner.

On the way to the family courtyard, he met Shen Qingrui.

"Good evening, Jichang, you haven't eaten yet."

Shen Qingrui greeted him with a cloth bag in her hand.

"Have you eaten yet?"

Xu Jichang stopped talking.

"I didn't eat either, why don't you come to our house for dinner."

"Okay."

Xu Jichang and Shen Qingrui walked towards Shen's house while talking.

In Shen Qingrui's conversation, Xu Jichang learned that she is a single-parent family, and her mother worked hard to raise the two sisters.

Xu Jichang was thoughtful when he heard this.

It seems that Shen Danrui is very strict. I have been in the same class with her for three years, and no one in the class knows that she is a single-parent family.This kind of tight-lipped is not something that ordinary female high school students can do. In this regard, Shen Danrui has surpassed most of her peers.

Xu Jichang had a new understanding of this high school classmate, and soon the two came to the family courtyard where her home was located.

The family courtyard where the Shen family lived was somewhat special in shape. It was not a one-story house for ordinary city residents, nor was it a Khrushchev building, but a three-story small western-style building with a stone facade, which stood out from the surrounding bungalows and tube buildings.

After entering the family courtyard, Shen Qingrui brought Xu Jichang to the second floor of one of the buildings, and knocked on the door: "Sister, open the door quickly, I will bring Jichang to our house."

Immediately there was a sound of hurried footsteps in the room, and then the thick oak door was slowly opened from the inside, and inside the door stood Shen Danrui in a white floral dress.

"Come in, Jichang, I was thinking about inviting you to our house one day. But Qingrui took the lead."

Shen Danrui said enthusiastically, and invited Xu Jichang into the room.

"It's not the same for two sisters."

Xu Jichang smiled and sat down on the edge of the living room.

The Shen family has a large area. At a rough glance, it should have a layout of four bedrooms and one living room. In this era when the average living area of ​​urban residents is only three square meters, it is definitely a luxury house. The interior decoration materials are also very solid, but a bit old.

After Xu Jichang sat down, he chatted with the two sisters. Just when he said that he had just gone to the chemical fertilizer factory to report today, a beautiful woman with a beautiful face and a plump figure came out of the kitchen: "Hi, classmate Xu, welcome to our house as a guest."

"My family, Danrui, used to mention you a lot, and yesterday he praised you for your excellent grades, and joined a provincial enterprise. You are a role model for this class of the school. Seeing you today, you are really a good-looking talent."

With such a beautiful mother, it seems that the beauty of the Shen family sisters is hereditary, Xu Jichang subconsciously responded, and then got up to say hello to the beautiful woman: "Auntie, your family Danrui and Qingrui are also very good."

"This must be because you have taught me well, Auntie."

"Oh, look at this sweet little mouth."

Mother Shen was praised by Xu Jichang, a smile immediately bloomed on her face, her eyes were full of smiles when she looked at Xu Jichang, and she didn't move to other places for a moment, "Xiao Xu, wait here first, let Qingrui talk with you."

"Danrui, come and cook with me, I can't do it alone."

"Auntie, don't cook too much, it will be wasted if you can't finish it."

Xu Jichang said quickly.

He always felt that there was something wrong with the way Shen's mother looked at him, but he couldn't tell where the problem was.

"Where will it go to waste?"

In the living room, after Shen's mother said these words, she went into the kitchen with Shen Danrui who got up, and only Xu Jichang and Shen Qingrui were left in the living room for a short time.

Xu Jichang chatted with Shen Qingrui for a while, and found that this girl was innocent enough, just the opposite of her tight-lipped sister, and after chatting for a while, he learned everything about the Shen family from her.

Xu Jichang learned from her that Shen's father was originally the director of a state-owned factory in the county, but unfortunately died young, leaving her to live with her mother and sister.

After Shen's father passed away, Shen's mother tried her best to maintain the Shen family's social status by interacting with the wives and female cadres of various prominent figures in the county.

This time Shen Danrui was able to find a job, on the one hand because of her good grades, on the other hand she was inseparable from Shen's mother's activities.

"Have you already found an easy job in Heixiazitun? Like a private teacher or something."

After chatting with Shen Qingrui, Xu Jichang asked her a question out of the blue.

Shen Qingrui had a puzzled look on her face and said, "Ah? How did you know that. I'm really going to be a private teacher there."

"Nothing, I'll just ask a question."

Xu Jichang smiled slightly, and then changed the subject.

Misfortunes never come singly in the Shen family recently, it stands to reason that Shen's mother and Shen Danrui should be in a low mood.Now that the two of them are in a good mood after meeting, it can only be explained that the Shen family has successfully found an easy job for Shen Qingrui in the village, and obtained the luck of misfortune.

Speaking of which, Shen's mother's network is really good. I only finished recruiting for Shen's family yesterday morning, and she finished the matter today. Most people really don't have this ability.

Xu Ji often chatted with Shen Qingrui in the living room, while Shen's mother was whispering to Shen Danrui in the kitchen.

"Dan Rui, what do you think of Xiao Xu?"

Mother Shen cracked two eggs and asked her daughter beside her.

"Jichang is very nice, mom, why are you asking me this?"

Shen Danrui asked Shen's mother while cutting tomatoes quickly.

(End of this chapter)