Rebirth: My 80s

Chapter 382 Big Buddha behind the back
Xie Youming is one of the first employees of the Heping Tool Factory, and he is also one of the employees who has the deepest affection for the factory.

Already in his forties, he thought he would work in the factory until the end of his life, but in the past two days, he felt a little shaken in his heart.

It is located in a large courtyard in Chengping Old Lane, Wudaokou.

It's evening.

Behind a door in the east wing, in a narrow hall, Jie Youming and his wife were sitting at the dining table, eating in silence with a plate of stir-fried shredded radish and a plate of pickles.

There is a major event weighing on the minds of the couple.

They have a daughter who went to the northwest a few years ago to join the queue. In the past two years, the educated youths have been returning one after another, but the daughter has never returned. The reason was explained later in a letter home.

My daughter is already married in the northwest countryside!
This is undoubtedly bad news for the couple.

Whose daughter is not a baby bump?

No matter how poor their family is, they still live in the capital. What is the environment like in the northwest?
Jie Youming was furious at that time and sent three letters home to force his daughter to come back. He even said things like "If she never returns, we will sever the relationship between father and daughter."

However, another piece of bad news came, leaving Jie Youming completely confused.

The baby my daughter gave birth to is over a year old!
Now that the matter has come to this, with the comfort of his wife, Xie Youming slowly accepted this reality and made up his mind that he had never given birth to this daughter.

Just a while ago, my daughter, who had not written for a long time, once again sent a letter home.

This time it's not about asking for forgiveness, but about borrowing money.

Her man, in order to save more money to provide a better life for her, a city girl and her child, went out to work in the dusty weather and fell into a deep pit. Not only did he break his leg, but his family also lost their source of livelihood.

The daughter begged them to borrow some money to buy medicine. On the letter with dried tears, she used an unspeakable tone and hoped that they could help buy some lambs.

From now on, it will be the family's livelihood.

Jie Youming was scared just thinking about it. He didn't know what kind of bad life his daughter was facing. Some words were just words after all.

He could scrape together dozens of dollars, but was this money really useful?

Besides, with such a big thing happening, he even wanted to go to the Northwest in person. A ticket cost dozens of dollars!
Money, money!
It costs money inside and out.

Sorrow!
He was so worried that he really had no appetite, so he put down the half-finished bowl of rice and stood up.

"I'm going out for a walk."

"Why are you shopping?" the wife sighed. "Can you make money by shopping? No... why don't you go find your master? He should have saved some money."

"How shameless do I have to be? I didn't even give him anything to show my filial piety during the Chinese New Year, so I just asked him to borrow money?"

"Then what do you think we should do? Just watch my daughter die?!"

His wife's idea was to let him go there and bring his daughter and his family of three to the capital.Beijing's household registration policy is that children follow their mother, so there is no problem for children to settle down.The man... is a disabled person, so he probably won't be too embarrassed.

This way there will be support in the future.

But this will cost more.

Xie Youming had a master who was the first chief engineer of the Heping Knife Factory. It can even be said that the idea of ​​setting up a knife factory in the street came entirely from his master.

The old man comes from a family of swordsmiths, and his ancestors have been making a living by forging swords for several generations.

In the past two years, I felt older and dissatisfied with certain things. I retired and went home to enjoy my old age.

Jie Youming didn't want to argue with her, so he rushed out of the door.

Many people in the old alley are employees of their factory, and there is also a production team leader.Jie Youming wandered around and walked to the captain's house. He put on a white washed blue cotton-padded jacket, stuck it at the door, and glanced inside.

Good guy!
There was a circle of people sitting in the courtyard.

"Hey, they're all here." Jie Youming walked across the threshold.

"Hey! Master Xie is here." Rao was the production team leader, and he didn't dare to stand up to him, so he asked the young man to give up a piece of matza.

This person has an upright temperament, otherwise he would have been promoted to management long ago.

A group of workers gathered here because of nothing else but the new notice issued by Longdao Factory.

Getting a year's salary at once is very tempting.

But everyone is worried that if the Dragon Knife Factory collapses, wouldn’t they be unemployed in a year?

"Master Xie, what do you think?"

"If you really think about it, I am Master Xie's disciple. I will choose whatever Master Xie chooses!"

"I'll follow Master Xie too!"

The workers thought they had found the leader, but they didn't know that Xie Youming had no idea.

If he followed his wife's idea and moved his daughter's family of three to live in the capital, the family expenses would suddenly increase. He couldn't just focus on the present. If he lost his job, there would be no place to cry.

"You guys... talk about it first, and I'll listen."

The production team leader said, "In my opinion, it is better to stay in the old factory to ensure stability. No matter how bad the recession is, the wages of our workers will not be reduced."

Someone said unhappily: "Why is the recession coming? Captain Zhou, you know better than us. I'm afraid all the profits will go into the pockets of Lao Sun and his gang. If the new factory is stable, I really don't want to serve them!" Another person continued, "Now The problem is, the new factory may not be stable.”

Someone suggested: "Can we send someone to meet with the person in charge of the new factory to get a feel for it? Let's see if they have the ability to solve the sales problem."

"Hey! Makes sense!"

This was unanimously approved by everyone.

Instead of wondering here, it is better to meet in person and find out the reality.

Who is going?
Everyone's eyes lingered on the production captain and Xie Youming, and finally settled on the latter.

Jie Youming was slightly startled and said, "No... I'm going?"

Come here for a walk, why do you still have to work?
"Master Xie, you are the master master. To put it bluntly, we people can take it or leave it. You are different. I want you to go. It is most appropriate and meaningful for you to go!"

This reason... Jie Youming couldn't refute.
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Noon the next day.

It's dinner time.

Empress Temple Li Zhai.

In the small dining room next to the courtyard kitchen, Li Jiankun and the Liang family had a simple lunch of three dishes and one soup.

Uncle Liang finished his meal quickly, pushed up the [-]-inch bar provided by his employer, and prepared to go on duty at Wang's house in Liuchi Lane.

When I walked out of the courtyard, by chance, guests arrived.

He knew Lin Jingmin, he was followed by an old man with a tight face.

After Lao Lin found Li Jiankun, he bent down and whispered in his ear for a while.

"Oh?"

Li Jiankun looked at Xie Youming and quickly stood up to greet him.

The master chef of Heping Knife Factory would not dare to neglect.

No matter how good he is at business operations, if his products are not good, it will all be in vain.

"Master Xie, come, come, please come inside."

Xie Youming was invited into the main room in the west wing next to him, where Xiao Longma brought tea.Li Jiankun took out Huazi and presented it to him.

This made Jie Youming a little flattered.

He originally thought that Lin Jingmin was already his boss, but he didn't expect that there was a bigger boss behind him.

Li Jiankun smiled and chatted, "It is our honor that Master Xie is willing to come to Longdao Factory. We are [-]% welcome!"

Jie Youming's buttocks were only touching one-third of the chair surface, and he organized his words and said: "Um... I came here today not only for myself, but there are dozens of brothers who want to follow me, so I want to know first, what sales are there in Longdao Factory? Is there a channel? I heard that now... the management is strict."

Hoohoo!

To get a master master is to complete half the task.

Li Jiankun knocked his hand on the seat support of the Grand Master's chair and said: "I understand your worries. They are just afraid that the Dragon Knife Factory will not survive. But have you ever considered the question, how long can the Heping Knife Factory survive? You can ask, The sub-district office is already overwhelmed.”

Jie Youming is silent, this is true.

In order to support them, the street office borrowed a lot of foreign debt.

Li Jiankun continued: "There must be sales channels, but if things can't be sold, are we still recruiting people to play with? Please understand the details. I can't disclose them in advance. You should also know that there are people who won't deal with us."

Jie Youming didn't think deeply about it before, but now he can think about it carefully, can't he?
If you are not sure, if you still recruit people and pay one year's salary first, how much money will you lose?

Neither the Lin boss nor this young big boss look like fools.

Li Jiankun changed the topic and said: "Old Lin just told me that your knife-making skills are the best in the whole factory. You said you are second, but no one dares to say you are first. I wonder if you are interested in coming to the Long Knife Factory to be the chief engineer?"

Putting aside whether Jie Youming thought about it or not, he did not dare to admit this. Although his master was not in the factory now, he had also left the factory and waved his hands repeatedly:
"I don't dare to take it seriously. My little skills are not as good as my master's, so I don't dare to be ranked first."

"Your master?"

"Yes." Xie Youming gave a thumbs up and said, "He is a descendant of a century-old knife family. His ancestor was the royal knife maker, specializing in making toys for the palace."

What the hell!

what are you talking about?

Li Jiankun's eyes widened. He was a craftsman after all. The knives produced by Heping Knife Factory looked a bit real inside. Sure enough, there was a giant Buddha behind it.

"I dare to ask, your master, he still..."

"Alive!"

Damn it, if I don’t invite people to the factory, the people will scold me for wasting resources!

Especially the grievances of later generations.

(End of this chapter)