Courtyard House: Starting in a Ceramics Factory

After talking with Zhou Jianjun and Wang Liu, Li Feng rode his bike home.

It's already mid-November.

The weather gradually turned colder.

The temperature at this point was no longer as comfortable as it had been in early October.

However, Li Feng was used to it.

When Li Feng first arrived here, it was around this time of year. He never expected that a year would pass so quickly.

When he first came here, he had trouble even getting food. Now that he has solved the problem of food and clothing, Li Feng felt a bit emotional.

On his way home, Li Feng saw that the roadside was full of withered yellow leaves, just like when he was looking for a job.

When Li Feng returned home, he found Sha Zhu chatting with Qin Huairu.

When Li Feng saw this situation, he wasn't surprised. Sha Zhu was about to get married to Wen Hui.

Even if Qin Huairu wanted to cause trouble again, she probably wouldn't have the chance.

Moreover, Li Feng also discovered that Wen Hui was a rather feisty girl from Sichuan and Chongqing. Li Feng felt that even if Wen Hui couldn't win an argument with Qin Huairu, she would almost certainly not suffer a loss if they got into a fight.

After all, Wenhui had fought with Jia Zhangshi.

This shows that Wen Hui is quite fierce.

Just as Li Feng was thinking about this, Sha Zhu saw him and immediately greeted him.

"Li Feng, you're getting off work so late again today."

"Working overtime again?"

At this moment, Li Feng pushed the car next to the two of them, and then nodded to Sha Zhu in response.

"yes!".

"There have been a lot going on lately."

"I'm so busy."

"tired".

When Li Feng got to this point, he shook his head and sighed.

When Qin Huairu heard Li Feng say he was tired, she asked him something out of curiosity.

"Li Feng, aren't you a cadre?"

"Does being a cadre get tiring?"

“I see that many of the cadres in our steel rolling mill are very idle and have almost nothing to do.”

"Most of them are drinking tea and reading newspapers in the office."

"Being a cadre shouldn't be that tiring, right?"

After Qin Huairu finished speaking, she showed an envious expression on her face. After all, Qin Huairu believed that most cadres hardly had to do any work and were very prestigious.

The salary is also high.

So when Qin Huairu heard that Li Feng was very tired, she felt a little puzzled.

Qin Huairu felt that if she could, she would love to be a cadre, but for now she could only be a fitter apprentice.

So far, she can barely understand the blueprints, let alone the parts.

Even with the simplest things, Qin Huairu can make quite a few mistakes.

The master who used to teach Qin Huairu now hardly teaches her any skills anymore.

He felt it was a waste of time; if he had that time, he could have made several himself.

Moreover, Qin Huairu's master felt that Qin Huairu was not serious about learning fitter work.

To this day, Qin Huairu has not even mastered the basic knowledge of a fitter apprentice. Generally speaking, it takes about three months to learn the basic skills of a fitter apprentice.

Qin Huairu has been studying for about half a year now.

She still doesn't know these things, let alone the next level of worker assessment.

If Qin Huairu fails the assessment for Level 1 worker, she will be stuck receiving apprentice wages indefinitely.

Regarding workers' wages, their skill level is a very important indicator.

Moreover, the factory wouldn't falsify information in this regard.

Otherwise, it would cause public outrage among the workers, so working in a factory means earning a living through your skills.

Otherwise, Yi Zhonghai wouldn't be earning a salary of ninety-nine yuan.

Qin Huairu could only get twenty-seven yuan and fifty cents. That's a matter of skill.

If you're not skilled enough but still get a high salary, people will definitely be dissatisfied.

Moreover, Qin Huairu didn't have any connections in the factory, so it was even less likely that she would get a high salary.

Qin Huairu was neither as diligent nor as hardworking as Liang Ladi.

Therefore, it's normal that Qin Huairu's skills don't improve.

Upon hearing Qin Huairu's words, Li Feng didn't find anything wrong with what she said.

While some of the factory's administrative staff are indeed quite relaxed, there are also those who are overworked.

It mainly depends on the person.

But this is mainly related to the practice of eating from the same pot.

Moreover, the steel rolling mill is a large factory, much larger than the ceramics factory, and it has a large number of cadres.

In government offices, the amount of paperwork is limited, and once it's distributed among so many cadres, there's not much left to do.

This is also normal.

As for the production department, things are not so relaxed.

Because the production department has output targets, if the output targets are not met, the production department managers and workers will be held responsible.

Li Feng felt that Qin Huairu was referring to government officials, given how relaxed she described them.

So Li Feng answered Qin Huairu at this moment.

"You were referring to the cadres in your organization, weren't you?"

"It's normal for government officials to have an easier job because they usually do paperwork."

Upon hearing Li Feng's words, Qin Huairu immediately shook her head at him.

"Do not".

"What I just mentioned are our team leaders. They don't do anything; they just watch us do our work."

"They're all human, so why is there such a big difference?"

When Qin Huairu got to this point, a look of dissatisfaction appeared on her face.

Li Feng was stunned when he heard Qin Huairu's words.

Because he felt that it was normal for the team leader to keep an eye on production output, right?
Back in the ceramics factory, it was always the team leaders who kept track of production output.

Before Li Feng became the team leader, Deng Shifu was in charge of production in the new color group.

Therefore, he couldn't quite understand what Qin Huairu was saying.

Then Li Feng asked Sha Zhu.

"Shazhu, do you think it's normal for a team leader to keep an eye on production output?"

At this moment, Sha Zhu touched the back of his head and hesitated.

"That should be normal, right?"

Because Sha Zhu had always worked as a cook and had never worked on a production line, he didn't really understand this.

So Li Feng changed his story again.

"If you were the head chef, and you've assigned tasks for the day, what would your next step be?"

At this moment, Sha Zhu immediately answered Li Feng.

"That's easy, they just have to finish the job."

Li Feng nodded.

"Yes! The team leader is just like the head chef."

"Monitoring production output is a very normal thing."

At this moment, Sha Zhu seemed to have come to his senses, so he nodded to Qin Huairu.

"Qin Huairu, what Li Feng just said is correct."

"That's what team leaders do, so it's normal for them to keep an eye on production output."

Even if you get angry, it won't change anything.

"I think you should talk to the old man about this. That way, they won't keep watching you so much."

"This old man still has some influence in the fitter's workshop." (End of Chapter)