60s: I have a store

Chapter 216 Arrangement of accommodation
Zhou Yimin brought Zhou Xiaoying and others to the street office.

"If you encounter any unsolvable problems in the future and can't find me, you can come to the staff of the street office," said Zhou Yimin.

Zhou Dafa and others said they knew, and then Zhou Xiaoying said, "Don't worry, Uncle Sixteen, we won't cause you any trouble."

After all, they have gone through so much difficulty to become glorious workers, and they don't want to be driven back to the village in disgrace.

Especially she, she knew very well what the consequences would be if she returned to the village.

Zhou Yimin was still confident about them, so he said, "Wait here for a while. I'll go in and look for Director Li from the Street Office."

Arranging accommodation for ten people at one time is not a trivial matter. As more and more people flock into the city, the accommodation problem becomes increasingly difficult to solve.

After being attacked, many courtyards became dilapidated and uninhabitable. The street office did not have enough money to rebuild them, so they were left as they are.

Zhou Yimin walked to Director Li's office familiarly and knocked on the door.

"Come in." A voice came from inside.

When Director Li saw Zhou Yimin, he couldn't help but tease him, "Yimin, you are such a busy man, how come you have time to come to the street office to see me?"

Everyone knows that Zhou Yimin invented many things, and he is famous in the neighborhood for his ability to purchase meat.

Even she, the director of the street office, sometimes had to ask Zhou Yimin if she could provide some meat purchases.

"I've been too busy lately, otherwise I would have come over to chat with Aunt Li a long time ago." Zhou Yimin laughed, not feeling embarrassed at all.

Putting aside her relationship with Zhou Yimin, she didn't have much milk powder left at home. If she couldn't buy milk powder, her grandson would go hungry, so as long as it didn't violate discipline and she could do it, she would try her best to help. Milk powder was not so easy to get.

Zhou Yimin got straight to the point: "This is what happened. Brother Zhao gave me ten quotas for the instant noodle factory. I brought some people here today to start work, but the factory can't arrange accommodation for them. I wanted to ask if there are any vacant houses in our street."

When Director Li heard that he had to solve the accommodation problem for ten people, he felt a little embarrassed, but he still said, "Yimin, wait a moment, I'll go check it out."

Then he walked out of the office and went to the department that specifically deals with accommodation issues.

"Xiao Yang, check the empty rooms on our street." Director Li ordered.

Xiao Yang quickly replied: "Director Li, please wait a moment. I will check it now."

After saying that, he started looking up information and soon found out.

"There are empty houses, but not many. There is only one large courtyard with three empty rooms, and a courtyard farther away with two empty rooms." Xiao Yang reported.

After hearing this, Director Li realized that there were only five empty rooms at the moment, so two people could only live in one room for now, and they could wait until a vacant room came along later.

"Xiao Yang, come with me to the office."

Zhou Yimin sat in the office waiting, and soon he saw Director Li coming with a young man, a new face. He looked about the same age as himself, probably a new employee.

Director Li said, "Yimin, there are three empty rooms in a large compound not far from here, and there are two empty rooms in another compound a little further away. What do you think?"

If we delay too long, these rooms will be claimed by others, and then there may not even be five vacant rooms. With such great housing pressure now, having five rooms is already very good.

Zhou Yimin thought about it and thought that the compound was rather messy and not suitable for women to live in, especially since Zhou Xiaoying and her friends had just come from the countryside. If they were cheated by mistake, it would be troublesome. Then he said, "Can you take us to see the compound?"

However, you still have to go and see the specific situation to know. If the people there are simple and honest, it's not impossible.

"Xiao Yang, take Yimin and the others to the slum to take a look." Director Li ordered.

I still have a lot of things to deal with and don't have time to take Zhou Yimin and the others with me, so I can only ask someone else.

Xiao Yang responded: "Okay, Director."

After saying that, he walked out of the office and took Zhou Yimin and others to the slum, which was not far from the street office, only about ten minutes' walk away.

After arriving at this slum, Zhou Yimin was also shocked by the environment. He did not expect the environment here to be so bad.

There are obviously no tall buildings blocking the sunlight here, but it seems that the sunlight cannot get in. The corridors are dark, narrow, and cluttered with debris. The corridors are blocked with iron sheets to prevent rain leaks, so the sunlight cannot get in at all. Moreover, there is an indescribable smell.

Officer Yang explained: "We have already notified the environment here to be rectified. The environment is much better than before. Don't worry, it will definitely get better in the future."

Fortunately, the empty room was not at the innermost part of the compound, but on the periphery, otherwise the environment at the innermost part would definitely be worse.

When Zhou Xiaoying and her friends saw this kind of environment, their illusions about the city were suddenly shattered. They felt that it was not as good as living at home.

After arriving at the room, Secretary Yang used the key he brought to open the door. A foul smell that had not been lived in for a long time hit him in the face. He then opened all the doors and windows to let the smell out. Soon, the doors and windows of the three rooms were all opened.

Zhou Yimin asked: "Can you accept this environment?"

If it were me, I would definitely not be able to accept it. Even if there was a separate bathroom, I would not be able to bear it, not to mention that the public toilets outside are absolutely disgusting.

The smell of the dry toilet is really unbearable.

Toilets nowadays are not like those in the future, where there are special people to clean them. In addition, some people dislike the dirtiness and do not poop directly at the toilet entrance, but instead poop everywhere.

Zhou Dafa was a little disgusted with this environment, but there was no better place, so he had to choose this place, so he said, "It's acceptable."

When the rest of the people saw someone take the initiative, they felt embarrassed to continue to trouble Zhou Yimin to arrange accommodation. It was already good enough to be able to arrange work for them. Anyway, the requirements for the environment were not high. As long as there was a place to sleep, they all nodded to indicate that there was no problem and they could accept it.

But how to divide the three rooms? There are ten people.

Zhou Xiaoying asked: "Uncle Sixteen, how do we allocate the three rooms?"

You have to know that there are four girls and six boys, and it is indeed a bit difficult to allocate three rooms. It is impossible to let boys and girls live together.

Zhou Yimin said, "How about this, these three rooms can be given to Zhou Dafa and the other six people, and Zhou Xiaoying, you can go to the other two empty rooms. Although they are a little farther away, the environment should be better, right?"

If it really doesn't work, I can just live in my own yard. Anyway, I have a place to live now and I can't use the yard for the time being?
Zhou Dafa and his colleagues had no objection to Zhou Yimin's arrangement. Although the environment was better, it was still quite far away. They were already so tired from going to work every day, and it would be a bit difficult to bear if they had to walk so far.

"Just follow your arrangements, Uncle Sixteen!" Zhou Dafa replied.

"Uncle Sixteen, can I live with my brother?" Xiaoxue couldn't help but speak.

Zhou Yimin shook his head: "Your brother's place is a bit narrow, let's check out other courtyards first!"

After saying that, he winked at Xiaoxue.

She is still young! Since there is a house arrangement, she will definitely wait for it to be arranged so that she can have an extra house. The girl from the countryside is still too naive and has never thought about these things.

Then Zhou Yimin turned to the street office clerk and said, "Secretary Yang, thank you for your help."

After saying that, he stuffed a pack of cigarettes into my hand. Although he didn't smoke, he always carried cigarettes with him.

Secretary Yang was delighted and said quickly, "It's all my job."

As for the girl who just said that she could live with her elder brother, it was obvious that there was no need to arrange accommodation, but when he heard Zhou Yimin say that, he pretended not to have seen or heard it.

Although he was a newly hired clerk, he had heard of Zhou Yimin's name. He had never had the chance to get closer to him before. Now that he had a rare opportunity, he certainly couldn't miss it.

You have to know that you are getting married soon, but you can't buy meat for the wedding banquet at all, even if you have a ticket. As long as you build good relationships, it will be easier to ask others for help in the future.

Soon, he brought Zhou Xiaoying and others to another yard.

The environment of this courtyard was obviously much better than the previous one. Just as I was about to walk into the courtyard, I was stopped by someone and asked, "Aren't you from this courtyard? What are you doing here?"

Since Clerk Yang was walking at the back, the people who were trying to stop him didn't see him.

When the person who was blocking the way saw Clerk Yang, he quickly asked, "Clerk Yang, how come you have time to come to our yard today?"

Officer Yang said, "Uncle Chen, they were assigned to the empty rooms in your yard."

"Uncle Chen is the manager of this courtyard. You can ask him for help if you have any problems in the future." Secretary Yang said to Zhou Xiaoying and the others.

Uncle Chen knew that the people in front of him were new residents of the yard, so he did not continue to stop them. Instead, he took them in. The empty room was in the front yard, close to the door, and had good lighting.

Secretary Yang opened the door and found that the things inside were quite complete, even there was a table, and it was a little bigger than the one just now.

When Zhou Xiaoying and the other three saw this environment, they immediately felt relieved. Although they had no choice, they still hoped that the environment could be better, even if it was farther away.

Zhou Yimin asked: "How is the environment?"

He was quite satisfied with this environment, which was almost the same as where he lived, except that there was no separate bathroom.

Zhou Xiaoying said: "Very satisfied."

When Officer Yang saw that they were satisfied, he said, "Since you are satisfied, that's great. The Subdistrict Office has other things to do, so I will go back first."

After saying that, he left the key and left.

The uncles here are not like some other courtyard houses, where everything has to be resolved in the courtyard and cannot be reported to the street office or the police. Therefore, he did not need to specifically tell Uncle Chen to take good care of the new residents.

The street office has a lot of things to do recently, so he has to go back quickly.

Zhou Yimin did not try to persuade them to stay, because he also knew how busy the subdistrict office was. He then asked, "Take a look, is there anything you want to buy?"

Zhou Xiaoying said: "We have brought everything with us, there is nothing to buy."

People nowadays are very frugal. Since supplies are not abundant, many things are repaired when they are broken. They only think about replacing them when they really cannot be repaired.

Besides, the factory has already distributed what we need.

"Since you don't need to buy anything, just pack up. Then I'll lend you ten dollars each to get you through this month. When you go to work tomorrow, give it to Zhou Dafa and the others, and you'll start getting paid next month," said Zhou Yimin.

Zhou Yimin also said: "I have other things to do, so I won't compensate you."

In addition, Zhou Yimin also chatted with Uncle Chen in the yard and gave him cigarettes.

Uncle Chen understood what he meant and assured him that since these girls came to their yard, they were their people and would never be bullied.

In fact, he also realized that this person seemed to have a close relationship with the Street Office.

Zhou Yimin stayed in the courtyard for the whole morning and returned to Zhoujiazhuang in the afternoon.

Zhoujiazhuang is still more comfortable.

"Yimin, some of the eggs you hatched have already broken their shells," the old branch secretary said hurriedly.

The old Party secretary knew how precious the eggs were, so he would go to the chicken hatchery several times every day to check on them. If this was successful, there would be a steady supply of eggs and chicken in the future.

Now an egg costs one cent, and if it is a bigger one, it costs two cents. Calculated by weight, one pound costs a few cents. You can imagine how precious eggs are. A chicken costs one or two dollars. It is no exaggeration to say that this small chicken hatchery in front of us is a priceless treasure.

Zhou Yimin thought about it and felt that it was about time. He couldn’t go home, so he went to see how the hatching was going.

The two hurried to the chick hatchery.

After entering, although it was very quiet, I could still hear the chirping of chicks. Hearing this, I knew that the chicks were about to hatch.

About 24 hours before hatching, the chick begins chirping softly in the eggshell. Although the sound is very slight, you can still hear it by putting your ear close to the eggshell.

This call is called the "birth chirp" and its function is to get the mother's attention and let her know that it is about to be born.

The mother hen can tell whether the chicks in the eggshell are cold or hot based on the changes in the chirping sound, and decide whether to continue warming them based on their condition.

However, the actual process of the chicks breaking out of the shell is not accompanied by chirping. Instead, they begin to communicate with the hen through chirping before breaking out of the shell.

Although the sound of an egg is indeed very small and cannot be heard at all if you don't look carefully, there are 500 eggs here, so you can still hear it clearly even if you don't look very carefully.

The old Party Secretary said, "I don't know, what is the chance of success this time?"

After all, this time the hatching is done artificially, not by a hen, so the success rate is still unknown.

"Don't worry, old branch secretary, the success rate is at least 80% to 90%," said Zhou Yimin.

If the technology wasn't so advanced now, it would be 100% certain.

After hearing Zhou Yimin's assurance, the old branch secretary still couldn't let go of the heavy stone hanging in his heart even though he hadn't seen it with his own eyes.

At this moment, chicks began to hatch from the eggs. There were quite a few of them. It seemed that there were at least twenty or thirty of them.

(End of this chapter)