60s: I have a store

Chapter 261 Street Recruitment
That day, Zhou Dafu got up early in the morning. He had stayed with Zhou Dazhong last night. He was self-aware and knew that he could not stay at Zhou Yimin's house.

"Dazhong, how did you become a glorious working class? Why don't you get up to work so late?"

Zhou Dazhong looked out the window and found that it was still dark. He said impatiently, "Zhou Dafu, are you sick? Why are you getting up so early? The factory hasn't even opened yet."

However, I couldn't sleep because I heard noises around me, so I got up, washed up, and went out to see what was going on.

After a while, Zhou Dazhong walked out of the courtyard and found a long dragon in front of him, with his head and tail visible.

"Comrade, what are you doing?" Zhou Dazhong couldn't help but ask.

A young man asked back: "Comrade, don't you know that today is the day for the street office to open the processing plant and registration starts today?"

This news, after being publicized by the street office and residents, immediately caused a stir in the street. There were so many unemployed young people in the street, and it was hard to find a job now.

Even odd jobs are difficult to find, as there are too many people and too few jobs. So many people get up early to line up, as if they are afraid that if they don't get there early, the spots will be snatched away. Now a job is worth five or six hundred yuan.

"So that's how it is. I've heard about it, but I'm an employee of the steel plant, so I didn't pay attention to it," said Zhou Dazhong.

The young people were filled with envy. The steel plant was one of the best in terms of treatment in the entire city, and the treatment was much better than that in the processing plant.

After Zhou Dazhong learned the whole story, he did not pay any more attention to it. Since it was none of his business, he just ignored it.

Chow Tai Fook also heard it from behind, and said fortunately his uncle Sixteen had helped him get into the steel factory early on. Now he realized how difficult it is to get into the factory.

I saw a young man muttering, "I arrived so far in advance, but I didn't expect to be so far behind in the queue. I don't know if there will be no vacancies left by the time it's my turn!"

"What's that? I started last night and I'm still here." Another person said.

And there are quite a few people like this. Some people are even more excessive. They started queuing after dinner last night so that others can get ahead.

At this time, someone saw Xu Jianguo and asked curiously: "Xu Jianguo, why are you queuing up?"

"Mo Hui, why can't I come to queue? Why are you so nosy?" Xu Jianguo retorted.

Mo Hui and Xu Jianguo lived in the same yard. Both of them were unemployed, but Mo Hui would do any job that was available, no matter what it was, even if it was sweeping the streets or cleaning toilets, he had even done manure collection.

He knew his family situation very well, and if he didn't do it, he would starve.

Mo Hui also knew that Xu Jianguo was a street urchin, and was afraid of being beaten and missing out on the opportunity to be hired by the processing factory, so he could only admit defeat and said, "No, I'm just curious."

Xu Jianguo was originally a street urchin. He graduated from junior high school, but did not get into high school or technical secondary school. His family had no connections, and he did not have a formal job. He had been doing odd jobs from time to time to earn some money and hang out with his buddies. Later on, he even stopped doing odd jobs.

However, his parents saw that their son was getting older and older and didn't even have a job, so how could he get married? They just happened to hear that the processing plant run by the street office was recruiting workers, so they quickly asked their son to sign up.

Who would have thought that Xu Jianguo was unwilling to sign up, saying that he was very satisfied with his current life, that he did not have to work, and that he could live a carefree life by asking his parents for some money from time to time.

When Xu Jianguo's father heard that his son was so unmotivated, he was so angry that he took out all the rolling pins in the house and asked, "Are you going to sign up or not?" "No," Xu Jianguo said firmly.

If you go to work, you will definitely be managed by others. Besides, you have not worked for six or seven years. Most of the time you just eat, drink and have fun. How can you still be willing to go to work?

Xu Jianguo's father did not tolerate it either. He picked up a rolling pin and hit Xu Jianguo with it.

Soon, Xu Jianguo was beaten so badly that he fled everywhere, and he kept asking, "Dad! Am I your biological son? If you kill me, I'll make sure no one will take care of you in your old age."

"Look at what you are like, you bastard, and you still say you will take care of me in my old age?" Xu Jianguo's father retorted without hesitation.

If I weren't so old, I would really like to have another child.

Originally, his eldest son was a hardworking and filial person, but he joined the Volunteer Army and never came back, which led to the current Xu Jianguo.

His current job was obtained by his eldest son with great effort. He had originally thought of passing it on to Xu Jianguo when he got older, but seeing his current condition, he felt like a hopeless case.

Thinking of this, he hit his son a little harder. If he didn't wake his son up today, he wouldn't know what to do in the future.

Xu Jianguo didn't expect his father to be serious this time. If he continued, he would probably lose his life. He immediately begged for mercy, "Dad, I'll go, isn't it okay for me to go?"

"If I find out that you are still in contact with your group of stupid friends, I will break your legs," Xu Jianguo's father said seriously.

Xu Jianguo also felt that his father was not trying to scare him this time. For the sake of his future life, he could only accept his fate and said, "Dad, don't worry, I will definitely not contact them."

"Okay! Remember your words. If you can do it, your mother and I will find you a wife." Xu Jianguo's father also understood the principle of one slap and one date.

My son is not young anymore. When I was his age, I would have been married a long time ago.

After hearing what his father said, Xu Jianguo immediately started to have wild thoughts. Who doesn’t want to live a life with a wife and children and a warm bed?

"Dad, is everything you said true?" Xu Jianguo asked seriously.
Xu Jianguo's father said: "Of course it's true."

He also wanted to have a grandchild. His co-workers of the same age had grandchildren who were almost old enough to eat soy sauce. He was so envious, but there was nothing he could do. Who told his son not to be ambitious? No girl would look down on him.

"Okay, I will go and queue up early tomorrow morning. I will definitely succeed." Xu Jianguo said confidently.

He now has only one idea, which is to become a worker and then have his father find him a wife so that he can live a happy life with his wife and children.

I was supposed to go out with my friends tonight, but now I have no thoughts about that at all.

After all, friends smell better than wives!

Seeing his son so confident, he didn't want to undermine Xu Jianguo's confidence, so he could only nod in agreement with him.

(End of this chapter)