The golden age began in 1977

Chapter 26 Captain Qian

The commendation ceremony was a great success

Qian Jin not only gained honor, but also made new connections.

Zhou Yaozu always carries a pen and a red notebook with him.

He handed Qian Jinji his contact information so that it would be easier for him to do things in the future.

Back on the street, everything has changed.

As they arrived at the neighborhood committee door, they heard someone laughing:
"Hey, it's our Iron Girls Team from Taishan Road. Hurry up, everyone! Stand at attention! Quick, quack, quack!"

Four teams were crowded under the shade of the trees, their work clothes soaked with sweat so much that water could be wrung out of them.

The other four teams had just finished clearing the sewer, and their trouser legs were still stained with black mud.

Seeing Team Two beaming with joy as they held the enamel pots with big red prize words on them, the resentment in Team Four's hearts was as intense as that of an old bachelor having a wet dream.

Xu Weidong walked over and pretended to be surprised and asked, "Huh? How did you know I got an advanced person?"

"What do you know?" Captain Wang Dongteng stood up, beads of sweat rolling down his beard. "Who is that person?"

Xu Weidong's action of shaking out the certificate was like a commune projectionist pulling up the screen, deliberately waving the words "Advanced Individual" towards the sun.

Team leader Zhao Bo took one look and jumped up. "Fuck! That's impossible! How can a backward person like you be recognized as an advanced individual?"

Xu Weidong was unhappy: "How am I behind? When I went to the countryside, I not only drove a tractor but also carried manure for the villagers!"

Team Five also said:

"There are prizes for being an outstanding individual, right? An enamel teacup is the prize? Are all of you outstanding individuals?"

Zhu Tao sighed and said, "Captain Wang, Captain Zhao, please calm down first."

"Old Xu is a boastful, unhygienic, greedy, and has a loose tongue. He also nicknamed the female educated youth and even crawled into their mosquito nets during his time in the countryside..."

Xu Weidong was anxious: "What do you mean, not Lao Zhu? Which side are you on?"

Zhu Tao laughed heartily: "Alright, alright, alright, since you're about to get a stable job, let me satisfy my mouth!"

These words made the others completely unable to sit still.

Wang Dong stared at Zhang Hongbo and asked, "Director Zhang, what exactly is going on?"

Zhang Hongbo was worried and left with the banner: "It's true!"

"What's true?" Wang Dong asked with a lucky mentality.

Zhu Tao said loudly: "Brother Qian and Old Xu took the first person..."

"He is the elder brother and I am older?" Xu Weidong kicked him.

Zhu Tao continued:
"This time, there will be no physical rewards for individuals who have made progress. There will be no thermoses, quilts, televisions, plane tickets, bicycle tickets, or anything like that. Instead, Party members will be commended, workers will be promoted, and the masses will be responsible for allocations!"

Some people still harbored hope: "No way? There's no way this kind of reward can be given, right?"

Xu Weidong: "Right? Right? You're quite good at talking."

Everyone ignored him and only looked at Zhou Yaozu.

Zhou Yaozu nodded.

So everyone stood up and the sky fell!
Wang Dong pounded the locust tree and wailed, "Isn't this just bullshit? Who would run back if this is the case? I'd rather die of exhaustion than stay in the countryside!"

Qian Jin comforted him: "Alright, Zhu Tao and the others are talking too much."

"The document says they'll give priority to recruiting, not assigning jobs!"

Hearing this, everyone felt the ground collapse again:

"You two are in agreement. The documents for this kind of operation will always be expressed in an ambiguous tone."

"Some people may have special circumstances or problems that weren't discovered during the award review, but were later discovered during the unit's review. Only such people will not be recruited; otherwise, they will all be hired!"

Qian Jin understood.

No wonder there were so many envious glances in the audience after hearing that the two of them had become advanced individuals.

After this incident, chaos broke out within the labor commando team.

Some people don't feel like going to work anymore and just skip work and go home.

Some tried to get close to Qian Jin and Xu Weidong: "Help me, brothers, in the future."

Some were clamoring for a treat.

Qian Jin didn't want to make the relationship with other teams too awkward, so he agreed to treat them, but he had to be given time to prepare some food and drinks.

Before leaving get off work, Zhang Hongbo called another meeting of the labor assault team.

Two things:
Wang Dong’s captain was fired.

Qian Jin was promoted to team leader.

Wang Dong was very prestigious in the team, and the team members immediately started to complain: "Why? We quit the production team after a collective discussion..."

"Stop yelling," Wang Dong said helplessly. "Director Zhang talked to me and criticized me at the meeting. The neighborhood committee is already doing me a big favor by not returning my household registration to the educated youth camp in the countryside."

Qian Jin also started to complain: "Secretary Zhang, how did I become the captain of the second team? I'm sorry, I think I..."

"If you have any objections, tell your Captain Zhou. He voluntarily resigned and gave the position to you." Zhang Hongbo interrupted him and left with the notebook.

Zhou Yaozu smiled at Qian Jin: "You are more suitable to be the captain than me."

Qian Jin shook his head: "Captain Zhou is a man of high moral character, but I won't do such a filthy thing as usurping the throne."

"Besides, I don't like reading documents in meetings..." This time, Xu Weidong pushed Zhou Yaozu: "Reading documents is not a good thing. Last time, Wang Dong mispronounced 'Ruhuo Rutu' as 'Ruhuo Rucha', and we had to eat steamed buns made from tea dregs for half a month!"

He then said to the others: "Seriously, Captain Zhou is a good man and a good brother. I respect him."

Zhou Yaozu is always gentle.

He smiled and said, "Listen to me, the company's recruitment office and labor department should be sending people to investigate Qian Jin's file in the next few days. The captain of the commando team can at least give him extra points in the political review of the recruitment."

Xu Weidong put his arm around Qian Jin's shoulder and said with great emotion, "Captain Zhou is such a good man."

"But why don't you let me be the captain? I need the extra points too!"

Zhou Yaozu is always serious: "Because you don't have enough mass base."

Xu Weidong said to his left and right, "Captain Zhou isn't a very good person either. I sometimes disagree with him."

This time, the other team members had no objection to Qian Jin's promotion.

Because the second team had already introduced the details of Qian Jin's handling of the fat young man and his gang.

The words of the fat young man and his gang were so infuriating and hurtful that all the members of the labor commando team felt the same way and wanted to beat them up after hearing what they said.

But let’s not talk about whether they can grasp the key points and deal them a fatal blow like Qian Jin did.

Even if they could grasp the key point, they might not dare to do so.

Because he is a worker at the state-owned Haibin Rubber Factory!
Founded in 1953, this factory is the largest manufacturer of rubber conveyor belts, V-belts and hoses in the country.

There are a large number of workers in the factory and they have great power. People from ordinary units dare not provoke them.

Qian Jin dared to fight against them and beat them badly, which forced the other four teams to admit defeat.

Get off work that day.

Qian Jin invited the four children to eat cold dishes together in the evening.

He brought back some fresh vegetables such as beans and eggplants from the Red Star Liu family, and bought some salad dressing at the mall and made a cold dish.

People born in 27 prefer zero calories and zero fat, and most of the cold salads are refreshing.

Qian Jin finally found a restaurant that mainly serves greasy food. They boiled beans and kidney beans, steamed eggplants, and then mixed them with cold sauce after they were cooked. It looked terrible.

The meal was very low-key and there was no fragrance at all.

But the four snacks are snoring:
"Mmm, delicious, really delicious."

"Uncle Qianjin, how come you can cook? My mom only uses garlic in her cold dishes, and they're just spicy and not tasty at all."

"Give me some soup, I love soup..."

Qian Jin ate and laughed.

After dinner he continued to be a capitalist.

Second B washes pots and dishes, third C and fourth D clean the table.

Qian Jin called Liu Dajia to his side and said, "I'm going to trade these things on the black market. You should get up early tomorrow morning."

Two large net bags, bulging with stuff.

It was exactly what Luo's mother and father mistook for a gift.

Qian Jin had no intention of giving it to them at all. He had planned to go to the black market to exchange it for various tickets and give them to the Red Star Liu Family Production Team.

Liu Dajia took one look and shook his head: "Uncle Qianjin, taking so many things to the black market will cause trouble!"

He introduced Qian Jin.

Black market transactions are illegal and against regulations, so one must always be on guard against police raids.

"There are bullies in there. A new face like you will definitely be bullied. Some vagrants and scoundrels specifically target new faces."

"When they see new faces carrying a lot of valuables, they will pretend to be security officers or special commissioners and go in to arrest them, but real security officers and special commissioners will also go in to arrest people."

"So once security guards or special commissioners show up at the black market, no one can guarantee whether the goods they're dealing with are genuine or fake. To avoid getting caught, they have to treat them as genuine and then throw away the goods they brought in for the trade."

"Newcomers are especially timid and when they encounter such situations, they will quickly throw things, even money and tickets."

"This kind of thing is often a collaborative effort. Fake security guards are out in the open sweeping the market, while others are secretly picking up discarded items!"

Liu Siding said: "When my family was struggling to make ends meet, my mother would take me to the black market, waiting for someone to come and clean up the place."

"When people were cleaning the market and had nowhere to throw their belongings or money, they would force the money into my arms when they saw a kid like me. Then my mom would cover for me and get some stuff back."

"What if the cover fails?" Qian Jin asked.

Liu Siding said, "That's okay. They don't make things difficult for kids like me."

"Because everyone knows that people like me come from poor families and can barely make ends meet, so they bring their children here to try their luck."

After hearing this, Qian Jin felt that it was still necessary to develop the rural market.

In rural areas, as long as the production team cadres are dealt with, basically everything will be fine.

The city is full of gods and Buddhas, making it even more chaotic and dangerous.

However, if he wants to survive in the black market, he can also think of a way: find a white glove.

But, this would mean he would have to give up some of his interests.

　The previous chapter was reviewed.

　　So speechless.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)