"Boy, tell your classmate to come down, and I'll chat with him."
After dinner that day, I heard the voice of my classmate’s mother on the third floor. Without waiting for the classmate to pass on the message, I tidied up a little and went down to the living room on the first floor. I saw my aunt sitting next to the computer. A cloth handbag was clutched in his hand.
"Hello, Auntie. Are you back?"
"Yeah, just had dinner out with my sisters." She gestured for me to sit down on a bench at his house.
"Are you my classmate?"
"Yes, Auntie."
"I heard that you have lived here for some days, right?"
"Yes, I will move out when I find a job. I'm sorry to bother you."
"We are usually outside, and this boy is the only one at home, so we won't be disturbed, but, don't learn from my son, he is too playful, not long-term, can't settle down, and is half-hearted about everything... ….” Auntie, like most other mothers, is eager for her child to become a success. I have said a lot, and expressed the same great maternal love to my children in a demeaning way.
"There are many shoe factories near here," she said.
"I've looked for it all, and it's hard to get in. Maybe I'm too short." I said this, and I mainly attributed the frustration of finding a job for more than a month to my lack of external conditions and my poor first impression. , was passed (shot to death) at the first glance.
She turned her head and looked at me seriously for a while, "Well, I have a brother-in-law who works as a business manager in a plywood factory. I'll ask him to ask you about it."
"Thank you, Auntie." I stood up a little and bowed my head to thank her.
"Finding a job shouldn't be a problem. It depends on whether you don't like it. Some jobs are more difficult. Oh, don't be afraid of hard work in life. Where can you get income if you don't work hard..."
"Also, let me tell you, I took my youngest son to the supermarket in Hong Kong, and I would teach him that other people's things, such as watches, jewelry, etc., even if they are placed on the countertop and no one is there, Don’t touch people, don’t be greedy for petty gains. When you come out of society, you must keep your duty. People with small hands and feet are not good.” Auntie was still talking, talking about some of the ways of being a person that my mother taught me when I was very young.
I listened carefully, occasionally nodding in agreement. After talking for a while, she stood up: "That's it, I'll talk to my brother-in-law and ask him to make arrangements." Then she went up to the second floor, put away her handbags and coats, and started tidying up the living room when she came down. A lot of laundry came out to be cleaned, I asked her if she needed help, she said no. Seeing her picking up her slippers, kicking and kicking, back and forth, after a while, the whole living room was tidied up and looked brand new.
On the second day, my aunt explained a little and left. On the third day, my classmate told me that his uncle asked me to go to a plywood factory under the Baisha New Century Hotel to meet a worker. It was a Hong Kong-owned factory, so I went. Seeing his uncle, tall and big, he took me to the office, filled out a form, and started working in the afternoon.
I didn't ask about the salary or the specific type of work. Instead, they would explain it to me. Listen, I nodded and thought, I have a job, so I need to settle down first. Besides, I was introduced by an acquaintance, and I believe that his uncle will help me think about it. In this way, it went very smoothly. Where to work, what kind of work, what position, there are special people to guide.
I was assigned to the cutting group in the workshop, and I worked exclusively for the cutting master. There were two cutting machines in total, two people on each machine, plus the monitor, a total of five people in one class.
The so-called cutting means that a selected or water-soaked tree trunk is first sliced into pieces as thin as cloth, and tied up, one bundle at a length of about 1.8 meters. At that time, there seemed to be four Five flaking machines. Two people are in charge of each machine, one male and one female.
After they finished slicing, we dragged a car with four pulleys at the bottom and a pair of angle iron frames the size of an iron frame bed on the pulleys, from the first workshop to the second workshop to pull those shavings, pulling two bundles and three bundles at a time. Bundles, up to four bundles, are heavy, and some trees are oily, making them dirty. I was too small, and often used up all my breastfeeding strength, the master would run over and push me from behind. Later, the squad leader often helped me push the cart and took extra care of me.
Pull it to the side of the cutting machine and put it, untie it, stack it one by one, just like two people throwing bed sheets, straighten it, put it on the cutting machine, mark it with a pencil, press the switch, a big When the guillotine comes down, cut off the corners, cut off the scarred and necrotic ones, leaving clear lines and good quality. The female workers on the pulling line worked in pairs, carried the cut sheets away, and pasted them on the plywood one by one. After pasting, the whole plywood was smooth and beautiful.
The factory is quite big. I heard that there were more than 1000 people at the time. When I went there, there were hundreds of people. They went to and from work every day, day shift and night shift. I gradually got used to it. I was so tired that I fell asleep when it was time to sleep I just fell asleep, and the quality of my sleep improved a lot. I won't suffer from insomnia like staying at a classmate's house.
I live in a dormitory, eat in a big dining hall, and interact with all kinds of people. I seldom talk, work when I need to work, and rest when I need to rest. Occasionally, I will see the uncle of a classmate come to inspect the workshop. What do you think?" with serious concern.
My ability to adapt has always been very strong. Gradually, my master treated me very well, especially the squad leader took extra care of me. They would say: "From the beginning, seeing you as a short and gentle person, I affirm you. It can’t be done for a few days, who knows that you have survived. You looked very surprised, and then patted my body.”
I did it for less than three full months. The first month was more than 200 yuan, the second month was more than 300 yuan, and the third month was close to 30 yuan. The salary was very low, but at that time my mind was not on the salary, I only knew that I had to work hard , make good money and save money. I have a habit of taking a notebook and recording my daily expenses. I remember that my monthly expenses, including breakfast, were only about [-] yuan.
In the third month, one day, my classmate’s uncle told me not to do it here, it’s too tiring and has no future. He said that his wife’s sister opened a small gas station in Hetian, which was short of manpower. Seeing that I was honest, Ask me if I would like to help her look at the store, let me think about it.
Later, my classmates also mentioned to me that I also feel that working in a factory will be like a screw fixed at one point after a long time, and the space is too small, which is very boring.
One day during a break, I went to my classmate’s house, and his aunt, the proprietress who opened the gas station, also came. She was in the living room on the first floor. She was very similar to her elder sister and my classmate’s mother, with a different face shape and short hair. , dyed pig liver red, wearing earrings, wearing a red top with white flash points, black pants, sandals, casual clothes, but the whole person is very expensive.
"They told you I needed someone to watch the store, didn't they?" she asked me.
"I told you." Auntie, I call older women Auntie and older men Uncle.
"I heard from my brother-in-law that you are quite able to endure hardships and are very honest. Would you like to come over and help me look after the shop in Hetian."
"Yes." I have already thought of the answer.
"Go to my place, food and lodging are included, and you live at a gas station. You eat the same food as us. I cook it at home and deliver it to you. My salary is not high. At first, 500 yuan for the first month , to see that you are doing well, the most important thing is to be honest, we will give you a salary increase."
"I'll quit my job here first," I said.
"That's no problem. You have to agree. My brother-in-law can go to the factory and talk about it, and you can come to work in Hetian. When the salary is due, you can go and collect it."
"Then I'll go there tomorrow, okay?" Seeing her a little anxious, I was also a little anxious.
"No problem, I'll tell you where it is." She told me the detailed address.
I learned from my classmate that his mother has six sisters, the one at Baisha Plywood Factory is the fifth, and the one at Hetian is the third. The classmate's mother is the oldest, with two younger brothers and three younger sisters. A big family often get together to go to the tea house. Friendly and lively.
The next day, I left the plywood factory. It was the squad leader who took the time to send me to Hetian. The classmate also went with me, took my simple luggage, and the proprietress received me.
At the beginning, I was very careful, because one was about dangerous goods, the other was about cash, and the third was that she was a relative of my classmate. So I told myself to be very careful, careful, and serious in everything I do, and to be worthy of other people's trust. Gradually, I became more comfortable, and I could see and feel that both the boss and the boss wife were very kind to me, and later on, I was completely alone...
"Find a better job." Thinking of this sentence again, I laughed a little self-deprecatingly. Holding the water glass, I thought: To work is like being a human being. I told myself to be like a seed, a seed with strong vitality, a seed that can thrive as long as there is soil and water, and don’t let others down on you. If you are good, don't bear too much resentment for others' bad treatment of you. I have always believed in: There is always reward for giving, and only persistence can win.