Chapter 47: Growing Up
A large family sits together, laughing at each other, complaining, slandering, accusing, and even fighting, sometimes talking and laughing, sometimes affectionate, sometimes red-faced, sometimes in the same room, these are inevitable in the parents.
It's just that this state is warm and freehand, there is no intrigue, and there is no black calculation.
After many years, everyone recalls the days when they were together, and what they remember is always lively and warm.
The grandfather himself felt a little embarrassed, and some couldn't get off the stage, so he used the excuse of watering the vegetable patch in the yard, and went out of the house with his shoes on the kang.
And when Grandpa left, the repressive factor in the air in the house suddenly dissipated a lot.
Everyone knows what kind of character the old man is, so even if he was taught a lesson by the old man, everyone didn't have too many complaints in their hearts.
The old man is sincerely looking forward to the children and grandchildren to have a greater future, and everyone knows the old man's thoughts, so sometimes although he can't stand up to him a few words, to be honest, he really hasn't resented him, and as he grows older, the feeling of gratitude becomes more and more heavy.
Now that the old man is out, everyone finally shifts the topic back to the work of the second aunt.
With the old man's education, the uncle refused to help the second aunt speak.
Although the second uncle and the second aunt complained again, but the matter has come to this point, we can only consider whether the second aunt can accept the buyout and be laid off, or handle the internal retirement and receive the basic salary, and wait to see if they can continue to work in two years.
Tang He knows very well that the wave of layoffs in 97 is just a prelude.
In order to lighten the financial burden, the state will soon vigorously promote the reform of state-owned enterprises, and those state-owned factories and enterprises that are superfluous, inefficient, and overcapacity will either be consolidated, auctioned, or contracted, and the wave of layoffs will involve the whole of China, affecting as many as 50 or 60 million families.
Two years later, the factory deteriorated, not only failed to let the internal laid-off workers take up the post two years ago, but also eliminated a group of workers, and it was not long before it went out of business.
Therefore, Tang He disagreed with the second uncle's idea of tending to let the second aunt be laid off internally.
Seeing that everyone was about to make a decision, Tang He couldn't help but stand up and persuade: "Second uncle, I think the second aunt should be directly bought out of the seniority and laid off, first receive the laid-off salary, and then see if you can work again in two years, don't even think about this kind of thing!"
The eldest uncle, the second uncle, the second aunt and Tang's mother sitting on the kang were all stunned, they couldn't imagine that Tang He would say such a thing at this time.
"What do you know about the kids!, go, go to the next room and watch TV with acetonitrile. Tang Ma glanced at Tang He and waved her hand to pick him up.
"Don't worry, let Xiaohe talk about it. This kid is now an adult, and it is good for him to know about things in society in advance. The uncle stopped Tang's mother's actions, and instead looked at Tang He with interest. He wanted to see what amazing words this kid Tang He could say.
"Uncle and second uncle, I think so......"
Seeing that his uncle was willing to listen to his own ideas, instead of treating himself as a little kid like Tang's mother, Tang He was a little surprised, but this just gave him a chance to play.
So Tang He hurriedly said his opinion.
"Now the government is promoting the transition from a planned economy to a market economy, but in fact, people's living conditions have long since transitioned from the era of planned economy to the era of market economy.
Not to mention the food stamps and cloth stamps in the early years, you can also detect the changes in our Hanoi educated youth stores.
In the past, how big the shelves of the salesmen in the Zhiqing store were, do you like to buy them or not? What about now? The service of the Zhiqing store is not good, people don't want to be angry, they can change places to buy things, anyway, there are so many stores now, you put up a shelf, I don't serve it!
The same is true for stores, and the same is true for enterprises.
In the past, as long as the state-owned enterprises completed the output assigned by their superiors, who would care whether the products could be sold or not, and to whom they were sold? Everyone received wages and benefits according to them.
Like the textile factory you manage, uncle, after working for a long time, the workers can be divided into rooms, and there are infirmaries, kindergartens, and staff canteens in the factory...... This is not to say that it is bad, but it must place a heavy burden on the textile mill.
To put it bluntly, textile factories are units that produce textile products, but now they are doing so many businesses that have nothing to do with their main business.
The textile factory is like this, and the printing factory where the second aunt is in is not much different.
Looking at the big from the small, how many corporate countries like this will there be?
Therefore, the state cannot and cannot take care of so many enterprises and workers. The reform of state-owned enterprises and the diversion of laid-off workers is an irreversible process!
Moreover, there are so many foreign-funded enterprises and joint ventures in China, and the government is still thinking of joining the WTO. The quality of our products is not as good as others, and the price is still higher than others, coupled with backward management and outdated equipment...... Most state-owned enterprises can't compete with others at all!
The common people are not stupid, who is willing to buy the products produced by these enterprises?
Textile factories can continue to improve equipment and processes under your management, such as the Guangming Printing Factory in the second aunt, small scale, many personnel, equipment is still so old, such a factory will not escape the fate of closure sooner or later. The second aunt might as well take the buyout seniority salary and come out and start a small business on her own!"
Tang's mother looked at Tang He sitting on the bench in a daze, analyzing his opinion, and couldn't help but be a little shaken.
Tang He is only seventeen years old, and he has always regarded him as a child, but watching Tang He talk calmly to everyone, Tang's mother felt a dreamy sense of white clouds and dogs and changes in the world.
At this moment, Tang's mother was even a little puzzled whether the unfamiliar young man in front of her was her son.
Then Tang's mother had a feeling in her heart that her son had really grown up and become sensible!
The eldest uncle and the second uncle listened to Tang He's tirade with a smile, and then the smiles on their faces slowly faded with Tang He's logical words.
The two of them glanced at each other, and they were both a little surprised that Tang He had such a keen awareness.
The so-called "transition from a planned economy to a market economy" is clearly a term that has only appeared in the news recently.
And Tang He's overall view and judgment on the changes in state-owned enterprises surprised the two.
The eldest uncle and the second uncle are the leading cadres of the state's grass-roots enterprises, and the other is the secretary of the city neighborhood office. Sometimes, things are not seen through, in fact, there is just a layer of window paper. Now after Tang He's analysis, the two really agree with Tang He's point of view.
After Tang He finished speaking, he also felt a little emotion in his heart.
The experience of the reborn told him that the ordinary middle-aged people of this era can be described as the most miserable generation in New China.
When you go to the countryside when you are young, you are laid off when you are middle-aged, and you can't choose where you come from, and you can't choose the era you live in. In the face of the torrent of history, most people are like a grain of sand, carried by the wind and waves, drifting around, trying to break free, but helpless.
If you want to stand at the forefront of this change, you must have courage, courage, capital and vision, otherwise you can only continue to sink at the bottom of society.
Although the second aunt is laid off and unemployed, from another perspective, this is actually an opportunity.
With the most basic start-up capital (albeit very little), a lot of time, and her forward-looking vision, the success rate of her second aunt's business is almost nine out of ten.
In her previous life, her second aunt retired from the Guangming Printing Factory, and she could only get a pension of less than 100 per month, and she was officially laid off after just two years. Then she stayed at home for the rest of her life to take care of her second uncle and acetonitrile, and although her life was happy, it was dull and boring.
Now that I have my own help to start her business, I believe that no matter how bad she is, she will definitely far exceed the situation in her previous life.
One of my several ideals and aspirations after being reborn is to make my family happier than in my previous life!