Chapter 313: Another New Year
This year's year is a bit more lively than in previous years.
Or maybe it's just the case here in Ngee Ann City, there is no famine this year, and many places can have a comfortable year. However, the drought of previous years has only been alleviated, and some cities have recovered a little, although not to the extent that they were before the three-year drought.
But farmers are like this, even if they can eat bowls of noodles during the New Year, they are even better satisfied with dumplings with meat filling.
But Nghe An City is different, more precisely, the industrial zone of Nghe An is different, there is no shortage of food or clothing, but there is a lack of money. If you have money and various welfare bills issued to employees in the industrial zone, you can go to the department store to buy every month like the Chinese New Year. But there are too many good things, no matter how good the welfare of the industrial zone is, it is impossible to pay extra money, it is no different from a disguised wage increase, it is illegal.
In addition to the employees of the industrial zone who love to visit department stores, there are also people who have channels to get various welfare tickets in the industrial zone. There is even one more type of ticket this year, the vegetable ticket.
That's right, it's a vegetable ticket. Because of the planting area on the opposite side of the industrial zone, greenhouse planting was carried out, and it was successful the first time. And it uses organic fertilizer, which is good for growth.
The manure of the entire industrial area and the living area was packed by the staff of the planting area, and some manure pickers were specially recruited.
In the farmers' markets in industrial and living areas, there are greens, cucumbers and peppers and other varieties of vegetables sold in the cold season, although there are greenhouses, but some vegetables that are not cold-tolerant are still not planted. But it's better than in the past when you only had Chinese cabbage in the New Year market, and it's better in the south, and you have to stock up on Chinese cabbage in advance and put it in the cellar. Otherwise, Chinese cabbage may not be bought for the New Year.
And some ordinary workers, some vegetable tickets issued in hand, when they heard that someone was exchanging other tickets, they were reluctant to use it. At least you can buy cabbage and radish without tickets during the Chinese New Year, and I feel that if you have vegetable tickets, you can exchange them for food stamps and some others. This vegetable, endure it for a month or two, and then there will be it again in the spring of next year. Many people were reluctant to use it and exchanged it for other tickets.
Therefore, this year, the families of some leading cadres in Nghe An and other provinces and autonomous regions have bought a lot of various types of vegetables when the Chinese New Year is approaching. Even this is a gift to the leader, and it is difficult for people to receive it if it is valuable, and it is not enough to give it to him. This is a really good way to send fresh vegetables during the New Year.
Luo Cheng came back with Gao Ru, and Gao Ru is planning to go home for the New Year this year. Because there are many things, Luo Cheng also specially arranged a driver to take her back to the county seat. I made an appointment to come here after the fifteenth year and go to Xiangjiang together.
Xiao Biesheng is newly married, Luo Cheng is young and vigorous, and he has figured out how to play with Sissi on the way. It's a pity that the more the Chinese New Year, the busier the art troupe becomes. To go to condolences and care for workers. Even after the workers' New Year holiday, there are still many people in the army, and they have to go to the army to offer condolences.
So when Luo Cheng came back, Sissi was still performing in the county below. Just like the projectionists in the industrial zone, when it comes to the Chinese New Year, they have to go to the countryside to show movies like the film projectionists of the Cultural Affairs Bureau. Don't look at the projectionist who receives the salary of the industrial zone, but follow the coordination of the local cultural bureau.
This is the same as the security department of the industrial zone, which takes the salary given by the industrial zone, but in fact the system is the public security department. Hospitals are under the control of the Health Bureau, even if they are staff infirmaries. For example, in the first medical room set up by the automobile factory, two or three staff members were fully equipped. But if the car factory has not been able to develop in scale, how can the staff of the infirmary be promoted? It is through the transfer of the health bureau, to the hospital, or other larger enterprises.
In this era, workers are working for the country, not with you personally, even if you are a Luo Ben person, if you feel that the development of the automobile industrial zone has reached a bottleneck, and you want to go further, you can also be transferred to other places according to the system of various departments.
Now the central hospital of the automobile industrial zone has been set up in the industrial zone, and the ambulance center has also moved there, Li Xiaotong has also gone to work in the industrial zone because he was in charge of the ambulance work here.
However, the outpatient hospital for employees of the old automobile factory (now the transfer station) is still retained, which is convenient for workers living in the city to see minor diseases. On the side of the central hospital of the industrial zone, a large hospital has been established, because of the good welfare treatment, the hospital has the support of the industrial zone, and can buy medical equipment and medical research subjects, and it also provides funds to support skilled doctors to research and study.
Even the central hospital is a hospital that integrates traditional Chinese and Western medicine, and it is divided into traditional Chinese and Western medicine, and you can see both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine.
This has led to many good doctors joining, with a lot of welfare bonuses, a good hospital environment, and air conditioning in the rooms and wards where patients are treated. With the most advanced equipment at present, even doctors from other provinces want to come to work here. Therefore, not long after the establishment of the central hospital, it has become a well-known hospital in the city, and many places will come here to try the diseases that are not good.
Anyway, it is the industrial zone, even if Luo Cheng doesn't interfere with anything, it can gradually develop better. Of course, Luo Cheng is already very powerful, otherwise what is the use of making more money in the industrial zone, tens of thousands of people in Sijiu City's rolling mills can't eat meat for a few months in difficult times, can it be that the starting wages of such a large factory can't afford to eat meat.
Luo Cheng at least in Xiangjiang really tried his best to support the industrial zone in terms of materials, but there will be a lot of interceptions, and the industrial zone can only take an approximate percentage.
This year's Chinese New Year is the same as usual, and wages and benefits will be paid in advance before the year. There are too many people in the industrial zone, and if you make meat, it is actually not as much as before, one person is half a catty, and the high position is only about one catty. However, there were a lot of seafood such as sea fish and kelp instead, and each person was given a box of pastries.
And during the Chinese New Year, bills and internal purchase rolls were issued more than usual. Even before the holiday, there was a commendation meeting, which was proposed by Zhou Papi, the director of the trade union, to reward some active workers. The highest reward is directly a reward for a bike.
The commendation meeting was presided over by Luo Cheng, and there was a manuscript written by the current adult, and he just read it according to the manuscript.
In addition, Luo Cheng also went to the provinces and regions to meet the leaders, and last time he left here to go to Xiangjiang. The proposed matter of road construction led by the industrial zone is actually led by the province and region, not the provincial leader, how can he contact other provinces.
The road has already begun to be repaired, and the budget for road repair is very high, but it is impossible for the road to come out at once, and it is supposed to be paid in installments. In this way, the pressure on the provinces is not great, and for the sake of efficiency, the engineering teams of several provinces are discussing the nodes and starting to repair at the same time. And this matter was also reported, and it was supposed to be funded by the state finance, not the provincial finance.
Anyway, even if Luo Cheng is not there, some of his plans have been recognized and implemented, which feels quite good.
This New Year's holiday, the day before the Chinese New Year's Eve, Sissi came back from below. However, some of them in the art troupe have to go to the army to perform for a day on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. It is impossible to go to the army in this Chinese New Year's Eve, and even if the people in the army do not go back for the New Year, it is impossible to go to the New Year to express condolences on the day of the New Year, and others are really not too old.
The troops still make dumplings for hygiene in the Chinese New Year's Eve, and there is no need to rush to perform condolences on this day.
This year, a new house has been built in his hometown, and Luo Bing has already divided a side room, which is considered to be built for Luo Cheng. Even if the main house is still given to Luo Cheng in the future, Luo Bing can't have anything to say. After all, Luo Cheng's eldest son is responsible for providing for the elderly.
The interior of the newly built house is relatively simple, with simple furniture, beds, tables and stools. There are no daily necessities. And Luo Cheng and the others originally came back for a few days for the Chinese New Year, and they brought quilts and daily necessities.
What Luo Cheng didn't expect was that the day after he returned to the town, the leaders of the local commune came to pay New Year's greetings in advance. There is no way, Luo Cheng is not a factory director now, but a district head. If it weren't for the suppression of the rank, he would be a city-level leader, but even if he was suppressed because of his youth, his level would be the number one in the county and district. So in the town, it is normal to be visited by the town leaders in the early stage.
In his hometown, the year was lively, and the leaders of the commune said that Luo had made outstanding contributions to his hometown, allowing the people of the town to live a better life than other towns. I also sent chicken and meat. Coupled with a lot of ingredients brought back by Luo Cheng himself, their family can eat meat every day during the Chinese New Year this year.
In the end, Luo Cheng felt that there was still one less feeling, and the New Year was about reunion and exchanges between relatives. But among the relatives in the town, the Luo Cheng family is the center, and all kinds of flattering words are too obvious. On the contrary, it lacks the feeling of natural coexistence between relatives in the past.
There was no arrangement from Luo Cheng, in fact, because the cooperative itself was going to expand this year, his father Luo Wen arranged for a few people surnamed Luo to join the cooperative. Of course, other people in the town were recruited, and they were recruited in the name of the town, so they could not enjoy the same treatment as the workers in the industrial zone, but it was also a salaried job, which was better than digging in the field.
When Luo Cheng came back this time, he found that his father had actually changed a lot, and he also wore a Mao suit, and the cigarettes he smoked were not rolled with tobacco shreds. But I didn't buy expensive cigarettes to smoke, and I wasn't as dark and thin as I used to be. Especially in terms of speaking, it doesn't seem to be as straight as before, and Luo Cheng doesn't know whether this is good or bad.
In the past, when Luo Cheng became the factory director at the beginning, his relatives just thought that Luo Cheng was unavoidable, and they didn't think about their own interests. But last year, Luo Cheng arranged for so many relatives to participate in the work, although it is not comparable to the regular workers in the city, but it can also be regarded as a superior person in the countryside.
When everyone understands that the Luo Cheng family can bring them benefits, even people who are very close to them have changed. Even Luo Cheng's own uncles and aunts used to be good to Luo Cheng's family, and even listened to Luo Wen's opinion on everything. But that's because Rowan is the eldest son in the family, and even if there is anything in the family, Rowan will be recruited first.
But now it's not just the boss's problem, it's a little bit of a stutter. In the past, the Chinese New Year was all about all kinds of interesting things in the town, such as the discovery of a big snake, whose woman was pitiful and widowed, this year's harvest and so on. But now, they are all talking about work, talking about their work content if they have work, and hinting at what they don't have to do.
Even the people on the Qin Ru family's side, because Luo Bing brought his brother-in-law to work in the industrial zone, Luo Bing, the captain of the handling team, was not less flattered by the people on the Qin family's side.
In the fourth year of junior high school, because Sissi was going to the army to perform condolences, it was actually a day's time, and she rested again on the fifth day of junior high school. But Luo Cheng still accompanied Sissi back to the city, and Luo Cheng told his family that he would come back for a Lantern Festival when the fifteenth Lantern Festival was held. Before the third day of the new year, the New Year's greetings were all over, and the eighth industrial zone was about to start, and he stayed at home for a few more days to listen to all kinds of flattery, so he did not come back from the fifth to the seventh day of the first month.
After the Lantern Festival, that is, when Luo Cheng goes to Xiangjiang, he will make a slight detour, first go to SH City to pay New Year's greetings to Sissi's family, and Sissi will also go back to her parents' house. What makes Sissi a little dissatisfied is that it has been almost a year since she got married, but her stomach has not moved. She wanted to go to the hospital for a check-up, but she was afraid that if she couldn't conceive due to real physical reasons, no matter which of the two had a problem, it would be unacceptable for Sissi.
So Sissi set a new goal for herself, three years, this year is the first year, and there are still two years, if you can't get pregnant, you will go to the hospital for a checkup.
Zheng Xue, the cook of the Luo family, saw Luo Cheng and Qianqian go to the city in the fourth year of junior high school, and followed her back to the city. After all, she is not from the Luo family, she is not even a relative, Luo Cheng is not in her hometown, she is embarrassed to stay in the town for the New Year.
And the happiest person for the Chinese New Year today is Gao Ru, who gave her younger brother a job in the industrial zone, although her younger brother took over her job, and her salary was reduced. But Gao Ru's parents can't get rid of the patriarchal thinking of this era, and they are very good to their daughter, otherwise they wouldn't have provided her with college. But I still think she is right to do this, even if she earns less money, but her brother has a good job better than anything else.
The work was given to her younger brother, and Gao Ru and Luo Cheng went to Xiangjiang, in fact, she didn't say anything before. After all, going to Xiangjiang is no different from going abroad, at that time, she gave the job to her younger brother, and she just said that her 'teacher' had arrangements for her.
When she came back from Xiangjiang this time, there were some things that Gao Ru wanted to share with someone, otherwise she would be suffocated. She told her that she actually went to Xiangjiang, but she didn't say that she went with Luo Cheng. In Xiangjiang, she didn't say that she was Miss Cousin, but she just said that she was working over there, and at home, she also showed off the English she had learned, although the family couldn't understand it, but this 'wow-la-woo' could indeed shock many people.
Of course, she also said that her salary in Xiangjiang was 800 yuan a month, and she didn't say anything about the exchange rate. Because I don't go according to the national exchange rate, I go to a private place to exchange it, in fact, it's not more than 800 yuan.
She didn't need a ticket for any goods in Xiangjiang, so she brought back a lot of things. They are all in short supply in China, and many pastries have never been eaten. I left some money for my family, and I also brought some small Hong Kong dollars for my family to keep as a souvenir. This is the money used by the people of Xiangjiang, and it can't be obtained in China, although the money in China can't be used, but if you really want to use it, you can use it in friendship stores and the like. However, there is no friendship store in the county, not even in Nghe Ann City, so you have to go to the province.
Earn 800 a month, don't need a ticket to buy things, and all kinds of materials that are in short supply in China are there. Even Gao Ru has an identity certificate over there, all of this is too magical for Gao Ru's family.
Three months ago, even though Gao Ru had correspondence with her family, she did not say that she worked in the industrial area, but only that she worked in the city. The university she studied in the past said that she dropped out, and she also graduated. At that time, her family knew for the first time that Gao Ru was working in the Nghe An City Industrial Zone, and she participated in the work as a college student.
It was shocking enough at the time, and I don't know how to describe it now. Gao Ru is going to continue to go to Xiangjiang after the Lantern Festival in her hometown, and it is usually difficult to come back, and she can't even make phone calls. But she will still come back once or twice a year, so this year's New Year at home, she is really the same as Miss, she is not allowed to do any housework, just let her rest at home.
Before going to Xiangjiang, Gao Ru asked her family to make a list, she couldn't come back easily, and it wasted a lot of time back and forth. But things can be shipped back by someone. With her current salary, she can buy whatever her family wants.
Therefore, Gao Ru went to Xiangjiang after the New Year this time with a long list. But they are all daily necessities, and they are two or three hundred yuan. For people in China, it is difficult to save two or three hundred yuan a year, but it is really nothing to Gao Ru.
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