On the afternoon of the afternoon when Xiaohui returned to her parents' home, Jiang Meimei had winter vacation and came back from the provincial capital.

Meimei went to school with her salary, and she was paid by a first-class worker, not an apprentice.

According to the regulations at that time, new workers entering the factory were not allowed to be recommended to go to college. Only after three years of apprenticeship can they be qualified.

This concept of prostitution is not the term of prostitution for each type of prostitution specified in the factory.

Many people would not notice that in that era, in the resume, the new workers who entered the factory often filled in the word "student" in their position column. Three years later, these two words will be replaced by "workers" or "staff".

This is a unified system that was once implemented in all public units until the end of the 20th century. This system is still being used. Even now, if you pay attention, if you have been working for less than three years, many forms still need to fill in the word "student".

Zhang Jianguo did not meet the regulations. If he wanted to go to college, he needed Zhang Shun to find another way to find a quota that meets the special circumstances. At that time, Daxing was "special matters to handle" special matters.

When you go to college, the "special matters" in this mining machine factory have to be covered up, and apprentices must become first-level workers.

If it weren't for the time when Represent Zhang came, Yao Yuan mentioned Jiang Meimei to him, and Zhang Shun got the "special" quota for his son, it would have been successful.

After Yao Yuan mentioned this, Representative Zhang paid attention. Compared with Jiang Meimei, who had outstanding performance, Zhang Jianguo naturally had no advantage. With a big stroke of his pen, this "special case" quota became Jiang Meimei's.

Similarly, Jiang Meimei, an apprentice who is qualified as a "schooler", has become a first-class worker and earns a salary of 27.5 yuan.

It can be seen that it is not easy to get such a quota, but his son was not taken away and he became a fool for others. It is inevitable that Zhang Shun hated Yao Yuan.

Jiang Meimei went to school with her first-level workers' wages. In addition to being completely self-sufficient in living expenses, she also had a surplus.

Her beautiful outfit is already more fashionable than the people here. She has a thick white background, black line checkered cotton jacket, and a lapel, with a big red sweater with a high-neck inside, and a straight trouser trousers with straight trousers. She also wears a pair of half-leather shoes. She walks with a "kick" sound. When she entered the village, many people looked at her, but they didn't recognize her for a while.

When she came back, in addition to carrying a military green one-shoulder canvas bag like Jiang Kangkang came back from the countryside to visit relatives, she also brought a travel bag with a gift for everyone.

She bought a pair of leather shoes for Aunt Jiang and Jiang Kangkang.

Aunt Jiang has never worn leather shoes in her life. Jiang Kangkang bought the pair of leather shoes that Yao Yuan bought for her. When Jiang Meimei left school, Kangkang gave Meimei. Meimei had already matured and was as big as Kangkang wearing shoes.

Later, Yao Yuan earned money as a porter and bought another pair for Kang Kang. Kang Kang was willing to wear it only when he went out.

The gift Jiang Meimei gave to Yao Yuan was a dark red sweater. She bought the wool and knitted it herself.

When Jiang Meimei went home, Aunt Jiang was not as excited as when Kang Kang went home for the first time and did not cry.

Resistance means suffering in the countryside, while Meimei means enjoying her happiness in the provincial capital. What’s there to cry?

For this reason, Meimei was still sad for a long time and thought that her mother was biased and positive.

Your eldest daughter came back, and you cried and laughed, and even put egg noodles for you to eat. I'm back, and I'm back from a farther provincial capital. Why didn't you react at all?

"Are you very annoying to me? Don't you want me to come back?" Jiang Meimei asked her mother.

Aunt Jiang said, "Yes, I won't welcome you back. I don't work for me when I come back, and I'm still all the time. Why do I welcome you?"

Jiang Meimei said, "Okay, I won't come back during the summer vacation."

Aunt Jiang said: "You dare! Your sister is married to Dasha June, and you don't come back to try it!"

Yao Yuan and Kang Kang originally planned to get married on May Day, but Jiang Meimei only had one day off on May Day and could not come back. When Kang Kang didn't want to get married by himself, his sister was not around, so he changed the wedding date to August, and Jiang Meimei was on summer vacation.

The June that Aunt Jiang mentioned is based on the lunar calendar.

Jiang Meimei said that, that is, she was angry with her mother. She knew that Kang Kang would get married, so why wouldn’t she come back?

Now I don’t have the same knowledge as her mother, and take out the gifts I bought for everyone.

In addition to the gifts, Meimei also bought some peach pastry and peanuts in the provincial capital, and also bought a pack of tea for Yao Yuan.

The material in the provincial capital is much richer than that in this small town. For example, in this tea, you can buy West Lake Longjing in the provincial capital, and here, except for Laogan baking, there are tea bricks.

Uncle Yao didn't drink tea at this time, but Yao Yuan had the habit of drinking tea. This was the habit that he developed in the office in the future, and he was addicted to it. After earning money, Yao Yuan picked up the hobby of drinking tea. However, Lao Gan was too terrible, so he kept frowning. If he didn't drink this, there was nothing else, so he had to pay.

Jiang Meimei remembered his habit and brought him a pound of Longjing back when she came back.

But Aunt Jiang refused to wear the pair of leather shoes her daughter bought for her.

"I am an old lady wearing leather shoes. I'll go out and ask others to scold me, right?"

Jiang Meimei advised her, "Mom, you are less than forty-five yet, you are not big. In the provincial capital, as big as you, it is brighter than what I wear."

"That's the provincial capital!" Aunt Jiang said, "This is a small place. Wearing this will make you scold me to death? You can wear it yourself, I don't want it!"

When Meimei was not back, Kang Kang made a cotton jacket for herself and also made one for Meimei. Kang Kang became sensible and knew that he loved his sister. If she had it, she would not forget Meimei.

Meimei took off her sweater and put on the cotton jacket made by her sister, and the image of a standard northern beauty appeared. The two sisters complement each other, but unfortunately they didn’t have a camera on hand, so they couldn’t record this beautiful image.

When Meimei came back, it was already afternoon, Kang Kang didn't call Yao Yuan who was sweeping the floor on the street.

Yao Yuan was unconscious when he went to work. He didn't go to check in the morning and got off work in the afternoon. If he hadn't felt sorry for Shao Ling's pushing two trains in the morning and afternoon, he probably wouldn't have gone to the cleaning team in the afternoon.

When he was unhappy, he discussed with Shao Ling and went on strike for a day. He only received tools, but did not clean the streets. He went to hand over the tools after get off work in the afternoon. Shao Ling asked him to take them, and now he is more and more courageous.

Although there was no need to sweep the street every day, you had to act as a good example and deal with the leader, right? He was too lazy to do it.

Kang Kang was afraid that this would continue, so he lost the job. He said he didn't listen, so he had to try his best to coax him to work and try not to disturb him when he was at work.

Yao Yuan came back from get off work and found out that Meimei was back. He tried the sweater that Meimei knitted for him, which was not too big or too small. However, he had a special liking for the bag of West Lake Longjing, so he took a teapot to drink it, looking like he enjoyed it. This was the first time he had drunk decent tea since his time traveled.

Meimei saw that he looked like that and said, "If you have no drinks, write me and I will buy it there and send it back to you."

Yao Yuan did not refuse and agreed. Not only did he agree, he also asked Meimei Provincial Capital what tea leaves there are and whether there is oolong? Pu'er, Tieguanyin, Jin Junmei? Xinyang Maojian, Dahongpao, Zhengshan Xiaozhong? It's almost time to ask about the cold-ding oolong and Xiaoqinggan.

Fortunately, Meimei doesn’t understand tea, and Aunt Jiang and Kang Kang don’t understand it either. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to make a lie. How did you know the name of this bunch of tea?

In the end, everyone's topic was about the pair of leather shoes that Jiang Meimei bought for Aunt Jiang.

Indeed, for those of Aunt Jiang’s age, there are very few people wearing leather shoes in mining machines. Even the teachers in the school wear cloth shoes. Among the wives of only a few factory-level cadres, some of them wear leather shoes, such as Zhang Shuncai’s wife.

The final result of the argument was that Aunt Jiang felt that she couldn't go out, so don't make things difficult for her.

But Aunt Jiang's feet are number 38, which is one size bigger than Kang Kang and Meimei. This is caused by her hiking labor when she was a child. Both sisters wear Aunt Jiang's shoes and cannot wear them.

Leather shoes were precious things in that era, and it was a pity to be so useless. What should I do?

Finally, Yao Yuan came up with a solution.

The reason why Meimei is able to go to college is the strength given by representative Zhang. We should thank them. I just don’t know how big the shoes Mrs. Zhang wore? The pair of leather shoes that Meimei bought is very beautiful and can’t be bought in a small town.

If Mrs. Zhang wears her right clothes, she can give it to her, and she can also treat it as a thank you.

Yao Yuan’s proposal is more reasonable and everyone agreed. However, how can we know how big the shoes Mrs. Zhang is wearing?

Aunt Jiang said: "No matter how big she wears, why are she doing? She won't give it to others if she doesn't wear it properly? I'll send it to her tonight!" Aunt Jiang said easily, and she didn't feel embarrassed to do such a thing.

Yao Yuan still persuaded Aunt Jiang to stop.

As a training cadre in later generations, he was more experienced than Aunt Jiang in this kind of matter.

Now everyone lives in bungalows, and anyone who goes to his house will easily be seen by others. Representative Zhang is now the leader, and Aunt Jiang openly takes things to other people's places, which will have a bad impact.

Aunt Jiang asked, "What should I do?"

Yao Yuan said: "It is best to wait for Zhang's wife to get off work. Aunt Jiang, please wait for her on the street in front of you. Find a reason to call her to our house and then give her shoes. In this way, she will not be suspected when she goes out of our house with a bag."

Of course, this method is much better than Aunt Jiang's direct visit to Delegate Zhang's house to deliver shoes.

Aunt Jiang asked, "Who do you learn these scruples from?"

Yao Yuan said: "I have thought about it myself. Do you need to learn this from others?"

Yao Yuan's method is really good. Representative Mrs. Zhang happened to wear 38 shoes and liked them very much, so she really wanted them.

However, not long after, Delegate Zhang knew about this and forced his wife to send Aunt Jiang ten yuan.

It only cost more than eight yuan to buy those leather shoes in total. Now that Representative Zhang has lost more than one yuan, Aunt Jiang feels very upset.

Yao Yuan comforted Aunt Jiang and said, "Those shoes are not sold here, and they are so beautiful. Zhang's wife will not feel at a disadvantage. Besides, giving her things can prove that we have not forgotten their kindness, which is enough."

Aunt Jiang said: "No, we can't make money from others. Isn't this a speculative thing?" After that, he still took more than one yuan to pay it back.

People in this era are so simple, and Yao Yuan has no choice but to Aunt Jiang.
Chapter completed!