One day, when he returned home, there was a guest sitting on the sofa. One of them was a girl in her early twenties. She had short hair and bangs, and she had single eyelids. Her eyes were not big, but they were very lively.
She took the initiative to stand up and greet him,"Zhihan, right? My name is Shi Lin."”
Jiang Zhihan greeted her and went to the kitchen to meet his mother. Unexpectedly, his mother said,""This is my goddaughter. She's older than you, so I have to call her sister.”
Jiang Zhihan thought to himself, Are you kidding me? She's such an old goddaughter, yet she's still going around acknowledging others. His mother seemed to know what Jiang Zhihan was thinking and said,""I've always wanted a daughter who can accompany me to shop and chat. Would you like to go shopping with me?" Jiang Zhihan immediately retreated.
Back in the living room, Jiang Zhihan and Shi Lin started chatting. Shi Lin asked Jiang Zhihan what he had been busy with these days. She smiled and said that your mother said that you left early and returned late. You were busy every day, even busier than the prime minister.
Jiang Zhihan had a good first impression of this godsister. He told her that he was exercising and studying. He also picked up the latest electronic products, personal computers, movies, and songs that he had recently seen in Europe and America and chatted with her.
As they chatted, Jiang Zhihan slowly learned that Shi Lin's greatest interest was traveling. In the past few years, she had backpacked to many places with her friends. Both of them had been to the famous primeval forest in Southern Border, so they found many common topics. Speaking of the places he wanted to go, Jiang Zhihan said longingly. The Heavenly Cloud Mountain in the western border, Sa City, which was known as the Holy City in the sky, and the source of the two rivers were the places he yearned for the most. Unfortunately, he had no money now, and his parents were not allowed to go out alone.
"Great minds think alike," Shi Lin said happily."These three places are also places I want to go." If there's a chance, we'll go together."
Half an hour later, when his mother finished cooking and started dinner, the two of them were already familiar with each other. Jiang Zhihan began to call her Sister Lin. Li Rongrong was very happy. She and Shi Lin were quite different in age, but they hit it off very well. Shi Lin's father had just been promoted to deputy factory manager, and she had graduated from college and entered the quality inspection department. She could be considered her mother's colleague. Although her father was the factory manager, Shi Lin got along well with the ordinary workers and staff. She spoke and did things without any arrogance. Two days ago, she had joked about acknowledging her family, so she had acknowledged them as godmother and daughter. Although he couldn't take it too seriously, he still had to invite her over for dinner after acknowledging her as his goddaughter.
While they were eating, Shi Lin talked about travel and current affairs with Jiang Zhihan. At the same time, she did not forget to talk about shopping and gossip with Li Rongrong. She jumped between the two completely different topics as if it was light. Jiang Zhihan was really impressed.
After dinner, her mother refused Shi Lin's help and went to wash the dishes. Hence, Shi Lin and Jiang Zhihan gathered together to look at Jiang Zhihan's stamps. The most precious ones were some of the stamps collected by his late grandfather during the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the Cultural Revolution. The stamps collected after the reform and opening up were basically collected by Jiang Zhihan.
When it came to spending money, Jiang Zhihan only had this one hobby. Therefore, over the years, although he did not have much pocket money, he had invested all of it into the bottomless pit of stamp collecting. He often went to the only stamp market in the city by himself. In fact, a group of stamp collectors gathered outside a post office branch. Later, they developed into professional stamp dealers. Jiang Zhihan had done many things like haggling with stamp dealers, and he was gradually getting used to it.
Shi Lin saw the last high-value ticket of a package for the Amur Tiger in the late 1970s. Coincidentally, it was something that she had been looking for for a long time but could not find. Jiang Zhihan happened to have one. It was relatively easy to buy a full set of tickets, but it was sometimes quite difficult to buy them one by one.
Shi Lin said that she couldn't find the stamp after looking for it for a long time. Jiang Zhihan said generously,""This is for you."
Shi Lin refused." That won't do. I'll pay you how much you paid for it."”
"Grandpa collected this from the envelope," Jiang Zhihan said.”He added," People say that Sister Lin fell from the sky, but today, Sister Lin appeared out of nowhere. I've always felt that it's not good to be an only child. It's better to have siblings." If I had to choose one of my siblings, the first one I would choose would be an older sister. She would be gentle and generous, and she would be able to take care of me. Today, when I saw Sister Lin, she looked exactly like the sister I imagined. I was very happy. This is my greeting gift.”
Shi Lin saw how sincere Jiang Zhihan was. In addition to his honest appearance and young age, she naturally felt that these words came from the bottom of her heart.
She was very happy, but she still smiled and said,"Older sister, younger brother, of course, it should be the older sister giving the younger brother a greeting gift. How can it be the other way around?”
Jiang Zhihan said," You don't understand, do you? I'll give you a small gift today. I'll definitely plunder ten times the amount another day."”
Shi Lin accepted her brother's gift. She wasn't the kind of person who would make excuses. She asked about Jiang Zhihan's siblings,""Other than sister, what would you choose?”
Jiang Zhihan said," Of course it's a younger sister. I can take care of her and watch her grow up slowly. I can help her chase away the annoying boys who are pursuing her. It's also a good feeling to protect her. Then, it's best if you can protect me. The last thing he wanted was a younger brother. Other than sharing his spoils, what use could he have?”Shi Lin couldn't stop laughing.
After Li Rongrong was done packing, Shi Lin invited the mother and son to her house. In fact, her house was just a few steps away from the apartment building opposite. Shi Lin said that she wanted Jiang Zhihan to look at her collection of stamp products. Li Rongrong thought about it and readily agreed. So the three of them got up and walked towards Shi Lin's house.
In the unit that Shi Lin lived in, the third floor and above were allocated to the middle management of the factory. The layout was different. It had three bedrooms and one living room. It was one more room than Jiang Zhihan's house, which was for ordinary workers. The living room was also much larger. Shi Lin's father used to be a workshop director and a technical backbone. He was only appointed as the deputy factory manager in charge of production last year. Logically speaking, the factory leader's residence was in another place. It was said that the area was much larger and the environment was different. Manager Shi was not in a hurry to ask for treatment after he took office. He had been living in the dormitory area for more than half a year. The people in the factory discussed that Manager Shi was a practical and hardworking cadre who was not greedy for money. His reputation was quite good. Manager Shi had a son and a daughter. The son had moved out after he got married, leaving only the daughter to live with her parents.
When they arrived at Shi Lin's house, her mother had gone out to play mahjong while her father was sitting on the sofa watching the news. Manager Shi did not put on airs. He did not have any objections to his daughter acknowledging an ordinary staff member as her godmother. He even sat there politely and chatted with Li Rongrong about some topics in the factory. Shi Lin and Jiang Zhihan sat on the sofa in the corner and looked at her stamp album, chatting casually.
Li Rongrong quickly talked about the hottest topic in the factory, which was the salary increase. At that time, the proportion of bonuses in state-owned enterprises was very small, and there were no medical and housing subsidies. This was because these were all claimed by the state or distributed by the government. Therefore, wages were the main source of income. Not only did it affect the current income, but the retirement salary after retirement also depended on it. Therefore, it was naturally the top priority for everyone.
Depending on the financial situation, there would be a salary increase every year or every two years, but for individuals, there might only be a chance every few years. This time, the factory was conducting a pilot reform. It was necessary to adjust the income of employees, so every employee could increase their salary by at least one level. However, there were a few people who could increase their salary by two or even three levels. Of course, there were different rules for middle-level (workshop leaders) and plant-level cadres.
At that time, there was no clear principle regarding the increase in wages in the First Print Factory of Zhongzhou. Of course, it was not transparent. To put it bluntly, it was basically a decision made by the leader. Of course, the leader had to consider various factors, such as seniority, performance, and everyone's salary. Basically, the salary increase would take turns, so they could not underestimate someone too much.
Li Rongrong didn't have any other ideas. She estimated that in her current situation, she could only increase one level with everyone else. After all, she was one of the 30% of people who had advanced in the last salary adjustment. Good things wouldn't happen to you every time. No matter how hard you worked, this was the rule of the state-owned enterprises.
Every time it was time to raise wages, the factory would be in chaos and a lot of farce would be staged.
First of all, rumors were flying everywhere. Before the results were announced, all kinds of rumors spread everywhere in the weeks or even months, involving almost everyone. As a result, for a long time, the factory was in a state of panic and was in no mood to work.
As for the second one, every time before and after the results were announced, a lot of people would go to the leaders to make a fuss, especially some fierce female employees. They were very difficult to deal with. The proportion of female employees in the printing factory exceeded 60%. If she went to the leader, she would just throw a tantrum and hang herself. You really couldn't do anything to her.
The key point in this era was that state-owned enterprises generally could not fire employees if they did not break the law. You can change her position, you can not put her in an important position, but no matter how much trouble she makes, you can't fire her.
The last time he raised his salary, there was a famous farce. A famous shrew in the fourth workshop did not get her salary increase, so she went to a certain secretary to make a scene. First, she would go to the office to complain, but every time, she would be half-persuaded and half-dragged away by the security department. Then, when she realized that it didn't work, she didn't go to work all day and asked the secretary for an explanation. She would go wherever the secretary went. When the secretary went to the toilet, she would stand guard outside the toilet. There was even one time when she went straight to the men's toilet to give an explanation. It was said that all the men inside had scattered like birds and beasts.
After following them for more than half a month, they gave up. According to the people in the fourth workshop, the secretary couldn't stand the disturbance and quietly gave her a spot. Although only a few people would do such a thing, the impact of this matter was very bad. Everyone said that the shameless were afraid of the reckless. The factory leaders were not reckless, so as long as you did something extremely shameless, you could subdue them.
In fact, the first-class salary was only 18 RMB, but 18 RMB was indeed very valuable at that time. In addition, everyone's income was not high, so the tragicomedy that was staged because of the increase in salary was enough to write a big novel.
Although Li Rongrong did not have any extravagant hopes, since she had acknowledged Shi Lin as her goddaughter, she naturally felt that she was close to Manager Shi's family. She had to think of a way to strengthen her relationship.
Li Rongrong said to Manager Shi," It's all over the place now. This time, you're the one who makes the final decision. Who has the right to add? How much can you add?" This was not a good thing. To put it bluntly, it was a thankless task. Most of the people who received a pay raise felt that it was a matter of course, while those who did not feel that they had been treated wrongly. They might even be discussing how many bribes they had received behind their backs.”
Manager Shi took a puff of his cigarette and remained silent.
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