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Chapter 19 Go to the Street Office Again
After Liu Pingan had finished talking to Jia Zhangshi and Yi Zhonghai, he stopped caring about the mess at the door. He turned around and walked towards the street office. After a few days of closed-door study, his electrician skills had reached [Electrician Intermediate Level 36/100] yesterday morning. When the eighth-level worker system is implemented next year, his current level will definitely be that of a fourth-level electrician. In Beijing now, he can earn 4 or 5 yuan a month steadily.
As soon as I arrived at the door of the street office, I saw a clerk pushing a bicycle and rushing out. He stepped on the pedal with one foot and pushed the ground with the other foot a few times before getting on the bicycle and rushing out in an unknown direction. When he rushed out just now, he almost bumped into Liu Ping'an who was imagining a bright future.
If the security guard hadn't been quick to grab Liu Ping'an, he wouldn't have been able to avoid this sudden disaster. But if he had really been hit, Liu Ping'an wouldn't have fallen down, and the person pushing the bicycle would definitely not have been in a good situation.
The people from the subdistrict office were also at fault in this matter. The clerk on the bicycle had already walked away. Instead, the gatekeeper of the subdistrict office came forward to apologize to Liu Ping'an and said, "This kid has been working for so long, but he is still so impatient. It's a good thing he didn't run into you, otherwise I would have given him a good beating when I get back."
Hearing this, Liu Pingan felt something was wrong and asked the old man, "What's your name, old man?"
The old man chuckled and said, "Everyone calls me Lao Zhang. Young people like you call me Uncle Zhang. You can call me whatever you want."
Come on, you can't write two Zhangzi with this stroke. No wonder it gave relief to that kid just now. And you are using seniority to put pressure on me. Can I still call you Lao Zhang?
However, Liu Pingan didn't care about these little things. He just laughed it off and forgot about it. Then he offered a big front door to Uncle Zhang and took this opportunity to chat with Uncle Zhang at the door.
Speaking of government agencies, the second most well-informed people besides the cafeteria ladies are the security guards. If you ask the director for some information, you may get just three words: I don't know. It may be that they really don't know, or they may know but won't tell you. But if you ask the cafeteria ladies and security guards, you can't go wrong.
After lighting a cigarette for the old man, I started chatting with him about the same topic. I took the opportunity to ask, "Is there something serious going on? Is there anything I can do to help?"
You know what, doormen these days are still very vigilant. After Liu Ping'an asked this question, Uncle Zhang instantly became alert. He looked at Liu Ping'an with a scrutinizing expression and found that apart from being handsome, there was nothing suspicious about this guy.
But he still asked, "Where are you from, and why are you here at the neighborhood office? Don't you know that you can't just ask about things in this compound?"
This made Liu Ping'an feel uncomfortable, and he felt like a prisoner. He thought that he, a time traveler, was in such a mess. He really brought shame to the time traveler predecessors.
I had to answer honestly, "I came to this city from my hometown to look for a job. I just rented a house in this street office a few days ago. Now I live in the compound of No. 95 Nanluoguxiang. I came here today to look for a job in this street office."
Speaking with a Guanzhong accent, this really made the old man's eyes light up. He immediately put aside the doubts in his heart and responded in Guanzhong dialect: "You kid, why did you want to run to this city? Now that we are liberated, why don't you go back to your hometown to divide the land and live a good life? Why do you run here alone? You are just bored and asking for trouble."
Hearing the familiar accent, Liu Pingan, who had been in this era for a week, felt at ease. He didn't expect to meet a fellow villager in this old city. He was almost in tears.
Then he asked Liu Ping'an a few questions about the situation in his hometown. Although he didn't know what the Guanzhong area was like at this time, he had lived in his hometown for decades in his previous life, so he knew the geographical knowledge very well.
After listening to Liu Ping'an's reply, Uncle Zhang became more friendly to Liu Ping'an. After all, meeting one's fellow villagers in a foreign land can be regarded as one of the four great joys in life.
Old man Zhang was also from Guanzhong. His son, who joined the army after the founding of the People's Republic of China, settled down in Sijiu City after being demobilized. He immediately brought his father who lived in the countryside to live with him.
At first, old man Zhang was determined not to agree to it. At that time, he could get a share of land in the village soon. This was something that old man Zhang, who had been a hired farmer all his life, could never imagine until his death, that he could get a share of land before his death.
Finally, it was the son who said, "I will work in Sijiu City from now on. You are old now, who will you leave this land to?" This gave up the old man Zhang's idea of staying in his hometown, and he followed his son to Sijiu City.
He had been farming all his life and didn't know how to climb mountains. He begged his son for a long time before he finally got a job as a street office guard, hoping to leave more money for his son before he died. How pitiful are the hearts of parents in the world!
Then he asked about Liu Ping'an's family situation and asked, "Where are the adults in your house? Why did they let a coward like you run to this city alone?"
Time traveler, you have a cowardly family in this era! Liu Ping'an could only move his little mouth and make up a story on the spot. He said: "I was the only one left in my family before liberation, so I thought of coming to the capital of Sijiu City to make a living. As for the things at home, I sold them all before leaving to make money. Now I can't go back even if I want to."
Old man Zhang was right. Before the establishment of the commune, people who had received land in the countryside lived much better than most people in the city who did not have formal jobs.
Take Jia Dongxu in Yard 95 for example. If Qin Huairu could not bear the hardships in the countryside and wanted to marry to the city, with the Jia family's limited wealth, it would not be possible to find such a good wife in the countryside at that time. Alas, the farming life facing the loess and back to the sky, only those who have experienced it know.
At this moment, Qin Huairu had just given birth to a big fat boy for the Jia family - the Thief of the Saint Stick. And he also had land in the countryside, and his status in the Jia family was now the highest. Now he just had to focus on taking care of his son, and even Jia Zhangshi didn't dare to beat or scold Qin Huairu at will.
In the first few years since Qin Huairu came here, she has indeed lived a life of luxury like the rich people in the city. She doesn't have to do anything every day, just take care of her son. Every year, the few acres of land in the countryside can provide a whole year's food for the family. At this time, the Jia family's life is one of the best in the courtyard. It's not the best, but it's definitely not worse than other families.