Courtyard House: Starting as an engineer, crushing a yard full of poultry

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At this stage, we must keep Director Wang calm and get her to help us find a job, so that at least our family won't go hungry.

"The steel rolling mill has wanted to fire me for a long time. I'm not good at that job, and I'm not good at it. How could a weak woman like me be given an easy job?"

“I don’t want to go back to the steel rolling mill. Director Wang, please find me another job. I don’t have many requirements. I just hope that my children at home won’t go hungry.”

Qin Huairu's words were not a direct response to Director Wang's question.

Instead, he threw this problem onto Director Wang, indicating that he no longer wanted to return to the steel rolling mill.

He wanted Director Wang to find him a job, which gave Director Wang a real headache.

Sure enough, none of these people from the courtyard house were easy to deal with.

Putting everything else aside, the steel rolling mill is such a good job; you should work there diligently.

As long as one learns a little skill, it's impossible to be fired for no reason. In any case, Director Wang didn't quite believe Qin Huairu's explanation.

But there's no better way right now, at least not for the next month or so before the Lunar New Year.

We must keep Qin Huairu calm and absolutely prevent any major incidents from happening before I leave.

Otherwise, my future days won't be easy either.

The problem is, jobs are hard to find these days, except for those who have gone to school and are educated.

After graduating from school, it's relatively easy for people like Qin Huairu to find jobs.

Finding a job is incredibly difficult.

As the saying goes, "one radish, one hole," every factory's positions are fully booked, and you can't just cramm someone in for no reason.

Neither left nor right is an option, and this situation put Director Wang in a very difficult position.

If I don't help, what if Qin Huairu causes another problem? I might not be able to get through the New Year.

I could offer help, but what can a mere neighborhood committee director do to help?

Chapter 190 Street Meeting Consultation

“I understand your situation. This is not something I can solve by myself. Here’s what I’ll do: I have two yuan here. Go buy something and make something for the children when you get back.”

"Come here again this afternoon. We'll have a quick meeting this morning to discuss your situation."

Director Wang was also very reluctant, but he took out two yuan from his pocket and handed it to Qin Huairu.

If I don't get rid of Qin Huairu this morning, I won't be able to get through my work today.

Besides, given Qin Huairu's current situation, I'll go and arrange a job for her myself.

Whether the arrangements are good or bad, there will be a lot of problems later. It would be better to let everyone in the neighborhood discuss it.

Even if any problems arise in the end, we will all share the responsibility.

Director Wang really didn't want to deal with these people from the courtyard house anymore; it was just too much of a headache.

Qin Huairu glanced at the money that Director Wang handed her, and pretended to put it into her pocket.

"That would be too much trouble for Director Wang. My whole family depends on your help. I'll go home first and get something for the children to eat. They haven't eaten for two days. I'll come back this afternoon. Thank you so much, Director Wang."

Qin Huairu held Director Wang's hand tightly, repeatedly expressing her gratitude.

At this moment, Director Wang only hoped that Qin Huairu could leave the subdistrict office as soon as possible, as he had other work to do.

Let's quickly hold a meeting to discuss and make a decision regarding Qin Huairu's matter.

There are so many things waiting for me to deal with.

"It's alright, it's what our neighborhood committee should do. Let's leave it at that for now, you can go back first. We'll have a meeting to discuss this as soon as possible, and you can come back this afternoon after we start work!"

Upon hearing what Director Wang said, Qin Huairu tactfully left the office and walked out of the street office.

Inside the office.

"This Qin Huairu is unambitious and only knows how to make excuses. I guess I'm just unlucky. Oh well, let's hurry up and call a meeting to get this over with."

Director Wang grumbled in his office.

The meeting room of the subdistrict office.

"Everyone, that's the gist of the matter. The main thing now is to find Qin Huairu a job, whether it's temporary or long-term."

"We need to make sure their family has enough to eat. She's pregnant right now, and if anything happens to her, none of us here can bear the responsibility!"

Director Wang briefly informed the junior leader of the same rank in the subdistrict office about Qin Huairu's visit to him today and her request for help.

“Director Wang, there are just too many things to handle in the area you’re in charge of. The simplest way is to ask the steel rolling mill what happened. She’s basically taking her husband’s place to work there and support the family.”

"Logically speaking, as long as no fundamental mistakes are made, the steel rolling mill should be lenient, as this has been discussed before."

Director Zhang said helplessly.

"How could I not know that? You didn't see how Qin Huairu came to me. She immediately said she was pregnant and couldn't do the work at the steel mill. What could I say? Besides, the steel mill has its own rules and regulations."

“They have their own set of assessment methods. Such a big factory can’t just employ idle people. Who will pay their wages? She also said she doesn’t want to go back. We have to think of another way. Asking the steel rolling mill is not an option.”

Director Wang explained.

“These days, every position is filled by a specific person, and no one would be willing to let her fill in someone else’s position. This is a really difficult problem to solve.”

“Our subdistrict office isn’t omnipotent. If everyone who’s unemployed comes to our subdistrict office to look for work, then we might as well not come to the subdistrict office at all, and just call it the job allocation office.”

Director Zhao joked.

The discussion on this matter quickly reached a stalemate, and everyone knew the reason.

When it comes to things like finding a job, the neighborhood committee really can't handle it.

Other factories hire people according to their own rules and regulations.

It's impossible to say that someone is given a position arbitrarily without any reason.

Those all need to pass an assessment and review before they can start working.

The neighborhood committee is supposed to help the neighbors, but this request is indeed a bit excessive for them.

What kind of job would be most suitable for a pregnant woman? Everyone present racked their brains but couldn't come up with an answer.

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The main concern is that if the workload becomes too heavy and something goes wrong, it will be a real problem.

Everyone looked at each other, staring at each other with wide eyes.

"How about this, I'll suggest a method, and you can see if it works. We'll vote by raising our hands, and if the majority agrees, we'll proceed with my method."

Seeing that the situation had reached a stalemate, Director Wang quickly stepped forward and spoke up.

This idea isn't the best, but it's enough to solve the immediate problem.

It's impossible to find Qin Huairu a long-term job. If the neighborhood committee had that kind of ability, that would be amazing.

“We’ll be getting a new leader next year, and then we can hand all these things over to the new leader to handle. For things that can’t be dealt with, we can temporarily bring Qin Huairu to the street office to clean up.”

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“We’ll each take out one or two yuan a month to give her so she can support her family. Of course, this isn’t a long-term solution. We’ll give her money for a maximum of two months. Once the new official takes office, we’ll report this matter to the higher-ups and give them a headache.”

Upon hearing Director Wang's words, everyone's expressions changed.

"Director Wang, I know you've been here a long time and have your methods, but sacrificing our interests isn't a good idea. To put it bluntly, Qin Huairu is within your jurisdiction, so in principle, she doesn't have much to do with us."

Director Zhang is a straightforward person, and he was immediately unhappy when he heard that he had to sacrifice his own interests.

To put it bluntly, Qin Huairu and I don't really have a close relationship.

At most, we'll discuss it, and if there's no result, we can discuss it again when we have time.

Delaying is a good way to solve problems.

"Director Zhang, I know this isn't a good solution. How about this: everyone raise their hands to vote. If it doesn't pass this time, I'll have to report it to the leadership."

"At that time, this will probably be the only way to resolve the issue, and the current leadership won't want to get involved in such complicated matters."

Director Wang had no choice but to invoke the authority of his superiors to exert pressure.

Chapter 191 Ten Yuan a Month

In Director Wang's view, as long as this matter is temporarily resolved, that would be acceptable.

Anyway, next year, whoever wants to clean up this mess can do it.

There is absolutely no way I would ever again concern myself with the affairs of anyone in the courtyard.

None of these people are normal; they all do strange and bizarre things.

Logically speaking, many people would fight tooth and nail to get into a prestigious organization like a steel rolling mill.

Qin Huairu was able to get in through this connection, but she made up all sorts of excuses.

It must be because Qin Huairu herself lacked ambition and failed the assessment.

But saying all this is useless. Even if we find out the reason why Qin Huairu was fired from the steel mill, what good will it do?

Qin Huairu also had another identity: she was pregnant. Adults and children could go hungry, but pregnant women could not.

At the very least, the "480s" should be able to survive.

When Director Wang brought up the higher-ups, the expressions on everyone's faces changed subtly.