Silly Zhu's Moving: The Old Neighbor's Nightmare

Chapter 176 Book

Why? Because a cook who makes delicious food has skills and won't starve.

Those people got jealous. Since they couldn't reach it or get it, they started spewing profanities, saying that cooks are just servants and doing everything they could to belittle cooks.

Little did they know, they were not even as good as cooks. In years of famine, they were the ones who starved to death, since cooks don't starve during famine years.

"Let's go, Brother Li. I don't know what trouble I got into," Sha Zhu said, pushing his bicycle. He didn't even go home and followed Li Gang to the neighborhood office.

"Zhu Zi, give me your bicycle. I'll ride it around the square next door for a couple of laps and return it to you when you come out," Li Gang said hurriedly when he saw Sha Zhu preparing to park his bicycle.

“Okay,” Sha Zhu handed the bicycle to Li Gang and went inside to Director Wang’s office.

Sha Zhu arrived at Director Wang's office door, knocked on the door, and heard Director Wang's voice inside.

Sha Zhu took a deep breath, changed his expression, and pushed open the door to go inside.

Before Director Wang could even see the change in Sha Zhu's facial expression, he was about to start lecturing Sha Zhu.

Sha Zhu walked up with a grin and said, "Director Wang, how did you know I had two job openings?"

I just brought it back, and I haven't even decided which struggling neighbor to give it to yet. How did it reach Director Wang's ears so quickly?

When Director Wang saw Sha Zhu enter with a grin, he almost lost his breath, having been holding his breath and preparing to teach Sha Zhu a lesson.

Where did this silly Zhu get these job openings from? Like cabbages? Even cabbages aren't available every day. This kid definitely knows I'm going to lecture him and try to distract him.

Good lad, this silly Zhu has even come up with some brain teasers for himself.

Ask first before you speak, as the number of job openings is a matter of great importance to people's family lives.

If it weren't for Zhu Zi's suggestions and slight help, given the series of problems in Nanluoguxiang, I probably would have been transferred long ago.

Little did they know that the mastermind behind the series of problems in Nanluoguxiang was none other than the seemingly carefree, silly Zhu Zi standing right in front of them.

"Zhu Zi, where did you get this job opening? Don't try to mess with me, I'm really angry right now."

Sha Zhu quickly took out the two slips of paper from his person and handed them to Director Wang.

“Look, Director Wang, when have I, He Yuzhu, ever joked? Whenever I, He Yuzhu, have made a promise or said a word, when have I ever lied?”

Sha Zhu said with a righteous expression.

Director Wang glanced at the note and asked in confusion, "Didn't your steel rolling mill finish recruiting before the Lunar New Year? Why didn't I receive any news about it? Why are you recruiting again now?"

"Director Wang, what are you dreaming of? This is Aunt Hu from next door. She's always wanting her son to learn how to make tables and chairs from me, but I don't have time to teach him."

Besides, isn't setting up tables and chairs something anyone can do with their hands? I'm too lazy to teach them. And thinking about Aunt Hu's son, it's not good for him to always be carrying bags.

I asked a friend in the factory's HR department for a job opening, and she gave me two. Didn't you call me over, Director Wang?

I was thinking that I had already found a job for Aunt Hu's family, and there were many families in worse situations than hers.

"Aunt Hu's family is at least able to make ends meet, so we'll assign her to Director Wang first."

"Sure, Zhu Zi, you already know people in the HR department. Tell me how you met them," Director Wang asked curiously.

"How could a cook like me know them? Didn't some city leaders come to inspect the factory yesterday? I made some braised dishes for our little restaurant."

I happened to run into someone from the HR department, and casually asked her about it. She gave me two of her family's openings.

"Alright, Zhu Zi, you've got guts now. Don't give out job openings to others indiscriminately in the future, or you'll get yourself into trouble."

The situation has become too big for me to handle; it's quite difficult because there are just too many job seekers.

Your second uncle and Aunt Hu's jobs almost caused dissatisfaction among the neighbors.

Be more low-key in the future and don't always try to stand out.

Also, what's with those people from your steel mill's kitchen coming to me wanting to become your apprentices? Why are they coming to me? Haven't I already found three for you?

Those people don't need political vetting; their identities are definitely not a problem. They might even be able to help you in the future, like the employees at your factory.

The review process is too complicated; I don't have time for your business right now. If you still want to take on apprentices, listen to me, wait a few more years.

“Okay, I’ll listen to Director Wang,” Sha Zhu said.

"Zhu Zi, both of your job openings are in the logistics department; the jobs are pretty good."

Your factory has a good reputation and the benefits are quite good.

I have several family members of martyrs who are unwilling to work in the places arranged by the human resources and social security department.

Your factory isn't far from their homes, so I think they'll choose it. It's just that I can only give you some extra money privately.”

Director Wang hesitated. With the current crackdown on corruption, if this job were to involve money, he figured he'd be out of a job.

"No need, Director Wang, I'm not short of money now. When my master came to visit me before the New Year, he saw me setting up a stall and..."

When I went to pay my respects for the New Year, my teacher's wife gave me a big red envelope, enough for me to live on for several months.

My dad also sends me money back home. My second uncle and I both have jobs.

"I probably have enough money on me to eat meat every day," Sha Zhu said boastfully, as if he hadn't grown up.

Director Wang was amused by Sha Zhu's words; ordinary people couldn't even afford to eat their fill of cornbread and corn porridge.

You're actually thinking about eating meat every day? You spend money recklessly, and when you have money, you donate it without hesitation.

Seeing that the children weren't eating well, he actually brought all the neighborhood kids to his home to eat mutton offal soup.

I heard that all the children flock to his house when I visit relatives for the New Year. Indeed, my own level of understanding isn't even as high as that of that silly guy in front of me.

Which of us is the Party member? We're still just kids, acting on a whim, never having faced setbacks. We have our dads and mentors to take care of us, no wonder.

Director Wang took a book out of the drawer and handed it to Sha Zhu. "Zhu Zi, this is the first volume of 'Selected Works of Mao Zedong,' published by People's Publishing House last October. I'm giving it to you. You must read it carefully."

It's in my own space, but I haven't had a chance to read it yet. Sigh, in this day and age, we really need to study Mao's Selected Works properly. Silly Zhu has made up his mind.

After returning home, I put the book on postpartum care for sows into my spatial storage and began to study it carefully.

Unfortunately, the Little Red Book wasn't published until 1964, and we can only find its famous quotes and sayings from other works now.

Holding the valuable books given to him by Director Wang, Sha Zhu left the subdistrict office without asking Li Gang for his bicycle back, and went straight home.

Sha Zhu had just returned home and was reading a book on his recliner when Yu Shui returned with his classmates.