Yi Zhonghai's Siheyuan

Qin Huairu walked all the way to the street office, greeted the gatekeeper at the door, and said she was looking for Director Wang, then went in. Qin Huairu walked into an office in the street office and saw that Director Wang was not there, so she sat there waiting.

After waiting for about an hour, just when Qin Huairu was getting impatient, Director Wang had just returned from a meeting in the district. He was exhausted from the journey. As soon as he parked his bicycle at the street office, he heard the security guard say that a neighbor was looking for him. Director Wang parked his bicycle and went to the street office.

As soon as she entered the room, she saw Qin Huairu sitting on a stool by the desk waiting for her. Qin Huairu also saw Director Wang coming in. As soon as she saw Director Wang, she ran over and said, "Director Wang, I have something to trouble the Street Office."

Director Wang looked at Qin Huairu with a questioning look on his face and said, "Qin Huairu, what do you want?"

Qin Huairu: "Look, I just got out of jail. Can the street office arrange a job for me? I can't support myself with three children and a mother-in-law." As she spoke, Qin Huairu's tears flowed like a faucet.

Director Wang felt very embarrassed when he heard Qin Huairu's request. According to the current situation, Qin Huairu should be criticized for her identity, but she was spared because she had three children and an old lady. Now she came to him and said she wanted a job in the street office, and Director Wang couldn't deal with her all of a sudden.

Seeing that Director Wang didn't say anything, Qin Huairu knelt down in front of everyone. Director Wang saw Qin Huairu kneeling again and immediately said with a serious face, "Qin Huairu, how many times have I told you! Don't kneel! Do you think this is the old society now? Get up!"

Qin Huairu just couldn't get up, which made Director Wang in a dilemma. He couldn't just kick Qin Huairu out. If Qin Huairu made a scene, it would be embarrassing for him. The whole street would be criticized then.

Director Wang adjusted his mood and said, "Qin Huairu, I have a solution. You can go to the Women's Federation and ask them to help you. The street office really can't do it, but the Women's Federation can."

Director Wang then told Qin Huairu about the role of the Women's Federation. Qin Huairu didn't waste any words, she stood up and went straight to the Women's Federation.

Director Wang looked at Qin Huairu's receding back and thought to himself, "Hey, this person is really interesting! He uses people to help him and doesn't even say thank you."

Speaking of which, Qin Huairu finally arrived at the Women's Federation after rushing for half an hour. The Women's Federation used to work together with the street office, but later because of the movement, the Women's Federation was split up. Now, there are a bunch of little girls working in the office of the Women's Federation.

Qin Huairu followed the same method and asked the old man at the door, and found the Women's Federation office. When several girls from the Women's Federation saw Qin Huairu in tears, they hurriedly asked, "Comrade, what can I do for you?"

Qin Huairu knelt down and said, "Young comrades, I want to ask you, the Women's Federation, to find me a job. My husband passed away early and I have three children and an old lady at home. I really can't support them."

When several young staff members heard that this was not a family conflict, they were afraid that Qin Huairu would suffer domestic violence and inhuman treatment. However, when they heard that Qin Huairu came to find a job, they could not make up their minds for a while and could only let Qin Huairu wait for the director of the Women's Federation to come back.

After waiting for about half an hour, the director of the Women's Federation came back from outside. As soon as she came back, she heard her colleagues tell her that Qin Huairu was looking for a job. Of course, the director of the Women's Federation knew why Qin Huairu lost her job.

The director of the Women's Federation looked at Qin Huairu with a stern face and said, "Qin Huairu, you are simply embarrassing us women comrades. Look at how you framed someone in your previous steel mill, and then you were put in labor camp for having an affair with an old man in your yard. How dare you come to the Women's Federation now?"

When the young clerks around heard that such a thing had happened to Qin Huairu, those who had originally felt sorry for her instantly lost their good impression of her.

Qin Huairu wiped her tears and said, "Director Chen, I have no choice! My children are hungry. What can I do? Please give me a job, otherwise my family will starve to death. Even if it is my fault, my children are not at fault. Please give me a job to support my family for their sake."

Director Chen of the Women's Federation also had a headache. It seemed unreasonable not to help, so she found a clerk and asked, "See if there is any work in our street now."

The clerk put down the booklet, took a look at it and said, "Director Chen, our Women's Federation has no work now, but there is a sweeper at the Street Office."

Director Chen nodded and said, "How about this, Qin Huairu, come with me to the Street Office to see Director Wang. As for whether she can arrange it, you'll have to see it from the Street Office."

So Director Chen took Qin Huairu and a clerk to the street office. Director Wang was handling matters in the street when he saw the director of the Women's Federation coming, followed by Qin Huairu.

When Director Wang saw the people from the Women's Federation coming, he immediately asked, "Director Chen, what's the matter?"

Director Chen: "It's because of Qin Huairu's matter. Our Women's Federation really has no work to arrange for Qin Huairu. Can you see if there is any job at your street office?" The movement of going to the countryside to work has already begun, and many people have used their connections to find jobs for their children, so the work at the Women's Federation has already been internally scheduled.

Director Wang also felt a headache when looking at Qin Huairu. Why were there so many talented people in his street? Fortunately, he would retire in a few years.

Director Wang looked at the job vacancies on his side and found an vacancy for a sweeper. This sweeper vacancy was recruited through additional recruitment and was not affiliated with the Street Office, so it was equivalent to a temporary worker.

Director Wang thought for a while and said, "Qin Huairu, there is a temporary sweeper here now, are you willing to do it?"

Qin Huairu hurriedly agreed. She now understood how important the job was. She had done all kinds of work in the labor camp, and now sweeping the floor would definitely be a lot easier.

Director Wang didn't waste any time and told Qin Huairu about the salary of temporary workers, which was 15 yuan a month for cleaning and clearing the streets. If the cleaning was not done well, money would be deducted.

Qin Huairu thought that she could get a salary of 18.5 yuan for sweeping the floor like in a steel mill, but she was not given a choice so she quickly expressed her willingness to do it.

Director Wang arranged for the street clerk to help Qin Huairu with her employment, and also took someone to take Qin Huairu to see the street she was in charge of.

After finishing all this, Director Wang looked at Director Chen helplessly and said, "Hey, our street office has produced a few weirdos..."

Director Chen of the Women's Federation also shook her head and sighed. There was nothing she could do as this was their responsibility. Qin Huairu looked at the four streets she was in charge of and went to the cleaning department of the street office to take a look. She learned that she would have to come here tomorrow to get the tools and start sweeping the floor.

After returning home, Qin Huairu told Jia Zhang that she had to go to the street office to sweep the floor, and that Jia Zhang must give Huhu a matchbox worth 3 cents every day, otherwise Qin Huairu would not provide meals.

Jia Zhang became anxious when she heard this, but when she met Qin Huairu's vicious eyes, she became timid again. She could only mutter dirty things, thinking that she would be free when the stick came out.