Transmigrating to Book 50, others hoard rice, I hoard money

When Zhou Rong arrived at the Personnel Department, he saw an older woman sitting there drinking tea and reading a newspaper.

"Hello sister, I'm here to report."

As Zhou Rong spoke, he took out his approval slip and handed it to the older sister.

Chen Aimei put down her teacup and newspaper, took Zhou Rong's note and looked at it. After confirming that there was no problem, she took out a form and said in Jiangcheng dialect: "Can you write? If you can, please register your information here. If not, you can tell me and I will write it."

Zhou Rong could understand most of the Jiangcheng dialect. She glanced at the contents of the form, which mainly required registration of family and personal information.

"What's your last name, sister?"

Chen Aimei: "My last name is Chen, the same as Erdong Chen."

Zhou Rong: "Hello, Sister Chen. I still have three children at home who have not been settled yet, and I haven't brought any luggage with me. I came to the factory today just to get familiar with the environment and get to know the factory. Can I come back in a few days to fill out this form?"

Chen Aimei returned the approval slip to Zhou Rong and said, "Okay, Chief Ye has approved that you can start work at any time. When the time comes, just take this slip and come back to me to fill out the forms."

Zhou Rong: "Sister Chen, I just went to the slag discharge workshop and saw that our workers are in very good spirits. It is obvious that the leaders are managing well. Sister Chen's work is very important in the factory, and she must have contributed a lot. I am proud of Sister Chen and our ironworks."

Chen Aimei didn't expect that the woman in front of her, who was dressed like a country girl, would say such profound words. The key point was that she also affirmed her work. She immediately looked at Zhou Rong differently and became enthusiastic.

"Sit down, sister. I'll pour you some tea. It's so cold, drink some hot tea to warm yourself up."

Zhou Rong pulled Chen Aimei and said with a smile: "You're welcome, Sister Chen. I hope you can give me some advice in the future.

Don't let me, a country bumpkin who has never seen the world and doesn't know the rules, bring discredit to the factory."

Chen Aimei: "No problem! If you encounter any difficulties, just come to me. I will help you as long as I can."

Zhou Rong rubbed his waist and said with a frustrated look on his face: "To be honest with you, Sister Chen, my country mother-in-law is not an easy person to talk to.

Every time I gave birth, I was asked to go out to work before the end of the confinement period. Now my waist hurts every once in a while, and sometimes I can't even move because of the pain.

My cousin who works in the city owed my family some money, so he arranged this job for me in order to repay the favor.

My cousin said that the work in our slag workshop is extremely important. If I suffer from back pain while working, wouldn’t it affect the production progress of the factory? That would be a big sin!

Sister Chen, in order not to affect the factory's production tasks, I would like to replace my brothers from my mother's family or other distant relatives to come to work in the factory, is that okay?"

Chen Aimei looked at the naive Zhou Rong and sighed repeatedly with heartache. This silly girl must have been deceived by her cousin.

The slag removal workshop is the most tiring job. Putting a thin girl like this in there is obviously an attempt to tire her out.

Chen Aimei held Zhou Rong's hand and whispered, "According to the rules, whoever's name is written on the approval slip is the one who will come to work.

But your situation is special, so we will handle it specially. Go back and discuss with your family to see who is willing to take your place. Then you can bring that person over and I will help you with the formalities."

Zhou Rong held Chen Aimei's hand tightly and said gratefully, "Sister, how can there be such a good person like you in the world? Let's go to the temple to burn incense tomorrow. I will make a wish to the Buddha for you, wishing you a long life and peace for your family."

Chen Aimei waved her hands and said with a smile: "You are too polite. We are all women. How can I bear to see you suffer?"

Zhou Rong flattered Chen Aimei again, which made Chen Aimei so happy that she wanted to accept Zhou Rong as her godsister.

Yang Jinlin came over and saw Zhou Rong and Chen Aimei chatting enthusiastically, and thought he was seeing things.

Isn’t this woman’s first time at the ironworks?

How come you are so familiar with the people in the personnel department?

Seeing Yang Jinlin coming, Zhou Rong said to Chen Aimei: "Sister, my cousin is here. Let's go back and take care of things at home. I'll come to see you in a few days."

Chen Aimei: "Okay, be careful on the road, and come to me if you need anything."

"Thank you, Sister Chen."

After leaving the iron factory, Yang Jinlin asked Zhou Rong: "Have you ever known that comrade from the personnel department?"

Zhou Rong said expressionlessly: "We are sisters who were separated in the previous life. Because of you, we met again in this life."

Yang Jinlin: “…”

Zhou Rong: "Where is the house you mentioned? Is it nearby? Since we are already here, let's go take a look so as to avoid making another trip."

The house that Yang Jinlin found was 1-2 kilometers away from the iron factory.

As we walked along, we found the road to be bumpy, full of potholes, and full of sewage.

Many of the houses nearby are built with rotten ship planks, scrap iron sheets, reed mats, and straw bags, with an occasional two-story brick and wood structure.

There are also many land temples, open-air toilets and garbage dumps along the way.

From time to time, rickshaws and carts pass by, and every few meters, you can see some old people or children picking up rubbish.

The area is not large, but there are many people.

By observing the people coming and going, Zhou Rong guessed that the people living in this area were probably porters, handymen, rickshaw pullers, vagrants and scavengers.

To put it simply, it is a place where all kinds of people gather.

Seeing Zhou Rong's gloomy face all the way, Yang Jinlin explained, "I told you before, it's not easy to find a house in the city, and you don't want to live in the dormitory.

This is the only vacant house near the ironworks. The house I found for you is much better than the ones you see, and the neighbors on both sides are also very welcoming.

They can look after your kids while you go to work.”

Zhou Rong snorted coldly: "Take a look first, if I'm not satisfied, you have to look for it again.

I warn you, don't play tricks on me. If I'm unhappy, neither you nor your family will be happy!"

Yang Jinlin felt that he could not communicate with Zhou Rong, and pointed to a house in front and said: "This is where the landlord lives. I didn't borrow money before, so I couldn't buy a house. I agreed with the landlord to rent it for three months first.

We will go and talk about it later. If they are willing to sell, we will buy it. If not, we will rent it first and move to a suitable place later."

With this environment, Zhou Rong didn't think that place would be very good, so he asked, "Have you paid the three months' rent?"

Yang Jinlin: "Not yet. Don't we have to wait until you finish reading it before we can decide?"

The two arrived at the landlord's house. Yang Jinlin stated his identity, and the landlord's wife said, "If you don't come, I will rent out the house. Pay the rent first, and I will give you the key."

Yang Jinlin pointed at Zhou Rong and said, "This is my cousin. She lives in the house and she wants to take another look at it."

The landlady was looking for her keys while muttering to herself, "Damn it, what a jerk!"

Zhou Rong did not understand this sentence. Yang Jinlin had been in Jiangcheng for several years and had almost mastered the Jiangcheng dialect, but he did not want to translate it for Zhou Rong.

Lest Zhou Rong get angry again and beat up the landlord's wife...