After arriving at the labor protection warehouse, Liu Pingan used his newly opened pack of Daqianmen to lead the way, offered a cigarette to the old man in charge, and then stuffed the remaining pack of cigarettes into the hands of the warehouse manager. Although this trick was cliché, it worked well. Didn't you see that the warehouse manager's face was as bright as a chrysanthemum?

He asked about Liu Ping'an's height, personally took two sets of suitable steel rolling mill work clothes and handed them to Liu Ping'an, and personally took Liu Ping'an to select two brand new large aluminum lunch boxes. After getting all the things, he pulled out a rope from somewhere and tied them up before handing them to Liu Ping'an, and happily sent them out.

After finishing the job, the two walked towards the gate they came from. Wang Dayong was going to go back to work, while Liu Pingan was going to go home. Although several days had passed since he bought Pian Ye's house at Zhengyangmen, he didn't know if Pian Ye had set off to the Northeast to start his new journey. He was not good at it, and he would not go there. He still had to save face. Although he settled in the No. 95 compound, it did not mean that he would assimilate, lower his bottom line, and dance with the beasts.

As soon as he reached the gate, he said goodbye to Wang Dayong and planned to go home. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he saw Xu Damao riding a bicycle towards the gate. When he saw Liu Ping'an, his eyes flashed with surprise, and then he stopped in front of Liu Ping'an, got up and got off the bicycle, and greeted Liu Ping'an: "Hey, isn't this Brother Ping'an? Why are you in our steel mill? Are you looking for a job? Do you want me to introduce you to someone? I can't say anything else, but it's not difficult to become an apprentice if you pay some money."

This statement was obviously meant to be a bit insulting. As for Xu Damao's suggestion of letting him work as an apprentice in the factory, it was indeed not difficult. At this moment, Lou Bancheng handed over the actual control of the steel mill and agreed to only take dividends and a little bit of shares. After the state took over the steel mill, it has decided to invest heavily in the production and construction of the steel mill. This year, while taking over the work of the steel mill, it also accepted the assistance of the old Russians and added several production lines, which required a significant increase in the number of workers. At this moment, it is busy recruiting workers. Ordinary apprentices are easy to recruit, but the local people in Sijiucheng and relatives and friends in the factory come first. However, some leaders and masters have been allocated job quotas. Those who don't have relatives or friends at home will take out these quotas and sell them.

Xu Damao was not lying when he asked him to pay for the job. It was just that he didn't know if Xu Damao would make a profit by being a middleman. It was hard to say how much he would make. However, based on Liu Ping'an's understanding of Xu Damao, he would definitely take the opportunity to cheat him.

Before Liu Ping'an could reply, Wang Dayong heard the sarcasm in Xu Damao's words and said, "Isn't this the son of Xu Fugui? Why don't you learn projection technology from your father instead of talking nonsense here? Did you see what your brother Liu has in his hand? Ping'an has officially joined the steel rolling mill as a junior electrician, making 35.6 cents a month. Stop worrying about nothing here. Even if you become a regular employee in two years, you won't be able to catch up with your brother Liu's current salary."

It's obvious at first glance that Liu Ping'an is a capable person, and he's already a junior electrician at such a young age. He must be doing well in the factory. At the very least, he can't just take the money for nothing and take advantage of other people's finances.

So he started to insult Xu Damao. He spoke up for Liu Pingan and fought back. It seemed that the two of them were from the same compound. Why was Xu Damao so talkative?

Hearing this, Liu Ping'an smiled and nodded to Wang Dayong, glanced at Xu Damao who didn't respond to his previous words, turned around and walked towards No. 95 Nanluoguxiang.

Wang Dayong also returned to his post. Both ignored Xu Damao, which made Xu Damao stand at the gate with his bicycle awkwardly for a while. He didn't know whether to leave or not. He thought to himself, "I told you to look down on others."

Finally, he pushed his bicycle and chased after Liu Pingan, hoping to ease the relationship between the two with his thick skin and foul mouth. After all, they were neighbors in the same compound, although one was in the front yard and the other in the back yard, and there was a middle yard with Sha Zhu's family in the middle. But when he thought that they would work in the same factory in the future, and the Propaganda Department was the place with the most power failures in the factory besides the workshop, he still chased after him with a thick face.

After jogging for a while, he caught up with Liu Ping'an, stopped him with his bicycle, and said to Liu Ping'an with an ugly smile, "Brother Ping'an, I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I'm used to talking bad to Sha Zhu, and I didn't control my mouth today. If you are a big man, don't bear grudges, so don't bother with me."

Then he took out his Daqianmen cigarette from his chest pocket and handed it to Liu Ping'an.

Looking at the Daqianmen, Liu Ping'an sneered and reached out to take it. He had been smoking all day and had finished four packs of Daqianmen from the time he entered the steel mill to the time he came out. He didn't expect that when he was about to go home, someone would hand him a cigarette, and it was the four packs of Daqianmen that he had just given away.

After taking the Daqianmen and putting it to his lips, Xu Damao quickly struck a match and lit it for Liu Pingan. After Liu Pingan took a puff, he breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that today's incident was over.

In this way, the two of them walked on the road, one smoking a Daqianmen and the other pushing a bicycle.

After Liu Pingan finished smoking a cigarette, he asked, "Da Mao, you are really good! What do you do in the factory now? You have a bicycle. Yours is a permanent one, right? It must be worth at least 200 yuan. If you add another yuan, you can buy a house. You are really good."

In fact, at this time, Liu Ping'an knew about Xu Damao's situation, but Xu Damao didn't know that Liu Ping'an knew it!

After all, the two of them had only met for the fourth time in the past few days, including meeting here today. In order to ease the awkward atmosphere along the way, Liu Pingan asked this question.

Everyone likes to hear good words. Hearing this, Xu Damao said modestly, "No, no, this is a special bicycle specially provided by the factory to facilitate our work as projectionists. It's all from the factory. I have only been working here for less than a year and I am learning projection with my classmates. Once I am converted to a regular employee, this bicycle will officially belong to me."

But the unconscious curl of his mouth and the slightly raised head could not hide his inner joy. After all, the position of projectionist among the eight major personnel at this moment was not something that anyone could do.

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