novelraw Chapter 18 Recruitment Information for the Cotton Mill
Chapter 18 Recruitment Information for the Cotton Mill
There was no concrete news about the human traffickers for the time being, and Tong Yuheng didn't want to ask any more questions, but there was news about Wu Zhigang, who had been arrested.
He was involved in selling goods on the black market for several hundred yuan, enough for two or three years of re-education through labor. However, Tong Yuheng kicked him that day, breaking his spine and causing paralysis, so they couldn't send him to the farm for reform!
His mother cried and wailed, demanding an explanation from the Red Armbanders, but they wouldn't listen to her. They locked the woman up for two days, and his family got scared and took the mother and son home.
They wanted their confiscated items back, but were lectured again. In the end, their items were confiscated again, and they slunk home.
Wu Zhigang was a ruthless man. Now that he was unable to move, he not only hated the people who had injured him, but also resented the two Shunzi brothers who hadn't brought him with them. He was thinking about how to take revenge on them.
He didn't think about Tong Yuheng at all. The fact that he could no longer stand up made Tong Yuheng happy when he received the news.
Wu Zhigang has avenged the original owner's death! Sometimes, making your enemy live a life worse than death is more effective than killing them.
Fan Yaqing hasn't been doing well these past few days either. She had a fever for two days before waking up, feeling groggy and weak all over. By the time she woke up, she had missed her final exams and graduation exams!
Although the authorities cleared Tong Yuheng of suspicion, she stubbornly believed that Tong Yuheng had knocked her unconscious and stolen the jade pendant.
She was filled with hatred, but without evidence, she couldn't do anything to Tong Yuheng. Besides, the jade pendant she lost was one she had stolen from Yuheng's drawer.
Upon seeing the jade pendant, her father, Fan Dayong, became even more certain that the Tong family still possessed valuable possessions in Tong Jiahui's possession. He believed that if she helped his second uncle, a widower, marry Tong Jiahui, then everything the Tong family owned would belong to the Fan family.
Her father didn't take the jade pendant away; instead, he gave it to her, perhaps as a form of encouragement, assuring her that she would have a share in the Tong family's wealth.
Subconsciously, she felt that the jade pendant was very important to her; losing it made her feel as if she had lost something. She was determined to go to the Tong family and find it again!
This was the day when final grades and graduation certificates were issued. After their morning exercise, the Tong sisters went to school to their respective classes.
Tong Yuheng and Tong Yuyao both had excellent grades, with near-perfect scores in all subjects on their graduation certificates. In the final exam, Tong Yuyao secured first place with a score more than 20 points higher than the second-place student.
The two sisters exchanged a smile and went to the junior high school to check on Linglong's situation. Sure enough, "last-minute cramming can be effective," and Linglong actually ranked in the top twenty of her class in the final exams, and her grades in all subjects on her graduation certificate were also among the "excellent."
Great, I can go to the street office to register for the rural service program tomorrow. I'll also talk to Uncle Gu tonight to discuss the specific details.
"Yuheng, are you still attending classes next semester? Are you going to take over your dad's job after you graduate?"
Chen Liying was Tong Yuheng's good friend and had also passed the graduation exam. She quietly pulled Tong aside to ask her questions.
"Yes, I won't be going next semester." She didn't mention going to the countryside; there were still many things to take care of, and she needed to keep it a secret for now.
"I have something to tell you..." Chen Liying whispered, "My mom's factory is hiring one male repairman and five female workers. They just posted the notice at noon."
The exam is tomorrow morning. You can let Yuyao take it; she's so good at her studies, she'll definitely pass!
"Is there really such a chance? What about you? With another competitor, won't your chances be smaller?" Tong Yuheng asked.
"Even if there were five more spots, I still wouldn't have a chance. Although my grades are good, they are still far behind yours and Yuyao's. I won't pass the exam."
"If Yuyao were to take the exam, she would definitely pass. Then she wouldn't have to go to the countryside. Your younger sisters are still quite young; how can you manage to take care of them all by yourself?"
Chen Liying genuinely cared about her best friends; she hoped they could stay in the city.
"Thank you, Yingzi! I'll take Yuyao to register in a bit!" Tong Yuheng immediately came up with a good idea, but he still needed to discuss it with Yuyao.
Yanshi Steel Plant is a large factory with tens of thousands of employees. There are also several state-owned factories nearby, including cotton mills and machinery factories, which are about the same size as the steel plant.
In addition, there are several smaller factories, such as a tableware factory and a candy factory. These factories will send recruitment notices to other factories, seeking to hire the children of their employees, with the same eligibility requirements.
Each recruitment notice is posted for a very short time, only a day or two. Those who receive the notice fill out a form to register for the exam, and the list of successful candidates is released immediately after the exam. This effectively prevents cheating and favoritism.
Tong Yuheng and Chen Liying separated, and Tong Yuheng pulled Yuyao, who was chatting with some classmates, to the playground.
"Yuyao, I heard from Yingzi that her mother's factory is hiring, and she said there are only five female workers available..."
Tong Yuheng told her the news from earlier. He guessed that the recruitment notice hadn't been posted yet, but Chen Liying knew about it first because her uncle was a junior manager at the factory.
"Huh? Aren't we supposed to sign up to go to the countryside? Do we also have to apply for jobs?" Yuyao didn't understand.
"We don't need it, but someone does. If you pass the exam, you can sell it directly to those who need it, and we can also take more money to the countryside..." Yuheng revealed his purpose.
"That's right! None of the schools around here have outperformed me in the joint entrance exam, I'm sure I'll get in!" Yu Yao said with a confident smile.
"Let's go home and get our household registration booklet first, then we'll go register now!" Tong Yuheng pulled her younger sister back to the classroom to pack her things, and excitedly went home with her freshly issued graduation certificate.
Linglong had already packed her graduation certificate into her bag, just in case anything went wrong. Her younger sisters hadn't returned yet; the two of them were still saying goodbye to their classmates.
Others didn't know they were going to the countryside and found it strange: they all lived in the same compound, and even on holidays they would see each other all the time, so why were they so reluctant to part as if they were going to be separated for ten or eight years?
Linglong: Who knows if we'll ever see each other again? Our whole family is going to the countryside!
When Tong Yuyao returned from registering at the cotton mill, Tong Jiahui had already prepared dinner. She had no idea that her two eldest daughters were preparing for another important event.
She planned to go to Gu Zhitao's house after lunch to ask him to finalize the location for their rural assignment so that her family could register the next day.
When she went to the Gu family home, Gu Zhitao wasn't there. He had been too busy to come back lately. He left a message saying that he had already informed them and was waiting for a reply. He told her not to rush and to go to the street office to register after everything was arranged in a couple of days.
Yuyao stayed home to study and review, determined to get a job opening tomorrow; Linglong saw that her fifth brother Yuhan and sixth brother Yuxuan had also gotten first place in their class, and even her little sister Yuqi had gotten perfect scores, so she obediently stayed home and started studying as well.
Sigh, I'm going to be a sent-down youth in the countryside. The books that used to give me a headache now seem much more lovely and endearing.