R70DCF Chapter 26

◎This thing just won’t work◎

In addition to Dong Jiaojiao, there are many people taking the bus into the city today.

Liu Ping saw Dong Jiaojiao’s dress and asked gossiping: “Xiao Dong, you are so well dressed today, are you going on a blind date?”

“No, I just went to the city to buy some things, and I didn’t dress up much either. I just changed my clothes.”

Dong Jiaojiao didn’t want to cause any controversy, so she didn’t mention it.

Ma Ronghua answered with a smile: “That’s true. Xiao Dong is good-looking. She can change her clothes casually and look like a fairy that day.”

Qin Xiulian, the sister-in-law of another regimental leader, suddenly said: “Xiao Dong, I have a distant cousin works in the research institute next door. I think you two are a good match. How about we have a meal together sometime? ”

“Thank you, Sister-in-law Qin, but I just got divorced and I’m going on a blind date right away. I’m afraid. It’s not good, let’s forget it.”

“You both just got divorced, so why can He Chengjun have relations with that vixen all day long? The man is unmarried and the girl is unmarried, so there is nothing to worry about going on a blind date.”

“Thank you, but really. No need.” Dong Jiaojiao has been refusing such things for the past two days.

Even Wang Cuihua said that she would be a matchmaker for her, as if she was afraid that she would not be able to get married.

“Xiao Dong, let me tell you, my cousin is really good…” Qin Xiulian still didn’t give up.

Someone saw that Dong Jiaojiao really didn’t want to do anything, so they started to help.

“Xiulian, you also need to be considerate of Xiaodong. Going on a blind date just after the divorce will really have a bad impact. Just let her take a break.”

“Divorce is not a strenuous job. What’s the point of taking a break.”

“What I’m saying is, let her rest her mind for a while and adjust her mentality. ”

“…”

That’s how it is these days. Once a child reaches the age of marriage, the surrounding neighbors will spontaneously start urging them to get married.

If anyone says that he doesn’t want to get married or have children, it’s like breaking a law of heaven. People from the whole street are guaranteed to come to do ideological work for you.

Dong Jiaojiao didn’t have this idea. She still liked children and wanted to have a happy family.

But there’s no rush now. She won’t be able to live in the house in the military compound for too long. Her first priority is to find a place to go. The matter of blind date and marriage can only be put in the back burner.

Dong Jiaojiao stopped talking, and the others began to chat about other topics, chattering very lively.

Suddenly, Dong Jiaojiao discovered that Lu Jinzhou’s car was behind the purchasing vehicle, and he was driving the car himself. The driver comrade she had met before was not there.

However, Dong Jiaojiao didn’t find it strange, because Lu Jinzhou said yesterday that he had something to go to the machine factory today.

Dong Jiaojiao turned her head and stopped looking at him, as if she didn’t recognize him.

When she arrived in the city, Dong Jiaojiao didn’t bother to look for Lu Jinzhou and spent two cents to take a bus to the door of the machinery factory.

At this time, there are still five minutes left before the exam time.

Chen Yuanjiang was waiting at the door early in the morning, even more anxious than Dong Jiaojiao, the examinee, for fear that she would not catch up.

As soon as he saw Dong Jiaojiao’s figure, he immediately ran forward.

“Comrade Jiaojiao, you’re finally here. Come with me quickly. I’ll take you to the examination room. Everyone else has already gone in.”

“Thank you, thank you. I didn’t expect the bus to be so slow in the morning. Fortunately, I caught it. ” Dong Jiaojiao was also sweating profusely.

Hurrying, the two of them arrived at the conference room for the exam at exactly half past eight.

If Chen Yuanjiang hadn’t led the way, Dong Jiaojiao would have been late if she had found it on her own.

Chen Yuanjiang took out the pen he had prepared in advance and handed it to Dong Jiaojiao: “Comrade Jiaojiao, the ink is full, please take it.”

When registering, they told them to bring their own pen for the exam. Chen Yuanjiang was afraid that Dong Jiaojiao would forget so he helped her prepare.

How could Dong Jiaojiao forget such an important thing.

However, she was afraid that if she encountered an emergency, such as the pen not writing or something, it would be better to bring an extra one, so she took it and sincerely thanked you: “Thank you, Comrade Chen.”

“You’re welcome, it’s just a small effort. You can take the test well, I believe you will be fine!”

Dong Jiaojiao sighed in her heart, what a good person.

Yesterday, Chen Yuanjiang said that he liked eating the rice balls she made. When she went back, she specially made ten of them.

It is not only filled with eggs and shredded potatoes, but also meat. She planned to give it to Chen Yuanjiang this morning as a thank you.

However, it was a little late now. Dong Jiaojiao could only take the exam first and wait until the exam was over.

There are a total of 100 exam questions, ranging from difficult to easy, covering various subjects such as Chinese and mathematics, which can be regarded as a hodgepodge.

The “hard questions” are for ranking purposes, so that everyone does not get perfect scores, which would lose the meaning of the exam.

The “easy questions” are to save everyone’s face. Even if you fail the exam, it won’t be a duck egg, which will not sound good when it comes to public opinion.
(Duck egg, zero, you get the gist… ;-))

People nowadays are generally not well educated. For example, Dong Jiaojiao, a junior high school student, is a real educated person in everyone’s eyes.

These days, Dong Jiaojiao has not been idle. She reads whenever she has free time and studies until late every night.

She didn’t say she knew all the exam questions, but at least she finished them all, which was much better than those who didn’t even finish the papers.

The exam time passed quickly, and comrades from the factory’s human resources department came to collect the papers and told everyone that the results would be announced in two hours.

They could sit there and wait, or they could go back first and come back when the time comes.

The human resources department does this to prevent anyone from making small moves.

Because this recruitment is aimed at the internal employees of the factory, everyone has something to do with it. If the results are delayed until tomorrow, they are afraid someone will come in through the back door.

At that time, whether you help or not, you will easily offend people, and if someone reports you, it will be even more thankless.

Therefore, Director Hu from the Human Resources Department decided to mark the papers on the spot and announce the results immediately, so that no one would be able to fault him.

Dong Jiaojiao had nowhere to go, so she decided to wait there.

After the comrades from the personnel department left, Chen Yuanjiang walked in immediately, followed by Lu Jinzhou.

Before Dong Jiaojiao had time to ask why Lu Jinzhou was here, Chen Yuanjiang couldn’t wait to ask: “How did the exam go? Are the questions difficult? Did you finished them all? Is there anything you’re not sure about? Tell me, I’ll see. Let’s see if you got it right.”

Seeing Chen Yuanjiang act like this, like he wished he could take the exam for Dong Jiaojiao, and get full marks, Dong Jiaojiao took out her draft paper and wrote down a few math questions that she was not sure about and that had a relatively high score.

Mathematics is different from other subjects. If you don’t know this thing, you just don’t know it. You can’t wing it.

However, as soon as she finished writing, Lu Jinzhou next to her said, “Yes, all the answers are correct.”

There was a hint of approval in his eyes, and then there was a hint of disappointment.

Chen Yuanjiang immediately leaned over to take a look and said happily: “Yes, all the answers are correct, Comrade Jiaojiao, you are so smart! I said, you will definitely pass the exam!”

Chen Yuanjiang, like Lu Jinzhou, can tell the answer to a math problem of this level in seconds just by looking at it.

But he praised Dong Jiaojiao’s posture, as if the other party had solved a world-class problem.

When Dong Jiaojiao heard this, she smiled very happily, because this meant that she would most likely be hired.

Dong Jiaojiao took out the lunch box from the cloth pocket she carried with her, which was actually a space, and opened it. There were five rice balls inside.

She didn’t even bother to have breakfast when she went out in the morning. Now that she had finished the exam, she felt hungry.

“Comrade Chen, didn’t you say you like the rice balls I made? Do you want one?”

Chen Yuanjiang wanted to eat. Although he had eaten porridge and fried dough sticks in the morning, he felt hungry again when he smelled the aroma of the rice balls.

However, he still refused: “Comrade Jiaojiao, this is your breakfast. You can eat it yourself. I have already eaten it.”

“It’s okay, I still have it.” After saying that, Dong Jiaojiao took out another lunch box. There are also five rice balls inside.

“This is specially made for you. Didn’t you say that the rice balls I made are more delicious than those in state-owned restaurants?”

Yesterday, Dong Jiaojiao treated guests to dinner at a state-owned hotel, and Chen Yuanjiang indeed said this.

When Chen Yuanjiang heard this, he was moved to tears. He didn’t expect that Dong Jiaojiao actually remembered his words in his heart and even made rice balls for him.

In this case, Chen Yuanjiang stopped delaying and started eating happily.

Seeing Lu Jinzhou watching, Chen Yuanjiang thought about it again and said with great reluctance: “Director Lu, do you want it?”

Chen Yuanjiang hoped that Lu Jinzhou would refuse, but Lu Jinzhou agreed in a vindictive manner and picked up Chen Yuanjiang’s portion of the rice ball and ate.

Lu Jinzhou was already prepared to feel nauseated, but this time he didn’t.

And it feels particularly delicious. Whether it’s eggs or meat, every bite makes Lu Jinzhou’s taste buds widen. It’s so delicious that he can’t stop eating it.

Lu Jinzhou finally understood that it wasn’t that eating with Dong Jiaojiao made him not feel nauseous, but that he could only eat what the other person had cooked.

It’s not like Lu Jinzhou has never eaten food cooked by top chefs.

When he attended state banquets before, the master chef who cooked the dishes was a descendant of the royal chef, so his cooking skills were no problem, but Lu Jinzhou could only eat green vegetables.

Is it because he has different feelings for Dong Jiaojiao that that’s why he is like this?

Because of the big age difference, Lu Jinzhou has always been a little timid, fearing that Dong Jiaojiao would dislike him.

In the dead of night last night, he warned himself over and over again not to have delusional thoughts and dream about the good things that didn’t belong to him.

But when he woke up in the morning, he still drove over unconsciously.

He felt uncomfortable when she only asked Chen Yuanjiang if he wanted to eat rice balls.

He felt even more uncomfortable when he saw that she had specially prepared a box full of rice balls for Chen Yuanjiang.

So…he is going to eat up all this box of rice balls!

Chen Yuanjiang saw that his “love rice balls” were about to disappear, and he felt very anxious.

But it was hard to say anything, lest Dong Jiaojiao misunderstood that he was stingy and have a bad impression of him.

Dong Jiaojiao glared at Lu Jinzhou with disgust, thinking that this man had no eyesight at all after living to such an old age.

So, she had no choice but to take out her share of the rice ball and hand it to Chen Yuanjiang: “Comrade Chen, eat this from me. I can’t finish it anyway.”

Chen Yuanjiang immediately smiled and felt that the rice ball in his hand was even more fragrant.

Lu Jinzhou suddenly felt that the rice balls in his hands were not so fragrant…

The test results came out soon. More than a hundred people signed up, and Dong Jiaojiao came in second place.

There are three people recruited this time, and Dong Jiaojiao, as the second place, must be included.

However, they are only temporary workers now, and to become regular workers will depend on their performance.

Some people can become regular workers in half a year, while others have been working as temporary workers for several years.

Unlike later generations, there is no probation period. Now if you want to become a full-time employee, in addition to the factory’s policy, you also need to look at the master or department leader who will guide you.

Dong Jiaojiao felt that it didn’t matter whether she could become a regular employee or not. Anyway, she just wanted to find a job to make a transition.

After the reform and opening up, she will go out to do business on her own.

Now that the work is solved, there is still another problem facing Dong Jiaojiao, and that is the issue of accommodation.

Dong Jiaojiao came here in the army’s procurement vehicle today, and it was almost half past eight when she got here.

But the working hours of the machinery factory are eight o’clock.

Moreover, Dong Jiaojiao is no longer a military wife. The house in the military compound will be taken back soon, and she will not be able to stay there for long.

As for the machinery factory, Dong Jiaojiao is a temporary worker and there is no extra dormitory for her.

There were so many regular workers who wanted to apply for dormitories, but they were still queuing up. How could she be a temporary worker?

Even if there is room in the dormitory, she doesn’t know how long it will be her turn.

Therefore, the best way is to rent an apartment yourself.

Chen Yuanjiang immediately volunteered and said he could help find a house. He was a local and had geographical advantages.

However, Dong Jiaojiao refused because she had lived in Lingnan City for many years in her previous life and was very familiar with this city.

If nothing else works, she can still go to Lin Xiaoqiang, who has a vacant room at his house.

Moreover, there is a grandma in his family, so there won’t be any gossip about being alone.

As for Lu Jinzhou, Dong Jiaojiao did not give him a chance to express his opinion throughout the whole process.

In the end, Lu Jinzhou could only watch Dong Jiaojiao leave the machinery factory alone and disappear into the vast sea of ​​people.

Perhaps because he was in such a bad mood, Lu Jinzhou didn’t notice that someone followed Dong Jiaojiao from a distance after seeing her leave.