In the newly built wooden house, three domestic bank staff led a dozen soldiers who were recruited out to do things and were busy. Everyone was writing things, pens were passing by on paper, and there was a rustling sound in the room.

The wooden house is long, with a door at both sides of the left and right ends. After entering, it is a long counter. One third of the counter, one-meter-two-high wooden boards divide the inside into two parts.

Therefore, there is a door at each end of the counter facing the wall, which enters and exits separately.

The area on the right is used as a bank work area, with five windows set up for the undertaking of savings business. There are three windows, which are accounting windows for public units and cashier windows.

There was no glass above the counter, because there were two fully armed soldiers on duty at the door. With the ability to rob the bank, I had already killed the 291st Brigade and didn't have to smash the glass to go through the counter with all my efforts.

The counter on the left is a postal work area, with three counters here and a sorting area behind it. The postal business is not as troublesome as the bank. Several girls, led by two old postal workers from China, placed tables, chairs, file cabinets, etc., laughing and talking nonstop.

"Can you be quiet, it's so noisy!" A warrior who was anxiously writing in the work area of ​​the bank next door slapped his pen and shouted.

"Why are you so fierce? You can't sit still and blame us, don't you think?" The girl was born with the instinctive talent to help her. The female warrior who yelled back immediately pulled a few companions to win their support.

"That's it! Xie Guoping, please write it quickly. If you can't complete the task, hum, let's see that Director Jiang won't scold you to death!" A baby-faced female warrior crossed her waist and scolded her.

"Yes, yes, why don't you write quickly? We are still waiting to get the salary and buy a scarf and a small mirror." Another female soldier also said.

"Oh, I forgot if you don't say it. My mirror broke when I retreated last time. I want to buy another one..."

A group of little girls whispered, not taking the threat next door seriously at all.

Xie Guoping rubbed his temples in pain. He felt the blood vessels here beating rapidly and bursts of pain.

In front of him, there were several thick stacks of blank passbooks, waiting for him to write.

He looked at the salary list issued to him, with a total of twenty-two, each with thirty names. This is the third page, and the first few names were marked with a tick, meaning that it had been completed, and there was a long list waiting for him to process one by one.

Too scary!

There are 6,000 cadres and soldiers in the brigade, and more than 600 people in the civil affairs department. Three teachers took their twelve soldiers with good names. Each of the fifteen people had to complete the account opening procedures for more than 400 people. The title page of each passbook must be read with "291 Lunar Longkang Branch Office", and then the name and unit number are below.

On the next page is a table, namely date, business content, deposit, withdrawal, and balance.

Like his current one, he is a soldier named Zou Yongdong. His unit is the 9th Company of Engineering Battalion. With the head up, there are a total of nineteen words.

This is not finished. The following table should be filled in the date: "77.4.6", business: "Open an account", deposit: "20", balance: "20".

This amount is not just written in numbers, but you also need to add a dot at the end and then hit a floating point upwards to avoid being tampered with.

More than 400 people do this once, it’s so exhausting!

This is the passbook part. After that, everyone has to build a bottom card. This is the bank retention part and used as a comparison. In the future, the soldiers took the passbook to deposit and withdraw money. They all need to find the bottom card and confirm that the amount is correct before they can apply.

"How much is my allowance?" Xie Guoping felt itchy, wanting to know the amount of his allowance.

Speaking of which, his troops are the fourth platoon of the fifth field company, a squad, and an ordinary soldier, so the allowance should be the same as that of this Zou Yongdong.

But he was transferred to work in a bank again. This is considered a public institution. Will the salary be a little different?

As soldiers, the monthly allowance of 20 yuan is quite large, and the monthly allowance of only 5 yuan in China is only 24 yuan. Even according to the 24-level wage standard for domestic formal workers, new workers who enter the factory can only receive 1977 cents in the first year. The allowance of these soldiers is equivalent to that of new workers.

There are also many people with high salaries, and there are still many teachers who have high salaries. I heard that the salary level they paid in school was compared with their previous salary level.

The highest professor, Professor Li, heard that he used to be a second-level professor, had an astonishing monthly salary of 285 yuan and 83 cents!

The salaries of other teachers are also very high. I heard that this is the order of the brigade commander. Originally, the salary of new teachers was only 24, and the brigade commander strictly stipulated that the minimum salary of teachers was transferred to 30. Therefore, the group of teachers who came could get 57 yuan in a month, and the average amount was about 80 yuan, which was more than the allowance of the four soldiers.

However, the brigade commander also said that the students trained by these teachers will become scientists, engineers, technicians, and management cadres in the future, which is related to the future of the 291 Brigade. Whether they can teach with all their heart and strength is related to whether there are qualified talents in the 291 Brigade in the future and whether they can meet the needs, so it is natural that high salaries are high.

OK, respect teachers and respect the truth, just have higher salary.

The only thing Xie Guoping was dissatisfied with was that the brigade commander set him a salary that was too low, only 150 yuan, which was much lower than that Professor Li!

The brigade commander made so many contributions for the hard work of the entire brigade day and night, but only got this salary, which was really unfair! If he could voluntarily, he would rather get a little less by himself and let the brigade commander get a little more.

There must be thousands!

...

Xie Guoping was there and was indignant that Guan Fei's salary was too low, and a group of people in the military service club were also busy.

"Everyone listen, we only have one hall, it is impossible to spread all the goods out, so there must be a focus." A female cadre from the domestic supply and marketing cooperative clapped her hands hard, so others were focused on her listening, "Our container must be half a meter away from the wall, leaving room for salesmen to move around. From left to right, there are five glass counters on each side, respectively, in order to place cigarettes, cultural and sports entertainment, study equipment, fabrics, plastic products, towels, toothbrushes, toothpaste and other daily necessities, and commonly used medicines.

The middle part is the grain and vegetable area, and the grain pocket is just fine and placed directly on the ground. The vegetables should be placed on a chopping board and placed according to the variety.

Have you heard it clearly?"

"I heard it clearly!" a group of female soldiers answered crisply.

"Okay, just put it as I said. Be careful when moving the counter. Only we use glass on the counter here, so don't break it!" The female cadre of the supply and marketing cooperative clapped her hands and asked everyone to start working.

Before the military service club opened, there was a sign outside. Many passing soldiers looked here with anticipation, pointing and discussing what good things they could buy.

Some soldiers who were planning to use their holidays to buy entertainment supplies such as chess, poker, table tennis rackets, badminton, football, etc. also came over and looked in the crack of the door, trying to see if there was anything they wanted inside.

"It will be open for business in two days!" The female warriors heard the silver bell-like laughter from inside, mocking these anxious warriors.

"Whether there is basketball or not, if there is one, I won't go to the county town!" A soldier yelled in the crack of the door.

"Yes, there are three types, and there are many colors." The kind-hearted female warrior replied.

"Where is football?"

"I want to buy a pair of checkers!"

"Comrade, please help me see if there are any elastic bands. The elastic band on my pants is broken. Now I can only tie it with a rope, which is very inconvenient!"

When the soldier in front received the answer, the others hurriedly approached the crack in the door and asked loudly.

The girls laughed happily inside, and someone asked back, "If you tie it with a rope, wouldn't it be inconvenient to untire your hands?"

"ah!"

A burst of screams and laughter came from the crack of the door, and a soft girl said in a voice: "Yannan, you are shameless and say such unshy words!"

"Why am I shameless? I am concerned about my comrades, right? The soldier with a broken belt?" said the girl named Yanan casually.

"Yes, yes, we are pure revolutionary friendship. They are talking nonsense, don't care. Then, comrade, do you have elastic bands? There are also sewing needles and threads!" The soldier was very nervous about this question and insisted on asking it clearly.

"Some, long and short! The day after tomorrow, you'll be fine if you come the day after tomorrow! One elastic strap costs two cents, one cent for sewing needles, and one tube for eight cents for thread."

"Thank you! Then I'll come the day after tomorrow!"

The soldier left with satisfaction, and the others surrounded him and shouted inward through the crack of the door.

The news that the bank, post office and military service are about to open has stimulated more than 6,000 commanders and fighters from the 291st Brigade to be excited.

Before, everyone just lived like this, with a simple mind, and they just wanted to complete the training tasks with quality and quantity every day, and then they rested and gathered with a few comrades to brag and play poker for a while.

Now that I heard that the allowance is about to be issued, the soldiers are so happy that no matter they are usually active or calm, they are trying hard to find out how much allowance is.

Knowing that the allowance was four times higher than that of the domestic troops, reaching the level of new workers, everyone smiled. They immediately began to wonder what the shops sold.

There are many old cigarette guns in the army, and many soldiers are asking about the brands of cigarettes, how much does it cost per pack, how many packs of cigarettes can be bought for their monthly allowance, and how long it takes to smoke.

Some people who are good at drinking heard that the service clubs prohibit selling alcohol, so they regretted it a little, and then excitedly began to think about other needs.

Inside and outside the store, some people asked and answered. Later, some people simply took out paper and pen and recorded the answers one by one, and the price codes were listed in a product list. They sorted out one piece, and they pasted it on the wall, and countless soldiers surrounded it, recording it carefully, which was more focused than when they were in political studies classes.

Daqianmen Sanmaowu, Honghe Sanmaoyi, and several smoke guns everywhere asked others who had smoked Honghe and how the taste was.

Homework book is five cents, ink is eight cents a bottle, hero pen is fifty cents a piece...

The girls gathered together and discussed whether it was better to buy soap or soap. The soap was 300 yuan, but the soap only cost 300 yuan. Why is soap more expensive than soap? The soap is obviously fragrant.

Clamshell oil is one cent two cents, and snow cream is three cents three cents. In fact, clamshell oil is enough, it is not cold here...

A few strong soldiers were concerned about how to sell rice. The meals in the army were all measured. Although they could eat 80% full, they still felt that it was not enough. I heard that each kilogram of rice was sold at 15 cents. After calculating that their allowance could buy more than 140 kilograms of rice, and they could still have some surplus, so I left happily.

Just like the service clubs are crowded, the bank and post office entrances are also crowded with people.

There was no noise here at all. Hundreds of soldiers stood at the door of the post office, staring at them foolishly, and many people were still muttering words.

"Dad, mom, I've been out for five years. Are you two old people still fine now? Oh, I miss you so much, I want to eat the dishes made by my mother..." A soldier's lips trembled, and tears flowed down his face. He didn't wipe it, but just looked at the door panel, as if it would open the next moment.

"How long does it take to open this post office?" several soldiers whispered.

"It seems that it will be officially opened the day after tomorrow, as will the bank and military service club." His companions went to inquire and whispered.

"I want to write a letter to my dad. His waist is not good. After all these years, I don't know if it's better..." A soldier looked at the door panel with melancholy, his lips tightly pursed.

"I was just born when I left. It's time to go to elementary school..." Another soldier said of his youngest brother, but his eyes were filled with tears and his eyes were red.

Not everyone is immersed in memories. Some soldiers are also full of spirits and talk and laugh with their comrades around them: "If I told my mother, I have made money now, and I am twenty yuan a month, she doesn't know what expression she has."

"It must be happy. You are so mean when you are young. You either smash the glass of the east family or kick the door of the west family. You ask your mother to come to the door to apologize to others every day. She is afraid that you will not learn well and will lose your future when you grow up. Now that you have become a soldier and can make money again, she doesn't know how happy she will be!" The little girl who was playing with him and said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, I have to tell her that all of us have to go to night school. As long as we get a high school education certificate, we can get the distribution! I might even become a cadre in the future, wearing four bags. My mother doesn't know how proud I should be when I go back!" The soldier smiled happily, looking forward to a bright future.

His words resonated with other soldiers around him. Everyone had less homesickness on their faces and they also communicated with each other.

Assigning jobs and being a worker may even become a cadre. These are good news. You must tell your family so that your parents and relatives will not worry about them.

Also, they want to create a new city with their own hands, which, in the words of the brigade commander, is a new type of high-tech city!

They don’t know much about what high technology is, but the word sounds exciting: technology is still high, so it must be better than ordinary technology. Can those who are middle school and take a break after half of high school also have such a city during the construction period?

It's really exciting!

They almost watched the days of the 291st Brigade, getting better and better day by day, and their future was brighter and brighter day by day.

I lived a really interesting life. Being a member of the 291st Brigade, the battle group, is their greatest happiness in life...

Then let the letter fly back to their relatives with their satisfaction with the present and their longing for the future, and let them share their happiness!
Chapter completed!