Chapter 548: The Zhou family breaks up, work decisions
Zhou Chen's words made Li Suhua, Qiao Ma and Zhou Bingyi's expressions soften slightly, but Zhou Rong's expression became a little ugly.
"Yes, yes, Kun'er is right. Look at how sensible your family Bingkun is. I'll leave this matter to my aunt. I'll definitely find a way to help you choose a good land."
Qiao's mother kept praising Zhou Chen, but this was a family matter after all, so she looked at Li Suhua again.
"Kuner's mother, come and show your attitude."
Li Suhua's face was full of embarrassment: "Sister, if you stretch out these ten fingers, which one of them won't hurt if you bite them? I can't express my opinion, alas."
Qiao's mother was a little anxious. As a street activist, she regarded it as her duty to mobilize people to go to the countryside, and she didn't want to delay it for a moment.
"Then let me tell you my opinion."
Li Suhua had no choice, so she nodded.
"Go Bingkun, go kid, it's safe."
Zhou Chen pretended to be happy and nodded, but Zhou Rong became anxious: "Aunt, Chun Yan and the two sisters are not brats."
Qiao’s mother: “We have three girls in our family and we have no choice. Of course I’m not worried about it, but there’s nothing I can do about it. It’s not impossible to stay in the city, but they won’t arrange jobs for the young ones.
If you are idle here, won't you become a useless person?"
Zhou Chen remained silent. This is the phenomenon of this era. Jobs cannot be found just by looking for them. They must be uniformly allocated by the state. Even temporary workers are subject to restrictions. Without the allocation of local agencies and streets, it is impossible to find them.
Serious work.
Just like Zheng Juan, Shui Ziliu and others in the TV series, if they could find a job, they would not stay at home or wander around.
Zhou Chen didn't know much about this era, so he didn't think about pushing forward. It was safest to just follow the policy.
Through the memory of 'Zhou Bingkun' and what he learned, if we want to say which occupation is the safest in this era, there is no doubt that it must be the working class.
Among such a large group in the country, workers are the largest in number and the safest, and they also symbolize the iron rice bowl.
Li Suhua remained silent and was not as opposed as before. It was obvious that she was more partial to Zhou Rong when it came to the issue of going to the countryside.
However, Zhou Chen can also understand Li Suhua. As a parent, if it were him, if his son and daughter had to make a choice in this matter, he would definitely let his son go.
At least according to 'his' memory, Li Suhua treated their three children fairly, but Zhou Zhigang was more partial to Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong.
Walking to sit next to Li Suhua, Zhou Chen comforted him: "Mom, don't be sad, I'm sure there will be no problem."
Glancing at Zhou Chen, Zhou Rong was full of dissatisfaction. She said again: "Auntie, don't worry about Chunyan and Sister Chunyan. Why don't you let them go? Why can't I?"
Qiao’s mother: “If you were put together with the two girls in my family, I would feel relieved about my two girls. Rong, you are so attractive and beautiful. How can we be so young with just words?
I am not thinking of you."
"So wouldn't it be better for me to leave the phototype?"
Li Suhua said anxiously: "Silly girl, can this be the same? The most we can do is look at you, just look at you, and you will lose a piece of meat. But when we go to other places, you may not know what will happen.
Woolen cloth."
"Mom." Zhou Rong was very unconvinced.
At this time, Zhou Bingyi, as the eldest brother, walked in and said: "Aunt, Mom, I suggest that Bingkun go and Zhou Rong stay."
Zhou Bingyi's words were recognized by Qiao's mother and Li Suhua, but Zhou Rong was very dissatisfied and shouted: "Brother."
Zhou Bingyi ignored her. He felt that his sister wanted to go so much because she felt sorry for her brother and wanted to go on his behalf, but he also agreed with what his mother and Aunt Qiao said.
"Zhou Rong, do you want me to repeat what my aunt just said?"
Zhou Chen looked at this scene and was really moved. Zhou Rong definitely grew up with a golden key in her mouth, and her whole family pampered her.
Maybe it was because everyone doted on her that she was raised to be a selfish, self-centered person.
Zhou Rong couldn't convince the others, so she could only look at her mother angrily: "Mom."
Li Suhua didn't have any ideas. She didn't want her daughter to leave, so she said helplessly: "Rong, mom can't make the decision on such a big matter. Why don't you wait for your dad to come back and discuss it with your dad."
Talking about Cao Cao, when Cao Cao arrived, Zhou Zhigang's voice came in: "I'm back."
Seeing Zhou Zhigang walking in, Qiao's mother immediately stood up: "Then you and your family should discuss it carefully. I will leave first and I have to go to other people's homes to mobilize."
Zhou Zhigang sat down on the kang. He carefully took out the photo bag from his pocket and took out the photos as if they were treasures.
"Dad, the family portrait is back."
Seeing the photo, the family immediately stretched their necks.
Zhou Zhigang took out the photos and said, "There are five photos in total, one for each person."
With that said, he sent the photos to everyone's hands.
Zhou Chen took the photo. From his point of view, such a photo was naturally very poor. Not to mention it had no color, the lighting was very dim, and the faces were even blurry.
But he also knew that in this backward era, not everyone was willing to take even such a photo.
After sending the photos, Zhou Zhigang handed the negative to Li Suhua: "This is the negative. Keep it at home and keep it. This is probably the last photo of our family."
Li Suhua pushed Zhou Zhigang: "What are you talking about?"
Zhou Zhigang sighed: "To be honest, Bingyi and I are about to leave. We both only have family leave once every two years. When we can come back again depends on the leadership's arrangements..."
After a long discussion, Zhou Zhigang finally made the decision, Zhou Rong stayed and Zhou Chen went to the countryside.
Although this was the answer Li Suhua wanted, she was still very uncomfortable after hearing Zhou Zhigang say it. She hugged Zhou Chen and cried non-stop.
Zhou Chen could feel the mother's reluctance and affection for her, which made him slowly accept her.
A few days passed quickly. Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Zhigang left on the same day. The family first saw off Zhou Bingyi and then Zhou Zhigang.
When sending Zhou Zhigang off, Zhou Rong still thought about Zhou Chen hugging her and letting her kiss her father to say her final farewell, but Zhou Chen didn't care about her at all.
Even though they only got along for a few days, he got to know Zhou Rong's character.
She acts coquettishly and cutely in front of her parents and eldest brother, and in front of him, she makes all kinds of comments. Zhou Chen gets into a fight when she doesn't get what she wants.
In the past few days, the two of them had been arguing a lot. Although Zhou Chen would be scolded by Zhou Zhigang every time, he still couldn't tolerate Zhou Rong, not even once.
Except for his confrontation with Zhou Rong, he behaved well in other aspects. Anyway, in the eyes of the old Zhou family, he was still the Zhou Bingkun before, there was no difference.
After sending Zhou Zhigang and Zhou Bingyi away, Li Suhua took Zhou Chen everywhere to look after people in the next two days, hoping to find him a nearby and safe place to go to the countryside.
Zhou Chen knew that this was all in vain, because Zhou Rong would soon leave without saying goodbye, but he still followed Li Suhua around the streets, as if he was familiar with the environment of optical type films and the characteristics of this era.
On this day, Li Suhua discussed with the street director where Zhou Chen would go to the countryside and planned to handle it tomorrow.
But after returning home, she found that Zhou Rong had left a letter and left without saying goodbye.
I learned from the letter that Zhou Rong went to Guizhou, and three days later, Zhou Rong's classmate and licking dog Cai Xiaoguang came to Zhou's house and explained why Zhou Rong went to Guizhou.
After Li Suhua learned about this incident, she almost fainted on the spot and fell ill that night.
Zhou Chen was not sad at all about Zhou Rong's departure, and even wanted to applaud him. This scourge would be gone as soon as possible. Let her go and scourge Feng Huacheng.
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In a short period of time, the Zhou family has grown from a family of five to a family of two now, and Zhou Chen has also lived in Guangzipian for more than half a month.
In more than half a month, Zhou Chen has gradually become familiar with this place, getting used to pouring swill, fetching water, and queuing up to go to the public toilet every morning...
In his spare time, he took out the books left by Zhou Bingyi and read them carefully. If he wanted to understand this era, reading books and newspapers was the most convenient way.
Li Suhua, on the other hand, was very surprised that her old kid was not running around these days and was reading books and newspapers at home. She often praised her old kid for growing up and becoming more sensible.
Zhou Chen was lying on the kang, with his thighs crossed and his legs crossed, and he was reading a book seriously. Suddenly he heard someone shouting outside.
"Bingkun, Bingkun."
"Who?"
"It's me, National Day, and catching up."
As soon as Zhou Chen heard this, he knew who the visitor was. They were Xiao Guoqing and Sun Qunchao, whom he grew up with.
After bringing the two people into the house, Zhou Chen looked at them carefully and found that they were both similar to him. Xiao Guoqing seemed to be honest and friendly, while Sun Qianchao was more outgoing.
"National Day, catching up, why are you here?"
The three of them all grew up together. They were not polite when they arrived and sat on the same kang as Zhou Chen.
"We came here specifically to see you. What's going on with you these days? Why don't you come to play with us anymore?"
Although there are many people of the same age in Guangzi Film, not everyone can play with everyone. In this film, the three of them are the strongest.
Zhou Chen said: "Isn't it getting colder now? I'm just reading a book at home to pass the time. You two came to me, you must not just come to me to have fun?"
Sun Qianchao said: "Bingkun, we are here today to tell you that Guoqing and I were assigned to the lumber factory. I heard that there are still vacancies in the lumber factory. Why don't you go to the street to discuss it and come with us to the lumber factory?"
Work in a factory?"
"The lumber mill."
Zhou Bingkun's first job in the TV series was in a lumber factory, but when exactly he entered the job, the plot did not elaborate.
In fact, these days, he is not only reading books, but also thinking about his future future.
In this era of all state-owned enterprises, his set of business methods will definitely not be of use, at least in the past ten years.
If he wanted to enter college, he would have to wait until 1977, so he had to find a job before 1977.
In the eyes of many people, the lumber factory is a state-owned enterprise, but Zhou Chen knows that the lumber factory has no future and will only work as a coolie.
His physical fitness is very good, but working as a coolie at a young age is not what he expected. There is no need for him to work as a worker in a lumber factory step by step according to the original plot.
He comes from a working-class family and has one chance to be assigned a job, but it is only once. If he does not obey the assignment, he will not have another chance to be assigned in the future.
So for him, the first unit is very important. He would certainly rather be a mental worker than a coolie.
Xiao Guoqing said happily: "Yes, we go to work in the lumber factory and we can earn at least ten or twenty yuan a month. How many people can't get in even if they break their heads."
State-owned enterprises and factories, as well as establishments, are indeed not accessible to ordinary people. Priority will be given to workers' families and those with urban household registration. As for those without household registration or those with family problems, don't even think about it.
Sun Qianchao led: "Kun'er, my uncle is an eighth-level worker and an outstanding worker who supports the third line of the university. My aunt is also an activist in the street. If you want to go to the lumber factory, there will be no problem. The three of us will go together.
Guo Qing and I can still protect you then."
Among the three, Zhou Chen is the youngest, Xiao Guoqing is two years older, and Sun Qianchao is one year older. Even if they work in a factory, there are definitely benefits to being in a group.
"I need to think about this carefully."
Zhou Chen did not agree on the spot. He also knew that the two young people had good intentions, but he was not the Zhou Bingkun he used to be. He had his own ideas and plans.
Xiao Guoqing and Sun Qianchao chatted with Zhou Chen for a long time before leaving. After they left, Zhou Chen was thinking about his own way out.
In this era, workers are undoubtedly the safest and most secure job, but the vast majority of workers are doing hard work.
Although Zhou Chen has a wealth of knowledge and foundation, he is only seventeen years old after all. In a factory where capital is determined based on seniority, it is impossible to get ahead without enduring for a few years.
In his opinion, going to work in a factory is not the best option, it is a choice without a choice.
But apart from being a worker, what other good jobs are there?
Because he is unfamiliar with this era, Zhou Chen can only analyze it through the plot of this TV series.
After thinking hard for a long time, Zhou Chen suddenly thought of a person, the person who helped Zhou Bingkun in the plot, the editor-in-chief of "Golden Land" magazine, Shao Jingwen.
Shao Jingwen doesn't appear in many TV dramas, but he is a very good elder who is affectionate and thoughtful.
In order to help Zhou Bingkun obtain the establishment of the publishing house, he worked hard and traveled thousands of miles to find Zhou Bingyi when Zhou Bingkun was in trouble, hoping to ask for his help.
This quality is really rare.
In addition to his quality, Shao Jingwen was able to sit firmly as the editor-in-chief of the magazine in this era without being affected. It can also be seen that he is very shrewd and knows how to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune.
If I could catch up with Shao Jingwen and work in a magazine, it would definitely be better than working in a factory.
Of course, if you go to a magazine and work with a pen, it is relatively risky in this era. Feng Huacheng is an example.
After thinking about it, Zhou Chen still thought he could give it a try, but he didn't like fighting an uncertain battle, so he had to make some preparations before going to Shao Jingwen.
