◎Changing jobs◎
Gao Xue just went to the guest house to pick up things. Because I have lived here for a long time, although the environment of the guest house is good, it is still not as convenient as home.
Especially for cooking, although it is very close to the state-run restaurant, you can't buy food every day. If you want to cook by yourself and don't have a kitchen, you can only borrow from the guest house.
Because of this, I have to establish a good relationship with the staff of the guest house. In addition, Mrs. Gao and Gao Xue are not stingy people. After living here for a while, they often send food to the front desk. Not only prepared ten eggs for her, but also pulled her to talk for a while.
The comrade at the front desk insisted on stuffing eggs to Gao Xue, and said, "You used to give me a lot of things. Here are a few eggs. You can take them home and feed them to your children. Eat more eggs to be healthy.
" Xue couldn't say no to her, so she could only take the egg with a smile, and waited for Shen Weiwei to come to her while talking.
"Are you waiting for someone?"
Gao Xue nodded: "Yes, I'm waiting for Comrade Shen."
Shen Weiwei had visited Gao Xue several times in the guest house before, and the comrades at the front desk knew her too. When she heard Shen Weiwei's name, she thought Liao thought: "Actually, I have some news. I heard from others that Comrade Shen is a cook, right?"
Gao Xue nodded: "Yes, Mrs. Shen's cooking skills are very good. Why do you ask this suddenly?" "Not suddenly , I actually wanted to call you two days ago to ask you about this." The comrade at the front desk explained, "You probably don't know that a new restaurant is going to open in the county." "New restaurant?"
Although Gao Xue has been staying She was in the town, but she had been to the county a few times when she gave birth. She clearly remembered that there were already three state-owned restaurants in the county, so why would they still open them?
"Actually, it's not opening, it's rectification."
There were three restaurants in the county before, but the business of one of them was particularly bad, especially the location of this restaurant was on the road from the town to the county, far from the restaurant in the town. not far.
The distance between the two restaurants is less than a mile, but the people who come to eat are very different. The business of the restaurants in the town is particularly good, and sometimes the queues go outside, while the county restaurants basically only have three or two kittens, with very few customers.
The reason for this is also very simple, it is simply not delicious.
Although people nowadays don't pay much attention to taste, this is a restaurant after all. If the food tastes the same as at home or in the cafeteria, then why come to the restaurant to eat? Restaurants also want to make money, and the food inside must be more expensive than cooking by yourself.
In addition, there is still a comparison now. The chefs in the township restaurant next door have good craftsmanship, and the food they make is much more delicious, and the price is similar, so unless it is the first time you come here and you don't know how to do it, who will come here to eat? ? It's not being taken advantage of.
In fact, this situation has not been a day or two, and no one thought it was a problem at first. After all, even if the restaurant's business is not good, it will not delay the wages of the employees inside.
But some time ago, after the county changed its leadership, it felt like this was not going to work. The business in a restaurant in the county town is so bad, it is equivalent to paying free wages if it does not make money, especially if it is so close to the town restaurant, the business of the two is in stark contrast.
And there are still many people who gossip behind their backs, saying that the county town can't even compare to the town's restaurants, and it must be the leadership. It's not been a day or two since I said this. After the new leader knew about it, he immediately decided to rectify it.
There are three fires for a new official to take office. People are worrying that there is no place to put this kind of fire that can embody ability, so the state-run restaurant comes together. It just so happens that the first "fire" starts from here.
The county magistrate decided to rectify the state-run restaurant, and directly fired all the original staff in it, and said that he would recruit new people, and the assessment would be conducted publicly.
Job opportunities are hard to come by now, not to mention the towns, even a job in the commune is fiercely contested, and even a temporary worker is hard to get if it doesn't matter.
Now this is a job in the county, or a place like a restaurant. When the news first came out, no one believed it. But the comrades at the front desk have something to do with it.
Someone in her family happens to work in the county, and she heard the news: "Isn't the poor business of the restaurant before because of the poor craftsmanship of the chef, so the county magistrate has made up his mind this time and wants to openly recruit two A really capable cook, whoever has the ability will go."
"Really?" Gao Xue's eyes lit up when he heard this, "It's okay if you don't have a local household registration?" " Yes!" The household registration is not difficult, if you have Once you get a job, you can move your household registration. "However, you need a chef certificate to participate in the assessment. Does Comrade Shen have a chef certificate?"
" I don't know about this." Gao Xue hasn't asked yet. "Then you go and ask. If you don't have one, let Comrade Shen quickly take the test. I know this news early, but many people know it. If you want to try it, you have to sign up as soon as possible."
The comrades at the front desk only said this because of Gao Xue's past feelings. Normally, such news would not be easily told to outsiders. After she finished speaking, she added: "If you are good at crafting, you can try it. I have a job. That's good too."
Gao Xue naturally wants to have a job, but she can do other things, but cooking is really bad, and now she can only steam steamed buns and cook noodles, so if such a good opportunity is left to her, it will only be a waste.
Gao Xue didn't stay any longer. After saying hello to the comrades at the front desk, she immediately went to find Shen Weiwei, intending to tell her about it. There must be no delay.
After Shen Weiwei explained the ins and outs of the matter, Shen Weiwei was also a little moved.
"Sister-in-law, I thought it would be better for you to work in the county than in the cafeteria. At least the salary would be a few dollars higher." Gao Xue said.
Shen slightly nodded: "You're right."
Not only salary, but also household registration.
What she wants to solve wholeheartedly is the account.
Although living in the military region now is no different from being in the county seat, there is no household registration after all. Just like after Gao Xue and Cai Jie divorced, they could no longer stay in the family area. They could live here because Cheng Yan was a member of the army here. have to follow.
But having a household registration is different. In the future, not only can the food be distributed, but the most important thing is that the child's household registration can follow the mother's. At that time, Shen Weiwei and Dafu Xiaoan will all have urban household registration.
The current urban household registration is very precious, not to mention that in the future, if you want to buy a house and go to school, the household registration is also very important.
In addition to these, there is another point that no one else knows, that is, as long as she can work in a restaurant in the county town, Shen Weiwei can stay far away from the hostess' family.
After so many days of observation, Shen Weiwei discovered that whether it was the heroine herself or her mother Liao Yanshu, both of them focused their energy on the hero Fu Yuanzhi. Since she was taught a lesson by Shen Weiwei last time, they never He leaned in front of her or the two children.
But Meng Zhiping is different, Shen Weiwei always feels that this person is holding back something bad, although he is a little more honest now than before, but maybe he will come out to get in the way at any time.
In addition, there is a troublesome principal... All kinds of factors combined, Shen Weiwei really doesn't like working in the cafeteria, and continuing to work is for money, if he can come to the county to work now, then he can stay away from them , no matter what Meng Zhiping does in the future, it has nothing to do with her.
And now because of the turmoil, the schools outside are not as safe as the primary schools in the military area, but in less than two years, as soon as this special period is over, Shen Weiwei will be able to transfer the two children to the county town to go to school. The Lord's family is gone.
The more Shen Weiwei thought about it, the more she felt that this method was feasible, so she parked her bicycle on the side of the road and asked Gao Xue about the specific requirements of the assessment.
Gao Xuedao: "The specific requirements are nothing. Whoever has good craftsmanship can be selected, but if you want to sign up, you must have a chef certificate. Do you have it, sister-in-law?" Of course Shen Weiwei did not, she never thought of taking this
exam thing.
"Cook certificate? Do we have a test here?"
"Yes, there is one in the county, but I don't know the time." Gao Xue just asked the comrade at the front desk and said that there is one in the county, but This kind of exam is not always there, it seems that there are only two times a year.
Hearing this, Shen Weiwei didn't delay any longer, she planned to go to the county right now to ask, "Xiaoxue, can you go back by yourself?" It's snowing, just walk back slowly.
"Okay, be careful too." After Shen Weiwei finished speaking, she rode her bicycle to the county seat.
Going to the county town from here, you will naturally pass by the renovated restaurant, Shen Weiwei took a look at it from a distance, and found that this restaurant should be newly opened, the environment is quite good, and the outside looks big.
But it was obvious that many people knew about the new recruiting here, and there were several people around outside at this moment, all of them came to see the situation.
When Shen Weiwei arrived at the place where the chef certificate was taken in the county, she realized that there were more people here, and there was a long queue, all of them came to sign up.
The place where the chef certificate is taken is in the restaurant, and the people who usually come here to line up are basically eating. When there was such a big battle for the test, it was all because of the restaurant's recruitment.
Shen Weiwei was not surprised, after all, the "insider information" of restaurant recruitment is definitely difficult for unrelated villagers to find out, but it is different for people living in the county. You entrust me, I entrust you, you can always know something, it's just that the time is different sooner or later.
Obviously, Shen Weiwei was one of those who knew about it relatively late.
But it doesn't matter, Gao Xue said, the restaurant's public recruitment is on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, which is the day of the new year, it's still early, as long as Shen Weiwei can get the chef certificate, Shen Weiwei is confident to get the job.
She has confidence, but others may not.
Shen Weiwei was at the end of the line just now, and a young gay man standing in front of her looked at her anxiously: "Comrade, are you here to test your chef certificate?" "Yes." Shen Weiwei nodded head.
"It's over, there are so many people, how could I pass the exam." The gay man started to faint when he saw how long the registration line was from the moment he came over, because he never expected that there would be so many people. people.
He wanted to leave subconsciously, but he found out after asking, that the chef certification exam is held twice a year, in the middle of the year and at the end of the year. I found it a long time ago, and when he came to take the test again, the day lily was cold.
"Comrade, are you very nervous?" The gay man's family has nothing to do with him. He belongs to the commune. Although it is better than the countryside, it is not comparable to towns and counties. The news of the restaurant's recruitment this time is also his I found out after going around the house several times.
He was extremely nervous. On the one hand, he was afraid that he would not get a job and let down the expectations of his family. On the other hand, he was worried that he would be discriminated against in the county because he was a member of the commune. With so many people queuing up, he was even more panicked.
It's a cold day, and I just broke out in a sweat.
"I'm fine." Shen Weiwei looked at his trembling legs, thought for a while and said, "Don't be nervous, today is just for registration, and there is still time to prepare." The gay man wiped his sweat: "Okay, I don't Nervous."
As he spoke, his legs trembled even more.
Shen Weiwei: "..."
She didn't say anything, she concentrated on queuing up while breathing steadily.
When she first came here, she rode the bicycle too fast, and Shen Weiwei was a little out of breath. When she calmed down slowly, it was her turn in the queue.
Today is just a registration, just register your name, address and other information, but the exam is not free, each person has to pay three yuan, in addition to the ingredients used in the exam, part of the money is equivalent to "artificial labor" fee".
Fortunately, Shen Weiwei originally came out to buy books, so she brought a little extra in her hand, otherwise she would have to run back to get the money.
"The exam will be in ten days, prepare well." The registration staff finished without raising their eyes, and began to ask the next person.
Shen Weiwei put away the registration voucher, thanked her and left.
On the way back by bicycle, she thought, she was lucky this time, and happened to meet the twice-yearly exam, otherwise, if she lost the job because of a chef certificate, it would be too worthless.
However, although Shen Weiwei has confidence in her skills, she did not intend to take this exam lightly. She just asked a little bit. The content of the junior chef certificate exam is relatively small, and it is generally about basic skills.
But it's not easy. Ability like knife skills and chopping skills may not be a big deal to those who have learned from the chef seriously, but for those who have become monks halfway like Shen Weiwei, they need to practice more . So she didn't delay at all.
After cycling back to the family area, she greeted Gao Xue first, saying that she had already registered, and she would thank her well another day. "Sister-in-law, don't be polite to me. It's your ability to pass the exam. It has nothing to do with me."
Gao Xue waved her hand with a smile. "How could it be okay? If you hadn't told me, where would I know about this kind of thing?" Shen Weiwei didn't delay too much, and prepared to leave after a few pleasantries, "I'll go back and prepare first, let's wait until the exam is over. Chat."
"Okay, sister-in-law, prepare well." Shen Weiwei nodded and left, she turned around and went to the supply and marketing agency to buy some fine flour and stick powder, although she was already proficient at kneading and raising dough, she planned to do it again.
Practice, the more proficient the better, and you won't make mistakes during the exam. Then when I got home, I went to the vegetable garden to pick all the vegetables I could pick, such as cabbage and radishes, which were the best for practicing knife skills.
After everything was ready, Shen Weiwei entered the kitchen and began to work seriously. When Dafu and Xiaoan came back from school, before entering the yard, they smelled a vague fragrance.
Before Dafu could react, Xiaoan sniffed and threw the schoolbag straight away: "Mom! Have you cooked delicious food!"
Shen Weiwei was adding firewood to the stove, when she heard his excited voice, she couldn't help laughing Said: "How do you know that this nose is so good?"
"Not only is the nose good, but the stomach is also hungry. Mom, I'm starving to death. Did you make delicious food?" Xiao An looked at her with bright eyes. , the big eyes are full of longing.
"Yes, you just lift the lid off the pot, and share it with your brother."
Xiao An picked up the pot lid on the table, and saw a plate of steamed radishes inside, which Shen Weiwei used to practice knives. The well-bred radishes should not be wasted, so they simply made them into steamed vegetables. Anyway, during the exam, frying, steaming and cooking are all required. Shen Weiwei felt that she really made the best use of it.
The taste of steamed radish is light, and it is not too salty when eaten alone, but it is not too tasteless. It is sweet and tender, and it tastes very delicious. Xiaoan and Dafu were already hungry after a day of school. , there is only a small half plate left.
"Mom, should I keep the rest for you and dad?" Dafu said a little embarrassedly, he didn't expect that he couldn't hold back and ate so much.
"No, you guys eat, there's still some in the pot, mother just cook it again." Shen Weiwei said while working, anyway, these days she has to practice her handicrafts well, among other things, all kinds of food are enough.
Dafu was a little curious. Although the things my mother cooks are delicious, she never cooks too much. She said that if she cooks too much at one go, she will get tired of eating, and it is not fresh, but why did it suddenly change today?
He couldn't figure it out, but Xiao An didn't know how to think about it. He would eat as soon as his mother asked him to eat. He wished he could have more of such delicious food.
The fact is just like what Shen Weiwei said, not long after eating the steamed radish, the next bowl of delicious food came out of the oven. Tonight alone, the two little guys ate a lot, such as taro cake, radish balls, Potato powder, all kinds of delicacies, satisfying and happy to eat, if Shen Weiwei didn't stop him, he might have eaten more.
After taking a shower and going to bed, Xiaoan touched her belly and said in surprise, "Dafu, I think I've grown taller. Look, I can't even fit my pants!"
There was a bluffing figure, looking at the excited Xiaoan, Dafu lifted the quilt up, and punctured him mercilessly: "It's not that you have grown taller, it's because you ate too much tonight and ate your stomach Bigger."
"Really?" Xiao An didn't want to believe it, twisted her buttocks and checked herself, "Why didn't I suddenly grow taller after eating too much?" Because they were
malnourished before, the two of them Not only is he thinner than his peers, but also a little shorter. Although he has made up a lot now, Xiaoan still feels that he is not tall enough. He desperately wants to grow taller, the taller the better.
"If you think so, I can't help it." Dafu was not going to wake up a person who was pretending to be asleep.
Xiaoan pursed her mouth, thinking that Dafu was envious of her growing taller, what he wanted to say, suddenly a flash of light flashed in his mind, and with a sound of "Oops", he ran out of bed wearing a cotton jacket, opened the door and ran down.
Dafu looked at Xiaoan, who was very energetic and liked to be surprised, and hugged his head helplessly.
He felt that as long as he slept with Xiao An, he would never have a good sleep for the rest of his life, so could he not sleep with Xiao An? cannot.
Although Mother arranged two rooms for them, there were not many days when they really slept separately.
In the beginning, it was because of the hot weather, the abundance of mosquitoes, and the lack of mosquito nets at home. They could only sleep together if they didn't want to be eaten by mosquitoes.
Later, although there were no more mosquitoes, the weather turned cold again, even though Shen Weiwei collected a lot of cotton in summer and made several thick quilts.
But the winter in the north is too cold, and there is no kang, no matter how thick the quilt is, it still feels cold, so I simply let the two little ones sleep together and fold the quilts together, so as to warm them up.
So after careful calculation, throughout the year, there are not a few days when Dafu can sleep quietly by himself.
Just when he felt sympathy for his future self, Xiaoan came back quickly: "Dafu, do you know what I did?
" He finished his sentence: "What are you doing?"
"I went to see the calendar."
Dafu said without emotion: "Oh." Xiaoan
knew that every time the mother would cook delicious food for them during the festival, When he was eating, he didn't think too much about it. He thought it was a festival today, that's why his mother prepared so many delicious food. Just now he wanted to see if the festival could continue tomorrow, so that he could eat more delicious food.
"But I suddenly realized that there is no holiday today. Why is life so good?" Xiaoan scratched her head, "Dafu, do you feel something is wrong?" Dafu wanted to say that he had already discovered it. The dishes are cold.
But when he thought of what his mother said about getting along with his younger brother, he swallowed back the sarcasm and said: "There is nothing to worry about. Maybe mother has something to do in the past two days. If you don't tell us now, wait a few days." I'll know."
Xiao An thought about it, anyway, mother won't harm them, and it's too late to be happy with the delicious food, why think so much.
"Then I don't want to, let's go to sleep!" Xiao An got into the quilt, and within a minute of speaking, she started snoring.
Dafu, who was still asleep, said: "..."
Although I have seen it many times, I am always shocked by someone's amazing speed of falling asleep every time.
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On the other side, Shen Weiwei was still awake, she was telling Cheng Yan that she wanted to go to work in the county hotel.
She didn't tell the two children about this, because she was afraid that they would be careless and accidentally say it out. Although she was very confident, it was not 100% possible to do it. If it got out , She didn't pass the exam in the end, what a shame.
But tell Cheng Yan that there is no need to worry about these, and she must say hello to him when she goes to work elsewhere.
After hearing this, Cheng Yan asked, "Daughter-in-law, are you unhappy working in the cafeteria?"