Kissed and Seduced By the Most Rough Man in the Village-Chapter 469: Since Going to the Countryside, There Are Really So Many Job Positions
"In theory, it should be the Machinery Factory handling it, but this thing is in demand all over the country, and it’s your design. If we want to fight for it, we could have it assigned to us. The idea is to arrange two shifts of workers, so Steel Mill’s families could get five or six hundred job positions."
Mr. Su did not hide the factory’s plans, directly telling his daughter everything.
Seeing his daughter’s furrowed brow, he smiled and added, "I know that even if there are so many job positions, it’s impossible to assign them all to Steel Mill’s employees, but at least half of them will be ours."
"I’m not worried about that," Su Xiaoxiao replied. "I just think, winter is almost over. Isn’t it a bit late to sell the energy-saving stoves now? Aren’t we entering the off-season?"
But Mr. Su had already thought about this problem and laughed, saying, "I’ll send the work over to the city leaders tomorrow afternoon. They’ll need to experiment with it first, then have a meeting. It’ll probably take until the fifteenth of the Lantern Festival to finalize things. Over here, we need to take advantage of the next three cold months and send our salespeople to negotiate with the supply and marketing cooperatives nationwide. The orders should be confirmed by May.
Once we have the orders, we can finalize the production, hire workers, and train them on how to cut the plates, weld, and assemble. After all the back-and-forth, by June, we’ll be ready. We can produce in July, August, and September, and by September to October, deliver the finished products to various parts of the country. This schedule isn’t tight, and it will give us time to stock up on inventory."
"The energy-saving stoves are based on a simple principle. Won’t other factories follow suit and start making them once we begin selling nationwide?" Su Xiaoxiao was worried.
Mr. Su, however, smiled and shook his head. "That’s not going to happen. When the higher-ups assign a factory to make something, that’s the factory that does it. If everyone could just decide to make the same thing, every factory in the country would be in chaos, and they’d all go bankrupt."
Su Xiaoxiao paused, then realized that they were still in a planned economy era, where everything followed certain rules. This system guaranteed the healthy development of factories while also laying the groundwork for dealing with the cutthroat competition from foreign manufacturers once the country opened up to global markets.
Thinking about how, if the factory ever went under, it could lead to hundreds of families facing collapse, Su Xiaoxiao felt uneasy.
"But the quality of the energy-saving stoves is so good, it’ll reach saturation very quickly. Once that happens, what will everyone do if they stop making these stoves?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.
Mr. Su pondered for a moment, his expression growing serious.
He understood his daughter’s concerns, but he knew the people at the factory wouldn’t understand.
Mr. Su had thought about recruiting a few product designers, but this kind of opportunity was rare.
"Alright, Dad, don’t overthink it. No one can predict what will happen in the future. Maybe a better product idea will come up, or maybe Steel Mill will expand, and we can transfer all these workers to Steel Mill’s workshop," Su Xiaoxiao said, trying to comfort her father with a smile.
Mr. Su felt his daughter’s words made perfect sense, and he patted her head with a smile. "You’re still so smart, sweetheart. You’ve already thought of everything. But no matter what, as the designer of the energy-saving stoves, whether the project ends up with us at Steel Mill or with the Machinery Factory, you’ll definitely have a job here."
Hearing this, Su Xiaoxiao’s lips twitched, and she felt a bit uncomfortable.
Since going to the countryside, how many job offers had she rejected?
"Mom and Dad, I still can’t come back for now," Su Xiaoxiao said with some difficulty.
A hint of disappointment crossed Mr. and Mrs. Su’s faces, but they understood.
After all, Jiang’s mother was in that situation. Even though Jiang Yexun now had the title of being a hero, for his parents to divorce, it would take time, little by little.
If it happened too quickly, Jiang’s father might become suspicious, and the Jiang family would cling to them like glue, impossible to shake off.
"I’m sorry," Jiang Yexun apologized with a gloomy expression, knowing it was his fault.
Mrs. Su immediately waved her hand. "What’s there to apologize for? When you married Xiaoxiao, we agreed to give you time. As long as you fulfill that within the time frame, that’s fine."
"Why don’t we give this job to your cousin?" Su Xiaoxiao suggested, seeing that her parents had come to terms with the situation.
"You have two cousins. It’s not that simple to choose which one should get it," Mrs. Su said, looking a bit troubled.
She saw that the two children had a good relationship, and she didn’t want a job to ruin the peace between them.
But Su Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "We can just draw lots. It’s a fair way of doing it. And now, having a job is such a rare opportunity. We’ll be staying for over a month. Maybe we can still find something else during that time."
Mrs. Su was still a bit worried, but Jiang Yexun spoke up in time. "Xiaoxiao is right. You two are looking for jobs through proper channels, but I’ve been in Shanghai for a while now and have met some people through informal connections. I might be able to create more opportunities for you."
"Alright, then I’ll have to trouble you, Jiang," Mrs. Su said with a smile, agreeing.
After finishing this discussion, she quickly made a pot of sweet rice ball soup with wine yeast for them.
"Jiang, could you check if your mom is asleep? If she’s not, let her have some to warm up her body," Mrs. Su said as she handed him the bowl.
Aunt Guo had finished dinner and had gone to her room early to make dumplings.
She couldn’t sit still and liked to keep busy, but since the medicinal paste for the dumplings had a strong smell, she didn’t want to bother anyone in the living room.
Jiang Yexun took the bowl, thanked her, and then went into the room.
By the time he entered, Madam Guo had already fallen asleep on the bed. There was a small table on her bed with some dumplings still half-made.
Jiang Yexun quietly moved everything aside and covered it with cloth.
Then, he tucked his mother in, turned off the radio and light, and came back out with the bowl.
"Is Mom asleep?" Su Xiaoxiao asked, lowering her voice when she saw the full bowl. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺
"Yes," Jiang Yexun nodded.
The two of them quietly walked back into the living room.
Mr. and Mrs. Su had already finished their sweet rice ball soup and had gone back to their bedroom.
Su Xiaoxiao snuggled up in Jiang Yexun’s arms. They drank the sweet rice ball soup, ate some snacks, and hummed along with the lively music playing from the radio.
The atmosphere was warm and peaceful.
At this moment, their hearts were intertwined, and the sweetness of the moment filled their hearts.
