Rebirth in the 90s: A Perfect Life

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Chapter 31
A wise and brave uncle

Xiaoyue then remembered that the lunch box she used was the prize her mother won in a lottery held by the factory during the Chinese New Year last year. The prize had the logo of Factory No. 6 engraved on it, so Xiao Yang contacted Factory No. 6. However, Xiao Yang's uncle was definitely not an ordinary worker. Although the people living in the area opposite Dashu Hutong also worked for the transportation factory, they were buildings and independent units. Only those who could get such a house were cadres or factory leaders. Xiao Yang found her mother with just one phone call. Xiaoyue guessed that his uncle should be a factory leader, but she didn't know how big a leader he was.

Xiaoyue originally wanted to mention the matter of going to the door to express gratitude. After all, her mother had nagged her for a long time when she left home this morning. But guessing that Xiao Yang's uncle might be the factory leader, Xiaoyue thought it was better not to mention this matter. After all, her parents were just ordinary workers of the Sixth Factory. If they rashly went to the door of the factory leader, others would definitely think that they were trying to curry favor with him and give him gifts. Especially in recent times, rumors of layoffs have been rife, and many people have brought large and small bags of gifts to the leaders' homes, hoping that the leaders will show mercy and kick them out of the first wave of layoffs.

In fact, Xiaoyue thinks it would be better to be laid off earlier. With the reform and opening up, large state-owned factories are like an old and broken car that can hardly carry a heavy load. There is no other way except streamlining and optimization. Layoffs of workers are an inevitable trend. If you are laid off now, at the beginning of the market economy, there are too many opportunities and you can make money by doing anything. My uncle is an example. But if you drag it in a half-dead factory and wait until the old and broken car can no longer run, and then be forced to be laid off, you will not only lose the initiative, but also miss the opportunity.

If you don't seize the opportunity when it comes, it will be too late to regret in the future. As the saying goes, time waits for no one.

But Xiaoyue can also understand those who come to give gifts. Her parents' generation grew up in a different era and tend to be conservative in their thinking. They always feel that once they enter the factory it is their lifetime job and they never imagined that one day the large state-owned factory would go bankrupt. Even though the work is hard and the salary is not high, they still don't want to be laid off.

Thinking of this, Xiaoyue couldn't help but admire her uncle from the bottom of her heart. Although her uncle didn't go to school much, he had a quick mind, advanced awareness, and unique vision. Such a person was destined to be a trend-setter of the times. It would be unfair if he didn't get rich.

Xiaoyue was very sure that as long as her father worked with her uncle, even if he couldn't make a fortune, he wouldn't have to worry about being laid off and having no job. So at this moment, Xiaoyue wished that her father and mother would be the first to be laid off. If she went to the factory leaders at this time, although she was going to thank them for her own help, what if the factory leaders misunderstood and kept her father and mother, who should have been the first to be laid off, in the Sixth Factory? That would be the end of her.

Thinking of this, he would not talk about this with Xiao Yang. What's more, didn't Xiao the academic master just say that anyone who encountered that situation should help? After all, they were all from No. 7 Middle School, and even if they were not in the same class, they were in the same grade. Besides, he had repaid him a favor this morning. Even though he was a academic master, he was indeed stumped by that question that was beyond the syllabus. If it weren't for his help, Xiao the academic master would definitely not get full marks in this mock exam. Even if his score was still the first in No. 7 Middle School, it broke his record of full marks in mathematics that he had maintained for three years. For the academic master, this would probably be a lifelong regret.