The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 708 - 677: Recommendation, Recruitment_1

Chapter 708: Chapter 677: Recommendation, Recruitment_1

Seeing Huang Jingli coming over, He Tiantian quickly moved a chair for her to sit down and said with a laugh, "Hehe, you are pregnant now, you need to be careful. Oh, when is your expected due date?"

"I guess it will be around the New Year," Huang Jingli replied with a smile. By that time, she would be doing her internship, and she could even take maternity leave.

After all, Teacher Chen had said she would help her out, so she wasn’t worried about her job.

"That’s not too bad," He Tiantian said, "You, are you still planning to come to school during your third year’s first semester?"

"Of course, I’ll come to class!" said Huang Jingli. "When we were sent down to the countryside as educated youth, there were plenty of rural women who were pregnant and still worked in the fields, some even gave birth there! All I need to do is attend classes, and Wu Youliang takes care of me, driving me to the dormitory, and he does all the food shopping."

After giving it some thought, He Tiantian said, "I also have a house near our school that has rooms in it. You and Wu Youliang should move in there, and I won’t charge you rent."

He Tiantian had been pregnant before and knew how hard it was, with leg cramps in the middle of the night, making her very uncomfortable.

Without someone to look after her, it just wouldn’t work.

Although there were roommates in the dorm, they were still classmates after all, and disturbing their rest once was no big deal, but if it happened too often, it would become problematic since they needed to study and rest as well!

Huang Jingli was taken aback and then said thoughtfully, "Oh my, why didn’t I think of renting a place and moving out? After all, it’s not convenient for me to live in the dorms now, and I’m bothering others."

"Yeah, you don’t need to rent a place now. Since that house of mine is empty anyway, if you’re willing, just take these keys, clean up a bit, and you can move in," said He Tiantian. "Besides, your financial situation at home has improved, and if you cook on your own outside, you can eat better things."

Wu Youliang and Huang Jingli had subsidies that were just enough for basic living, but Wu Youliang’s father had partnered with Wu Youfa over the past six months to buy live pigs, chickens, ducks, and geese, with each of them making four or five thousand yuan a month!

Plus, with Mother Wu busy at home, life was flourishing and looking up.

"Right, right," said Huang Jingli, "I’ll talk to Wu Youliang later and have him arrange it."

"Sure, if you need anything, just let me know," said He Tiantian. "I’ll help you however I can."

"Thank you so much, Tiantian," Huang Jingli felt grateful in her heart, truly seeing He Tiantian as her benefactor for life!

Now, life really was too happy.

"Don’t mention it, we’re classmates, after all," said He Tiantian with a smile, happy to have a friend she could talk to.

Huang Jingli smiled and noticed the hiring notice on He Tiantian’s desk, her eyes lit up as she thought of Wu Youfa’s sister, her husband’s younger cousin, a diligent and sweet-talking girl. Every time they visited, the girl would come over to chat with Huang Jingli, and her in-laws liked Wu Cuicui a lot as well.

"Tiantian, can I recommend someone for this job?" asked Huang Jingli. The young girl had finished middle school but hadn’t gotten into a good high school or vocational school due to poor grades; all she could do was help out at home and wait to be married off when she reached the appropriate age.

He Tiantian smiled and said, "If you are recommending someone, they must be good. Sure, who is it?"

"It’s Wu Youfa’s sister, Wu Cuicui. She didn’t get into high school after graduating from middle school, but she’s very diligent," said Huang Jingli. "You know her elder brother; he’s a decent person. I figured since Wu Cuicui is still young, learning a trade would be better than just farming at home."

"Sure!" He Tiantian said with a smile, "Let her come over."

He Tiantian was in the food business, and without trustworthy recommendations, she wouldn’t dare hire anyone.

The reason why I wrote the job advertisement was that I couldn’t find anyone.

If it was someone I knew, if they were not up to par, I could give an extra month’s salary, dismiss them, and it wouldn’t be a big deal, at most a bit embarrassing. But since I offer high wages, the person who introduced them wouldn’t care too much.

Also, employing someone I knew wasn’t just about connections, but there was also an unspoken mutual responsibility. If the new employee didn’t perform well, it would affect the work of the existing employees, so they were very cautious when referring someone to the job.

The monk may run away, but the temple won’t.

If there really was a problem, someone could be held accountable.

"Thank you, Tiantian," Huang Jingli said happily. Being able to find a job for my little cousin must have delighted Uncle’s family and Cuicui.

After chatting for a while, Wu Youfa came over and said, "Jingli, Youliang, I’ve finished unloading the goods, we can head back."

"Okay, thank you, Big Brother," Huang Jingli said with a smile, "Tiantian, we’ll take our leave now, see you when school starts again."

"See you when school starts, take good care of yourself at home," He Tiantian instructed then went to the back to fetch two chickens, one for Huang Jingli, and one she gave to Wu Youfa to take home and eat.

Huang Jingli tried to refuse, "Tiantian, you’ve just started your business, how can we take these from you?"

"It’s settled, we’re friends, take it and hurry on, you’ve got a journey ahead. I won’t keep you any longer," He Tiantian said with a smile. You can’t be petty with friends. Now that our families are in business together, the better I treat them, the more they’ll value our business.

"Alright, then I’ll take it," Huang Jingli said. Come the end of the year, she planned to prepare some more cured fish and meats to give to He Tiantian.

Once they had left, He Tiantian gave the money to Sun Sihao and accounted for the two chickens.

Because He Tiantian was serious about her work, Sun Sihao dared not be careless.

Before long, they had recruited two people. They had originally planned to recruit three but decided to leave the last spot open for now. If an existing employee made a referral, it would be considered a benefit for the employees.

Aunt Liu, who was responsible for removing the fine hair from the chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs, hurriedly brought her daughter who was a temporary worker in a factory, upon hearing the news.

As a temporary worker, her daughter only earned twenty-six yuan a month and often had to work overtime without any benefits.

Aunt Liu earned one hundred and twenty yuan a month here, which was the highest salary in her household. Even her husband, who had previously mocked her, no longer dared to tease her.

Aunt Liu took her daughter directly to He Tiantian’s house.

"Tiantian, this is my daughter, who used to work as a temp at the canning factory in the county," Aunt Liu said. "I heard our shop was still hiring, so I brought her here. She’s very hardworking, just a bit shy and introverted."

He Tiantian smiled and replied, "Aunt Liu, I’m hiring people, not looking for sweet talkers. As long as she’s hardworking, that’s good. She will start as an apprentice, and the initial salary isn’t high, but as long as she learns the trade well, her future salary won’t be lower than yours. It all depends on whether your daughter can endure hard work."

"Of course, that’s great! Learning a trade is like finding a treasure, it’s a lifetime’s livelihood," Aunt Liu said. "My daughter may not have other strengths, but she is very diligent."

"Then that’s settled," He Tiantian said, looking at Aunt Liu’s daughter, who was short but neat and tidy, especially her fingernails, which were trimmed short and clean.

"What’s your name?" He Tiantian asked, as the girl sat nervously to the side.

"My name is Hua Xiaomin, I’m seventeen years old," Hua Xiaomin replied. "Boss, I am very hardworking and will strive to learn the trade."