Chapter 254 Ice Rink

One hundred engines were shipped from the car factory the next day after notification. After the steel rolling mill called the local unit, the logistics department sent someone to get the approval slip.

According to the ratio of self-retention funds, we can get another 12,000 yuan of food. The money will be deducted from the steel rolling mill. As long as the engine arrives at the steel rolling mill, there will be an account of 300,000 yuan there, and the automobile factory does not need to manage the subsequent matters.

Grain, because forklifts have been continuously manufactured and exported, after taking care of each other with other companies and units, there were only about ten tons left in the granary of the automobile factory, but now it has exceeded one hundred tons. Including the amount of grain for the engine this time, more than 70 tons of grain must be received.

And because he had cooperated with a flour mill last time, Luo Cheng exchanged rice for a lot of flour this time. It’s the Chinese New Year, so it would be a good idea to just distribute some flour to the workers to make dumplings during the Chinese New Year.

And they also take the rice to the flour mill for processing, grind it into rice flour, and make some rice cakes and the like. It can even be processed into rice noodles and rice noodles (vermicelli made from rice flour is also called rice noodles, and rice mill made from ground rice is also called rice noodles.)

In the north, many people like to eat noodles, but in the south, many people like to eat rice noodles. Maybe it’s because there’s more rice in the south and more wheat in the north.

Anyway, here in Ngee Ann, later generations eat fried rice noodles during the Chinese New Year, and there are also fried rice noodles shops in the streets and alleys. In Hunan, Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other places, what they like to eat is not noodles, but rice noodles. In order to distinguish it from rice noodles, they call it rice noodles. The production techniques are also different, but each has its own characteristics.

Luo Cheng felt that giving out rice during the Chinese New Year was too monotonous. All he had to do to make rice noodles was process the rice. Replace the flour, make some rice cakes, and customize some rice noodles. There is no need to worry about anything, and you can get a lot of benefits during the New Year.

Even though many things are made of rice, in these days, it is still a good gift to have a piece of rice cake to visit relatives. And there are seafood. These days, kelp is considered seafood. Luo Cheng also exchanged a lot of it for rice, which is all dry food pickled with salt. Rice is the hard currency these days, and having rice is actually better than having money.

In addition, according to Luo Cheng's philosophy, a new window was finally installed in the cafeteria. With the support of rice, the number of workers has also increased, and a canteen and breakfast shop have also been established.

Fried dough sticks, vegetarian steamed buns, steamed buns, rice porridge and the like were prepared first. This breakfast window not only offers breakfast, but also freshly fried rice noodles at noon and evening. You don’t need food stamps, but the price will be a little more expensive, but it’s still more cost-effective than asking for food stamps.

Luo Cheng felt that by giving workers an internal quota for purchasing rice each month, at least the problem of not having enough food would be solved. Of course, there is no denying that there are still many families where one person works in a car factory, and the children are too young, so they have to take care of the elderly and take care of the young. But rice is a fine grain, and rice bran and soybean meal are distributed every month. Even if you don't eat it yourself, it's easy to exchange it for whole grains these days. In addition, even if only one person in the family earns money, if the household registration is in the city, the family members just cannot earn money, but there is still a ration, but there is a problem of not enough food.

In any case, take Luo Cheng's younger brothers and sisters as an example. Because they still have rural household registration, there is no quota. But the factory subsidizes some meal stamps, and when you buy rice from the factory, you get some rice bran and soybean meal. At least his own food rations can be taken care of.

When everyone is no longer in such a shortage of food rations, the money on hand will be loose, and they will spend appropriately on other aspects.

Therefore, as soon as the ticket-free breakfast is launched, the price is reasonable. It immediately attracted a lot of people, especially Director Wu’s group. Because it was considered as taking care of their ‘business trip’, they were given free meal tickets at noon, but the amount of rice was also limited, and extra money would be required.

It is up to Factory Director Wu and others to provide breakfast and dinner. When they came here, they obtained some national food stamps through application. They were reluctant to use it at all, and as soon as the breakfast window opened, they became the first batch of loyal users. No ticket is required, and you can buy breakfast at a slightly higher price than the market price, and you can also buy steamed buns to eat in the evening. Where can you find such good things?

Of course, in order to prevent employees from reselling steamed buns in the canteen, there are still some restrictions. Although the price is more expensive than breakfast restaurants outside, if you don't need a ticket, it's still more cost-effective than spending the ticket to buy fine grains.

It's a good thing that the breakfast shop doesn't sell whole-grain pancakes and steamed buns, otherwise people coming to buy breakfast might have to queue up every day. And if you eat fine grains early, even if it is more cost-effective than buying with tickets, not many families can afford to eat fine grains every day.

As for the fried rice noodles at noon, the chef hired was good at it and the fried rice noodles were delicious and delicious. Some of the workers became the first to treat them to guests. What makes Luo Cheng upset is Director Zhou Papi who likes to please the workers on his behalf. He has never been idle in the factory. He may know that no one is playing basketball and table tennis in the cold weather. He also knew how to actively ask workers what sports they liked, and many workers suggested fashionable billiards and ice skating factories, which made this guy shine again.

The billiards room must not have been built, something Erliuzi likes, and once it is built, there will be a few billiards tables, so it is easy to cause trouble. But ice skating rinks are really popular in this era. All the students in the school like it. As long as you are not ugly when dating elementary school girls, the success rate is really high.

The construction cost of the ice rink is actually not high. The most expensive thing is the skates, which are not available in ordinary places.

Damn it, the key is that Zhou Papi couldn't buy it, so he asked Luo Cheng to come forward and say hello to the Cultural Affairs Bureau to get it. The money I earned was used to build an ice rink for the workers in the name of the union, and Luo Cheng was asked to say hello and get skates.

Anyway, now that the skating rink is built, Zhou Papi will at least have a certain reputation among young people. There was also the matter of movie projection. If Luo Cheng hadn't insisted on setting up a cinema directly, the projection equipment would not have been recruited yet, otherwise the union would have to gain reputation again.

When the skating rink opens, it will of course be charged. Regardless of the cold weather, this car factory is a relatively remote place in the XC area, but it is opened in an additional area outside the car factory. Not only for internal employees, but also for external charges. However, the price for internal employees is cheaper, and those without employee certificates are 20 cents more expensive.

But it is difficult to earn extra money from outsiders, because there is no requirement that tickets can only be purchased by oneself. Internal employees invite friends to play, so one person cannot buy several tickets.

So after the skating rink opens, external tickets will not sell for anything, they are only 2 cents expensive. As a result, in the end, I no longer had to buy tickets myself. Someone could buy cheap tickets by borrowing the employee ID card of the automobile factory.

But having said that, although I didn't earn much extra money from outsiders. But invisibly, the employees of the automobile factory have become more popular. With just one pass, you can go skating for 20 cents cheaper.

"Xiang, Yanzi, look at how they still have something to eat at this late hour."

"They are employees of the automobile factory. They can go into the canteen inside the automobile factory to buy fried noodles, and they don't need food stamps. Cuilan, we are here to play this time. I borrowed my brother's employee ID card. It's okay to buy tickets. Buy It’s not that I can’t get in to eat.”

"The car factory is really nice. I'll graduate next year and I don't know if I can work in the car factory. I really want to eat. I'm hungry from skating."

"Wait a minute, I saw a person, my brother's coworker. How much money do you have left with you? Let's go find him to help buy it."

"I only have twenty cents, and it's because of the remaining skating ticket money from your brother's employee ID card."

"That's enough, I also have twenty cents. You can buy half portion of the fried noodles here, and you can buy more than half portion according to the money. Let's just buy the forty cents, and we'll share it later."

It's a staff skating rink, because it's patrolled by people from the security department. The venue is big and the skates are new. It actually attracted many students and girls to play. Of course, those who can come here to play have basically good family conditions, at least there are about two workers in the family. Of course, there are additional subsidies for high school students and above. Studying doesn't cost much.

Two female students asked a man to help buy rice noodles. One of them was the sister of a coworker. Although she was reluctant to waste time skating, she still enthusiastically went to the factory to help.

This skating rink is not open very late. It closes at nine o'clock in the evening and opens at six o'clock in the evening. Even the employee price is 30 cents, which is 10 cents an hour, which is not cheap. It’s not that employees pay 50 cents to buy tickets.

Of course, the skating rink is also open in the afternoon, from 2 to 5 o'clock, which is also three hours.

The rice noodles are fried freshly, and there are chefs in the cafeteria specially assigned to fry the rice noodles, which counts as overtime pay. It was also suggested by Luo Cheng, who also wanted to have a richer nightlife in the future.

Because the cinema is on one floor, the floor has to be high, and with the screening room, it actually has two floors. The construction is finished, and now we are building screens and iron-framed chairs. Just connect the iron frames together and install wooden chairs on them.

When the cinema is ready, Luo Cheng will not only let the canteen sell fried noodles, but also other snacks if conditions permit. In fact, it is not difficult to find folk artists who can make snacks, but before, the factory did not have extra grain and could not do it. And with food, you can exchange it even if you don't have anything else.

While the two female students were waiting for the rice noodles, they did not forget to walk around a few more times. This is a real hardship for the errand boy. He has to go in and out of the factory for freshly fried goods, but he wastes nearly half an hour. Five cents is equivalent to losing a pound of stick noodles. But my coworker’s sister actually looks pretty good, I don’t know~~~.

When the rice noodles arrived, they were packed in thick oil paper and the chopsticks were disposable. Of course, this is what Luo Cheng asked the Longjin Town Economic Cooperative to do. It is not produced by machine, but there is a machine for cutting wood, which is easy to make, but a little slower.

The thick grease paper and chopsticks are both worth a penny. For those who are willing to spend a few cents to eat fans, the packaging fee is not high. However, I don’t know the situation the first time I come here. If I come here in the future, I will be like a car factory employee, and I will not waste these two cents. I will bring lunch box and chopsticks directly for skating.

Forty cents is less than a serving of rice noodles. The main reason is that things are real these days. If you want a real portion, I will give you a pound of rice noodles.

The two girls happened to be tired from wandering around. After thanking each other, they found a corner and folded a pair of chopsticks in half. It was a pity that they had lost a penny, and then they started chatting.

That's right, rice noodles are meant to be chewy. This way of eating them is authentic and doesn't make them feel polite. Even half of it per person is still several taels. In this weather, having a few taels of warm rice noodles in your stomach is really beautiful.

However, the two of them spent one yuan that night. You should know that temporary apprentices in the automobile factory cannot earn more than one yuan a day. This can only be consumed occasionally. In the future, if someone has a birthday or encounters something happy, come and enjoy it.

The two girls are just a microcosm of the skating rink. Even in the city, there is nothing interesting. It is only a matter of time before word spreads about the employee skating rink at the automobile factory. The only disadvantage is that it is a little off-center. However, the advantage of the employee skating rink is that it is patrolled by security. Except for those who are careful on the road, it is best to go in groups. When you play here, you don’t have to worry about causing trouble at all.

If you want to cause trouble, even if there is no security, find out what company owns the skating rink. I don’t know what kind of influence the car factory has in Ngee Ann. If Erliuzi wants to cause trouble here, he doesn’t even look at the manufacturer of the police patrol cars currently on the streets.

It’s not like Ngee Ann doesn’t have powerful people. There are local snakes and the like everywhere. There are people who have connections between black and white, but in Ngee Ann, the more powerful the people are, the more they know that the car factory cannot be touched. Because the car factory not only has a good relationship with the public security, but also has a really strong relationship with the military region.

Did you know that the Ngee Ann Steel Rolling Mill requires top leaders in the city to apply in advance to visit? The machine shop went to buy materials and asked him to wait for as many days as he wanted. Orders from automobile factories are given priority for production. It is said that Luo, the former director of the automobile factory, did not register with the guard at the steel rolling mill, just like his own factory.

But now that the automobile factory has a deputy director, Luo Cheng is less focused on production. And when the deputy director goes to the steel rolling mill, he won't have that kind of treatment. At least you can't enter the rolling mill without registering.

The night is cold and windy.

"Xiaoyu, after feeding the pigs tomorrow afternoon, I will go and play with my second sister-in-law."

"You, don't keep thinking about it. We are from the countryside, and the eldest brother is the director of the factory. Don't let people gossip."

"I don't. My eldest brother said I can go and play, it's okay. Cousin, sister, do you think so?"

Seeing Shishi say this, Luo Xiaoyu couldn't say anything. Zheng Xue has been sleeping on the same bed with them since she came here. The bed is big enough for three girls. It's just that now Shishi always likes to imitate Zheng Xue and call her cousin with a jingle sound.

Luo Cheng himself was the director of the factory and did not shy away from suspicion. It was hard for them to say anything. Because Qin Ru is pregnant, the skating rink will need a conductor after it is completed. Luo Cheng gave her this easy job. Shishi and the others had never seen an ice rink before and were very curious.

Just put on shoes with wheels and slide around a venue for 30 cents for three hours. It was really expensive for Shishi. When her salary was paid last month, Shishi kept a few yuan with her and handed the rest to her eldest brother. After deducting five yuan for living expenses every month, let her eldest brother support her.

And Luo Xiaoyu did the same. In addition to five yuan for food, he also saved an extra ten yuan for his elder brother.

But since Qin Ru was selling tickets, she naturally had to go through the back door. Shishi went there several times for free, always finding time in the afternoon. There were many people at night, and sometimes she didn’t have enough shoes. Plus she was a little afraid of the dark, so she didn’t go.

Because Qin Ru was transferred to the skating rink, she didn't have to get up early. There were several people watching the skating rink. After the tickets were sold out, she didn't actually need to come back early until nine o'clock. But it’s not good to give out shoes based on the shoes. After the show ends at nine o’clock, you have to take the shoes back and put them away.

However, this makes the soldiers a little hard. They have to pick up people every night. There are no street lights here at night. As for street lights, there are them in the center of the city, and they will not be lit all night. Luo Cheng wants to wait until the cinema is completed and ask the local department to come here to get some street lights. At most, the electricity will be connected from the automobile factory, and the electricity bill will be charged to the automobile factory.

"The eldest brother said that the cinema has opened and transferred us to the cinema. He said that after staying for a few years, the cinema will be managed by us. Cousin, why don't you let the eldest brother transfer you too? You are much better than us. As long as you are here, we can do it. Not afraid anymore.”

"My cousin has also asked me, but I still want to teach. I can start teaching in the factory's primary school next year. I think it's more meaningful to teach children. Shishi~~ don't touch me all the time."

"Cousin, you are not fatter than us. Why are you so tall? But my eldest brother's partner is also this big."

"Is my cousin's target as big as this?"

"Well, I gave her the water when she took a bath, but she didn't touch it. Cousin, many people in the factory must be interested in you. You should be like grandma said, you are good at giving birth. Our family took a fancy to you at first. Second sister-in-law, grandma said she is easy to give birth to, otherwise even if she is good-looking, she would not let Bingzi marry her."

Hey, sigh, what's the use of others looking at you, after all, it's fate but no destiny. My cousin is too much of a gentleman. I don’t want to give him a baby even if I don’t have the status. What’s the use of these two lumps?

Luo Cheng is reading Three Kingdoms at this time. He hasn't stayed up late recently, and he doesn't read too late, so he reads Three Kingdoms slowly. At this time, when he saw Cao Cao falling in love with someone else's wife, he felt a little excited and suddenly sneezed. It doesn't feel like I have a cold, who should be talking about me.

You can't just appreciate Mr. Cao's special quirks, Dai Qianqian can sense it, and then curse yourself. He immediately closed the book, diverted his thoughts and took out the letter to read. Luo Chengcheng replied to the letter from last time and said that he is willing to go to SH to pick up Dai Qianqian after the new year. Of course, the main purpose is to meet her family.

Now Dai Qianqian's letter has been answered again, reporting Luo Cheng's plan to meet her family. This is tantamount to death, and Luo Cheng has no way out. Not only family members, but also relatives will come. Even according to her grandfather's wishes, the date must be set.

Luo Cheng has read the letter several times. He and Dai Qianqian didn't do anything awkward, such as kissing, hugging, or any other dishonest actions. But we have to negotiate a date. It's fixed, and then we'll just roll on the bed.

I always feel that the steps are a bit confusing and not step-by-step, but it is very exciting. It is indeed difficult for him to understand whether couples who usually do not have any particularly intimate actions suddenly jump to being honest with each other in this era.