Chapter 37: Hou San with the Upturned, Triangular Eyes

“Ah Zhe, what job position were you assigned?”

After all this commotion, Li Xiangdong finally remembered to ask this question.

“A crew member. I haven’t asked you yet, what’s your position?”

“Water supplier.”

“Water supplier? What does a water supplier do?”

Ah Zhe looked puzzled. It was the first time he had heard of such a position.

“The train needs water, right? My job responsibility should be to ensure the supply of water for the train. Mmm, it should be like that. I’m not very clear on the specifics either.”

Li Xiangdong had forgotten to ask this question in the labor and capital department. He himself only had a partial understanding, but he felt that what he had just said was probably not far off.

Ah Zhe asked, “Then do you need to get on the train?”

Li Xiangdong nodded, “Of course.”

“Sigh, we are both ill-fated people~”

Ah Zhe sighed.

The clerks in the labor and capital department were so enthusiastic towards Li Xiangdong that he thought his childhood friend’s job must be one of those easy and carefree ones that no one manages.

Who would have thought that he, just like himself, would have to follow the train to other places.

Not only is the time away long each trip, but you also have to serve people along the way. Just thinking about it is suffering!

“What the hell, Ah Zhe, what do you mean by that? You come to work in the railway system and don’t want to get on a train, then what did you come here for?”

Li Xiangdong now felt that this childhood friend of his was an idiot, unable to tell good from bad.

Among the staff in the railway system who had desk jobs, if you randomly asked anyone, not a single one wouldn’t want to get on a train.

The leaders above, in order to appease the desk job employees who would occasionally bring their families to complain, even raised the salary of some positions by one level for no reason!

Li Xiangdong was able to be assigned to follow the train because his grandfather had used his personal connections.

Ah Zhe’s case was purely because he had suffered a lot due to his father’s involvement during the Great Movement, and it was care and compensation from the higher-ups.

He was now certain that among their batch of educated youth recruited from outside, very few could get on a train.

Do you really think positions that allow you to get on a train are as common as cabbages!

“Dongzi, can you not look at me with contempt? Am I wrong? It’s so tiring to follow the train and serve people! I think it’s not as good as being a ticket seller. You’re not exposed to the wind or rain, and it’s so comfortable to sit and work all day.”

Ah Zhe said this with a look of envy, as if he wished he could switch with a ticket seller.

“Don’t be stupid and switch your position!”

Li Xiangdong was really afraid that his childhood friend would have a moment of confusion and run to switch positions with someone. That would make the other person die of joy.

Ah Zhe nodded and said, “I know, I definitely won’t switch positions. My dad said following the train is great. There’s a subsidy every time you go out, and you earn more money.”

“The most important thing is, if my mom has already remarried, my dad and I probably won’t go out. Then for a service job like mine, the more tired I am, the more likely I am to be noticed by the leaders, which will also help with my future salary increase.”

After hearing Ah Zhe’s words, Li Xiangdong couldn’t help but laugh. Ah Zhe and his father were both muddle-headed people among the wise!

Anyone who could get on a train wouldn’t care about the few dozen yuan of salary each month.

Let alone any promotion. Even if your position was just a temporary worker, the kind that would never become permanent.

But as long as this position allowed you to constantly follow the train to other places, there were plenty of permanent workers with desk jobs who would want to switch positions with you!

However, Li Xiangdong didn’t tell Ah Zhe these things. He planned to see when this muddle-headed fool would figure it out for himself.

The two of them chatted and laughed as they arrived at the infirmary. After explaining their purpose, they handed the physical examination form to the doctor.

Limited by the current medical conditions, the examination categories were all basic items, such as measuring height, weight, and checking hearing and vision.

The main focus was to check for color blindness. This was very important, as some positions had very strict requirements for this!

If you were colorblind, you couldn’t do some jobs, and the leader would directly transfer you to another position.

The results came out on the spot. Neither of them had any problems. Holding the physical examination form signed by the doctor, they returned to the large office of the labor and capital department.

As soon as Li Xiangdong entered, he saw a young man in his twenties wearing a railway uniform.

He was not tall. His butt was sitting on Sister Sun’s desk, his feet not even reaching the ground. He was turned sideways, chatting with Sister Sun.

The two were talking and laughing. Sister Sun’s face showed no sign of displeasure at the impolite behavior of the young man sitting on her workstation.

Especially Comrade Xiao Wang, although he stood aside and couldn’t get a word in, he still wore an attentive smile, even more enthusiastic than when he was with Li Xiangdong!

When Li Xiangdong took a closer look at the young man’s appearance, his heart skipped a beat.

He bore a seventy percent resemblance to Hou Jianshe, short and thin, with prominent cheekbones.

The only difference was the young man’s pair of upturned, triangular eyes, which were lifeless.

Seeing Li Xiangdong come in, Sister Sun said to the young man beside her, “Hou San, the Li Xiangdong you were looking for is back from the infirmary.”

Hou San’s upturned, triangular eyes glanced over, then he turned back and asked with a frown, “Big Sister, which of the two is Li Xiangdong?”

“Li Xiangdong is the tall one. You don’t even recognize your own relative? Don’t make your big sister laugh.”

Sister Sun smiled and slapped Hou San. It was unclear whether Hou San’s words were funny or his expression just now was funny.

In any case, when Li Xiangdong saw the frowning, upturned, triangular eyes, he dug his fingers into his palm, forcefully suppressing his laughter!

Hou San’s eyes rolled, and he said with a grin, “I was just joking with you. How could I not recognize my own relative?”

After speaking, he jumped off the desk and walked over to Li Xiangdong with a very frivolous gait. He familiarly tried to put his arm around Li Xiangdong’s shoulder.

But he was a head and a half shorter than Li Xiangdong. His arm felt uncomfortable after putting it up, so he put it down again.

He crossed his arms and asked, “Did you pass your onboarding physical examination?”

“I passed. What’s wrong?”

Li Xiangdong was a little speechless. He, the fake Li Kui, had met the real Black Whirlwind!

Fortunately, he had never admitted to being a relative of Hou Jianshe’s family. It was all the speculation of these old hands in the workplace.

What puzzled him was that this guy named Hou San didn’t expose him directly. He didn’t know what he was planning to do.

Hou San stood there, swaying his head, with no proper posture. He said cockily, “You give the physical examination report to Sister Sun, then take your work ID and come with me. I’ll take you to get your labor protection supplies first. Hurry up! I’ll wait for you outside the office.”

Li Xiangdong asked doubtfully, “You’re taking me?”

“That’s right.”

Hou San nodded, “If you don’t believe me, ask Sister Sun.”

Seeing Sister Sun nod with a smile, Li Xiangdong pointed to Ah Zhe beside him and said to Hou San, “I have a friend here too.”

“Then let him come along.”

Hou San sized up Ah Zhe, and after speaking, he walked out of the office cockily.

Ah Zhe leaned close to Li Xiangdong’s ear and whispered, “Dongzi, is this person your relative? Why have I never seen him before? This guy looks so funny, but he just seems a bit cocky!”

He was indeed funny.

But it wasn’t just a bit cocky, it was very cocky!

Li Xiangdong was puzzled. How could a shrewd person like Hou Jianshe have such a character in his family