Raising Babies in the 70s - Chapter 71
The results of the written test, oral test, and interview had all come out.
When Qin Rou went to the radio station to report, she saw another woman who was also admitted. This one named Wang Lichun was none other than the girl in the polka dot shirt who was shaking like a sifter in the waiting room that day.
When Wang Lichun saw Qin Rou, she smiled shyly, “I don’t know how I got admitted, I got sh*t luck.”
(Sh*t luck describing someone having a stroke of luck during a time of misfortune)
“I almost wanted to push the door and run away when I went in.”
The woman was a showman!
Qin Rou also smiled shyly, “Me too, a pie fell from the sky and hit me on the head. I even got first place in the test.”
Wang Lichun: “…”
The two of them went to the radio station in the city. Together with the two of them, the broadcast group had a total of six announcers, four women and two men.
At the time, the broadcast was divided into three time periods, morning, middle and evening, from 5:00 to 8:00 in the morning, from 10:50 to 2:30 in the afternoon, and from 5:30 to 11 in the night.
The content of the program also varied. The chorus would be announced at the beginning of each broadcast, there would be radio gymnastics in the morning, learning of Marxist-Leninist thoughts, news, newspaper summaries, broadcasts to rural communes, workers, etc., as well as weather forecasts and literary programs, as well as rebroadcasting programs of China Central Radio.
In addition to the daily broadcast, the announcer was also responsible for the live broadcast of major events such as conferences in the city.
Qin Rou’s voice was in good condition. She used to sing. She was assigned to be in charge of the noon radio program preview, weather forecast and two literary programs.
The morning, noon and evening programs were basically the same. There were four weather forecasts a day, one in the morning, one in the afternoon, and another at the end of the broadcast.
There were also literary and art programs and news programs in each time period. It was made considering that everyone listened to the radio at different times every day.
The noon broadcast started at 10:50. She only needed to arrive at the radio studio before 10:00 to prepare. The broadcast ended at 2:30 in the afternoon, and she could go back at about 3:00 to 3:30, and there would be a once a week rotation.
Qin Rou was very satisfied with the working time. She could sleep in late, but she couldn’t take a nap. She had to postpone it. It took ten to twenty minutes to get back from the radio station. She could go back and sleep again.
Really pleasant working time.
Wang Lichun looked at Qin Rou with more resentment. Although she was admitted, she was in charge of the morning broadcast.
The two of them were newcomers, and only the options of morning and noon were given to them. The secretary asked Qin Rou to choose, and she said, “Noon.”
Wang Lichun, who had no choice, could only do the morning shows. The broadcast started at 5 o’clock, and she had to prepare at 4 o’clock. She would get up earlier than chickens in the future.
She wanted to exchange with Qin Rou, but the woman didn’t agree.
“Sister Qin Rou, why can’t you let me? I have something to do at home in the morning, and I have to get up to take care of my old mother. My mother has always had a problem with her waist. Every morning I get…”
Qin Rou: “…”
“Didn’t you think that you may have to get up in the morning to work when you took the announcer exam?”
Wang Lichun: “I didn’t expect it to be so early.”
“Sister Qin Rou, please, help me.”
Qin Rou had no sympathy at all. First of all, she didn’t believe this woman, so she was as hard-hearted as iron, “If you don’t need this job opportunity, you can give it to someone else, such as the one who spoke to you on the day of the test.”
“You are so smart, you got second place in the test, and you can find other jobs that don’t require you to get up early, I believe in your ability.”
Qin Rou patted her shoulder, and then rode her bicycle home happily.
Who let her take the first rank?
*
The news that Qin Rou was admitted to be an announcer spread throughout the whole colony. Everyone came to congratulate her. Qin Rou made some coconut glutinous rice and sent it to a few neighbors, for example, the next door Zhang family.
Mr. Zhang was very happy, thinking that Xiao Qin finally had a serious job, and would no longer stay at home drinking tea every day to stimulate his wife. His good days would start again.
Let Xiao Qin get busy!
“Xiaoying, you can try it, this cake Xiao Qin made is really good.”
Huang Xinying was not as happy as him. Xiao Qin was admitted as an announcer, not as a teacher at their school.
Really disappointed.
She also wanted to see her become a language teacher in the lower grades, and be made to cry by the naughty kids.
Strange to say, the two little nephews raised next door were too temperamental… Huang Xinying didn’t know how to describe them.
One was too quiet…as for the other…it was hard to say.
The only advantage may be that he was optimistic. He didn’t like to cry. She had never seen the child cry. He ate everything she fed.
Huang Xinying: “…”
Thinking about her son, and about the naughty children in the class, Huang Xinying thought to herself, why didn’t she meet kids who would make her feel at ease?
What made Huang Xinying even more unacceptable was that even if the tea spirit next door started to work, she still drank tea in the yard every morning!
After she came back from school, she still saw the tea spirit next door drinking afternoon tea. Not only did she drink afternoon tea, but also read Russian novels while drinking it.
If Lu Yan came back early, he would take a quick shower and put on clean clothes. The couple would read novels under the thatched umbrella in blue and white sea color shirts. Qin Rou knew a few words, but when she didn’t get a word, she asked Lu Yan who would explain. The two would chat with each other.
The young couple looked at each other happily and smiled, and when they saw Huang Xinying next door, they would take the initiative to say hello.
“Hello, sister-in-law.”
Huang Xinying: “…”
Was this endless?!
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