[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-that-year-the-flowers-bloomed-in-1981":3,"chapter-that-year-the-flowers-bloomed-in-1981-that-year-the-flowers-bloomed-in-1981-chapter-847":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","That Year, the Flowers Bloomed in 1981",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2295265,4489,"Chapter 847","that-year-the-flowers-bloomed-in-1981-chapter-847",847,"\u003Cp>Guo family’s old matriarch was stunned by the secretary’s tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, weren’t you saying the day before yesterday—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What was I saying? Do I have that kind of power to arrange official jobs for you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old matriarch was completely bewildered—how could such a high-ranking official break his word?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All one could say was that the old woman had lived long enough, had enough experience, but her level was far too low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secretary Han had been a colleague of Guo Huai in life, maybe even a close friend, so he gave you a suggestion to at least swing the rod even if there were no dates to harvest—but how could you betray the man?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lu Zhizhang picked up the receiver again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hello, Secretary Han, you know these two kids? Official positions are hard to come by—now even the children of unit leaders are waiting in line—but temporary work, we might find a way: fifty or sixty yuan a month.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alright, alright, sorry! Today suddenly seven or eight people showed up, all wearing mourning clothes, throwing us into total confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hanging up, Lu Zhizhang turned to the Guo family matriarch: “Since you know Secretary Han, we’ll give Guo Jiazhuang, who’s sixteen by lunar age, a job—it’s not hard work, fifty or sixty yuan a month.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you’re willing, stay; if not, go back and beg Secretary Han again—he might think of another way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the old woman mentioned Secretary Han’s name, she’d already put Lu Zhizhang on the spot—if they just chased them away, Secretary Han might later feel his influence was useless and resent Lu Zhizhang for being too harsh, leaving a grudge in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now Secretary Han himself despised the Guo family matriarch; a fifty-or-sixty-yuan temporary job was just right—not too much, not too little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing Lu Zhizhang’s words, the old matriarch dared not return to seek Secretary Han—this man had been close to her son in life; now that he was dead, his memory had cooled—why should he still give you face?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a temporary job was still far below their expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can the boy get a new apartment? I heard orphans get new apartments—what if—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who told you orphans get new apartments? I’ll call and ask him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No no no, temporary job is fine! Work two years, you can become permanent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old matriarch quickly fell silent, afraid to stir up more trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though it was temporary work, the household now had one less mouth to feed, and earned fifty or sixty yuan monthly—after all calculations, life could go on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Guo family left, Lu Zhizhang frowned at Li Ye: “It seems Guo Huai’s cause of death is being tightly covered up—otherwise, Secretary Han wouldn’t dare touch this mess even if beaten.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ye nodded: “The shortfall in that money has been filled, so it can be covered up—but if you’re going to put on a show, you should do it properly! What’s this now? Shoving the trouble onto us?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Zhizhang smiled: “Didn’t you hear the old woman say her son died under mysterious circumstances? They want to get rid of him quickly and cut ties. I suspect Secretary Han was manipulated, used as a pawn, and doesn’t even know it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ye froze, thought for a moment, then finally understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Huai, in his prime, suddenly died—his mother kept causing trouble; each time she caused a scene, Guo Huai’s faction grew angrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If things eventually blew wide open and led to shared responsibility, no one would come out unscathed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So they simply dumped it on Factory One, leaving Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang—the two who knew the truth—to handle it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sss, Old Lu, we’ve been manipulated too?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm. Small fish and shrimp only get manipulated—but today, our teamwork was excellent; otherwise, we’d never have gotten rid of them so easily.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re right—I played the villain perfectly. Even I’m impressed with myself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Guo Jiazhuang was only given a temporary job, not the iron rice bowl his father had, he was content—he was a junior high graduate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Factory One’s benefits were truly excellent; though he started working just before the New Year, when the year-end goods were distributed, his temporary worker share was exactly the same as the permanent workers’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, Xiao Guo, first time earning your own money—happy, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah yeah yeah, so happy! Chicken, fish, meat, eggs—all there—I won’t even need to buy anything for the New Year.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course—Factory One’s benefits are top-tier in all of Jingcheng. You started working this young—you’re lucky.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehehehe~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Jiazhuang just grinned dumbly, but inside he still felt wronged—his father had once held a high rank; he was an official’s child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he was just a humble worker—temporary, at that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But while Guo Jiazhuang felt wronged, the workers at the main factory felt even more wronged—some even furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on with this year’s year-end goods? These ribbonfish are barely bigger than grandchildren—so narrow? So small?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At least you got ribbonfish. Temporary workers get nothing—I heard they might even get only half their wages.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not a temporary worker! Why compare me to them? Didn’t they say this year’s output hit a new high? Why so stingy?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Forget stingy or not—just be glad we got our wages and bonuses at all. The small factories on our street didn’t make it this year—they barely paid wages, no bonus at all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it, we’re a state-owned giant enterprise—how can we compare to street-level small factories? You’re lowering your own status.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the workers grumbled bitterly, years of hierarchical suppression made them swallow their anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But some clever ones began actively networking—Factory One will launch two new projects next year and will need staff; everyone hoped to transfer there next year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the more you compromise with life, the more pressure life heaps on you—just before the Spring Festival, the main factory workers finally exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason: this year’s year-end bonus was merged with monthly bonuses. Though the finance department’s calculation formula was incomprehensible, everyone crunched the numbers and realized they’d been shorted dozens of yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the main factory workers collectively stormed the finance department; no amount of persuasion from grassroots leaders could stop them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s all Factory One’s doing—they caused trouble over housing recently, setting a terrible example.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Forget all that now—get Factory One to transfer thirty thousand over immediately.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main factory workers cursed Factory One for setting a bad precedent, yet still looked to it for rescue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang heard the news, they flew into a rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because before the New Year, the main factory had already overdrawn part of Factory One’s funds under the pretense of worker Spring Festival benefits—but how, after the money reached their hands, did it still end up shortchanging the workers?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang were furious and ready to refuse every penny, Ma Zhao suddenly notified Factory One: immediately distribute a Spring Festival benefit to the main factory workers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Factory One personnel would hand it out personally, one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sss, is this turning heaven upside down?”\u003C\u002Fp>",1185,"2026-06-20T05:05:02.628Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","5e2dd250d5de5e8e29bf979e9ca5be848e6f31e288756f04ce01f0e10a95997f","that-year-the-flowers-bloomed-in-1981-chapter-848","that-year-the-flowers-bloomed-in-1981-chapter-846",884,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthat-year-the-flowers-bloomed-in-1981-cover.jpg"]