MMB Chapter 1053 Fortune tricks people
Chapter 1053 Fortune tricks people
Chapter 1053 Fortune tricks people
"Why are you back so late?"
As soon as Li Xuewu entered the yard, he saw his mother standing at the door looking around. When she saw him, she couldn't help but complain.
"Even if you have work to do, please let me know in advance so I can prepare dinner."
"Haha - there's something going on at the factory."
Li Xuewu smiled and hugged his mother, nodded to Lao Qi who was passing by, and responded to his greeting.
After Old Seven greeted him, he did not go over, but quietly asked him: "Is Jin Yaohui from the Third Industry Management Office dead?"
Hearing him say this, Li Xuewu blinked his eyes, but his mother had already understood.
She looked at her son nervously, as if she was afraid that something might happen to provoke Li Xuewu.
Li Xuewu originally wanted to let his mother know about work matters, which had nothing to do with the matter and made her worry.
But Lao Qi had already said it, so he had to nod and say: "It won't work when the person jumps down. You just need to know it yourself, and don't go out and talk nonsense."
"Don't worry! Brother Seven is always right!"
Lao Qi waved his hand, as if he had received some good news, said something to him, and went out happily.
"Are you okay? How did someone die?"
Liu Yin held her son's arm and asked, "You came back so late, is this what you are dealing with?"
"Don't worry, mom. It was a factory cadre who made a mistake and committed suicide out of fear of punishment. It has nothing to do with me."
Li Xuewu patted his mother's arm and said, "You can pack it up. I'll help you carry it. Let's get in the car and go home."
"I have packed it a long time ago, but you won't come back even if I wait for you."
As Liu Yin was talking, she saw her daughter Li Xue come in and complained again: "Your brother is busy, so why are you busy too? Why don't you come back and eat?"
"Mom, you just saw that my brother was busy, but didn't you think about their leaders having a meeting? Can I leave early?"
Li Xue hugged her mother helplessly and looked at her second brother and said, "Is everything done? You don't take responsibility, right?"
"When someone dies, it's a big deal. No one can escape responsibility. There is some management responsibility."
Li Xuewu let out a long sigh and said, "If you are afraid, just go around that side, it's unlucky."
"Stop talking, I'm not afraid if you don't say anything"
Li Xue pursed her lips and said, "They were all leaning on the window looking out. I was writing materials and didn't see them. Who was so scary?"
"People are just saying it. The person fell face first on the ground. The security guards and the factory hospital took him away. Who saw it?"
Li Xuewu raised his head slightly and signaled to her, "There is no point in saying that. Just let it serve as a warning. There will be a unified statement on this matter tomorrow."
“Is this what you are discussing in the meeting?”
Li Xue also found it boring, so she pouted and took her mother's hand and went into the house.
"You just got off work? Have you had dinner?"
The old lady was sitting at the dining table holding Li Shu and feeding her. When she saw her grandson come in, she asked a question.
Li Xuewu smiled at his daughter and replied to the old lady: "You called for a meeting before you get off work, and then rushed back after the meeting. I was afraid that you would be waiting anxiously."
"Your mother is waiting anxiously, worried that something might happen to you."
The old lady handed the uneaten Li Shu to Li Xuewu and said, "Go, go, go home with your father. When you see your father, he is closer to you than anyone else."
"She is not like that. Look how cunning she is."
Zhao Yafang coaxed the child in her arms and said to the old lady with a smile: "She was just thinking about her father just now. She was afraid that her aunt would come back first."
"Really--"
Li Xue deliberately frightened Li Shu and said, "What did you say to me this morning? Do you still remember?"
“Ah—ah—!”
Li Shu came out of the old lady's arms, and after being held in her father's arms, she hugged her father's neck tightly.
She thought that if she kept quiet, the devil wouldn't be able to find her, let alone remember her.
But it was her aunt who reminded her that the big devil came to grab her hand, which scared her.
The child's voice was loud and it was so loud that it made me feel dizzy when I put it next to my ears.
Li Xuewu held her and hid behind her. She finally had someone to rely on. When she saw her aunt chasing after her, she stretched out her little hands to scratch her.
And when Li Xue spanked her on the butt, her little mouth was still unyielding. She kept calling her "stinky aunt" and asking for a spanking, but the more she spanked, the more she got spanked.
"Why are you teasing her? Is she making a fuss?"
Liu Yin took out the packed luggage and asked Li Xuewu, "We have all eaten, you eat a bite here and we will go back later."
"Goodbye, the driver is waiting"
Li Xuewu gestured to his mother and said, "I didn't say I wouldn't go back to eat. There must be some food left at home. If you don't have anything to take, let's go now."
He carried Li Shu to the inner room to get the coat that wrapped her, stuffed his daughter into the clothes, handed her to her mother, and took her luggage himself.
"What are you holding? It's so heavy?"
Li Xuewu had seen it a long time ago. It was a big bag, but he didn't think it was that heavy. It became heavy in his hand when he picked it up.
"Are you leaving now, second brother? Why aren't you eating here?"
Ji Yuxiu, who had just come from the East Courtyard, smiled and teased Li Shu, who just kept her eyes outside, and greeted Li Xuewu.
Li Xuewu pointed outside and said, "My family is waiting for me. I was late for the meeting. Did you get off work early?"
“Now that things are back to normal, it feels easier.”
Ji Yuxiu took Li Shu in her arms and carried them out, saying, "Come back in the evening and help mom pack some pickles and eggs."
"What do you do with this thing?"
Li Xuewu smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "We have everything at home, and I don't like eating eggs. It's okay for you to give Gu Ning some pickles."
"Go away! You are so unruly~"
Liu Yin patted him and said with a smile: "The eggs are for Xiaoning, and the pickles are prepared for myself. If I can't get used to your sauce, I'll just eat some pickles."
"Look at what you said, is he going to his second brother's house to suffer?"
Li Xue, who was sent out with her hands covering her mouth, said with a smile: "Don't let anyone hear it, otherwise they will think that my second brother is unfilial and only gives you pickles to eat when he goes home."
"Hahahaha—you're the one who talks the most!"
Liu Yin smiled and pointed at her daughter, saying: "As for what to eat, I don't know. I just think these pickles go well with rice and are delicious."
"Don't say that when you get there, or it'll make my second sister-in-law worry—!"
Ji Yuxiu joked, "Seeing that my mother-in-law doesn't eat any vegetables and only eats pickles, she must be dissatisfied with the food at home because it's not right and the taste is not suitable for her."
"I told you to say that Xiao Ning is that person?"
Liu Yin smiled and glanced at her son, and said, "Seeing that your second brother is doing well, I would be happy even if I go home to eat pickles."
"Well, we have pickles for every meal."
Li Xuewu said with a smile: "When you come back, our house will become a deserted place."
“Wow! It’s so lively!”
Sha Zhu was walking in with an old man with his hands behind his back, and bumped into Li Xuewu and others.
He saw Li Xuewu and asked with a smile: "What are you doing? Are you leaving now? It's only been a while, why are you in such a hurry?"
"It's not urgent if you've finished eating, but I just got off work and I'm starving."
Li Xuewu handed the luggage in his hand to Han Jiankun who came in to pick him up, greeted everyone, and asked, "Are you guys leaving after dinner?"
"Walk in the alleys, the weather is getting warmer"
The old man smiled and teased Li Shu, let the family pass, and also said a few words to Liu Yin.
Everyone in the courtyard knew about it since the afternoon. Liu Yin had to be free to go to Li Xuewu's place to take care of the children.
Even though Qin Jingru was helping out at home, the grandmother was still worried about her grandson.
What's more, since the news of meningitis spread, I haven't seen my children for nearly half a month, and I know they are missing them.
So everyone who came in and out of the courtyard would greet Liu Yin and ask her questions.
Liu Yin also replied with a smile on her face. She was naturally happy to have a grandson, and being able to have her son's dependence on her made her even more satisfied.
So Li Xuewu was still standing at the Chuihua Gate talking to Sha Zhu and the old man, while the mothers and children had already walked out.
"The meeting is about something that happened this afternoon?"
Sha Zhu raised his eyebrows and saw Shen Guodong coming out of the back room and taking the cigarette he threw to him.
"If you ask me, it has nothing to do with you. He asked for trouble himself!"
"What's going on? I heard something happened at the factory?"
Shen Guodong, with his clothes draped over his shoulders and cloth shoes on, stood at the screen door and asked.
"Nothing, it's all done."
Li Xuewu's answer is always to push down, never to push up.
Seeing Shen Guodong coming out, he glanced at the back room and asked, "Grandma and Second Master are not at home?"
"I took the boys to take a bath."
Shen Guodong lit a cigarette, reached out to pick up his shoes and said: "I just heard about it from Brother Zhu this afternoon. Someone died in the tertiary industry."
"This case has already been investigated."
Li Xuewu waved his hand and refused the cigarette that he had just handed to him, saying: "Smoke less. You are young, how can you be so pretentious."
After that, he explained: "It has nothing to do with the business. Lu Peizhong is still in charge of the tertiary industry for the time being, and it will not delay external cooperation."
"So we still need to change people?"
As they were talking, the east room was pitch dark when someone suddenly opened the window, almost scaring Li Xuewu.
Yu Shui leaned on the windowsill with her arm and said to him: "I have already made suggestions to the management office a long time ago. They are making random appointments and making large-scale adjustments to technical management personnel, but no one paid any attention to me."
"That's enough. He will eventually perish because of his many evil deeds."
Li Xuewu moved sideways, facing the rain. She was lying on the windowsill again, and the car lights were a little blinding.
Perhaps noticing his actions, Yu Shui quickly stood up without attracting anyone's attention.
The old man said a few words of gossip about this in the workshop, and after hearing Li Xuewu's explanation, he nodded and said nothing more.
It was Shazhu who kept saying that he deserved it. He wondered if Jin Yaohui had offended Li Huaide when he was Li Huaide's secretary.
Sha Zhu didn't say anything anyway, but Li Huaide was proud of his craftsmanship and must have instructed him a lot.
As a cook, he has a big belly and a small head, so he might end up in a stalemate with Jin Yaohui.
It’s not that he likes to watch the fun or take advantage of others’ misfortune. It’s because he is on Yu Shui’s side. He thinks that Jin Yaohui’s making things difficult for Yu Shui has something to do with him.
That's why people say that this person has a very broad mind. It's so difficult to get him to think of anything.
Given Jin Yaohui's position, there's no need to blame Yu Shui for that little bit of past with Sha Zhu.
It is a pure interest relationship, which is also a competitive relationship and has nothing to do with personal grudges.
But the person was dead, and he was too lazy to explain to Sha Zhu, so he just asked about how good-looking their son He Zhuang was, which was considered to have brought the topic to an end.
When Sha Zhu mentioned his son, he naturally grinned and talked about how good and fat his son was.
He was a simple-minded person. He was so happy talking that he forgot about what had just happened.
He also asked Li Xuewu to bring the child back when he has time, and then they could compare who is better looking, Li Ning or He Zhuang.
Li Xuewu said that he must be very smart, otherwise he would have been known by everyone on the street.
Shazhu did say that his elder brother-in-law Pazile had come back twice to see the children and also to visit his sister.
He personally cooked the four dishes and also drank wine with her. Although there was a big age gap between the two of them, they got along very well.
It can also be seen that his sister is living well with Sha Zhu, and the child is growing up well and strong, and his calves are very strong.
Pazile has been busy with work. After arriving in the capital, he was first arranged by Li Xuewu to be recruited into the East City Security Brigade, and then he joined the army with the Security Brigade.
Now that I have become the deputy battalion commander, all I have to do is work hard.
After settling down in the capital, he was not married yet, so he was not in a hurry to find a house to live in. He did not rest during the holidays and only came back to visit his sister when she gave birth.
Even though his workplace is close to home, he often leads his team up the mountains or on long-distance training trips, and has so many tasks to do that he has no time to come home.
I only stayed for one night when I came back, so it was very convenient to live in the back room.
Sha Zhu talked a lot to Li Xuewu and then sent him to the gate.
He stopped talking. Shen Guodong wanted to say something, but just as he started talking about Luo Yun studying with him, he was blocked by Li Xuewu.
"Tomorrow, Saturday, I'm going to the club tonight. You can come too. We can talk over there if we have something to discuss."
When Li Xuewu saw his mother and Li Shu got into the car, he also got into the passenger seat and said to Shen Guodong and others: "It's evening now. People at home are waiting for dinner. We are hungry too. Let's go."
Shen Guodong and a few others watched the command vehicle leave at the door, chatted for a while, and then entered the compound.
In the compound, every household was able to have dinner. Since the weather was not cold, those who wanted to visit would rush to the front and back yards.
However, lighting lamps these days requires extreme caution. Even children who light lamps to do their homework will be scolded by their mothers.
Instead of going home to do homework after school in the afternoon, they go out for a run and wait until it gets dark before they think about staying up late to do their homework. Several families have this kind of nagging.
Some people live their lives carefully. They turn off the lights when there is nothing to do at home, and they don’t go to bed so early. They would rather stand outside in the dark than spend those few cents a month.
There are also wealthy people who don't care about this. They just want to make their homes brighter and to show their status and style.
Your house is dark all year round, but my house is bright and my life is better than yours!
The lives of ordinary people are all about comparison. Comparing with brothers, neighbors, and face. If you are doing well, you feel comfortable. If you are not doing well, you work hard.
When you see others living better than you, you need to know how to catch up. It’s not enough to just be envious.
"I've been working hard for a month, but no one can rely on me and I don't see any money either."
Third Aunt Hou Qinghua was standing in the kitchen washing dishes, her eyes glancing towards the ear room from time to time.
They have to light the lights at home, even if it's just for a short while during dinner.
Yan Fugui is a teacher and a person of status. How could he let his neighbors look down on him?
No matter how much he cared about the money for the electronic characters, he had to maintain this last bit of dignity, especially since he had to listen to the sound from the box.
If you say that being a teacher, all you have to do is close your eyes and teach according to the textbook, that worked in the past, but it doesn't work now.
You have to understand national affairs, understand the social situation, learn new ideas and new lines. You can't be a backward teacher, you have to be advanced and progressive.
Reading newspapers on weekdays is one thing, but listening to news consultation in a timely manner is also necessary.
Yan Fugui’s eyesight used to be pretty good, so wearing glasses didn’t bother him much.
But after accidents happened one after another at home, not only did his brain react slowly, but his eyesight also became less and less useful.
He also knew that he should buy a new pair of lenses, but he couldn't bear to spend the money, so he had to endure it.
I was listening to the summary of the situation in March when I heard someone nagging in the kitchen. He was so upset. Should I listen to you or him?
"Okay, stop telling me, it's no use!"
Yan Fugui said impatiently: "You agreed to this a long time ago, how could you be so upset now?"
"Why are you blaming me again——!"
Hou Qinghua finished cleaning the kitchen, came out, wiped his hands on his apron, and said, "Jiefang is not your son, are you going to watch him go out and freeze to death or starve to death?"
Yan Fugui had thought about this matter countless times in his mind and was almost dying of it. Listening to his wife bringing up the old matter again, he frowned and really didn't want to listen anymore.
Nothing else, just tired of it.
Hou Qinghua found an outlet for his anger. He took off his apron and said angrily, "Only when a man marries a wife will he forget his mother. There is no mother who doesn't love her son. Besides, he is a..."
She spoke in a hurry and almost revealed the whole family's sadness. The word "cripple" cannot be used in their family and is considered a taboo.
Having found himself in a trap, Hou Qinghua paused, then sighed and said, "Forget it, there's no point in talking about it."
"Didn't I pay for your food?"
Yan Fugui listened to the sound of the box and frowned slightly and said, "What else do you want? There's no need to say so much."
"If I don't tell you——!"
Hou Qinghua glanced at his wife and said, "Do you know what she does in the factory and who she interacts with? If you know Lao Er's situation, can you really support her?"
"Why are you bringing this up again?"
Yan Fugui turned off the radio angrily and whispered: "People are living their own lives behind closed doors, why are you so unsatisfied?"
"She goes to work quietly in the factory and has to think about her baby every day. What's wrong with you that you picked this up?"
He stood up and walked to the door, looked towards the ear room on the right, then turned back to his wife and said, "If the second child hears this, you will feel uncomfortable. You will feel comfortable when the two of you make a fuss."
“I feel uncomfortable, I feel uncomfortable at all”
Hou Qinghua sat on the chair and tilted his head and said angrily: "Just get the certificate, and give her some wedding candy. It's so embarrassing! Aren't you embarrassed?"
"Besides, it was agreed at the beginning that even if she wanted to do this job, the salary had to be handed over to her family first to settle the debt."
"Look at it now, I only pay for the food expenses of my family, and the rest is taken by others."
Hou Qinghua became more and more excited as he spoke, and pointed at the door and said, "If I had known she was going to be so high-profile, I would not have agreed to the second brother. How come she is so short of money?"
"That's enough! It sounds good, doesn't it?"
Yan Fugui listened to her talk getting more and more nonsense, and scolded her in a low voice: "Who advised me in the beginning? You are confused now, aren't you?"
After saying that, he glared at his wife and said, "If you want to see the child, then go ahead. If you don't want to, don't come near him!"
"besides!"
He pointed to the kitchen and said, "If you are willing to cook this meal, just charge them for the food. If you are not willing to serve, ask them to start the fire themselves as early as possible."
"How can you stand? With that body of yours!"
Hou Qinghua said dissatisfiedly: "I told you to talk to the school, why can't they arrange it? You have worked for nothing for so many years?!"
"Look how tired he is. He pedals a tricycle every day. How can he do it?"
"Now I feel sad! What were you doing before?"
Yan Fugui was also angry, slamming the table and saying: "You spoiled him when he got into trouble, now he has to bear the consequences. Is he willing to bear the consequences or is he begging others to bear the consequences?"
Hou Qinghua burst into tears after hearing what his wife said. He wiped his eyes with his apron and sobbed, unable to speak.
A few days ago, the West Courtyard Recycling Station quietly announced that they were short of staff, and if any neighbors were willing to do this, they could come over to talk.
The price is one for those with a car, and another price for those without a car who get a tricycle. Anyway, you can make money and you won't starve.
For young people or those who have nowhere else to turn, just being able to stay awake is as important as having a full meal and a roof over their heads to protect them from the wind and rain.
The word only spread among the neighbors, but before it could get out, this man blocked the door.
He who is close to the water gets the moon first. I don't know what he was thinking, but Yan Jiefang, who used to walk with his neck held high and looked down on the rag collectors in the West Courtyard, came to him on his own initiative.
He was the first to listen and the first to arrive. When he saw Shen Guodong, he readily told him the purpose of his visit.
Seeing his stiff face and trembling body, Shen Guodong asked about his legs.
At this point, Yan Jiefang almost cried. He pursed his lips and nodded, assuring himself that he could pedal the bike and collect waste.
Shen Guodong could really see that he was in a dilemma. Killing people was not enough to get him out of trouble. Now Yan Jiefang did not have any arrogance at all.
Those who know him think he is only seventeen, while those who don’t think he is twenty-seven.
Standing in the back house, he must have done so much mental preparation, made such a great determination, and lost so much so-called face.
On the night of New Year's Eve, he was taken home by Ge Shuqin, and it was Ge Shuqin who went back to the house openly carrying his luggage.
As a man, since he made a promise to his sister-in-law, he must keep his word.
You can make money by making matchboxes, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to do nowadays. The only reason he was assigned to do this is because he has a problem with his legs.
But the quotas allocated to him are getting smaller and smaller, and he cannot support his family just by relying on this.
Yes, Ge Shuqin is working and can earn money, and that salary is enough to support their family of three.
But he is a man, and someone has to take care of the child now. Ge Shuqin has to feed the child with formula milk when she is at work, and this will cost more in the future.
His mother said that she would not let him take care of the children because she would not pay her salary to the family, and she was unwilling to do so and was too busy to do so.
Yan Jiefang was angry and told Ge Shuqin to go to work peacefully and he would take care of the child.
Ge Shuqin was really willing to give it her all. She taught him how to raise a child and then went to work at the steel rolling mill.
Yan Jiefang, on the other hand, was taking care of his children at home, making matchboxes, and at the same time thinking about ways to make money to support his family.
It was just a coincidence that he arrived there. After hearing the message from the recycling station, he felt very upset.
After thinking it over and over again, he really stepped into the courtyard of the back house.
He was prepared to be kicked out by Shen Guodong. In the past, he had often said behind the scenes that these people were paupers who only deserved to live with rags.
As a result, although they are scrap collectors, their lives are getting better and better.
As for him, the son of a teacher, he lived like a dog.
So don't even think about whether he can lose face or not. He just wants to survive. Once he can support himself, he can worry about face later.
Shen Guodong was very surprised to see him coming, and Yan Jiefang was also very surprised to hear him agree so readily.
With mixed feelings, I said nothing. I got up early the next day, prepared all the things for the child, put them on the tricycle, and pushed it out.
From that day on, the tricycles in the west yard were put to use again. The neighbors, both old men and young men, quietly rode the tricycles for the purpose of making a living.
Those who missed the deadline felt filled with regret, but were also extremely grateful, because at least they still had a chance to wait for the street corner, in case they were assigned a job.
Without caring about others, Yan Jiefang started his career of collecting scraps with his one and a half year old child in the warm but still cold spring.
Since his legs and feet were not in good condition, he would use one extra foot to push. When the child cried, he would come down to comfort him first.
The residents of this city look down on you and not up to you. If your family is rich and powerful, they will flatter you on the surface, but they will not agree with you in their hearts.
But for those who are worse off than you, you should be more kind to them and not just look at them in vain.
Therefore, the residents in the area that Shen Guodong assigned to Yan Jiefang gradually became familiar with this lame man with a baby girl.
No one knew his name, so everyone called him Cripple. He agreed and talked to people with a smile.
No matter if people pity him or take care of him, it is really easy to collect these junks. People may not be familiar with them at first, and it will take time to coax the children.
But the father and son both ate outside, so they made up for it during the lunch hour.
It was precisely this hard-working spirit that helped him quickly get into the scrap collecting business.
At first, they could only earn three or four cents a day, and there was no salary. The recycling station didn’t even recognize them as its staff, but just lent them the car for outbound tasks.
The more you collect, the higher the value of the waste you collect, and the more you earn. If you are lazy and waste time, you will not collect good things and you will earn less.
The recycling station has to collect the items on time at night. According to the rules of the recycling station, you are not allowed to be late. Otherwise, you will be asked to come back quickly even if you have items to sell.
After about a week, Yan Jiefang and his father could earn fifty or sixty cents a day, which was much more than making matchboxes.
Of course, making matchboxes at home is more comfortable than this, as it is sheltered from wind and rain.
The key point is that the child suffers, but if Yan Jiefang insists, Ge Shuqin will let it go.
She knew that Yan Jiefang would not harm the child. Calling him an uncle was one thing, but if he harmed the child and she disowned him, both of them would have trouble living well for the rest of their lives.
So this complex family that was broken and reorganized was actually united.
Sometimes the three of them would go out together early in the morning. Ge Shuqin would ride the tricycle to the factory, while Yan Jiefang would ride the tricycle back to collect the goods.
Whenever I could, I would go to the steel rolling mill to find Ge Shuqin to feed my baby milk at noon, and I could also have a hot meal with Ge Shuqin in the cafeteria.
I couldn't make it in time, so I borrowed some hot water from someone and made some milk powder to feed my child.
You said there is meningitis at this time?
Hey! This premature baby girl is living with her uncle like this, without any illness or disaster. It's really a pity for this child to live like this.
After a month, the father and son had nothing to do and they were earning more and more money.
From 2 or 3 cents to 5 or 6 cents, it is now basically stable at around 8 or 9 cents.
Eighty or ninety cents a day, that's twenty-six or twenty-seven dollars a month. You can't make that much by making matchboxes.
Besides, even though I was doing the job of collecting scraps, I still had the job of making matchboxes.
As soon as the couple got home, they went to the main room to have a meal. No one talked nonsense. After the meal, they took the child home. One of them coaxed the child to sleep, and then the other went to the fields to help.
The share of matchboxes that one person needs to make a living is not enough for a couple to work hard.
It's the end of the month, and people in the courtyard are gathering together to gossip, some are chatting about gossip about the Dong and Li families, and some are gathering together to play cards.
Only these two people are still busy.
Ge Shuqin first gave the child a bath with warm water, and after coaxing the child to sleep, she went downstairs to get a small notebook to tally the accounts for this month.
"The salary is 23 yuan, the waste is 17.86 yuan, and the matchbox is 13.47 yuan."
She muttered as she wrote and calculated, "I need to pay for the family's food, which is twelve yuan for each meal in the morning and evening, and the baby's milk powder..."
After adding and subtracting, and deducting all the expenses for a family of three, there was still eleven dollars and thirty-six cents left.
Yan Jiefang sat on the ground, holding the matchbox in his hand, stunned for a moment, and then he felt like crying.
Finally, the family can save money.
The high cost now is mainly because the child needs milk powder. The couple pays 12 yuan to eat at their parents' home, which is a lot, but not much.
Ge Shuqin has to eat at the factory at noon, and he also has to prepare dry food for himself. The child needs three boxes of milk powder a month, plus other daily chores.
Stop saying that his father earns thirty-two dollars a month to support the family. Stereotypes are deadly.
The couple's combined earnings were over fifty dollars, more than his father earned, so why was there only a little over eleven dollars left in the end?
It's very simple. In this era, salary is one aspect, supply is another, and welfare is another. Only people who work seriously can make money.
It’s free to take a shower, see a doctor, get a haircut, or keep warm... There are so many free benefits that you can save money on.
But Ge Shuqin had just started working, so she could only be considered an office worker, not a cadre or a clerk, just a worker, so the minimum wage was 23 yuan.
Yan Fugui had only thirty-odd yuan, and it was hard to support the boy, but he had no problem supplying him with food. He also managed to support himself with the money he received from school and his family's savings from early years by living frugally.
Yan Jiefang and his wife started living together. In the first month, they bought so many things and were able to save money. They were already capable and frugal.
He also sighed that good days would come from now on.
Ge Shuqin also felt like crying after listening to this. She put away her account books and sat on a stool, busying herself with pasting matchboxes. After she calmed down her emotions, she started muttering about what should be saved and what should not be saved.
Yan Jiefang just sat there listening, thinking that if his mother could help take care of the children, the couple could earn more.
But even now, if I don’t save much in the first month, I will save more in the next month.
Maybe it’s twenty dollars, which means two hundred and forty dollars a year, for ten years.
He had never thought that collecting scrap could make so much money. He just watched the west yard become dilapidated and didn't realize that others had already earned enough money to buy a big car.
In fact, the car was not earned, but he didn't know that, he just thought so.
The recycling station also charges a portion of money for lending the tricycles to them, but it is reflected in the price of recycled waste.
In fact, most of the profits go to these scrap collectors, and they themselves are well aware of this.
Some smart people went to the scrap company and other recycling stations to ask, and found out how much the price was pushed down here.
If I really receive waste and sell it to other recycling points, I can get a few cents more, but how can I explain it when I go back?
It's okay to do it once or twice, but if you do it more than once, people won't do it. You can just use the car for free.
If you go to a scrap company, they won't pay any attention to you. They only accept goods sent from recycling points and weigh them in truckloads.
So there is no point in making an estimate, and all the clever tricks can be put aside.
Recycling station is kind and righteous. If they are bastards, they should not stay in this alley.
This is also the reason why Shen Guodong recruits people in the alleys.
So, the recycling station is giving away so much profit, is it doing charity?
How is that possible? No matter how thin the profit is, it is only for an individual. If the volume increases, money will be made.
Otherwise, the three-wheeled vehicles would just be sitting there empty, and the market would be lost in vain. Which one is more, which one is less.
The key is to get these people involved in waste recycling, effectively reducing the risks for everyone at the recycling station.
Even if they just solve the employment difficulties in the street and do a little charity, someone will remember them.
The recycling station has long stopped counting on making money from this, but it has to use the recycling station to settle accounts.
So, people like Yan Jiefang may earn more, but the recycling station will never lose money.
After working for a month, Ge Shuqin's condition has improved. She is no longer as lifeless as she was after the Chinese New Year.
Yan Jiefang asked her if she often saw Li Xuewu while working in the Security Department.
Ge Shuqin replied to him, what does Li Xuewu do? Is he just a runner and odd jobs like her?
Or do you really think that Li Xuewu is a neighbor of this courtyard and everyone will see each other every day?
That's the leader, the de facto head of the Security Department, and also a well-known leader in the factory.
Often seen?
Just kidding, even the deputy section chief can't enter his office, he has to get past the deputy team leader first.
Ge Shuqin understood what Yan Jiefang meant. The current relationship was awkward, especially the previous relationship between Li Xuewu and Yan Jiecheng.
She did not hide her past, but since Yan Jiefang did not ask, she did not say anything.
The family has tacitly formed a situation where she is the boss and everything is under her command.
Ge Shuqin only told him to live his life peacefully, without having to think about anything or ask anything. The people he cared about were already high and mighty, and the things he cared about were like passing clouds to them.
The fact that the two of them have come this far and are lying on the same kang can only be attributed to fate.
Both of them have experienced the bitterness of life and yearn for the sweetness of life.
For some people, being able to live a good life is sweet.
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"Oh, what a great grandson!"
As soon as she entered the house, Liu Yin couldn't wait to take the child from Qin Jingru and coaxed her, "You miss grandma so much."
Qin Jingru greeted her with a smile, asked about Li Xuewu and the other person, then went to the restaurant to prepare dinner.
She didn't know Aunt Liu was coming, but it wasn't surprising. It was normal for a grandmother to come and see her grandson.
It was not until Han Jiankun carried the luggage upstairs that she realized that Aunt Liu was worried about her taking care of the child alone.
Hearing her mother-in-law's voice, Gu Ning also came down from the stairs and called "Mom" with a smile.
Seeing that she was wearing thin clothes, Liu Yin showed concern and just said that the weather was still cold and she should keep warm.
The words were neither too deep nor too shallow, and every word revealed concern, with just the right amount of tone, making Gu Ning feel that her mother-in-law really cared about her.
Li Xuewu invited Han Jiankun to the restaurant for dinner, and at the same time he also invited Li Shu to come over to the dining table to play together.
Liu Yin teased the child for a while, then carried the child into the restaurant, and the whole family started chatting and laughing.
Liu Yin didn't ask about the matter of Han Jiankun and his wife having dinner at their son's house, nor did she care.
Not to mention that my son is capable of living independently, even with all the household chores, there is nothing that is not managed by my son.
She could see Han Jiankun and his wife busying around, and she would not think anything bad just because they were eating there.
Eating here proves that people are busy until mealtime, and being able to provide for the servants is the son's job.
Before leaving, the old lady smiled and told her not to be too suspicious or talk too much when she got here.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have been together for decades and have already understood each other well. This is a joke, but it is also true.
Gu Ning's personality is sensitive and peculiar, and Li Xuewu is busy with work and not at home during the day, so he is under a lot of pressure.
There are two children at home now, and she came here to help, not to cause trouble.
Not to mention that Gu Ning is a good daughter-in-law, even if there are some picky ones, she won't say anything, after all, she is here for her eldest grandson.
Qin Jingru specially saved some food for Li Xuewu and Han Jiankun. After they ate, she coaxed Li Shu to take a bath and go to bed.
Li Ning, who was in Liu Yin's arms, was surprised to see his grandmother for a moment, but then he started crying and refused to let her hold him.
There was no choice but to coax the baby to sleep, and then went upstairs with her mother-in-law.
Liu Yin was a little reserved. Even though this was her son's home, she had never lived here for long.
The last time Gu Ning gave birth, she stayed in the hospital with her for a whole night. Now that she has come to live here, she is afraid that it will cause any inconvenience to her son and daughter-in-law in the morning.
After Qin Jingru coaxed Li Shu upstairs, she helped Aunt Liu clean up the house, and they talked about the daily chores.
She was good at speaking and said frankly that she had little experience and was in a mess today. It was thanks to Li Ning that she was easy to coax and sensible, otherwise she would have been too busy.
Fortunately, Aunt Liu came and taught me how to take care of the children, so I had time to clean up the house.
As soon as these two sentences were said, Liu Yin's embarrassment about not knowing how to explain disappeared.
All three women started talking at once, and after a few words they all understood what housework meant.
Gu Ning understood, but she just coaxed the child to sleep and didn't pay much attention to it.
She welcomes her mother-in-law to help, but she has no objection if she doesn't come. She is not too squeamish towards her children, and the same goes for herself.
Li Xuewu coaxed her to eat eggs, cocoon pupae and other nutritious foods in the morning, but she was a little impatient and felt that having a child was nothing.
Now it's all right. Just now in the guest room, my mother-in-law was saying that all the sixty eggs that the family had saved and bought should be given to Gu Ning.
Gu Ning almost suspected that this was Li Xuewu's fault. She didn't want to eat, so she brought her mother-in-law with her.
It’s given by her mother-in-law, how can she not eat it?
(End of this chapter)