Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

If there is one thing that has not changed in Compound No. 95, it is Yan Bugui's family. Yan Jiefang now works in a machine repair factory and is absolutely unwilling to be transferred back to the capital. Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jiedi are too young to be employed, and they are still students.

"Old Yang, isn't it your turn yet?" Yan Bugui asked when he returned home and saw his wife sitting there angrily.

"The street office said our family is not in financial difficulty and they will have to move on to the next batch. Look around Courtyard 95, are there any families in greater financial difficulty than us?" Yang Ruihua said.

"Aren't we in difficulty yet? What is the standard?" Yan Bugui asked.

"They said that two people in our family work and your salary is not low. We now have five people in our family, which is far beyond the poverty line," said Yang Ruihua.

"Let's just send the next batch. Xiaozheng's mother is in the second batch, which means that Hongxing Steel Rolling started training earlier. There are too many people involved in this matter. Zhang Cuihua and Xu Damao are both from our institute, so we didn't dare let Xiaozheng's mother go to the first batch," said Yan Bugui.

"After dinner, I will go to watch Xiaozheng's mother embroidering and learn a little in advance," said Yang Ruihua.

"Everyone does this. The sooner you learn, the sooner you will benefit. To be honest, I really thought that Zhang Cuihua would do such a good thing," said Yan Bugui.

"She doesn't have such ability. It must be Zhang Dabao who contacted her. Haven't you heard that she just wanted to do something? This idea was also given to her by Xu Damao, so Xu Damao became the factory director," said Yang Ruihua.

"But only Zhang Cuihua can do it, no one else can. If Xu Damao had this ability, wouldn't he have become the factory director long ago? Don't talk about Zhang Cuihua in the future. The neighbors all know about her situation. You'll easily get beaten if you talk like that," Yan Bugui instructed his wife.

"I'm not stupid. I will definitely not tell anyone when I go out." Although Yang Ruihua was dissatisfied, she knew that what Yan Bugui said was true. Now the entire Hongxing Street had long forgotten how Zhang Cuihua jumped up and down and cursed and asked Jia Youfu to take everyone away. Now everyone is praising her.

"Sinian, can an embroidery factory generate such profits?" Li Huaide said as he looked at the report brought by Xu Sinian.

"Director, even though the profit is small, there are too many people. The factory makes 1 cent per piece, and 1,000 people working a day make 100 yuan, which means 3,000 yuan per person. There are only twenty or so people including Xu Damao, and the total cost is not that much. It's about 30,000 yuan a year. What's more, our family members are not just 1,000 people, there are at least 3,000," said Xu Sinian.

"I didn't expect that such a small thing could make so much money. This unit is better than two tertiary industries," Li Huaide smiled.

"Profit is one thing, but reputation is more important. Our factory's reputation is at its peak now. On the black market, if you want to replace a worker in our unit, you can't even think about it without 1,500 yuan. More importantly, social security has improved, mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law no longer quarrel, and women on the street no longer grind their teeth in idleness," said Xu Sinian.

"That's great. Si Nian, let's make Cuihua and the deputy section chief a regular employee. Now that she has been promoted, no one will say anything. After all, Zhang Cuihua is doing real work," said Li Huaide.

"Okay. After a month or two, the situation at the embroidery factory will stabilize, and Xu Damao will be promoted to a higher level. Xu Damao is so thin now that he looks unrecognizable, and his mustache has fallen off," said Xu Sinian with a smile.

"You decide." Li Huaide agreed to Xu Sinian's request with a smile.

That morning, the Red Star Steel Mill broadcast the news of Zhang Cuihua's appointment as the head of the Women's Federation, but it did not cause any ripples, and even Zhang Cuihua herself did not care much about it.

Everyone in her office simply congratulated her with a few words, because Zhang Cuihua becoming the section chief was something that everyone wanted.

"Shou'an, were you talking about Sister Cuihua just now?" Zhang Dazheng asked Zhang Shou'an.

"Isn't it her? There is only one aunt in our factory named Zhang Cuihua," said Zhang Shouan.

"Hasn't Sister been the section chief for a long time? Why do you need to be reappointed?" Zhang Dazheng asked puzzledly.

"My aunt used to be the deputy section chief, but it was the deputy section chief who was in charge of the work of the section and her rank was still deputy section chief. Now she is a full section chief," Zhang Shouan explained.

"Are elder sister and brother Dabiao the same?" Zhang Dazheng asked again.

"My aunt is equivalent to the director of the commune, and my uncle is equivalent to the county magistrate in our hometown. How can they be the same? Uncle Dazheng, you should also work hard and strive to become a county magistrate." Zhang Shouan joked with his uncle.

"Of course I have to work hard, but I don't have to think about being a county magistrate in this life. I'm not cut out to be a commune director. I just want to get promoted to a higher level so I can get more salary, and then buy a house when I get married in a few years," said Zhang Dazheng.

"Didn't Fourth Grandpa save it for you?" Zhang Shouan asked puzzledly.

"How much money can my father have? I am not the only brother, I also have two older brothers. They all live in the village and their lives are harder than mine. Don't you know how much one can earn in the village? My brothers are now working as temporary workers in the factory, and it's not so bad, but they still have to go back. Our unit is seriously short of people now, and the higher-ups won't approve any indicators. If you want to join the factory, you can only do the job as a replacement. How much does a quota in our factory cost now? It's at least 1,500 yuan," said Zhang Dazheng.

"So much money?" Zhang Shouan opened his mouth in surprise.

"So we have to work hard. We are worth 1,500 yuan here. Get up, it's our turn." Zhang Dazheng and Zhang Shouan replaced their colleagues and continued to work.

"Sister-in-law, I heard that you got promoted again." Zhang Cuihua has a tricycle, so she goes home faster than others after get off work. Once she arrives at her home turf, people come to greet her one after another.

"What promotion? It's all for work." Zhang Cuihua greeted everyone with a smile, and then the tricycle slowly drove away, leaving everyone behind to discuss her glorious deeds.

"What a lucky man he is," said a neighbor.

"Isn't it? I didn't expect that the old man became a leader, and his son also became a leader. If Jia Youfu were alive, they might be living a better life than they are now," said another neighbor.

Zhang Cuihua returned home. Jia Dongxu had not come back yet, but his daughter-in-law Qin Huairu had come back early and was sitting there with her head down, crying.

"Huai Ru, what happened?" Zhang Cuihua came to her daughter-in-law.

"Mom, there is someone who often harasses me and says nonsense in front of our unit every day, affecting my work," said Qin Huairu.

"Your unit can't do anything about it, and even if the police are called, they won't do anything either?" Zhang Cuihua asked.

"Uncle Cao is the director, of course he is in charge. But Uncle Cao said that the man's family has a background. As soon as he was locked up, the Municipal Bureau called and asked him to release him, and he couldn't stand it," Qin Huairu said.

"Even Cao Lianbiao can't stand it. It seems that the matter is not small. Please take a few days off first. I will ask someone about it." Zhang Cuihua now understood. She could not get help from Cao Lianbiao because the Municipal Bureau could put a lot of pressure on Cao Lianbiao, and it would be difficult to arrest him just because he said some nonsense. She would go to the factory tomorrow to ask Xing Baoguo about the situation.