Rebirth of Siheyuan: Starting from escaping famine in 42

Jia Dongxu's wife whispered to Jia Zhang: "Mom, if I can work, I will give you two yuan a month when I get paid."

When Jia Zhang heard that there was money, she wanted to nod and agree, but she still felt that two dollars a month was a bit too little. If she didn't agree, she would lose all her money, so she had to play the emotional card with her daughter-in-law.

Jia Zhang showed her big yellow teeth and said with a smile: "Cui Fen! I know you are a filial child, but mother is not in good health and needs to take painkillers. Do you think you can..."

Jia Dongxu's wife Zhang Cuifen looked at her mother-in-law's old face and felt sick. She suppressed the bitterness in her heart and said very seriously: "Mom, I will give you three yuan a month at most. If it's more, I would rather stay at home to cook and take care of the children."

When Jia Zhang saw her daughter-in-law's serious look, she knew that if she asked for more money, she would just give up. So she had to keep her calm for the time being. Otherwise, she would not have a penny left. She would have to wait and see how she dealt with her later.

snort!

Jia Zhang snorted in her heart, a cunning flashed across her eyes, and she said with a smile: "Okay, Cuifen, three pieces is three pieces, you are sure."

Although the cunning in Jia Zhang's eyes flashed by only a moment, Zhang Cuifen still caught it.

"Yeah! That's right."

Zhang Cuifen thought to herself that once she got a permanent job and obtained a city hukou, she would no longer have to worry about her mother-in-law’s mood.

When I have a say in the family, I still have three dollars. What the hell do you want? Not a cent.

"Mom, I'm going back to my room to sleep."

Jia Zhang nodded unconsciously: "Yeah."

She was imagining that when she had more money in the future, she could buy more painkillers and eat more meat.

These two days, Zhang Cuifen has not started working and has been thinking about good things.

Xu family in the backyard.

Seeing that his father was in a good mood, Xu Damao said to him, "Dad, I don't plan to go to school anymore. Find me a job at the steel mill!"

After hearing this, Xu Fugui suddenly felt itchy and wanted to hit someone, but when he thought that Xu Damao was the only child in the Xu family, he suppressed the urge.

He took a sip of wine and said with a straight face, "Why? Damao, our family is counting on you to get into college and bring honor to our family!"

Xu's mother echoed, "Yes! Damao, if you pass the college entrance examination, you can become an official. Don't let your imagination run wild."

After hearing what his father and mother said, Xu Damao said with a bitter face: "Dad, Mom, it's not that I don't want to learn, I just can't learn it. What can I do?"

When Xu Ling heard what her brother said, she laughed secretly and made faces at Xu Damao.

When Xu Damao saw this, he just glared at his sister.

He didn't dare to teach his sister a lesson, because she was the apple of his father and mother's eyes. If he spoke to his sister in a slightly harsh tone, his father and mother would scold him for ten minutes straight.

At this time Xu Fugui thought for a while, and then said: "Okay! I'll find a way to ask for you."

There is no other way. My son just can't concentrate on his studies, and I can't force him to study, as that would make it even worse for him to learn. I can only let him be.

Seeing that the head of the family had made his point, Xu's mother stopped trying to persuade Xu Damao. After all, Xu Fugui was the head of the family and had the final say.

After seeing his father agreed, Xu Damao quickly took the bottle and filled it with wine for his father. He smiled and asked, "Dad, I am also a high school student. Please find me a good job. I don't want to work in the workshop."

Hearing this, Xu Fugui rolled his eyes at his son. He still felt sorry for him and was reluctant to let him leave the workshop. After all, he was not cut out for it.

Xu Fugui nodded and said, "I see. I'm familiar with the projectionist in the publicity department of the steel mill. I'll talk to him for you some other day. If that doesn't work, I'll go talk to Mr. Lou."

After hearing this, Xu Damao was very happy and said with a smile: "Dad, is it true? It would be great if I could really be a projectionist."

"I am finally better than He Yuzhu, that stinky cook."

Xu's mother asked, "Da Mao, why do you like to compare yourself with He Yuzhu?"

Xu Damao said, "Mom, it's nothing, I just don't like him."

Suddenly Xu Damao remembered something and asked his mother, "Oh, by the way, Mom, I'm about to start working, please find me a partner as soon as possible."

After hearing this, Xu's mother nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go look for it for you tomorrow."

"If Mr. Lou's daughter hadn't left, she could be your daughter-in-law."

Xu Damao nodded and said, "Yes! Why did you leave?"

At this time Xu Fugui said: "You just can't see the situation clearly. What can you do if you don't leave? Their family is a capitalist."

"If you don't leave, their family will suffer in the future."

"Okay, let's go to bed!"

After saying that, he finished the wine in the glass and went back to his room to sleep.

Liu Haizhong's house is opposite Xu Damao's house.

After cleaning up, Liu's mother asked Liu Haizhong, who was drinking tea, "Second Uncle, do you think our Guangqi needs to go to the steel mill to register? And should I go and register?"

Before Liu Haizhong could speak, Liu Guangqi smiled and said, "Mom, don't worry about it. I want to take the entrance exam for a technical secondary school."

"And mother, our family has a fixed grain supply and we are not short of that little grain, so you don't have to go to work in the steel mill."

"Just take good care of my dad at home."

Liu Haizhong nodded and said, "That's right. Don't get involved with them. Our Guangqi will be a leader in the future. He can't be like those uneducated people and do hard labor in the workshop."

Turning around and seeing Guangfu and Guangtian, he said loudly, "You two better learn more from your brother, or you'll get into trouble."

Brothers Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu nodded quickly and said, "I understand, Dad."

Liu Haizhong said with satisfaction: "Well, let's go back to the room and go to sleep!"

Yan's house in the front yard.

Yan's mother said to Yan Bugui, "Boss, the steel mill is recruiting more people next month. I'll go sign up with my eldest brother!"

Yan Bugui asked: "What can you do there?"

After hearing this, Yan Jiecheng and his three siblings looked at their mother curiously.

Mother Yan said, "I'm going to the canteen! I can wash the vegetables and get some food, isn't that okay?"

"If I could work in a steel mill, my family would have one more person to earn money, and we could save some food for lunch."

"We can give you more New Year benefits if we rely on your salary alone."

"When will our children get married?"

"We both make money now, so we can save more and buy the house in front as a wedding house for our sons."

Before Yan Bugui could say anything, Yan Jiecheng said, "Mom, the house in front is so dark and damp, how can we live there?"

Hearing this, Yan Bugui rolled his eyes and said seriously: "Jie Cheng, this is wrong. How can you not live here?"

"It looks dark and damp. Can't you open a window in the front? Then the sun can shine into the house!"

"I can tell from the looks of it that you don't have a plan in place."