Siheyuan: With a system in place, you don’t need to worry in times of famine

It is still cold in spring. The sun was shining brightly the day before and I took off my cotton-padded jacket because it was so hot. But today I am shivering with cold.

When Jia Zhang opened the door, a gust of cold wind blew in her face, making her back off instantly.

It's so cold today, it's only suitable to stay at home. If you go out, you will freeze to death.

"Mom, if you want to go out, go out. If you don't want to go out, close the door. It's so cold today, and you left the door open. You're going to freeze me to death."

Jia Dongxu pulled the quilt closer around him and said dissatisfiedly.

"Oh, good."

Jia Zhang quickly closed the door, glanced at Qin Huairu who was about to leave the room, thought for a moment, and said:

"Huai Ru, why don't you ask for leave from the street office for me when you go to work later.

It's too cold today, so you can just say I'm sick and not feeling well."

"Why don't you go by yourself? It's almost too late for me to get to the factory."

Qin Huairu reached out and took a steamed bun from the table, stuffed it into his mouth, and hurried out the door.

Seeing Qin Huairu leave without taking her seriously, Jia Zhang's face turned completely dark:

"Bah, isn't it just going to work?!

Look how proud she is, why doesn't she just go to heaven?!"

After cursing for a long time, Jia Zhang got up and went out.

No one helped her to ask for leave, so she could only grit her teeth and continue to work.

It's a pity that she has to work so hard at such an old age.

Qin Huairu ate steamed corn bread while walking quickly forward.

Holding the letter written by Jia Dongxu last night in her arms, she had to quickly hand the letter to Director Wang and then get her mother-in-law's job settled as soon as possible.

Either find something for my mother-in-law to do, or I guess I'll have to find something.

Before, when Jia Dongxu gave his mother-in-law three yuan every month, she was a little dissatisfied.

It's just that because she has no right to speak, she keeps it in her heart.

Now that she is the housekeeper and she is the one who earns money, she will never give any of it to Jia Zhang.

People give each other favors, and since Jia Zhang was not that good to her, she naturally would not give the money she had worked hard to earn to Jia Zhang.

"Director Wang."

"Qin Huairu?"

Director Wang had just arrived at work and hadn't even sat down when he saw Qin Huairu coming over. He couldn't help but wonder, could it be that Jia Zhang was going to cause trouble again? !

"Director Wang, this is it.

Isn’t my mother-in-law cleaning the toilet now?

Dongxu and I discussed whether my mother-in-law could continue to do this job in the future.

Dongxu is lying in bed now, and there are two children at home. I only make a dozen yuan a month, which is not enough to support my family.

So I thought of asking Director Wang, I remember that I used to get five yuan a month as a toilet cleaner...”

"Does your mother know about this?!"

Director Wang was delighted, after all, it was impossible to recruit anyone for the job of cleaning toilets.

Although Jia Zhang's work is not that reliable, overall, it is acceptable.

If Jia Zhang could continue cleaning, it would be a great help to her.

It's just that Jia Zhang's temper makes it difficult to deal with her.

So she wanted to figure out the situation first.

"Dongxu will explain everything to my mother."

Qin Huairu said as he took out the letter written by Jia Dongxu from his arms:

"This is a letter from Dongxu. Director Wang, please be flexible."

Director Wang opened the letter and saw that the content was roughly about introducing the family's difficulties. Every word was filled with sincere and heartfelt plea.

At the end of the letter, the three big characters "Jia Dongxu" were signed.

"Okay, I know something about your family situation.

Since you are really asking for this job, I will give Jia Zhangshi a chance."

Director Wang took the letter and said solemnly.

"Thank you, Director Wang."

Qin Huairu breathed a sigh of relief and decided not to linger any longer. If she delayed any longer, Jia Zhang would come over and would definitely cause trouble for her. She didn't want to deal with that at all:

"Director Wang, you are busy, so I will leave first, otherwise I will be late for work."

When Jia Zhang finally moved to the street office, Director Wang came to her. She subconsciously thought that Director Wang was going to criticize her, so she quickly explained:

"Director Wang, I felt a little uncomfortable when I woke up this morning, so I came a little late.

But I promise, I will never be late next time, unless something unexpected happens!"

Jia Zhang was afraid that if Director Wang was unhappy, he would delay her cleaning of the toilet, and her words were so sincere and heartfelt.

"Yes, Jia Zhang."

Director Wang took out the letter written by Jia Dongxu and handed it to Jia Zhang, and then continued:

"Your son wrote to me and told me that in order to reduce the burden on the family, he hoped that I could give you a chance.

After this month's penalty cleaning is over, you will become a formal employee.

I will pay you five dollars a month.”

Seeing Jia Zhang's stunned expression, Director Wang kindly explained:

"But let's make it clear first. After becoming a formal employee, you must not be late or leave early. If there is something special, you must ask for leave, otherwise you will be deducted from your salary!!!"

"No, Director Wang, I don't want to go to work."

Jia Zhang looked at the crooked and densely written words on the paper and could not recognize almost any of them. The only three words she knew were "Jia Dongxu".

Her mood instantly dropped to the bottom. She never expected that her own son would recommend her to work here.

That's cleaning the toilet, it stinks every day, and she wouldn't want to do it even if she was paid.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, I think there is something wrong with your thinking."

When Director Wang heard this, his face immediately darkened, and he looked at Jia Zhang with unkind eyes:

“I also know about your family situation.

As a member of the family, shouldn’t we think about how to reduce the burden on the family? !

Many people have asked for the job of cleaning toilets.

I thought your family's situation was special, so I allowed you this opportunity. Don't be ungrateful!"

Director Wang’s last sentence was a bit harsh, and Jia Zhang’s face turned darker.

"I don't care, I don't agree anyway!"

Jia Zhang said without thinking, if she wanted to continue doing this smelly job, it would be better to let her die!

"Ms. Jia Zhang, you can go back and have a good discussion with your son before making a decision.

Otherwise, I will give such a good opportunity to someone else, and then you can't come to me even if you cry!"

Jia Zhang's eyes rolled around. She didn't want to work at the moment. Since Director Wang had already spoken, she might as well go and take a break.

"Okay, Director Wang, I'll go home and ask Dongxu first."

"It won't take much time to go back after cleaning the toilet."

Director Wang saw through Jia Zhang's thoughts and spoke without mercy.

Jia Zhangshi...