Soul of the Siheyuan: Zhuzi, I can still give birth

Facing obstacles in every way when looking for a job, Banggeng, who was originally full of fighting spirit, began to slowly doubt his life.

I ran around for several days, met a lot of people, and gave away a lot of gifts.

But Banggeng's work still cannot be implemented.

"It's okay. Director Wang will be back tomorrow. She will definitely not ignore you."

While Qin Huairu was comforting Banggeng, she was actually comforting herself. She now placed all her hopes on Director Wang of the Street Office.

"What if Director Wang's job doesn't work? What will I do? I can't be unemployed forever!"

Bang Geng said dejectedly.

Now he hated Sha Zhu to death. It was all because of him that he became like this.

"If it doesn't work, let's think of other ways."

When Qin Huairu said this, her voice was obviously much softer.

Because he had no idea what was going on.

Another fruitless day.

Banggeng returned home with a listless look on his face. He picked up the quilt and put it on the worn-out camp bed.

Bang Geng is getting ready for bed.

Qin Huairu was also tired after a day's work. If there was not much work to do in the factory, she would not have had so much time to accompany Banggeng to look for a job.

What's more, there is no work to do now.

"Huai Ru, how are you today? It's been six days, and you still haven't found a job?"

Jia Zhang was also very concerned about whether her grandson had found a job, as this was related to whether her grandson could have an income in the future, whether he could get married, and whether he could carry on the Jia family line.

Qin Huairu shook his head.

"No, as soon as they heard that Banggeng had been in jail, no one wanted to help us. It was as if we were the plague god. They didn't even have time to detain us."

When Jia Zhang heard this, she became anxious.

"Qin Huairu, didn't you say you have a lot of connections? What about your mistresses and wild men? Ask them for help!"

Faced with Jia Zhang's questioning, Qin Huairu was speechless.

Ever since Banggeng was captured, I have rarely gone out and have devoted myself to this family.

I didn't expect that this old hag would bring up this matter again.

"Zhang Xiaohua, if you can't find a topic to talk about, then don't talk. If you can't stay in this house, then go back to Nantai Commune!"

After saying that, he slapped the table, got up and went back to his room to sleep.

Jia Zhang was grumbling in grievance.

"I didn't say anything wrong. You have a lot of mistresses. Why don't you let people talk about it?"

Banggeng couldn't sleep that night.

Qin Huairu couldn't sleep either, because she was worried. She was worried about whether Director Wang would be able to arrange a job for Banggeng when she went to see him tomorrow.

last night.

The Xu family in the backyard.

It was past ten o'clock and Xu Damao had just returned home from get off work.

"Jingru, boil some water for me. I want to scald my feet. They are so cold that I can't feel them."

Xu Damao shouted as he entered the door, shaking off the snowflakes on his body.

Qin Jingru came out of the house wearing a cotton coat and yawning.

"The water is already boiled in the kettle. Pour it yourself. I have to go to work tomorrow!"

Qin Jingru said a little dissatisfied.

I got myself up in the middle of the night, freezing cold, just to boil water to wash my feet.

"Then go cook me a bowl of noodles and have a couple of drinks with me. I'm hungry."

Xu Damao took out a roast chicken from his cotton coat and placed it on the table. Then he picked up an iron hook and poked the charcoal fire in the stove a few times.

The flames suddenly ignited, and the temperature in the room seemed to rise a lot.

Qin Jingru was a little impatient at first, but when she saw the roast chicken that Xu Damao brought back, her eyes immediately lit up.

"Okay, wait a minute, I'll cook you a bowl of delicious noodles with soybean paste."

Qin Jingru ran into the kitchen and heard the sound of water boiling.

Don’t even think about hand-rolled noodles, but the Xu family still has no shortage of dried noodles.

After a while, a bowl of hot noodles with soybean paste was served.

Xu Damao was gnawing on a roast chicken and soaking his feet in hot water, looking very happy.

Qin Jingru was not far behind. She took out a wine glass, poured herself a glass of wine, then broke off a chicken wing and started to eat it happily.

"I heard that that little bastard Bang Geng is back?"

Xu Damao didn't have a good impression of Banggeng, a petty thief who stole his chickens.

Qin Jingru rolled her eyes at him.

"How can you talk like that? After all, he is still my cousin's son. I heard from my sister that he has been looking for a job recently, but it seems that he has not found one yet."

Xu Damao chuckled.

"You, you still care about cousins? How many of your relatives in the countryside do you know? How many of them have you helped?"

Since Qin Jingru married and moved to the city, she has cut off contact with her relatives in the countryside. In her opinion, they are just a bunch of poor relatives and it doesn't matter whether she recognizes them or not.

But this cousin who lives in the same courtyard is different. She has been married in the city longer than me, so I might be able to ask her for some things in the future.

Therefore, Qin Jingru's attitude towards her widowed cousin was quite acceptable.

"That's different. Although my cousin has a messy private life, she still has some tricks up her sleeve. Besides, we can't have children..."

When Qin Jingru said this, she secretly glanced at Xu Damao's expression.

A face full of calmness.

Qin Jingru then mustered up the courage to speak again.

"Both of us are infertile, and we don't have any children around us. My cousin has three children. This is what I think...!"

Qin Jingru decided to adopt a child from her cousin's family so that there would be someone to take care of them when they got old.

After hearing Qin Jingru's words, Xu Damao also fell into deep thought.

Yes, I am already over 30 years old. In another ten, twenty, or thirty years, I will be too old to move, and there will be no one to take care of me.

Seeing Xu Damao in deep thought, Qin Jingru spoke again.

"Bang Geng has been to jail. You know I work in a government agency. Although it's not an important position, I also know that no company would want someone who has been to jail, so...!"

"So what you mean is that Widow Qin will definitely come to me for help to find a job for Bang Geng?"

"Then I'll find a job for that bastard Bang Geng, and then we can talk about retirement care...!"

Xu Damao's eyes lit up.

Although the Jia family is unreliable, they are relatives after all, and they won't be too despicable. I don't expect them to support me in my old age, but as long as someone burns paper and kowtows to me in the future, that's enough.

"Okay, I'll listen to you. If your cousin comes to me for help, I will reluctantly help them."

Early the next morning, Qin Huairu took Banggeng out.

They first went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some local specialties, which were actually just some ginger, garlic and so on.

Giving these things to Director Wang does not count as bribery, as they are local specialties. If anyone asks about them, just say that you brought them from your mother's home.

"Good, Director Wang is about to retire. She has watched you grow up. You have to be polite later. This way, Director Wang won't be able to refuse us. Got it?"

Bang Geng nodded weakly.

He no longer had any hope for what happened today.

Going there is just a formality, and it will make my mother give up the idea of ​​finding a job for me.

The street office is not far from Nanluoguxiang, and it only takes more than ten minutes to walk there.

When we arrived at the subdistrict office compound, Director Wang was riding his bicycle to work.

"Director Wang, you are here!"

When Qin Huairu saw Director Wang coming, she started to greet him from a distance.

"Qin Huairu, what are you doing here?"

Director Wang also recognized Qin Huairu, but he did not have a good impression of her family.

"Bang Geng, hurry up and call someone, this is Director Wang who has watched you grow up!"

Qin Huairu patted Bang Geng who was standing nearby and asked him to say hello to Director Wang.

"Hello, Director Wang!"

Hearing Banggeng greeting him, Director Wang looked at Banggeng carefully.

Although he has grown taller and thinner, his appearance has not changed.

To be honest, Banggeng's facial features are still quite good. After all, his mother, Qin Huairu, is also a famous beauty.

As a son, Banggen has more or less inherited some of his mother's good looks.

"Bang Geng? When did you come back?"

Director Wang looked at Bang Geng who had grown up and asked Qin Huairu.

"I've been back for a few days. Director Wang, this is a local specialty from my hometown. Please accept it!"

As Qin Huairu spoke, she stuffed the local specialties in her hand into Director Wang's hands.

"No, no, we can't take even a single needle or thread from the people. This is all based on policy. If you do this, aren't you forcing me to make mistakes?"

Director Wang didn't want these local specialties. Although he was a director, his monthly salary was really not high, only a few dozen yuan.

The local specialties here are at least two dollars, if not three dollars, which is enough to eat at home for a long time.

But the Jia family’s things are very hot.

This time, Widow Qin brought Bang Geng to see me, definitely to ask me to find him a job.

It's not impossible to replace it with someone else, but this guy has been in prison, so how can he be arranged a job? Which unit would dare to hire him?

"No, no, you can take these back and eat them yourself. I am not worthy of them."

When Director Wang saw the thing being handed over, he quickly waved his hand to refuse.

When Qin Huairu saw that Director Wang did not accept the things, she realized that Director Wang did not want to help, and she knelt down in the snow with a plop.

"Director Wang, I beg you to help me. If you don't care about him, this child's life will be ruined."

Director Wang was frightened when he saw Qin Huairu kneeling down.

I am also a civil servant. The people are kneeling down to me. It is also the period of the year when I am faced with the possibility of being seen by others. I will have to quit my job as the director of the street office.

"Qin Huairu, get up first. Stand up. This is on the street. It would be bad if someone saw us."

Director Wang dragged and pulled Qin Huairu up.

Fortunately, it is still early and cold, so there is no one on the street.

However, Qin Huairu hugged Director Wang's legs and refused to get up.

"Director Wang, unless you promise me, I will not get up. I will kneel here until I die."

Director Wang was helpless with Widow Qin for the time being and could only agree to her.

"Okay, okay, I promise you, but you have to stand up first."

Qin Huairu burst into laughter at this time, stood up and kept bowing to Director Wang.

"Thank you, Director. Thank you, Director!"

Director Wang frowned and looked at Qin Huairu, and finally could only sigh and say.

"Let's go inside and talk first. It's very cold outside."

The three of them entered the office of the subdistrict office.

Director Wang first lit the charcoal in the stove, then shoveled a shovel of coal balls into it. The temperature in the room slowly rose.

"Tell me, what do you want, and how can I help you?"

Director Wang boiled a pot of water before asking Qin Huairu what was the matter.

Qin Huairu was possessed by the spirit of drama again at this time, and tears came and fell down.

"Director Wang, you also know that my husband passed away early, and we had people in the courtyard to help us."

"Later, wasn't our Bang Geng framed for stealing money and imprisoned for seven years?"

Qin Huairu said this and knelt down again.

Director Wang's expression suddenly turned ugly again.

"This woman has no bones in her knees! She kneels when I tell her to!"

"Director Wang, I beg you to help our Bang Geng find a job. Any job is fine."

"Now that he has finally been released, he wants to turn over a new leaf, but no one wants him when he looks for a job. I have no choice but to ask you, Director Wang, for help."

Director Wang sighed after hearing this, and seeing Qin Huairu kneeling in the office, it seemed like a big deal.

"Well, I don't really have any good jobs here, and the city health team is still in need of a dung collector. If your Banggeng doesn't mind, then let him go to work in the health team!"

When he heard that he had to dig out manure, Banggeng was a little unhappy.

How can a man of your stature go to dig manure? How can you fall in love and get married in the future?

Bang Geng was about to refuse when Qin Huairu pulled him over to bow and thank Director Wang.

"Thank you, Director Wang. We will do this job. It is a serious job after all! We will do it."

Director Wang nodded.

"Okay, I'll call the health team later. Fatty will ask them to send someone over to take over and get familiar with the working environment first."

After saying that, Director Wang said to Banggeng.

"Bang Geng, don't look down on the sanitation team. You've been in prison before, and it's already unfair to normal people that you can have a job. Go and scoop out manure first. If you perform well, you can be transferred to sweep the streets in the future."

"Don't look down on street sweepers. Sanitation workers are the painters of the city. They use brooms to plan the sanitation of the city's streets and alleys. It is of great significance."

Listening to Director Wang's earnest teachings, Bang Geng clenched his fists.

But he was powerless to resist.

After a while, the rest of the people from the street office came to work, and Director Wang finally stopped her chattering.

"Qin Huairu, you go back first. Bang Geng stays here. The medical team will be here soon. I have something to tell him."

Qin Huairu nodded and turned to Banggeng and said.

"Bang Geng, you just work hard, and I'll go back first! This is the job I begged for you!"

Qin Huairu bowed to Director Wang again, then left the street office and went to work at the steel rolling mill.

In this way, Banggeng's job was implemented. Although he was a dung collector, he was still a regular employee.

The Liu family courtyard.

The second brother Liu Guangtian said to Liu Haizhong.

"Dad, my brother and I are already so old, we can't still live in the same room. How will I find a wife in the future?"

The second aunt also nodded.

"Old man, this is a problem. You have to think of a solution!"

Liu Haizhong was also worried.

"What can I do? Our house is so small. The deaf old lady next door has two rooms, but the problem is that they belong to Sha Zhu. He can't let us live there."

Although it may sound harsh, it is a problem that our house is not big enough.

"How about... we also follow Uncle San's example and build two rooms in the yard in front of the house, so that when our sons get married, they will have a place to live."

The second aunt suddenly had an idea and immediately came up with an idea.

After hearing this, Liu Haizhong nodded quickly.

"Yes, if Yan Bugui can expand his house, why can't I? I will buy materials and expand the house tomorrow!"