All-round way to money

After the wedding, it is an ordinary day of firewood, rice, oil and salt.

There is no way to return home in three days.Nothing else, it's too much trouble, Longcheng is more than 200 miles away from Sanshengyu, there is a road, but there is no bus.It’s more difficult to come back than to go back. If you come, you can take the delivery car of the winery.Before the master went back to the blind date, he took the truck in the factory and went to Anyuan County first. Brother Xiao borrowed a bicycle to pick him up in the county.If Chu Ran wanted to go back, he had to go to Anyuan County first, and then let Big Brother Chu pick him up.Not enough toss, what to return.

"Come back after the Chinese New Year, don't worry about it anymore." That's what Chu Ran told her in-laws.

"Okay, let Lao Wu go home with you to celebrate the New Year, and stay a few more days."

The father-in-law is very happy. The Xiao family is different from Chu Ran. The Xiao family was a man back then, and the mother-in-law was a very traditional person, and she grew up in a wealthy nest.It's not that even the father-in-law talks about the daughter-in-law's return to her natal home.

Affirming what Chu Ran said, he then told his son, "Old man, can't the factory transfer shifts or something? You transfer that leave to the New Year's day, and I can go on duty for you when the time comes. Our family There are not so many talks, don't pay attention to the New Year's Eve, no son can't celebrate the New Year at the old man's house."

Master replied, "Understood."

Chu Ran mentioned the matter of building a house again, "I was thinking, since we can't grow vegetables outside the balcony, we can add a glass shed to make a kitchen and cook in the corridor, which is inconvenient. The landlord has such a big place, the space It's a pity. Why don't you build another one? Isn't the fourth brother not divided into houses and no place to get married?"

Well, let's put it this way, the old couple all looked at their son, and Chu Ran knew what it meant when he looked at that look, we didn't have a penny, and your daughter-in-law opened her mouth to cover this and that, you have money?

"The factory has steel and wood, can there be an internal price?" Chu Ran asked her master again, "Can you get the bricks and tiles?" Then she turned to the old couple, "I have been doing sewing for the past few years, and I have saved Some money, use it first, let's finish the fourth brother's marriage."

Xiao Lao Si is now a temporary worker and originally lived in this home. Because they got married, it would not be good for the eldest uncle to live in the house again, so he moved to the boiler room and crowded with the old man who fired the boiler.Help others with their work, and make a place for bed boards.His engaged daughter-in-law is also from Sanshengyu's hometown, the second daughter of a family surnamed Zu in his third aunt's team.The old lady in the family is not in good health, with four daughters and two sons, the old man favors sons over daughters, and his partiality is so partial to the sky.The two sons are the youngest, and the four elder sisters above have been working since they were young. The second son is the most capable. Not to stay at home as free labor.The eldest daughter was the earliest to get married at 23.The second child is now 28, so he got engaged to Xiao's fourth child.I am 36 years old and just got engaged.The fourth child is 23, not engaged yet.When it comes to the eldest son, he is only 21, and he will have a wedding after the new year.The youngest son, eighteen, went to serve in the army.Zu Erniu'er's marriage was arranged by her elder brother, and she had to think about it after thirty years according to her parents' wishes.

The reason why the old lady stretched like this, they were both unmoved no matter how others scolded them behind their backs. One was that the second girl was too capable, capable of doing more than ordinary men, and she was reluctant to bear such a strong labor.What's more, this girl is very good-looking, the kind who is famous for her beauty from all over the world. When she is sixteen or seventeen, a married person can break through the threshold.She felt that her daughter would not worry about getting married when she reached thirty.Yes, these days, there are too many old bare men who can't marry a daughter-in-law. Zu Erniu looks like that, and she is so capable. She was robbed of 31 things, but why didn't she think about it? What kind of person do you have to be?

Fortunately, the eldest son of the ancestor's family is a sensible person, and he really loves his sister, so he asks someone to introduce someone to his sister.Didn't Third Aunt Xiao just think of her nephews? There are twenty or thirty of her nephews, and there are a dozen or so who are not married.After asking around, they all thought Zu Erniu was too old.Usually they get married at the age of 21, the difference is too much.When asked about Xiao's fourth son, Mrs. Xiao was not happy, and Father Xiao also hesitated. As for Xiao Yu, it is not easy to participate in the elder brother's affairs. powerful.Xiao Lao Si is not stupid at all, he is happy with himself.It's true to tell his parents that he has nothing and is alone, so what right does he have to pick on others?Big or small, does he pick something?Besides, if you are older, you can ask for less dowry.A girl who is suitable for everything, who is looking for him?Having said that, Father Xiao and Mrs. Xiao couldn't say anything more, and Mrs. Xiao cried behind her back, so she could only admit it.

As soon as I got an answer from here, Third Aunt Xiao acted as a matchmaker and arranged for the two to meet. Whether it should be said or not, the Xiao family is indeed quite decent. Otherwise, if they are so poor, how come no one is single? .Don't worry about the good ones, you can indeed fool a daughter-in-law back.This is not a one-off meeting, and it's okay for the two to see each other.That's it.At the ancestral house, brother zu is in charge, he doesn't ask for any gifts, just a place to live.

Then we can't treat the boiler room as a new house, can we?

Parents live in the old son's house, and there is no reason for the elder brother to marry the daughter-in-law to the younger brother's house.

What to do?

There is still a small earthen house in Shijingzi's hometown, which was built next to the stone mill on the edge of the grain drying field of the production team. Now the team uses it as a warehouse for storing grain, so it can be lived in after tidying up.But this is not reluctant to work as a temporary worker.Regardless of whether it is a temporary worker, it is also a stable income, which is better than farming at home.

If it's not a marriage, we can only procrastinate.

When Chu Ran said that she wanted to build a house for Xiao Lao Si to marry, of course her in-laws were happy.But this daughter-in-law only came in the second day, so the fact that she is in charge of the family can be ignored, they also know that the Chu family is a woman in charge, so there is nothing wrong with it.That is, spending your daughter-in-law's money like this, okay?

The master smiled inwardly, but didn’t show it on his face, “Talk to the accountant about steel and cement, and you can buy it with cash. It’s easy to build a house, and the fourth brother can also be a bricklayer, so the three of us will do it. I will do the bricks and tiles later. My son went to tell the fourth brother that the eldest brother of the fourth sister-in-law is the cashier of the brick and tile factory. Take on more work and earn it back for you next year."

Of course Chu Ran knew that he said that on purpose in front of his parents, so he gave him a reproachful look, "What's yours and mine? We're both married, and what's mine is yours. Your brother is mine. My parents have always taught me this way, once you enter a door, you are a family, what's the difference between inside and outside?"

The master didn't speak, the in-laws just laughed, and the mother-in-law laughed, "Don't be like him, he can't talk. Your mother is right. Once you enter a door, you are a family. The same, all the same."

The Chu family couple are well-known for their humanity. From the old lady to Chu's father and mother, they are the best example of kind-hearted people meeting those who know how to repay their kindness. The county has named and praised them. of.

The father-in-law took advantage of the situation and trained his son, "Your son has accumulated virtues in his previous life. There is smoke from the ancestral grave of our old Xiao family. If you can marry Xiao Chu, Xiao Chu will have the final say in the family. When your fourth brother is married, I will also hand over the power. Your daughter-in-law is in charge of the house. What she says is what she says. Your mother and I follow orders, and so do you. Remember it for me, do you listen?"

This means that when the son is married and he has completed his tasks, he will hand over the housekeeping rights, and he will no longer be in charge of the family.

The master is very obedient and be an obedient son, "Listen."

In fact, the Xiao family is like this, since the son went out to find ways to make money by himself, the old man's family is not so authoritative anymore.Whoever can make money has the right to speak.

That's it.

In this way, Chu Ran got the management power and became the head of the family.Father Xiao said that he would wait until the fourth brother got married before handing over the power, but the building of the balcony and the house was all done by Chu Ran and the fourth brother Xiao. He was just helping with odd jobs at home and directing the wall Che, how to increase the shed, he can't control anything else, the "right" has long since disappeared.

Xiao Laosi worked the hardest. His job as a temporary worker was to smash the sledgehammer in the forging workshop. Now the factory is not profitable, and half of the time is closed. His job is just to take over.He spends a lot of time at leisure. He used to be idle, and he didn't have the money to play puke for the boys in the factory. Now it's all right, and all his time is spent here.

The eldest brother of the ancestral family is also capable. He called and within a few days, he sent bricks and tiles for two tractors, enough to build a room.Chu Ran wanted to give money, but he didn't ask for anything, he just said that the Xiao family had just arranged their wedding, and he knew it was tight, so he could borrow it in the factory first, and pay it back slowly later.The other building materials, glass, etc., are all bought back by Master trying to find a way. His carpenter really did not work for nothing, and he has made a lot of connections.First go to the noodle factory to find a way to buy two boxes of dried noodles, and then use the dried noodles to find someone to exchange one by one. These days, things are hard to buy even if you have money, and you don’t have a ticket.Anyway, with the help of two boxes of dried noodles, they tossed back all the building materials for a house.

The old manager of the noodle factory, when he was building a file cabinet for the noodle factory, he fell in love with him. If you want to recruit him as a son-in-law for the elderly, it will definitely not work.I recognized the godmother, and the master yelled at each godmother, coaxing the old lady, and treating him better than his own son.Then it's not easy for him to get some dried noodles!

By the way, I also bought a box for my family to eat at home.Dried noodles are a high-end food these days, and they can be used as a pad for the elderly couple when they are hungry.I also tried to get someone to bring a box to the old lady.This matter was handled openly, and Mrs. Xiao's father and Mrs. Xiao didn't say anything, and even praised him for doing it right in front of Chu Ran.

It's all the survival wisdom of the old people. Chu Ran and Master are also willing to coax them, as long as they are happy.

She also gradually became busy.

Isn’t this building a house? Colleagues who live on the same floor come to see it. Now everyone is enthusiastic. When they get off work at night and have nothing to do, they all come to work and move bricks or something. It’s not entertaining, so I bought one. Watermelons and melons, take them out and invite everyone to eat.More and more people were willing to help. After coming and going, the aunts and sisters-in-law in the building became familiar with Chu Ran.

Someone thought Chu Ran's clothes were beautiful and asked her where she bought them.Mrs. Xiao showed that when her daughter-in-law was a girl at home, she loved her daughter at home and was not allowed to join the company. She did sewing work at home and was a well-known tailor from far and near.

In fact, Chu Ran used the dark blue work uniform issued by the factory, and changed it a bit, changing the trousers into suspender trousers, with a big pocket in the front and big pockets on both sides of her legs, which is different from what she has now. They are all different styles of pockets.The clothes are just well-fitting shirts made by Zhenliang, but there is a long belt hidden in the low collar, which can be tied with a big bow in the front.

Heart of beauty in everyone.The trousers were made from labor uniforms, and no one had saved a few sets of new work uniforms.The clothes are really good in the streets, but they look a little newer, and there is an extra belt, which can't cost two feet of cloth.

There is a little girl who loves beauty and begs Chu Ran to do it.

Then do it.Her mother-in-law said that she used to earn money by making clothes.Then whoever asks her to do work, it's hard to say it's for nothing, right?A ten-cent labor fee still has to be paid.The clothes made are tailor-made, and they are really good-looking. People of any size come, and the ready-made clothes are ready to wear, and they all fit and look good. The money is given to them happily, and they think it is worth it.

Once passed on to two, two to three, her business gradually started.She couldn't help with building the house, and she wasn't needed.Now Mrs. Xiao cooks the meals at home.Chu Ran only cooks breakfast, and depends on her time for lunch and dinner.Mrs. Xiao knows how to cook, but she was not often asked to cook at home in the past, because her hands and feet are too big, and it would be too wasteful and wasteful to ask her to cook.There were not so many things in the house that troubled her.It's different now, it's a disaster, as long as you can do it.People cook that meal really meticulously.Even if Chu Ran makes clothes, she can also give references, such as color matching, and the aesthetics are quite online.Don't look at 30 years of hard life, in the details, you can still see the origin.

When she is free, the old lady still knits sweaters. Isn't it autumn coming soon? The weather is cold.A few people gave little money to make clothes, so I was sorry, so I gave some sweater tickets.It adds up to more than 20 kilograms.Chu Ran went out with her master for a day, and came back with a change of wool in one breath.Originally, I said that I would weave one piece for each family member, but the old lady said she would.Then weave.Chu Ran was free, and knitted one for the old lady and Chu's mother, and one for the little nephew.When it comes to winter, it is woven and mailed back, and the old lady puts it under the padded jacket to keep it warm.

A few days later, Father Chu and Brother Chu drove a carriage into the city, pulling half a cart of potatoes, cabbage and dried vegetables.

More than 200 miles, you can talk about this toss.

"I have them at home, from all over the world, why bother with them?"

It's also a coincidence that Xiao's father, Xiao's mother, and Xiao's fourth son went back to their hometown and made an appointment with their ancestors.The house is all tidied up, the wedding date has to be fixed, and the bride has to buy some odds and ends, so don't ask for a bride price, so I have to buy hijab, washbasin and so on?

There are only Chu Ran and his wife at home, and the master hasn't left work yet, so Chu Ran is at home by himself right now, so there's nothing to say.

Father Chu said, "It's not only for you, but also for others. You were young and didn't tell you, and you were afraid of taking risks. Now that you two are grown up, I have to tell you what should be told. I With your mother, the future task is to take care of the old lady, there are some relationships, and it will be up to you to maintain them in the future."

Ah, Chu Ran thought to himself, it really is.It's really just as the master guessed, and the father is really hiding it.

In that cart, half of the stuff was dried vegetables, corn noodles, and half a bag of pickled cabbage gada, which was pickled mustard heads.Dried vegetables have everything, such as dried eggplant, dried beans, dried radish, dried mustard cherry seeds, and dried radish cherry seeds.This year she got married, and there was one less person in the family to eat. In addition, in the past two years, all the vegetables in the fields have been grown, and there are many more dried vegetables left than in previous years.I have to say that it is good to live in a place with abundant aquatic plants. In any age, life is easier than in other places.

All the things were brought to the head of the father, and he ate at home. When the master came home from get off work in the evening, the father took his son and son-in-law out together.Half the carload of everything has been sent out.

The master's previous guess was still biased, and the father was indeed one of the guards of a certain chief.But not the chief executive he thought.Dad is one of the soldiers of the guard company of a certain army commander, and of course he is also the chief.The old chief was also locked up in a cowshed for labor reform a few years ago.Dad can't get in touch with the level of the old chief, and he didn't give things to the old chief in the first place.Instead, he gave it to his political commissar's family. The scholar, who read a lot, couldn't understand some things. When the movement just started, he was hanged with a rope.How about leaving the wife and two underage children?Those comrades-in-arms and subordinates who knew the news all tried their best to help.But in those years, life was very tight, how much can I help?Before Dad Chu retired from the army and came back, he never broke contact with his comrades-in-arms and leaders, and it was out of his heart to send some special products every year.After the movement started, I didn’t give them away, but after I found out the news, I gave them corn noodles twice a year. If there is too much, it’s half a bag at a time.Later, the two children became workers as adults and were able to support themselves, and the wife of the political commissar remarried.His stuff, let the company commander transfer to the old chief's cowshed.The old chief had eaten his corn noodles for five years, but he had never seen anyone else, and it was all delivered by the company commander.

This time when he went to deliver things, the company commander told him that the old chief had been taken back to the capital for "rehabilitation" and there was no need for remodeling.It is said that when the old chief was leaving, he was still talking about Xiao Chu's corn noodles.Therefore, nothing else was left, only half a bag of corn noodles was left, saying that it would be sent to the old chief in the capital.

That thing can't be brought back for sure, the old chief can't use it anymore, so others can use it too.It's not that everyone doesn't go hungry nowadays, especially the dried vegetables. The company commander is now the leader of the provincial capital.

The master came back and said that the company commander took so many things and felt uncomfortable. At that time, he thought about what opportunity he and his elder brother could give to him. In fact, the father took them there just to recognize the family and didn't want to ask others to do something, just to maintain Get in touch.Now they are both okay, and they don't have to move.As soon as he told the situation, the old company commander knew it in his heart, and he didn't say anything else, the things were finally put away.Within a few days, I called Master and took him to visit some old comrades in arms.Among them was the director of the automobile factory.

At the end of October, there was overwhelming publicity for the resumption of the college entrance examination. The factory manager talked to the master and asked him how he was doing with the remedial classes.It's only been more than a year, and no matter how much you can make up if you don't know big characters, it's impossible to take the exam.How dare the master respond.

He didn't take the test, but someone in the factory took the test.Several people passed the exam, and after leaving school, some positions were vacated. Master took advantage of the situation and promoted the section chief of the technical department, and the original section chief became the deputy director of the factory.The salary was raised two more levels, adjusted to 65, and I got [-] yuan in my hand.But there is one bad thing. When I become a leader, I can no longer go out to pick up private jobs, and instead earn as much as I did when I was a technician.

But this is all the promotion of the leader, so you can't be ignorant of flattery, right?

"This time it's really up to you to support the family."

Everyone else is happy to be promoted, but the Xiao family is not so happy.What's the use of being an official or not, if you can't pinch money?Mrs. Xiao was still a prince with an iron hat in her ancestors, but what about now?As for who sees the official positions most clearly, there must be Mrs. Xiao. She has suffered for 30 years, so what does her background help her?

"Nurture, raise, raise, I will raise." Chu Ran said cheerfully.

In fact, she doesn't earn much. A piece of clothing costs eight cents, and a set of clothes can't earn more than three yuan. At most, she can make two sets a day.It wasn't always that much work.After a month, it would be 80 yuan at most.It's true that she doesn't earn much more than Master, she just speaks loudly.

"Money can't be earned. If you have more or less, just enough is enough. It's not good to be too rich. You two, don't just rush to make money, and delay your business."

It was my mother-in-law who knew it when I heard it.

What else could it be for.

Chu Ran just laughed, "Mom, do you still lack a grandson?"

Brother Xiao's family has three, the second child's family has two, and the second child's family is also in the stomach.Four boys and three girls, the old couple really has no shortage of grandchildren.

The old lady also had her reasons, "I don't lack grandsons, but you lack sons. You still have to give birth while I can coax you with your father."

"Look at what you said, you are only 51 after the new year, and it will be 30 years before you can move, let alone [-] years, why am I so anxious?"

She gave birth to a bunch of gourd babies in her previous life, but she was enough, this time, she won't be born so much after being killed.In another two years, a fall will occur.

The master changed the subject, "Let the second brother and the others come over for the Chinese New Year?" In the past, the second brother's family would go back to his in-law's house for the Chinese New Year.This year, it was decided that he and Chu Ran would go back to Chu's house for the New Year, so he said that the second brother's family would come to accompany his parents.

The fourth brother's marriage is scheduled to be on the twentieth of the twelfth lunar month, and they have only been married for a few days during the Chinese New Year. If the second brother and the others don't come, it will not be good for them to go back to their hometown.

The old couple also knew this reason, "Then let them come."

So, next, besides helping her mother-in-law prepare for Fourth Brother Xiao's wedding, Chu Ran also had to tidy up the house and prepare the residence for Second Brother Xiao's family of four.

In the past six months of marriage, a lot of things have been added to the house. When the master is not doing private work, he is not idle. He built a lot of cabinets and tables for the house. The beds are replaced by wooden cabinets with things on the bottom and sheets on top. Specification.There are also cabinets against the walls now, and those connected to the roof are not as many as Babaoge.There are flowers on the bedside table and on the window sill, and they are still raised with spiritual rain water.

The two children of the second elder brother's family are not very old, the older one is five years old, and the younger one is three years old. It's time to be naughty, and you have to put the fragile ones on a high place, and you have to change the quilt and bed sheets. Do not sleep on the same bedding with others.A small bed was built in the room of the old couple, enough for an adult and a child to live in.In this way, the old couple can live together with one child.

I have to prepare for the New Year's ceremony when I go back to my mother's house.It's the first time to go back to her natal family after marriage. No matter how simple the Chu family is, there are sisters-in-law and nephews, so they can't go empty-handed.

Fourth Brother Xiao’s new house is also in good condition. His house is covered and has no heating. He has to burn the stove by himself, and he can’t use the bed. It’s too cold, so he built a heated kang, a half-sized kang, so the couple can live easily. , and one more child is fine, if there are two children, it will be crowded if they are a little fatter.The kang is connected to the stove and has a small pot, so it is possible to cook.

There are large wardrobes and chairs, which are the simplest style. Xiao Laosi made it himself, and the master instructed him.That's not bad.

The one who sent the relatives off was a big green Jiefang truck, which was borrowed by the eldest brother Zu, and it was already the most high-end car to send the relatives off.The mother-in-law is the co-pilot, and there are five elders in the back seat, and the young ones are all in the back of the car. In this winter, the dripping water turns into ice, and the distance of more than 200 miles is in the car. They are all wearing cotton coats and sitting on several layers of straw mats. , and covered with an old quilt or something, it was freezing through.

When I come home to eat a meal, I have to rush back. The house is such a big place, and the meal is crowded. The dishes are potatoes, cabbage, tofu, and some meat. It is a good dish.Chu Ran sent a telegram to her family and asked her sister-in-law to help her buy two boxes of Sansheng Yu Lao Shao, and the truck had already brought them over.I drank half a case at the dinner, and took the rest with me. It was cold on the road, so I drank some to warm up.

With all this busy chattering, the wedding is over.The fourth brother Xiao and the couple are also very destined, both of them belong to the younger brother Zhang Luo.At the wedding, Chu Ran met her fourth sister-in-law for the first time. She was really good-looking. She was 28 years old. She looked different from a girl in her twenties. She also worked hard all year round, and her face showed signs of aging. , but does not affect her beauty.I can imagine how beautiful she was when she was young.

Xiao's fourth child got married, and Xiao's family also participated.Because of the inconvenient transportation in the provincial capital, only a few of my brothers arrived, and the others were too polite to be seen.It's fine for the family to bring a gift of a few dollars.The second elder brother's family didn't leave directly, and they wanted to stay until the Chinese New Year.Before Chu Ran and his wife left, they had to sleep on the floor for a few days.

There was no place at home, and the young couple didn't have a place to live, so they went back together in the car to see off their relatives.

The most amazing thing is Mrs. Xiao, she didn't show up.Brother Xiao came here by himself, and he gave him fifty cents as a gift.There is no one who let her follow this courtesy.Mrs. Xiao took the hand of her eldest son, and on the day of great joy, she tried her best not to shed tears.They didn't dare to give money or things. The old couple didn't earn a penny, so they gave it with the younger son's things. Why?Besides, I have given it, and when I go back, I will ask my wife to search for it, and give it whatever I want.

Chu Ran knew about these things, and so did the fourth sister-in-law, and no one said anything.Everyone has to live their own life.The couple, after getting married, still have to wait for the fourth brother to pay his wages to buy rice for the pot.She didn't have a penny of dowry, but the eldest brother secretly gave 20 yuan, and the Xiao family gave another 20 yuan as a dowry, which was saved by Xiao Laosi himself.After deducting the money for the wedding, there are still more than [-] yuan left, which is their entire property.Who is better off!

I really can't control that much.

Yes, I really can't control that much, I still have to live by myself after all.