Luo Guangliang swallowed and continued to strike while the iron was hot.
"Brother, I actually think this is a good thing, and it suits everyone. You see, our Pan'er will cost you half of each of your salary in one month, and he will go to kindergarten in two years, plus childcare fees.
Then one person’s salary will have to be paid.”
"In addition, you and your sister-in-law have to pay monthly meals to the family, and buy some wine and meat for dad. How much does it cost? Besides, you are the team leader, and you and your sister-in-law work in the same factory. You said
How much can you two get out of just being a co-worker?"
"Brother, just listen to me. This money will be in your pocket. It's nothing hot. If you don't make some extra money quickly, you may not even be able to afford Xiangshan..."
The beginning was good, but this last sentence made Luo Guangsheng's brows wrinkle into knots.
Why else?
Men are the best faces.
Even between blood relatives, a brother's dignity cannot be violated when facing his biological brother.
"Asshole! Don't you just make a lot of money by riding a bicycle, and you actually look down on your brother?"
Luo Guangsheng's tone was full of sullenness, and as soon as he heard it, he knew he was really angry.
But Luo Guangliang's face remained calm.
"Brother, you have misunderstood this. I was kicked out by my father. I don't even have a formal job, so how dare I look down on you? Besides, you are my brother, and we share the same blood. I look down on you.
, isn’t it just that I look down on myself?”
"I really don't have any other meaning. I just feel that it's not a shame to take the money that was clearly sent to you, so why don't you want it? You have a wife and children, and there are plenty of places to spend money. Don't you think about yourself?
I also have to think about my sister-in-law and nephew."
Luo Guangliang's words were very sincere, but people's emotions did not subside so easily.
How is it possible for Luo Guangsheng to restore peace immediately?
So he threw out the sarcasm with a sneer.
"You mean, if I don't take this money, I won't be able to support my wife and children? What a joke!"
Luo Guangliang couldn't help but hesitated.
He seemed a little embarrassed to say it, but he finally said what he wanted to say.
"Brother, I also hope this is a joke. You and your sister-in-law are both working, and both hold the iron rice bowl of the country. You should have no worries about food and clothing, and live a much better life than me. But the problem is...the problem is, now this
Something seems to be wrong with society."
"Even I, who rides a three-wheeler, can earn one quarter of your salary in one month. What's going on? Don't you think it's strange?"
"I'm not afraid you'll be angry. Let me tell you something new. I was at the train station recently and saw several workers from the light bulb factory, who also came to fish in troubled waters and ride cars to earn extra money."
"I asked them, if you, the upright workers, don't work, why do you take leave notes all day long to check in with the work unit, and secretly steal food from us?"
"What do you think they said? They actually said that the factory's bonuses are like shit from a sheep. You can only earn 480 yuan. You can't buy a color TV even if you work as a stupid worker for ten years."
This night was a sleepless night for Luo Guangliang and Miao Yujuan.
Both of them were tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, and they both had strange dreams in the same bed.
Miao Yujuan was mainly troubled by the fifty yuan her husband took back.
She remembered that before having children, she and her husband had been saving money for several years, but they could only save 300 yuan in savings.
I’ve wanted to buy a washing machine for my home but I’ve never been willing to do so.
I've earned fifty today, and it's no wonder I can still sleep.
This feeling cannot be described in words.
I just felt like I was holding a ball of hot coals in my heart, and I couldn't sleep at all.
Instead, I wanted to turn on the light again and take a good look at the fifty yuan.
Oops, fifty yuan is almost as much as the salary of a second-level worker.
How can you earn this money so easily? Is it really possible to hold it securely?
Tomorrow...if we sell it again tomorrow, wouldn't it be so easy to earn fifty?
Logically speaking, it shouldn’t be!
How could such a pie-in-the-sky thing happen?
The old man often says, don't be greedy for small things and don't take advantage of others.
Should this money be returned?
As for Luo Guangsheng, he was purely stimulated by his brother's last few words.
When he was a child, he was proud of his status as a worker's family, and when he grew up, he was proud of his status as a worker.
Even though it has been ten years since he joined the factory, he is still like his father, proud to wear labor cloth work clothes and has never liked other clothes.
But today, for the first time, he heard the title "silly worker", and he heard it from his own brother.
This sentence could make his lungs explode with anger, making him want to hit someone uncontrollably.
But he couldn't really blame Luo Guangliang for turning his anger on his brother.
Because if you don't really care about him and persuade him to accept the money, why would your brother tell him this bluntly?
But even so, I understood, but it was still extremely awkward for him to come back.
One is that he really can't figure out what's going on with society and why it's like this.
Secondly, he is a little worried about the identity of the "team leader" above him.
He earned this money from his colleagues in the factory, so tomorrow, can he still face his colleagues calmly?
What was originally selfless suddenly became selfish.
What if his employer finds out about him taking money?
What would his colleagues in the factory think of him if they found out?
If dad knew about it, he would probably scold him for being worthless...
What a contradiction...
In the Republic after 2000, ordinary people who longed to get rich overnight sighed helplessly when faced with the social reality.
There is often a saying that "how full the ideal is, how skinny the reality is."
But these people probably would never have imagined that in the early 1980s, this was said in reverse.
If not for anything else, it's just because these days, most people are content with the status quo and are ashamed to talk about profit, just like Luo Guangsheng, who is honest and kind.
Even if someone gives money to his hand, he is afraid of biting his hand and avoids it.
However, people who have the courage to earn a living, dare to sacrifice face, and use all means to change their economic situation are quite rare.
In fact, don’t look back at 1982, the reform has already been going on for four years.
But at this time, there are only one million people engaged in self-employed industrial and commercial households in the country.
Even the vast majority of people are forced to embark on the road of business.
Just like the owners of the first private restaurant in Beijing, Guo Peiji and Liu Guixian.
At first, they just wanted to find a job for their two sons who could not find jobs after returning to the city because their family had few connections.
Just like Yin Shengxi, general manager of Dawancha Trading Group in Beijing.
At first, he was just an ordinary cadre in Dashilan Street. In order to solve the work problem of unemployed young people, he opened a local youth teahouse to sell large bowls of tea.
Of course, there are also many people like Luo Guangliang who rides a tricycle.
If you make one wrong move, you will be released from the inside and you will be looked down upon everywhere.
I had to take this road just to make money and eat.
Therefore, it can be said that the domestic market environment is still a natural coast that few people have set foot on.
Sunshine beach, blue sea and sky, there are many fish, shrimps and treasures, but no sharks and reefs can be seen.
What is the right time? It's just catching up.
For these first batch of people who became individuals, no matter who they are, as long as they are a little more lively, they are willing to get their bodies wet.
It doesn't take much effort to get a full harvest from this coast.
Even unintentional people can gain something if they get involved by accident and take a walk on the beach by chance. They can improve their lives by getting some shrimps and crabs, etc.
People are more nourished.
Otherwise, there is no way to explain how Guo Peiji, Liu Guixian and his wife became a household worth 10,000 yuan in just one year.
There is no way to explain how Yin Shengxi managed to sell a large trading group by selling large bowls of tea for two cents each.
There is no way to explain why Luo Guangliang becomes more energetic the more he lives, the more he rides the tricycle, the more addictive he becomes, and the more energetic he becomes.
It is also impossible to explain the huge changes in the quality of life of the neighbors in No. 2 Courtyard of Shan'er Hutong.