When Mengmeng heard what her mother said, she couldn't understand, so she asked: "Mom, why?"
"Why don't grandparents come?"
Cheng Xiaolin thought about how to tell her daughter about this, but after much deliberation, she didn't have a better way to say it.
Thinking of leaving this arduous task to her husband to solve, she said: "Mengmeng, when your father comes down after taking a shower, you can ask him."
"Oh, okay." Mengmeng was so thoughtful that she kept waiting at the stairs for her father to come down after taking a shower.
Cheng Xiaolin went to the kitchen to look at the pots again. She had to say that the renovated kitchen was easy to use.
Cheng Xiaolin felt that if the surrounding convenience and related supporting facilities were not considered, the small two-story house they built themselves would be much better than their previous house in Beijing.
While she was busy cooking, Cheng Xiaolin was also listening to the actions outside, for fear of being cute and knocking herself again.
It felt like it had only been a few minutes. The soup she had stewed was not ready yet, and her husband had already come down from the shower upstairs.
"Daddy, daddy." Mengmeng shouted as loudly as she could.
Cao Shujie felt very comfortable after hearing this. He asked: "Mengmeng, why are you calling me daddy?"
Cheng Xiaolin heard her daughter ask loudly: "Dad, why aren't my grandparents here? I want my grandma to play with me."
"Oh, I want to, but they don't want to come, what should I do?" Cao Shujie asked his daughter.
When Mengmeng heard her father ask this, she scratched her head and thought hard, but in the end she couldn't come up with a solution. She was so anxious that she almost cried: "Dad, I don't know either."
Seeing her serious look made Cao Shujie laugh.
Cao Shujie played with Mengmeng in the living room for a while, and Cheng Xiaolin called him over to serve food and rice.
The first meal after arriving in his new home was simple and plain, but Cao Shujie felt it was particularly delicious.
After dinner, Cao Shujie rushed to wash the bowls. When he came back, he saw his wife and daughter eating bananas.
Mengmeng is lazy and won't chew anything slightly hard.
Obviously the apples grown at home were more delicious, but she disliked them because they were too hard, so she took a few bites of them, leaving two cracks in the apples, and then stopped eating.
Cheng Xiaolin also said: "Husband, buy a juicer another day and squeeze some apple juice for Mengmeng."
Cao Shujie agreed immediately, but he felt that the squeezed juice completely destroyed the original taste and was not delicious.
That night, after Mengmeng fell asleep, Cao Shujie took his wife to another room.
More than half an hour later, Cheng Xiaolin lay in her husband's arms, looking up at the roof with the afterglow of moonlight shining in from the window, and vaguely saw a little gloss reflected by the lampshade of the lighting lamp, which was not obvious.
The two of them quietly enjoyed this rare moment.
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Before six o'clock the next morning, Cao Shujie got up from the bed and felt that the temperature in the room had not dropped significantly and was still at 24 to 5 degrees. At this time, even though it was already below zero outside, in the room
I don't feel cold even wearing thin clothes.
Cao Shujie was particularly satisfied. He felt that this was the life he wanted.
Wearing autumn clothes and long trousers, I came down from the second floor, went to the kitchen connected to the first floor, turned on the gas stove, cooked millet porridge in a small pot, then sprinkled a layer of Xinjiang jujube inside, half-covered the lid of the pot, and
The fire simmers slowly, it takes about half an hour.
Taking advantage of this time, Cao Shujie started cooking again, making a soft egg for his daughter, and then poured some soy sauce and sesame oil on it, which smelled delicious.
Seeing that there was still a piece of tofu in the refrigerator, Cao Shujie took it out again, cut it into long strips, lightly oiled it, and then fried the tofu with green onions.
About half an hour later, the red date and millet porridge was ready. When you opened the lid, a strong aroma of dates filled the kitchen, making you want to eat it.
Stir it again with a spoon, and the big red dates inside will be boiled directly. The jujube meat will be integrated into the millet porridge, dyeing the millet porridge into maroon red.
The barking of Daha and Erha came from outside, and Cao Shujie remembered that he had not walked his dog today.
When he went to the bedroom on the second floor, he saw that his wife and daughter were still sleeping. Cao Shujie left a text message for his wife, telling her that breakfast had been prepared and kept warm in the pot, and that he was going to walk the dog.
After putting on thick clothes, he led the dogs away from home and went directly to the dam from the north intersection. Within a few minutes, he arrived at the Yellow River dam. Seeing that there was no one on the dam, Cao Shujie untied the ropes for them.
Let them run wildly for a while.
Cao Shujie found a stone strip by the roadside and sat down, waiting there slowly.
About half an hour later, the four dogs ran back to him one after another, rubbing against his body one by one, showing the closeness between themselves and Cao Shujie.
In this way, all the soil and grass residue on their bodies was transferred to Cao Shujie, and Cao Shujie was so angry that he wanted to slap them twice.
But looking at the innocent faces of the four brothers, Cao Shujie couldn't bear the slap.
He was thinking about preparing a special set of clothes next time he goes out to walk the dog.
When he returned home from the dam with them, his wife Cheng Xiaolin was having dinner in the living room on the first floor.
"Honey, it's time to eat." Cao Shujie greeted his wife.
Cheng Xiaolin turned to look at him: "I just got up, and I was thinking about making breakfast. Who knew you had made it first."
"I woke up early and had nothing to do. I can't just wait for you to get up and cook." Cao Shujie said with a smile.
"Hehe." Cheng Xiaolin said with a smile: "Go and wash up quickly, change your clothes, and get ready for breakfast."
The dirt and hay clippings on her husband's body were clearly visible.
"Is Mengmeng still awake?" Cao Shujie asked her.
"Well, I guess she has to sleep until 8 o'clock." Cheng Xiaolin said.
His wife really guessed it right. When Cao Shujie had breakfast at home and went to the mountains, Mengmeng was still awake.
Cao Shujie had already gone out the door, but suddenly he remembered something, so he returned home and asked his wife: "Honey, do you have money there?"
"How much do you want?" Cheng Xiaolin didn't even ask why.
Cao Shujie said: "Give me 1,600, and I will pay Brother Chao's salary."
"Salary will be paid so soon?" Cheng Xiaolin was really stunned this time.
But she didn't say much, and stood up happily to get money for Cao Shujie.
After a while, she came back with a wad of cash and handed it to Cao Shujie: "Hey, it's exactly 1,600 yuan."
"Okay, I'm leaving." Cao Shujie folded the money in half and stuffed it into his trouser pocket, then walked out casually, followed the mountain road not far away, and soon arrived at the orchard.
"It's so convenient." Cao Shujie said with emotion.
He found that living here was much more convenient than living with his parents.
As expected, his father and Cao Shuchao came early and were busy in the orchard.
Seeing Cao Shujie coming, Cao Jianguo said to him: "Shujie, did you drink too much yesterday and didn't get up in the morning?"
Hearing what his father said, Cao Shujie waved his hand directly: "Dad, that drink is nothing. I sobered up last night. I got up at around 5 o'clock this morning to cook and walk the dog."
"Look how busy you are." Cao Jianguo said to him.
Cao Shujie smartly kept his mouth shut this time and did not argue with his father about this issue.
"Brother Chao, come here." He turned around and saw Cao Shuchao working, and Cao Shujie called him.
"Shujie, do you have something to do with me?" Cao Shuchao asked him.
Cao Shujie smiled and asked: "Brother Chao, do you remember how long you have been here?"
"I came here on the 4th, and it's been 27 days since today." Cao Shuchao said directly without even thinking about it.
Starting from the 4th, he worked here for 12 hours every day without a day off.
And during this period of time, Cao Shuchao worked hard without complaining and never complained or said anything about hardship.
If rated as the best employee, Cao Shujie would give him the award without hesitation!
From this we can also see how much a middle-aged man in need of money can handle?
"Brother Chao, look, November is over today. Tomorrow will be December, and the Chinese New Year is less than two months away."
"When the new year comes, I plan to buy another batch of calves, sheep and pigs, and maybe raise some domestic geese. By then, our workload here will definitely be greater than now, and the tasks will be more arduous.
Brother Chao, the burden on your shoulders is also very heavy."
When Cao Shuchao saw this scene, he felt familiar yet strange. He seemed to have seen some big bosses telling their employees this in TV dramas, but he never thought that he would also enjoy this treatment one day.
Just when he was thinking about what Cao Shujie would say next, he didn't expect that Cao Shujie would follow the routine.
"But Brother Chao, don't worry. If I can't do it when the time comes, I will continue to recruit people. But no matter how many people come in the future, we will have corresponding bonus subsidies for those who do well."
Having said this, Cao Shujie paused for a moment. He looked at Cao Shuchao and said seriously: "Brother Chao, you have worked 27 days this month and your salary is 1,485 yuan. In addition, I always think you have done a very good job, so I decided to give you another salary."
You receive a performance bonus of 115 yuan, plus one yuan, the total is 1,600 yuan."
After finishing speaking, Cao Shujie took out the stack of money folded in half from his trouser pocket. Regardless of Cao Shujie's stunned look, he handed the money to Cao Shuchao and specifically told him: "Brother Chao, count it and see if it's right.
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Cao Shuchao: "..."
He suddenly didn't know what to say.
He never thought from the beginning that Cao Shujie called him here to pay him wages.
Today is the end of the month. According to his previous experience of working for others, if the company can pay wages before the 20th of the next month, it is considered a good company. It is common for the company to delay payment for a whole month, or even two or three months.
The most outrageous thing is that working on projects with others can delay his salary for a year. Later, he settled the accounts one after another, and still has not paid him the final payment.
But when he was looking for a job in the village, no one expected that he would be paid at the end of the month.
What made him even more outrageous was that this job actually came with additional bonuses.
Even though the bonus is only 115 yuan, in Cao Shuchao's mind, these are two completely different concepts.
"Shujie, this month hasn't ended yet, why did you pay me my salary now?" Cao Shuchao asked.
Then I heard Cao Shujie say: "Brother Chao, don't think too much. That's just me. If you work hard, I can't do such immoral things as delaying your salary."
"Besides, when I was working, I was paid on a daily basis. I couldn't always say that I paid others in a timely manner. If I go to my own people, I won't be able to pay wages." Cao Shujie said very honestly.
Hearing this in Cao Shuchao's ears made him feel valued.
Even though it is not a big deal to pay wages in advance, in Cao Shuchao's opinion, the nature is completely different and it makes him feel at ease.
Originally, he thought it was just a stopgap measure, to work with Cao Shujie first and earn less money, but now Cao Shuchao has the idea of continuing to work as long as Cao Shujie doesn't kick him out.
In addition, this bonus is also the first bonus he has received in his life.
Cao Jianguo saw this scene from the side and listened to what his son said. He also supported his son's approach.
He thought to himself: "My son is quite good at winning people's hearts."
Cao Jianguo is not a person who doesn't know anything. He has watched the TV series of the Three Kingdoms, listened to storytelling, and knows some of the methods of big leaders, but he did not expect that his son would quietly start to play this trick.
But that doesn't mean his son did anything wrong.
Cao Shujie didn't know what his father was thinking. He did this because Cao Shuchao did a good job.
As for the additional bonus, Cao Shujie did not give it blindly.
115 yuan is equivalent to a little more than Cao Shuchao's current salary for two days and three times the normal eight-hour salary. In Cao Shujie's opinion, this amount is more reasonable from the perspective of long-term development.
In the following time, Cao Shuchao didn't need Cao Shujie to tell him, he worked harder and became more enthusiastic.
When she went home for dinner at almost 12 noon, Cao Shuchao called his wife as soon as he entered the door: "Qianqian, come here."
This tone was quite powerful and confident. Ma Wenqian looked at her husband in surprise, wondering what happened to make him dare to be so arrogant.
"Are you okay?" Ma Wenqian stood there without moving a step, looking at him and asked.
"Hey!" Cao Shuchao waved to his wife: "Qianqian, come here, come here quickly, I'll tell you something good."
"What good can you do?" Ma Wenqian was a little irritated. She said, "If you have something to say, just say it, and if you have a fart, just say it. Hurry up!"
"You're so boring." Cao Shuchao took out a folded rectangular plastic bag from his trouser pocket. He opened the plastic bag carefully, took out the 1,600 yuan that Cao Shujie had just given him today, and handed it to his wife.
: "Hey, this is the salary plus bonus that Shujie just paid me today. It's a total of 1,600 yuan. You can count it."
Ma Wenqian was immediately dumbfounded.
She never thought that this was why her husband called her.
After a while, she came to her senses and said, "Shu Chao, isn't that right? You just went there at the beginning of this month. The month hasn't even ended yet. How come you haven't paid your salary yet?"
Just after she finished speaking, she discovered something was wrong again: "Did Shujie make a mistake in his calculation? I calculated it for you. If you work for 27 days, it should be 1,485 yuan. Why did he give you 1,600..."
The next moment, Ma Wenqian said seriously: "Shu Chao, we have no money, but we can't do this kind of unscrupulous thing. If Shujie gave him the wrong money, we will go to him now and return the extra money to him."
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"Honey, I told you that the extra money was a bonus given to me by Shujie because he saw that I performed well. Why don't you believe it?" Cao Shuchao felt aggrieved.
When Ma Wenqian heard what he said and looked at his serious look, the expression on her face became serious: "Shu Chao, please tell me carefully what's going on?"
Just as she said this, Ma Wenqian remembered something again. She said, "Go and wash your hands first. I will bring you some food. You can tell me while you eat."
"Okay!" Cao Shuchao agreed.
In the following time, while eating, Cao Shuchao recounted what happened this morning to his wife.
After listening to what her husband said, Ma Wenqian rubbed her face with her hands. She looked at her husband across from her in a daze. In the past, she thought that his stupidity was due to his stupidity and lack of a string in his mind.
But now a word suddenly popped into Ma Wenqian's mind: "Foolish people are blessed with foolishness!"
If a stupid person like his husband didn't meet a conscientious boss, how would he be given any bonus?
It's simply an idiot's dream.
But after calling her husband back from outside, Ma Wenqian didn't expect that her husband would find such a conscientious boss when he found a job in his hometown.
Cao Shu ate the two steamed buns very quickly. He ate too fast and choked.
When Ma Wenqian saw it, she quickly handed him a water glass. After Cao Shuchao drank the water and swallowed the steamed buns, he asked his wife: "Do you believe what I said now?"
"Believe it, I believe it, okay?" Ma Wenqian changed her attitude just now. Seeing that there was no water in her husband's cup, she took the thermos bottle and poured him a cup to cool it down.
Then he said: "Shu Chao, Shu Jie treats us like this, we must do a good job, and we must not let him down."
Cao Shuchao nodded and said, "I know, don't worry, I will definitely do a good job."
"Well, I believe you." Ma Wenqian nodded heavily. Never before at this moment, she felt at ease and secure, feeling that this family was finally able to stand up.
She then said, "But don't tire yourself out. If you do this every day, you won't be able to stand it for a long time."
"Honey, I'm fine. I'm not tired. I can still make money while Shujie is willing to give us this opportunity. It doesn't matter if I put in more effort."
"My son needs money to go to school, my mother needs money to buy medicine, and our family needs money to buy fertilizers and pesticides from the fields."
"These all cost money. I have to make money. I couldn't do it before, but now that I have this opportunity, I have to seize it." Cao Shuchao also said it very smoothly.
At this moment, Ma Wenqian looked at her husband with admiration.
She thought to herself that she must have made a mistake before. Her husband looked stupid and naive, but he was as wise as a fool, right?
But Cao Shuchao wasn't done yet.
He has a stupid mouth and cannot say anything sensational, but precisely because of this, the words he speaks are very real and heartfelt, making his wife Ma Wenqian feel warm in her heart after listening to them.
"Honey, you only spend money on your family, but I haven't seen you willing to buy anything for yourself. You are reluctant to eat some fruits. The clothes you wear are still from a few years ago."
Ma Wenqian thought: "It turns out that he remembers all my efforts over the years."
My daughter was causing trouble for me just now, and her mother was watching, so I quickly finished it.
