Chapter 20
The three families worked together to make the New Year's Eve dinner quite sumptuous. In addition to four cold dishes including soy sauce beef, the Jiangnan family also cooked fish and stewed ribs. The Jingui family brought braised mutton and white-cut chicken, and the Xu family brought
What passed was sausage and bacon.
The ingredients of this era are basically green and pollution-free, and taste great.
Jiang Nan's mouth was full of oil after eating. The fish stewed by his father was really incredible, but he could eat it every day. His favorite was braised lamb, sausages, and bacon.
Wang Sihai had a poor appetite and lowered his head. There was a plate of fried shredded pork in front of him, and he kept holding the plate of fried shredded pork.
Xu Xiaofen showed no interest, so she took a few bites and then put down her chopsticks.
The ones working the hardest at the table were Jiang Nan and Jin Beibei. When Jiang Nan saw Wang Sihai and Xu Xiaofen put down their chopsticks, he hurriedly advised: "Cheer up and work hard!"
Xu Xiaofen smiled and said: "Jiangnan, do you like our sausage very much?"
Jiang Nan nodded: "Well, it's quite delicious, but it's a pity that my mother doesn't know how to cook it."
Xu Xiaofen said with a smile: "There are quite a lot at home, I will get some for you later."
Jiang Nan shook his head and said: "Forget it, although your family has a lot, it will last for a year. I will buy more meat later and ask Auntie to help me fill it."
Xu Xiaofen said: "That's okay, I'll talk to my mother later."
Jin Beibei suddenly said: "Stop talking about food, have you heard the rumors outside? The supply and marketing cooperative is going bankrupt, have you heard?"
Wang Sihai raised his head and said, "I heard that wages will be reduced after the new year. It is said that they will be reduced by half."
Xu Xiaofen said in surprise: "Who did you listen to?"
Jin Beibei rolled her eyes at Xu Xiaofen and said, "You just stay here and don't know anything. Didn't your parents talk about this at home?"
Xu Xiaofen shook her head: "I didn't notice that my dad doesn't talk much about work at home."
Jin Beibei said sadly: "My parents are both working. If the salary is reduced, our family will be the worst. My pocket money may not be guaranteed."
Wang Sihai comforted her and said: "Don't worry, my dad can support me with his own salary. Your family's salary will be no different from ours before the salary reduction."
Jin Beibei thought for a while and then said: "That's right, Jiangnan, will the food factory reduce wages?"
Jiang Nan whispered: "The food factory, I think it will close down."
Jin Beibei was shocked and instantly said something in English: "are youkiddingme?"
Jiang Nan said angrily: "I'm not kidding, we speak our hometown dialect, but this has nothing to do with you. No one in your family works in the food factory, right?"
Xu Xiaofen suddenly thought of something and said sadly: "If the supply and marketing cooperative goes bankrupt, won't we all be able to live here?"
As soon as Xu Xiaofen said these words, everyone felt a little sad for a moment.
Jiang Nan thought for a while and said, "I can still live in it for the time being. Even if it goes bankrupt, won't the house still be there? Besides, we will all be in high school next year, and we will come back very rarely in the future."
After the supply and marketing cooperative collapsed in the previous life, some families did stay in the supply and marketing cooperative for a few years. It is said that the last family moved out after the 2008 Olympic Games.
Wang Sihai continued: "When we enter high school, we won't be in the same school."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Xiaofen and Jin Beibei were silent for a while. Although they usually didn't notice the fight, when they talked about separation, everyone was still a little emotional.
Xu Xiaofen couldn't help but glance at Jiang Nan, but she heard Jiang Nan say with a smile: "Xu Xiaofen and I have to work hard to get into the No. 1 middle school next year. Jin Beibei, just keep your current grades. We still have hope."
They all passed the exam."
Jin Beibei also said firmly: "Jiang Nan is right, everyone works hard and strives to be admitted to No. 1 Middle School, not for others, but for themselves."
Everyone nodded, and the atmosphere became a little dull for a while.
Jiang Nan suddenly said: "I wanted to go to the county town a few years ago. Which of you will go?"
Jin Beibei asked: "Are you going by yourself? I won't go. I'd rather read a book at home."
Wang Sihai also shook his head: "I did like that in the final exam, but I still won't go and stay at home with my dad."
Xu Xiaofen also glanced at Jiangnan, shook her head and said, "My mother probably won't let me go."
Jiang Nan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go by myself. Just tell me what you need to bring and I'll bring it back for you."
Jin Beibei suddenly asked: "Why are you going to the county town?"
Jiang Nan thought for a while and then said after a long time: "Want to hear the truth?"
Everyone nodded one after another and looked at him intently.
Jiang Nan continued: "Have you not all heard that after the new year, the counter will be contracted to external parties? My father is not qualified to contract the counter. After the counter is contracted, will we still need so many leading cadres? Even if we keep them in the past few years, in the future
He also needs to be fired."
Jin Beibei stared and asked, "You have to be fired even if you don't make any mistakes?"
Jiang Nan said: "Any enterprise without profits will go bankrupt sooner or later. After bankruptcy, employees will definitely be fired. Hasn't our country already fully opened up the market economy? Since the market economy has been opened, then the market has the final say in everything.
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After Jiang Nan finished speaking, everyone fell silent again.
Jin Beibei was stunned for a moment and said: "No, I asked you to take me to the ditch. What does this have to do with you going to the county seat?"
Jiang Nan smiled and said: "You said this, when I think about this matter, I feel bad and want to go to the county town."
Everyone said "Pfft" and became happy.
In fact, Jiangnan wanted to go to the county to see if there was anything suitable for his family.
In his previous life, his parents left the supply and marketing cooperative when he was in high school and later went to Shenzhen to work. However, now Jiangnan doesn't want his parents to go out to work. He wants to find a place in the county for them to open a store or do some other business.
Jin Beibei obviously didn't believe what Jiang Nan said. He rolled his eyes and said with a half-smile, "I don't believe it. Could it be that you dated some girl?"
As soon as these words came out, Xu Xiaofen's face turned red again, and her hands hidden under the table could not help but clenched.
Wang Sihai also looked at Jiang Nan with a smirk on his face, his expression seemed to say, he must have been discovered.
Jiang Nan looked at everyone's expressions and said in confusion: "We hang out together basically every day, don't you know if there are girls out there?"
Wang Sihai said sadly: "Let me remind you, Ruofu's sex is raining and falling..."
Jiang Nan frowned and thought for a long time, but couldn't think of a reason: "What's the matter?"
Jin Beibei said suddenly, "Oh, Sihai, are you talking about Xie Yufei from Class 4?"
Wang Sihai smiled and nodded.
Jiang Nan still didn't remember it, and said to himself: "Xie Yufei from Class 4? Why don't I remember who Xie Yufei is?" Jiang Nan asked Xu Xiaofen beside him.
Xu Xiaofen also shook her head in confusion. He was in the same class as Jiang Nan and went to and from school together almost every day. He didn't see Jiang Nan having any interactions with other girls.
Wang Sihai also looked at Jiang Nan and Xu Xiaofen in disbelief, and said, "Jiang Nan, do you really not know? Then I will tell you."
Jiang Nan was also very curious. It seemed that there was no such thing in his previous life, so he said, "You tell me, and I'll listen too."
Jin Beibei and Xu Xiaofen also expressed interest.
Wang Sihai coughed lightly and said, "I heard this from a girl in our class, saying that Jiang Nan from Class 5 wrote a love letter to Xie Yufei from Class 4."
"What?" Jin Beibei exclaimed softly and gave Jiang Nan a charming look.
Xu Xiaofen also looked at Jiang Nan in confusion.
Jiang Nan looked innocent: "It's impossible, I don't even know who Xie Yufei is."
Wang Sihai also smiled and said: "I also think it is impossible. It is impossible for Jiangnan to fall in love with Xie Yufei. You may not know who Xie Yufei is, but you must have met her."
The interest of all three people was aroused. Jin Beibei quickly said: "Then tell me, who is it?"
Wang Sihai continued: "You remember that there were two girls in Class 4 who were very good-looking and loved to dress up. Do you remember them? One is Xie Yufei and the other is Hua Lianyue."
Jiang Nan thought about it and realized that there were indeed two girls in Class 4. They were more fashionable and looked relatively mature. They were a bit out of tune with everyone else and were a bit different in the school.
But from Jiangnan's current perspective, it's quite normal.
"Oh, you are talking about the two girls from Class 4. They are pretty good-looking, but they are dressed...Jiang Nan, do you like that?" Jin Beibei looked at Jiang Nan and asked.
"I know these two people, but I only learned their names today. You also know that I sit in the last row of the classroom and hear less gossip." Jiang Nan said seriously.
Wang Sihai smiled evilly and continued: "The boys secretly nicknamed the two of them, Yueyang Tower Prostitutes."
When Jin Beibei heard this, her face turned red, she glared at Wang Sihai and said, "You guys are really wretched..."
Xu Xiaofen asked with a puzzled look: "What does this have to do with Yueyang Tower?"
Jin Beibei said angrily: "You are really stupid. If the rain is falling and the moon is not open, the boys will have random thoughts. There is also the Yueyang Tower note. It is not the note in the diary, but... it is the one next to the character female."
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Chapter completed!