"It's good that you have this self-knowledge. When you are on a blind date, you can spend more time with the girl and get to know her better. You can't just look at people on the surface. Some girls are deeply hidden. They are completely different before and after marriage.
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Zhou Bingkun said to Xiao Guoqing, if you are a friend, you should always give him advice.
"Bingkun, you have only talked to one person, and it sounds like you know a lot about girls." Zhou Bingkun accidentally became a bit ordinary, and when he spoke, he became a bit sour.
"No matter what, I definitely know the girl better than you guys. To catch up, you have to pay more attention. After all, the family is already busy here during the National Day. Why is there no movement on your side?"
"It's the same with my family. They've been helping me make arrangements since I turned 20. But my family has the same conditions. To find a partner, you have to find a working worker. It's not that easy to find the right one."
Based on the conditions of Sun Qianchao's family, apart from his elder brother and sister who have gone to the countryside, there are still four people.
My father doesn't make much money, and he has a young sister at home.
Not only marrying a rural girl, but also a city girl without a job would not dare to consider it because she was really afraid that she would not be able to support her.
"After all, it's because you don't make enough money. You two can't hang out in the moving class all the time. In your free time, read more books." At this point, Zhou Bingkun remembered that these two are more powerful than Zhou Bingkun.
The scumbag who wanted to learn from scumbag changed his words and said:
"Why don't you find a master and learn a skill? The work will be easier and the salary will rise faster. You two don't want to be porters for the rest of your life, right?"
Xiao Guoqing and Sun Chaochao are just too honest.
After being assigned to the moving class, I kept working hard without complaint.
There is absolutely no idea of change or improvement. The two of them are in good health and are willing to work hard. They are a little too satisfied with the current transportation work.
The biggest hope of the two of them may be to become the leader of a moving team.
If the wood processing factory can continue to operate, there won't be any big problem if the two people spare no effort.
But if the wood processing factory can't work, and two people don't have the same skills, it will be too difficult to reenter the society.
"What kind of technology should I learn? There are no technical jobs in our factory. How about we learn to be electricians from you?" Xiao Guoqing said.
"There is no problem in learning to be an electrician from me, but there are no places in the electrician class in the factory. It will be of no use for you to learn it for the time being. You can't be transferred to the electrician class. I think there is still a shortage of drivers in our factory. You two can do it.
Find someone, send gifts, learn how to drive, and try to see if you can be transferred to the transportation class. If that doesn't work, you can come back and learn to be an electrician with me."
Zhou Bingkun still considered it for the sake of two people. Compared with electricians, it will be easier to find a job as a driver in the next few years.
"Forget it, why bother with this? We don't have any connections in this area. It's not so easy to get into the transportation department."
Xiao Guoqing is quite satisfied with his current job.
"It doesn't matter. Wouldn't it matter if you gave me more gifts? Being a driver can raise your salary much faster than that of a porter. Not to mention going to the forest farm to pull wood, and you have the opportunity to make extra money. This is what the factory just bought
Two cars, and several opportunities to be a driver. I missed this opportunity, but I don’t know when the next opportunity will be.”
"Bingkun, if you want to join the driver's class, who should you give a gift to?" Xiao Guoqing asked.
"Do you still have to ask this? Don't you know who is the biggest in our factory?"
From Zhou Bingkun's understanding of the factory director during his three years at the wood processing factory, he is still very flexible in his work.
If Xiao Guoqing and Sun Qianchao are willing to spend money, they still have a good chance of being transferred to the transportation department.
"You should think about this matter carefully. If you can become a driver, it will be easy to find a partner."
After Qianchao and Guoqing looked at each other, they had a tacit understanding, and then said: "This is not a trivial matter. We need to go home and discuss it with our families."
Both of them are a bit upright, and they don't even know how to do things like give gifts.
It also mentioned the marriage of two people, which reminded Zhou Bingkun of their future.
As friends, Zhou Bingkun is still willing to supervise from behind so that the two of them can learn a skill and become independent.
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"Bingkun, you are back."
After returning home from get off work, Zheng Juan took the satchel from Zhou Bingkun and said.
"came back."
"You're working in the factory today. Are you busy or tired?"
"It's okay. These are just minor problems. I'm not tired."
The electricians in the lumber factory usually just repair the circuits, which is quite easy. If it were not for the sake of saving, some of the circuits in the factory are relatively old, and the work of the electrician class would be even easier.
"What did you do at home today?"
"I just tidied up the house and then did some handicrafts."
Zhou Bingkun entered the house and saw a lot of hawthorns and sticks placed in the house. This was Zheng Juan making money by stringing candied haws at home again: "You have to clean up the house every day, cook, wash clothes, and make money, right?"
Aren’t there too many things?”
After Zheng Juan got married, Li Suhua was the one who benefited the most.
Zheng Juan basically takes care of all the housework at home, which really makes Li Suhua relaxed a lot.
In the Northeast, there is still a lot of ashes in the house due to the burning of the kang. A diligent and clean woman will wipe the house every day, and the housework is really not small.
"I am idle at home. If I work a little, I can earn a little."
"You don't have to do this. I take on these hard manual jobs. The money I earn is the same as the money you earn. You don't have to be embarrassed to help those in Taiping Hutong just to get money from the family."
After getting married, Zhou Bingkun gave most of his salary to Zheng Juan. A second-level electrician earned 38 yuan a month, which was enough to support a family of four.
With enough money, Zheng Juan also took over the work, obviously hoping to rely on her own ability to support Aunt Zheng and Guangming.
"That's how I am. I can't take any time off. When I'm free, I just want to find something to do for myself."
"If you have free time, you can take Mom out and walk around in parks, cultural palaces, and staff clubs. Let Mom sit in the streets all day, chatting with those old ladies. She won't be interested in it after a long time."
"me…"
"Stop me, me, me, you don't have to do these jobs. Just give me a favor over there in Taiping Hutong. I still have the ability. If you take these jobs and do them, others will think that our old Zhou family has become poor.
Now that I have settled down, where can I put this face?"
In fact, it doesn't cost much to support the Zheng family a month. Aunt Zheng can still make about ten yuan a month selling popsicles and candied haws.
This money is almost enough, enough for Aunt Zheng and Guangming to live.
Zhou Bingkun added a few yuan every month and brought some food during the holidays, which was enough for Aunt Zheng and Guangming to live a good life.
"Listen to you."
Zheng Juan, who did not study much and grew up with Aunt Zheng, is a traditional woman. Like Li Suhua, she always obeys her husband at home.
"You went back to Taiping Hutong to get these things, right? How are Mom and Guangming doing?"
Most of the handicraft jobs that can be taken on from the streets, such as skewering candied haws and pasting paper boxes, are used to take care of poor households. With the economic situation of the old Zhou family, they are really not qualified to take on these jobs.
"Mom is in good health and bright, but they are not used to me not being at home."
Before the two got married, in order to make Zheng Juan feel at ease in marrying, Zhou Bingkun gave Aunt Zheng a magical rejuvenation trick.
Therefore, Zhou Bingkun is still relieved about Aunt Zheng's physical condition.
If you pay attention to maintenance and conditioning, it is not impossible for Aunt Zheng to see the bright wedding day.
"Then there's no need to waste time doing these tasks. When you have free time, you can go over and spend time with them, or bring Guangming home during the day."
Two people have just gotten married and still need a lot of getting used to.
"Bingkun, are you back?" At this time, Li Suhua came over from outside.
"Mom, whose house did you go to chat with? Why did you chat until so late? It was almost time for dinner before you came back?"
"I was chatting at your Aunt Qiao's house, chatting about Chunyan's marriage. Chunyan is the same age as you. All your boys are married, and she is a girl who has not left home yet."
After having Zheng Juan cooking at home, Li Suhua has been coming home quite late these days.
Every time Li Suhua comes home late, there are various reasons.
But Zhou Bingkun always felt that Li Suhua came back so late every time on purpose, and was secretly showing off to the neighbors.
Not going home when it is time to cook shows that the daughter-in-law is filial and proves that one is being cared for by her daughter-in-law.
The daughter-in-law of many years has become a mother-in-law, and she no longer has to work around housework and the stove all day long.
"What do you have to talk about? You are relatively free during this period and want to be a matchmaker for others?"
"Mom does have this idea. Is there any outstanding young man in your factory whom you can introduce to Chunyan?"
"Yes, National Day and Catching Up are both excellent. Both of them are also admired by Chunyan."
As another star of Guangzi Film after Zhou Rong left, Qiao Chunyan really has no shortage of suitors in Guangzi Film.
Even National Day and Qianchao both expressed their pursuit of Chunyan.
"These are all people from our Guangzi Film. Are there any people from outside the Guangzi Film? There is no one near our home that your Aunt Qiao and Chunyan would like."
"It's hard for a guy with a bachelor's degree to find a partner, so it's easier for a girl with a bachelor's degree to marry away? If you live in other places and have good conditions, can people like Chunyan?" Zhou Bingkun asked rhetorically.
Qiao Chunyan has grown in recent years and looks pretty good.
But the job of a pedicurist deducts too many points for Qiao Chunyan. There is no way that a person with good conditions would be willing to marry a pedicurist.
"Why don't you look down on her? Bingkun, you don't know how good Chunyan is in the workplace. I heard from your Aunt Qiao that Chunyan should be rated as the city's model next year."
"Mom, why do you have to find a partner for Chunyan outside of Guangzipian? Lao Qiao's family only has three daughters. Maybe Lao Qiao's family hopes to find a Guangzipian son-in-law who is close enough and easy to take care of.
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"That's what you said. I'll ask Aunt Qiao when I have time."
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Li Suhua goes out every day to chat with people like this, and doesn't go home until it's time to eat.
It lasted for half a month. After all the neighbors knew that the old Zhou family had a filial daughter-in-law, Li Suhua's enthusiasm for finding someone to chat with faded away and the matter came to an end.
Li Suhua showed off for so many days, which actually helped Zheng Juan's good reputation.
No one said anymore that Zheng Juan didn’t even have a permanent residence in the city, had nothing but beauty, and was no longer worthy of the old Zhou family.
"Bingkun, you brought meat home again. It's only been a few days since you ate meat, so you won't eat meat this time. Leave it outside to freeze. When your dad, your brother, and your sister come back during the Chinese New Year, let's go together.
eat."
After Zhou Bingkun got married, he no longer had the freedom to eat meat. Li Suhua always said that if there was any good food at home, she would wait to eat it during the New Year.
"Mom, it's already frozen a lot outside. How much more will it freeze? I've already promised you that if Dad and the others come back, they won't be able to eat without their meat. Why don't you worry? This meat is
I ate it today, and when the Chinese New Year is coming soon, I will prepare fresh meat for them to eat. I can’t help them, because fresh meat is better than frozen meat.”
As he spoke, Zhou Bingkun handed the knife of pork belly to Zheng Juan and motioned for Zheng Juan to cook it.
"Bingkun, you don't have too much meat. Where can your father and the others eat meat outside? If you can't finish it, you can make it into bacon and bring it back when your father and the others go back."
Zhou Bingkun's younger brother's position at home was already very stable, but with the addition of Li Suhua, he felt that Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong had suffered too much outside, and they had to make up for it when they came back, so Zhou Bingkun's younger brother's position became even more stable.
"As for how much you want them to take back, I'll prepare enough for you first. Don't stop me. I won't be allowed to eat this, or I'll bring the meat to Zheng Juan's house for dinner.
Zhou Bingkun said dissatisfied.
Of course Zheng Juan couldn't watch mother and son quarreling, so she pulled Li Suhua's arm and said, "Mom, didn't you get a letter from eldest brother? You said you would read it together when Bingkun comes back."
"Yes." Then Li Suhua took out a letter from the kang cabinet and said, "Look, is your eldest brother coming back?"
Zhou Bingkun took the letter, scanned it briefly, and said, "Brother said he won't be back for the New Year this year."
Seeing how ugly Li Suhua's face was, Zhou Bingkun quickly continued: "It's a good thing if the eldest brother doesn't come back. The Corps has approved the marriage application of the eldest brother and Sister Dongmei. They are getting married. They got married in the Corps a year ago.
There’s no time to come back.”
Aren't all the children of the old Zhou family the same? Zhou Bingyi's marriage was not approved by his parents, so he just wrote a letter to notify him.
"Your eldest brother is getting married?" Li Suhua said excitedly. This level of excitement was much greater than when he learned that Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan were getting married.
Zhou Bingkun first read the letter completely to Li Suhua, and then said: "Really, the eldest brother is really getting married."
"Bingkun, find out and pack the things I gave your brother for the wedding, including the sheets, quilts, pillow covers, etc. Tomorrow, go to the post office and send them all to your brother."
