"Daughter, what kind of livelihood are you talking about?"
As soon as he got home, Father Xu glanced at the corridor to make sure that no one was passing by. He quickly closed the door and asked impatiently.
"Dad, don't worry, let's sit down and chat slowly."
Xu Yin shook the thermos bottle, there was still some water at the bottom, and poured a bowl for herself and Xu's father.
It's not that there are no cups at home. Xu Wuyi's work performance in the factory was pretty good, and he would occasionally come back with small prizes such as enamel cups and thermos cups.
But Ma Chunfang felt that the cups took up space, so she insisted on using her rice bowl to drink water. These brand-new cups were either taken by her as a favor or given to her younger brother.
Father Xu was also thirsty, so he took the bowl and drank half of the water in one breath, wiped the corners of his mouth, and waited for his daughter to speak.
Xu Yin drank water to quench her thirst and no longer whetted her father's appetite: "Dad, it's actually very simple. Just buy a stove and sell sesame cakes. One thousand yuan is enough as a start-up capital."
"Shaobing? What kind of business can this do? The cafeteria also has sesame cakes in the morning, but not many people buy them. Everyone likes to eat steamed dumplings, wontons, and xiaolongbao."
Xu Yin smiled mysteriously: "My sesame cakes are not ordinary sesame cakes, they are the kind of sesame cakes that people line up to buy and eat!"
"..."
Queuing up to buy sesame cakes?
Father Xu couldn't imagine it.
He has seen people queuing up to buy meat, queuing up to buy coal, queuing up to buy cheap fruits... but he has never seen people queuing up to buy sesame seed cakes.
"Daughter, if you can't think of what to do for a living, we can think about it slowly. Your mother and I can go to other factories and ask if there are any temporary jobs for us. If it doesn't work, there is no one to do the job of sweeping the streets.
I'll grab this thousand yuan, and I can live frugally for a year and a half. Otherwise, this sesame seed stand will still be..."
"Dad, I'm going to prepare some ingredients. I might not be able to make it tonight. I'll let you try the sesame cakes I made tomorrow."
Father Xu: "..."
He hasn't finished speaking yet!
Xu Yin went out and went straight to the nearby grocery store.
"Stainless steel bucket? No, why don't you look at the tin bucket? There are large and small sizes. The largest one is the same size as a diesel bucket."
The grocery store owner introduced Xu Yin to a cheap and easy-to-use tin bucket.
When Xu Yin saw that the largest tin bucket cost more than 200 yuan, and that stainless steel buckets of the same size were not necessarily affordable, she stopped looking elsewhere and bought a tin bucket here.
"I want the largest size."
"Okay, we can deliver it for an extra two dollars."
"Need not."
Xu Yin paid the money, turned around, picked up the iron bucket that the boss had to take out from the warehouse with some effort, and left.
Shop owner: "..."
It’s not that he really wanted to earn those two dollars in delivery fees, but it was a bit shocking to pick up the iron bucket that he needed to carry or hold with one hand and walk so easily.
Xu Yin bought the shell of the stove and was too lazy to go shopping for materials. Of course, the main reason was to save money, so she rummaged through the system warehouse and gathered a bunch of materials needed to make a homemade furnace. After returning home, she found at the end of the corridor
The small balcony was remodeled with a little bit of effort.
"Old Xu, isn't that your daughter? What is she busy with?"
Next door, Zhou Quancai's daughter-in-law and Zhou Jiao's mother, Jiao Dongmei, opened the door and came out to collect clothes. She saw Xu Yin squatting on the small public balcony and tinkering with something, and curiously asked Xu's father who was lighting a stove and boiling water at the door.
Xu's father didn't know what his daughter was up to, and he didn't tell her when he asked her. He just said it would be kept secret for the time being, and naturally he couldn't explain why.
Jiao Dongmei curled her lips when she saw this, wondering if a father would know what his daughter was doing? If he didn't want to say it, he would just say it, and he would deliberately talk about it!
"I said, Lao Xu, we have been neighbors for so many years. What good things happen to us without thinking of you first? Lao Zhou advises you to stay because he is really doing it for your own good. Forget it if you don't appreciate it. Your family has good things but doesn't think of us at all.
, This makes people sad, alas..."
Xu's father was confused when he heard this: "What's good about my family?"
Recently, apart from the top priority of being laid off, there is nothing else going on at home.
Could it be that being laid off is a good thing?
Then you two can also choose to be laid off, and no one is forcing you to stay.
Seeing his dumbfounded look, Jiao Dongmei thought he was pretending, and felt bad for a while.
She and Ma Chunfang's natal family are both from Mushu Town, but they are in different villages. But after leaving the town, they are fellow villagers, and their names are also very similar - one is Chunfang, the other is Dongmei. They both worked in iron ore factories, and the men they married are also the same.
An iron ore factory worker was assigned to a dormitory next door, and it was a coincidence that the children he gave birth to were girls - the first children were all girls, the second children were both boys, and the boys were born in the same year as the girls.
With such similar life trajectories, Jiao Dongmei has always been secretly competing with each other.
Her mother-in-law came from a rural area, was very poor, and had a bit of a nagging personality, so when she first came to work in the city, she always had a low self-esteem.
Although Ma Chunfang's family is also poor, life in the village at the foot of the mountain is better than in the mountains. And because she is the eldest son in the family, she has a strong and aggressive personality. After entering the factory, she quickly became involved with the female workers in the factory.
At that time, she secretly vowed that one day she would surpass Ma Chunfang.
This time Lao Zhou said that if he did not receive compensation and borrowed another 30,000 yuan from the factory, he would not only be able to stay at work, but also sign a job security agreement, so that they would not be laid off in the future. Jiao Dongmei was happy.
She finally surpassed Ma Chunfang.
Ma Chunfang and his wife were on the list of the first batch of laid-off workers. Even though, like her family, they would not receive money if they did not sign, they could borrow another 30,000 from the factory to avoid being laid off this time, but they did not have the opportunity to sign a job guarantee agreement.
They will be included in the next batch of layoffs.
This made Jiao Dongmei laugh even in her dreams.
Unexpectedly, this afternoon, Lao Zhou came back gloomily and said that Lao Xu went to sign for the money and bought two rooms with the money he received. I don’t know what he thought.
Thinking of this, Jiao Dongmei couldn't help but ask: "Old Xu, what do you think? You are so good, what are you buying a house for? The factory didn't say it would kick you out. It was 20,000 yuan, and it was gone as soon as you got it. Can your wife agree?
?”
Xu's father buried his head in lighting the stove and did not answer, thinking that his wife would most likely disagree, but she would not go back to her parents' home. This was called killing first and then reporting later. No, her daughter was in charge of the family now, and she was the one with the decision-making power.
Seeing that he remained silent for a long time, Jiao Dongmei snorted, put away her clothes, went into the house and closed the door.
Father Xu: "..."
Weren't you still chatting with He Qiqi just now? His face suddenly changed. He didn't say anything offensive, right? I don't understand!
Let's go see what my daughter is doing.
Xu's father lit a fire, put a pot of water on the stove, and walked over to Xu Yin: "What on earth are you fussing about? Even your own father has to hide it?"
Xu Yin was helpless and funny: "Dad, you should have guessed, didn't I say I wanted to sell sesame cakes? This is for baking sesame cakes."
"Shaobing stove?"
"uh-huh."
"It's not the same as the stove used in the cafeteria. Where did you get it?"
"I do it by myself."
"..."
When did his daughter become so capable? Like a skilled craftsman, she can even make sesame cakes!