The courtyard is particularly lively in the evening.
The workers who had been busy all day returned to the courtyard in twos and threes.
They did not go into the house to do housework, because in this era, cooking and taking care of children were mostly women's tasks.
Men would be scolded as worthless if they stayed in the kitchen all day long.
After work, men like to move stools and sit by the flower pond chatting.
Seeing Li Donglai coming back with his bicycle, Liu Erquan in the backyard quickly stood up from his stool and said with a smile: "Director Li, are you off work?"
Li Donglai looked Liu Erquan up and down: "Erquan, how was your work today?"
Liu Erquan pointed to the sweat stains on his shirt and said with a smile: "Director Li, the work in the bicycle factory is indeed hard enough. Each of those accessories weighs forty or fifty kilograms, but I can still persist."
"Did you get your wages?" Li Donglai asked.
When he mentioned wages, Liu Erquan was so excited that he couldn't even close his mouth.
In other factories, the treatment of temporary workers is completely different from that of regular workers. They do not enjoy the benefits of early payment of wages as regular workers. They can only receive their wages until the end of the month.
Li Donglai considered that the workers who came to work as temporary workers were all from relatively poor families, so he specially discussed with the director of the bicycle factory Hanbo. The temporary workers would be paid on a daily basis. In other words, the temporary workers would be paid on a monthly basis.
The salary of thirty yuan is divided equally into thirty parts. After the temporary workers have finished their work, they can receive the day's work when they get off work.
"Director Li, I received one yuan today and bought noodles and vegetables. My mother praised me for my filial piety!"
Li Donglai nodded with satisfaction, patted him on the shoulder and said: "You boy, you will work seriously from now on. If there is a chance, I will make you a regular employee."
"Really, thank you, Director Li, thank you, Director Li!" Liu Erquan thanked him repeatedly.
He no longer looked as decadent as before, and his eyes were full of hope.
Liu Erquan's ability to return to the right path did not exceed Li Donglai's expectations.
In this world, most people are not born bad or bastards. They just took the wrong path for a while, fell into trouble, and struggled helplessly.
At this time, as long as you extend a helping hand and pull them out, you can get them back on the right path.
but.
If Liu Erquan continued to mess around as before after becoming a temporary worker, Li Donglai would fire him without hesitation.
Judging from the current situation, Liu Erquan's performance is quite qualified.
Li Donglai nodded: "From now on, you can call me First Master in the courtyard."
"Okay, okay, sir..." Liu Erquan nodded hurriedly.
Li Donglai pushed his bicycle and continued walking in my courtyard.
The residents who greeted him along the way seemed more cordial than before.
As a result, he returned home twenty minutes later than usual.
"Brother Donglai, why are you back so late today?" Ding Qiunan was busy in the kitchen. Hearing the sound of the door opening, he stuck his head out and said with a smile.
This girl has been married for so many years and is still counting the seconds.
"I met some neighbors on the road." Li Donglai washed his hands, rolled up his sleeves and walked into the kitchen: "Daughter-in-law, please assign tasks."
Ding Qiunan glanced at him happily and pointed to the cabbage by the sink: "To make cabbage noodles tonight, I will trouble you, the chief director, to wash the cabbage."
Li Donglai picked up the sink and got busy, but maybe because he was not born to do such things, he seemed a little in a hurry, and the water splashed out and wet his tunic suit.
"You are just here to cause trouble, so let me do it."
Ding Qiunan took the vegetable basin smoothly, with a smile on his face, and kicked Li Donglai out of the kitchen.
She had known that this situation would happen, but she couldn't help but agree to Li Dong's help every time.
She felt as if she was enjoying this process.
As soon as Li Donglai left the kitchen, there was a knock on the door.
"yes?"
"it's me."
Hearing Aunt Liu's voice, Li Donglai quickly walked over and opened the door.
Aunt Liu was carrying a bamboo basket with several sweet potatoes in it.
"Dong Lai, I went back to my parents' home in the countryside today and brought back some sweet potatoes, so I thought I would give them to you to try."
Sweet potatoes were very common in later generations, but in this era they were a living food. Li Donglai quickly took the basket.
"Aunt Liu, you are too polite."
"Why are you so polite? If it weren't for your help, my son would still be sleeping at home!"
Li Donglai put the sweet potatoes in the basket into the cupboard. Ding Qiunan had already finished washing the vegetables. When he saw the sweet potatoes, he asked curiously: "Who gave it to them?"
When he learned that it was from Aunt Liu, Ding Qiunan wiped his hands, took out a few white-faced steamed buns from the cupboard, and put them in the basket.
"Brother Donglai, Aunt Liu's family is having a hard time, we can't take advantage of them."
Li Donglai nodded heavily: "Yes, my wife is thoughtful."
Aunt Liu took the basket and took a step back in shock when she saw the white steamed buns in the basket.
"Master, what are you doing? I gave you those sweet potatoes sincerely."
"Auntie, take it, these steamed buns are given to you by us sincerely."
Li Donglai put the basket into Aunt Liu's hand, turned around and entered the room.
Now his monthly salary is close to 200 yuan, and Ding Qiunan's salary is also more than 70 yuan. Although he is not conspicuous in the courtyard on weekdays, his life is very prosperous.
How could it be possible to take advantage of these neighbors, not to mention that their lives were already difficult.
After seeing off Aunt Liu, not long after, other families in the compound came to visit one after another, and Li Donglai's house suddenly became lively.
Mrs. Jia and Zhang were hiding next to the crescent gate of the central courtyard like a mouse, and kept peeking over here.
Seeing the neighbors carrying all kinds of local specialties, Jia Zhang was so jealous that she almost broke her teeth.
Sweet potatoes, mung beans, corn noodles, wild vegetables, pecans... In the past, Jia and Zhang had to shamelessly sit in other people's homes in order to 'borrow' these things from others.
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Mrs. Jia Zhang seemed to have remembered something, her eyes lit up, she turned around and ran into the house.
At this time, Qin Huairu was preparing to cook when she saw Jia Zhang coming in and waved to her.
"Mom, you came back just in time to help me wash the vegetables."
Mrs. Jia Zhang rolled her eyes and asked her to help cook. It was simply a dream.
But now she didn't dare to offend Qin Huairu, so she didn't quarrel with Qin Huairu on the spot.
She blinked, leaned over and said in a lower voice: "Qin Huairu, have you seen that several ladies in the courtyard are carrying things and heading to Li Donglai's house."
"I just met Sister Liu next door. She said she wanted to thank Li Donglai for letting her son join the bicycle factory as a temporary worker." Qin Huairu stopped and looked at Jia Zhang in surprise.
The way Jia Zhang is acting now, she looks like she is going to cause trouble.
really.
The words just fell.
"Sue him! Let's sue him!"
Jia Zhang jumped up from the ground, her gray hair stood on end, her triangular eyes were slanted, and she seemed to be in a state of madness.
Qin Huairu gave Jia Zhang a funny look: "Jia Zhang, what are you thinking! Can Li Donglai be so stupid? I have already seen those things sent by the aunts, they are just some local specialties, those aunts are
Not only is it not illegal to give something to a neighbor, but it is also considered to be a good relationship with the neighbor.
Even if you file a complaint now, you won't be able to win over Li Donglai.
On the contrary, it will annoy him and be punished by him."
Jia Zhang was furious when he heard this: "Qin Huairu, don't think that I don't know what you are planning. You don't let me sue Li Donglai. In fact, you are thinking about Li Donglai in your heart and want to sleep in Li Donglai's bed and warm Li Donglai's feet.
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Mrs. Jia Zhang has long disliked Qin Huairu. Now Qin Huairu is like a good baby, keeping silent in the courtyard.
Not only did they not cause any trouble to the neighbors, they also stopped performing regular activities of "getting things".
"What, what are you talking about!" Qin Huairu suddenly blushed with embarrassment: "Li Donglai now has two children, and he is still the chief director. How can he look down on me, a broken branch?"
Mrs. Jia Zhang snorted coldly and stared at her sideways: "You are definitely not qualified to be a wife, but you can be a mistress and a concubine!"
Tears welled up in her eyes, and Qin Huairu almost cried. She stamped her feet and said, "Don't talk nonsense. If Bang Gang hears it, will I, a mother-in-law, have the face?"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk... Look at you, I'm really moved." Mrs. Jia Zhang looked Qin Huairu up and down, tutted twice, and spat: "What a little bitch!"
Only then did Qin Huairu realize that this old man had been playing tricks on her from the beginning.
Qin Huairu was not the kind to be bullied. She raised her sleeves and wiped her tears. When Jia Zhang was not paying attention, she strode into the room, opened the pillow, and got a medicine bottle from underneath.
By the time Jia Zhang came to her senses, Qin Huairu had already thrown the medicine bottle into the bucket.
Mrs. Jia Zhang was so frightened that she ran over and fished out the medicine bottle from the bucket.
Seeing that the lid of the medicine bottle was sealed and the painkillers inside were not wet, Mrs. Jia Zhang breathed a sigh of relief and squatted on the ground holding the bottle of painkillers.
"Qin Huairu, no matter how noisy you are, you can't joke about painkillers!"
Painkillers are her lifeblood. If she doesn't take two pills a day, she will be in a daze the whole day.
Qin Huairu sneered and said: "This time is just a lesson. If you talk nonsense next time, don't blame me for being rude!"
"You..." Jia Zhang's triangular eyes were slanted, and she wanted to get angry at that moment, but when she saw Qin Huairu's eyes staring at the medicine bottle, she shrank her neck and did not dare to say anything anymore.
The Qin Huairu in front of her is not the little rural girl who just married into the Jia family back then.
When Qin Huairu first came to Jia's house, Jia Zhang remembered the injustice she had suffered when she was a little daughter-in-law. In order to vent her inner anger, she also wanted to give Qin Huairu a blow.
On the wedding day, Jia Zhang set rules for Qin Huairu in front of Qin Huairu's father.
When you wake up in the morning, you first have to serve tea to your parents-in-law, empty the toilet, and then make breakfast, help your parents-in-law wash their clothes, and wash their feet...
Under all the rules, Qin Huairu is like the child bride of the Jia family.
Qin Huairu was extremely anxious at that time and asked Jia Dongxu and her father for help.
How dare Jia Dongxu disobey the Jia Zhang family? Besides, Qin Huairu married into the Jia family. She should have listened to the Jia Zhang family and did some small things. What does it matter?
So Jia Dongxu lowered his head and remained silent.
In order to allow Qin Huairu to marry in the city, Qin Huairu's father did not even dare to fart.
In the end, Yan Bugui, the third uncle who attended the wedding banquet, stood up and criticized Jia Zhang for treating Qin Huairu as a child bride, which was an old rule. He had to criticize Jia Zhang in public, so Jia Zhang took back the rules angrily.
Although the rules were not established, Jia Zhang did not let Qin Huairu off easily.
In the days before Jia Dongxu's accidental injury, Qin Huairu was often bullied by Jia Zhang.
In order to be able to stay in the city and get food supplies, Qin Huairu had no choice but to endure it.
It wasn't until Qin Huairu took over from Jia Dongxu and became a city dweller that the situation changed.
Thinking of these, Mrs. Jia Zhang was so angry that she gritted her teeth.
If she had known that Qin Huairu would treat her like this, she would not have let Jia Dongxu marry Qin Huairu back then.
Unfortunately it's too late to regret now.
Mrs. Jia Zhang carefully hid the medicine bottle in her inner pocket, stood up and prepared to go out to collect her shoe soles.
At this time, Banggan came back with Huang Yanling.
The two were talking and laughing, and both carried a lot of things in their hands.
An old rooster, two pounds of fat, a big carp, and some vegetables.
Mrs. Jia Zhang was so shocked that her eyes almost fell off.
"Banggen, you stole it from someone else."
"Grandma, what are you talking about! How could I steal it?" Bangge couldn't laugh or cry.
"Yes, yes, our Jia family never steals. It should be called taking. Whose property did you take?" Mrs. Jia Zhang was a little nervous.
Bangge pinched his eyebrows in frustration: "Grandma, couldn't I have bought these things myself?"
Jia Zhang was stunned on the spot as if she had heard a fantasy.
The Jia family are actually willing to spend money to buy food?
And there are still so many meat dishes.
What a joke!
At this time, Qin Huairu also walked out and scolded Banggeng.
"Bangge, how long has it been since you caused trouble?"
"If you took someone's belongings, send them back immediately."
"If someone comes to your door, you'll be in trouble."
Huang Yanling spoke at this time: "Grandma, mother, why do you all think so of Banggeng? Banggeng has found a lucrative job recently and made a lot of money. Besides, wasn't Zhao Youcai kicked out by us? This is
It’s something worth celebrating, and we should have a good meal.”
Zhao Youcai is like a piece of candy in the Jia family, and they can't get rid of him no matter how hard they get rid of him. Both Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu hate him.
Only when you hear Bangge’s words can you believe it.
Zhao Youcai's departure is indeed something worth celebrating.
Besides, they haven't eaten such sumptuous dishes for a while.
The Jia family immediately became busy.
Even Mrs. Jia Zhang, who never worked, took the big rooster, threw it into the hot water basin, and helped pluck the feathers.
As for Qin Huairu, she was assigned the position of chef, while Xiaodang and Xiaohuaihua could only do odd jobs.
