More importantly, Zhu Xiaomei and Zhang Xiaoheng also have two sons.
The cost of raising children is relatively low these days, but every year I have to buy clothes for the two children and make a meal of dumplings.
When your children are five or six years old, you have to send them to school.
A child's tuition fee is two yuan and a half per semester, plus miscellaneous expenses such as buying homework books, which amounts to three yuan per semester.
Two children will cost six dollars.
This is another considerable expense.
So often after a month, Zhu Xiaomei and Zhang Xiaoheng's wallets are always empty.
No matter in which era, money is very important, even in this era of simple folk customs, it is no exception.
Zhu Xiaomei is also a strong woman who wants to live a good life, so she comes to work in the spray paint workshop.
Of course, Zhang Xiaoheng also knew the dangers of the spray paint workshop and kept trying to stop her, but Zhu Xiaomei didn't listen to him at all and quietly reported her name.
Because it is not easy to recruit workers for the spray paint shop.
Therefore, the factory stipulates that once you enter the spray paint workshop, you are not allowed to be transferred out within two years. If you fail to work, you will be fired.
Once Zhu Xiaomei is fired, she can only become a homeless person, so Zhang Xiaoheng can only give up.
Besides, if you only work in the paint shop for two years, you may not have physical problems.
Zhu Xiaomei is a practical person. Even though she knew that paint was harmful, she still kept busy when she entered the workshop.
Today she was as usual, busy for a long time, until she couldn't stand the pungent smell anymore, so she came outside the workshop to get some fresh air.
After taking off the cotton gauze mask and breathing in the fresh air, Zhu Xiaomei felt like she was alive again.
At this time, several female workers who were also taking a break said with a smile: "Xiaomei, you are working so energetically, why bother? It is all work in the workshop anyway. As long as we can complete the task on time, who dares to say anything more.
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One worker curled his lips and said, "You may not know that Xiaomei's family is having a very difficult time right now, and they want to get the highest production bonus!"
"Your family is in trouble!" Zhu Xiaomei pinched her waist and said. She is a face-conscious person. No matter how hard her life is, she doesn't show it to the public.
The female worker frowned and said: "Xiaomei, I didn't mean to slander you. I heard just now that your Zhang Daheng is borrowing money from the factory. If your family's life is not difficult, your Zhang Daheng
How can you borrow money!"
As soon as these words came out, the female workers all looked at Zhu Xiaomei with strange eyes. Of course, they were not all laughing at her. After all, Zhu Xiaomei was usually very popular in the workshop.
"Xiaomei, I remember that your family has been fine recently. Why did Hengzi borrow money?"
"You must be careful, men become bad when they have money."
"I heard that there have been quite a few ajar doors at Xizhimen recently."
"Don't work exhaustingly in the factory all day long, and let Tsuneko spend the day and night outside."
The sisters reminded Zhu Xiaomei one after another.
"It's not like you don't know that my Hengzi is as honest as a stone egg, how could he get involved in flowers and twists of grass? Oops, I forgot, his uncle from far away has an urgent matter at home and needs some money. You also know
The little savings I had at home were all spent by his unsatisfactory brother, so Tsuneko had to borrow money from his co-workers. As you know, he values friendship the most."
After explaining, Zhu Xiaomei felt heavy because no one knew it better than her.
Zhang Xiaoheng didn't have an uncle at all. When she heard that Zhang Xiaoheng borrowed money behind her back, she felt something was wrong.
Zhang Xiaoheng is an inconspicuous worker in the machine tool factory workshop. He is average-looking, has average skills, and the salary for each job is not high.
Due to Zhang Dahan's drag, family conditions can only be considered to be at the bottom.
Although Zhu Xiaohong is average-looking, she has a strong physique and looks like someone who is easy to give birth to. Therefore, she was pursued by many young men when she first entered the factory. Among them were gay men with superior family backgrounds.
There are also a few who are officers in the factory, and their futures are bright.
But Zhu Xiaohong chose Zhang Xiaoheng in the end. The reason is very simple. Zhang Xiaoheng is too honest and trustworthy.
One thing happened during this period that touched Zhu Xiaohong deeply. It happened when the two first met.
That day was the weekend, and the two of them had made an appointment to go to Chaoyang Park to play together. This was one of the few spare time activities for young men and women these days.
This was the first date for the two of them. Zhu Xiaohong felt very excited. She tidied up early in the morning, put on clean clothes, pinned on red flowers, and came to Chaoyang Park in a happy mood.
At that time, there were many men and women who were in love with each other in the park. Seeing others care about each other there, Zhu Xiaohong also harbored hope and began to imagine how Zhang Xiaoheng would behave and how he would use sweet words to win her heart.
No matter in which age, women are auditory animals. They always hope that men will say sweet words to them, even if they are wise, those promises will never be realized.
Even if Zhu Xiaohong is a simple girl, she is not exempt from vulgarity.
It's just that she waited and waited from eight o'clock in the morning until eleven o'clock in the morning, but she didn't see Zhang Xiaoheng's voice. Even though Zhu Xiaohong was a good-tempered person, she became impatient now.
Generally speaking, lesbians are late because they have a lot to prepare. Fortunately for her, she didn't get anything to eat, but her blind date was late.
Looking at the little friends who had been chatting with each other all morning, they were already standing up in twos and threes, ready to go back. Zhu Xiaohong also gritted her teeth and stood up.
She swore in her heart at that time that she would never ignore Zhang Xiaoheng again. Even if Zhang Xiaoheng knelt in front of her, she would never be soft-hearted.
At this moment, Zhang Xiaoheng appeared. His clothes were covered with dust, and there was a lot of sweat on his forehead. He was still panting, as if he had come from afar in a hurry.
As soon as Zhang Xiaoheng saw Zhu Xiaohong, he kept apologizing. However, a woman's temper cannot be resolved with just a few words, not to mention that Zhu Xiaohong had to wait for several hours.
Seeing that Zhu Xiaohong was really angry, Zhang Xiaoheng had to explain the reason. It turned out that on the way here, he met an old woman who fell down on the side of the road. If there were any family members of the old woman around, Zhang Xiaoheng did not hesitate to tell the old woman.
He picked it up and took it to the hospital. He waited until the old lady had no problem and helped her pay the medical expenses in advance, and then hurried over in a hurry.
Helping an old lady is considered routine these days. Often when an old lady falls down, four or five people will rush over to her. But helping to pay for medical expenses is a bit unusual. Not that the old lady will definitely waste the money.
,The key point is that in many cases, some old ladies have no family.
Therefore, Zhu Xiaohong was dubious about Zhang Xiaoheng's words, and the two of them just sat in the park for a while that day.
When Zhu Xiaohong went to work early the next morning, she saw several young people standing at the factory gate asking who Zhang Xiaoheng was.
It turned out that these young people were family members of the old woman. They came to look for Zhang Xiaoheng this time, firstly to repay the medical expenses he had paid in advance, and secondly to thank Zhang Xiaoheng.
Looking at Zhang Xiaoheng who took the money, Zhu Xiaohong was convinced that Zhang Xiaoheng was indeed a person of noble character. That's why she declined the pursuit of those people and married Zhang Xiaoheng without hesitation.
After getting married, Zhang Xiaoheng's performance lived up to Zhu Xiaohong's expectations. He was always able to help Zhu Xiaohong's brothers and sisters without any boredom, and he never hid anything from Zhu Xiaohong. Although the two of them lived a difficult life, their lives
It's quite satisfying.
Zhu Xiaohong would never believe that such a man would borrow money to find a half-open door.
After chatting with the workers for a while, Zhu Xiaohong made an excuse and came to the workshop director's office: "Director Liu, I have some personal matters and would like to take a half-day off."
Director Liu was surprised when he heard that Zhu Xiaohong was asking for leave, because Zhu Xiaohong had never asked for leave since she joined the spray paint workshop. Even though Zhu Xiaohong had a high fever for three months, she still insisted on going to work.
Of course, part of the reason for this must be that the salary in the spray paint shop is the highest in the whole factory, which is a full five yuan per month. This amount of money can be said to be a huge sum of money for Zhu Xiaohong, who does not live a wealthy life.
If it had been anyone else, the workshop director, Director Liu, would have definitely agreed to take leave and recorded it on the other party. However, Liu Xiaohong is the hardest worker in the workshop, and the workshop director is really unwilling to let her lose her perfect attendance award.
After thinking for a moment, Director Liu asked: "Zhu Xiaohong, have you completed your production tasks today?"
"It's done. You also know that I work faster and I've already exceeded the target today."
Zhu Xiaohong replied.
"Okay, you go now. Remember to come back to the workshop to punch in when you get off work. As for asking for leave, don't mention it again." Director Liu of the workshop said.
When Zhu Xiaohong heard this, she was so grateful that she almost shed tears.
The workshop has workshop rules, which does not mean that you can leave at will after completing the production tasks. She knows that the workshop director took a lot of risks in order to help.
Zhu Xiaohong is a person who knows how to be grateful. She bowed to the workshop director at that time: "Director, thank you."
"Okay, go quickly. Don't panic if something happens." Director Liu knew very well that the reason why Zhu Xiaohong asked for leave must be that something big had happened. But Zhu Xiaohong didn't take the initiative to say it, and she was too embarrassed to ask.
"knew."
Zhu Xiaohong agreed and left the workshop director's office in a hurry. With an anxious mood, she ran all the way to Zhang Xiaoheng's workshop.
However, Zhang Xiaoheng was not seen in the workshop. Zhu Xiaohong inquired with Zhang Xiaoheng's friends and found out that Zhang Xiaoheng had borrowed the money and was now at the factory gate.
Factory gate?
Although Zhu Xiaohong didn't know why Zhang Xiaoheng took the money to the factory gate, she still hurriedly chased him.
Fortunately, she arrived in time, and Zhang Xiaoheng had just handed the money to Dad Zhang.
When Father Zhang saw Zhu Xiaohong running over panting, he knew that Zhang Xiaoheng must have borrowed money without telling his daughter-in-law.
He quickly walked up, looked at Zhu Xiaohong and explained: "Xiaohong, please don't blame Xiao Heng. I asked him to borrow the money. Don't worry, the money will be counted on me, and I will definitely help pay it back.
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Hearing what her father-in-law said, Zhu Xiaohong immediately couldn't laugh or cry.
Although Father Zhang prefers Zhang Dahan and the family is in trouble, Zhu Xiaohong still respects this old worker. After all, since Zhu Xiaohong married her, Father Zhang has never said anything wrong about her behind her back.
When a couple lives together, how can they not quarrel? Every time Zhang Xiaoheng and Zhu Xiaohong quarrel, and Father Zhang finds out, Father Zhang will always punish Zhang Xiaoheng severely and tell Zhang Xiaoheng that Zhu Xiaohong can marry him.
Smoke is rising from our ancestral graves.
How could Zhu Xiaohong be dissatisfied with such a father-in-law!
She looked at the apologetic Father Zhang and said, "Dad, please don't say this. If you really need money, Xiao Heng is your son and I am your daughter-in-law. Naturally, the two of us should help."
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As she spoke, she paused for a moment, and then continued: "But there seems to be nothing going on at home recently, and there is nothing wrong with your health. Why do you need so much money?"
Father Zhang also wanted to tell the story about Zhang Dahan, but it was too embarrassing. His daughter-in-law was not his son, so he couldn't tell him.
At this time, a voice came from the distance: "Dad, Dad, I also borrowed a hundred yuan."
It was Zhang Xiaoshan who borrowed the money and left the factory.
Seeing Zhu Xiaohong, Zhang Xiaoshan, who was still feeling unbearably angry, said loudly: "Sister-in-law, the third child is really nothing. He got into trouble again. Now my brother, I, and our father have to wipe his butt."
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In the old Zhang family, the person who has the most objections to Zhang Dahan is none other than Zhang Xiaoshan.
His academic performance was very good at the beginning. After graduating from junior high school, he could have studied in high school. It was because Zhang Dahan got into trouble and all the family's money was spent by Zhang Dahan, so Zhang Xiaoshan had to give up his studies.
When Zhang Xiaoshan was about to marry a wife, Zhang Dahan was arrested again for stealing a fellow villager's big cock.
There was a chicken thief in the Zhang family, and his partner's family found out. Her partner's parents were not satisfied with Zhang Xiaoshan. They felt that Zhang Xiaoshan's family was too poor. After learning the news, they must
His partner broke up with Zhang Xiaoshan.
Fortunately, his partner had a tough temper, so he withstood the pressure and married Zhang Xiaoshan.
Only then did Zhu Xiaohong understand the reason.
Compared with Zhang Xiaoshan's dissatisfaction, her expression was more solemn.
Zhu Xiaohong looked at Father Zhang and said, "Dad, what did the third child do?"
"Oh, I just don't have the face to say it."
When the matter reached this point, Father Zhang had no choice but to hide it. He could only tell the story of Zhang Dahan's hooliganism in detail.
Even though Zhu Xiaohong was just a lesbian, because she was born in poverty and her knowledge was no worse than that of gay men, she immediately realized that something was wrong.
"Dad, although Zhang Dahan is not serious, he is a timid person. Otherwise, he would not have left the bicycles in the city and stolen a big rooster in the countryside. How much is a big rooster worth?
How can a person like him be a gangster if he has only a small amount of money!"
