Zhao Jun and Jie Chen went into the house to change clothes and eat. Wang Meilan and Jin Xiaomei were skinning and shaving wild boars in the yard. Zhao Youcai, Li Dayong and Li Baoyu went to work, and Li Ruhai went to school with an empty schoolbag.
After working for Auntie Lao Qi's house for two days, Li Ruhai plans to go to the school to take a look today.
Walking, walking, Li Ruhai passed Zhang Zhanshan's house.
At this time, Zhang Zhanshan has been buried in peace, and most of the people who came to see him off on his last journey returned to Zhang Zhanshan's home to have a feast.
This is the difference between Zhang Zhanshan and Jiang Hua. Jiang Hua is an old man who has retired for many years. In addition to relatives and friends, the people who come to attend his funeral are basically the residents of Yong'an Village. These guests can have dinner at any time.
But Zhang Zhanshan had just recovered from his illness. He had accumulated a lot of favors from working in the forest farm for so many years. Almost all of his colleagues who Zhang Zhanshan gave gifts to came to him today.
On the one hand, this is due to the simple folk customs, and on the other hand, Zhang Zhanshan’s son-in-law Dong Zhiming still works in the forest farm. If the gift owed to the Zhang family is not repaid, it will be very embarrassing to meet Dong Zhiming in the future.
If Dong Zhiming is allowed to be picky about everything, his reputation will be ruined.
So early this morning, large cars came from Yongsheng, Wynn, and Yongfu villages to attend Zhang Zhanshan’s funeral.
It is impossible for these people from other villages to come specially to have a feast in the evening, so Dong Zhiming decided to hold the feast in the morning. He also went to the forest farm to pay his respects yesterday and told the forest farm leaders about the situation.
Therefore, the leader of the forest farm specially issued a notice that the entire Yongan Forest Farm would start work one hour later today. Moreover, the small trains commuting from the four villages to the forest farm also arrived an hour late.
In this way, these employees will not be delayed from eating, and it will also be convenient for them to take the small train to work.
Such humanized management allowed Zhang Zhanshan’s family to set up about twenty tables.
When these people get together, although they pay more attention and don't laugh heartily, they still chatter in random directions.
Looking at the hundreds and dozens of people inside and outside the courtyard, Li Ruhai slowly passed by the door of Zhang's house and walked back again.
The first person to notice him was Gu Yang, who came to help.
Gu Yang rolled his eyes at Li Ruhai, still remembering the embarrassing story of this kid spreading throughout the village that he peed his pants.
Li Ruhai chuckled and said: "Brother Gu Yang, my brother and my eldest brother are hunting Siberian leopards in the mountains!"
When he mentioned the word Amur leopard, Li Ruhai deliberately raised his voice, shocking the people around him and looking at him.
Gu Yang knew that this child was going to cause trouble, so he hurriedly said: "Ruhai, hurry up and go to school."
As he said that, Gu Yang came close to Li Ruhai's ear and whispered: "I'm doing business today, so you can't tell stories here."
"Why not?" Li Ruhai bumped Gu Yang with his elbow and said, "I heard from my dad that in the past, rich man Wang's family had to pay people to hire someone to talk about weddings and weddings."
"You still want to talk about Tang Hui?" Gu Yang was a little confused when he heard this. If he remembers correctly, Zhang Laifa was chasing Li Ruhai all over the village with a big shovel the day before yesterday.
"Like the sea!"
Suddenly, someone named Li Ruhai not far away.
Li Ruhai looked up and greeted with a smile: "Uncle Qi!"
This man is none other than Aunt Qi’s man, Qi Dahai, who works in the forest farm workshop.
Qi Dahai waved to Li Ruhai, called him in front of him and asked, "What's going on? Your brother and Zhao Jun are fighting local leopards?"
The native leopard, Siberian leopard, Far Eastern leopard, and golden leopard all refer to the same animal, but each person calls it differently.
Li Ruhai nodded and gestured with his hands: "My brother and the others removed the leopard's jaw!"
"Ah?" The people who were dining at the same table with Qi Dahai couldn't help but be shocked when they heard what Li Ruhai said: "What's the point of unloading this thing? Isn't it harmful to people?"
Everyone knows that leopard skin is valuable, and any skin that can be sold for money cannot be removed randomly, otherwise the skin will be worthless.
Li Ruhai smiled when he heard this and said, "It's a long story to talk about."
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but become curious and asked Li Ruhai one after another.
Li Ruhai didn't care whether he went to school or not, so he told the group of people a story outside Zhang Zhanshan's courtyard.
In fact, he didn't know the specific process of the Dog Gang tearing up the Leopard.
But this kid can make up, and he's just crazy. Seeing more and more people coming around, Li Ruhai's little face flushed slightly with excitement, and suddenly thoughts began to flow, and he opened his mouth to talk non-stop.
In the courtyard of Zhang Zhanshan's house, in front of the door.
Zhang Laifa looked at Li Ruhai in the crowd outside the courtyard gate and couldn't help but gnash his teeth and feel resentful.
"Come on!" At this time, Zhang Zhanshan's son-in-law Dong Zhiming walked out of the room.
"Brother-in-law." Zhang Laifa turned around and saw someone else beside Dong Zhiming.
This person, Zhang Laifa knew, was Zhang Guoqing, the canteen director of Yongan Forest Farm, who was Zhang Zhanshan’s old boss before he fell ill.
During previous festivals, Zhang Zhanshan took Zhang Laifa to the cafeteria to eat and drink. He met Zhang Laifa on National Day, and Zhang Guoqing even gave Zhang Laifa candies.
"Director Zhang!" Dong Zhiming said to Zhang Guoqing: "You also saw it today. This family can't survive now. You used to get along well with my father-in-law, but now you have to help this family."
When Zhang Guoqing heard this, he frowned and said, "Zhiming, I have been with your father-in-law for so many years. If there is anything I can do to help, can I just ignore it?"
It’s as if Zhang Guoqing didn’t say anything. Moreover, judging from what he meant, there is nothing he can do to help the Zhang family.
But there’s nothing wrong with what people say. There really isn’t much we can do to help, so we can’t donate money to the old Zhang family, right?
Dong Zhiming heard the implication of Zhang Guoqing's words. He knew the truth about people's relationships. Even though there were many people here today, most of them were walking around with the Zhang family for the last time.
Now Dong Zhiming is eager to find a way out for the old Zhang family, otherwise the family will inevitably be a drag on him in the future.
Although Zhang Laibao was disabled, Dong Zhiming suddenly decided to target Zhang Laifa.
"Director Zhang." Dong Zhiming grabbed Zhang Laifa and said to Zhang Guoqing: "My father-in-law is gone. Laibao is still in a coma. I don't know when he will recover. There is no backbone in this family now. The forest farm will give him
That little money won't last long. How about you take a look and recruit this kid to your canteen, and then use the second canteen to wash dishes or something?"
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This is Dong Zhiming's plan. Although Zhang Laifa is young, he can still be an apprentice in the second cafeteria, helping to wash vegetables and help others.
In this way, not only can you earn money to support your family, but you can also learn a craft.
When Zhang Guoqing heard that Dong Zhiming had this idea, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. But he heard Xu Meihua's voice behind him, saying: "Director Zhang, when my old Zhang was alive, he always talked about you to us. He said that you have a close relationship with him.
, I can’t write two characters in one stroke, we belong to the same family.”
Xu Meihua actually started crying as she spoke. She came back specifically today to see Zhang Zhanshan off, but Zhang Laibao was still unconscious in the hospital.
Regarding Zhang Laibao's condition, Xu Meihua also heard from the doctor that the child was a cripple. Not only would he not be able to marry and have children, he was afraid that he would not be able to do heavy physical work in the future.
This made Xu Meihua very worried, so she agreed with her son-in-law and wanted Zhang Laifa to work in the forest farm as soon as possible.
Zhang Guoqing glanced at Zhang Laifa and saw the child looking at him with red eyes. Zhang Guoqing felt soft and sighed: "This matter...what I said may not count."
You have to be obedient. When Zhang Guoqing said this, Dong Zhiming immediately said: "Director Zhang, you are the director of the cafeteria. For this trivial matter, it only depends on you."
This is true, Zhang Guoqing can still make the decision when recruiting a young apprentice.
As for the issue of Zhang Laifa's young age, Zhang Guoqing believed that if he told the leader, the leader would not refuse. After all, Zhang Zhanshan had worked in the forest farm for so many years, and his family was like this now, and the farm leaders would not ignore it.
Thinking of this, Zhang Guoqing pointed to Zhang Laifa and asked Dong Zhiming: "How old is this child this year?"
"Fourteen!" Dong Zhiming replied, feeling inappropriate, and added: "It will be fifteen after the Chinese New Year."
"Fifteen..." Zhang Guoqing nodded and said: "It's only one year old. Let the child follow me later. I will take him to the field and tell Secretary Zhou."
If a fourteen-year-old child enters Lengchang, he must ask the big boss for permission. But Zhang Guoqing is confident that Zhou Chunming will definitely agree.
At this time, it was already half past eight, and the forestry workers got up one after another, said goodbye to Dong Zhiming, Zhang Zhanhe, and Xu Meihua and left.
Dong Zhiming wanted to stay and discuss some matters with Zhang Zhanhe and Xu Meihua, so he asked Zhang Guoqing to take Zhang Laifa to the forest farm.
Zhang Guoqing did not refuse, and took Zhang Lai out of the house and walked outside the village.
As soon as Zhang Laifa went out, he saw Li Ruhai holding his schoolbag strap and walking in front of him.
As soon as he saw Li Ruhai, Zhang Laifa wanted to rush over and beat him, but with Zhang Guoqing by his side, Zhang Laifa wanted to leave a good impression on his future leaders.
Coincidentally, when Li Ruhai turned around, he saw Zhang Laifa following him. His eyes lit up, he stopped, turned around and asked, "Zhang Laifa, what are you doing?"
"Go to the forest farm!" Zhang Laifa replied in an unfriendly tone.
"The forest farm..." A trace of longing flashed in Li Ruhai's eyes, but he said: "Why are you going to the forest farm?"
Zhang Laifa cherished his words like gold and replied: "Go to work."
"What?" Li Ruhai was shocked. He jumped up to Zhang Laifa and walked side by side with Zhang Laifa. At the same time, he asked: "You go to work in the forest farm? How old are you?"
Zhang Laifa gestured to his side and said to Li Ruhai: "This is Director Zhang from the forest farm canteen. He will take me on board today."
Li Ruhai looked up at Zhang Guoqing, and Zhang Guoqing smiled at Li Ruhai. Li Ruhai didn't know him, but he knew Li Ruhai, and Zhang Guoqing knew that this kid looked tough, but he was not an economical person.
What Zhang Guoqing and Zhang Laifa didn't expect was that after hearing Zhang Laifa's words, Li Ruhai said angrily: "Why do you go to work in the forest farm? Are you old enough?"
Zhang Guoqing and Zhang Laifa were stunned by Li Ruhai's drink. Zhang Guoqing didn't know why the child was anxious, but he was afraid that Li Ruhai would rush to the forest farm to talk nonsense, and said hurriedly: "Zhang Laifa and the others... we have to take care of them at the forest farm."
In front of Zhang Laifa, Zhang Guoqing could no longer talk about his family's tragic experience.
After listening to Zhang Guoqing's words, Li Ruhai said angrily: "Then why don't you take care of me?"
Zhang Guoqing frowned and blinked twice, thinking that if your family were as miserable as Zhang Laifa's family, the forest farm would also take care of you.
But Zhang Guoqing just thought about this and didn't dare to say it outside.
Seeing that Zhang Guoqing was silent, Li Ruhai said again: "I'm in the forest farm and I have a position. They say I'm not old enough and won't let me go to work."
"What?" Zhang Guoqing was even more surprised when he heard this, and asked Li Ruhai: "What position do you have in the forest farm? Did your father arrange it for you?"
Zhang Guoqing subconsciously thought that it was Li Dayong who arranged a job for his son. This kind of thing is normal these days, but it is unusual to prepare a child for a job two years in advance.
"No." Li Ruhai held his head high and said proudly, "I fought for it myself!"
Others were confused when they heard his words, so Zhang Guoqing asked: "Then what kind of work will you do in the forest farm in the future?"
Li Ruhai glanced at Zhang Laifa next to him, his eyes slightly disdainful, and said: "Guard! Manage the mailroom!"
Zhang Guoqing and Zhang Laifa looked at each other, and they looked at each other.
After leaving Yong'an Tun, Li Ruhai glanced at Zhang Laifa, hiding the envy in his eyes well.
Zhang Laifa followed Zhang Guoqing and took the commuter train all the way to Yongan Forest Farm.
When they arrived at the forest farm, Zhang Guoqing took Zhang Laifa straight to the office building and came outside Zhou Chunming's office.
Zhang Guoqing knocked on the door twice, and Yu Quanjin slowly opened the door from the inside.
"Secretary Yu." Zhang Guoqing asked in a low voice: "Is Secretary Zhou busy?"
"Who is it?" At this time, Zhou Chunming's voice came from the room.
Yu Quanjin turned around and replied: "Secretary, Director Zhang from the canteen is here."
"It's National Day." Zhou Chunming said, "Is there something wrong? Let him come in and talk."
When Yu Quanjin heard this, he opened the office door and stood aside to make way for Zhang Guoqing and Zhang Laifa.
But what Yu Quanjin didn't expect was that Zhang Guoqing also had a child.
"Secretary Zhou."
"Secretary Zhou."
Zhang Guoqing and Zhang Laifa came in and greeted Zhou Chunming one after another. Zhou Chunming nodded, glanced at Zhang Laifa curiously, and then asked Zhang Guoqing: "Who is this child?"
"The children of Zhang Zhanshan's family." Zhang Guoqing said: "Their family is encountering some difficulties and would like to ask Secretary Zhou for help."
"Ah." Zhou Chunming heard about Zhang Zhanshan's death, but he had no contact with Zhang Zhanshan, but he would not embarrass Zhang Zhanshan's family because of his relationship with Zhao Youcai.
Therefore, Zhou Chunming looked at Zhang Laifa and asked, "What's wrong, kid?"
"Secretary Zhou!" Zhang Laifa said with a tearful voice: "My father is dead, my brother is disabled, and the family has to rely on my mother to farm the land alone. We will not be able to survive!"
"Huh?" Zhou Chunming was stunned when he heard this. He raised his eyes and looked at Yu Quanjin. A thought flashed through their minds at the same time: Listen, why do these words sound so familiar?
Zhou Chunming didn't think too much and asked Zhang Laifa again: "How old are you?"
Zhang Laifa answered honestly: "Secretary Zhou, I am fourteen, and I will be fifteen after the Chinese New Year."
Hearing this, Zhou Chunming immediately understood what Zhang Guoqing meant by bringing the child here, and immediately asked: "National Day, do you want this child to be an apprentice in your canteen?"
At this time, if Zhang Guoqing said yes, Zhou Chunming would immediately agree.
But at this moment, Zhang Laifa suddenly said: "Secretary Zhou, I don't want to go to the cafeteria."
As soon as Zhang Lai said this, Zhang Guoqing looked at him in surprise.
Zhou Chunming also frowned at Zhang Laifa and asked: "You are so young, what can you do if you don't go to the cafeteria?"
At this moment, Zhang Laifa raised his head slightly and answered decisively: "I want to be a janitor and manage the mail room!"
