As soon as this happened, the Meng family didn't even dare to let out a single fart. They quickly agreed to the marriage, and then Bailan's mother Huang Zhuhua came. She had no other requirements for the marriage with the Jin family, and she didn't want a bride price.
But the Meng family doesn't give a dowry. I agree, but they don't allow girls from the Bai family to marry from the Meng family.
That's what happened! She said to Yang Shuhui, "You know, it will be difficult for the person you marry to be the head of the family. Lao Meng has a bad temper..."
Yang Shuhui said, "If she doesn't marry from the Meng family, Bai Lan will not have a natal family."
"In the Bai family, there are her uncles and uncles, who are always in contact with each other."
Yang Shuhui didn't say anything. If she thought this way, she really couldn't say anything.
It can be said that this marriage was arranged more sloppily than Damin's marriage. Of course, marrying a wife is now easy, no matter how you do it, it's all right.
It's just that the man sets up a table, comes to eat and drink, and that's it.
Moreover, after the couple got married, they decided not to live here and wanted to stay at the medical station. The medical station was Bailan, with a facade in front and three large tile-roofed houses in the back, which were built by the commune at that time. Bailan meant, "We
If I don’t take advantage of it, I won’t know who will benefit from it in the future.”
It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter where you live.
Then it was natural that the families were separated, and Sanling and Bailan lived on their own. The old couple's family was one family, and the fourth family's couple was another family. It was originally agreed that Jin Yin and Yang Shuhui would live with Fourth Master and Tongtong.
, the houses in front have been built. Now this courtyard belongs to Sanling.
Of course, it still belongs to Sanling, but now that Sanling can't live in it, the old couple can't move in with their younger son, and they have to occupy the house. Otherwise, everyone will have objections. Many people can't get a homestead.
There are many brothers in the same family who live in one hospital, but your family still has a free yard to live in. It is too eye-catching.
In this way, the old couple could not move. The three sons were divided into four houses, and in the end, the old couple were the only ones left.
To the east, the eldest daughter-in-law shouted, dissing her eldest son's slow work, "Get out of the way and go cook! You don't have to worry about it here."
To the west, the little daughter-in-law is giggling, and the young couple is picking old loofahs in the yard.
But no, Luffa is already old.
The fourth master stood on the stool and picked the loofahs, while Tongtong picked them up below. The grapes had not grown yet, because they planted a shelf of loofahs in the yard to enjoy the coolness. In addition to being eaten as vegetables when they are young, they are also old.
I got so much. These things can be used for washing pots and bathing after cleaning. The extra ones this year are enough for an alley.
There are several nests of gourds planted on the walls and at the door of the cubicle. There are so many gourds hanging now, and someone has long said not to pick them in a hurry, but to wait a little longer so that they can be cut into pieces and used as gourds.
The two of them were playing with this at home, when someone shouted at the door: "Fourth brother! Fourth brother." Who is it?
Fourth Master stood on the stool and responded, "Here you are, come in!"
The person who came was Xiao Liao, the cashier of the purchasing and marketing agency, a very capable young man. "Fourth brother, it's me!" Then he greeted Tongtong, "Sister-in-law is here too."
Lin Yutong poured tea and said, "Sit down! Sit down quickly."
The fourth master got off the stool and sat at the stone table with Xiao Liao. "You are in such a hurry. Is it because you have something to do? Or is there something at work?"
Xiao Liao whispered, "Fourth brother, I have a loss of two hundred and three dollars this month."
How could a small buying and selling agency lose so much in one month?
The Fourth Master stood up and patted Xiao Liao, "Let's go! Go and have a look."
Tongtong was worried about this small buying station. If the accounts were not correct even for a penny, it wouldn't be possible.
When the fourth master arrived, he entered through the side door of the purchasing and marketing agency. This is usually where employees enter and exit. The external door has been boarded up. The door boards are piece by piece, with grooves up and down. The upper part is deeper and the lower part is shallower. The wooden boards are stuck.
Go into the groove, and then bolt it with the door bolt. To be honest, the average burglar is most afraid of this kind of door, because it is difficult to open. And the same is true for windows. If you have to add a door panel to the window, it is also difficult to open. Very
If a thief went in and stole the contents, he must be very clever.
When I went there, Director Zhou was smoking, with a heavy face. Accountant Fu Lao Niu was calculating over and over again with a shiny abacus. Others were either standing or leaning on the counter, and no one dared to speak.
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Seeing the Fourth Master coming in, everyone winked.
The fourth master has been seconded for a long time, and it is none of his business if there are losses.
Director Zhou didn't show any shame to the Fourth Master. He just waved the Fourth Master aside and said, "We have old rules. We close the door at five o'clock to take stock and get off work at six o'clock. We have to take inventory every day and replenish the goods at any time, right?"
Yes! That’s how it is in the store.
Director Zhou's voice became even softer, "Like oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar, these must be corrupted internally. Oil can be better. If there is less of this stuff, it can't be made up. It's just soy sauce, vinegar and salt. Isn't that what we are secretly corrupting internally?"
This? It must be! But these things are condiments, how much can we eat ourselves? "
Understand, it is actually internal. For example, Sister Zhang went back to scoop out a bowl of vinegar and then added a bowl of water to the vinegar jar. In a commune, one jar of vinegar was basically sold out a day. There were six people in the company, and one person
If you drink a bowl of vinegar a day and scoop out six bowls of vinegar and replace it with six bowls of water, you won't be able to tell whether there is any significant change in the taste of the vinegar. Besides, how can you replace six bowls of vinegar a day?
We didn't buy this kind of thing ourselves, but the total amount didn't change and the money we sold didn't decrease.
Then there is table salt. The salt bags always have a slit. Why do the salts bought by everyone say they are a bit damp? I don’t even think about it, how can it not be damp? Internal employees secretly leave a little salt, but they have to let the salt go.
If the weight remains unchanged, salt must be used to absorb moisture and make up for the loss in weight.
Not to mention salt, but biscuits, the bags are deliberately not sealed. As long as the opening is opened, a box of biscuits can weigh from one to two kilograms when wet. Therefore, many people buy biscuits that are not heavy.
Crispy, a little soft. Even the twists are like this.
But this kind of consumers will definitely suffer, but since this is a one-man business now, consumers have to recognize whether it is good or bad.
Small tricks are common in these places, but they are certainly not money-losing.
The fourth master then asked, "The non-staple food must not be damaged. Is the problem with the department store?"
Yes! "I don't know how it happened. There is a piece of cloth and a box of towels missing." Director Zhou said, "Last month we made a profit of ten yuan, and there is no problem with the accounts. This is where the problem lies.
It's been a month. Ordinarily, there is no possibility of it being stolen! But this batch of goods is wrong! These few people, except you, all live behind the unit. Everyone has the same yard, and they can come in and out.
...I don’t want to doubt anyone, but what should I do if I lose 230?"
This is doing business! If there is an overflow or a loss, you have to report it to the superiors. If you lose this much in one month, you can't explain it to the superiors! You can only leave the accounts aside and find a way to make up for it.
The fourth master said, "I can't tell you exactly what day it was lost?"
"That's right! We take inventory every day, and there are no fixed people doing the inventory... I don't know if it's due to carelessness or something else, but I just didn't notice that a piece of cloth and a box of towels were missing. Isn't that weird?!"
This statement is very dishonest! In the final analysis, it is nothing more than five words - management is not strict.
According to the process, the goods should be checked. But the department store is there, and these items are not sold as fast as non-staple food, so the inventory is just a casual one. No one will seriously count them one by one.
The rules and regulations are in compliance. Every day, there must be a list of the contents, names, prices and quantities of the goods. Non-staple food is sold every day, so how much sugar is left and how much salt is left are all counted.
It’s very detailed. But department stores only occasionally record what items are sold. Especially during busy farming seasons, the sales volume of these items is less. Last month, I sold a few buttons, two feet of elastic bands, and a few rolls of sewing thread. What about you?
Say, does this have any value in counting?
When taking inventory, I must have asked: "What has been sold in the department store?"
If there is no sale, the numbers on the previous day's form will be copied to the next form.
If you sell it, just count the items and that's it.
I finished filling it out early and got off work early!
Then this led to the loss of a piece of cloth and a box of towels, which were not discovered in time.
This is a management issue, and Director Zhou must be responsible. If this thing is reported to the authorities, he, the director, will never be able to do it again.
Director Zhou's embarrassment is: first, he can't call the police. This alarm has alerted his superiors, and he is still responsible; second, he can't ask everyone to share the loss equally. The two hundred and thirty yuan has to be shared equally among the five people on duty.
stall, then each person has to spend 46 yuan to build it! This is more than a month's salary, and with this money, you can give your wife a bride price and marry her. Then who would be willing! If someone really stole it, that person would steal it.
Laugh. Others won’t give up.
The Fourth Master then asked, "What do you mean? How do you want to deal with it?"
"I was wondering if you could investigate this matter privately since you are at the police station and you are familiar with the situation."
The Fourth Master nodded, "We can check privately, but it's probably difficult to get results. We can't say when it was lost, right? Even if we find out, is it definitely there? Does the person who stole this have the money to make up for it? Is this loss still worth it?
It’s up to us.”
That’s the truth!
Director Zhou took out his cigarette and asked, "What do you think we should do about this matter?"
"Unless next month, we can make this money back and even out the account."
But this is not easy said. Director Zhou said, "Unless we sell more things. But when we sell things, where do they come from, and we have to purchase them from above! Our goods are distributed, and there are accounts for the incoming and outgoing. And the prices are fixed.
Damn it, how much goods will be taken next month, how much profit should be recorded in the account, these are all fixed amounts, and they cannot make up for this month's deficit."
The fourth master said, "Then we can bring in other goods from outside and make a profit from selling them to make up for this shortfall. I think other sub-stations do the same thing! It's just that our commune is big and has never suffered any losses.
Time, right?"
Yes! The key is, who can guarantee that you will make money by purchasing goods from elsewhere?
The fourth master said, "In this case, let's first purchase a cart of red dates in the name of the unit..."
They are available in every yard, and it’s just the time for the dates to fall. Instead of dry red dates, today’s red dates still have some crispy texture. This fruit is so rare these days, and the red dates are just as easy to sell as they are.
"You can keep the account and don't pay for it first, and then you can pay everyone."
Director Zhou asked in a low voice, "You have to be careful. If you make a mistake, you will lose money."
Can't lose.
Fourth Master pointed back, "Use the phone and I'll get in touch."
become!
The two went to the back office, and the Fourth Master called the young man who had been bullied in the car before taking Shuangquan to school. This young man's name was Qian Yijun, and he was from the county tobacco bureau, and his brother-in-law was also from the provincial tobacco bureau.
.It’s the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day soon. Other units don’t offer welfare, but this unit tries to find ways to provide welfare every year. I also asked about chestnuts and hazelnuts before, but these have to be obtained from the northeast, and the goods must be dried well and difficult to store.
, can only be used as an option for New Year goods. Nowadays, this fresh date can be packaged as a welfare.
As soon as the call got through, the young man said simply, "Brother, just wait for me by the phone for five minutes. I'll call you whether it's okay or not."
become!
Then in less than five minutes, only three minutes, the call came back, "It's okay, brother, as many as you want, the price is easy to negotiate, as long as the goods are good."
It’s not like you haven’t eaten the dates here before. Whether they are fresh or dried, they are very good! During the Tang Dynasty, the dates here were a tribute.
After the deal was agreed on the phone, Fourth Master told Director Zhou to just collect it: "I can decide how to sell it. But this thing is to be distributed as welfare. What I mean is, can we buy some more small baskets and use them?"
You can weave it from wheat straw, and one bag can hold about three kilograms."
This is easy to do, who wouldn’t know how to make this up?
As soon as the matter was finished, Fourth Master withdrew. Others had to be busy, but if they were not busy, they would have to pay for it themselves.
Should you pay a sum yourself or work for a few days to get the goods to settle the account? Needless to say, no one is talking nonsense, everyone hurries to mobilize.
There is a big jujube tree in the courtyard of Lin's family, which can bear many fruits a year. But the old lady does not want to sell it, "My family has many girls, and the girls eat jujubes well. They keep them and dry them in the sun, so that they can be eaten by the children."
"
Is it good for a girl to eat dates? Huh! Jinsi said, "Speaking of which, Xiaotong and the fourth child have been married for a year, so why aren't they pregnant yet?"
The old lady is angry. Does it bother you whether she is pregnant or not?
Jin Si asked again: "Auntie, Yu Lian doesn't have a partner yet? The teacher at Hai Chao's school is quite good."
What a fart!
While they were talking, Yulian and a tall young man came out of the alley on bicycles. The old lady laughed and said, "Leizi is here?"
coming!
Lei Zi’s name was Lei Zhiping, who was introduced by Deputy Bureau Fang. After the two of them had been in contact with each other for a while in the county, they felt that it was okay. Today is the first time they came to the Lin family. I had met the old lady in the county before, and Lei Zi was also
I went to Sanyun County to meet Lin Shuangchao. It was not autumn and there were autumn crops to be harvested, so the young man came.
The old lady said, "I came just in time. I was just saying that I wanted to ask Xiaotong and Laosi to come back to shake the dates."
No need to shout, I'll do the work.
A young man in his mid-twenties, with a strong back and a strong back, spoke like a thunderbolt, and once he stood there, he made people feel that they were afraid to provoke him.
Jin Si laughed, "Hey! Is she Yu Lian's partner? I never heard you say that."
Lei Zi said while holding on to the bicycle: "Auntie, if you need anything, just call me."
become!
He responded with a smile. When he saw that the Lin family had all gone in, he went in and said to the man: "...You see, Lin Shuangchao has not arranged for children, but to be honest, if it weren't for his face, why would the two girls of the Lin family have rural hukou?"
The condition of the person you mentioned is not bad? Let me tell you, our daughter is not young anymore, so you have to hurry up on arranging work."
I know! I know! Keep your voice down.
The old lady likes to watch Lei Zi work. This eldest son-in-law is really nimble at work. Gao Cheng came to work before, but he was a person who didn’t know how to encourage others. The fourth brother also came to work, and he was serious, but just watching
He was in a hurry. He plowed the ground slowly and slowly, as if it didn't matter whether he finished the work or not, and he didn't care much about whether the harvest was good or bad. Everyone who saw it was angry.
In this comparison, the old lady was very enthusiastic towards her eldest grandson-in-law, "Leizi, whatever you want to eat, I'll make milk for you."
Yu Lian said while picking up dates, "Don't be busy. Lei Zi and I will go to Xiaotong's place to eat in a while. We may be late when we get back."
Oh! Come on, sisters should keep in touch with each other more.
So, Tongtong waited for her eldest sister and prospective brother-in-law during dinner.
The fourth master and Lei Zhiping had known each other before. Now they were not so polite when they saw each other and went straight home. Tongtong cut two cold vegetables and the fourth master opened the wine. The topic they talked about was who had committed another crime in the past few days.
, was held down and sentenced to several years.
Tongtong, on the other hand, is concerned about the situation of the Lei family.
Lei Zhiping is his biological father and stepmother, and his stepmother also gave birth to two brothers, which means that he and his in-laws must not be close to each other. They are a close family. It's good to be like this, and there will be less right and wrong.
There is a yard in the county, and there is a 40-square-meter house in the workplace. It must be enough to live in. "I want to get a marriage certificate during the National Day and have a simple wedding! The private teachers here won't do it first.
Prepare for the exam. Next year, I will go to an agency kindergarten to transition."
Lin Yutong took two hundred for Yulian, "Buy what you want..."
Too much!
"Take it! Even if you don't work for a while, you can still buy some odds and ends with this money."
Anyway, they all start in a hurry, and they are worse than the farmers who farm the land. But if they don't think of a way, they may not be as good as others in the city.
Lin Shuangchao did not interfere in this matter. His attitude was: I am indeed your father, and your father is an official. You can meet relatively better partners, but after that, I still have this attitude. How to manage your life depends on
It depends on you. If you don’t work hard, it will definitely not work.
Yu Lian and Yu Rong understood clearly, so one took advantage of the convenience of the work unit to go to the Staff College for further studies. The other studied at night college and took the correspondence courses, always trying to think of ways to be self-reliant.
Lei Zi told Fourth Master, "If you want to stay at the police station, you must seize the opportunity..."
The Fourth Master waved his hand, "I don't want to stay. If I did, it would be a big problem! It's just a secondment. After that, I will return to the original unit."
This is a very sensible idea.
The two of them drank until after nine o'clock, then pushed the bicycle back to Lin's house. They would definitely not be able to return to the city today.
Lin Yutong and Fourth Master sent people to the entrance of the alley, holding flashlights in their hands, "There are two families building houses in the alley. The road is full of water and mud, and the timbers are lying horizontally and vertically. I tripped over them again."
"
He was sent to the entrance of the alley and watched as the two walked away.
Tongtong grabbed Fourth Master and shined a flashlight on his feet, "Look carefully and step over here!"
The ground was full of mud, so you had to step on bricks to walk across it.
The Fourth Master laughed and said, "Just go your own way, can I still fall?"
The two of them were laughing and joking, causing the dogs in the alley to bark non-stop.
Liu Chenggong came out and shined a flashlight in this direction, "Lao Si and Xiaotong? What are you doing so late?"
His family was building a house, and there were timbers placed at the door. He was afraid of being stolen, so he was very alert at night.
Tongtong laughed, "He's a thief! Let's see if there's anything missing."
Liu Chenggong laughed when he said it, "Take it if you like it!" He asked, "Do you need help with something or something? If you need help, just call me!"
The Fourth Master waved his hand and said, "I'm sending her sister and brother-in-law away. It's okay."
oh!
Liu Chenggong said and walked out. Did he still want to chat a few words or something?
Tongtong pulled Fourth Master away and left. She didn't like talking to this person very much. He wasn't a bad person, but he was just a bit arrogant and couldn't communicate well.
Liu Chenggong didn't have to find someone to chat with. In fact, he really couldn't throw away this old piece of wood. When Fourth Master and Tongtong entered the house, he took a flashlight and looked at it. Hey, something seemed wrong. He looked at the muddy footprints on the roadside.
Follow the mud footprints all the way to Aunt Su Huan's house.
This footprint is still fresh, it is so big, it must be 43 yards, it is the footprint of a man. There are no men in Aunt Su Huan’s family!
Don't ask people to sneak in!
He continued walking forward without hesitation. At this point in the alley, only Lao Si and Xiaotong were still awake. He went over and knocked on the door, "Lao Si! Lao Si!"
The urging and powerful voice stunned Tongtong.
The fourth master went to the toilet, and she opened the door first, "What's wrong?"
"Where's the fourth child?"
Tongtong pointed back, "Come right away."
When the Fourth Master came out to wash his hands in the yard, Liu Chenggong didn't even wait. He pulled the Fourth Master away and said, "Fourth Master, go see... is something wrong?"
What happened? Tongtong was worried and followed closely with a flashlight. But Liu Chenggong took a flashlight and said, "Look! These footprints!"
Lin Yutong's heart skipped a beat. Aunt Su Huan was not here today, and her nephew was getting married, so she went back to her parents' house early to help. There were only Bai Caier and her three-month-old daughter at home. Her house only had the main hall and the building at the back.
The front of the house is either a house or a front wall. Open a door on the wall. Lin Yutong quickly took a flashlight and took a photo of the wall in front of Su Huan's house. There was no trace of climbing over the wall. And the footprints were only in the direction of the door.
This means that people walked in.
In this house in the countryside, one house is next to another. She was talking to her mother-in-law through the wall, and both of them could hear each other. If someone really entered who shouldn't have entered, Bai Cai'er would be able to alert them with a shout. But... she didn't shout!
Lin Yutong sighed and said, "Hey! The person who helped your family must have stepped on the mud during the day and came to ask Sister-in-law Cai'er to borrow a bucket."
But the mud still looks fresh!
"It's a flashlight, it's a problem with the light." Lin Yutong pulled the Fourth Master, "Let's go! Go home!" Then he said to Liu Chenggong, "Don't be surprised, it's okay."
Liu Chenggong muttered and also headed towards his house.
But he couldn't sleep well that night, worrying about who would take away the wood from his house. He would wake up if there was any movement and had to go out and take a look.
There was no watch at home, and he didn't know what time it was. Anyway, it was the third time he heard a dog barking, as if someone's door rang. He got up quickly, without holding a flashlight or turning on the light, and stood in the yard.
I looked at the door to see what was happening. Then I saw someone walking out of the alley. He was tall and big, maybe he was walking in a hurry. It was so dark that I didn't see anyone standing here.
But he saw the other person. Even if it was dark, he could roughly identify it after adapting to the light.
The next day he secretly approached the fourth master: "...the coward Wang Shusheng came to the widow's house and did nothing good."
Who is the widow?
"Of course no man comes to Aunt Su's age, but Bai Cai'er... is no different from a widow. I saw Wang Shusheng going out of the alley in the middle of the night... The footprints last night must have been left by this coward. Fourth son, you used to
I have a good relationship with Wang Shusheng, and we are neighbors with Zhao Dayong. We only go in if we can't help him, so let's just watch his wife steal someone!"
Tongtong: "..." I think you are too busy to ask Fourth Master to take care of such trivial matters! She urged Fourth Master, "We're almost late, hurry up!"
Fourth Master got rid of Liu Chenggong's entanglement and left neatly. He really had something serious to do today.
Tongtong dismissed Liu Chenggong and warned him, "You can't talk nonsense! If you tell the police station, both men and women have to go in! How old are the children of the Zhao family? Is it okay to leave the mother?"
He scared Liu Chenggong back.
But who in the alley doesn’t know about this?
Damin and Qin Yindi lived next to Su Huan's house. Qin Yindi came to work with needlework and whispered to Tongtong, "Last night, when I went to the hut in the middle of the night, I heard a man in the hut next door.
The coughing sound. We don’t know who it is! But it must be someone! I came back to tell your elder brother, and your elder brother scolded me and told me not to mind my own business. This is not nosy or nosy... The key is that I don’t know
Should I tell Bai Lan? Bai Lan still sees Cai'er as pitiful and always tries to help her. But if Cai'er has a problem with stealing people, she still needs to tell Bai Lan."
Say?
What to say?
Did you say your sister stole someone?
Lin Yutong shook his head, "It's inappropriate to say anything. Just pretend you don't know. We don't know who it is. Maybe there is some misunderstanding."
But while the sisters-in-law were talking, Sister-in-law Tao from the opposite door also came, pointed out, and said secretly, "Have you heard? Who is Cai'er falling in love with?"
Lin Yutong was puzzled, how do these people know other people's affairs? I didn't know if there was anything before, but I guessed it last night. Liu Chenggong saw it and knew it. My sister-in-law lived next door and heard it.
All reasonable.
The problem is that Sister-in-law Tao is right across from her house, so far away from Aunt Su Huan's house.
"You haven't met Bai Cai'er!" Sister-in-law Tao said, "I went out to choose vegetables in the alley this morning. Cai'er also came out with the child in her arms. She asked me what I wanted to cook, and I said to make a meal of leek buns with two noodles.
As a result, Cai'er said, do you still have a lot of leeks in your yard? Give me some, and I'll feed my baby her godfather. I asked, who is your daughter's godfather? I haven't heard of you.
The family recognized their marriage, but Cai'er said it was Wang Shusheng. Wang Shusheng had only been married to his wife for three months, hadn't he? No! They got married when the wheat was harvested, and it's only been barely three months now. When will we get married?
I don’t know, anyway, it’s the baby’s godfather. I said, when will you eat the leeks and when will they be shoveled for you? They said it’s in the evening, and the baby’s godfather will come at night. This is because I didn’t want to avoid people.
!”
Lin Yutong was shocked: "You are crazy! This is not taboo at all."
"Can I still coax you?" Sister-in-law Tao said, "I was so embarrassed at the time, my face was on fire, and I was afraid that others wouldn't know. What do you think she was doing? How could Wang Shusheng divorce his wife and then divorce her?
Has she passed?" Then, he reminded Tongtong, "Don't ask the fourth child to associate with people like Wang Shusheng again. Let me tell you, you can learn from whoever you follow, and you can't learn from the good ones if you stay together all day long.
, you will learn to be bad as soon as you learn it!”
Tongtong: "..." The sequelae left by the original body are very obvious. No matter who does what those little friends do, these people will drag the fourth master out and sneak away again! There will be no stopping at all!
