The wind was howling, and snow particles hit the windows, making a loud banging sound. Jin Mingming spent the whole day jumping around, and then became a good boy at night! After taking a bath at night, he crawled into bed and was giggling a minute ago.
I was talking to you, but the next minute there was no movement. I just fell asleep in the blink of an eye!
Now that I'm older, I sleep in a small cubicle, which only has a kang, a desk, a chair, and a small wardrobe.
Jin Mace is still young, and he only eats and sleeps. The wind outside is loud, and cold wind comes in next to the window, so he is asked to sleep as far away from the window as possible.
I fed the baby one more time before going to bed, and when I turned my face, I saw the fourth master in a daze.
This is...what are you thinking about?
She put her feet into his bed and squeezed in to sleep, blowing into his ear: "What are you thinking about?"
Special steel.
Lin Yutong was stunned for a moment, "This thing... the gap between ourselves and the world is huge!"
Yes! The gap is extremely huge. Even decades later, half of it will still need to be imported from abroad. But this kind of market is huge, and we don’t have the capital now.
Fourth Master looked at Tongtong, "You think you don't have the money to do it, not that you can't do it..."
Tongtong was stunned for a moment, and somewhat understood what Fourth Master meant. He meant that he must have made special steel in the past. She thought about it and nodded: It should be! I think so.
The two of them said nothing further, Tongtong Cat was in Fourth Master's arms, "This is good, I am quite at ease."
It's good to be down-to-earth. As long as you are down-to-earth, everything will be fine. "There are people coming and going in the house, children coming in and out, making noises. If you are sleepy, just sleep with you!" Then he touched Tongtong's wrist and said, "No more.
relapse?"
No! As long as you rest well, don't get angry, and don't worry about anything, it won't relapse.
Then sleep, and sleep until you wake up naturally every day.
Get up early, the wind and snow won’t stop.
Zheng Nanru opened the door and flinched again. It was so cold on such a day. The person working quietly in the yard was his cousin. He called out, and her cousin smiled and pointed to the fire room.
The fire room was spacious, and the father-in-law and his two brothers-in-law were already there. They were sitting in front of the stove to warm themselves up, and there were tea sets on the small table. They were drinking tea when they got up early in the morning.
Damin saw his brother-in-law and pointed to the wash stand, "There is hot water, hurry up and wash up."
There was so much hot water in the pot, he was used to pouring a little water, just enough to wash his face. It was not a lack of water, but kerosene was needed to heat hot water! He lit the kerosene stove to boil a pot of hot water, and then blended it when washing his face.
Well. The less cold water you need, the less hot water you need. Sometimes you even have to lean the washbasin at an angle, so that the water in the bottom of the basin is enough to wash your face. Not to mention just one person, this can be used by the whole family.
You can wash your face with water.
When Damin saw it, he called him, "Scoop more, what is your water enough for?"
Suddenly I felt so naughty.
With so much hot water, Zheng Nanru couldn't help but wash his hair. Then his brother-in-law used a ladle to rinse his hair. It was so refreshing! As long as you don't go out after washing, you won't catch a cold inside.
Turning away, the mother-in-law came over and took out a half-used coat, "Wear this at home..." Wear a woolen coat. It doesn't keep you warm. The key is that it gets dusty and difficult to deal with. She also took out cotton shoes, which should be about the same size.
"Put on..." He came back wearing leather shoes. They looked good, but they were not any warmer.
Zheng Nanru was obedient and changed his mind, so he said he would clean the door and act like a diligent uncle. Who knew that someone would help sweep the door? Then, the house became lively. People came to fetch hot water and brought briquettes to ask for them to be heated.
As for the briquettes, it was said that the stove was sealed too tight last night and the stove was extinguished.
Coming and going, he couldn't get a word in. Okay! Just go back to the room. But the mother-in-law is here, and his wife got up and leaned against it, still in bed. The child was wearing a new cotton coat and trousers, with a pocket hanging on it.
The mother-in-law was feeding the child goat's milk with a spoon, and there was a small bowl of custard and two small pieces of date cake on the side.
As for my daughter-in-law, the bowl she was holding was also filled with goat's milk, with a bowl of poached eggs and two palm-sized minced meat pancakes on the side.
The mother-in-law glanced at herself and continued, "You are so strong that you are stupid. You are too busy, why don't you call your family? No matter who comes to help you or sends the child back, your family will treat you badly.
You have a baby! If you take your baby with you everywhere, what good place is the hospital? Who would go there if they are not sick? Whether they are coming and going, are cold, have a cold, or are infected...such a big
Child, do you think you will suffer or not?"
"There are three more children in the family this year, and I'm afraid that you and my dad will be too busy."
"Why are you so busy? Your sister-in-law has three children, but you don't have to worry about the two older ones. Your father usually takes care of them. What's the problem? The one your sister-in-law has is already half a year old, and she doesn't take night milk at night.
Just take him with you during the day, and I won’t be tired anyway. His mother-in-law is there in Sanling, and she hasn’t left since she took care of her confinement. There is no need for me at home. She obviously goes to Pingzhou, and her grandparents are not big.
I was happy to call him back, and also thought about asking my children to study there during the Chinese New Year, but the fourth couple didn't agree. But Jin Ming is already so old, and I want to keep her around. Will she let me? That's Xiao Jin Dou... But he's so small
Tong is at home, so there is no need for me in my spare time. There are only so many household chores, and there are people to help with them. Boyang is over two years old, and he just feeds and clothes him, so why can’t he take care of him? Or your sister-in-law, your younger siblings
Who can't tolerate a child and would look down on the child?" Look at the child, who is thin and has no flesh at all on his face.
That's not the case.
Zheng Nanru was embarrassed by these words. He hadn't come back much in the past two years, so he felt that his father-in-law's family was rich, and they in the city were like poor relatives coming to visit.
Shuangquan took a good bath at home, changed his clothes, and felt refreshed. Only then did he have time to see his nephew. He leaned on the kang and talked to Tongtong, "I knew you were pregnant... I couldn't live without people at home at that time, and I wanted to go back."
Not coming."
The salary is not high in the first place. After having a child, there is no savings, and the parents-in-law are hospitalized. Not only is it a drain on people's energy, but also the money is probably about the same if it is not an advance salary.
Lin Yutong didn't ask this, but took the time to ask Fourth Master: "What is the current price of a house in the provincial capital?"
house?
The fourth master actually doesn’t want to buy a house, he wants to buy land. If he wants to grow bigger in the future, he must have his own place. But now the state-owned land has not started to be bought and sold, so if you want to buy land, you have to wait at least until the second half of the year after the Chinese New Year.
Once you have land, you can build your own house. There is no need to buy someone else's house.
But for Shuangquan alone, you can spend money to buy a set, but it is not possible to put it in the name of Shuangquan. "It costs four to five hundred for a big city, and less than four hundred for a provincial capital..." Moreover, the large area at this time
There are still relatively few housing units, most of which are unit buildings with an area of 50 to 60 square meters.
There is no public stall, and a 60-square-meter house with a free balcony has almost a usable area of 70 square meters. If the unit price is 400, you can buy one for 24,000.
Lin Yutong said, "She was very nervous when she went to school. This should be considered as compensation!"
It means buying a set.
Money is not a problem, and of course the qualifications to buy a house are not a problem. Fourth Master discussed with Jinyin, "You must have the status of a cadre. You are retired, but you have to rely on it, and you can rely on it. Buy a house and put it in your name
, ask my sister to move here."
This is not a small amount of money! The combined salary of Shuangquan and my uncle is just over one hundred a month! In other words, they only earn a little more than one thousand a year, ten thousand in ten years, and two in twenty years.
Ten thousand. This is something you can earn without eating or drinking. If you rely on my uncle’s salary alone, it will take forty years!
"That's why I said you can't give it directly, otherwise my brother-in-law's reputation will be ruined. The couple who were fine at first will be in trouble like this!"
Jin Yin nodded in agreement, "Let's celebrate the New Year and buy a set after the Chinese New Year."
But looking back, Jinyin said to Shuangquan privately, "His job is work, and your job is also work! Of course, there must be discussion between the couple... But one party cannot retreat! If you retreat,
Then it will be difficult for you to make progress in the workplace. Your thoughts are at home, right? He left the family and went to pursue his career. Men should have a career, but at the expense of your career, you have to think carefully.
Already."
Shuangquan was so stunned that she had never thought about it that way.
Jinyin waved his hand, forget it, just pretend you didn't say anything! With her temperament, it would be nice if she wouldn't be bullied in the workplace, but it would be difficult for her to achieve much.
At that time, people said that Lin Shuangchao was a nerd, but no matter how nerdy he is... He is definitely not a real nerd until now. But his own Shuangquan family has really not changed because of joining the work.
Mature.
This may be due to personality!
No one mentioned plans to buy a house, so the three of them just spent the New Year at home.
What surprised Zheng Nanru most was that almost every morning, someone from the postal service came on a bicycle to deliver the day's newspapers. National newspapers, provincial newspapers, as long as they were big media, his brother-in-law was ordering them, and some of them got up early to read the newspapers.
Habit. He sat on the sofa in the living room with his legs crossed. He read for an hour with a cup of tea in front of him and a newspaper in his hand. He did not do other things until he finished reading all the newspapers.
Today’s New Year’s Eve doesn’t change this habit. After reading it, he said to Jin Mingming, “Send this newspaper to your mother.”
Jin Mingming glanced at it and said, "Eh," "Did grandpa write it?" She took the newspaper and ran back, "Mom, my grandpa's article was published in the daily newspaper."
oh?
Lin Yutong changed the baby's diaper and raised his hand to take the newspaper. This was an article titled "Some Views on New Issues in Grassroots Agriculture under Reform".
She read the article from beginning to end. It was an article that delved into the root of the problem. In the article of just a thousand words, a total of thirty-eight words like 'reform' appeared. But if it could be published, it represented itself.
has some different meaning.
After reading it, Jin Mingming took it to read! She knew all the words, but she was confused about what it was about. The only reason she could read it was that it was written by her grandfather.
When Jin Mingming went to study for the second time, the phone rang, and it was Lin Shuangchao who answered, "Xiaotong, dad's job has been transferred... Your elder brother-in-law will come and handle the moving matter. Don't let Sihai bother with it in the cold weather."
Yes. The last time he asked about buying a truck... I have asked someone to ask about it... Is Sihai at home? Ask Sihai to answer the phone."
Jin Mingming rushed to call her dad again. Tongtong could hear Lin Shuangchao talking to Fourth Master through the phone, "Dongfeng 140, this is the model now..."
It's good if you can buy one, but who dares to choose a car model? What Fourth Master asked is, how many cars can I buy?
Four to five cars.
Then buy them all!
Before the New Year was over, Fourth Master went to buy a car. Zheng Nanru asked Shuangquan in a low voice, "Do you know how much a truck costs?"
How many?
"Twenty-five thousand!"
"How much?" The tone of the question couldn't help but get higher this time.
Twenty-five thousand! And what your brother means is, if you can buy four units, buy four units, and if you can buy five units, buy five units. How much do you think this should cost?
Shuangquan asked, "Will you pay compensation?"
That's definitely not the case! "Now, if you go south and haul goods back and forth, do you know how much a truck can earn?"
I don’t know! Zheng Nanru said in a low voice, "Four or five thousand is no big deal! Large units are rushing to use it, and the money will never be owed. What do you mean by saying, 'Take the steering wheel and even the county magistrate won't change it'? You just
I know this thing will make more money. I don’t care whether the factory needs it or not, but when this car comes back, the capital will be back in less than a year. I will make money that year." This means that after ten years of working, our savings will be more than
You can't make as much money as others by doing a trip to deliver goods.
Shuangquan looked at him, "What do you mean? Suspension with pay?"
This has been popular in the past few years! I often take a leave of absence without pay, and then go to work in the sea.
Zheng Nanru sighed, "Look again! Take a look and then talk."
The couple came back and took a lot of things with them when they left, and brought them to the train station. They took the bus from the train station to go home, and their mother-in-law had already cleaned up the house. They had to tidy up since they were not living in a house for a week.
There were so many bags to be brought into the house, so the child’s grandmother said, “There’s nowhere to put them in the house, let’s put them outside first!”
Shuangquan didn't think much about it at first, until the child's grandmother muttered how to wear this for her child, and then turned out the sweater, "Come! Let's change the clothes back. The sweater is so good and light..."
I don’t know if she was sensitive, but she suddenly felt as if her mother-in-law disliked the little cotton-padded jacket that her mother made for her child.
Then I saw my mother-in-law taking a small broom and sweeping the bags one by one before bringing them in and placing them where I just entered the door. "Just arrange them here, don't take them in."
There wasn't a word of disdain in doing this, but she just felt that it was disdain.
Zheng Nanru hurriedly said, "Mom, what are you doing? Where can't you keep things in order? In such a big place, can the door be opened?"
Shuangquan took out an envelope from his pocket and did not contradict his mother-in-law. He just handed the envelope to Zheng Nanru, "This is the red envelope money the child received this year. The eldest brother gave fifty, the third gave one hundred, and the fourth gave
Two hundred, my father gave me one hundred, my mother gave me one hundred, and people in the alley and relatives gave me a little more than five hundred in total... When I left, my mother secretly stuffed in another three hundred, and took all the money.
Save it, it’s your child’s money, use it for your child. You also have to keep an account and see how you can repay the favor in the future! The money your parents spent on hospitalization and medical treatment should be paid back slowly!”
The implication is: My family is receiving subsidies, and the people you are dragging down are in debt. Who should dislike whom?!
As he spoke, he opened the bag and took out a sweater. After that, he took off the old sweater for the child and put on a new one. "I don't want the old one. That one is knitted with old wool, and this one is made with new wool.
Pure wool..." He threw the old sweater on the ground.
Her mother-in-law scolded her and looked at her son and then her grandson: What did I say? Didn't I say anything? Did I take medicine after going back to my parents' house?
I didn’t take the medicine! But I thought Xiaotong’s words were true! She said: What did your daughter-in-law do when she came in? She went to rebel! If you rebel against your mother-in-law, you succeed, and you are the head of the family.
; If you fail, then she will always be the head of the family.
I laughed at that time because this thing is not universal.
Xiaotong said at that time, "Some mothers-in-law are more sensible. Just like our mother, these are good mothers-in-law. It's like a comparison. If she is good, there is no need to rebel! We can peacefully transfer power between us. She
It doesn’t matter whether you are the head of the house or I am the head of the house. This can coexist. But if we can’t coexist peacefully, then there is only one way to rebel. When you are the head of the house, just treat her with courtesy and respect. Filial piety and submissiveness are two different things.”
Then as soon as she entered the door, she couldn't hold back the fire and rebelled directly.
Then what?
Then the mother-in-law was speechless. She went out and asked: "Shuangquan, there is still broth. Let's use the broth to stew the noodles! I think my in-laws also brought day lily. Can I soak some day lily and fungus?"
Don’t you love noodles? Mom will make them for you!”
Zheng Nanru poked Shuangquan, and Shuangquan said, "There are also dried beans. Let's soak a piece of it and stew it."
become!
After saying that, the couple both looked out and saw the busy people outside. Zheng Nanru smiled as he lit the two springs, and then raised his thumb.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Shuangquan went out of the shared phone in the corridor to call home. Yang Shuhui was waiting by the phone. As soon as the phone rang, she quickly picked up the phone, "Are you there? It'll be fine when you're here... That's what I got for you.
Hold on to your elbow and eat it, don't let it go."
Got it! Then he asked, "Where's Xiaotong? Let me have a word with her."
We just separated, what can we say? Yang Shuhui handed the message to Xiaotong.
Tongtong was holding the child around, coaxing the child to sleep. She couldn't free her hands, and her mother-in-law held it up. She leaned over to listen to the phone. Shuangquan said in a small voice, "Xiaotong, you are right..."
What is right?
"You are right to rebel against my mother-in-law!"
Yang Shuhui heard this and looked at her daughter-in-law: "..." What do you mean? You have gained experience in counterfeiting your mother-in-law and passed it on to your eldest aunt. What do you think? She took advantage of it.
The microphone was removed, and he said to his daughter on the phone, "How capable are you? My sister-in-law has taught you the experience of 'bullying' your own mother, and you are going to bully others again?"
Shuangquan laughed loudly and hung up the phone. This laughter dispelled the haze in Yang Shuhui's heart during this period. Looking back, she found that her rebellious daughter-in-law was also very cute. She took over the grandson directly, "The child doesn't want you to hold him.
My arms are shaking after a long time, and it’s hard to write. Just take a rest and mom will come."
Jin Mingming shook his wrist and looked at the three lines he just wrote: Isn't it? Writing is a tiring job. I think I should take a rest!
Lin Yutong suppressed Jin Mingming, "Three lines, a total of thirty-six words, are you tired?"
That's not it, it's tiring!
Then the fourth master came back, and Jin Mingming seized the opportunity and ran away! This time the fourth master not only bought a truck, but also bought something - a computer.
Who has seen this? What is it used for? Is it expensive?
It’s really expensive, more expensive than a truck. As for its purpose, “Isn’t this necessary for writing?”
Everyone understands: this thing is typed.
In order to replace writing, you buy such a thing?
Jin Mingming nodded and said seriously, "Yes, I'm tired of writing!" After saying that, she also asked for her father's support, "right? Dad!"
Her dad: "..." He could only say, "Yes!" Writing is so tiring!
Liu Chenggong held up a steamed bun filled with oily and spicy seeds. The steamed bun was a cold steamed bun. On a cold day, it felt like it was covered in ice! He cut it open with a knife, put in the chili pepper, and ate it like that.
Jinyin said: "Success, bring the buns and bake them by the fire."
Liu Chenggong waved his hand and said he didn't mind. While eating, he said, "Fourth brother, back off if you can! I know that writing means revising things over and over again, and copying them after the revisions are completed. This is a lot of trouble. I'm afraid of the trouble.
What, I’m here! Just ask Xiaotong to correct it, and I’ll help copy it once. I can’t go to the field at night, so I have nothing to do, so I’ll help you copy the manuscript. That’s a lot of work!” Then Pa Lajin
Mingming's head said, "You little bastard, are you too lazy to write? No wonder you are tired from writing! There is nothing easier in the world than writing."
Jin Mingming: "..." Uncle Chenggong is so honest.
Hualien also said to Tongtong, "Really, my family is idle and can't help with anything else. Just copy something. If he can't do it anymore, what else can he do?"
How can one explain this?
The fourth master said: "The orders in the factory are full this year, and the factory building needs to be expanded. We need manpower. We can't afford technical positions, but there are still a lot of people needed for transshipment, loading and unloading of goods..."
Hualien kicked Cheng Cheng, and Cheng Cheng said, "That requires a lot of strength. I'm not strong enough and I can't carry it and survive."
"You are serious and responsible than ordinary people. You must also keep track of your wages. Come on! You are a fair person!"
Successfully said immediately, "Don't worry, I have no other strong points, just fairness." Then the topic changed, Bai Cai'er poked Tongtong and whispered, "You'd better remind Lao Si to be careful, that person on West Street
The two hair salons that opened nearby said they would no longer open on West Street this year and would need to change places... I heard from Xiujuan that she wanted to move to the opposite of your factory."
Will the hair salon be opened opposite the factory?
"The few who have spare money are the men who work in your factory..." Bai Cai'er said, "This Xiujuan is the least of them. Who has a good-looking daughter-in-law? She keeps looking for them, telling them whether they have good ones.
Yeah, she's pulling people into trouble! At the beginning, she was the first one in the town to engage in shady business. Look, now, all the shady wives in the surrounding villages have asked her to get rid of them... You don't know yet, do you?
The eldest son of my sister-in-law’s family gave Xiujuan a lot of money every year! She would wander to the hair salon at night. Last time, she stopped Heizi from talking, so Heizi’s sister-in-law found out, so she went over and slapped her twice.
That’s why I don’t dare anymore.”
Lin Yutong wrote it down, and then felt strange in his heart. It is said that the root cause of this situation is poverty, but can it be eliminated when you become rich? It cannot be eliminated.
In the final analysis, most of the reasons are actually indolence in work! I don’t want to work hard, but I also want to live a high-class life. But I have no talent, so I use my body as my capital, which is looked down upon by others.
For this kind of person, Lin Yutong felt that if he really dared to be careless, he would have to deal with it.
