After listening to Cao Zhiqiang's words, Qin Huairu pondered for a moment and his eyes moved: "Are you serious?"
"Of course it's true." Cao Zhiqiang said immediately.
"If you don't believe me, call Sophora japonica over immediately and I will explain it to her in front of you!
If you still don’t believe it, it’s easy, just ask Huaihua to return the money to me, and I’ll tell her not to come to my place again, and I’ll do the same to others.”
"Refund the money?" Qin Huairu was stunned, "How can I refund the money? Did you really give her the money?"
"Yeah." Cao Zhiqiang nodded.
"I told Huaihua about this before, and she agreed immediately. So to show my sincerity, I paid one month's salary, no, earnest money, to show my sincerity."
"Then how much did you give her?" Qin Huairu asked.
"It's not much." Cao Zhiqiang said, "I just gave her forty yuan."
"Forty?" Qin Huairu raised her voice slightly, "Did you really give her forty? Just one month's money?"
"Yes." Cao Zhiqiang continued to nod, "The four ten-dollar bills I just gave were all given to Sophora...she didn't tell you?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Huairu fell silent.
Indeed, Qin Huairu knew that forty bucks a month was enough, as Huaihua had mentioned before.
But she thought it was Huaihua's exaggeration, but she didn't expect it to be true, and she had taken other people's money in advance.
After all, this is incredible.
You know, these days, when young people like Huaihua just start working, it doesn’t matter what the company is, as long as they can have twenty yuan, it’s good.
If you can earn 36 yuan after working for two or three years, then you will be thankful.
Otherwise, long live 36 yuan.
But forty yuan a month, paid in advance, has never been heard of.
The nannies of high-ranking cadres' families are not like this either.
No wonder Huaihua was so determined and had such a bad temper before.
It turns out it's not just a matter of relationship, it's also because I've already gotten the money.
As for Huaihua, who is so stubborn, if the money is in her hands, do you still expect her to give it back?
"Zhiqiang."
Qin Huairu suddenly complained: "How can you give her money in advance? So much? This is more than a month's salary for you, right? How can you live if you give her the money?"
"I?"
Cao Zhiqiang casually pointed to the Shanghai brand tape recorder.
"Aunt Qin, do you think I am living on my salary in the factory?
If we really look at the wages in the factory, how long and how long will it take for me to complete these four major projects?"
Qin Huairu followed Cao Zhiqiang's finger and looked at the recorder, then at the refrigerator, and finally at the washing machine next to the door.
After sighing slightly, Qin Huairu asked again: "Zhiqiang, do you really make so much money writing articles for magazines? If you buy all these things, it will cost thousands, right?"
"More than a thousand." Cao Zhiqiang said.
Immediately afterwards, Cao Zhiqiang stretched out his fingers and started counting: "This Shuanglu refrigerator alone is one thousand two hundred and sixty, and the Venus color TV in the house is one thousand yuan!"
In addition, the washing machine is 420 yuan, the Seagull DF camera is 450 yuan, the flash is 50 yuan, the radio fan is 85 yuan, the Shanghai watch is 120 yuan, and the desk lamp is 35 yuan.
There is also the Shanghai brand tape recorder I bought before, 380 yuan each. The total of all the new electrical appliances purchased is 3800 yuan."
"Three thousand and eight?" Qin Huairu took a breath.
"Zhiqiang, you actually spent so much money? You can't really rely on royalties, right?"
"Of course, what else can we rely on if we don't rely on royalties?" Cao Zhiqiang nodded.
"There are also those refrigerator rolls, color TV rolls, and industrial rolls, which ordinary people can't get." Qin Huairu asked again, "Do magazines also give these things?"
"Of course." Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "Aunt Qin, you have never submitted articles to these big magazines, so you don't know the business inside.
Nowadays, large magazines like these are all public institutions owned by Wenxuankou, and their methods are very wild.
You said it is difficult to give food stamps, but it is very easy for them to get some refrigerator rolls, color TV rolls, industrial rolls, etc.
They also often give these rewards to some outstanding authors. Otherwise, those intellectuals who don’t have many personal connections, don’t know how to drink and build relationships, and just stay at home and write articles all day long, how will they find a way to find various papers and buy color TVs?
Refrigerator and washing machine?”
"That's it." Qin Huairu nodded and sighed, "I really don't know this. It's like there are mountains separated by rows."
Then, Qin Huairu smiled again: "Zhiqiang, can you show me? I mean, your royalties invoice?"
"That's not called an invoice, it's called a remittance slip." Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "If I want to leave it to others, I'm too lazy to show it to them. Why? But you want to see it, Aunt Qin. No problem. Just wait."
After saying that, Cao Zhiqiang went to the corner and took out a suitcase. After taking it out and opening it, he took out some envelopes.
These are all remittance letters sent to him by various magazines. They not only contain remittance orders, but also letters of certification, or letters of acceptance notification.
Of course, his real big deal, the check for ninety-six thousand yuan, was naturally not shown to Qin Huairu.
Firstly, he was afraid of scaring her, and secondly, he was afraid of arousing the other person's greed and opening a bloody mouth to him.
I am in a special situation now, and I still want something from her family, so I can't fall out with her just yet.
In fact, Cao Zhiqiang can afford all these home appliances just by relying on the royalties from his past publications in magazines.
Showing these to Qin Huairu is enough to deal with her.
Sure enough, when Qin Huairu saw the letters, she immediately took them over and read them one by one.
She not only read the remittance slip inside, but also the notification letter.
Then, the more she looked, the more surprised she became, and the more she looked, the more surprised she became.
Because she discovered that what Cao Zhiqiang said before was true.
There are indeed receipts for royalties from various magazines. Some of them don't have receipts, but they do have remittance slips.
This is because Cao Zhiqiang usually went to the post office to change the remittance slips given by magazines in time. Once the exchange was successful, the remittance slips were gone and turned into payment receipts from the post office.
And some new remittance orders, such as the more than two thousand remittance orders just given by Science Illustrated, he hadn't had time to go to the post office to exchange them into money, so they were just remittance orders.
In addition, there were also some small-amount remittance orders that he had not had time to exchange at the post office, and there were quite a few in them.
However, just these things, at a glance, add up to more than four thousand.
"Is this all true?" Qin Huairu still couldn't believe it.
"Alas." Cao Zhiqiang sighed, "If you still don't believe it, you can go to the nearby post office and ask.
I go there all day long to exchange money these days, and sometimes I have to make an appointment in advance because the amount is so large.
From time to time, everyone knows me.
You just need to go to the nearby post office and mention my name to see if they know about me and whether they know about my royalties."
Upon hearing what Cao Zhiqiang said, Qin Huairu immediately smiled and said: "Since you said that, of course I believe you."
Well, that's what he said, but Qin Huairu had already made up his mind to go back to the nearby post office and ask about it, so that he could feel at ease.
"Oh, Zhiqiang." Qin Huairu said with a smile, "Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, you still have such talent, you are really promising. I'm just sorry that my sister Lin is not so lucky."
Cao Zhiqiang smiled faintly and did not reply.
Qin Huairu turned around and looked at the room again, especially at the tape recorder, refrigerator, washing machine, beef and tomatoes, and nodded slightly.
"Aunt Qin." Cao Zhiqiang stood up and said.
"If you don't have any problems, then you can call Sophora japonica over now, or I can go to your house.
I will explain it clearly to her in person in front of you, so there will be no misunderstanding.
When she returns the money to me, we will settle the matter.
Then, if you are still worried, from now on, I will take a detour when I see her and promise not to associate with her. What do you think?"
Qin Huairu lowered her head, her eyes flickered a few times, and then when she raised her head again, she still had a gentle smile on her face:
"Hey, look at what you said, I didn't mean it like that, don't think too much about it, don't take it to your heart.
This, normally speaking, is your juniors' business. As elders, we shouldn't meddle in it.
The reason why I came here this time is not because I dislike you for interacting with Sophora japonica. Actually, it's really nothing. Neighbors in the street should help each other.
The main thing is that Huaihua didn't tell us clearly before. We all thought that she was going to live in your house and be your nanny. This was definitely inappropriate, so we came to ask you.
Since things are not what we thought, it was all a misunderstanding, and Huaihua is just here to help you, to look after your two sisters, and to tutor them in their homework, then I think there is nothing wrong with it.
Neighbors in the street, no matter who has a problem, should help each other. It is also the tradition of our compound.
Anyway, Huaihua doesn’t have a job now. She’s unemployed at home all day long. It’s like she has nothing to do. If you can find something for her to do, not to mention making money, even if you don’t give her money, then I have to agree.”
"Huh?" Cao Zhiqiang heard something was wrong.
"Aunt Qin, what you mean by this is that you don't object to Sophora japonica coming to work here, ah, no, you don't object to coming to my place to help?"
"I have no objection." Qin Huairu smiled and shook her head.
Cao Zhiqiang blinked and asked cautiously: "But, Sophora japonica is here, and she has to help clean the room, cook and do laundry. So... you don't object?"
Qin Huairu frowned briefly, and then asked: "She... also cleans your room? Also helps you wash clothes?"
"Of course not." Cao Zhiqiang shook his head, "I clean my room myself and wash my clothes myself.
I don't like outsiders to interfere in my private life, so even if she comes, she will only be responsible for cleaning the living room and my sister's room, and she will mainly be responsible for washing clothes for my two sisters."
"That's no problem." Qin Huairu smiled happily, "Since Sophora japonica is just helping you take care of your two sisters, what can I object to?"
Cao Zhiqiang frowned: "Really?"
"Of course it's true." Qin Huairu smiled, "When did your Aunt Qin tell lies?"
Cao Zhiqiang raised his eyebrows: "That means, who are you? If I don't trust anyone, I have to trust you."
Immediately afterwards, Cao Zhiqiang said: "So, you agree to Sophora japonica coming to my house?"
"Agreed." Qin Huairu nodded with a smile.
"Well!"
Cao Zhiqiang said: "Let's do this. Since you agree, let Huaihua come over and officially start working from tomorrow morning. No, please help.
You tell her that from now on, she will cook breakfast, lunch and dinner for my two sisters.
Everything else doesn't matter, just remember one thing: you must cook strictly in accordance with the dietary standards I gave you.
Specifically, meals must include meat, eggs, milk, and no less vegetables and fruits, and they must be in sufficient amounts, and no shortage of pounds or pounds is allowed.
Of course, I will prepare the ingredients in advance. If not, I will give her food money in advance and let her go to the vegetable market to buy it.
Buying groceries and cooking, clearing the dishes, cleaning the living room and the south room, helping the two children with their homework, washing clothes, bathing, and haircuts are all her business from now on.
If she thinks she can do it, then do it. If she doesn't, it's too late to regret it in advance so I can find someone else."
"Don't worry!" Qin Huairu said with a smile, "Huaihua can definitely do what you said, and can do it well, so just keep it in mind!"