Lao Sun smoked his cigarette leisurely, grinning from time to time, probably remembering some silly thing he did when he was young.
"Don't just smoke, let's have a smoke."
"Ding."
Yi Zhonghai picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, then poured another glass of wine for Lao Sun.
"Ha~ This little brewer makes pretty good wine."
"I'll get you two more bottles to send home later."
"No, no, just taste it."
"Let's continue what we just said. If you still treat me as a friend, you should stop hiding me."
Old Sun rubbed his face a few times, and even his tone of voice became a little hesitant. It seemed that he had made a difficult choice in his heart.
"The union has already talked to me. The most important thing is that I submitted my name last week. It would have been much easier if you had come to talk to me a few days earlier."
Yi Zhonghai lowered his head and rubbed his temples, not even bothering to take the plate of pickles that his wife had just handed him.
"Why don't you go find the union and talk about it?"
"What can I say about this!"
"How many times has the union talked to you?"
"1 time."
"call…"
Yi Zhonghai let out a sigh of relief after hearing this. This old Sun didn't even hit the point.
"That's okay. The union is just asking about your wishes as usual. The matter has not been finalized yet."
Seeing that Lao Sun nodded as if he had listened to his words, Yi Zhonghai struck while the iron was hot and asked, "Can you tell me the price now?"
Old Sun thought for a while in his heart, and even the blood of profiteers left to him by the six generations of ancestors of the Sun family began to boil. First he swallowed, and then used hand gestures to tentatively draw what he thought was
Sky-high price.
Seeing Lao Sun's right thumb, index finger, and middle finger clenched together, Yi Zhonghai didn't even think about it, just slapped the table and said: "700 yuan is no problem!"
Lao Sun quickly withdrew his right hand, not forgetting to pinch his thigh hard. He cursed in his heart that he still set the price low. If only he could retire a month earlier before the next one, the price at that time would be higher.
He didn't understand Yi Zhonghai's inner thoughts at all. Lao Yi simply wanted to send Zhou Wenzhong to the factory as soon as possible, and then ask him to quickly move to a room and get out of the yard. Out of sight, out of mind. That's why he was willing to accept 700 yuan.
High price.
"This... we need to discuss some things first. If the union asks me why I changed my name, you have to help me explain."
"No problem. When the time comes, you will sign in the union and agree to let your nephew Zhou Wenzhong come into the factory to take over your shift. You can leave the rest alone."
Lao Sun picked up the wine glass and asked: "This... Lao Yi, why don't you call this Zhou Wenzhong out first, and the three of us can sit together and talk. I'm afraid that selling my job will cause a big fuss and end badly."
"He is not at home at all now. When I see him later, I will explain to him. I still say the same thing, you don't have to worry about the rest. I guarantee that it will be absolutely foolproof."
Seeing that Lao Sun still wanted to raise this matter, Yi Zhonghai immediately picked up his wine glass and clinked it with him...
Ma Guihong from the Zhou family in the front yard was also busy cooking on the stove on the south wall of her home.
Zhou Wenxiu stared at the food in the pot and asked, "How long will it take before we can eat it?"
"Don't make trouble here with me. Go back to the house and stay there."
"oh."
"First bring this plate of day lily to your cousin."
"oh."
Seeing that her daughter was almost dripping with tears, Ma Guihong opened the lid of the pot and said, "I have left some food for you two brothers and sisters. We will eat it after your second uncle leaves. With your appearance, anyone who sees it will be shocked."
Scolding you is useless."
"Hey. If it weren't for the fact that the boss was at home, our family wouldn't have..."
"Don't mention him to me! He might have died outside a long time ago. Hurry up and deliver food to your second uncle."
"okay."
Zhou Wenxiu held the plate of dishes, opened the wooden door of the hall and walked in.
"Oh! I have to say that this girl Wenxiu is very handsome. Your grandma is looking forward to your return during the holidays this year. You are a bit ignorant!"
Zhou Wenxiu didn't understand the meaning of his second uncle's words at all. In fact, he was scolding his father for being ignorant. He opened his mouth slightly and didn't know how to answer the words. He turned to look at Zhou Deming and then at the person sitting there.
Zhou Wenxin playing with a spear on a chair.
"Second uncle, I also want to go back during the Chinese New Year, but..."
Zhou Deming quickly grabbed the words and said: "But we can't cause trouble to our family. The food in the countryside is not enough to eat. If our family goes back again, the burden on the family will be heavier. Do you think this is the truth about Double Happiness?"
"Hehehe..."
Ma Shuangxi knew in her heart that her brother-in-law was notoriously disrespectful. He only did things that were beneficial. As for these poor relatives in the countryside? He could stay away from them as much as possible.
Only when he meets his own family can he think of the word "relatives".
Before I went out this time, my mother had specifically asked me to go to my sister’s house when I went to the city to do errands. By the way, I would send some dried vegetables and tobacco leaves, and also ask them why they were celebrating the New Year this time.
Don't you want to go back to the village and walk around? If it weren't for the mission given by my mother, I wouldn't be too lazy to come here.
Ma Shuangxi placed a small bamboo basket between his legs and crushed a handful of dried tobacco leaves with both hands. He picked up the cut writing paper, rolled it into a piece, covered it with his own saliva and handed it to his brother-in-law.
Zhou Deming felt disgusted when he saw the wet stains on his saliva, so he took the cigarette from Ma Shuangxi and put it aside.
"It seems to me that the family is missing someone. Where is the eldest son of your family? Zhou Wen...what is Wen? His name is on his lips, but he still can't remember it."
Zhou Deming stood up and rushed his son and daughter into the bedroom. He walked out of the main room and called Ma Guihong in. He also bolted the door.
Ma Shuangxi was a little confused when she saw her brother-in-law's attitude, so she didn't ask any more questions, lit a cigarette and waited for him to explain.
"Let your sister talk about this. You may not believe what I say."
Ma Guihong leaned into her brother's ear and whispered about Zhou Wenzhong's recent changes. The expression on Ma Shuangxi's face changed as she listened, and she didn't even notice that the cigarette he had just lit had been burned out.
"Snapped!"
Ma Shuangxi slammed the table excitedly.
"What did I say back then? Sister, do you still remember when I was 4 years old? I said at that time that I saw a person over 3 meters tall in the cemetery. No one in our family believed it! They also said that I was blind and saw wrongly.
Will you believe it when this kind of evil thing happens to you? You don’t even think about it, if I am blind, can the militia platoon accept me? You... you just don’t see too much!"
These words made Zhou Deming so angry that he picked up the enamel jar and poured water into his stomach. He put his elbows on the table and covered his eyes. He was too lazy to watch Ma Shuangxi recalling his childhood in front of him.
When Ma Guihong saw her man's reaction, she also complained that her younger brother was making fun of her.
"Sit down quickly. How many days will you stay at my sister's house this time?"
"We'll have to take advantage of the truck to leave tomorrow, probably by noon."
Ma Shuangxi lit the cigarette again, squatted on the ground and picked up the yam eggs one by one. He blew the soil off them and placed them again on the dining table.
"Is our mother feeling better?"
"It's okay. The doctor said that our mother's disease was caused during confinement. There is no cure now, so we can only treat it first."
Ma Guihong had finished chatting about family matters in three sentences, and went straight to the topic and asked: "What do you think we should do about our boss?"
"This... I don't understand this business. Besides, there are no monks or Taoists now. If that doesn't work, you can find an old Chinese medicine doctor to take a look. Sister, do you still remember Gen Cheng from the hospital next door to our house? Wasn't he shocked when he was a child?
, cried all night long, and the old Chinese medicine doctor pinched his fingers and came back to his senses. I guess the old Chinese medicine doctor knows how to use his hands."
Zhou Deming picked up the wine glass and smashed it on the dining table with a little force.
Upon hearing the signal from her man, Ma Guihong once again leaned into her brother's ear and whispered in his ear.
"No way? No... do you really want to be like this? If this matter gets spread, you... can't do it, can't do it..."
Seeing Ma Shuangxi shaking his head like a rattle, Zhou Deming really couldn't sit still.
"Why don't you tell me what we should do? We have 4 people in our family to replace him with 1? If this matter can't be kept under wraps and it breaks out, let me, Zhou Deming, handle it alone!"
Ma Shuangxi looked at Zhou Deming with suspicion in his eyes, as if to say: Do you still have the ability to urinate?
"You know a lot of people and meet a lot of leaders on a daily basis. Please give me some advice."
Ma Shuangxi circled the thumbs of his hands back and forth, and whispered after 2 minutes: "You can find someone to support you, ask him to sign and fingerprint the application for voluntary rural migration, and then use your connections to assign him to our village."
Educated youth. When the time comes, I will have enough people to recruit people to manage him."
As soon as this method was explained, it was immediately rejected by Zhou Deming.
"It's impossible. There is a liaison officer in our hospital who said he has an acquaintance in the street office. If he finds out about our matter, your nephew will be in danger."
Ma Shuangxi swallowed the food in her mouth, tapped the table with her fingers and said, "Then...then you can try pouring some chicken blood and black dog blood on it?"
"Can you give me some good ideas! Who has seen dogs now? Dogs on the streets are rarer than mosquitoes in winter! Not to mention they are black. Do you still have dogs in your village?"
"No. The weasels are almost eaten up."
"Isn't this the end?"
Ma Shuangxi suddenly thought of a good idea again, pointed at his spear and said, "I'll talk to him in person later, and I think he will give me this face."
"He's a better guy than you! Do you know Shuangxi... the kind of person who is willing to risk his life for money? Are there such people in your village?"
Ma Shuangxi looked at Ma Guihong and received a nod from her sister.
"Sigh... If you do this, what will I tell my mother when I see you? It's okay if you don't mention this, but I already know it. No, no, no... I don't agree, it's absolutely not okay for you to do this."
Ma Guihong took Ma Shuangxi's hand and said: "In our family, I have loved you the most since I was a child. I always stick to you if there is anything delicious or fun to do. Now that you have grown up, you have probably forgotten all the things that happened when you were a child.
It doesn't matter. No matter what I say, you are still my biological brother. I won't blame you or blame you."
"You can't write two horses in one stroke. You are siblings! Can Shuangxi watch you move into the small house in the southwest corner? Can he still watch you go hungry all day long?"
Ma Shuangxi listened to the two of them cooperating, took out his hand and rubbed his hair. He picked up some dandruff and fell on his shoulders. Finally, he rubbed his face vigorously, lowered his head and sighed.
"I've heard of a name. It depends on what you want to do. Let's talk about it first! This matter has nothing to do with me."
"It has nothing to do with you, no matter what happens, it won't fall on you."
"What are you doing at home standing still? Go and get Wenxin's writing pad."
"Eh."
Ma Shuangxi felt the excitement between the two of them and wanted to slap herself. She shouldn't have come to their house today.
"Shuangxi, please tell me, I'll remember it."
"When Wen Xin celebrated his 12th birthday a few years ago, didn't I come to your house for a drink? That time, two brothers committed a robbery case and fled near our village. I also participated in the escort process.
.In the end, I found out that three brothers were responsible for the crime. These two brothers took it all on their shoulders. Their younger brother is probably not a peaceful master either. His name is Sanhaier. You go to the area near the artillery station and Berlin.
Ask around at the temple. That’s all I know. I don’t care what you want to do. I don’t know anything, and I didn’t say anything.”
Zhou Deming stopped the pen in his hand, picked up his wine glass and prepared to touch it with Ma Shuangxi.
"I won't drink any more. I'll go back to the house to rest. You guys should go to bed early."
Ma Shuangxi pushed open the door of Zhou Wenzhong's bedroom and walked in, thinking about what to tell his mother after returning home this time. Zhou Deming pointed to the dishes on the table, and Ma Guihong quickly returned to her bedroom with the plate.