At the end of April, Hong Yanwu's life rhythm had basically returned to normal.
Apart from going to work and picking up and dropping off Shui Xiaoying every day, the only thing left to do is continue to spend a lot of money to buy good things at home.
Life is just like his "energy and spirit", which has also undergone changes from low to high, from low to high.
Speaking of which, this god is also interesting. He is almost like an old man from the capital who plays with his grandson while drinking.
I just took a chopstick and dipped it in some white wine, which made you wince and bring tears to your eyes. Then I immediately rubbed out a few peanuts and fed them to you.
So whatever happens one after another is a good thing.
The first "peanut" fed by God was the acceptance of "Polar Bear's" self-built house.
Both Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan successfully obtained the keys to their respective two-bedroom apartments.
Although the floor is on the top floor of the sixth floor, it is quite strenuous to climb up. It is not warm in winter and not cool in summer.
Fortunately, according to Hong Yanwu's request, the two suites were given to each other in the same unit.
Besides, who is not short of housing these days?
Upstairs and downstairs, electric lights and telephones are almost everyone's dream, but wherever there are houses there are more wolves and less meat.
Like this group of self-built houses, the new employees don't even have the qualifications that are most valued by the leaders.
At the very least, they are all veteran employees who have worked for more than five years, and they must be male to have this blessing.
Therefore, Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan were the only ones in the entire factory, which naturally made many people jealous.
But to be honest, and I am not pretending, Hong Yanwu himself is not happy.
Because when he originally got this room, he was worried that Tang Xin'er would come back.
Although the small courtyard in Qifenglou Hutong has been taken over, by the time the house is renovated, won't there be a place for marriage?
Moreover, he can live door to door with Chen Liquan. How great is this?
But now this hope has been shattered, and this room is nothing more than a "warehouse" to him.
At most, it can be used as a temporary dormitory. If he and Chen Liquan are tired from work, they can sleep nearby and rest.
But don't forget, the factory leaders live here, so it's always inconvenient to get in and out.
So this room is not very important to him, and he really doesn't care much about it.
What he didn't expect was that when his family knew that he and Quanzi had obtained the house key, the one who was the most happy and envious for them was Hong Yanwen.
He actually said that if a man wants to have a family, he must have his own house.
These words that came from deep emotion immediately made Hong Yanwu feel that something was wrong.
After an in-depth chat, he found out that his second brother's current life was not as good as he thought.
According to Hong Yanwen, he works as a subordinate during the day and as a son-in-law at night, and his every move is under his nose.
Even if you stay at home, you won't be able to cool off, and Xu's family can't tell when they will come over.
Although Xu Chongya didn't care, he was inevitably tense and dared not relax at all times.
Hong Yanwu felt sorry for his second brother and knew that this kind of tiredness came entirely from the heart and could never be made up by sleeping.
He simply handed the key to his suite to Hong Yanwen.
She didn't even let him refuse, and just said that she would definitely not be short of housing in the future, and she didn't like living in a unit either.
For now, it is enough for him and Quanzi to have a flat.
Looking back, my second brother is willing to completely move his family here, or he can come and stay for a few days when he feels uncomfortable.
But he can only provide a house, and whether the Xu family is willing to do so or whether the second sister-in-law agrees or not, it is up to Hong Yanwen to coordinate it himself.
Hong Yanwen gave in several times, and when he saw that his brother was sincere, he was naturally overjoyed and thanked him profusely.
In this way, these two houses have some practical use, and they are not vacant houses, leaving Hong Yanwu to dry in his hands.
Then the second "peanut" came, it was the Hong family's phone number that made the call.
Not only in Furuli, but also in the old house on Meishi Street, the two telephones were installed almost at the same time.
You know, it was not easy to get a phone number at that time, and you had to queue up.
Although it was not the most difficult period, there were still 23,000 households waiting to be installed in 1982.
This year there has been an additional demand for over 5,000 households. Theoretically speaking, we have to wait for half a year, unless we go through the back door.
It happened that Hong Yanwu didn't go through the back door this time. Although he originally wanted to leave, it wasn't because something happened to "Tang Xin'er" that he lost his mind.
In the end, I didn't pay attention to it. Instead, I had no intention of interfering with it and got "shit luck".
Furuli is across the street from Zixin Road. There is a family whose number has been approved, but because their home is too far from the telephone pole.
If the people at the telephone exchange just adopt the method of "renting poles and hanging lines", they will have to temporarily increase a lot of expenses.
Later, halfway through the pretense, the family decided it was not worth it and regretted it.
I also specifically trusted the relationship and insisted on refunding the fee, saying that I would stop pretending.
Well, the telephone company didn't want to bear this loss in vain, so it used the name of "expedited fee" and tried to contact several nearby users who were waiting for installation to see if anyone was willing to pay a few extra bucks to install it in advance.
With Hong Yanwu's wealth, he was naturally happy to be taken advantage of, so he happily leaned on the chopping board and let the telephone company "cut" three hundred yuan of "meat" from him.
As for the old house on Meishi Street, it's even more worry-free.
Since the house across the street from the main entrance of Hong's house was about to install a telephone, the people at the telephone exchange didn't bother to make a second trip, so they took the initiative to advance the Hong house's ranking number.
At that time, two families were installed at once, and the Hong family was considered to be taking advantage of others.
Needless to say, this is convenient for Hong Yanwu.
For some confidential matters, it is safer to call at home.
However, although most of the family members did not object to this matter, only the eldest brother Hong Yanzheng was very distressed.
Seeing that he didn't like it made me angry again, so I finally took the opportunity and started to scold him.
"When did your family ask you to call An? Ah? Are you a minister or a director? How many thousands of dollars are you paying for this score? If you pretend to be both, I say you can win the championship for your skill in making buns!"
Hong Yanwu had already expected this to happen, so it was unhurried and uneventful.
"My eldest brother, don't say that. It's convenient to install a phone. This is also the future development trend of modern life. Sooner or later, you have to pretend. Look, from now on, if you have to work overtime at your workplace, just call back and your parents won't
I’m worried. I’ll let my sister-in-law know what’s going on. I’ll grab some hot food for you when the time comes, so you can just eat the ready-made food when you get back, okay?”
Hong Yanzheng curled his lips and felt weird.
"Convenient? It's trendy? It's like we don't have public phones here. I call Xiyuan from work and ask Qiuzi's mother to pass it on, okay? Just for your convenience, we have two phones at home.
I have to pay sixty yuan a month, which is higher than my salary..."
Hong Yanwu sighed.
"Come on, brother, don't feel bad. Anyway, I paid for it, you don't need to pay for it. Isn't it just that if you use it in vain? I am happy to spend this money. After all, our parents can fight without leaving the house.
Telephones are always a good thing for them, right? In fact, it’s me who is really inconvenient. Don’t I have to use the public phone in the west courtyard in most cases?”
He was too lazy to deal with it, but when he said this, Hong Yanzheng became even more angry.
Because according to his values, no matter how you look at it, this is a confusing account.
"That's right. You know it yourself, kid, so why do you still do this thing of taking off your pants and farting?"
"Do you think you are stupid? You live in the west courtyard, and you are obviously guarding the public phone, but you still have to make arrangements for your family. You can just make it safe. What's the matter? You won't be able to run two more steps in the future, and you still have to spend unjust money to continue to call the public phone.
?You are a genius, can anyone live like this?"
"And your room, I really don't know what you are thinking. If you don't live in the unit provided by the work unit, you have to spend it with the West Hospital. Is there something wrong with your brain? I should take you to the hospital to have a look."
But he didn't expect that Hong Yanwu also had something to say to him.
"Oh, my brother. You really like carrots and worry too much about unnecessary things. It's normal for me to think differently than you do. Or why haven't we two brothers dealt with each other since we were young?"
"Actually, don't blame me. Let's look at our parents first. Why don't they move to the old house? This is not only a matter of material conditions, but also an emotional issue. Neighbors and acquaintances here for decades have to take care of each other.
Human touch. For me, there is also hot food to eat without having to do it yourself. Anyone who doesn’t understand these is stupid."
"There's also the matter of installing telephones. I guess you're right. I just make them. I just have too much money and nowhere to spend it. What's wrong? We have the ability. Do you want me to show you the stamps again? I have it in my hand.
Now there are more than 200 full-page tickets. To tell you the truth, the price of my monkey ticket has increased again. That ticket is not one yuan, it is more than three yuan. You didn't expect it, did you?"
This news immediately shocked Hong Yanzheng.
This means that less than a year later, the stamps in Hong Yanwu's hand have more than doubled. Even if he deliberately concealed the amount, according to Hong Yanwu, he should have sixty or seventy thousand yuan in his hand now, so hurry up.
The output value of their factory in one quarter.
Hey, what's going on! Others have been working hard for a lifetime, but they are not as good as this brat who has been lying down and sleeping for a year!
But once he tried to persuade her again, his voice started to tremble.
"Mom and dad... do you know about this? Let me tell you... you should sell the stamps quickly! Who knows, the price will not be so high one day! And, third child, you really have to listen to your elder brother. Yes.
The saying is... it's called 'There will always be days and no days, don't wait and think about the days', life is about a steady flow of water, if you sell it, hurry up and deposit it in the bank! You have to learn to save money..."
Unexpectedly, his sincere words of kindness only received an indifferent smile from Hong Yanwu.
"Thank you, brother, I understand this. In fact, you don't have to say it so elegantly, isn't it like 'if you have money, you can't see big sesame cakes, but if you don't have money, you can only see big sesame cakes'. But I really can't listen to you, tell me clearly
You, of all the things, money will depreciate, and I will keep nothing. If you don’t believe it, you can ask our dad to see if what I say makes sense..."
"So, why should I save money? I can still make money by leaving stamps, which is better than saving money. If I want to have money, I will spend it. Only when I spend money can it be regarded as my own. Otherwise, what is left
No matter how much money you have, what's the use? In the end, it's only twenty-nine pounds of oil and a small wooden box..."
Hong Yanzheng didn't understand for a moment and asked what he meant. Then Hong Yanwu made another witty remark - "I'm leaving in the chimney alley", and he was so angry that he stared at him.
But this is not over yet, Hong Yanwu has more unscrupulous people running behind him.
"Of course, brother, some people like to save money without spending it. I can't say that this is wrong. After all, porcelain roosters, iron cranes, glass mice, and glazed cats can still save a little money. For example, on the last day
, such people can use gold urns instead of wooden urns. After hard work, you have to be happy once in a lifetime, right? How comfortable it is to stay in that little gold box. It's a pity, you still have to worry about one thing, thousands of
Don’t let others get greedy. Otherwise, if you go in in the morning, you will have to be dumped in the evening..."
These words made Hong Yanzheng grind his teeth at that moment, and he wanted to take off his shoes and throw them away.