Chapter 22 The Noisy Courtyard
In the warehouse, Shazhu listened to the radio playing over and over again, but his name was not there.
However, there are two people with very harsh names.
One is Xu Damao and the other is Yang Xiaotao.
He remembered that the man ran into the third workshop, and suddenly felt that Yang Xiaotao was the most suspicious.
Moreover, the assessment of the first-level fitter had ended at that time, and Yang Xiaotao had sufficient time to commit the crime.
The more he thought about it, the more Shazhu thought, almost convinced that it was Yang Xiaotao who disgusted him.
Thinking about Yang Xiaotao's past, I just felt that this guy was even more shameless and bad than Xu Damao.
Thinking of this, Shazhu wanted to find a stick and beat him up, but considering this was a factory, the security personnel would not let it go.
“Hmph, I’ll make you look good after we leave the factory.”
In the afternoon, the factory began to distribute wages and food stamps.
This is also the day that workers have been looking forward to.
Compared to going to the grain store to get food, the wages and food stamps issued by the factory are directly related to the living conditions of the family.
The team started waiting after finishing their meal.
The factory finance department also calculated the latest wages and started preparing for payment with a list of ledgers.
"Line up, and those who are called will come forward and line up."
The security guards of the nearby factory maintained order, and the workshop director began to take orders.
Then the team lined up, everyone happily waiting to be paid.
No matter how much it is, having money is worth celebrating.
The wages and benefits in the steel rolling mill are simply a heavenly life in the eyes of the country people. A farmer’s work points for a year may not be worth ten yuan in money, and the minimum monthly apprenticeship for workers in the steel rolling mill is Both cost 18 yuan and 5 yuan each.
This is why Qin Huairu chose Jia Dongxu, because Jia Dongxu is a first-level fitter, while Yang Xiaotao is just an apprentice.
There is a difference of 9 yuan between the two parties.
"Yang Xiaotao, you are a first-level fitter, and your salary is 27.5 yuan."
"This is a food stamp, 22 pounds! This is a non-staple food stamp, oil and salt are 4 taels each. 3 taels of meat!”
Yang Xiaotao took a stack of banknotes, and then a few food stamps and non-staple food stamps. These things are related to the grade, because workers operating machines are strenuous work, so they have more rations.
Wang Fa, who was in front of him, got a bunch of votes.
There are not only oil and salt ones, but also candy and cloth tickets.
In short, if you want to live a good life, you must upgrade your level.
After the wages are paid, it is officially a holiday.
The workers walked out of the factory together. Some greeted them to meet during the New Year, and some took them to drink and celebrate together.
Yang Xiaotao declined the invitation from Wang Fa and others. At the moment, he is only a first-level fitter and is not worthy of celebration.
When did you reach level eight? You will definitely have a feast.
Out of the gate, Yang Xiaotao came to a poplar tree without leaving a trace, stretched out his hand to support the trunk, pretended to take off his shoes and dump the soil, then he felt his sleeves bulging, and then Xiaowei appeared at the collar.
"咻咻"
"Are you full today?"
"Boohoo!"
"Let's go shopping!"
It's still early, so Yang Xiaotao is not in a hurry to go home. Now that there is a shortage of things at home, he just has money and tickets to go to Chaoyang Go to the market to buy some food.
After walking for more than an hour, we arrived at Chaoyang Market.
As a famous trading market, when it first started here, it was also to facilitate the transactions of rural farmers, so the materials here may be a little less than those of the supply and marketing cooperatives, but in terms of freshness, they are not comparable to the supply and marketing cooperatives.
Walking in the vegetable market, there weren't too many shouts around. There weren't that many show-offs in selling vegetables these days. After the items were arranged neatly, the sellers would sit behind them, and those who liked them would naturally buy them.
Many of the vegetables here are grown by veteran farmers from the countryside. Vegetables grown in their own fields can be bought here without a ticket, but the corresponding price may be higher.
These are also unwritten rules, and unlike Pigeon City, everyone here has registered with the street office, so there will be no speculation.
Yang Xiaotao walked around, looking at the cultural scenery that belonged to this era, and feeling the vicissitudes of life that he had never experienced before.
Most of the markets sell cabbage and radishes. As for seasonings, oil and salt, Yang Xiaotao probably has to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy them.
Of course, there are not many meat sellers here, and they are all chicken and duck, and then there are live chickens and ducks.
Yang Xiaotao wanted to buy two chickens and keep them at home, but thinking about the beasts in the yard, he probably would have ended up in someone else's stomach.
Although he is not easy to fool, he always feels uncomfortable in his heart.
Walking around, Yang Xiaotao held a small bag of eggs in his hand, fifteen of them, costing seventy cents.
They are all laid by old hens, and they are quite big. There is no feed these days, and the food they eat is all natural and pollution-free, so the nutritional value of these eggs is much higher than that of pheasants in the previous life.
That is to say, there are only fifteen aunties selling eggs this time, otherwise Yang Xiaotao would buy more.
Eat one a day to stay healthier.
While Yang Xiaotao was fresh at the vegetable market, there was a burst of crying in the courtyard.
In the middle courtyard, Yi Zhonghai was sitting on a stool drinking tea. When he heard the sound coming from the backyard, he undoubtedly shook his head.
"Is Lao Liu beating his son again?"
The third uncle heard the sound and rushed over. Although his face was asking, he also had an expression of gloating.
There are more than 20 households in the entire courtyard, and 11 of them work in the steel rolling mill, so every time there is an assessment in the factory, it is a major event in the yard.
Whoever has passed or failed will be publicized.
Before the examination, Liu Haizhong swore that he would succeed. He would become an eighth-level worker by then, and his status would not be lower than that of a senior official. He would also be tough in speaking in this yard from now on.
In the past two days, he has attracted a lot of attention in front of the third uncle.
Not only Liu Haizhong, but also Xu Damao in the backyard and Jia Dongxu in the middle courtyard were all so arrogant, as if they had everything they needed to capture them. It's really annoying to bully him, a people's teacher, and not get a promotion.
But now, I heard that the steel rolling mill has increased the difficulty of the assessment this time, and only two people in the entire compound, Xu Damao and Yang Xiaotao, passed.
Liu Haizhong and Jia Dongxu have lost face and are hiding at home, afraid to see anyone.
Actually, speaking of it, is Xu Damao considered an assessment?
Yang Xiaotao was the only one who actually passed.
This guy has only been in class for two months and he passed the exam. It’s really incredible.
Yan Fugui was thinking about whether to ease the relationship with Yang Xiaotao. At least he didn't get ahead of what happened last time. Although he has made many calculations over the years, the past is over. As long as he starts treating him well now Can't you just click it?
"The second brother feels uncomfortable, he must be angry."
Yi Zhonghai said with a smile, he already knew what Liu Haizhong was thinking.
So he couldn't get through the bangs, and he was happy in his heart.
“They are all our own flesh and blood. This old Liu is so ruthless. Master, do you want us to take care of it?”
“Oh, it’s hard for an upright official to deal with household affairs. Let’s save it. Don't worry."
After Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, he walked into the room. Yan Fugui sighed and turned around to walk out, but there was a trace of disdain in the corner of his eyes.
“It’s hard to keep an upright official and stop household affairs. When have you not participated in the Jia family’s affairs? Bah, hypocrite!”
At Liu Haizhong's house, Liu Haizhong used a feather duster to beat Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu until they squatted in the corner and wailed, looking pitiful, but they did not dare to resist at all.
Besides, the second aunt placed the scrambled eggs on the egg table, took out a plate of peanuts, a basin of two boxes of steamed buns, and half a bottle of wine. She placed them on the table and called Liu Guangqi over. Have a meal.
The eldest brother Liu Guangqi sat down, and without looking at the two brothers who were being beaten, he directly picked up the wine bottle and filled a cup for himself, and then filled his bangs.
From beginning to end, there was no sympathy for the two beaten brothers.
Liu Haizhong was tired and threw the feather duster on Liu Guangtian, "Go and stand in the back room. You are not allowed to eat today!"
"Hurry up, count to three!"
Liu Guangtian supported Liu Guangfu and immediately crawled to the back room, for fear of wasting time.
"Besides causing trouble for me, what else can these two beasts do?"
Bang Hai sat down angrily and poured the wine into his mouth in one gulp.
"Guang Qi, have you thought about the job you told me about?"
"Yeah!"
Liu Guangqi replied without raising his head, and then took the scrambled eggs into his mouth.
“What are your ideas?”
“This job makes little money and is too tiring, so I don’t want to do it.”
“Well, fine, I’ll ask someone else to do it. You find one.”
"I know!"
The two of them were eating, and the second aunt sat aside and watched, waiting for the two of them to eat and drink before going back to the house to rest.
The second aunt then invited the Liu Guangtian brothers to come out for dinner.
As soon as the second uncle finished speaking, curses broke out from the Jia family in the Intermediate Courtyard again.
However, the target of the curse this time was not Jia Dongxu, who failed the assessment, but Qin Huairu, who had just returned from her parents' home.
"Who are you? You go back without bringing some souvenirs to honor the old lady."
"Thank you for letting me bring you back some toffee. Is this how you become an in-law?"
"Do you have the nerve to come to the city again?"
“A bunch of country bumpkins don’t even understand a little bit of human interaction. They deserve to be dug in the dirt to eat!”
Jia Zhang was sitting at the door holding the soles of her shoes, yelling and cursing. , making Qin Huairu's face turn blue and red in the room.
At noon, Qin Huairu trekked back to Qinjia Village.
When he gave the candies and cigarettes he brought to his family, he was indeed warmly welcomed by his family, but when he talked about returning the bride price, the entire Qin family fell into dead silence.
It turns out that Qin Huairu’s brother also wanted to marry a wife, and the money given as a gift from the Yang family happened to be misappropriated. Now that it’s time to get married, is there still money to pay back?
As for the Jia family’s betrothal gift, the Qin family spent almost all of it to show that their daughter married a city man, and the whole village held a banquet.
Now, if you ask them to spend 15 yuan, won’t this cost them their lives?
After Qin Huairu finished speaking, the old man of the Qin family almost fainted, and then the eldest son shouted angrily, "If you don't want money, I will save my life!"
Even Qin's mother cried and said that the family really needed money. .
Qin Huairu also wanted to give it a few days, but she also knew how difficult it was to save ten yuan in the countryside.
But thinking about the temperament of her mother-in-law, she could only grit her teeth and force her mother and father at home.
After all, this is owed to the Yang family.
If you don't give it, you will go to jail.
In this way, the Qin family took out the engagement money and went to the brigade party secretary's house to borrow some, and then they collected fifteen yuan and asked Qin Huairu to bring it back.
When something like this happened, Qin Huairu was too embarrassed to eat at home, so she took the money and hurried to the city.
In the afternoon, as soon as Qin Huairu came back from her parents' home, Mrs. Jia Zhang stared at Qin Huairu with a pair of triangular eyes and scanned Qin Huairu's body over and over again.
Although he had money, he didn't see any of the expected local products. Now he heard that Jia Dongxu had failed the assessment, so he found an excuse to scold Qin Huairu.
In the room, Qin Huairu looked at Jia Dongxu's depressed look, her eyes turned red and she cried.
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But A Tao writes at least 6,000 words a day, so he is more sincere than the 2K Party.
And the new book issue is like this. The editor also said that it must be suppressed.
But who hasn’t been young? A Tao is not old either, he just works hard!
It’s still affordable to add an additional chapter for 2000 starting coins.
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(End of this chapter)