Chapter 301 Can’t Sleep
Luo Guangliang swallowed and continued to strike while the iron was hot.
"Brother, I really think this is a good thing. It is suitable for everyone. You see, our Pan'er will spend half of each of you's salary in one month, and he will go to kindergarten in two years. In addition to the childcare expenses, one person's salary will have to support it."
"In addition, you and your sister-in-law have to pay monthly meals to the family, and buy some wine and meat for dad. How much does it cost? Besides, you are the team leader, and you and your sister-in-law work in the same factory. How much do you two get if you are just a co-worker?”
Just listen to me, this money will be in your pocket, it’s nothing hot. If you don’t make some extra money quickly, you may not even be able to afford Xiangshan...”
The beginning was going well, but this last sentence made Luo Guangsheng's brows wrinkle into knots.
Why else?
Men are the best.
Even if it is between blood relatives, the dignity of an older brother cannot be violated when facing his own younger brother.
"Asshole! Don't you just make a lot of money by pedaling, and you actually look down on your brother?"
Luo Guangsheng's tone was full of sullenness, and he knew immediately that he was really angry.
But Luo Guangliang's face remained calm.
"Brother, you have misunderstood this. I was kicked out by my father. I don't even have a formal job, how dare I look down on you? Besides, you are my brother, and we have the same flow. I look down on you, but I look down on myself.”
“I really don’t have any other intention. I just feel that it’s not a shame to take the money that was clearly sent to you, so why don’t you take it. What? You have a wife and children, and you have a lot of money to spend. If you don’t think about yourself, you have to think about your sister-in-law and nephew.”
Luo Guangliang’s words are very sincere, but his emotions are not so easy. It will subside.
How is it possible for Luo Guangsheng to restore peace immediately?
So he threw out the sarcasm with a sneer.
"You mean, if I don't take this money, I won't be able to support my wife and children? What a joke!"
Luo Guangliang couldn't help but hesitated.
He seemed a little embarrassed to say it, but in the end he said what he wanted to say.
"Brother, I also hope this is a joke. You and your sister-in-law are both working, and they are both holding the iron rice bowl of the country. You should have no worries about food and clothing, and live a much better life than me. But the problem is... the problem is, now this There seems to be something wrong with society.”
“I, a tricycle rider, can earn a quarter’s salary from you. Don’t you think it’s strange?”
“I’m not afraid you’ll be angry, let me tell you something new. I was at the train station recently and saw several workers from the light bulb factory, who also came to fish in troubled waters and ride bicycles to earn extra money.”
“ I asked them, if you are an upright worker, why are you asking for sick leave from your work unit all day long, and stealing food from us secretly? "
"What do you think they said? The bonuses given by the factory are like shit, and you can only earn 480 yuan. You can’t buy a color TV after ten years of work.”
This night was a sleepless night for Luo Guangliang and Miao Yujuan.
Both of them were tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, and they had strange dreams in the same bed.
Miao Yujuan was mainly troubled by the fifty yuan her husband got back.
She remembered that before having children, she and her husband had been saving money for several years, but they could only save 300 yuan in savings.
I have never wanted to buy a washing machine for my home.
I've earned fifty today, so it's strange that I can still sleep.
This feeling cannot be described in words.
I just felt like I was holding a ball of hot coals in my heart, and I couldn't sleep at all.
On the contrary, I wanted to turn on the light again and take a good look at the fifty yuan.
Oh, fifty yuan, almost as much as the salary of a second-level worker.
How can you make this money so easily? Is this really safe to hold?
Tomorrow... if I sell it again tomorrow, wouldn’t it be so easy to earn fifty again?
Logically speaking, it shouldn’t be!
How could such a pie-in-the-sky thing happen?
Old people often say, don’t be greedy for small things and don’t take advantage of advantages.
Should this money be returned?
As for Luo Guangsheng, he was purely stimulated by his brother's last few words.
When he was a child, he was proud of his identity as a worker's family, and when he grew up, he was proud of his identity as a worker. Even though it has been ten years since he joined the factory, he is still just like his father. He is proud to wear labor cloth work clothes and has never liked other clothes.
But today, for the first time, he heard the title of "silly worker", and he heard it from his own brother.
This sentence could make his lungs explode with anger, making him want to hit someone uncontrollably.
But he couldn't really blame Luo Guangliang for turning his anger on his brother.
Because if you don't really care about him, why would your brother tell him this bluntly in order to persuade him to accept the money.
But even so, I understood, but it was still extremely awkward for him to come back.
First, it is true that he cannot figure out what is going on in society and why it has become like this.
Secondly, he is a little worried about the identity of the "team leader" above him.
He earned this money from his colleagues in the factory, so tomorrow, can he still face his colleagues calmly?
What was originally selfless suddenly became selfish.
What if his employer finds out about him taking money?
What would his colleagues in the factory think of him if they found out?
If dad knew about it, he would probably scold him for being worthless...
What a contradiction...
In the Republic after 2000, ordinary people who longed to get rich overnight faced the social When reality makes you sigh helplessly.
It is often said that "how full the ideal is, how skinny the reality is."
But these people may never have thought that in the early 1980s, this was said in reverse.
If not for anything else, just because these days, most people are content with the status quo and are ashamed to speak out, just like Luo Guangsheng, who is honest and kind.
Even if someone gives money to his hand, he is afraid of biting his hand and avoids it.
There are very few people who have the courage to make a living, to sacrifice face, and to use all means to change their economic situation.
In fact, don’t look back at 1982, the reform has been going on for four years.
But at this time, there are only one million people engaged in self-employed industrial and commercial households in the country.
Even the vast majority of people are forced to embark on the road of business.
Just like the owners of the first private restaurant in Beijing, Guo Peiji and Liu Guixian.
At first, they just wanted to find a job for their two sons who could not find jobs after returning to the city because their family had no connections.
Just like Yin Shengxi who founded the Dawancha Trading Group in Beijing.
At first, he was just an ordinary cadre in Dashilan Street. In order to solve the work problem of unemployed young people, he opened a local youth teahouse to sell large bowls of tea.
Of course, there are also many people like Luo Guangliang who rides a tricycle.
One wrong move, and after being released from it, you will be looked down upon everywhere and don’t want anything anywhere.
I have to take this road just to make money to eat and survive.
So it can be said that the domestic market environment is still a natural coast that few people have set foot on.
Sunny beaches, blue sea and blue sky, there are many fish, shrimps and treasures, but no sharks and reefs can be seen.
What is the time of day? That's just catching up.
For these first batch of individuals, no matter who they are, as long as they are a little more lively, they are willing to get their bodies wet.
It doesn’t take much effort to make a fortune on this coast.
Even unintentional people can gain something if they get involved by accident and take a walk on the beach by chance. Get some shrimps and crabs to improve your life, and your life will be more nourishing than others.
Otherwise, there is no way to explain how the couple Guo Peiji and Liu Guixian became households worth 10,000 yuan in just one year.
There is no way to explain how Yin Shengxi managed to sell a large trading group by selling large bowls of tea for two cents each.
There is no way to explain why Luo Guangliang becomes more energetic and energetic, and the more he rides the tricycle, the more addictive and energetic he becomes.
It is also impossible to explain the huge changes in the quality of life of the neighbors in No. 2 Courtyard of Shan'er Hutong.
(End of this chapter)