Chapter 40: Helping Cousin
Kang Qirui’s words won the unanimous approval of the second brother, second sister-in-law and Azu. It’s so comfortable for the landlord to rent the house to the tenant. He doesn’t even have to pay for the rent himself, it’s directly paid to her. Second-hand landlords sit and collect money every month.
Second-hand landlords are also very profitable. Not to mention anything else, they make a lot of money from their monthly utility bills. Civilian electricity charges 6.5 cents, but they insist on charging 1.5 cents. Even if there are relevant policies, it will be useless. You have a good plan, and he has a ladder. They changed it to 6.5 cents for electricity and 8.5 cents for line maintenance. They still charge you 1.5 cents for electricity. What can you do?
"My cousin is worthy of being an educated person, and he sees things clearly. I don't know how happy I am now, how can I be bored?" Cousin Bing also agreed with Kang Qirui, "I am now In this way, I would drink tea first in the morning, then walk around and visit the market. I would have a simple meal for lunch, and I would meet up with some friends to play mahjong in the afternoon. Sometimes I would go to karaoke with my friends in the evening. Go to the sauna, then have a late night snack, and then go home to sleep at three or four o'clock. Are you happy?"
Not to mention that it is only the first day of 2001, even if it is 20 years later, Kang. Qi Rui believes that 99% of people envy this kind of life, it is like a god. Everyone looked at Cousin Bing and decided to give him a good meal that night.
"Cousin, with your current status, you can't eat at home tonight, can you?" The second sister-in-law not only straightened her stomach, but she really did it when she had something to do.
"Hey, yes, it's already past 5 o'clock. You can't have dinner at home. I'm going to treat you today and invite the whole family to have a big dinner." Cousin Bing heard what the second sister-in-law said and looked at it. The watch is not polite, and directly invites everyone to dinner.
"A Bing, A Bing, you don't have to spend so much money, just eat it at home." But the old lady disagreed. There were always customers passing by, so there was no point in asking guests to treat me to dinner.
“Sister, your brain can’t keep up with the situation. Nowadays, modern people eat to eat with happiness. What about the environment, dishes, and services? What you eat is enjoyment. Azong, You decide what you like to eat." There was nothing wrong with what Cousin Bing said, but he sounded like a nouveau riche.
“There’s a new Chaozhou restaurant in our street. Why don’t we go eat Chaozhou food?” Azu was very excited when he heard that there was some food.
"Just go to the food stalls, Chaozhou food is very expensive." Although the old woman agreed to go out to eat, she still wanted to save some money for her nephew.
"Hey, my cousin made this suggestion because he thinks highly of me. If I don't go, wouldn't I be very embarrassed? Just go and eat Chaozhou food!" Cousin Bing made the decision directly, "Also, Azu , I would like to trouble you after dinner and find a place for everyone to sing, dance, take a sauna, and relax.”
“Wow, okay, okay, I’ll arrange it for you. "Azu was very excited to have something to eat and play, and patted his chest to ensure that everything was properly arranged for his cousin Bing.
After having a full meal and singing K, cousin Bing went back. Originally, the old lady allowed him to stay at home for a few days, but cousin Bing disagreed, saying that Guangfu was not as fun as their country. These words left the Kang family confused. Is the countryside developing so well now? More fun than Guangfu?
After New Year's Day, everyone returned to work, and it was Pandan's turn to take a vacation. ""Dong dong dong"" There was a knock on the door from outside. The Kang family usually closed the door during dinner.
"I'll open the door." Xianglan stood up and opened the door when she heard the sound. Not long after, everyone who was eating heard the sister-in-law shouting outside, "What happened?" Everyone ran out in a hurry and saw a man whose face was covered with clothes and couldn't see clearly, "Why don't you ask? Just let him in?"
"I don't know, he ran in as soon as I opened the door," the sister-in-law said.
"It's me, aunt and uncle." After Kang Qirui grabbed the man and pulled his clothes apart, it turned out to be his cousin Bing, "Cousin, you are really impressed after three days apart."
"Cousin, what happened to you? Were you robbed?" The second brother asked with concern. The wine cousin Bing sent last time was very good, "Ah Chan, call the police. "
"Hey, wait a minute, don't call the police." Cousin Bing said quickly, "Listen to me, the village committee wants to transfer my registered residence in the city, and I don't want to. Then he ran out.”
But everyone was confused by this. What happened to the city's registered permanent residence? Xianglan looked at the old lady: "Mom, is he sick?" The old lady didn't know what was going on, so she had to ask A Bing to explain carefully what was going on.
“That’s right, the village committee said I was disobedient and wanted to transfer me to a city registered permanent residence.” Cousin Bing was still vague.
Xianglan poured a cup of tea for cousin Bing, "Isn't this good? Cousin, I want to discuss something with you. If you don't want to have a city registered permanent residence, then give it to Me.”
Although Xianglan has been married to Daguang for half a year, her household registration is still a rural household registration in southern Henan. Unlike after more than ten years, you can register a household after two years of marriage. According to the current household registration management method, although you can move after getting married, the conditions are very stringent, and Xianglan does not meet any of them. If Xianglan wants to transfer her household registration to Guangfu, the only way now is to buy a house and get a blue-printed household registration. Sachiko has a blue-seal household registration, and the blue-seal household registration can be converted into a formal household registration after five years.
"Give it to you?" Cousin Bing said doubtfully, "Sister-in-law, I think you may have misunderstood. No one here wants to transfer their urban household registration."
"Why?" Everyone is confused. How many people are struggling to get urban residence registration now? Why is it that no one is willing to go to them?
"The thing is very simple. We have opened many factories there, and a lot of houses and land in the village have been rented out. Villagers can participate in dividends. One person can get at least more than 10,000 yuan a year. If it is converted into If you get an urban household registration, you won’t get a penny, and I won’t get any share of the dividends,” Cousin Bing explained.
What is this concept? Cousin Bingta City, in 2000, the city's average annual salary income of employees was 12,780 yuan, and the average annual net income of farmers was 5,576 yuan. In other words, the dividends from Cousin Bing's village are equal to one year's salary of office workers and two years' income of farmers. It's no wonder that Cousin Bing and the others care so much about this rural household registration. "So that's how it is." Everyone then brightened up. Enlightenment.
“It’s true that we have the same people but different fates.” Xianglan, who also has a rural household registration, said with emotion. If you want to be a farmer, they don't have any money, and if you want to be a city dweller, you can't get your household registration, so you have to go back to your room depressed.
"Cousin, why does your village want to transfer you to a city registered residence?" Kang Qirui asked doubtfully.
"I just play a few rounds of mahjong." Cousin Bing was a little embarrassed. "It turns out it's gambling." Kang Qirui understood it a little and then told the truth.
“We are playing a small game, how can we count it as gambling.” Cousin Bing thinks it is nothing. He only has a few acres of land and a few houses for rent. There are five people in the family. The annual dividend is almost 60,000 yuan, so playing mahjong is no big deal.
"Small land is also called gambling." The old lady pointed at cousin Bing's head and said.
"Sister, I don't want to bet, I just have hand marks. It's boring to play, so I just calculated the money." Cousin Bing was still quibbling, and even brought it up with the farmers, "Farmers It’s all like this, one month to celebrate the New Year, three months to farm, and eight months to gamble.”
"Cousin, don't be too stubborn. Farmers are very hard-working and work hard to make money." Kang Qirui was not used to his cousin Bing, "I see you haven't farmed for three months. Let’s gamble for twelve months.”
This made everyone laugh, and Kang Qirui continued: “How about this, cousin, how about I find a job for you in Guangfu? When you get the money, take it back and prove it to the village committee. Seeing how hard you work, the people in the village committee can’t bear to really transfer you to an urban household registration, right?”
The old lady and Lao Dou looked at each other. At first glance, I think this method is good. If you prove that you earn money by working part-time and show it to the village committee, you can forgive yourself if you change it. However, cousin Bing disagreed: "You just don't mind my business. It's such a big deal. At most, I can bow my head and admit my mistake when I go back. They won't really cancel my dividend."
"I don't care about you. Is that okay? If you go back and hang out with those people, not only will the villagers' treatment be lost, but I'm afraid you will lose all my money, Shaozi.
"Azu, can you find a job for your cousin in your company?" Lao Dou saw that his cousin Bing no longer objected, so he started to assign tasks, and he found Azu first. .
Azu looked very helpless and speechless. He stood up and said, "Are you mistaken, Old Dou? There are so many shopkeepers at home, but you don't want to find me, a wage earner? And all the college students in our company are being fired every minute. My cousin is in the fourth grade of elementary school."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by his cousin Bing: "Hey, hey, how are you talking? I am in the fifth grade of elementary school. You are one year behind me, and I am behind you. I went to school twice that year. "Cousin Bing was still studying in the 54-year schooling system, which meant that he failed to graduate from elementary school after going to school twice.
Azu was defeated by his shameless cousin Bing, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, cousin, do you know that any handyman hired by our boss must have graduated from high school." Cousin Bing ignored him at all. Azu.
"The clerk can't do it, what about the cleaners? Where about the delivery workers?" The old woman looked at the second sister-in-law, "Achan, didn't your clothing store say that a worker resigned?"
The second sister-in-law looked embarrassed, she didn't want to agree. She felt that her cousin Bing did not look like a serious worker at all. But before she could refuse, cousin Bing quit: "Why are these jobs suitable for me? I have to have others clean my personal hygiene, how can I help others clean it?"
This made the old lady very angry. She stepped forward and slapped her cousin Bing hard, "You are just spoiled by your parents. You are not diligent in your limbs and cannot distinguish between grains and grains. You still think you are great, right?"
Cousin Bing was also aggrieved by the beating from the old lady, and said: "Sister, if you want to help me find a job, you also need to ask me for my personal opinion, right? You can't just decide on your own, right?"
"Okay, okay, then tell me what you want to do." The old lady said angrily.
"I know I am uneducated and can't do many things. But I have money. If I have money, I don't have to work for others. I will be my own boss." Cousin Bing said this very proudly. I don't know People thought he was a millionaire.
"Then how much money do you plan to spend on doing business?" Kang Qirui asked curiously.
"Three to five thousand." Cousin Bing held out three fingers.
“Tch.” After hearing this, everyone booed Cousin Bing together. He said it so arrogantly. How much did he think it was, but it turned out that it was only three to five thousand, which is not even enough to buy a hawker truck and work as a ghost.
"Cousin, are you having financial problems?" Kang Qirui asked doubtfully.
“There are some gambling debts that have not been recovered yet.” Cousin Bing confessed.
“You still want to recover your gambling debt?” Kang Qirui was speechless, “Let’s do this. The clothing store of my second brother and second sister-in-law and I will open a branch after the year. We are going to start decorating it in the next two days. You go Let’s do a little job.”
The decision to open a branch was made in December. The store has been open for three months, and its monthly turnover is around 500,000 to 600,000 yuan. The payment for goods is deferred for one month, which means that there are always tens of thousands of dollars on the books. Wan left it alone, and there happened to be a bunk for sale in Tianhe City. Kang Qirui, the second brother, second sister-in-law, and Zhang Yongfang discussed it together and decided to take it.
“Little laborer? Doesn’t that mean I’m going to be a coolie?” Cousin Bing looked reluctant, but when he saw the old woman coming to whip him again, he still nodded in agreement.
The reason why Kang Qirui is willing to help his cousin Bing is because when the two elders in later generations returned to the countryside to take care of themselves, his cousin Bing was always around to take care of him. This feeling was enough for Kang Qirui to help his cousin Bing. A handful. However, cousin Bing is still too prodigal now, and has not yet turned around, so he has to suffer a little, and then he will understand how happy his original life was and how to cherish it.
(End of this chapter)