Back to the past: Spring and Autumn Siheyuan

Chapter 11 Discussion
Saturday, today is the time to pick up the things with the plucking cotton.

Li Heng was not in a hurry, and waited until after lunch to rest, then went to pick up the net cover that had been played, and sent it back to the courtyard over there.

Xu said the weather was fine today, and when he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, all the women in the courtyard were sitting at the gate, chatting briefly with each other and doing needlework with their hands.

The three aunts, Jia Zhang, her daughter-in-law, Xu Damao's wife, Aunt Guo of the Guo family, and even the old lady in the backyard were there.

"Yo, Erheng, you're here, did you flick the cotton?"

Li Heng was still a little unaccustomed to Da Ma's sudden enthusiasm. After all, he didn't say a few words to anyone in the yard except Xu Damao.

"Oh, first mom, I'll send it back just after playing it. Second mom and third mom..."

A series of greetings, except for Qin Huairu, he didn't know how to greet them, just call them by name?Then Mrs. Jia Zhang probably could have rushed over and scratched his face. She was very careful with this daughter-in-law who bought it for three yuan.

But now that Qin Huairu is pregnant, Jia Zhang can feel a little more at ease, as a woman, if you let her go after having a child, she might not go away.

In addition, she has a rural household registration, where else can she go out of this door?You may not even be able to eat your mouth.

After dealing with a few questions from these aunts at the door, he was able to get away and walk into the yard.

In the room, he spread the quilt that Xu Damao helped bring in yesterday on the bed, and then put the net cover on it for comparison, um, it was just right.

Thinking about the time is still early, anyway, there is nothing wrong with the unit, so I just took the needle and thread I bought along the way when I came here just now, and started to sew the quilt.

When I was in the army, I had to do everything. I repaired the clothes when they were torn, and of course sewed the quilt by myself, so it is not difficult to do these things now.

While he was sewing the quilt in the house, the women outside the house waited for him to enter, and the topic of chatting had already shifted to him.

"I don't know what this Erheng is thinking, he is already 28, why is he not in a hurry to find a partner?"

"Hey, how long has it been since he came back? It's been less than a month. Even if you're in a hurry to find it, it will take some time. Speaking of Erheng, why did he end up at the scrap yard?"

"Ruihua, don't think it's a bad idea just because he's assigned to the waste station. When I went out this morning, I ran into Deputy Director Chen of the Sub-district Office. By the way, I asked him. Erheng is a cadre, and he was assigned to the waste station. As the deputy station chief."

"Hey, you're still the deputy station master! His second aunt, is what you said true?"

"It can be false. Deputy Director Chen said it himself. He can't just talk nonsense when he has nothing to do."

This is a big star. They all thought that Li Heng was also a worker, and they thought it was not a good unit to be assigned to the scrap yard. They didn't realize that he was still a cadre. He used to be the deputy station manager, but now he has changed.

"So, he was promoted when he was in the army?"

"That's for sure, otherwise how can I be a cadre?"

"The two sons of the old Li family must have it. It's a pity that Xiaoyuan had such an accident with his father. Otherwise, wouldn't Mr. Li just enjoy life at home in the future?"

"It's fate, and it's fate that he doesn't enjoy this blessing." The old lady who had been silent all this time said suddenly.

Qin Huairu, who also kept silent all the time and just lowered his head to sew clothes, also looked up at the old lady at this time, and Li Heng's face, which was a little dark but very delicate, appeared in his mind involuntarily.

"This Erheng doesn't know how much salary he can get every month?"

"I don't know about that, but I have to get more than 50 no matter what. Then college students will get 56 after they enter the factory and become regulars. They are also cadres."

"Can it be the same, he is also a leader now, I think it must be higher." The second aunt said with a final word.

And her words also made several people nod at the same time, only Jia Zhang nodded, but at the same time she was very disdainful in her heart. She thought that no one was as good as her son. Although he was only a first-class worker now, Dong Xu followed her that day Having said that, by the end of this year, I will definitely be able to pass the assessment and become a second-level worker. By then, the salary may be more than 40.

Although he is still not as tall as others, her son is young, he is only 23 this year, five years younger than that Erheng.

She didn't even think about it. Her son Jia Dongxu now earns more than 30 yuan a month. Logically speaking, with this salary, a family of three should live comfortably. Tightly.

Isn't it just because she has a rural household registration and can't eat the rationed food, so she can find a daughter-in-law for her son and get the same one. One ration for a family of three is definitely not enough. Or food stamps?

Others buy [-] cents for a catty of grain, but you get [-] cents for your house. It is not difficult to live, and now the daughter-in-law is pregnant, and the child is born with the mother's household registration.

Vomiting, adding another mouth to eat, but the family's rations have not changed. Even if her son becomes a second-level worker, their family's life will still be difficult.

This is actually all Jia Zhang's fault. She was worried that she would not be able to hold a daughter-in-law in the city, so she went to the countryside to spend money to buy such a product. As a result, she was able to hold the daughter-in-law, but the life at home But getting poorer and poorer.

……

Li Heng was alone in the room, and it was past four o'clock when he finished sewing all the quilts.

Standing by the bed and looking at his results all afternoon, he nodded in satisfaction.

It's all right now, everything is ready, and you can move back anytime you want.

But when he thought of the doorman, Old Zheng, he frowned unconsciously. The old man didn't know what he was doing, and he always felt that he was a little weird.

Forget it, I will continue to sleep in the office tonight, and I will just rest tomorrow on Sunday. When I get up, I will go to the department store and the supply and marketing agency to buy everything that is missing at home, and then I will officially move back to live.

As for what to buy?
Food, spices, coal, bicycles, radios, he was going to buy them all at once.

Strange to say, there is not even a bicycle in this yard. Bicycles are really not cheap these days. The better ones cost more than 200 yuan, and a ticket is required.

But Sijiu City has more than 9 bicycles if there are not [-] bicycles. This can be judged from the stamp stamped on the bicycle by the police station. Why didn't the family in this yard buy it?
The uncle's salary is not low, and there is no burden, why doesn't he buy it?Can't figure it out.

(End of this chapter)