Zhang Linsheng is a standard child born in the 1980s from a poor grassroots family.
Shown in many details.
For example, before he was eighteen years old, he rarely had the opportunity to ride in a car.
The main means of transportation used include: own legs, bicycles, and buses.
There is basically no chance to take a car, and even taxis are rarely used. I can only take a few times when visiting relatives with my family during holidays.
After experiencing such a life, I actually have a habit: when I have the opportunity to ride in a car, I often prefer to sit in the front row and sit in the passenger seat.
Another example is that he was very disciplined when eating. Since his family was not well-off, he had developed a good habit of not wasting food since he was a child. His father Zhang Tiejun slapped him out of him.
He was the kind of person who when he was a child and went to the mall with his family, when he saw the toy counter, his eyes lit up, his mouth drooled, his face was full of envy, he couldn't help but deliberately slowed down and refused to leave, and was finally forced by his parents.
Tow away.
If you dare to cry, you will be slapped a few times.
Both the Zhang family were laid-off workers. After being laid off in the 1990s, they had no choice but to work part-time jobs because of the lack of education in that special era. Zhang Tiejun is better off. He has good car repair skills and can find a good job in a car repair shop.
Later, after the automobile market changed rapidly, you could also get good treatment by relying on your excellent skills in a 4S store.
Zhang Linsheng's mother was not good enough. She had no education and no technical expertise. In her early years, she worked as an ordinary employee in a state-owned factory. After the factory went bankrupt and was reorganized, she was laid off to find a job, and she has always been a temporary worker.
I worked as a nanny, cleaner, waiter, and even set up a stall selling breakfast.
Their generation is a generation that has experienced the pain of the times.
But despite all the difficulties, luckily, there is one thing that can be considered lucky.
Most of the people of this generation have at least one house, even if it is small or shabby.
More than ten years later, those born in the 1995 and 1990s have probably never heard of a term: welfare housing allocation.
In the early years, state-owned enterprises had a system of allocating houses to employees. It was nothing more than a system of allocating houses to employees with higher ranks, and those with lower ranks were given smaller houses.
Once the house is assigned to you, the property rights belong to the public, but the right to use it belongs to you, so you can live there.
During the real estate restructuring in the mid-to-late 1990s, the property rights of these public houses were sold to individual employees at once.
The price? Talking about it may make the house slaves who are carrying hundreds of thousands and millions of people shed tears after more than ten years...
For example, in the capital city of an economically developed province on the eastern coast like Jinling, an ordinary small house is an old house with two bedrooms, a small living room, a small kitchen, a small bathroom, and two bedrooms, one large and one small.
When real estate is restructured, employees can spend money to buy out the property rights from the employer.
How much is it?
More than 10,000.
It’s not one square meter, it’s a house! A house costs more than 10,000 yuan!
Of course, you can’t buy more if you want. You can only buy the apartment you share.
Back then... most people bought it, but a small number of them thought it was expensive and didn't buy it. They regretted it and cried when they think about it for many years!
Why is it that more than ten years later, per capita income has increased, the economy has developed, culture, entertainment and various life resources have been enriched, but people's happiness has decreased?
The big reason is because of the house.
Although the life of Zhang Linsheng's parents was also tight, at least they had a house and a family.
As a young man of more than ten years, even if you have a monthly salary of tens of thousands, when you wake up every morning and open your eyes, you still owe millions in bank loans. When you think about it, you will have to pay it back for thirty years...
Can you not be anxious?
The house of Zhang Linsheng's family was a housing reform house allocated by Zhang Tiejun's work unit that year.
It is a small two-bedroom house with an area of 40 square meters, with two bedrooms, one large and one small, a small bathroom, and a small kitchen. There is no living room or dining room, only a slightly wider corridor, which can just fit a small dining table.
Zhang Tiejun was assigned this house when he was working in a state-owned agricultural machinery factory in his early years. When the real estate was restructured, he gritted his teeth and spent 8,000 yuan to buy the property rights.
Tonight, at the Zhang family, a small family meeting is going on, discussing a major family matter.
Zhang Linsheng's mother plans to resign and go home to become a housewife.
Don't think that this is a trivial matter in this era. It is a big deal for every family. And it is quite complicated.
Mainly it's a social security issue.
Zhang Linsheng's mother is still a laid-off employee: the labor relationship is still with the original employer, but she was laid off.
The old enterprise is still there, but it is half-dead or dead, but it has been delayed for several years without mourning. It is among the queues waiting for the government to arrange when to restructure.
You still have to pay social security.
Zhang Linsheng's mother is less than fifty years old.
You haven't reached retirement age yet, so it stands to reason that you have to pay social security until retirement age before you can start receiving pension benefits.
However, in this era, there is another word called internal retreat, and there is another word called sick retreat.
Just understand the literal meaning by yourself.
"I contacted the human resources department at my work unit and was told that I could get a medical withdrawal. Your mother had a chronic disease, so she went to the hospital to get a certificate." Zhang Tiejun told Zhang Linsheng what he did: "But you have to pay 3,800 yuan at a time, and there are still supplementary procedures.
Once you pay the social security money, you can retire directly. From now on, you will receive a pension every month.”
"Yeah." Zhang Linsheng didn't say much, keeping silent out of habit.
"Actually, your mother is at a bit of a disadvantage when she retires now. Her years of service have not yet reached the threshold of the next level. If she stays for a few more years, she can get more than 100 yuan a month in pension."
Zhang Tiejun said, looked at his silent son, shook his head and said, "But we think it's better to retreat."
Zhang Linsheng is young and is not very sensitive to these things. To be precise, he doesn't understand much. He nodded in confusion: "That's fine, just refund. Our family is not short of money now, so let's
Mom, go home and rest, don’t work so hard, I’m taking care of my mom!”
Zhang Tiejun laughed and scolded, then slapped his son on the head: "I want you to raise him!?"
Zhang Tiejun has become a team leader in the 4S store because of his good skills. With one month's salary, overtime pay and various subsidies, he can earn one thousand eighty yuan.
In this era, income is considered high.
In fact, it can be higher. In this era, people who repair cars can still make money through some fancy jobs. However, Zhang Tiejun has a good temper and is not willing to do those things.
But when his son said these words, Zhang Tiejun still felt a little relieved and filled with emotion...
Son, it’s time to make a difference!
For more than a year, Zhang Tiejun has been standing straight when he goes out every day!
The electric car dealership that Zhang Linsheng and his friends started as a joint venture are doing well and the business is booming.
In one year, the original one store on Daming Road has become three stores in the city. Zhang Tiejun didn’t know that Brother Lei’s car dealership on Tangzi Street was also included among them (so there are actually four stores).
My son works very hard every day. He leaves early and comes home late. He doesn’t go home very often. He spends most of his time living in the house on Daming Road.
But this day is full of excitement and excitement!
My son has made progress and is successful. He doesn't mess around and doesn't get into trouble. He does good business and makes money, and he's following the right path!
No matter how low-key the Zhang family is, Zhang Tiejun still can't help but show off his promising son in his words when spending time with relatives and friends during the holidays.
For example, my son bought himself a new mobile phone, new leather shoes, new clothes, etc.
Relatives and friends also knew that the Zhang family's son had become successful and had started a business and became a small boss.
Then, soon after, people came to ask for a kiss, and relatives and friends began to introduce Zhang Linsheng's girlfriend.
The conditions are quite good, such as primary school teachers, people working in hospitals, small civil servants, etc.
These are all high-quality conditions in the mate selection market in this era.
Among them, the one introduced by Zhang Linsheng and his second aunt made Zhang Tiejun and his wife very excited for a while.
The girl is twenty years old, one year older than Zhang Linsheng. She graduated from a normal school and is a primary school music teacher.
The income is not high, but it is stable!
There are two big holidays a year, winter and summer!
As a teacher in school, my social circle is relatively simple and not chaotic.
If you get married and have children in the future, you will have ready-made resources for your children to go to school or find teachers for guidance! If your children want to learn some art, music, or an instrument, their own mother can teach them at home and lay the foundation.
Zhang Tiejun and his wife had seen the photos. Although the girl looked a little ordinary, she was passable. As for young girls, as long as they dress up, they are not ugly.
Then, after searching for a day, Zhang Linsheng mentioned it when he went home for dinner.
As a result, Zhang Linsheng refused directly.
When asked, the boy revealed his secret with a squeak: He has a girlfriend.
Zhang Tiejun and his wife were immediately excited!
Ask the girl where she is from, what she does, how old she is...
I asked a lot of random questions.
How dare Zhang Linsheng say that!!!!
What if he dared to tell Zhang Tiejun and his wife that his girlfriend used to be the red card goblin at the biggest venue in Jinling City??
Broken leg!!!
Fortunately, regarding Zhang Linsheng's matter, Brother Lei had already given him some advice!
Either that, Brother Lei is reliable!
I, Brother Lei, am such a veteran in society!
Zhang Linsheng remembered what Brother Lei said to him when he had a drink before: Brother, don't talk about your girlfriend's previous job when you go home. If you say it, the old man and old lady will be angry to death! Don't be stupid.
Tell the truth! If you were just playing around with Xia Xia, I wouldn't give you advice without any nonsense, but now I see that you are quite serious, and Xia Xia has the right thoughts for you, so I will give you an idea.
idea.
So, that day, when Zhang Tiejun and his wife asked, Zhang Linsheng used the rhetoric taught by Brother Lei.
"Working in a hotel, a five-star hotel, as a restaurant waiter. The salary is pretty good."
The old couple were fine once they heard it.
Of course, the waiters are not as good as elementary school teachers. But... those from a five-star hotel seem to be pretty good.
At that time, five-star hotels still had a mysterious aura in the eyes of ordinary people, especially those of the older generation like Zhang Tiejun and his wife.
It sounds very fashionable and high-end, just like a flight attendant.
"How did we meet?"
"We met when we went to have dinner with Brother Lei and a client. It was the restaurant we used to go to. I kept running into her when I went there a lot. I fell in love with her, so I took the initiative to ask for her phone number, and then we went back and forth... in
Together." Zhang Linsheng continued to use the rhetoric taught by Brother Lei.
Zhang Linsheng said that he took the initiative to strike up a conversation, which is very important!!
Because in the eyes of parents, if their son goes to a restaurant to eat with customers, and the waitress takes the initiative to hit on his son, in the eyes of the older generation of his parents, that is called frivolous!
There are many rich people coming in and out of five-star hotels, so it's hard to guarantee that it's not girls taking the initiative to hook up with rich people.
If you say this the other way around, then there will be no problem.
Asked again, I am 22 years old, three years older than my son.
Hmm...that's okay, the female college junior holds the gold brick.
But once the old couple thought about it, they figured out the key: the conditions were not very good, and they were still three years older.
But my son is so determined to be friends...
It must look good!!
Young people are greedy!
So, the old couple said: Bring it back and have a look.
Then Brother Haonan took Xia Xia home to meet her parents.
As a result, Zhang Tiejun and his wife met Xia Xia...
Shocked!!!
This is called looking good?!
That’s so good!!!
That’s it for stars on TV! Some female stars are not as good-looking as she is!!
Where did my son get such a disaster!!
What rank is Xia Xia?
Talking to people and talking to ghosts! It made Zhang Tiejun and his wife feel so comfortable!!
Don't think that old people have poisonous eyes.
Although Zhang Tiejun and his wife are not young, their knowledge and social experience may not be as good as those of the female fairies wallowing in the world of mortals!
Xia Xia was able to coax a group of wealthy bosses into obscurity!
Isn’t it just pretending to be a good family!!
Wash off all the beauty without applying makeup! Xia Xia came to Zhang's house that day with no face on her face.
I don’t wear any of those foreign clothes! I don’t wear a single piece of jewelry on my ears, neck, or wrists!
I even washed my nails a day in advance!
I didn't even do my hair, so I tied it into a ponytail with a hair tie, and ran away looking youthful.
A sports sweatshirt of the same style as Zhang Linsheng, jeans, and white sneakers.
Before eating, I shyly accompanied Zhang Linsheng's mother to pick a small pot of green seedlings and peel a bowl of edamame rice.
The movements are quite skillful.
He also took the initiative to invite Ying into the kitchen to show off his skills and cook a dish.
Zhang Linsheng's mother was polite and courteous at the side. She couldn't deal with Xia Xia, so she gave up her position. But looking at her from the side, she still saw some tricks.
My knife skills are average, I can see that I don't do much, but... I know how to do it.
That's it.
Then, during dinner, Zhang Tiejun asked about Xia Xia's work, and both Xia Xia and Zhang Linsheng showed a somewhat troubled expression.
Then Zhang Linsheng said that Xia Xia resigned a few days ago.
Zhang Linsheng and his wife resigned unexpectedly?
This girl looks so beautiful. Could it be that she is indolent?
Now that you have found a boyfriend with good conditions, you no longer want to work and want to enjoy yourself at home?
This is not a good temper! The old Zhang family was born in a poor family and looks down on people like this.
However, the conversation changed.
Xia Xia said with a look that was one-third shy, one-third angry, and one-third helpless: "There is a new manager in the unit. The man... is a bit unruly. So I couldn't bear it, so I resigned."
Old couple: Oh…………
This time, it suddenly turned 360 degrees!!
Zhang Tiejun even slapped the table on the spot: "What the hell! I'm going to come and slap him to death!!"
At the end, he nodded: "Okay! Well done!"
No need to ask, this rhetoric was also taught by Brother Lei...
There was an episode while eating.
As usual, you need to drink two drinks.
Zhang Tiejun specially opened a bottle of good wine and drank it with his son. Xia Xia said: "I'm not very good at drinking, so I'll just drink Coke."
Halfway through, I took Zhang Linsheng's wine glass and toasted the old couple with a drink.
A small cup costing more than a penny, I only drank half of it.
Then he covered his mouth, as if he felt a little bitter, and quickly gave himself a mouthful of vegetable wine.
Zhang Linsheng next to him was stunned!
What kind of acting skills does this goblin have!!
Zhang Linsheng has seen Xia Xia drinking. He drank a bottle of Remy Martin XO without changing his expression!!
Zhang Tiejun was a little embarrassed: "Girl, don't drink. Don't drink. If you don't know how to drink, just drink Coke. Our family doesn't talk about such empty etiquette."
Don’t know how to drink?
Zhang Linsheng couldn't help but want to roll his eyes.
Dad!! She wants to drink freely. With your little drinking capacity, she can drink three of you by herself!
So, Xia Xia successfully passed the test!
During the Chinese New Year that year, the New Year’s Eve dinner was all eaten at Zhang’s house.
·
The matter discussed tonight about Zhang's mother's retirement actually has something to do with Zhang Linsheng.
Zhang Tiejun and his wife have discussed it, and now their son has become successful, and he is still a small boss.
When I arrived, my family was not short of money.
Secondly, Zhang's mother continues to work in places like nightclubs and KTVs, even as a cleaner, but that kind of place is not nice to talk about. Her son is now successful, he is a small boss, and his face is not good.
Simply quit and stop doing it!
I don’t want to do any other work, it’s too hard, so I might as well cook at home and serve my father and son.
Mr. and Mrs. Zhang Tiejun settled their accounts. Now the Zhang family and his son are both living on Daming Road. One works in a car dealership and the other works in a 4S shop. They eat out two meals a day and rarely go home.
Together, the father and son spend more than 20 yuan a day on food. In one month, one person's ordinary salary is gone.
It's better to let Zhang's mother cook at home. She's not very old anyway. She can cook it every day and send it to Daming Road. It's just one thing a day. It's much easier than going out to work.
It saves money and makes people less tired.
The old couple's way of thinking and settling accounts is very in line with the habits of their generation.
But Zhang Linsheng listened, thought for a moment, and spoke.
"Mom sends the cooking from our house to Daming Road every day, which is a bit far."
"It's not far. I can ride a bike pretty fast. I'm not that old and my legs and feet are pretty good."
"No, the weather is fine. What will you do if it rains or snows?"
"I'll take the bus and get a senior citizen card. It only costs a dollar to go back and forth."
"No need to go to such trouble."
Zhang Linsheng expressed his thoughts and shocked the old couple.
"Let's buy a house on Daming Road and move our family there."
"……ha?"
After a moment of silence, Zhang Tiejun and his wife instinctively objected!
How much does it cost to buy a house?
Although my son's conditions are better now, he can't spend money so recklessly.
Zhang Linsheng got up and went to the room. After a while, he took out a passbook and threw it on the table.
The old couple took it and opened it and saw that the deposit was 118,000.
"For more than a year, I have saved profits from the store as dividends."
In fact, it could be more, but a lot of the profit from the store was used to open a new store. It was also discussed that when Chen Nuo was not at home, the Chen family's share would be given to Ou Xiuhua and her daughter.
So Zhang Linsheng actually didn't get much cash this year. He didn't spend much money on weekdays, so he saved more than 110,000.
"There is a real estate project that has just opened not far from our store. I went to ask about it and it cost 2,400 per square meter. There is a small two-bedroom apartment with more than 60 square meters. It looks suitable to me."
Zhang Tiejun calculated: "That's not enough."
"Pay a down payment and pay off the rest of the loan slowly." Zhang Linsheng said casually.
"No! Why should you owe money to the bank if you are doing a good job! What if something happens in the future and you can't afford to pay back!"
Well, this was how old people thought back then.
Zhang Tiejun thought about it for a moment: "I still have some savings at home, your mother and I can put together a sum of 40,000 to 50,000, no problem."
"That's not enough." Mother Zhang shook her head: "Besides, after buying a house, we still need to decorate it."
"No, sell our current house?" Zhang Tiejun sighed.
"Don't!!" Zhang Lin was anxious!
He remembered that Chen Nuo told him that at this time, whoever sells the house will regret it! In twenty years, those who regret it will wish they could beat themselves to death!
"Listen to me, loan!" Zhang Linsheng said firmly.
"Then we need to borrow... more than 100,000 yuan!" Zhang Tiejun calculated and shook his head: "So much money, carrying debt..."
"Dad, you don't understand." Zhang Linsheng smiled: "Brother Lei and Chen Nuo have both told me about the loan. It's appropriate!"
However, Zhang Linsheng was stupid and kept talking for a long time. He obviously knew the truth in his heart, but he couldn't explain it clearly.
After struggling for a while, I took out my mobile phone and called Xia Xia: "My parents and I can't explain the benefits of a bank loan to buy a house. Please help me."
With that said, he threw the phone to Zhang Tiejun.
Zhang Tiejun took over...
Xia Xia's method was very simple. She didn't say anything big to the old man, she just said a few words:
Twenty years ago, one hundred yuan was enough for a family of three to live for a month. Now, one hundred yuan is only enough for a family of three to live for a week.
Think about it, what will happen in twenty years? One hundred yuan...
Money will only become less and less valuable.
After a few minutes, Zhang Tiejun was convinced.
"Buy! Buy with a loan!"
Moreover, Zhang Tiejun also had a vague idea in his mind.
Otherwise...if you have money in the future, you can use it to buy a house!
·
The Zhang family's family meeting extended from Zhang's mother's resignation to buying a house.
On the other side, Brother Lei was lying down breathing heavily.
Tired!
Throughout the day today, Brother Lei and his girlfriend Zhu Xiaojuan ran out to catch up on the fashionable things of this era.
Take wedding photos.
I have pity on Brother Lei, a social person. Except for the blush he put on during the June 1st chorus when he was in elementary school when he was a child, he has never put on makeup in his life!
Today I was in that photography studio, being pinned on a chair and painting for more than half an hour, applying makeup and powder.
Now that Brother Lei has hair, he no longer looks bald and muscular, but he does look quite handsome.
Wearing a suit and a little dress, you really look good.
In the package purchased at that photography studio, there was also a set of Chinese-style clothes.
The Chinese-style mandarin jacket and melon skin hat are bright red and look festive.
But after Brother Lei put it on, he felt like he didn't look like a groom.
Like, the stupid son of a landlord!
But forget it...because after Zhu Xiaojuan put on that Chinese-style clothes, she really looked like a coy little daughter-in-law, which made Brother Lei's eyes a little straight when he saw it.
I was even a little excited at that time, so I secretly asked the cameraman: "Are these clothes for sale?"
The person was stunned and then quoted a price.
Brother Lei immediately gave up the idea of killing people!
Just this dress, I will look at the photo and find a tailor to make a suit!
Well, I'll take it home and let Xiaojuan put it on at night...
That...hiahiahiahiahia...
With these unbearable thoughts in my heart, I was tortured by the photographer for a whole day in the photography studio.
In fact, there was originally a service for location shooting, but when choosing a package at that time, Zhu Xiaojuan knew how to make a living, so she didn’t choose it in order to save money.
But after a whole day of shooting in the studio, Brother Lei's waist almost broke while he was standing there, and his face almost froze with laughter.
The first thing I do when I get home is wash my face! After washing my face with facial cleanser twice, I feel like all the powder on my face has been washed away.
Lying on the bed, I couldn't help but sigh: "I said you women, don't you feel uncomfortable putting so much stuff on your face every day?"
Zhu Xiaojuan came out of the bathroom, patted her face and said disdainfully: "What do you know?"
After going to the dressing table to straighten her hair, Zhu Xiaojuan walked to the bed and suddenly took a step forward and sat astride Brother Lei.
"What?"
"What's the date today?"
"Number twenty-seven."
"I'll be back to work in two days. I'll hand over the food today!"
"..." Brother Lei was stunned for a moment.
Actually, we have been together for several years, so that matter is actually not that big of a deal.
But... Thinking of the appearance of the clothes Zhu Xiaojuan wore during the day, Brother Lei suddenly felt a little warm in his heart.
"pay!!"
·
On this night, some people bought houses and some paid food.
Some people cried with tears on their faces until dawn.
Chen Nuo actually sat downstairs in the hotel until midnight.
Sun Keke is upstairs, with Li Yingwan and Niweier.
Chen Nuo was relieved, but not worried either.
I know that the girl must be feeling uncomfortable tonight. With Sun Keke's temperament, she will definitely cry hard.
Chen Nuo couldn't bear to go back and couldn't go up. At this time, Sun Ke refused to face him no matter what.
I sat downstairs in the hotel until late at night, until the waiter came and politely said that the lobby bar was closed.
Chen Nuo thought for a while, there was no point in continuing to sit here, so he thought about getting up and leaving.
As soon as I got up, I suddenly saw two people walking in from the hotel lobby door.