Ma Xiaolong stayed in the capital for two more days because of Ma Xiaofeng's opening of the studio.
The address of the studio was chosen from a store he had bought before. It is a two-story shop covering an area of more than 200 square meters. The shop is not far from Jingying Film Studio and is closer to the film studio. From home to the studio, it only takes a bicycle.
Twenty minutes is quite a working distance.
During this period, Ma Xiaolong took Ma Xiaofeng to visit his aunt's house again. The aunt and uncle were very happy and did not leave the cold drink stall. They called their cousin, cousin-in-law and niece Didi who they had not seen for three years.
Three years later, my cousin has not changed much, and her complexion looks very good. After chatting, I found out that my cousin currently owns a ramen restaurant and employs two ramen chefs. She earns a lot of money every month and dresses well.
Much more fashionable than in previous years.
On the contrary, my cousin-in-law is a bit thinner than in previous years. He is an ordinary office worker with a good temper and speaks slowly and calmly, giving people the feeling of a gentle and gentle gentleman. However, in Ma Xiaolong’s memory, the cousin-in-law and his cousin-in-law are
They will get divorced next year. The reason is unknown, but combined with the reasoning of past life memories, it is most likely that my cousin is having an affair.
He couldn't talk about or take care of such rubbish things. He even suffered a lot from his niece, Xiao Didi, who became a child of a single-parent family when she was only eight or nine years old. This also directly affected her character development.
Looking down at the eight-year-old Little Didi, in three years, the short-haired little Lolita has grown a long hair and looks even cuter. Although they haven’t seen each other for three years, Little Didi still likes to look at handsome boys.
Nothing changed. When he saw Ma Xiaolong, he immediately stared at him, then ran over and opened his hands: "Brother, give me a hug."
Ma Xiaolong picked her up with a smile, rubbed her little head, and said with a smile: "We haven't seen each other for three years, Didi is already so big."
"Isn't it? Children grow up so fast!" Auntie laughed and said: "Didi has been talking about you these past few years. Every time she comes, she asks: 'Where is my brother-in-law? Is my brother-in-law here?' Today I can count on you.
Looking forward to it."
"Really?" Ma Xiaolong said with a smile: "Little Didi misses me so much! It seems that I will have to come here more often in the future."
Didi was said to be a little shy, but more happy and excited: "Really? Will my uncle really come here often in the future?"
"I will definitely come here often." Ma Xiaolong said with a smile: "In two years, my uncle will be admitted to college. When he comes to Beijing University to study, you will be able to see him every day."
"Ah? It will take another two years!" Didi pouted: "It's so long!"
"You girl, you've been waiting for three years, are you still missing two years?" My cousin patted Didi's little buttocks and said, "Your uncle can go to Beijing University in the future. You should be proud of yourself, study hard, and take the exam in the future.
Kyoto University.”
"But, studying is too difficult. I don't like studying at all." Didi looked confused.
"You're so stupid." My cousin hates the fact that iron cannot become steel.
Last September, Didi started elementary school and will enter second grade in a few days. However, in the past year, Didi's academic performance made her cousin very angry and gave her cousin-in-law a headache.
"What?" Ma Xiaolong asked: "Didi is not good at studying?"
"Alas!" Cousin-in-law sighed: "Didi is stupid and slow to learn. She ranked last in several exams in the first grade."
"..."
Didi was so ashamed that she buried her face in Ma Xiaolong's neck and did not dare to see anyone.
"I'm born with it, there's nothing I can do about it." The aunt was helpless: "No one in our family has graduated from junior high school, and they are all stupid."
"Auntie, you can't say that." Ma Xiaolong said: "Being stupid is not an excuse for not studying well. Maybe it's just that you don't know how to study. Let me give Didi some guidance."
"oh?"
Today, Ma Xiaolong came and did not plan to cook. His uncle and Ma Xiaofeng were busy in the kitchen. Now that he had some free time, Ma Xiaolong sat on the single bed, asked Didi to sit opposite him, and then took out a handful of toffee from his pocket.
, smiled and said: "Didi, let's do some arithmetic problems, shall we? If you get it right, I will reward you with a piece of toffee."
"Okay." Didi nodded and asked, "Uncle, is it difficult?"
"It's not difficult, it's very simple." Ma Xiaolong smiled slightly, put the toffee on the bed, and said, "Look, there are a total of 13 toffee here. I took 7 away. How many are left?"
Didi might have been confused if it were a simple numerical calculation, but there were still 6 pieces of toffee left on the bed, so Didi counted and gave the correct answer.
"That's the right answer. Didi is so smart. I'll reward you with a toffee." Ma Xiaolong smiled and handed her a toffee.
Didi was particularly happy. This was the first time she had been praised by others since she went to school. Looking at the toffee in her hand, she almost cried with excitement.
After that, Xiaolong Ma asked her a few more arithmetic questions. Because there were ready-made items to see the answers, Didi could answer them correctly every time, and every reward would make her more confident in the next questions.
I am becoming more and more comfortable answering questions.
The aunt, cousin, and cousin-in-law were all thoughtful as they watched the interaction between him and Didi.
"Didi is so awesome." As Didi answered an intuitive math question correctly again, Ma Xiaolong said with a smile: "It seems that the first-grade math questions are no longer difficult for you. Next, I will give you the second-grade math questions."
, if you can answer it correctly, how about my uncle rewarding you with ten yuan?"
"Really?" Didi's eyes lit up, but he soon showed a tangled look: "But, I haven't learned the second grade knowledge yet."
"It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if you get the answer wrong. After all, you haven't learned anything. But if you get the answer right, you will be great. Do you want to try it?" Ma Xiaolong asked with a smile.
Didi thought for a while and nodded: "Yes!"
"Okay." Ma Xiaolong asked: "What is six plus seven?"
"???" Didi was stunned for a moment. She always felt that this question was a bit familiar, but without the intuitive conditions, she could only calculate the values in her mind.
After all, I learned addition and subtraction for a year. Although my brain is a bit stupid, it took a minute for Didi to calculate the answer mentally: "Equal to... thirteen."
After saying that, Didi still felt a little guilty and asked cautiously: "Right?"
"That's right!" Ma Xiaolong clapped his hands vigorously: "Didi is so smart. He can even calculate the arithmetic problems of the second grade. It's so amazing. Come on..." He took out ten yuan from his pocket: "This is your reward.
of ten dollars.”
Didi took the ten dollars with a confused look, looked at the ten dollars, and then saw Ma Xiaolong applauding her with a smile on his face. He suddenly felt that learning was not difficult. The knowledge he had learned in the past year began to
Rolling around in her mind, she felt like she had an epiphany: "I...I will do it!?"
"Yes, Didi knew how to do it. You are so smart." Ma Xiaolong said with a smile: "After you reach the second grade, your teachers and classmates will definitely be impressed by you. Even if you are admitted to college in the future, it will be no problem."
Didi's heart was surging, and she nodded repeatedly, then suddenly rushed to him, hugged his face and kissed him: "Thank you, uncle."
"Ouch! Shameful face, shameful face." Seeing this scene, the aunt scratched her right cheek a few times with her right index finger and joked: "Aren't you ashamed to kiss someone when you are such a big girl?"
"If you're not ashamed, you're not ashamed." Didi blushed, hugged Ma Xiaolong's head tightly, and kissed him again on the face: "Just kiss."
"..."
The aunt and cousin laughed and scolded each other, but the cousin-in-law looked envious and jealous: This is my little cotton-padded jacket~
Auntie and Liu Ying are biological sisters. Their IQs are inherited from the same generation. It is probably due to the influence of genetics. Didi's IQ is indeed not high, but she ranks last in the first grade of elementary school. This intelligence is probably better than that of Ma Xiaolong and Ma Xiaofeng.
It's even lower than 9 points, probably only 8 points. This is really stupid.
Fortunately, by teaching skills, I added 2 intelligence points to Didi. Although it can't make her smarter, at least she has reached the average, average IQ. As long as she works harder in the future, it will be difficult for children in Beijing to enter college.
, even if you can’t go to Qingbei in the future, you can still go to a similar university.
Thinking of Didi's experience in his previous life, Ma Xiaolong felt somewhat distressed.
In her previous life, Didi lived with her cousin after her parents divorced, but her cousin was usually too busy, so she kept the child with her aunt.
She was born with insufficient intelligence and could not study well. After graduating from junior high school, she was forced to enter the society. Because she was quite beautiful, there were inevitably some crazy bees and butterflies around her. In addition, she was young and easy to coax. She once went to a nightclub to dance with her 'friends'
When I was there, I was handed a 'cigarette' inexplicably, and from then on I was out of control.
Within a few years, Didi entered a drug rehabilitation center. Every time she came out, she would go back in again soon. This was repeated four or five times. Before Ma Xiaolong was reborn, she was only thirty-one years old and had been tortured to the point of disgrace.
Looking at the innocent and cute Didi, Ma Xiaolong sighed in his heart, he could not let her become like that again in this life.
Soon after, the uncle and Ma Xiaofeng cooked a large table of dishes. Everyone sat around the table. The uncle opened a bottle of liquor that had been collected for five or six years and said happily: "Xiaolong, can you drink it?"
"I don't usually drink, but my uncle is happy today, so I'll drink some with you." Ma Xiaolong said with a smile.
"Haha, okay, drink less, let's have some fun." The eldest uncle took a 2-tael glass wine glass and poured half a glass. As for the son-in-law, he filled it directly. My aunt and cousin can also drink it.
Yes, the bottle of liquor ended up being poured out in just one round.
Ma Xiaofeng looked at the Mirinda in her hand that was the same as Didi's. After thinking about it, she still felt that Mirinda tasted better. Others drank, but she drank Mirinda happily. It was carbonated or with ice. It was delicious.
.
"Brother-in-law, how is your work lately?"
At the wine table, Ma Xiaolong gave Didi a meatball and asked his cousin husband casually.
"It's not bad." My cousin-in-law put down his chopsticks and said with a smile, "Although I don't make much, my job is pretty stable."
"If you ask me, if you don't go to work, how much money will you make? You might as well work in a noodle shop with me!" my cousin interjected.
The cousin-in-law frowned slightly, but said nothing.
Ma Xiaolong could see at a glance that the conflict between the couple was beginning to begin. It seemed that his cousin's future derailment was due to dissatisfaction with his cousin's husband's low income, as well as some other reasons.
"Brother-in-law, what are you doing now?" Ma Xiaolong asked.
"What else could it be? Look at the warehouse!" My cousin interrupted again.
This time, even Ma Xiaolong started to frown. My cousin didn't save any face for her husband. No wonder they will get divorced next year.
"There's nothing wrong with looking at the warehouse." Ma Xiaolong casually gave Didi a chicken leg and said, "It's hard to count all the goods coming in and out, isn't it?"
"It's okay." My cousin-in-law smiled and said, "It's quite fulfilling."
"What's the use of enrichment? Can enrichment make money?"
"Cousin!" Ma Xiaolong smiled slightly: "Can you let me have a nice talk with my cousin-in-law?"
"..." Although Ma Xiaolong kept smiling, his cousin felt an inexplicable pressure and swallowed everything she said, changing it to: "You guys say it."
"Thank you." Ma Xiaolong turned to look at his cousin-in-law and asked, "Brother-in-law, how many years have you been doing this job?"
"It's been over ten years," my cousin-in-law said.
"Those days are really not short. If you can do this kind of thing in the warehouse for ten years, your boss must have special trust in you." Ma Xiaolong said with a smile.
My cousin-in-law smiled and said: "Since I have done this job, I must do it well. After all, I am paid a salary."
"That's the truth." Ma Xiaolong nodded and said, "But my brother-in-law's work ability is so good, I would like to find a corner."
"Poaching?" Everyone was stunned, and the uncle asked: "Xiaolong, do you want your brother-in-law to work for you?"
"Isn't this Xiaofeng's studio about to be established?" Ma Xiaolong said: "But we haven't had time to recruit logistics staff. Since my brother-in-law has strong work ability and rich experience, the good news will not go to others, and I can feel free to use it myself."
."
"That's right." The uncle nodded and said, "Do you want your brother-in-law to go to Xiaofeng Company to manage logistics?"
"That depends on what my brother-in-law wants." Ma Xiaolong smiled slightly and asked, "Brother-in-law, how much was your previous salary?"
"..."
"My salary has increased a bit in recent years, but it's only one thousand a month," my cousin said.
"A thousand!" Ma Xiaolong smiled and said: "Brother-in-law, I am the logistics manager of Xiaofeng Studio. I will be paid two thousand a month, plus various social benefits and company benefits. Do you want to do it?"
"..." The cousin-in-law was stunned for a moment: "This..."
"Two thousand is not much." Ma Xiaolong said: "Beijing has developed rapidly in recent years, and wages have been rising year by year. But the same is true for us, and we will pay you according to the highest standards, coupled with various welfare systems, now three or four a year
There is always something available, you should consider it."
"Is this... too much!?" My cousin-in-law was shocked. This is simply doubling his salary when he changes jobs!
"The main reason is that we are a family, so we can rest assured." Ma Xiaolong said with a smile: "Xiao Feng's studio has just been established, and it is the time to hire people. However, after all, outsiders are not reassured. It is inevitable that someone will take advantage of the logistics. If
With my brother-in-law watching over us, we feel relieved."
The cousin-in-law nodded and said, "I'll think about it again."
"What's there to think about!?" The cousin said anxiously: "Working for our relatives, you can make more money, but it's no better than looking at the warehouse for others? Besides, you've performed well at work, why doesn't the boss give you a promotion? That's not the case.
See if you are honest and easy to bully! What are you doing in a place like this? Besides, there will be a lot of places to spend money for Didi in the future. You, the head of the family, can’t let me, a woman, take the lion’s share!?"
This last sentence directly broke the cousin-in-law's defense. As a man, how many men can tolerate that they don't make as much money as their wife? In the past, he had no choice but to do this, but now he 'jumps for a raise'
The opportunity was right in front of him, and his cousin was so excited that his cousin-in-law drank the wine in the cup with a blushing face and said, "Okay, I'll do it!"
"That's great." Ma Xiaolong said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, don't worry, although Xiaofeng's studio has just begun preparations, the future is limitless. I can assure you that as long as you don't make any major mistakes, the position of logistics director will always be
Your salary and various benefits will also be increased according to the maximum increase. For up to three years, I guarantee that your annual salary will be more than 100,000."
One hundred thousand!?
My cousin's eyes lit up. Although she opened a noodle shop, after deducting various expenses every month, her net income was only five or six thousand. If my cousin's husband could earn one hundred thousand a year in three years...
My cousin immediately picked up the wine glass and said, "Xiaolong, your brother-in-law can't speak. My cousin proposes a toast to you."
"Haha, okay."
After taking a sip of wine, Ma Xiaolong put down the glass, put a piece of fish in Didi's bowl, and said: "When my brother-in-law earns money from now on, don't spend it randomly. If you want to spend it, spend it on Didi. Educate her well so that she can be healthy and happy."
I want to grow up, study hard, go to college in the future, and be a well-educated child. I like this child and I will always watch it, but don’t let me down."
The cousin-in-law nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, Didi is my daughter, I will definitely let her grow up happily."
"Our relationship has been influenced by Didi." My cousin smiled and said, "It seems that I have to be nicer to her in the future, but I can't let her complain to you."
Everyone laughed.
"?" Didi tilted his head: "What are you laughing at?"