And today, because Li Heng went to clean up the house, everyone came back from get off work in the evening and heard about it, which caused a commotion in the courtyard.
His father, Teacher Li, and Xiao Yuan are actually quite popular in that courtyard.
After dinner, the first uncle came to the front yard and chatted with the third uncle, Yan Bugui. Then he returned to the house and sat there smoking a cigarette, with a thoughtful look on his face.
The aunt brought back the rice bowl that had been sent to the old lady's house in the backyard, washed it and put it in the cupboard.
The lonely old lady in the backyard is already seventy years old, and her legs and feet are a bit inconvenient. The neighborhood committee arranged for her to be taken care of by the uncle's family. She cooks and delivers some food to her every day. When the old lady has a headache or a fever, she just looks at it.
Every month, the sub-district office will give the old lady a five-yuan living subsidy, and will also give her a check. I don’t know whether she will give the money to the grandpa’s family, but the twenty-seven kilograms of rationed food every month will be given to her.
Over here.
That's right, the meals are already prepared and delivered to you. If you don't pay the ration, it would be a bit ugly.
Moreover, the uncle and the aunt took good care of her really well.
The couple has never had children of their own due to some reasons. Taking care of the old lady reminds them of their own life when they are old, and they often worry about their future pension issues.
Today I heard that the eldest son of the old Li family in the front yard has returned from the army. Now the first uncle has begun to think about the future pension of his wife.
He is in his early forties this year, and is still a seventh-level worker in a steel factory. His monthly salary is nearly 90, which is a fairly high salary in this era.
Their family has no shortage of money, but they have no means of income. This is the core problem that has always troubled him.
"Lao Yi, what are you thinking about?"
After the aunt put away the dishes and chopsticks, she saw her man sitting there silently and didn't know what he was thinking, so she asked.
"Have you met the eldest son of Lao Li's family in the front yard today?" The first man did not answer his wife's question.
"I saw you. The young man looks very energetic. He and Xiao Yuan seem to be carved out of the same mold. He just looks darker and taller."
"How do you feel about being treated as a person?"
"Uh... Well, we didn't talk much. They were busy cleaning up the house. I just helped the old lady go over and take a look. From now on, we live in the same courtyard. I can recognize someone. When I say hello, I look like
He was polite and didn't say much else."
"He has been a soldier for so many years, but he doesn't have any gangster spirit in him?"
"I really don't feel this. It's a bit refined, just like Lao Li and Xiao Yuan. Why are you asking this?"
The uncle took a puff of cigarette and glanced at his wife, but said nothing.
When the eldest mother saw this, she immediately understood her man's thoughts and fell silent.
Nothing comes out, which is also the pain in her heart.
"Do you know where he is assigned to work now?" After the first man took another puff of cigarette, he remembered that he had forgotten to ask this at Yan Bugui's place just now.
"It's at the waste recycling station under the street office."
"How did you get assigned to this unit?" Although everyone says that there is no distinction between good and bad jobs, and everyone can be the best in any job, but in fact there is a chain of contempt in everyone's heart.
Everyone talks about the same job, but if you ask him to sweep the streets, see how many people are willing to do it. If it's not to support his family, no one will want to do it.
These days, working in a factory is the most prestigious thing, and being a worker is also the most awesome thing.
When there are daughters in the family, the one they most want to marry is a worker, and this thinking has continued for twenty or thirty years.
"How can he still say he won't go if it's allocated by the state?"
What Auntie said is to the point. It is not up to you to choose the assigned work, but Li Heng is different from others. He chose it himself, and he strongly requested it.
Without him, I just want to have some leisure time and get a lot of salary.
In his previous life, he worked as a police officer after graduation and worked hard for more than ten years without even having any time for himself. In this life, he doesn't want to live that kind of life anymore. He would rather stay at home and have a wife and raise children. Of course, the prerequisite is that he has that wife.
OK.
"Forget it, let's wait and see when he comes back to live."
After hearing what her man said, the aunt put down her sewing and looked over in surprise.
"Didn't you think highly of Zhu Zhu before? Besides, we've known this kid since he was a child and know everything about him. Why have you changed your mind now?"
"What else could be the reason? It's true that Lao He left, but he just left, not disappeared. If he comes back again in the future, do you think Renzhu can take care of us instead of supporting his father?
"
Indeed, whoever can leave his own father to serve others instead of serving his own father would be out of his mind.
"Then you are planning to find that...that...what is the name of the eldest son of the old Li family?"
"Oh, Lao Yan told me his name is Er Heng, and his real name is Li Heng."
"Are you planning to find him?"
"Let's see, I haven't even met him yet. If he has the same temperament as Xiaoyuan, then there shouldn't be a big problem."
At this point, the elder suddenly realized a problem: "No, I remember Lao Li said that his eldest son is five or six years older than Xiao Yuan, so isn't he almost thirty?"
"I don't know about this, but my appearance seems similar today." The aunt thought for a moment and said.
"That's troublesome. He's such an old man, and he's been in the military for so many years. He's never seen anything, and his heart has long been as hard as iron. It's not easy to move him."
"Lao Yi, I think you should stop thinking blindly. You haven't even met anyone yet and you are starting to think about this. Aren't you just looking for trouble for yourself?"
The uncle was stunned by what his wife said. Yes, why was he a little stunned? It was not like this before.
When did this start? Could it be that some time ago, the old lady in the backyard caught a cold and had a fever at night, but there was no one around her?
After thinking about it this time, I finally stopped talking.
…
Even though he has been back for more than ten days, Li Heng still wakes up automatically at around five o'clock every morning, puts on his clothes and goes out to do some personal hygiene, then goes out for a run.
He has become accustomed to exercising every morning. If he doesn't exercise for a day, he will feel uncomfortable all over and lose his energy all day long.
Lao Zheng, who was also up in the guard room, heard the movement outside and looked out the window. When he saw it was Li Heng, he sat down again and picked up the steamed buns on the table that came out of the canteen last night. He took a bite of the steamed buns.