It's Saturday, and today is the time we agreed with the cotton shop to pick up things.
Li Heng was not in a hurry, and waited until he had a meal and rest at noon, then went over to pick up the spring net and sent it directly back to the courtyard over there.
Maybe it was a nice day today, so when he arrived at the entrance of the courtyard, all the women in the courtyard were sitting at the entrance, chatting in the east and west, and doing needlework.
The three aunts, Mrs. Jia Zhang, her daughter-in-law, Xu Damao's mother, Aunt Guo from the Guo family, and even the old lady in the backyard were all there.
"Hey, Erheng, you're here, have you finished playing cotton?"
Li Heng was still a little unaccustomed to the aunt's sudden enthusiasm. After all, he had not spoken a few words to anyone in the courtyard except Xu Damao.
"Oh, first aunt, I just finished playing and sent it back. Second aunt, third aunt..."
After a series of greetings, except for Qin Huairu, he didn't know how to say hello to this one and call him by his name? Then Jia Zhang could probably just rush over and scratch his face. She was very careful about this daughter-in-law who bought him for three yuan.
I have to carry him with me wherever I go, and I am afraid that I will run away or be seduced away by someone.
But now that Qin Huairu is pregnant, Mrs. Jia Zhang can feel a little more relieved. As a woman, if you let her go after having a child, she may not leave.
In addition, she has a rural registered permanent residence. Where else can she go? She may not even be able to eat.
After dealing with a few questions from these aunts at the door, he was able to escape and walk into the yard.
In the room, he spread the quilt cover that Xu Damao helped put in yesterday on the bed, and then put the net cover on it to compare. Yes, it was just right.
Thinking that it was still early and there was nothing going on at work anyway, I just took the needle and thread I bought when I came here just now and started sewing the quilt.
When I was in the army, I had to do all the work. I mended my own clothes when they were torn, and of course I sewed my quilts myself when I took them apart and washed them. So now it’s not difficult to do these things.
While he was sewing a quilt in the house, the women outside the house waited for him to enter, and the topic of conversation had already shifted to him.
"I don't know what Er Heng is thinking. He is already twenty-eight, so why is he not in a hurry to find a partner?"
"Hey, how long has it been since he came back? It's less than a month. Even if you are in a hurry, you still have to go through a process. Speaking of this Er Heng, how come he was assigned to the scrap yard?"
"Ruihua, don't think it's bad just because someone is assigned to the scrap station. When I went out this morning, I met Deputy Director Chen from the subdistrict office. I asked about it by the way. Er Heng is a cadre and he is assigned to the scrap station.
I am the deputy webmaster."
"Hey, here's the deputy station manager! His second aunt, are you telling the truth?"
"This can still be false. Deputy Director Chen said it himself. He can't just talk nonsense when he has nothing to do."
This was a big satellite. They all thought that Li Heng was also a worker and felt that the scrap station was not a good unit. They didn't expect that he was still a cadre. He used to be the deputy station director, but this changed.
"So, he started working while he was in the army?"
"That's for sure. Otherwise, how can I be a cadre?"
"Both of the sons of Lao Li's family deserve it. It's a pity that Xiao Yuan and his father had such an accident. Otherwise, Teacher Li would not be able to enjoy happiness at home in the future."
"This is fate. It is his fate that he will not enjoy this happiness." The old lady who had been silent until now suddenly said.
Qin Huairu, who had also been silent and just lowered his head to sew clothes, also raised his head to glance at the old lady. Li Heng's face, although a little dark, looked very delicate, could not help but appear in his mind.
"I don't know how much salary Er Heng can get every month?"
"I don't know, but I have to get more than fifty no matter what. Then college students will get fifty-six when they join the factory and become full-time workers. They are also cadres."
"How can it be the same? He is also a leader now. I think it must be higher." The second aunt said decisively.
Her words also made several people nod at the same time. Only Jia Zhang nodded, but she was very disdainful in her heart. She believed that no one was as good as her son. Although he was only a first-level worker, Dongxu followed her that day.
As I said, I will definitely pass the assessment and become a second-level worker by the end of this year, and by then my salary will be more than forty.
Although he is still not as tall as others, her son is young. He is only twenty-three this year, five years younger than Er Heng.
She also didn't think about it. Her son Jia Dongxu now earns a salary of more than thirty yuan a month. Logically speaking, with this salary, a family of three should live a comfortable life, but why does her family's life get old all the time?
It's tight.
It's not just because she has a rural household registration that she can't eat rationed food. She wants to find a wife for her son and get the same food. One ration for a family of three is definitely not enough. What to do with the shortage? She can't go to the ghost market to buy high-priced food.
Or food stamps?
Others buy 2 cents for a pound of grain, but you get 40 cents for a pound of grain. Life is not difficult. Now the daughter-in-law is pregnant, and the child will have the same registered permanent residence as the mother.
Ouch, another mouth to eat has been added, 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 find a daughter-in-law in the city, so she went to the countryside to spend money to buy one. As a result, she was able to find a daughter-in-law, but her life at home
But he became poorer and poorer.
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Li Heng was alone in the room. By the time he finished sewing all the bedding, it was already past four o'clock.
Standing by the bed and looking at his results throughout the afternoon, he nodded with satisfaction.
Now everything is ready, everything is ready, and you can move it back anytime you want.
But when he thought of the doorman Lao Zheng, he frowned unconsciously. The old man didn't know what he was doing, but he always felt that he was a little strange.
Forget it, I will continue to sleep in the office tonight. I will have a rest tomorrow on Sunday. When I get up, I will go to the department store and the supply and marketing cooperative to buy everything I need at home, and then officially move back in.
As for what to buy?
Grain, spices, coal, bicycles, radios, he was prepared to buy them all at once.
Strangely enough, there are not even a single bicycle in this yard. Bicycles are indeed not cheap these days. The better ones cost more than 200 and require a ticket.
But if there are not 100,000 bicycles in Sijiu City, there must be more than 90,000 bicycles. This can be judged based on the stamps stamped on the bicycles by the police station. Why hasn't this yard bought one?
The uncle's salary is not low, and he has no burden. Why doesn't he buy it? I don't understand.