Chapter 673: Road Back to the City
"Three hundred~"
Jia Zhang's voice was as soft as a mosquito, but she still stretched out three stubby fingers and gestured.
After Qin Huairu confirmed this number, her head became as big as an ox.
"Okay, I get it."
After saying that, he turned around and went back to the steel mill.
Didn't dwell on this issue.
Jia Zhang looked at Qin Huairu's back and muttered to herself.
"Can you blame me for this? You didn't give me a penny for my retirement, and I'm still sick. I have to pay for my medicine myself, and I don't eat good food. If my health collapses, can you still take care of me?"
On the other side, Qin Huairu was calculating her own small treasury as she walked.
She hasn't saved any money in the past two years.
Xiaodang and Huaihua have grown up. They need to go to school, eat, and send money to Banggeng, which costs a lot.
There is no one in the hospital to suck blood from, and no one in the factory to borrow money from.
She can barely support her current life with her salary and cannot save any money at all.
However, now that Banggeng’s return to the city is imminent, we must give it an effort.
One thousand yuan, a gap of three hundred, is actually not a big number.
Qin Huairu first thought of her own house and shook her head.
Banggeng is going to get married when he comes back, and he can’t be without a house.
Then I thought of the sewing machine and shook my head.
This is the only remaining wish for him and Jia Dongxu.
That leaves only two options.
Borrow money or save money.
Anyway, there is plenty of time, so there is no need to rush.
Courtyard 95.
The third aunt was pacing back and forth at the gate of the courtyard. When she saw Yan Bugui coming back from get off work, she hurried to greet him.
"Boss, have you heard that Jie Kuang can return to the city now?"
"heard."
Yan Bugui went straight home. He had been thinking about it at school.
"If Jie Kuang wants to come back, he still needs to find a job, which is difficult."
"Head, the child has been gone for three years. He went to northern Shaanxi. It's very poor there. Aren't you worried?"
"What's the point of worrying? It's not like we haven't sent money and food. We've done enough."
After all, he is their own son, and they cannot do nothing when they receive a call for help.
It's just that it's a little less.
"Boss, you'd better think of a way. It's not a good idea for him to be alone over there." said the third aunt.
"What can I do? Have you forgotten what he did to us in those six or seven years? Do you think we can count on him for our retirement?"
Yan Bugui said.
Recalling the time when Yan Jiefang and two other men were causing trouble at home, Yan Bugui wanted to beat them to death.
"If we don't count on him, can we count on the eldest brother? He hasn't come to see us for half a year?" The third aunt added at the right time.
"Master, we should do what we can. When we are old, if they don't take care of us, we will drown them with our spit."
Yan Bugui thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case.
"Okay, I'll think about it."
At night, in a certain compound, Liu’s family.
After Liu Haizhong and the second aunt finished their meal, they sat at their doorstep, fanning themselves and glancing diagonally across from time to time.
Listening to the crying of a child coming from the room, both of them felt a little hopeless.
The child is Liu Guangtian’s daughter and also their granddaughter.
However, after he was over one year old, Liu Haizhong hardly ever held him.
In fact, Liu Haizhong already regretted moving here.
Although he lives close to his son, he doesn't get along very well with his daughter-in-law.
He is a person who cares a lot about his reputation, and it is unlikely for him to be humble to his juniors. Liu Guangtian's wife is also a strong person, and she doesn't like Liu Haizhong's pretentiousness.
In addition, Liu Haizhong had a low income and could not help his family, and there was also the story Liu Guangtian told about how he was beaten from childhood to adulthood.
This created an invisible gap between the two families.
If it weren't for the second aunt's persuasion, they might have started a quarrel a long time ago.
"Dad, I heard from people in the hospital that if the operation is done well, people who have gone to the countryside can return to the city. Is this true?" asked the second aunt.
"That's true. I was thinking about that too, but there's nothing I can do." Liu Haizhong said, but his eyes were fixed on Liu Guangtian's house.
"Don't you have an apprentice who works as a leader in the rebar factory? Why don't you ask him to help you and reserve a workstation for you?"
"No, no, no. Xiao Lan just became a leader. If we ask him for help through the back door, it will ruin his future. No, no, no."
"We can't just watch our son suffer in northern Shaanxi."
When Second Aunt said this, she couldn't help but want to wipe away her tears.
When you get older, you become a little sentimental.
Seeing this, Liu Haizhong hurriedly tried to persuade him.
"Don't worry. It's not going to be a day or two for the educated youth to return to the city. Wait until next year, when Xiao Lan has secured his position, and then I'll look for him. How about that?"
"What if the policy changes again?" said the second aunt.
Just then, Liu Guangtian walked out of the house holding the child.
Liu Haizhong and the second aunt suddenly perked up and stood up at the same time.
Liu Guangtian handed the child to the second aunt and took out a cigarette and gave it to Liu Haizhong.
"Dad, my brother has been gone for three years. It's time for him to come back. Do you have any solution?"
General Liu Hai put the cigarette directly behind his ear and looked at his granddaughter with his heart almost melting.
"I'm just thinking about this with your mother."
Liu Guangtian sniffed, a little unconvinced.
"Do you have any idea?"
"There is one thing I want you, Senior Brother Lan, to help me with. I'll go ask him later."
"Brother Lan?"
Liu Guangtian remembered that Liu Haizhong used to often compare them with this apprentice named Lan.
"Then you are right. Guangfu is quite a blessing."
"Okay, got it."
At the same time, in a village in the countryside of Yan'an in northern Shaanxi.
Two thin figures wrapped in patched clothes squatted at the foot of the wall, looking at two or three sheep looking for grass on the hillside in the distance. Their eyes had already begun to glow green.
The two people were Liu Guangfu and Yan Jiekuang, who had been working in the countryside for three years.
This place is very popular, but also very poor.
There is a river, but it is very small and there are almost no fish.
There are trees but no forest, let alone game.
They live in caves, dig terraces, and depend on the weather for their food all year round.
When asked what it feels like to not taste meat for three years, both of them have deep feelings.
Of course, the meat here refers to pork.
From time to time, the two of them would catch mice, snakes, sparrows, scorpions, and grasshoppers to satisfy their hunger.
"Brother Guangfu, do you still remember what mutton tastes like?"
Yan Jiekuang swallowed and asked. From childhood to adulthood, he had hardly eaten mutton and had long forgotten the taste of mutton.
Liu Guangfu licked his lips, bringing back deep memories.
"Before I went to the countryside, my brother treated me to mutton soup. The mutton was very tender and juicy. The soup was all white. Added some chili peppers and soaked in bread, it tasted amazing. I ate four breads in one go."
"Brother Guangfu, is it really that delicious?"
"Of course, eating once is a lifelong memory, and it's more memorable than having sex with women."
Both of them had an impulse to go up and snap the three sheep and then eat them secretly.
Unfortunately, they all knew that there was no chance at all.
The three sheep are the treasures of the village and are looked after by someone special.
Beware of fire, theft and educated youth. All that’s left here is to write it on the wall.
Speaking of women, Yan Jiekuang couldn't help but turn his head and look at Liu Guangfu who was still staring at the sheep.
"Brother Guangfu, have you really played with my sister-in-law's sister?"