As soon as the bell rang, Zhang Zhifei stood up from his chair, packed his things, and prepared to go home.
Although everyone met on the first day, they still knew about Zhang Zhifei's situation. They knew that he was going home to take care of his younger brothers and sisters, so no one made fun of him.
When Zhang Zhifei returned home, the fire had been lit and the rice had been fished out. He only had to stir-fry vegetables and everything was ready. His younger brothers and sisters asked him about his work out of curiosity.
Zhang Zhifei told them some irrelevant information and warned the three of them to study hard and strive to get into technical secondary schools.
The four brothers and sisters lived a poor but warm and happy life. After dinner, they sent the three of them to study while he washed the dishes.
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In the evening, No. 95 Nanluogu Lane, Siheyuan, Zhongyuan, Jia’s House.
"Dongxu, there are two workstations in the Zhang family in the front yard. Zhang Zhifei uses one. The rest of his family are not old enough to take over. Please talk to Yi Zhonghai and ask us to come over and let your wife go to work. "Jia Zhang said whimsically.
Jia Dongxu looked at the dancing Jia Zhang and said speechlessly: "Mom, you think too much. Why should they give us their jobs?"
"Why don't you give it to us? They don't need it. Tell Yi Zhonghai that the other children in his family are under 16 years old and cannot take over for the time being. Just leave it alone and let your wife take over. Give him a month 5 yuan, they have benefited from it. When they can take over, I will pay it back to them." Jia Zhang said boldly.
Qin Huairu dreams of becoming a city dweller. As long as he takes up the job, he can transfer his household registration to an urban household registration, and he and his children will have a monthly ration.
After hearing Jia Zhang's opinion, Qin Huairu thought this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and looked at Jia Dongxu with expectant eyes.
Jia Dongxu also thinks what Jia Zhang said is very reasonable. It’s not like he won’t give it to them. He can earn five more yuan a month, which is good for everyone.
"Okay, then I'll go talk to the master now." Jia Dongxu went to Yi Zhonghai's house in the middle court.
After listening to Jia Dongxu's suggestion, Yi Zhonghai thought that this was indeed an excellent opportunity to solve the Jia family's food rationing problem.
"Dongxu, that's a good idea. Just wait for me and I'll go talk to Zhang Zhifei." Yi Zhonghai nodded gently.
Zhang Zhifei was checking the homework of his younger brothers and sisters when he heard a knock on the door. With confusion, he put down his homework, walked to the door and asked, "Who is it? What's the matter?"
"It's me, uncle, I want to discuss something with you." Yi Zhonghai whispered outside the door.
"Master, my brothers and sisters have to go to school tomorrow and need to go to bed early. If you don't take it seriously, come back tomorrow." Knowing that nothing good would happen, Zhang Zhifei didn't want to let the old guy in.
"Zhang Zhifei, I just want to say a few words to you, very quickly, so as not to delay the children's sleep." Yi Zhonghai raised his voice.
Before Zhang Zhifei could answer, Yan Bugui heard Yi Zhonghai's voice and took over the conversation: "Master, what are you doing in our front yard?"
Yi Zhonghai said insincerely: "It's nothing. I heard that Zhang Zhifei also works at the Hongxing Steel Rolling Plant. Tell him about the channels in the factory."
Zhang Zhifei knew that the old guy didn't tell the truth, but he didn't know Yi Zhonghai's purpose either. He immediately took over Yi Zhonghai's words and said, "Master, I won't bother you anymore. My younger brothers and sisters are going to bed. Let's talk about it tomorrow if there's anything else." ."
After saying that, he left the door and continued to check the homework of his younger siblings. As for Yi Zhonghai knocking on the door, it was no good anyway, so he was determined not to open the door tonight.
Yi Zhonghai looked at the silent door and returned to the middle courtyard with a gloomy expression.
Jia Dongxu saw Yi Zhonghai coming in from the door. He didn't care about maintaining his disciple's character and asked hurriedly: "Master, how are you? Do you agree?"
Yi Zhonghai shook his head and said, "I haven't had time to say yet. Are you looking for him tomorrow morning?"
Seeing Jia Dongxu's confusion, Yi Zhonghai further explained: "Zhang Zhifei meant that his brothers and sisters were going to bed and did not open the door for me."
"Yeah." Jia Dongxu knew that he mainly had to rely on his master Yi Zhonghai now, so he didn't say anything.
Yi Zhonghai also felt that he was very embarrassed. He remembered that Zhang Zhifei didn't open the door for him. As for Zhang Zhifei's words that his younger brothers and sisters were going to school tomorrow morning and needed to go to bed early, he took the initiative to filter it out.
The two people, who had their own secrets, talked for a while, and then Jia Dongxu said goodbye and left.
After seeing Jia Dongxu leave, the eldest mother asked her doubts: "The head of the family is borrowing the Zhang family's position. Will Jia Zhang give it back in the future?"
"We will discuss this later. The top priority now is to convert Qin Huairu's household registration into an urban household registration. In this way, his family's food ration problem will be solved. We will have to rely on Dongxu and Huairu in the future, which will also help us They will provide for their retirement in the future." Yi Zhonghai did not consider whether Jia Jia would return his job. His purpose was to benevolent to Jia Dongxu in exchange for providing for his future retirement.
Next door, at Jia Dongxu's house, Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu were anxiously waiting for news. As soon as Jia Dongxu entered, Qin Huairu couldn't wait to ask: "Dongxu, do you agree?"
Jia Dongxu then said: "Before I had time to ask, I fell asleep and the master said I would ask tomorrow."
Mrs. Jia Zhang cursed and said: "What are you doing sleeping so early? Your parents will die."
Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu were used to her swearing, so they didn't care.
With deep thoughts in mind, Qin Huairu stayed up almost all night after finishing her work with Jia Dongxu, thinking about how she would live a dual-career life that others would envy after becoming a worker.
When he got up in the morning, Zhang Zhifei cooked a pot of millet porridge as usual, heated up some steamed buns with Erhe noodles, fried a shredded potato, and asked his younger brothers and sisters to get up for dinner.
The four brothers and sisters were eating breakfast when Yi Zhonghai came to the front yard again and pushed the door into Zhang Zhifei's house without knocking.
When the four brothers and sisters Zhang Zhifei saw the door open, they all looked towards the door. Yi Zhonghai saw that the four of them were eating and said, "Zhifei, I have something to do with you. Please eat faster."
Zhang Zhifei looked at Yi Zhonghai who was at ease with the old man, and his heart was full of disbelief. The old Juehu regarded this as his own home, but he still had to show respect and courtesy.
"Master, have you eaten? How about two bites if you haven't eaten?" Zhang Zhifei said casually, and handed one of the four remaining steamed buns to each of his younger brothers and sisters, and took one himself.
Yi Zhonghai looked at the little porridge left on the table and felt a sense of discomfort in his heart.
Yi Zhonghai was very unhappy that Zhang Zhifei distributed the steamed buns in advance. He was not here to eat and drink, and he was not short of food. He felt that Zhang Zhifei's brothers and sisters were unfilial and disrespectful to him.
"You guys eat, I've eaten." Yi Zhonghai said gently.
Zhang Zhifei, the four brothers and sisters, have always been filled with hatred since they knew that he was going to drive their family out of the courtyard house.
Except for Zhang Zhifei, who said a few words to the brothers and sisters, the others just immersed themselves in their work and ignored him at all.
After the meal, the eldest sister and the younger brother took the initiative to wash the dishes. Zhang Zhifei sat next to Yi Zhonghai to see what he could tell. If he made some excessive demands, Zhang Zhifei wouldn't mind giving him two slaps.
