After the second child, Zhang Cuiya, was kicked out, his uncle Zhang Cheng looked at Zhang Heping again, "Third son! Look at your brother's salary..."
Zhang Heping stood up, frowned and said, "Zhang Cuishan, you decide your salary yourself!"
I decided to change my salary handling method that I had agreed on before. I feel like my job is stable and I can make my own decisions, right?
Then you can go and give your salary to your mother. If you give more, it is filial, if you give less, it is unfilial. If you give it to grandma, no matter how fierce your mother is, it is just a joke.
But that was Zhang Cuishan's mother. It was not surprising that Zhang Cuishan made any decision. Zhang Heping had no need to sow discord between their mother and son.
Ignoring Zhang Cuishan and the others, Zhang Heping went to the Tukang, took out today's wages and receipts, and counted them one by one.
This month, he, his parents, two sisters, and the five members of his family received food stamps, including 99 kilograms and 8 taels of coarse grain stamps and 42 kilograms and 7 taels of fine grain stamps.
Last month, because Lao Zhang was discharged from the hospital on the 4th, the hospital refunded 9 pounds of fine grain stamps after calculating the number of hospitalization days in February.
In addition, my cousin Zhang Cuishan only received 7 kilograms of coarse grain stamps and 3 kilograms of fine grain stamps because his household registration transfer was delayed last month.
In addition to the monthly reserve of more than 3 kilograms of coarse grains, the Zhang family currently has 10 kilograms of coarse grains, 12 kilograms of fine grains, as well as 99 kilograms of 8 taels of coarse grain stamps and 42 kilograms of 7 taels of fine grain stamps.
Father Zhang Bing's four old comrades still owe 139 kilograms of stick noodles, 8 kilograms of flour, and some votes.
As for the uncle's loan of grain, Zhang Heping had already cashed in on it with words just now, and it was impossible to borrow it again this month.
As the saying goes, help the emergency but not the poor!
If Zhang Heping doesn't tighten up his family's money and food now, in a few months, the uncle will probably bring his whole family to Zhang Heping's house for dinner!
In this regard, we have to thank Zhang Cuiya!
In the past two days, if it weren't for his self-righteousness, he would always blame his family's kindness in raising Zhang Zhaodi and Zhang Pandi.
If it weren't for his arrogance and arrogance, he would not take Zhang Bing and Ma Xiuzhen seriously, and would not even call out his third uncle or third aunt, which would chill people's hearts.
If uncle Zhang Cheng hadn't brought his three daughters over, Zhang Heping wouldn't have been so decisive and might have borrowed it for another month.
As for salary, starting from this month, Zhang Bing’s father only earns 42 yuan per month; his mother still earns 23 yuan, plus the previous balance of 106 yuan and 18 cents, for a total of 171 yuan and 18 cents.
This money is a bit short, and there is still a sewing ticket at home that is useless!
Finally, Zhang Heping cleared the tickets and called his mother, Ma Xiuzhen. The two discussed it and decided not to exchange fine grains for coarse grains. Even if grandpa had to borrow coarse grains, the family could get them.
Count out the bills that will be spent in the near future, and use 40 yuan to prepare for this month's expenses. The remaining money will be hidden in the glass bottle under the blue bricks after other people in the room leave.
The next day.
When uncle Zhang Cheng wanted to take grandma and the others back to his hometown, Zhang Cuiya disappeared.
Then, it was revealed that the 29.5 yuan salary and tickets Zhang Cuishan gave to his father last night, as well as the 5 yuan and food stamps Zhang Cuishan kept for himself, were all missing!
"Zhang Pandi!" After Zhang Heping heard that Zhang Cuishan and the others had been stolen, he glared at his second sister angrily and ran quickly into the east wing.
After Ma Xiuzhen reacted, she quickly followed in, closed the door and drew down the curtains.
After checking, there was no shortage of money in the dark layer in the low cabinet and under the three blue bricks. Only the canned fruit in the gift cabinet was missing 3 bottles, leaving only 5 bottles.
And the wedding candies and peanuts that Xu Damao returned as gifts are gone...
"What's missing?" Zhang Zhaodi, the eldest sister, asked anxiously when her mother opened the door and came out.
"Three canned fruits and those wedding candies and peanuts are gone!" Ma Xiuzhen said, giving her mother-in-law Xie Ermei a complicated look. Xie Ermei has been at home for the past two days. Who would believe her if she said she didn't notice at all?
Zhang Heping expressed his distrust with practical actions; an empty iron can of malted milk contained all the money bills and notebooks in the dark layer of the short cabinet, and went to the right room with a gloomy look.
The grandmother also counted on her eldest son, Zhang Cheng, and his family to support him in his old age. Since he was going back to the countryside today, Zhang Heping would not say more. The food saved was worth more than canned food.
However, the concealment behavior of the two sisters made Zhang Heping very angry, and he ignored them all day.
Zhang Cuishan and Zhang Heping borrowed 6 yuan and sent Grandma and the others to the station. They thought Zhang Cuiya had stolen the money and gave it to his mother, so they hurried back to block people.
At noon, Zhang Cuishan stood at the door of the east wing and refused to go in. He hesitated for a long time before saying that he wanted to borrow a month's worth of meal tickets from Zhang Heping.
This is an honest person's pride. He feels that he has not paid money and living expenses to Zhang Heping's family, and has not handed over his salary to grandma as agreed, so he has no shame in coming to the east wing for dinner.
However, his money was stolen. He was unfamiliar with the place and had no choice but to shamelessly come to Zhang Heping to borrow it.
Anyone who is smart will definitely run into the house at this time to find the third uncle and the third aunt. They pretend to be pitiful and suffer miserably.
This time, Zhang Heping prepared the IOU in front of the whole family, including the borrower, the lender, the liquidated damages for overdue repayment, and the repayment date: June 3, 1962.
Although his meal tickets still cost more than 800 kilograms and vegetable tickets cost about 60 yuan, they were not brought by strong winds!
Since Zhang Cuishan has his own opinions and doesn't listen to Zhang Heping, he can only settle the accounts.
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The next day, Saturday morning.
When his father Zhang Bing went to the street office to register for a shoe repair stall, Zhang Heping accompanied him and asked Director Wang for the confiscated bamboo in the name of building a bamboo tent for the stall.
After round-faced Director Wang took the bamboo away, he originally wanted to wait until Zhang Heping went on summer vacation before returning it to him, so as not to delay his promotion to junior high school.
Since his father, Zhang Bing, wanted to set up a shoe repair stall and build a bamboo shed, he simply returned it because it would take up space for their street office.
Zhang Heping called Mr. Ban'er and spent 50 cents to pull the bamboo back to the yard.
Since the eaves of the two penthouses facing the street were too low, Zhang Heping had to build a row of arched bamboo sheds that were high in front and low in back.
The side of the bamboo shed across the street is 2 meters high, and the side against the wall is 1.5 meters high.
The length of the bamboo shed follows the outer wall of the ear room, and the width is only a little over one meter. A horizontal bamboo curtain is added to the stall near the courtyard gate to block the sun for Lao Zhang.
After lunch, Zhang Heping and Huang Xuemin went out for a while. When leaving Uncle Zhuang's house, Zhang Heping gave a bamboo windmill toy specially made in the morning to the grandson of Director Wang next door.
After arriving at the courtyard, Huang Xuemin took out a bowstring and handed it to Zhang Heping, saying that Huang Wenxuan, the third child, took the crossbow to school and accidentally injured the foot of a passing classmate. Fortunately, it was a minor injury.
Seeing Huang Xuemin's frightened expression, Zhang Heping hurriedly promised not to give Huang Laosan anything in the future.
The bamboo knitting tool box I made in the afternoon is a short bamboo cabinet with four legs, three layers and double rows of drawers, and two pull rings on the left and right, making it easier for two people to lift the box.
He also made three more armchairs to place around the small coffee table, making it convenient for chatting in the courtyard or holding hospital-wide meetings.
There are two armchairs placed next to the stall, and three long bamboo benches are placed under the vacant bamboo shed for passers-by to rest.
According to Lao Zhang, there is no need to collect the armchairs and bamboo stools at the stall, as no one will steal them.
Zhang Heping believed his lie and went to list "Veteran Shoe Repair" the next morning. When he was about to open for business, the two armchairs and three long bamboo stools were missing!
Fortunately, I made three more armchairs yesterday, emmm...
Master Zhang wore a black and blue apron made by his wife and daughter overnight, and a pair of patched sleeves of the same color. He sat alone at the left stall outside the courtyard gate and opened for business.
One morning passed, and the first person to talk to Zhang Bing was...
