After the Lantern Festival is the day when wages are paid.
Qiao Nianyao came to collect it with Dr. Xiaozhen.
Qiao Nianyao took her own.
Dr. Xiaozhen took all of Dr. Huang's salary and left one dollar for him to keep as pocket money. She would keep the rest.
According to Dr. Xiaozhen, it is enough to give Dr. Xiao Huang one dollar.
Because Dr. Huang doesn't smoke or drink, and basically stays at the clinic on weekdays, he really doesn't have any extra expenses. He has to keep a dollar with him just in case.
After all, it’s not good to not have a penny on you.
Dr. Xiaozhen is in charge of the family's expenses, so it is normal for her to manage money.
And this was something the young couple had agreed upon.
Except for honoring elders and daily expenses, save everything else if you can.
Because the salary at the health center is really not high.
A person earns fourteen yuan a month, but this fourteen yuan has to be filial to the elders and life. It's fine when you are single. If you get married and the whole family has to rely on this salary, including raising children in the future, you will have more children. Expenditure is definitely stretched.
Thanks to both of them working, their combined salary is twenty-eight yuan.
Occasionally, I would go to the city for a happy day. Mr. Ma would give them a holiday together, and the young couple would make an appointment to go to a restaurant and watch a movie in the city.
But just relax for one day a month.
I am quite economical on weekdays, so in total, I can save half of my salary in a month.
If you save fourteen yuan a month, you can save about one hundred and seventy yuan a year.
Wouldn’t it be possible to make a fortune after saving for a few years?
Of course, the young couple is not poor either.
For example, Dr. Xiaozhen herself had a small treasury before her marriage.
Before getting married, except for a little living expenses, her aunt asked her to keep everything else.
On the contrary, Dr. Huang became very poor after getting married because his money was used to buy that house. Houses are really scarce these days.
Not cheap.
I spent a lot of money to buy it and buy the furniture, so I really didn’t have much money left after the marriage.
But it doesn't matter. Once the wife is married, she can make money slowly in the future.
The couple also have a sense of saving money, which is a good thing.
Of course, Dr. Xiaozhen keeps these things private. She has a good relationship with Qiao Nianyao, but she does not discuss these things.
But paying wages is not the happiest thing.
The happiest thing is that Mr. Ma came to inform:
"I applied to Secretary Zhang years ago. After a meeting, Secretary Zhang also decided to give us a salary increase. Forget it this month, but starting from next month, your salary will be increased from fourteen yuan to sixteen yuan. .”
Not only did Qiao Nianyao and the other three have an increase, but Mr. Ma himself also had an increase, from the original twenty yuan to twenty-two yuan.
"Mr. Ma, why are the leaders willing to increase our wages?" Dr. Xiaozhen said happily.
Mr. Ma said matter-of-factly: "Of course there will be an increase. Our health center has never had an increase since the salary was set until now."
In the past few years, the country has increased wages. Urban people have increased their wages, and township and village officials have also increased their wages. There have also been increases in the wages of pig farm workers.
There was no movement at the health center.
In the past, Mr. Ma might not have bothered to apply. After all, his salary was enough.
But things are different now. Now his disciple also works here, so of course he has to fight for these benefits.
So I directly conveyed my request for a wage increase to Secretary Zhang.
Secretary Zhang didn't object. He talked about it after the meeting and finally decided to raise the price by two yuan.
In other words, from now on, the wages of Qiao Nianyao and the three of them will be sixteen yuan.
Two yuan more a month adds up to twenty-four yuan a year, which is not a small amount of money!
As for Xiaozhen and Xiaohuang, they will have an extra 48 yuan a year.
How much money is this?
No wonder Dr. Xiaozhen was very happy.
Although Qiao Nianyao doesn't feel that big about the salary increase, after all, it is money earned by herself, and the meaning is different.
However, she knew that her master's salary increase was most likely for her, his disciple.
After all, the little old man doesn't care about how much his salary is.
"Thank you, Master." Qiao Nianyao still said thank you to the little old man.
The little old man didn't care, "Why are you thanking me for this? I should have been given a salary increase."
The cost of a health center is fourteen yuan a month, which is a bit low. Even if it is mentioned as sixteen yuan now, it is actually not high.
Nurses in urban hospitals only earn 20 yuan a month.
However, there are still differences between cities and towns. We will gradually increase it in the future, but this will be the case for now.
After getting off work, Qiao Nianyao also shared the salary increase with Song Qingfeng.
Song Qingfeng looked at his wife, "Daughter-in-law, spring is here. Are you going to the city to buy some new clothes?"
Qiao Nianyao shook her head, "I have a few sets of clothes to change, so I don't need to buy any more."
It's good to have two good changes of clothes these days. What else does she want when she has three or four sets?
Although it is not short of money, it does not need to be spent that much.
Song Qingfeng, on the other hand, wanted to pull the cloth back and find someone to make two new summer clothes for him.
He has two, but they are both old and worn for who knows how many years.
This man is really stingy with himself.
"Daughter-in-law, why don't you go to the city and buy some meat?" Song Qingfeng said again.
Qiao Nianyao: "I still have it at home."
Although it's not much, there is still some, and the bacon in the cabinet has not been eaten yet.
Song Qingfeng continued to hold back his plans: "Then why don't you go see my sister-in-law? It's also good to visit relatives."
"Next time, I'll go see my sister-in-law next time I go to town."
Song Qingfeng looked disappointed.
"What's wrong? Are you looking for my sister-in-law for something?" Qiao Nianyao looked at him.
"No." Song Qingfeng shook his head.
Qiao Nianyao saw it.
She showed a little blush at the right time and gave him an angry look, "You're not serious."
Song Qingfeng looked at his wife, "How come your health center doesn't even have family planning supplies?"
He was so greedy for his wife, and he couldn't share the same bed with her, so he really didn't want to endure it anymore.
"No one in the villages and towns uses this, and no one comes to ask. If anyone comes to ask, the health center will go and get some for later use," Qiao Nianyao said truthfully.
In fact, not to mention rural areas, even urban residents rarely use these.
Qiao Nianyao glanced at him, "How did you know about this?" Many people didn't even know that this family planning product existed. How did he, an old virgin, know about it?
Song Qingfeng coughed dryly, "I heard it mentioned by my comrades before."
Men are also good at talking pornographically among themselves. Although he has never fired a live weapon, he has learned a lot about theory from his comrades.
One time, he didn't know what the conversation was about, but it was about this. But Song Qingfeng only had a vague idea. He really didn't know what family planning supplies looked like.
Otherwise, why would I not remember until later that there is such a thing to avoid?
Qiao Nianyao snorted, "They are all a bunch of crooks!"
