novelaction Chapter 357 The worldly atmosphere (35)
Chapter 357 The worldly atmosphere (35)
Ms. Qi couldn't help but grumble to Yun Tinglan, "Xiao Jin is good in every way, but she is very extravagant and can't control her money. From now on, when you live together, you have to be in charge of the finances."
Yun Tinglan murmured to herself, this is just the beginning, he is not someone who is short of money, his current life is already hard enough, she can't bear to save more.
So he said perfunctorily, "I know what I am doing."
Ms. Qi rolled her eyes at her daughter and said, "What do you mean by knowing? If you don't manage the household, you won't know how expensive food, oil, salt and firewood are. If you don't save some money, what will you do in case of an emergency?
She was still young and had little experience, so she always thought things were too simple. She simply stopped talking, thinking that she would learn her lesson after suffering a loss.
Although Ms. Qi dislikes the refrigerator for wasting electricity, it is really convenient to use. However, not many people know about her purchase of the refrigerator. She brought it back early in the morning and there are few people here.
How rare is it? There is a slope and a bamboo forest on this side. Occasionally, people go up there to cut bamboo and pick mushrooms. The grass can grow taller than people.
Because it was a barren slope and not arable land, it was not considered an encroachment on everyone's property, so Yun Changshan could make the decision and assign the land to Song Jinhan. If someone else were to assign the homestead here, everyone would not be happy because they did not have the ability to get an excavator to dig the slope and level the land to build the foundation.
To build a house in the village, two hundred yuan is definitely enough for a mud house, and four or five hundred yuan for a blue brick and tile house.
But here, the helpers did the math privately and found that just the foundation work, not counting the labor costs, the various building materials alone would cost nearly two hundred yuan, not to mention the steel bars and cement for the building.
It’s a three-story building, so seven or eight hundred will probably not be enough.
It is said that the educated youth in the city pay a lot of attention to building houses, but when they are actually built, they are very rare.
From afar, a building stands in the swaying bamboo forest, vines cling to the green walls, and the courtyard is quiet and full of flowers.
So enviable.
Yun Tinglan was also very satisfied. She sat in the pavilion that day reading a medical book, eating a piece of fruit given to her by Song Jinhan from time to time, and felt that this day was wonderful.
Ms. Qi was busy in the kitchen on the second floor. She felt a toothache when she saw this scene. It was not that she couldn't bear to see her daughter and son-in-law being so hot, but she just didn't like the fruit plate.
What a waste. No matter how you eat the fruit, it tastes the same. If you change the shape, can it turn into dragon meat or something? That is the son-in-law. If it is someone else, she will have to give him a lecture.
Seeing her sister-in-law hesitated and looked distressed, Lin Shufang laughed, "Why worry? Xiaojin is very capable. Changan said that Xiaojin's electric shock pen was favored by someone above him and the design was bought."
In fact, it's not just the stun pen, it's mainly the stun baton. When Yun Tinglan mentioned this at the beginning, Song Jinhan set his sights on it. This thing is bound to be popularized, and it would be nice to get some patent fees at the same time.
Living off the fat of the land was not his style, so he found himself a job at the town's agricultural machinery station as a temporary worker, not a regular employee, but with a monthly salary of eight yuan and a grain subsidy of 40 kilograms.
If the elderly people at the station encounter problems that they can't solve, they can come to him and he will definitely be able to solve them.
Yun Changshan blew out a smoke ring and said to Song Jinhan, "I have an old comrade in the People's Armed Forces." When his third son Yun Hai joined the army, he went through his connections. They have a strong relationship and have been in contact over the years. "Come with me tomorrow to meet your Uncle Chen and get to know each other."
This is to help Song Jinhan find a way to get him a formal job. Knowing that the Song family is forcing their son-in-law to go back to the city, they want to force him to join the army, but he can't go to the city and go to the commune. Yun Changshan still has the ability to do that.
If this happened to someone else, Yun Changshan would definitely scold them for being ungrateful. Being a soldier is such a good career, but this doesn't mean he will become his son-in-law. With a man by his side, his daughter's life will be better.
It sounds glorious to be a military wife, but there is sadness in it... Anyway, the couple doesn't want their younger sister to have the same experience.
Besides, Xiao Jin is capable and educated, and he doesn't have to join the army. It's inevitable that he feels that his in-laws are a bit stubborn and unreasonable.
This is a way for D to contribute to the country, and there is more to it than just joining the army. Xiao Jin should not be ostracized as an outlier just because three generations of his family have been soldiers.
Isn't this looking down on intellectuals? What's wrong with being a writer? You can achieve just as much.
The more Yun Changshan looked at his son-in-law, the more he admired him, especially when he compared him with his own two sons. His heart was almost drawn to him.
But if Song Jinhan really wanted to become a regular employee, he would not be a temporary worker. As a temporary worker, he could take leave from time to time. Anyway, as long as the agricultural machinery station was fine, he would take sick leave.
Once you become a formal employee, that’s no longer the case.
That's like touching someone else's cake, and anyone can find fault with you for no reason. It's impossible to continue doing this in a half-hearted manner.
What do you think he is trying to do?
The salary of just a few cents was not enough for him to trade in grain. Moreover, if he provided Yun Changan with low-priced goods and took a commission, he could earn a lot of money.
I really look down upon the establishment of regular employees.
To be honest, he just didn't want to take part in the water conservancy project, otherwise he wouldn't even be willing to do this temporary job.
You have to know that during the winter and spring seasons every year, members of the cooperative, both men and women, have to bring their own tools to help out. They dig and carry things by hand, but they don't get any work points. It's purely voluntary labor.
It sounds glorious, but only those who have been there know the hardships involved. The work is so hard that it can tire a person to death, and one has to carry a lantern while working at night. There are more than ten people, all squeezed into one family, so you can imagine the conditions.
Of course there are benefits as well. Those who perform well may be rated as model workers, outstanding role models or advanced elements.
With these resumes, you will be given priority when joining the party, being promoted, returning to the city, joining the army, or being recruited. To put it bluntly, this is the only way for those who have no connections or relationships to get through.
But Song Jinhan doesn't need it. His previous life was too tiring, and both of them want to live a more comfortable life in this life.
But he couldn't say that, so he said vaguely, "...There may be changes above, Lanlan and I need time to study, just in case..."
Needless to say, Yun Changshan figured out the rest in his own mind. Mr. Song's status is there, and if there is any disturbance from above, he will definitely know it first.
No matter how much you dislike Xiao Jin, he is still your grandson. It is normal for him to know some inside information. Even if you take a step back, studying is not a bad thing. But what if the college entrance examination is really resumed?
This idea took root in Yun Changshan's heart like a grass seed. When he heard the exact news of the complete downfall of the Gang of Four on the radio, the idea of taking the college entrance examination emerged even more strongly.
There was ecstasy in his eyes, but he knew that this chaotic state of upside-down world would not last long.
When the news came out, the whole country was in jubilation. Everyone ran around to tell each other, and gongs and drums sounded and firecrackers blasted. Everything announced the end of the ten years of civil strife.