Chapter 109: The City Isn't Always Good

Li Qian tutted her tongue, "Grandpa is biased. When you couldn't go to school, he wanted to find you a job, a job in Beijing. But look at us, we're all his grandchildren and granddaughters-in-law, but we've never heard him say anything about finding jobs for us, the farmers."

Before Jiang Hao could say anything, Liu Cuihua said impatiently, "You all have families and jobs. If I could find you a temporary job in Beijing, you could go. But don't just try to take advantage of others every day. Think more about your actual situation."

Jiang Sen: "In fact, life in the city is not necessarily good. In the city, buying food depends on the supply. Some people have big appetites, and a month's supply is not enough to eat. They have to go hungry every day. In our countryside, we are close to the mountains, so we won't starve.

Moreover, if you live in an apartment building in the city, the house is small and you can only cook in the corridor. If you cook something delicious, everyone in the building will know about it. Some shameless people will send their children to ask you for it.

If you don't give it to me, I will scold you for being stingy. If you give it to me, I will be heartbroken. After all, one person is only provided with eight ounces of meat per month. If you give one piece to me, I will have one less piece to eat.

Even if you bring the stove inside to stew meat, there will be shameless people knocking on your door and blocking it to ask for money. Moreover, you have to pay to buy a scallion in the city. No matter how much you earn, it is not enough to spend.

Liu Yue has lived in an apartment building since he was a child and is very familiar with these things. "That's right, and there is limited housing in the city. Our house is relatively good, with a three-bedroom house, so I can have a room of my own.

Our neighbor's house also has three rooms, but they have two sons and one daughter. The two sons are married, and together with their parents, the couple lives in one room, so the little girl can only sleep on a wooden board in her mother's room.

Later, the two sons had children. Seeing that the children were still young, they had been waiting for the factory to allocate housing. However, there was no news of housing allocation in the past few years. There was no room for more people. When they went to bed at night, they would put a board on the wall and let people sleep on it.

Later, as the children grew, the house couldn't accommodate them anymore, so the little girl would take a wooden board and sleep in the hallway, which was very unsafe. Fortunately, she's old enough to find a husband and get married in the past two years. Otherwise, it would have been even more unsafe for her to live in the hallway when she was older."

Liu Shan works at a state-owned restaurant and knows more. "Well, regardless of whether you live in the city or the countryside, life isn't easy. Most city dwellers are just ordinary people, but some still have good families, like my fourth brother's wife. They're all workers, and they can live well in the city."

Liu Yue went to work every day and had less contact with Shi Luo than other people in the family, so he didn't know Shi Luo that well. "Shi Luo, what was it like when you were in the city?"

Family members naturally chat about all sorts of things. Shi Luo thought there was nothing he couldn't say about his own situation. "As for me, I've lived with my grandfather since I was a child. Our home has a small yard and five rooms. Plus, my grandfather was a regular employee at the First Machinery Factory, so we had a pretty good life. Then my grandfather passed away, and I went to the countryside."

Zhao Xiuxiu: "What about your yard? Has the factory taken it back?"

Shi Luo: "No, my yard is our own, it wasn't allocated by the factory, why would the factory take it back?"

Jiang Jianguo nodded. "Ancestral inheritance."

Shi Luo did not refute. In fact, the house in Beijing did not belong to the Shi family's ancestral property. The Shi family's real ancestral property was in Shanghai. But my grandfather said that the house was sold before moving to Beijing.

Liu Cuihua: "Your grandpa works in the No. 1 Machinery Factory in Beijing, so you should go there often. Have you heard of Haohao's grandfather?"

Shi Luo shook his head. "Even if I went, I would only talk to a few people I know. I even worked as a temporary worker in the factory cafeteria, but I've never heard of Grandpa."

Jiang He: "That's normal. The First Machinery Factory is a large factory with tens of thousands of people. It would be strange if he could recognize them all. Besides, grandpa is a top-notch master craftsman over there. I guess he rarely interacts with other temporary workers except those in their workshop. But Shi Luo's grandfather might have heard of or known grandpa."

The Jiang family chatted in the yard until around eight o'clock before they slowly dispersed and everyone took their children back to their rooms to sleep.

Jiang Hao held Shi Luo in his arms for most of the night. After helping Shi Luo clean himself up, he laid him down on the kang. "Do you really want to go back to the city? If you do, I'll write to Grandpa and ask him if there's any way."

Shi Luo yawned and said, "I will definitely go back to the city, but I'm not in a hurry to do it in the next few years. I feel that there is nothing to develop in the countryside.

But there is no need to ask Grandpa Jiang for help. Sooner or later, the educated youth will return to the city. It may just take an opportunity. Then I can go back to the city. I am not old enough to wait, so there is no need to trouble Grandpa now.

When I return to the city, you can be with me. We have money and a house. Are you still worried that we can't make a living in Beijing?

To be honest, although the city isn't as chaotic as it was a few years ago, it's not much better either. By comparison, there's nothing wrong with being a hikikomori in the countryside for a few years."

Jiang Hao: "As long as you think it's okay, it's fine if you want to go back to the city. It's just that going back to Beijing will definitely be a bit troublesome. Why don't we try to find a job in the city or the commune first? I'm familiar with this area. With a little more time and money, I should be able to find a job."

Shi Luo was so sleepy that he could hardly open his eyes. "No, going to work every day is tiring. I'm still young. We can talk about going to work when I'm older in a few years. Let's go to bed quickly. I'm so sleepy."

Seeing that Shi Luo was really not in a hurry to return to the city, Jiang Hao patted Shi Luo's back gently and said coaxingly, "Okay, go to sleep now."

It is the slack season for farmers, there is less work in the fields, and the team does not force everyone to go to work. Jiang Hao and Shi Luo naturally do not go to the fields to work, and both of them sleep until noon before getting up.