He wasn't stingy. Zhang Liuzhi was given a substitute job and could stay in his dormitory for 50 cents a day. He also gave Zhang Liuzhi a 3 yuan monthly allowance for food expenses, plus the factory's ration allowance, which he then gave to Zhang Liuzhi!
This is much more legitimate now. The factory only pays this much to temporary workers. This is more than half of his salary!
Zhang Liuzhi was naturally happy to accept such a good thing, but since he came with Master Zhong, he had to ask his master's opinion first. If Master Zhong disagreed, he couldn't agree to it privately.
Zhang Liuzhi told Zhong Wanwan about it, and Zhong Wanwan immediately agreed:
"It's because you work hard that they've taken a liking to you. You can't miss this opportunity. If you work here for a few months, you can save up a lot of money!"
Zhang Liuzhi said happily:
"That's right! They said they could keep working until around May Day, which would be perfect for spring planting. I can save up several tens of dollars!"
"Thank you so much, Master Zhong. If you hadn't brought me to the food factory, I wouldn't have had this opportunity!"
"Don't worry, I'll stay with you guys for the next few days. I'll move to the dormitory after the repairs are finished!"
Don't underestimate these few dozen yuan. Take Zhang Liuzhi's family, for example. Although they have many able-bodied men, his brother's family also has many children. When the grain is distributed, they need more grain. In a year, the whole family only receives a few dozen yuan.
Wang Erlaizi was quite envious of Zhang Liuzhi's good fortune, and jokingly said while holding Zhang Liuzhi's neck:
"You're too cunning, kid! I was wondering why you were working with the loading and unloading crew every day. Turns out you were keeping an eye on this!"
Zhang Liuzhi cried out in protest:
"You're wronging an innocent person! I just felt bad about not working after eating, so I helped unload the goods. Who would have thought I'd run into such a good thing!"
Wang Erlaizi smacked his lips, feeling that he was going to get a beating when he got home.
He came out to help out, and his mother must have thought he was slacking off. Otherwise, if he were unloading goods like Zhang Liuzhi, wouldn't people consider having him as a substitute?
We're doomed, we're doomed, this time we're really doomed!
Zhang Liuzhi was really lucky. After working for this person for a few months, and then doing odd jobs in the loading and unloading group for a few months, he earned a good reputation among the odd jobs because he didn't slack off.
After that, when other people in the loading and unloading team were looking for replacements, they always thought of him first. As a result, he ended up having to work as a replacement in the loading and unloading team for about half the year, which was a lucky accident.
Of course, that's a story for another time!
When Zhang Liuzhi got home, he told his aunt about it, which made her very happy. She slapped her thigh and said:
"Oh my god, what a great deal! After May Day, that's four and a half months, which is 80 yuan! That's more than enough for you to get married!"
These days, in rural areas, the bride price for a bride is only about 30 yuan, and even the highest bidder will only ask for 50 yuan!
If they really want 100 or 200 yuan, then it's not marrying off a daughter, it's selling her!
With this 80 yuan, even though Zhang Liuzhi's reputation isn't great, spending 50 yuan more would be enough for the bride price!
With the remaining 30, that should be enough to buy fabric and make someone a set of clothes.
As for the cost of the wedding banquet, the family has enough meat. They'll just need to buy some grains, vegetables, and eggs, which will amount to about 20 yuan. She still has that money on hand. With that calculation, Xiao Liu can finally get married! That's wonderful!
Zhang Liuzhi said with a chuckle:
"They can give me 81 yuan, but I still need to eat at the factory, which costs a few yuan a month. I estimate I'll only have 60 yuan left."
Aunt Zhang has her own algorithm. What does it mean if there's not 80 yuan left? There's already food and vegetables at home, so how could there not be any left?
Xiao Liu isn't without work; he already has a share of the family's food. Why should those spendthrifts benefit from it?
Aunt Zhang made the decision:
"Why wouldn't there be any left? You have the grain and vegetables at home. You can take them to the canteen and exchange them for meal tickets. Just eat what you have at home!"
"Don't worry, we'll save the meat from our house for you when you come back from your holiday. It'll be good for you to eat something nice to nourish yourself. If we do it this way, you can save up about 80 yuan after deducting the cost of your trip home!"
"Don't try to save food for the family. Your work is hard, so you need to eat well. Mom will pack you one-third refined grains and two-thirds coarse grains!"
Zhang Liuzhi shook his head and said:
"No need, give the refined grains to my nephew and niece. I'm a grown man, eating some coarse grains won't hurt me!"
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