Chapter 170 Very Unconvinced

Sarin said, "You are talking nicely now, but you will definitely find me embarrassing later."

It's not decent to be a self-employed person.

Lin Jianshe went to hold her hand and said, "You think too much, my dear. As long as you don't break the law and make money with your own ability, it's not shameful even if you go to collect feces."

"Not to mention selling buns."

Sarin exclaimed, "You put these two things together, I was just kidding, I'm just a little tired of them these days."

"I felt like they were isolating me."

"Cricket me from behind."

To be honest, this was the first time she had suffered such a hardship. The isolation of being in such a small group was really uncomfortable.

"But I won't back down. I'm a rebellious person. The more they discourage me, the braver I become. I like to do the opposite."

"It's not like I haven't been a band leader before, there's nothing wrong with that."

Time is the best proof.

Sarin led the band to perform several consolation performances, and almost all the team members were convinced. However, a few people, led by the deputy captain, were still secretly dissatisfied.

But there's no point in being unconvinced.

Sarin is very careful in her work and they can't find any fault with her.

Xu Lulu has a very good relationship with Sarin. She is a very sensible person and she thinks only those fools would go against Sarin.

Who is Saran? Her brother-in-law is the chief of staff and she herself is the captain of their band. If she wants to make a fuss, what should she do if she arranges them to the back during the performance?

Whether you play the piano well or not can only be seen by others if you stand in front. Who will know if you stand in the back?

Xu Lulu's behavior made the people headed by the deputy captain very dissatisfied, because Xu Lulu had a good relationship with them before, so why did she "rebel" as soon as Sarin became the captain?

"Xu Lulu, you are a flatterer!" One of the girls took the opportunity to say something to her.

Hearing this, Xu Lulu rolled her eyes, "I am a flatterer, what are you? Are you a fool?"

"I know what you mean by that, but I still want to advise you not to do or say those nonsense things."

"The superiors are not fools. Sarin is not capable. How could the superiors choose her as the captain? What good will it do you to go against her?"

The girl said disdainfully, "She got it through the backdoor. If her brother-in-law wasn't a staff officer, who would have chosen her? The captain's position should have belonged to Sister Hongxia."

I am talking about the deputy captain Ma Hongxia.

Xu Lulu clicked her tongue, "You mean, in the past in Meng Province, people also used backdoors?"

She felt that Sarin's promotion to captain had nothing to do with her brother-in-law. His superior simply came to her directly because he saw that she had done it before.

Besides, her work and professional abilities are indeed excellent!

"Meng Province is Meng Province, and here is here. How can they be the same?"

Xu Lulu shrugged, "Whatever you want."

That girl, "Xu Lulu, you are just a fence-sitter."

Xu Lulu, "Yes, yes, yes, whatever you say is right. Come on, why do you care if I am a recluse or a nobody? Just do your job first."

"You don't want to be scolded by the captain if he finds out. After all, the deputy captain won't speak for you, but you're just a lackey, always speaking up for her."

"Did you get the meat ticket you exchanged with her last time?"

The girl said, "Sister Hongxia has two children, so the meat coupons are definitely not enough."

Xu Lulu, "Yeah, so go do whatever you want, don't bother me here."

Xu Lulu spoke quickly and refreshingly. After she finished speaking, she turned on the "blacklist mode" and went straight to practice the piano.

The girl who was talking to her was so angry that she went home to sulk. As a result, she accidentally broke the string of her pipa while playing it.

When the deputy team leader Ma Hongxia saw this, she scolded him.

Then the girl betrayed Xu Lulu. Xu Lulu was right. She was a fool. The deputy captain didn't help her, so why should she help her and go against the captain?

Ma Hongxia found that everyone in the team seemed to be getting along well with Sarin. Before, whenever she was not around, they would talk about her behind her back.

She pretended to stop them again.

But recently, they have stopped talking and just listen to Sarin and follow her arrangements.

Ma Hongxia felt unbalanced.

To be honest, anyone would feel unbalanced in her situation. She has been the deputy captain for four years and thought she would be promoted this year, but her superiors directly let Sarin be the captain.

Why? Because her brother-in-law is the chief of staff.

Or as the captain said before, she has experience in leading a team

But that is in Meng Province, and this is the capital.

Can it be the same?

She doesn't think Sarin is that capable.

In her opinion, Sarin relied entirely on backdoors, and if her brother-in-law was not the Chief of Staff, no one would care about her.

It's a pity that she doesn't have any powerful relatives in the army.

Ma Hongxia was very dissatisfied with Sarin, but there was nothing she could do. She was the captain and she was the deputy captain. The higher the rank, the more powerful she was. She had to listen to her and cooperate with her in her work.

Sarin is capable and has a way of coaxing people. She knew that Ma Hongxia was dissatisfied with her in her heart, so she found some time to chat with her.

Ma Hongxia is a few years older than Sarin, so Sarin calls her Sister Hongxia. "Sister Hongxia, you said that after the reform and opening up of our country, more and more people have become self-employed."

There were only two in the spring, but now there are five or six on the street.

Ma Hongxia: "I have no choice but to do this for a living, otherwise who would be a self-employed person?"

It's so shameful to be a self-employed person.

Sarin sighed, "Sister Hongxia, you can't say that. Your brother-in-law said that it's not shameful to make money with your own hands and your own ability without stealing or robbing."

“Now our country also encourages it.”

Ma Hongxia knew that Sarin's target was a college student. She laughed and said, "Look at my mouth. College students are more aware."

Sarin also smiled and said, "I complained about being tired a few days ago, and your brother-in-law said that after he graduated and started working, I could do whatever I wanted, and he would earn money to support my mother and me."

Ma Hongxia sensed the meaning behind Sarin's words.

"Why, you want to retire?"

It is indeed more tiring to be in the art troupe, except when we are performing and not on the way to perform.

Sarin groaned, "I just complained, mainly because he is studying now. No matter how tired I am, I have to work. You say there must be someone who earns money in this family, otherwise the whole family will starve."

Ma Hongxia nodded. "That's what happened."

For someone like Sarin, you need to invest upfront, and let Sarin take care of all the household chores, but things will be fine after he finishes college.

It's like bitter first but sweet later.

Sarin continued, "There's a steamed bun shop on Hongxing Road. I see there are a lot of people there. It should make a lot of money in a month."

Ma Hongxia, "How much can I earn?"

Sarin, "A bun costs five cents, so if I sell 200 buns a day, I'll make ten yuan, and besides buns, there's also porridge and other things."

Ma Hongxia was shocked when she heard this, "That would cost at least 300 yuan a month."

Sarin said, "His business is pretty good. I think he sells more than 200 buns a day. He must be making money. If he doesn't make money, no one would do it."

Ma Hongxia nodded and thought to herself, she earned about 40 yuan a month in the art troupe, her husband worked in a machinery factory and also earned about 40 yuan, and they had three children at home.

After deducting all expenses, there is still twenty dollars left.

The minimum monthly profit from selling buns there was three hundred, of course the rent and materials had to be deducted, but she felt that even after deducting all the other costs she could still make fifteen hundred.

Twice their salary.

Ma Hongxia thought about it briefly. According to what Sarin said, being a self-employed person is not only shameful, but also very lucrative.

But it is impossible for her to retire from the army and become a self-employed person, because the military uniform she wears cannot be bought with any amount of money.

She looked at Sarin and felt that she was quite open to being a self-employed person. If she retired from the army and became a self-employed person, then the position of captain...

I don't know how I came up with this, but Ma Hongxia is no longer competing with Sarin secretly. It's really not easy to handle interpersonal relationships.

For a moment, Sarin wanted to go home and herd the cattle.

There is no trouble with Lin Shuyin. She gets along well with her teachers and classmates, and the barrage is quiet. Lin's father and mother had said they would come this summer, but now they can't.

Mr. Lin accidentally fell. He didn't break any bones, but his back hurt so much that he couldn't go out for a while.

Shen Guannan was there when he read the letter. When he heard that his father-in-law had fallen, he said, "Wife, let's send something over."

It would be fine if they didn't know that the father-in-law fell. But if they knew and didn't care, people would say that the son-in-law married a girl and didn't take her parents seriously.

Lin Shuyin nodded, "Well, but what should we send?" Since he broke his waist, he can't send ordinary things, right?

Shen Guannan thought for a moment and said, "I'll go to the military hospital and get some plasters. They work really well and the pain goes away when I put them on."

Lin Shuyin: "Okay, you decide."

Lin also told Salin and Lin Jianshe about his father's fall. Salin discussed with Lin Jianshe, "Let's send some nutritional supplements to our parents."

Take care of yourself and eat something good.

Lin Jianshe, "Okay, buy two boxes of maltose."

There are no other nutritional supplements except maltose.

Half a month later, Lin's father and mother received the care and concern from their children Lin Shuyin and Lin Jianshe. Mother Lin was so touched, and father Lin was also relieved, especially when he heard in the letter that their son-in-law had specially gone to the military hospital to get the plaster.

There is no such thing anywhere else, which makes me feel relieved.

But he still said, "I just feel a little pain. Please go to Guannan."

Mother Lin took out a plaster and put it on Father Lin. "Just put it on. This one from the military hospital is guaranteed to work."

Father Lin nodded. He didn’t know if it was an illusion, but the pain in his waist was reduced the moment the patch was put on. It wasn’t as painful as before.

Lin's mother has been feeling a lot recently. When Lin Shuyin and Lin Jianshe sent something to her, she became emotional again and talked to Lin's father.

"Old man, I'm telling you the truth. Of our two children, I loved the eldest, the second and the fifth the most when they were young..."

Although there is no difference in material terms, I prefer the other three in my heart. I love the eldest son the most. Shuyin and Jianshe treat the two children as twins, a dragon and a phoenix, born together.

It looks good to others, as if dragons and phoenixes are auspicious.

However, due to the uneven absorption of nutrients by the twins, the younger son had a weak constitution since he was a baby and was sick every other day, which made her very upset and exhausted.

He asked for leave every other day. To be honest, if it wasn't for the fact that he was her son, she would have wanted to throw him away. As for Shuyin, he absorbed nutrients very well in the womb.

He has never caused them any worries since he was born, has never been sick, and has been well behaved since he was young. If you don't bother them, there will be less attention.

Lin's mother admitted it.

Father Lin interrupted Mother Lin, "I'm not like you. I treat them all equally. I loved and annoyed them when they were little."

I wonder how he was raised.

"Now that our children have grown up and have their own children, they can understand us as parents."

Lin's mother said, "I want to say that I didn't love Shuyin and Jianshe that much when they were young, but these two children have grown up to be the most promising and the best for us old couple."

"You see, my waist has been sprained for almost a month, and the eldest and his wife didn't even know to buy us some medicine or something."

"I just mentioned it to Shuyin in the letter, and she asked Guannan to prepare some plasters. The fourth brother and his wife also prepared maltose for you to supplement your nutrition."

Father Lin: "These two children are filial and obedient."

This is why it is said that something smells good from afar but smells bad up close. The plaster that Shen Guannan gave was a good thing. After Lin's father applied a few of them, the pain in his waist was gone.

My waist pain is gone now. I can go out for a walk and brag about it to everyone I meet.

The result is that Lin Shuyin's daughter did nothing and became a filial son and a good girl.

Qian Xianghong was very dissatisfied with this. Her parents-in-law were really mean. When her second aunt and brother-in-law sent back some things by mail, the old couple would brag about them to the whole compound.

The daughter-in-law she takes care of every day doesn't necessarily get praised once.

She wanted to separate the family before, but after thinking about it, they both worked, her father-in-law helped pick up and drop off the children, and her mother-in-law helped them with cooking at home, so there was no point in splitting the family.

However, she felt a little uncomfortable when her parents-in-law praised the third and fourth sons in such a way, so Qian Xianghong told this to her husband Lin Jianye.

Tired from a day's work, Lin Jianye didn't want to listen to his wife's nagging, so he fell asleep and snored.

Qian Xianghong, "Every time I talk about your sister-in-law, you fall asleep!"

We are truly a family. I have never said a word for her in all these years.

Somehow the news of Lin's father breaking his waist got to the ears of Zhang Hongying's parents, Zhang's father and mother. Although the two families had some unpleasantness in the past few years, they are siblings after all.

Zhang's father and mother took some things and came to see their brother-in-law. As the saying goes, they are siblings after all. When her brother and sister-in-law came to the door with the things, Lin's mother instantly forgot about the previous unpleasantness.

"Brother-in-law, how did you do that and why did you fall?" Father Zhang put the things he brought on the table and asked.

Father Lin waved his hands, "I just slipped and fell, it's okay, I'm fine now, Shuyin Guannan sent me some plasters, I applied a few pairs, and it doesn't hurt anymore, I'm fine now."

Zhang's mother laughed and said, "If we hadn't heard from Jianye yesterday, we wouldn't have known about this."

Hearing her sister-in-law say this, Lin's mother felt a little warm in her heart. Although there was unpleasantness before, her brother and sister-in-law still came at the critical moment. This is a family.

Zhang's father said, "Oh, I'm glad you're okay. At my age, I might have broken bones if I fell or bumped into something. Brother-in-law, you have to be careful when you walk in the future."

We are not young anymore, we are in our sixties.

Father Lin nodded, "I'll learn my lesson this time."

Father Zhang took a sip of water and asked, "How is Shuyin Construction in Beijing? Is everything going well?"