Greedy
Liu Jun was no longer a good-for-nothing, but even a tiger wouldn't eat its own cubs, let alone his eldest son whom he had spent so much money and effort to support.
After briefly understanding the situation, he began to murmur in his heart. Seeing that his daughter-in-law was still taking money from his son's trouser pocket, he pushed her away and said, "Go and pack it up. Take Xuecheng to the hospital to have his hand checked."
Liu Xuecheng is not a stupid man. Now he is the only one in the family who earns money. The atmosphere is very depressing. He has many brothers and sisters, and he knows Liu Jun's temper too well.
So when Liu Jun drove him to the hospital, he didn't dare to be depressed but said, "Dad, I forgot to tell you, I got into high school."
Liu Jun's car suddenly stopped, and a smile finally appeared on his face. "Really? Haha, you really deserve to be my son, Liu Jun."
Liu Xuecheng responded calmly, looking at his father's back. What he didn't tell him was that although he passed the exam, he was ranked last. There was no need to tell him about this...
Liu Jun doesn't have great abilities, but he keeps doing cool things. That's why old people always say it's better to offend a gentleman than a villain.
Knowing that there was no serious problem with his son's hand and that it would be fine after proper care, Liu Jun went to work the next day and chatted with his colleagues. He pretended to mention that his son had been admitted to high school, which won him compliments from everyone in the workshop and satisfied his vanity.
Xu Fengcheng had just arrived at the factory, and in order to perform well, he was always active in going to the workshop. But today, he saw that Liu Jun was arranging the goods honestly, but he looked at him with suspicion and pride at the same time. What did that mean?
To be honest, Liu Jun really wronged Xu Fengcheng, and it was inevitable that he would seek revenge, but after thinking about it, he still felt that revenge should be taken and grievances should be repaid. After all, young people are the most chivalrous.
I can only say that Liu Jun’s family is really not a good thing. I don’t know who is displeased with them and is taking revenge on them.
It was noon when Xu Fengcheng returned to the office after finishing his work. He usually followed Cao Yanhua from the office privately. The two of them took their aluminum lunch boxes and went to the cafeteria window to line up for food.
Cao Yanhua was particularly excited today, leaving Xu Fengcheng bewildered. "What's wrong with you? You're so happy. Did you pick up some money?"
Cao Yanhua replied casually, "You are not happy about the salary." Then he realized it and slapped his forehead, "I forgot, you just came."
"Salaries are paid on the 20th of every month. Although today is the 19th, the factory is closed tomorrow, Sunday, so we're paying early."
After hearing this, Xu Fengcheng's pain disappeared, and even his cold felt a little better. But I wonder how much money he can earn after only working for five days?
Cao Yanhua did the math for him, "We're factory managers. You're a regular first-class worker now, making 25 yuan a month. We have 26 working days a month."
After that, he quickly calculated the amount and said directly: "Brother, you can get 4.8 yuan."
Xu Fengcheng laughed immediately. If working in the fields was not counted, he had never earned so much money in his life.
Although he was happy, he did not forget to praise Cao Yanhua, "You are worthy of being the abacus in our accountants. You calculate really fast."
Cao Yanhua didn't show much of this compliment on his face, but he felt very touched in his heart. He was from the same county, had just graduated from high school, and had only been in the furniture factory for a short time. He was about the same age as Xu Fengcheng, and they had similar personalities, so they were a good work partner.
Not long after work started in the afternoon, people from all departments of the furniture factory came to line up to collect their wages. Xu Fengcheng didn't have much contact with this area, as most of the people were busy with it.
However, when she thought about the fact that she would receive the money soon, her cold healed on its own. When it was almost time to get off work, she was the only one left in the office, and Bai Rongrong distributed the money to her colleagues one by one.
When sending it to Xu Fengcheng, he also praised him, "You have a high level of understanding and you have done a good job. You should keep it up and keep up the good work."
Xu Fengcheng's mouth was almost grinning to the back of his head, and he kept nodding in agreement, his body instantly feeling much more relaxed.
He was injured and had not originally planned to go home, but since he had received his salary, the first person he wanted to share it with was his family.
So as soon as he got off work, he rushed to the state-owned grain store and bought two pounds of pork. He was very satisfied with these things on his way home. He thought that when he got more money, he would treat Cao Yanhua to a meal.
If it weren't for Cao Yanhua, he would have had neither meat tickets nor connections, and it would have been impossible for him to get two pounds of good pork at this time. Most of the pork was fat. He couldn't help but smell the pork. Damn, it smelled so good.
Xu Fengcheng was very happy, but her younger sister was frowning at home.
In the afternoon, while everyone was gone, Xu Nian excitedly ran to the village agency store with money to buy meat. However, the store owner told him that they had been out of meat for a week and that he could try dim sum instead.
It was true that Xu Nian was craving meat, but she was also craving other things. If Xu Hongqi hadn't told her that although there was no supply and marketing cooperative in the village, there was a sales agency, she wouldn't have known that she could buy things in the village.
When she saw the dazzling array of items displayed on the shelves made of adobe, her eyes were fixed on them. The clerk was an old lady from her village. There were not many people around at this hour, so she let Xu Nian go inside the counter and choose for herself.
The purchasing power in rural areas is really too poor, and some things will soon expire if they are not sold.
At first, Xu Nian took a bag of mung bean cakes very reservedly. Later, she saw there was soap. Thinking about the towels at home, she took a piece as well. Then she saw there were melon seeds. Her teeth suddenly felt lonely and she wanted to bite something. She didn't dare to think too much and weighed some more.
She had almost stopped, but the old lady saw that she was a potential customer and directly recommended egg cakes, mints, small packets of milk powder, ointment, toothbrushes and laundry detergent.
Everything sounded cheap, so Xu Nian was very tempted and asked someone to buy them all. When she thought it was too much, the other person calculated the bill and it was exactly five dollars.
Xu Nian then felt very lucky. The money was not hers. She only had two dollars and fifty cents in her hand, which was not enough to make up for the loss. So she hurriedly said that she did not want the things.
It would be strange if the old lady could return her money. "Girl, I've already packed it for you, how can I return it? If you don't have money, I'll talk to your mother, she will definitely have it."
Oh my god, Xu Nian thought, what if her mother knew about this? If she knew that she was so carefree with the money, and that it belonged to Xu Hongqi, she would definitely give her a good beating.
Helpless, she could only go home with a sad face. The house was quiet. She looked at the things in her arms, adjusted herself, and went to look for Xu Hongqi with a smile on her face.
"Brother Hongqi, I'm back!"
Xu Hongqi was doing nothing but lying on the table reading a book. When he heard the sound, he looked towards the door.
This sight was shocking, and the corners of his mouth twitched. Xu Nian was not really fat, and that pile of stuff almost covered her face.
Xu Hongqi asked, "Are you going to buy some goods?"
Xu Nian stopped at the door, really not wanting to go in. When asked, he could only smile foolishly, "Hey, no, I just saw that you were missing a lot of things, so I bought them for you."
Xu Hongqi glanced at the pile of things and said, "Really? Come in."
Xu Nian walked in hesitantly and heard someone ask, "Have you bought the meat?"
Xu Nian pursed his lips and said, "No."
"Heh..." Xu Hongqi laughed out of anger, "Xu Nian, you are capable."
What could Xu Nian say? She couldn't say anything and could only smile sweetly at people.
Seeing Xu Hongqi's eyes sweep over her, stop talking, and turn back to the desk to read, Xu Nian's face fell behind him.
After a while, Xu Nian couldn't stand it anymore, so he put his things on the empty space on Xu Hongqi's desk and ran out.
Xu Hongqi was left speechless looking at the food on half the table, but not long after, Xu Nian ran in again and stood to his left.
Xu Nian extended his hand and handed the money in his hand to Xu Hongqi. "Brother Hongqi, I'll pay you back two dollars and fifty cents first. I'll pay you back the rest when I save up some more money."
Xu Hongqi looked at the girl's white and tender little hands and found that even her fingernails were a healthy pink. It was obvious that she had never suffered any hardship. He had always been cold-hearted, but for some reason he didn't want to let the girl suffer.
But...but he still needs treatment, otherwise he'll suffer in the future. Xu Hongqi took the money, raised his eyes, and said to Xu Nian, "I don't want this money. Leave it with me for safekeeping."
You can take the food too." Then he continued to look at her, "I'm recovering from my injury and it's not convenient for me to walk. If I need to run errands during this time, please help me."
Xu Nian thought he would say something, but this is all he said? He couldn't help but wonder if all the cool people liked to boss people around, like in those melodramatic Korean dramas.
But this was much better than she had expected. Xu Hongqi didn't have many friends anyway, and it was summer vacation now, so there probably wouldn't be anything for him to run errands for.
Xu Nian was thinking a lot, but he said sincerely, "It's my duty, it's my duty."
But she never expected that Xu Hongqi would be waiting for her here so long, and he said as a matter of course: "Go to Xujia Village tomorrow to help me deliver something to Qi Meiyue."
Xu Nian: “…”
Xu Hongqi was not in a hurry. "Why, you don't want to?"
Xu Nian was willing to do that, but it was strange. Nothing good had ever happened since she went to Xujia Village. It was far, hot, and unlucky. But she couldn't tell Xu Hongqi that. She could only say with some distress, "I'm scared to go alone. I still have a shadow over the last time."
Xu Hongqi didn't force her, "Then wait."
Then he opened the snacks Xu Nian had bought, took a piece of egg cake and put it in his mouth, saying to Xu Nian: "You eat too."
Xu Nian: “…”, that is to say, who do these things belong to now? Why is he so natural about it?
It turned out that some of the things belonged to Xu Hongqi, such as soap, laundry detergent, toothpaste and toothbrush. After taking them away, he said to Xu Nian: "If you need them, come to me and take the rest."
Xu Nian opened her big watery eyes and looked at Xu Hongqi for a while, and when she saw that he didn't respond.
He took his things and left, and never came back.
Xu Hongqi came back to his senses and continued reading his book, but he started to laugh as he was reading. Was he angry?
The sunset glow slowly rose in the sky. After waiting for a while, the sky gradually darkened and all the men, women, and children of the Xu family came back from the fields.
It was getting late, and it was time to cook dinner. Because of Xu Hongqi's arrival, the family still had to eat three meals a day, but the evening meal was only enough to make people 60% full.
Xu's second sister-in-law, Shen, had been unhappy and hadn't cooked for several days. When it was her turn to cook tonight, she wanted to do the same trick again, but before she could open her mouth, she heard her eldest sister-in-law, Chen, say, "Sister-in-law, you're not feeling well again, are you?"
Shen didn't respond to this, but asked curiously: "Why is sister-in-law so calm this time?"
Chen replied magnanimously, "I am your sister-in-law, so I have a broad mind."
Shen secretly rolled her eyes, and without asking any questions, she fumbled around and began to cook.
It's really embarrassing to talk about what Xu's wife Chen Jinxiang is thinking. The men in the Xu family are all good-looking, and their eldest brother has particularly strong sexual needs. She is a little woman and is afraid that Xu Fengjian will go out and be seduced away by other women.
Her cheeks flushed with thought, and she was afraid that her sister-in-law Shen Jinxia would see it, so she walked out of the corridor and saw Xu Fengcheng coming in from the gate carrying meat.
His face no longer blushed, and he smiled and said, "Third brother is home!" As he said this, he greeted the person and took the meat into his hand.
Seeing the whole family coming out of the house after hearing the noise, especially looking at Xu's mother, Lu Mei greeted her son with a smile. After saying a few words, she turned to her eldest daughter-in-law and said, "Go and cook the meat."
Chen Jinxiang said happily, "Hey!" and walked quickly into the kitchen. She said to her only indifferent sister-in-law, "Jinxia, Mom said I should cook tonight. You should go and have some rest."
Shen Jinxia saw her sister-in-law holding the meat in her hand. Although she was angry that her family should have had a share of it, everyone knew that they could sneak a few more bites while the food was cooking, so she neither said a word nor left.
Chen Chunxiang curled her lips secretly, humming a song and busying herself again. She could vaguely hear people in the yard saying something like "beating" and "it hurts"...
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