Chapter 57 Chapter 57 (Update 1) “She is really crazy…
Li Zhen thought he was daydreaming.
It's easy to say leave, but how do they leave?
Here they have a house and jobs. Everything they have can support their three children to grow up safely. If they lose it, how will they survive?
Or do you mean to move your family to a production brigade and support the whole family with work points?
But if they really make this decision, everyone will think they are stupid fools.
The villagers in the production brigade had been looking forward to having a city dweller in their family, with a stable job and commercial food. They were eager to become city dwellers. If they gave up everything in the city and returned to the countryside, how would two adults who had never done farm work earn enough work points?
What about the studies of the three children?
Li Zhen shook her head and said, "I don't agree. I won't go back to the production team."
"No, no, no, I'm not saying I want to go back to the countryside." Ma Jian realized that she had misunderstood him, and immediately explained, "I worked so hard to get out of the countryside, how can I go back?"
Only he himself knew the hardships of transforming from a country boy to a city dweller with a stable job. His family thought it was just his luck and that anyone else could have done it, so they never thought he was that great. They just thought he was blocking the way and that without him, any of the other brothers would have succeeded.
Luck is indeed a factor. He was lucky enough to meet a good master and learn electrician skills from him for several years.
But why would anyone teach him?
Because the master was paralyzed due to an accident, even his children gave up on taking care of him and threw him back to the countryside. They paid a widower two dollars a month to look after him, but the widower took the money but did nothing and left the master to fend for himself in the dilapidated house.
He felt sorry for them and went to take a look and help when he had nothing to do.
But he was not only pitiful at that time, he was also looking forward to the city. It was rare for a city person to come to the team. Even if he was rejected by his family and thrown back, he was very curious and wondered if he could get some information about the city from his master.
At first I was a little scared, worried that I would be kicked out if I got there.
Later he found that it was particularly smooth, as he was able to hear what he wanted to hear most from the mouth of the man paralyzed on the wooden bed, especially when the man actually offered to take him in as an apprentice and teach him the work of an electrician.
At that time, Majian was extremely happy.
Why would I think so much? I just knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times.
I didn’t know this until six years later, when my master passed away and I read the letters he left behind.
In fact, all of this is just a trap.
The master was paralyzed but his mind was still clear. He knew very well that he had been abandoned by his family and his widower ignored him. If he continued like this, he would not live long.
It just so happened that this silly boy came over and let him take care of him for six years on the pretext of teaching him electrician skills.
It was really not easy to take care of an adult who was paralyzed in bed and unable to move. Moreover, at that time he was still earning work points in the brigade, and he had to do farm work and take care of a paralyzed person.
At that time, his family members did not understand him at all. They thought he was a traitor and had wild ideas. He would rather take care of a stranger than do more work at home. They often criticized and beat him.
In the end, it all turned out to be a scam. The electrical work his master taught him was just the basics. If his electrical skills were really that great, his family would not have sent him to the countryside to fend for himself after seeing this. He could have kept him at home to teach his children the skills.
After all, he was only paralyzed and could still move his mouth.
The reason they abandon someone is simply because they think he is useless and might as well be let die.
Ma Jian didn’t understand any of this. He only knew that his master felt somewhat guilty about his six years of hard work, so before he died he left him a letter telling him the whole truth.
He was really miserable at that time.
But he couldn't tell whether he was sad because of his master's death or because his master had deceived him.
But for now he is still grateful to his master. Even if he only learned some basic knowledge, at least it allowed him to enter this industry and at least give him the courage to go out and try it out.
It was easier to find a job ten years ago than it is now.
Especially since he could barely be considered a skilled worker, he mustered up the courage to go to the city to try his hand, but returned disappointed after several attempts. Despite the ridicule at home, he still did not give up.
Until one day during a work trial, the circuit in the small factory exploded and no one dared to go in to cut off the power supply.
He rushed in despite the risk of being killed by the explosion, but luckily he was safe. The circuit was cut off and the last decent piece of clothing on his body was burned with small holes by the electric fire.
But even so, the small factory still didn't keep him.
I am not from the city, I have no connections, I have no education, and I have only learned a few basic skills. How can I be considered a skilled worker?
I gave him five dollars as a reward and let him return home.
He was somewhat exhausted by his repeated failures, but every time he went to the city for a job interview, his desire to become a city dweller became stronger and stronger.
Even though he failed, he was still unwilling to give up and planned to try again in the city after the Chinese New Year.
Unexpectedly, he received a job recruitment notice from the motor factory before he even went there. It turned out that after the motor factory learned about his heroic behavior, they decided to give him a chance to work as a temporary worker in the factory.
Majian knew he was not a smart man.
Otherwise, he would not have been fished by his master with a "carrot" for six whole years. After entering the motor factory, the director patted him on the shoulder and praised him for his bravery, saying that he valued him very much and asked him to learn well from the old masters in the factory. Once he learned the skills, he would be made a regular employee. Who knows, he might even become a small leader in the future.
But the director really overestimated him.
It took him almost four years just to get a permanent position. Later, when he stood in front of the director, the director couldn't even remember who he was.
After that, he was not qualified for performance appraisal every year, and promotion and salary increase were not his turn as a young electrician. It was only because of his years of service that his salary was increased to a little over 30 yuan.
But he himself felt quite satisfied.
He was already very satisfied to be able to leave the countryside and become a city dweller. Even though he had worked in the electric machinery factory for several years, he only earned more than 30 yuan. However, there were many people who earned less than him. At least he could be called a "magong" by other people in the factory, which was considered a skilled worker.
In his original plan.
After his mother passed away, he would no longer be exploited by his family and would be able to make his own decisions with his salary. If he saved for a few years, he could use it to buy a dowry for his daughter and find a wife for his son.
By then I can also teach my son some electrical work so that he can take over my job in the future.
It’s a pity that his previous daughter-in-law didn’t survive and suffered a lot with him. In the end, she died without enjoying any happiness.
I plan to remarry in the future, and I want to find a capable wife who can help me get rid of the oppression in my hometown.
Although he failed to marry Jiang Shuangshuang, it was his blessing to marry Li Zhen.
If it weren't for the help from the Li family, those relatives from his hometown would have come to make trouble countless times. If life could go on like this, he thought it would be pretty good.
But!!
He was really afraid of Jiang Qing!
A few days ago, he thought Jiang Qing was his lucky star. First, he sent his mother to a farm for reform, and then sent his two younger brothers to the police station for more than ten years, which solved many of his hidden dangers at once.
With his brother's wife and nephews staying in his hometown, no one can do anything to him as long as Li Zhen is around.
But he was wrong.
Jiang Qing is definitely not his lucky star, but the disaster star of their entire Ma family!
If he stayed here any longer, Jiang Qingchi would have sent him to the police station.
She dared to take off her clothes in front of him, so what else would she not dare to do?
If things really get out of hand and she accuses him of being a hooligan, who would believe that she was the one doing it?
When you are thrown into prison, you won't be able to explain yourself properly, and you will have to spend more than ten years in prison unjustly, right?
So he had to leave, and he had to leave quietly. He must not be discovered by Jiang Qing, otherwise he would not be able to leave even if he wanted to.
But even if he had to leave here, he still didn't want to go back home.
How could I be willing to go back after struggling to get out?
So during the few days when Li Zhen was away, he had been asking around in the factory for some news, and he said, "Two years ago, a small commune in the northeast built a machine room, and because they were short of skilled workers, they submitted an application to our factory to transfer skilled workers."
But the matter was eventually dropped.
Although they agreed to process the fees, it was located in a small area in the northeast, a commune that had only just been established, and the surrounding environment was still under development and was no different from a rural area.
Moreover, the journey is long and you don’t know when you can come back. Who would be willing to separate from their family and go to work so far away?
The main reason is that they are not without jobs. What the factory needs are electricians and what they lack are skilled workers. They were already earning the salary of skilled workers in the motor factory, so naturally they are unwilling to leave their hometown and go to a very unfamiliar place just for a few extra dollars.
At that time, the director asked him about it.
His wife was still there at that time, and after discussing it, the two of them were reluctant to leave, even though they would be exploited by their mother and younger brothers. But they were more afraid of going to a place where they were unfamiliar with.
If they have a hard time or are bullied, they won't be able to go back even if they want to, and there will be no one they know to help them.
It's better for me to stay here and endure until my mother dies, then I will be completely relieved.
But now he really can't bear it anymore.
There are two possibilities if you continue to endure.
Either he was sent to the police station by Jiang Qing, or he was driven crazy by Jiang Qing.
So it’s better to hurry up and go as far as possible!
Without waiting for Li Zhen to ask, he continued, "That place is indeed quite remote and the factory is very small, with only about a hundred people. But a small factory has its advantages. If I really go there, I won't be considered a master, but it will be better than what I have now. They promised that if I am willing to go there, they will increase my original salary by 10 yuan."
It’s because it’s small and remote. Why would capable technical workers be willing to go there?
It's a good opportunity for a mediocre technician like him. He can't do anything here, but if he goes there, he can at least become a small boss.
Li Zhen listened carefully and asked, "What about the housing problem?"
Ma Jian touched the tip of his nose and said with a guilty conscience: "Their factory is very small, and they can't allocate houses without a family courtyard."
Li Zhen frowned.
Ma Jian quickly added: "But they said that they can allocate a piece of land for us in the factory, and we can repair it ourselves. As long as we can afford it, we can build four or five rooms."
By then, there will be two adults and three children, and it will be no problem for each of them to have their own room.
"Where did the money come from?" Li Zhen said this, but he was also calculating in his heart.
Ma Jian certainly had no money, because all the original money was in the hands of Old Lady Ma. Even if he secretly saved some, he couldn't save much.
She did have some money. Although her part-time salary was not high, her family never asked her to take out any money for financial assistance, so she had saved about four or five hundred yuan over the years.
There is no doubt that we can build four or five bungalows with this money.
But whether or not to use it to build houses is a big question.
"I have thought about this. The two rooms we live in now belong to the factory. If I really get transferred, the houses will have to be taken back by the factory." Majian had really thought about this, because he really wanted to run away, so he thought about it over and over again these days and really came up with many ideas.
He continued, "But before we leave, we can exchange houses with other workers to get the difference in price, and then let the factory take the house back."
Although the house was allocated by the factory, as long as he and the other family agreed, they could exchange houses after registering at the factory.
He now lives in a tube-shaped building.
Compared with the big courtyards, it is somewhat rarer.
If he is willing to change, there will definitely be people living in the mansion who will pay to change. Once he has moved his house to the mansion, even if the factory takes it back after the transfer, it will only take back the house in the mansion.
Majian held up his hands and said, "I've asked around, and someone is willing to exchange it with us for 100 yuan. Although this amount is not much, we can build one or two rooms first. Fortunately, the children are not big, so we can definitely build a few more rooms if we save more money in the next few years."
Li Zhen looked at him and asked this question. It was obvious that he really wanted to leave here.
"Also, they promised that if I go there, they could arrange a temporary job for one of my family members, with a salary similar to your current salary." Majian really wanted to convince her, "If we go there, my job will be a transfer, but your job can be taken over by someone else in the family. Isn't your eldest nephew going to be old enough to go to the countryside next year? It's up to you whether to sell it or give it to me. I will definitely not have any objection."
Li Zhen remained silent.
This really touched her heart.
It’s not my eldest nephew’s turn yet this year, but the family is already a little anxious.
They have saved money but have no way to get it, and their eldest nephew is going to work in the countryside next year, and his parents are so anxious that they have started to grow white hair.
She originally thought that if it really didn't work out, she would give her job to her nephew.
It's not that she is soft-hearted, but her family was really good to her. She was deceived by a man. If her family hadn't protected and cared for her all these years, she really didn't know if she could have survived all these years.
Even her current job was bought for her by her family after she made it clear that she did not want to get married.
That happened several years ago. At that time, work indicators were easier to buy than they are now, but it still cost her family four or five hundred yuan. Her family did not ask her to spend a penny of the money, and she kept the salary she earned for herself.
With her whole family treating her so wholeheartedly, how could she just sit there and watch her nephew suffer in the countryside?
So she was really moved by what Majian said.
If she passed away, she would still have a temporary job, and her eldest nephew would take over her job in the slaughterhouse. She would definitely not sell it. After all, she didn't buy the job with her own money, and she was too embarrassed to let her family pay for the job. Now she was selling it back. Wouldn't that mean she was taking money from her family twice?
and……
"Besides, if we go to a place where we are unfamiliar with, no one will know Doudou's origins." Majian looked at the boy sleeping on the bed with a red face, and whispered: "Then we can say that Doudou is our biological child, and no one will talk nonsense in front of Doudou."
Li Zhen remained silent and also looked sideways.
That was just what she thought of.
It's a bit far away, and I don't know anyone around me. Just thinking about it makes me feel a bit uncomfortable.
But not knowing each other also has its advantages. No one knows that she was deceived by a man. No one will guess that Doudou is a bastard, and no one will stare at him with strange eyes...
There, he could openly call her mother.
They can live like normal children.
She had to admit that she was really moved.
Even though I will be leaving the hometown where I grew up, I will also have to be very far away from my parents and siblings.
But she really owed Doudou so much. She was the one who brought him into this world, but she had never taken good care of him since he was born. Because of her stupidity and selfishness, he had suffered so much criticism...
But if it is really as Majian said, even if it is very remote, it is still a commune after all, and it will develop well sooner or later. A small factory can always develop slowly, and as long as you seize the opportunity, you may not be worse off than now.
By then, both of them will have jobs, and their salaries will be about ten yuan higher than now.
Although the house needs to be rebuilt, it is not distributed by the factory. They spent their own money to build it. It is not certain whether it will belong to them in the end, but others cannot just take it away if they want to.
Besides, there are few people there, so if they have money, they can build more houses.
Unlike here, even if you have money you can't build a house on your own. There are so many people in her family's family that the house is almost full. Even after using all her connections, she can't find any other empty houses.
If it really happened...
Her idea was different from Majian's. She didn't want to exchange the house, but to exchange her job for a job in the motor factory. Any kind of job would do, no matter how hard or odd jobs it was, as long as her nephew was a worker in the motor factory. She would then use some connections and, considering that Majian "voluntarily" transferred to another place, leave the two houses for her nephew to live in.
If you can't keep two, at least you can keep one.
Even if it costs some money in the end it's worth it.
Otherwise, when my nephew gets married, he can’t be squeezed together with a group of people, right?
But she didn't tell Ma Jian about this. She planned to go back to her parents' home to discuss it with her family. She was just confused now, "Why do you suddenly want to leave?"
He never wanted to leave even when he was bullied by the Ma family before, so why did he want to leave now that Old Mrs. Ma was sent to the farm and the Ma brothers were sent to jail?
But what Li Zhen didn't expect was that when she asked this question, Ma Jian burst into tears in front of her with red eyes. He didn't cry loudly, but cried silently, with tears streaming down his face. A man who was almost thirty years old felt extremely aggrieved.
"..." Li Zhen looked at this helplessly and didn't know how to persuade her.
Fortunately, Ma Jian didn't need to be comforted. He just wanted to tell everyone about his grievances. "You don't know how terrible Jiang Qing is. I really can't stand it. If I stay here any longer, I'm afraid she will drive me crazy."
Li Zhen raised an eyebrow, "Is she scary?"
She did know Jiang Qing, but to be honest, she couldn't understand him.
She chose to marry Ma Jian, not because she was choosing a trustworthy person, but because it was just a cooperation. Although Ma Jian was a bit stingy, he was not a bad person. But if she was a girl in her early twenties, she would never choose to marry him, let alone go to his house and cling to him.
What made her even more confused was that Ma Jian was already married, but Jiang Qing still wanted to cling to him. If she didn't know what kind of person Ma Jian was, she would even wonder if Ma Jian had hooked up with her in private. Otherwise, why was Jiang Qing still unwilling to let go?
She frowned and asked, "When you met her, did you do something that made her misunderstand?"
"I really didn't do anything!" Majian felt very aggrieved. He knew this would happen. No matter who he told this to, everyone's first thought would not be Jiang Qing's problem.
Li Zhen's words were quite tactful. He said that maybe he did something to make Jiang Qing misunderstand him. If he told this to other people, they would definitely think that he had secretly hooked up with Jiang Qing, which made Jiang Qing fall so deeply in love with him.
But I swear to God, he really didn't do anything!
He avoided her whenever he could before, but when they met in the police station later, he just thanked Jiang Qing for sending his two hateful brothers to the police station. He couldn't let Jiang Qing think that he loved her just because of his two words of thanks, right?
"Okay, I know you didn't do anything." Li Zhen really couldn't bear to see his aggrieved face, a grown man frightened like a fool.
She then asked: "What did she do that made you suddenly want to leave?"
"She...she..." Ma Jian looked embarrassed. He was too embarrassed to even talk about what Jiang Qing had done. He really didn't know how she dared to do such a thing.
"Hmm?" Li Zhen waited for a long time but got no answer.
But she was not very curious. What she was thinking about was what he had said before. The only bad thing was that she would be separated from her family, but other than that, going to the Northern Commune was a good choice for the development of both adults and children.
It would be better to talk about the other two children instead of Doudou.
Because the better the relationship between her and Majian, the children would definitely benefit in the end, so she felt it necessary to go back and have a good talk with her family.
If possible, make a decision earlier, after all, there are many things that need to be prepared in advance.
Seeing that Ma Jian hadn't said anything, Li Zhen was too lazy to wait any longer. Just as she was about to get up, she was startled by Ma Jian's words. She was stunned for a moment before asking in disbelief, "What did you just say?"
I heard it clearly, but I really couldn't believe it.
I felt like there was something wrong with my ears, so I asked again.
Majian sat on the bench, interlocking his fingers with his hands, with a look of shame and embarrassment on his face, and repeated dryly: "She took off her clothes in front of me in the office of the motor factory, and almost threw herself at me..."
Just a little bit, he felt that his innocence would be ruined!
It's so scary, he has to run!
"????"
“…………” Li Zhen was completely stunned. Even when she heard it for the second time, she still couldn’t believe it.
"The office of the motor factory", "stripped naked".
Is this really a human language?
She really didn't know how to react for a moment. She was silent for a long time before she spoke: "She is really crazy."
…
Jiang Qing was indeed a lunatic, and Old Lady Wang also followed her in her madness.
She was extremely superstitious to begin with. After hearing the old lady talk about the dream, she couldn't help but recall what a monk had told her when she was pregnant with Jiang Qing: the baby she was carrying was the child of destiny. If it had been a few hundred years earlier, he might have even become an emperor.
Although the old monk later had his legs broken, he was said to have said this to everyone, which was not accurate at all and was just a scam.
But now think about it, maybe the fortune predicted for the old lady is accurate? Otherwise, why would the old lady have those strange dreams? And is it true in reality?
It must be that you are blessed by fate and are destined to live a rich and prosperous life in the future.
Imagine that her son-in-law will be able to earn 10,000 yuan a year in ten years. Wouldn't her mother-in-law also be able to enjoy the good life?
So she thought that she must help Jiang Qing take down Ma Jian.
Even if Jiang Qing's dream turns out to be different in the end, if she can't make 10,000 yuan, then making a few thousand is not bad. Anyway, it's better than her lame son-in-law.
However, I haven't had time to contact Majian these past two days. The old man has said that if the old warehouse really deals with the defective cloth this time, I might be able to make some money if I plan carefully.
Ten thousand dollars ten years from now is very tempting.
But that would be ten years later. If she didn't hurry up and make money now, she might not live to see ten years later.
Therefore, Ma Jian's matter had to be put aside for the time being. Now all the members of the Jiang family cooperated with Jiang Nannan to try to get a batch of defective cloth from the old warehouse and then resell it.
This is not just the Jiang family's idea.
The employees of the textile factory basically know that the old warehouse is going to be reopened. Now those who need to save money do so, and those who need to contribute do so. Everyone's eyes are fixed on the movements at the old warehouse, intending to take money and buy goods as soon as they get any news!
The Xu and Tan brothers took on the work recorded in the old warehouse.
Originally, no one would pay attention to such short-term workers as them. After all, they wouldn't meet anyone again after working for a while, and there was no need to bother to deal with them.
But now it’s different. Before work and when I go to the cafeteria for lunch, there is an endless stream of people asking for news.
Some people are curious about how many defective cloths there are in the old warehouse, some are curious about whether there are too many defects, and some are curious about what materials and patterns they are made of...
Anyway, there is never an empty seat around me.
At first, the two were reluctant to speak, but later, after the team leader said in public that it was okay, they revealed the data.
After lunch, both of them had some candies and fruits stuffed into their hands, all of which were given to them by other workers as a token of gratitude.
"Anyway, those data are easy for others to check, so we can get some credit if we tell others about it." The team leader praised them before leaving, "But I didn't expect you to remember it so well. I can't even remember many of them."
Xu Tan scratched his head and said, "I also learned this from the captain. My brother and I each remember different things, so the amount of data we need to remember is reduced by half."
For example, he records the quantity and pattern of the materials, while my brother records the degree of defects and the stacking location.
If two people take turns to memorize, the workload will be easier than for others.
The team leader nodded and said, "That's a good idea."
Xu Mo, who was standing by, stuffed the candies and fruits into the hands of the team leader and said, "Brother Meng, I remember you have children at home, so you can take these snacks back home to eat."
Xu Tan also nodded, "Yes, yes, it's best to soothe the child's mouth."
The team leader was reluctant, but finally accepted only half of it, and then said, "I remember you mentioned that someone from your hometown is coming, right? Since there is not much to do today, you two brothers can send one person to the station to pick him up, so that he won't get lost."
The two brothers thanked him repeatedly, and finally discussed it and decided to let Xu Tan go to the station to pick up the person.
I've contacted him before, and Dad meant for me to finish today's farm work as soon as possible before coming over, so I think he should arrive around three or four in the afternoon.
If you go to the station and wait for an hour or so, you can probably get someone.
When Xu Tan was leaving, he borrowed a kettle from someone and filled it with hot water to bring with him, for fear that his father would be thirsty after the long journey.
When he took the bus to the station, the big clock hanging on the wall showed exactly two o'clock.
I found a clean place, sat down cross-legged, and stared in the direction of the station.
After waiting for more than an hour, he suddenly stood up.
I seemed to see a familiar figure among the crowd walking in!
Without thinking, he ran over and shouted to the front: "Zhao Lizhu!"
After he shouted, someone in the crowd waved at him. Xu Tan grinned from ear to ear, his object was here!
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