Hearing this, Cao Jiandang's face fell instantly, "What's going on? Why did you suddenly go back to your mother's house? Is Dazhu going back with you?"

Cao Jiandang's wife was directing her sisters-in-law and daughters to cook, and she answered, "What else could it be? Of course, they want to have a baby. They gave birth to two daughters first, so they must have a son. But look at this house, it's so small. How can they have a baby if they live like this?"

Cao Jiandang looked at the 10-square-meter house in front of him. It was indeed very small. There were 16 people in the family in total.

But there was only one room, and there was no place to stand even after putting several beds in it. The beds could only be separated by curtains.

But what’s the use of curtains? In the middle of the night, if there is any noise, it will be heard immediately.

Especially when men and women are doing it, the sound cannot be covered up.

But I can't not give birth to this child.

Especially on the other sides of the curtain, there are not only my husband’s younger brothers and sisters, but also my own parents-in-law, and my husband’s grandparents.

"If Cuiping hadn't been pregnant, do you think her parents would have been willing to let her marry you?"

"Look, nowadays it is so difficult for my uncles, Erzhu and Sanzhu to propose marriage. When the matchmaker heard it was our family, he immediately shook his head and was unwilling to propose marriage for us."

"Look at this small house. Even if they can marry, where can they live? Should we let them all follow their wives back to their parents' homes? After a long time, it's uncertain whether the son is still our own."

"Look at Dazhu. I think he is no different from a live-in son-in-law."

"Every other day, Cuiping takes him back to live with his mother-in-law. He calls his mother-in-law more dear than me, his biological mother. This son is almost not ours anymore."

“…”

His wife kept on chattering, but the more Cao Jiandang listened, the more annoyed he felt, as if countless mosquitoes were buzzing in his ears.

"…You guys are getting housing in the factory this time. It would be great if you could get one, too."

"Unfortunately, you have a low length of service and are only a workshop worker. Even if you become the workshop director, you won't be able to get a house. But you have to be the workshop director this time."

Cao Jiandang remained silent for a while, then responded, "It's not impossible."

Originally, Lu Hong was just muttering and complaining as usual, but she didn't expect her husband to respond to her.

She straightened up instantly, came to her husband and said, "It's possible. Is it about the workshop director or the house?"

Cao Jiandang's parents, who had to sit on the bed because there was no place to sit, instantly perked up when they heard this.

"Yes, Jiandang, from what you said, can you get a house?"

“It would be great if the Party could really get a house.”

Cao Jiandang recalled something he heard once when he happened to pass by the factory director's office.

This matter has been weighing on his mind for the past few days, and now he can finally talk about it.

Cao Jiandang's family members were all surprised when they heard the news.

"What? The workshop director can also get a house."

"That's great, Jiandang. You're going to be the workshop director soon. As long as you become the workshop director, we can get a house."

"Now that we have a house, our family finally has a place to breathe."

Cao Jiandang listened to every word of his family. If someone didn't know, they would have thought that he had become the workshop director and even had a house allocated to him.

He patiently explained, "Don't you understand what I'm saying? I'm saying there's an opportunity, and there are dozens of workshop directors, but only three welfare houses are available to them, and..."

At that time, I had no position as a workshop director, no house, nothing at all.

His words instantly quieted down the excited Cao family members.

After a long while, he finally managed to utter a word.

"What do you mean Xu Aiguo became the workshop director? You said you were competing with him, but Xu Aiguo was from the countryside. I don't know how he got into the textile factory. He is a worker. He can do better than you. You have won the Outstanding Worker Award many times."

"This workshop director must be yours."

"As long as you become a workshop director, you will have a chance to get a room. Even if there are dozens of workshop directors, how many excellent workers are there among them? How many have been praised by the leaders? None."

"So, you will definitely be able to become the workshop director, and our family will definitely be able to get a house."

The Cao family is confident that Cao Jiandang can become the workshop director and get a house.

They were blindly confident in Cao Jiandang and felt that no one could compare to Cao Jiandang.

A small workshop director is just a piece of cake for them.

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But Cao Jiandang is not so optimistic.

Not to mention the issue of housing distribution, just the matter of workshop director, he didn't know if he could compete with Xu Aiguo.

Of course, in Cao Jiandang's heart, he is definitely better than Xu Aiguo.

Especially since he was from the county town, while Xu Aiguo was just a guy from the country.

But Cao Jiandang was not very sure.

At the beginning, he took over the textile factory, but Xu Aiguo, it was said, got in through connections.

He was afraid that Xu Aiguo would use some shady means or connections to become the workshop director.

Although Cao Jiandang didn't want to think of Xu Aiguo this way, when it came to promotion and housing allocation, everything was fake.

If you can't even become a workshop director, let alone get a house.

However, Cao Jiandang felt that he would only have this one chance to get a house in the next ten years.

If he doesn't seize the opportunity, he may not have another chance in the next ten years.

He is unwilling to accept this.

But what should he do?

Is there any way to make him the workshop director and also get a house?

At this time, the discussions of his family members entered his ears.

"Hey, do you have the newspaper from the other day? A worker at an Ontario steel plant discovered that metal materials in the plant had been stolen for a long time. He immediately reported it and eventually caught many of the thieves. If it weren't for his report, tons of metal materials would have been stolen and sold. He saved the plant's valuable property, so the plant directly rewarded his family with a job and promoted him. It's even in the newspaper now."

"Yeah, I heard about it too. Look at the newspaper. It's so glorious."

Cao Jiandang was puzzled, "Where is the newspaper?"

(End of this chapter)