At that time, the highest salary was only a few hundred, and definitely no one exceeded a thousand, so her salary was considered quite impressive.
If she lays a solid foundation, she will be able to live a richer life than others in the future and continue to make money.
After all, she now owns a factory, and if there is a chance in the future she will save some money to invest again.
As long as she invests in three or four companies, she can just sit back and wait to collect the money.
She is too lazy to work hard to start a factory. If that doesn't work out, she can buy some properties or land. By then, her children will be the second generation of the wealthy and will definitely not starve to death.
Anyway, she felt that she had been worrying a lot about this little kid who knew nothing. He couldn't even walk yet, but she had already decided what kind of wife he would marry. She really couldn't get ahead of herself.
However, she had a good sleep upstairs at night with Auntie Ye taking care of the baby. She fed the baby before leaving for work in the morning, and she didn’t have to come back at noon, which was quite free.
After waiting for a long time for Donghe to settle the monthly profit, she immediately sent the money to Bai Lingling. For convenience, she also bought a second-hand bicycle, because it is still convenient in the city. It is really too difficult to take the bus.
In the 1980s, there was a sea of bicycles. Almost every working person had one. After giving the money to Bai Lingling, she took the remaining 300 yuan and went to the market for a walk. Then she found the store of the friend that Lu Hai had mentioned before. He should be engaged in import and export of goods. There was a black and white TV in the store.
The Toshiba brand one costs more than two hundred and sixty dollars and is only 14 inches.
It’s really small, grey and ugly, and it has two antennas.
Actually, Su Su didn't want to buy it, but she had to buy it sooner or later, and she could watch this TV for a few more years, so she had no choice but to buy it. Anyway, she had this kind of ticket. There was also a sewing ticket, but she didn't know how to do anything, so she didn't buy it.
Ruichuan agreed to buy it for her, but when she wanted to buy more later, he asked her to take the money. What was the point of buying it if she didn't know how to make clothes?
Besides, you can buy any clothes you want now, just buy one. Although it is very luxurious, she thinks that this is how people in the city will live in the future.
Besides, no matter what clothes you buy, they won’t be as fashionable as the ones she wears, so you can just change them up whenever you want.
People in Ruichuan only buy two or three sets of clothes throughout the year. The rest are military uniforms or issued by the troops. There is no need to buy more.
To put it in a different way, Su Su bought the TV after bargaining, and then asked the owner to install the TV at home, so that Aunt Ye could watch TV and take care of the children at the same time.
Nowadays, there are no TV stations during the day. They only come on at 7 or 8 in the evening, and then go away at midnight. There are only two TV stations, one local station and one central station.
It's nothing like modern television, where you can watch whatever you want 24 hours a day.
She hadn't thought about watching these shows at first, but after watching them, she found that they were actually pretty good. Most importantly, there were no commercials.
Lu Hai likes watching TV. After arriving, he must watch TV here at night before going back to the factory. This gave Aunt Ye some time to observe him, while Su Su rolled her eyes at the sky. Parents look at their children differently at this time than they will in the future. They all like stable ones, and the more jumpy they are, the less they like them. Fortunately, Lu Hai is still serious. He knows how to make tea, wash fruits, and buy melon seeds. He doesn't have a bad attitude just because she is a nanny. His performance is still acceptable.
However, she still took advantage of the time to call someone up to ask for his opinion.
When he heard that he was going to be introduced to a girl, his face immediately turned red. Although the aunties in the factory also rushed to introduce him to someone, their relatives were either in the village or lived far away, and they would have to live apart. He didn't want to be separated from his new wife.
This time, Aunt Ye introduced someone who is local, so not only can we meet but also get along well and even live together after we get married.
"Then sister-in-law, it's all up to you." But his ears were already red.
"Then let's go this Sunday, pack up and meet that girl."
"Okay, but will my sister-in-law like my job? A grown man working in a sanitary napkin factory, will she...dislike it?" Lu Hai felt that others were formal workers with red books, while he was just an ordinary worker.
"Lie Hai, haven't you heard what Lie Donghe and I said before? Although formal workers are in high demand now, I'm afraid that these factories won't be able to sustain themselves in the next few days. But the sanitary napkin factories will get better and better. So you don't have to think that you are inferior to others. You have to know that the world is developing, and as long as you have the ability, you can make a living." Su Su gave her brother-in-law a serious lesson. In fact, she hoped that he would not lose his momentum before the blind date.
If a person feels that he is marrying above his station, then they are likely to end up in a marriage like the situation of Lu Donghe and Qin Yueyue. Of course, Lu Chuan was an accident. Even though he knew that he was marrying above his station, he did not feel inferior. He was a bit thick-skinned and would not let go of anything he wanted. He would never take advantage of anything he could get.
Li Hai was very smart. He immediately understood what his sister-in-law meant and nodded.
Now that the topic of introductions had come up, Lu Hai felt too embarrassed to continue jumping around and watching TV next to Aunt Ye, so he quickly excused himself and went to the factory, acting like a good kid.
Su Su was a little speechless and said, "At least finish dinner before leaving."
"So you don't need it anymore?" Don't make yourself look too greedy.
"Hey, you're still polite?"
"You're welcome." I just wanted to pretend.
"Light the fire for me." Su Su still didn't like making fire. She felt like the fire was going to burn her.
They stewed tofu for dinner tonight and returned to the factory only after cleaning up the mess.
While calculating the bills, Lu Donghe said, "Didn't you say that your sister-in-law cooked delicious food and bought a TV so you won't be back today?" Su Su is really a good woman, and she is very nice to everyone in the Lu family. There are very few people who treat their brother-in-law as their own brother, and there are no such close ones.
Maybe this has something to do with the fact that she had no relatives since she was a child, so after being picked up, she treated the entire Ruchuan family as her own relatives.
Sometimes, the illusory love is far less worthy of belief than family affection.
Now he no longer thinks about these things, and his first priority is to run the factory well.
Lu Hai smiled and said, "My sister-in-law wants to be a matchmaker for me and ask me to go on a blind date on Sunday, so I have to wear something nice."
"Really? What does the other person do?"
"She is a red book eater, but she refused to say that it was pitiful to have no parents since childhood."
"No parents, that's the same as your sister-in-law."
"Yeah, I think my sister-in-law is quite pitiful. She has nowhere to visit except my home during holidays. When she first came to the village, I always saw her in a daze. And if my mother showed a little concern for her, her eyes would turn red when she told her to treat her like a maid. I won't say anymore. I have to take out my newly made Zhongshan suit and try it out. I have to wear it on Sunday." It was his first blind date and he was a little nervous.
But when Li Donghe saw the light in his eyes, he actually felt like he had experienced a lot. It's really good to be young. You are so impulsive in doing everything, especially love.
In his opinion, his heart was already dead, and even though Qin Yueyue left him readily, he did not feel happy.
"Just don't be nervous and make mistakes."
"Why am I nervous?"
Although Lu Hai said this, he felt nervous now. Then he asked Lu Donghe how to chase girls. He shook his head and smiled bitterly: "You should ask your brother about this."
"My brother wouldn't chase after her. I feel like it's my sister-in-law who's chasing after my brother." Lu Hai was very proud when he said this because his brother is so awesome.
"Your brother is so lucky." He was lucky to have a girl who was willing to pursue him, otherwise no one would look down on his cold face. If he hadn't been like that at the beginning, Qin Yueyue wouldn't have been forced to complain to him all the time.
Why do I think of those things again?
Lu Donghe continued to settle the accounts, while Lu Hai stood in front of the only broken mirror and admired herself for more than an hour.
However, Su Su was preparing a gift for Bai Lingling. She planned to give her a nice four-piece bed set. At that time, there was no ready-made one, so she had to make it. She chose the fabric and asked someone to make it. Their bed was 1.8 meters long, but the quilt was also a single one. Because Chang Yuejin and Ruchuan were often not at home, they naturally had to get two single quilts so that they could sleep separately.
I went to pick it up today. She found a big box to put it in and tied a red ribbon around it. It really looked like the real deal.
The wedding happened to be on a Sunday, so Ruichuan was going to attend. Some soldiers from the army also went, after all, they were close.
When Su Su arrived there, she found that many people were familiar to her. Even if she couldn't call out their names, she knew they were soldiers from Ruchuan. She greeted them. As a famous military wife, she was quite respected and even got a red flower from a matchmaker.
In fact, even if those two people were in a free love relationship, since she insisted that she was a matchmaker, she had no choice but to go against the wind.
A leader of the army came over and brought Su Su with him when he spoke, saying, "Matchmaker, there are many good men like Li Chuan and Chang Yuejin in our army. As a military wife, shouldn't you take care of them? Find a few more good girls to introduce to us. Then we will thank you as a military wife."
She kept calling him "military wife" and Su Su had no choice but to respond.
She forced a smile and said, "Of course that's fine." After she finished speaking, the soldiers present applauded.
Of course they are happy, someone is introducing them to someone. Being single is not a pleasant experience, especially when attending someone else's wedding banquet.
Lichuan felt a little sorry for his wife. She was so busy all day that she didn't have time to introduce any partners to these brats.
Chang Yuejin was very happy today and drank a lot. As a person who had come here before, Ruchuan warned them everywhere not to get drunk and even asked the best man to stop them from drinking, but it was useless. Who made him not be able to drink very well?
Su Su walked closer to Bai Lingling and said with a smile: "Today, you may be able to sleep well."
"What nonsense are you talking about." Bai Lingling pushed her, but she actually felt relieved.
Su Su laughed. How could she not understand the feeling of anticipation and fear as a bride? However, Bai Lingling's family was really well off. Although her parents were fond of their daughter, they did not spoil her. At least they taught her well.
After the newlyweds were sent to the bridal chamber, everyone dispersed. The bridal chamber was left to the energetic young men, who had to go home to take care of their children. Then in the afternoon, Lu Hai had to go on a blind date.
But after returning, I found that Lu Hai was really busy, because when the child woke up, he picked him up and took pictures, but he didn't know how to do it, and the child didn't give him face. So they started to compete with each other there.
As soon as Su Su entered the room, she quickly picked up her son and coaxed him, "Why are you crying? Are you unhappy being held by your uncle?"
"Wow..." Zhan Zhan was unhappy and expressed his thoughts directly.
"You are finally back. I thought he would break my ears. You are as soft and fluffy as a little girl. I will definitely give birth to a daughter in the future." No son.
"You really can't say for sure." After saying that, Su Su went into the house to feed the baby, while Lu Hai went to wash his face and hands, both with soap, because he was afraid of getting smelly and offending the girl.
Ruchuan looked at him angrily and said, "Why are you so angrily? It's the same as if you can get along with each other right away."
"Brother, you are not my biological brother, right?"
"You look so tired. If a woman likes you, why would she care about you?"
"That's because my sister-in-law likes you. If you don't save her first, she will definitely not like you."
"But I was the one who saved that person." If those men have the ability, go to the mountains and wait.
After the two brothers finished their boring conversation, Lu Hai had almost finished cleaning up.
After Su Su fed the child, she put on her clothes and said, "Liechuan, you look after the child. I'll take Liehai to the station and then I'll be back."
"Why did you send him? Can't a kid find his way?"
"Sister-in-law, I don't even know her. What should I say when I see her?" Lu Hai felt that this elder brother of his was not his biological brother, but his sister-in-law was.
"She's waiting for you at the third counter opposite the station. She's wearing a blue top and carrying a flowery bag. Just go up to her and introduce yourself, and then ask her who she is. Then ask her to go to the hotel next door for a meal. Remember not to be too picky." Su Su taught step by step, and sent her out as she spoke.
But when they arrived at the station, she couldn't go forward. After all, they were on a blind date and didn't need her as a companion.
Lu Hai was a little nervous, but he couldn't let his sister-in-law follow him all the time. He looked helpless seeing her leaving, but he finally walked to the third platform.
Su Su was also worried, but she couldn't just stand there and watch. Going back to see the child was also very important. So she could only turn her head back every few steps, and sat there and said, "Tell me, what if the relationship doesn't work out?"
"It won't work if it doesn't work."
"I'm afraid that if I do something wrong, it will make the girl feel bad. Even if you don't like her, at least say something soft and gentle so as not to hurt her feelings."
"Why do you think so much?"
"I don't think too much. He's your brother. Tell me why you don't pay more attention to him."
Su Su pointed at her man with a rag and said speechlessly, but he grabbed her hand and said, "Isn't it enough that I care about you?"
This is not wrong, but why is it so perfunctory?
Although they said they were not worried, they still looked outside while watching the child. Su Su said, "I want to install a phone. It's too tiring to wait like this."
"Sure, go ahead if you want." It would be very convenient for me to talk to her then.
The two were sitting on the kang playing with the child when Lu Hai suddenly came back and rushed into the house, saying, "Sister-in-law, Aya said that we should meet the parents together."
"Ah, you guys talked about meeting the parents?" How come things are progressing so fast? Aya, you don't even call me comrade anymore.
"Aya said that she couldn't make the decision herself, so she needed to go back and ask her parents. If the parents agreed, the two families would meet and get engaged first."
"This is normal, take a gift or something." Isn't this what a normal wedding is like? Bai Lingling and her husband didn't follow the steps because they were both old. After all, the Chang family couldn't have anyone come, but the Lu family had the in-laws, and there were quite a lot of them.
It seems that she is a girl with plans in mind, and she must have fallen in love with Lu Hai.
Look at my brother-in-law, he is 1.8 meters tall and quite handsome, plus he is simple-minded, maybe the girls in the city will like this kind of man.
Yes, the 1980s was a time when men didn’t know how to be beautiful.
Some people go out on the street wearing butterfly shirts and tight pants, and they don't look like good people. The butterfly shirt is understandable, but the tight pants are a bit eye-catching. Anyway, as a modern person, Su Su doesn't dare to look at the lower body.
In short, it's not wrong to cherish your brother-in-law when he's among a bunch of little hooligans.
And she followed the procedure pretty well. For a girl without parents, she was really independent-minded.
Although Lu Hai is good at research, he is a person who doesn't know where to go if you don't show him the way, and he really needs a guiding light.
"Well, we have agreed. Who told you to pick on that girl?" Su Su joked with her brother-in-law. Normally, boys would run away shyly, right? But she didn't expect that Lu Hai was as straightforward as his brother on this point. He said directly, "Well, I think Aya is good. She is very opinionated and has a clear plan for her future life."
"Oh, what did you say?" Su Su asked curiously.
But this time, Lu Hai didn't say anything. He touched his head and smiled shyly: "I didn't say anything. I just think she is very rare. A girl living on her own outside must want to have a family."
"Yeah, I thought so at first." She wanted to have a family, and when she met the right person at the right time, she got married. Now, she has no regrets.
Lu Hai smiled and said, "Then I'll wait for her call. If Aunt Ye and the others agree, can we meet next Sunday?" In fact, he felt that Aunt Ye would definitely agree, but he was afraid that her husband would not like him.
Su Su thought so too. Ru Chuan suddenly turned into a parent and was quite unhappy. He said, "This matter should be left to mother. We can't make the decision."
"Mom has gone back, can't you, as the eldest brother, help take a look? Didn't you say that you have a good eye for people?" Su Su glared at him.
"It's accurate, but that's when you look at the enemy." It's not when you look at your brother or sister-in-law, so how can it be the same?
Susu and Luhai laughed immediately after hearing this, but they still decided to call home and tell their parents about it.
At the same time, I also wrote a letter, telling the whole story, otherwise my family would be worried. The letter was written by Lu Hai, and the phone call was made by Su Su. A week passed quickly, and they made an appointment with Aunt Ye and her family to meet in the park. If it worked out, they would go to Lu's house to sit down. If not, they would go back to their own homes to see their own mothers.
I didn't expect that my parents were quite concerned about this matter. The next day, they called Su Su's office to ask for details. After all, I called them yesterday and asked someone to pass the message to them, so it was not very clear.
Su Su explained it again patiently, and then said: "Don't worry, Dad and Mom. I will go with Lu Chuan that day to see if the girl is good or not and then make a decision. But to be honest, what we say doesn't count. Lu Hai has to make the decision himself." If the girl likes her, it will be useless no matter how they try to stop her.
Just by looking at the look on Lu Hai's face, one could tell that he was of the same character as his brother, quick, accurate, ruthless, and never hesitant.
Lu's mother had nothing to say, so she let her make the decision. If they were notified of the engagement, they would have to come. If they couldn't see their daughter-in-law, what would they do if they didn't recognize her when they met her in the future?
Su Su agreed repeatedly, and Lu's father told her that everything would be up to her and she must not let the other family find any reason to complain.
"I understand, Dad. I will definitely not let anyone find any fault with me, don't worry." Since she was given such an important task, she must complete it.
After hanging up the phone, she began to deal with the students' homework problems, and then she found that Qin Yueyue was worthy of being the heroine. Her grades were just average a few days ago, but these days it seemed like she was on a roll.
Although people in school are not very friendly to her, she has survived with her own strength. If she keeps striving for self-improvement, she will become a great person sooner or later. However, it is better to stay away from her. Who knows what kind of demon the heroine can be.
As a teacher, she is also very busy. In addition to school, she also has to take care of the factory, and most importantly, she has children. Therefore, even if someone asks her to do translation, she has no time to do it.
Seeing that Lu Hai was also going to have a blind date, she began to notice that she had gained weight. Even when she wore tight clothes, she had a little belly. This was really embarrassing.
So Su Su started skipping rope in the yard, jumping hundreds of times in the morning before going to work and still jumping when she came back in the evening.
When Ruchuan came back on Sunday, he saw that his wife had lost weight and felt uncomfortable. He said, "Did you not eat anything good recently? Why did you lose so much weight?"
"What? You can see that I've lost weight? Why do I still feel fat around my belly? Is it because of having a baby? Ah, if I had known, I would have had the baby a few years later. My figure is out of shape now."
"No, it's very beautiful." Ruchuan didn't care about it at all, and said without changing his clothes: "We will leave when Ruhai comes back."
"You...don't need to shave, and don't need to comb...your hair, at least change your clothes."
"Isn't this dress pretty clean?"
"Okay, as a parent you just need to keep an eye on it for a while." The man really didn't expect them to care about this kind of thing, so he just had to do it himself.