The smile on Wang Sanni's face froze, and her face flushed with helplessness. Lu Jie smiled and pulled his wife behind him, imitating Zhang Xiulan's tone.
"What my eldest sister-in-law said is true. We really should make more money while we are young. No matter whether Sanni gives birth to a daughter or a son, we should not cause trouble to our children when we are old. We should do this. My eldest sister-in-law should work harder. Chunsheng and Chunshu are getting older day by day. In another ten years, it will be time for them to get married. To get married, we need to build a house and save up money for the betrothal gift. If we want to marry a good wife, we need to build a beautiful house and give a large betrothal gift. Otherwise, if we just marry a woman casually and she turns out to be unfilial, my eldest brother and sister-in-law will have no hope for the rest of our lives."
Zhang Xiu Lan was originally unhappy because she received such a small amount of work points, and after hearing what Lu Jie said, she almost vomited blood.
She only got so much money after the family split up. She hasn't even enjoyed it yet, but now she has to save money for her daughter-in-law?
When she thought about leaving the money she had worked so hard to earn to her daughter-in-law, her heart ached, but when she thought about her son really not being able to find a wife, she felt like vomiting blood again.
They are in a dilemma. Ultimately, they earn too little money. If they don't split up, they will only have more than 300 yuan at the end of the year. The second and third sons don't have children, so doesn't it all belong to their two sons?
The more I thought about it, the more dissatisfied these two brothers seemed. But no matter how dissatisfied they were, the family had been divided up and the money would not reach them.
She originally wanted to make some sarcastic remarks to ridicule the second brother and his wife, but before she could do anything, Zhang Xiu Lan got herself extremely angry.
At this time, there was a commotion not far away, which attracted the attention of several people.
When Wang Sanni saw Jiang Wanwan in the crowd, she immediately pulled her husband Lu Jie over.
It was the turn of the educated youths at the educated youth point to settle their accounts. No matter how much the other educated youths had, they all took their money happily after the accounts were settled, except Qiao Wenwan, who complained that the amount was wrong.
The accountant was also patient. He took out her work points for the year and asked her to look at them herself. However, she said the calculation was wrong without even looking at them.
In the end, the accountant lost his patience and called the team leader over.
"The accounts are all here. Qiao Zhiqing insists that the calculation is wrong and unfair. Captain, please judge for us. If this matter is not clarified, there will be no way to settle the accounts later."
The accountant is from the Red Star Brigade. He has been an accountant for more than ten years. He works diligently and never makes a mistake in calculating the accounts every year. Naturally, he can't stand being slandered by Qiao Wenwan today.
The captain got straight to the point. "You insist that Accountant Li's calculations are wrong. Explain exactly what's wrong. If you can't explain it clearly, you must apologize to Accountant Li in front of everyone today."
The team leader's tolerance for Qiao Wennuan has reached its limit, and he has made up his mind to make a serious note of her in her educated youth file.
Such educated youth are completely unsatisfactory both in terms of work and ideological awareness.
During this year, he didn't do much work in the fields, and just caused trouble for their Red Star Brigade.
Even the advanced Red Star Brigade this year was lost by these educated youth.
Qiao Wenwan actually said that she had her reasons. "There's something wrong with this account. I worked hard all year to earn work points, and at the end of the year, I was only given 8.3 yuan. Is this a scam?"
Some people around couldn't stand it anymore. They had always believed in Accountant Li's character, and now after hearing Qiao Wenwan's sophistry, they stood up and ridiculed him.
"Every work point is accounted for. If there is something wrong, then Qiao Zhiqing, please tell me where the problem is."
"Exactly. He works so hard all year to earn work points, but why haven't I ever seen Zhiqing Qiao toiling in the fields?"
"Having a little over 8 yuan is already pretty good. If the members of the Red Star Brigade acted like the educated youth Qiao, they probably wouldn't even get 8 yuan."
Knowing that these educated youth had lived in the city since childhood and were not good at farm work, the team leader took them into consideration every time he assigned tasks, and even gave them one or two extra points when recording work points.
Qiao Wenwan didn't want to hear this. She was counting on this money to celebrate the New Year.
Ever since Du Jiaming said he would pay Jiang Wanwan back, he has not given her any money. This little money is her only hope.
She had been thinking about this all night, thinking that after getting the money, she would go to the county department store to buy new clothes, then buy a box of cold cream, and finally have a meal at the state-owned restaurant.
During this period, Du Jiaming not only did not give her money, but also did not buy meat anymore. She had been craving for it for a long time.
And there is the vanishing cream. Her skin became rough after she came back from working on the river. She always wanted to buy vanishing cream to moisturize her skin, but she had no money.
During this period, Du Jiaming's attitude towards her was much worse than before. Qiao Wenwan felt that it was largely because she was not as pretty as before.
What man doesn't like young, beautiful women? Seeing Jiang Wanwan's delicate, white face, as white as a peeled eggshell, and knowing that Jiang Wanwan received vanishing cream from Beijing every year, and that it was the nourishment of vanishing cream that made her so beautiful, Qiao Wenwan's desire for vanishing cream became even stronger.
But if you don't have money, everything is useless.
The most important thing was that she just heard that Jiang Wanwan actually had more than 20 yuan.
She was accused of not working hard, but how was Jiang Wanwan any better than her? Why did she get so much more money than her?
"I have evidence without even looking at these account books," she said confidently. "When we were in the educated youth camp, Jiang Wanwan and I ate, lived, and worked together. Every day, I did whatever she did. Sometimes, even when she didn't want to work, I still went to work. I don't care how other people calculate their accounts, but at least I can't get less than Jiang Wanwan."
More than 20 yuan is enough to buy a new set of clothes and a box of cold cream.
Just now, Qiao Wenwan was yelling that the accounts were wrong, but she didn't say what was wrong, so Accountant Li didn't know where to start. Now that she was biting Jiang Wanwan, it gave Accountant Li an opportunity to lose his temper.
"You said you and Jiang Wanwan earned the same work points. Let me show you. The team leader and the members of the Red Star Brigade should also listen. I, Li Dongsheng, have been the brigade accountant for more than ten years, and this is the first time I've been accused of miscalculating the accounts. Let's make this matter clear and honest."
He took out Qiao Wenwan and Jiang Wanwan's bills and placed them on the table. People around him couldn't see clearly, so he explained it to everyone.
"Before September, the work points earned by Qiao and Jiang were indeed comparable, and the number of days they worked was also similar. Qiao even worked two more days than Jiang..."
"So I told you your calculations were wrong, but you refused to admit it. Now you've said it yourself. Since I work more days than she does, why do I only make a little over 8 yuan while she makes over 20?"
Accountant Li gave Qiao Wenwan a cold look. "Qiao Zhiqing is quite impatient. I haven't even finished what I was saying. I was talking about before September, but since September, Qiao Zhiqing hasn't worked much. He even took several days off for the autumn harvest. On the other hand, Jiang Zhiqing not only worked a full shift, but also earned full work points almost every day. So, Qiao Zhiqing, do you think someone who always takes leave and someone who earns full work points will ultimately receive the same salary?"
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