Brother Zhao looked serious. "Dad, don't be foolish and give someone a handle. Zhou Tianfu doesn't deserve the spot. It's better to give it to the third child. The third child is the best high school student in our village."
Third Brother Zhao immediately expressed his opinion, "Dad, Big Brother and Sister-in-law are right. If you want a spot, you have to rely on your own strength. No one can use backdoors. Besides, Zhou Tianfu is very unreliable. He has been flirting with female educated youths in private recently. I think he's after the spot!"
It was a rare occasion for Second Brother Zhao to agree with his eldest and third brothers. They all looked down on the gigolo Zhou Tianfu. "Fourth Sister has already given him a job at the state-owned restaurant. Although it's only a temporary job, it's much better than other educated youth. As long as he works hard, he'll be able to get a permanent position sooner or later. Why does he need the worker-peasant-soldier quota? He's already married and has a child in a few months. If he goes to school, Fourth Sister will leave him to us to take care of again. Aren't there many educated youth who abandon their wives and children these days?"
Zhao Erge's wife, Sun Chunlian, didn't want Zhao Simei to take advantage, so she proposed an exchange. "If you want a spot, you have to give up your job at the state-owned restaurant first. You can't let a gigolo take all the advantage, right?"
She gave the job to her husband, and their second wife became a dual-income family, which could somewhat surpass the first wife. After all, Brother Zhao did not have a formal job. As the weather gradually turned colder and the villagers did not listen to the weeds, the mountain products and fish, shrimps and snails had decreased recently. Even after Brother Zhao lost this income, he still went to the fields to earn work points.
She only knows how to pick up mountain products and sell them for money, which is not a long-term job.
Deng Xiunv knew her sister-in-law's thoughts, but she didn't compete with her for the job. She earned only fifty-something yuan a month, with benefits during festivals, and looked down on the temporary workers' wages. "Hey, isn't your second sister-in-law working for Gu Yarou? Are you complaining about the low salary now? Have you sold your pickles to Beijing yet?"
Sun Chunlian, not wanting to be looked down upon by her sister-in-law, said with a stiff upper lip, "It's been delivered. He Shuyan's family is very generous and ordered a lot of goods for her mother's factory. I heard the feedback is good and everyone says our sauerkraut is delicious. Yarou, the educated youth, said it's popular in Beijing and they'll start selling it in other cities."
Deng Xiuniu watched her sister-in-law become more and more arrogant, and the more she boasted to her, "Sales are so good, then why are you still fishing for three days and drying the net for two days? You don't seem busy at all. Unlike me, I manage the factory every day. Department stores from all over the country have placed too many orders for goods. We have been working overtime recently. I almost don't have time to go home for dinner. But we get overtime pay for overtime, so it's okay to be a little tired."
Brother Zhao was considerate of his wife's hard work and took the initiative to take on the work. "Wife, don't worry about your work. I will take good care of our little family. Let me do the cooking and housework. I will bring you food."
Deng Xiunv was very satisfied with her husband's awareness. She took out two large unity banknotes from her pocket and stuffed them into his hands. "This is your pocket money this month. Men need money when they are away from home. Come to me for more when you are done."
Brother Zhao was shocked by his wife's generosity. This was the first time he had received so much pocket money. "Wife, this is a month's salary for a city worker. It's a few yuan more than Fourth Sister's temporary job. I can't use so much."
Deng Xiunv raised her head proudly. "No, I'm not short of money. My mother gave me a hundred yuan yesterday so I could buy some nice things for my parents-in-law and my children. Now my family, thanks to Wanjie, has surpassed Secretary Ding's family to become the 'richest' in Xiangyang Village. Matchmakers are trampling on my doorstep, all vying to marry my brother."
"I asked Mom not to subsidize our family, but Dad, Mom, and Sister-in-law weren't happy about it. They said they owed me in the past and needed my support. Our family's blessings are still to come. I guess your days of earning work points won't be long. Sister Wan is going to arrange a job for you. Our family will soon be a formal dual-income family. Oh, and by the way, Third Brother, Mr. Gu asked you to review your high school knowledge when you have time. Liang Xin and the others have been reviewing recently. I can only tell you this, you should understand."
"It's good to read more. Books are full of gold. If you pass the exam one day, your eldest brother and I can support you."
A hint of surprise and excitement suddenly flashed in Zhao Sange's calm eyes. Does the eldest sister-in-law mean that the college entrance examination will be resumed in the near future?
Ever since Aunt Lu lost interest in Gu Yarou's heroine halo, she'd been spending her free time visiting Gu Wanwan. Naturally, she knew about Liang Xin and the others' diligent review efforts. "It's right to listen to Elder Gu. I'll also be starting work for Sister Wanwan in a couple of days."
Sun Chunlian saw that her sister-in-law generously gave her husband 20 yuan and found him a job, and even her own family helped the eldest wife.
What kind of magical family is this? This is the contrast between an effective family and an ineffective family, in stark contrast to Old Lady Fu.
Twenty yuan, how many months' salary would she have to save to have that? The sister-in-law gave it to me without hesitation.
The richer the first wife is, the more the second wife's poverty becomes apparent. It is obvious who is doing better between Gu Wanwan and Gu Yarou. There is no comparison at all.
The clothes of her children were still patched, while the children of the eldest wife had already put on new clothes and shoes, and carried new school bags to go to school. Even their school supplies were good. Perhaps because she had treated her daughter badly before, Deng Xiuniu loved her especially after she reformed herself. She bought her clothes and shoes like crazy, and raised her better than the daughters of the rich girls in the city. The children of the eldest wife had snacks to eat when they came home, and they could eat meat for every meal, while her children could only look at the children of the eldest wife with envy and longing.
That scene deeply hurt her heart.
If she had known earlier, she would not have sided with Gu Yarou and offended Gu Wanwan. Now that she wants to ask for a job, she is afraid that Gu Wanwan will not agree. After all, she is not as good as her mother-in-law and has a good relationship with Gu Wanwan.
However, Zhao Simei's focus was on Zhao Sange. "No wonder Third Brother didn't give the spot to my family's talent. You're trying to monopolize it yourself. Don't tell me you're not interested. If you're not interested, why are you suddenly reviewing? You're clearly trying to steal the spot from my husband. I don't care. You're the older brother, you have to give it to your younger sister. Otherwise, I'll tell the whole village and say your parents are biased towards you."
"Just because I'm a daughter who married out and my brother is a son, you can't treat me differently, right? Talent is also half a son."
Deng Xiunv angrily slammed the table, pointed at her sister-in-law's nose and cursed, "Who said that Third Brother wanted a quota? You are a married woman, your parents have already told you that they want to sever ties with the Zhao family, what qualifications do you have to come to the Zhao family and make decisions? The one in the Zhao family who is least qualified to get a quota is you, Fourth Sister Zhao. You are so lazy and you still want benefits. Why don't you just go to heaven and think that you are still your parents' most beloved daughter."
"I'm not your parents-in-law. I won't spoil you, let alone look at your face. What kind of a bastard are you? People say you should support your parents' family, but you empty your parents' house to support your gigolo."
"Do you know that Zhou Tianfu, that gigolo, has been cheating on you for a long time? He's had affairs with countless young women from the educated youth movement. He even met the factory director's daughter through his job at a state-owned restaurant, and they're already dating!"
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