Chapter 27 Everyone Collects Tickets
Li Huifen also dared to speak up, and she quickly followed up, "Yes, Third Brother, Xinbai, the job in the state-owned restaurant is better. You can settle down there, so that when you have children in the future, they can follow their mother and eat rations. How perfect! Temporary work is not very useful to you, so the job in the state-owned restaurant is better. My sister-in-law specially reserved it for you."
Jiang Xinbai and Yang Jinsheng looked at each other and said, here it comes!
But she still shook her head in embarrassment, "Sister-in-law, I know that formal jobs are good, but they are expensive, and we don't have that much money."
When it comes to money, Li Huifen fell silent. She had no choice. If they didn't have enough money, they wouldn't have thought of hiring temporary workers.
Yang Fugui knocked on the table and said, "Alright, it's all settled. There's nothing more to say. Third brother, take a day off tomorrow and take Xinbai to ask the man who sold the job at the state-owned restaurant. We'll discuss the money issue when we come back."
"Okay, Dad, I'll go tomorrow." Yang Jinsheng responded happily.
Jiang Xinbai felt bad about the salary being deducted, so he waved his hand and refused, "Dad, there's no need for Jinsheng to take leave. I'll go with my second sister tomorrow. If Jinsheng takes leave, his salary will be deducted. Now is the time to use the money."
Yang Fugui thought about it and said, "Okay, you guys make your own arrangements."
Li Huifen sat on the bed, urging her eldest daughter to take the youngest daughter out to play, and then she ignored her husband and complained in a low voice: "You still say your parents are not partial, but listen, what do you mean by come back to discuss the money? What are you discussing? It's still your parents who pay for it. Yang Jinqiang, I've made it clear to you that if your parents give the money to the third child and his wife for free, I won't agree."
"What are you talking about? You keep calling them your parents. What's wrong? They are not your parents-in-law. You said you are not doing your best. If you can give my parents a grandson, they will not favor the third child anymore."
Yang Jinqiang deeply felt that his parents were nice to the third child because they hoped that his third brother's wife could give birth to a boy for the Yang family, and perhaps they were disappointed in him and the second child.
"You..." When it comes to giving birth to a son, Li Huifen lost her confidence and could only stammer, "You can't rely on me alone for everything. You don't work hard at all."
"I'm not working hard. This old cow of mine is dying of exhaustion. Your land has no reaction at all. You should go to the hospital sometime to see if there is something wrong."
Yang Jinwei is already 27 years old this year, and will be 28 after the Chinese New Year. He is really anxious, especially since his younger brother is getting married and will probably have a child soon.
"Hospital? Why spend that money? I..." Li Huifen looked up and saw her husband's serious expression, and swallowed the rest of her words, "I'll go when I get a job and get paid."
In the next room, Su Qiuyan paused while folding clothes and sighed, "Jinwei, you said there are three daughters-in-law in the family, and now I am the only one without a job..."
How could Yang Jinwei not understand what his wife meant? He raised his chin and said, "You keep all the money in the house. How much money do we have saved in total?"
"Adding what my mother just gave me, it's four hundred and twenty now." Su Qiuyan knew exactly how much money the family had.
"Then what do you think? Do you want to find a temporary job like my sister-in-law?" Forget about getting a formal job. The money at home is definitely not enough. Besides, not many people can get a formal job.
Su Qiuyan thought for a moment and said, "The price of temporary workers has also increased. My sister-in-law's is 260 yuan now. I'm afraid it will be more expensive in the future."
Yang Jinwei nodded, "Okay, let's go ask around, and I'll ask the third brother to keep an eye out for it as well."
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"Mom, my third sister-in-law is back." Li Huifen was standing in the corridor and looking down. She saw Jiang Xinbai walking in from the yard. After she went upstairs, she eagerly went to greet her. "Third sister-in-law, how is it? What did that person say?"
In fact, when she asked the latter part, Li Huifen saw Jiang Xinbai's frown, and her heart skipped a beat. It was over, something bad had happened.
Jiang Xinbai glanced at Li Huifen and shook his head in embarrassment, "Sister-in-law, go in first."
"Oh, yes, go in first."
"Xinbai, Huifen, what's going on? It's so mysterious that we can't hear it." Hongmei, who was passing by at the very edge, couldn't help but ask when she heard that the two daughters-in-law of the Yang family were being so mysterious.
"No, no, Aunt Hong, you heard it wrong. We have something else to do, so we won't chat with you anymore." Li Huifen quickly pulled Jiang Xinbai into the house and then closed the door.
Seeing her like this, Hong Mei became even more suspicious, and she couldn't help but move forward to eavesdrop.
In the room, Li Huifen saw her mother-in-law and immediately said, "Mom, just now..."
Sun Erni waved her hand, then walked straight to the door and pulled it open, revealing Hong Mei who was leaning sideways and eavesdropping on something.
"Ha, well, I just happened to pass by. Look at me, I forgot to do the laundry. Erni, I have to go get busy first!" Hong Mei, who was caught eavesdropping, was extremely embarrassed. She touched her head, made up an excuse and slipped away.
"Mom, Aunt Hong is eavesdropping?" Li Huifen looked extremely surprised. She really didn't realize that Aunt Hong was such a person.
"Okay, it's always better to be careful. What did you want to say just now?" Sun Erni sat down. There were only three of them in the room.
"Let my third brother's wife speak." Li Huifen pointed at Jiang Xinbai.
Jiang Xinbai organized his words a little and said, "Mom, sister-in-law, I went to find Shen Chuxia who was selling her job today. She hasn't sold her job yet, but the price is a bit high, and she also asked for cloth coupons and sugar coupons. Don't you think it's difficult to get them? That's why I'm worried."
"I need tickets. Does it say how much?" Sun Erni thought about the cloth coupons hidden in the cupboard. She had originally planned to save some to make a cotton-padded jacket for her old man this year, but now she can only give priority to the third brother's family.
Jiang Xinbai gestured with his hand, "He said he wanted sixteen feet of cloth coupons, five kilograms of sugar coupons, and four hundred and fifty in cash."
"So much?" Li Huifen covered her mouth in surprise. Although the money was one hundred less, it sounded like a lot, but her job was expensive to begin with. Besides, the tickets were difficult to get and she couldn't get them even if she paid.
Jiang Xinbai spread his hands worriedly, "Yes, cloth coupons are only 16 feet per person per year, and sugar coupons are 2.4 jin per year. Besides, we have already used up Jinsheng's share. Sugar coupons are easy to deal with, but now you can't buy cloth coupons even if you spend money."
Sun Erni was also worried. "I have saved up ten feet of cloth coupons, but I'm still short of six feet. How about you, Huifen, share some with me?"
"Me?" Li Huifen pointed at herself in embarrassment. "Mom, you know, I wanted to save the money to make a pair of cotton pants for Jinqiang. I have already prepared the cotton tickets."
Seeing this, Sun Erni sighed and said, "Forget it, Xinbai, take back the ten feet of cloth first. I'll ask your dad to ask if there's anyone willing to exchange the rest."
Li Huifen understood what he meant. They were going to buy cloth coupons at a high price, but the money would definitely be paid by her parents-in-law. She calculated it again and again in her mind, but still hesitated and said, "Well, your eldest brother's cotton trousers from last year can be worn out. Otherwise, you can take the eight feet of cloth coupons here first, but you have to return them to me quickly when the new cloth coupons come in next year." The coupons can be borrowed and returned, but the money from her mother-in-law given to her third brother's wife can never be returned, so she had to suffer the loss and lend it to her third brother's wife first.
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