Chapter 307 Going for a Drive
"You guys don't want to go to school anymore, right? You want to go out and have fun, right? Okay, then you don't have to go to school anymore and just have fun every day, okay?"
Huang Xinran nodded and said seriously: "It's not a big deal, isn't Ma Erdan from our village like that? He didn't need to go to school, study, or earn money. One person's food fed the whole family. You can learn from him in the future and play every day, how great is that."
Ma Erdan was the idiot who worked next to the production team. He was born when his mother was 47 years old.
When he was young, I loved him dearly. When he was a little older, I found that he had problems. At first, he was slow to speak and I thought it was just a "noble man's slow speech" and didn't take it seriously. When he was two years old and still couldn't walk, I thought it was because he didn't get enough nutrition and it would get better when he grew up.
But it seemed to be true. The child didn't start talking until he was three and a half years old, and didn't start learning to walk until he was five years old. When he was seven or eight years old, he still walked unsteadily like a duck.
At that time, everyone could see that this child was lacking in intelligence.
It turned out to be true. If you were to meet him for the first time, you wouldn't be able to tell that there was something wrong with this kid. After all, he was enthusiastic and willing to help anyone who asked him to.
But because of this, when he grew up, he did not earn work points for his family, but instead helped whoever asked him to. When the year-end came and food and tickets were distributed according to the number of work points, he found that there was very little food for the family.
Both parents felt sorry for their youngest son and saved their rations for him. As a result, both parents starved to death.
Without his parents to look after him, he became a complete second-rate worker in the production team, going to work wherever there was a job to do and living a life of hunger and starvation.
Now that the rural land has been distributed to different households, Ma Erdan still went on with his wedding as usual, and did not care that the land allocated to him by the production team had been abandoned.
He didn't even have a decent piece of clothing to cover himself, his clothes were full of holes, he never wore shoes, and he would grin foolishly at everyone he saw.
Huang Xinran suggested that the two children learn from Ma Erdan, which immediately dampened Yaya’s excitement.
"Mom, I just want to go out and play for a while..."
"Mom didn't say you can't play, so do you want to play?"
"……don't want……"
Yaya pouted. No matter how stupid she was, she knew that her mother was speaking in a sarcastic way.
Huang Xinran discouraged Yaya from going with him and continued packing.
It's very strange. Before she got married, she thought the journey to the county town was so far. Later, she thought the journey to the provincial capital was too far. Now, she either goes back to her hometown or travels to other places every once in a while. She has almost gotten used to this busy life.
It turns out that humans have a strong ability to adapt.
Huang Xinran did not go to the clothing factory immediately, but was waiting for his driver's license to be issued.
She finally got her driver's license, and the first thing she did after getting it was to take her children out for a ride around the city.
Don’t mention it, it feels so good to drive yourself!
The three children in the car were cheering and laughing. Finally, she drove the car to the creek at the foot of the slope and stopped. She planned to have a picnic here.
The children took the food down from the car, spread it out with a tarpaulin, put the food back on, and ate while playing the harmonica.
The harmonica is the instrument that the children have recently learned to play. It was originally taught by the teacher in Yaya and Maomao's class. When Huang Xinran bought harmonicas for the three children, she did not forget to buy one for herself, and she also successfully taught Huang Qin to play the harmonica.
On the fields beside the stream, the sound of harmonica lingered, accompanied by the aroma of food, blowing the rare warmth from the afternoon sun on the mountains. Huang Xinran's heart was filled with a sense of accomplishment.
Happiness is nothing more than this.
After the picnic, the three children took off their shoes and went into the water to catch crabs.
The weather has turned cold in late autumn. If it weren't for the good weather and sunshine in the afternoon, it would have started snowing. There were no crabs, not even fish or shrimp in the water.
In the end, everyone returned empty-handed.
Even so, the three children had a great time. As soon as they got in the car, the three fell asleep. Huang Xinran woke them up only after he drove the car home. Then he continued to clean up the mess and the food residue left in the car.
It feels good to have a car!
However, the car still belongs to the company, so it seems she has to settle the matter as soon as possible.
The next day, she drove to the health care product company and handed the car payment to the finance department in front of everyone. When the superiors got the news and sent someone to deal with the matter, Huang Xinran had already counted the car payment she handed over to the finance department.
"I paid for the car, and we are done."
Huang Xinran smiled at the visitor and waved the car purchase receipt in his hand.
The visitor shook his head and sighed: "Ms. Huang, you are too polite. The two elders have already said that this car is allocated for your unit use. Why are you doing this..."
"Public affairs are public affairs, private affairs are private affairs. We should keep a clear distinction between public affairs and private affairs. Otherwise, I would be worried about getting my salary, which would make me uncomfortable."
"Okay, then I'll report to the leader."
As they were the subordinates, they naturally did not dare to conceal such a matter and quickly reported it to their superiors.
Huang Xinran was not worried about this. After all, she came here today not only to pay for the car purchase, but also to collect this month's salary.
Because of a business trip last month, in addition to the basic salary of 1,000 yuan, he also received additional expenses, including travel expenses, nutrition allowance, transportation expenses, living expenses, project share... and so on. Huang Xinran only saw the last number on the statistics sheet, a total of 32,000 yuan.
Huang Xinran was very surprised. After counting carefully, she found that she was not mistaken. It was indeed 32,000 yuan.
"Sorry, comrade, please take a look. The decimal point on your salary slip is wrong." Huang Xinran said, pointing to his salary.
Her salary last month was not more than 1,000 yuan. After all, she had said before that all expenses would be reimbursed by the company. It was only one or two thousand yuan, which was within her understanding. But last month it suddenly increased to 32,000 yuan. No wonder Huang Xinran thought the decimal point was wrong.
"Yes, that's the number. Researcher Huang, I have already consulted with my superiors, and your salary is 32,000, that's right!"
Huang Xinran couldn't believe the other party's affirmation, "How could it be..."
She had just paid 33,000 yuan for the car, and now she was given a salary of 32,000 yuan. Was he deliberately compensating her?
"Ms. Huang, the reason why you received such a high salary last month was mainly because the share of the research project funds accounted for a large proportion, so your income was high. In fact, your salary is still the 1,000 yuan agreed in the original agreement, and there has been no change." The other party explained hurriedly.