Chapter 87: Divide the Money, the Technician is about to give birth
"Your biological father's side?" The second old lady remembered that Yan Xue remarried because her biological father died and her mother died.
Yan Xue nodded. "It must have been the grandparents over there who found it. Someone even went to ask my great aunt directly."
She flipped through the letter and said, "They said they missed me. My mom hadn't let me contact them before, and they didn't know how I was doing these years."
Yan Xue laughed at this remark. "I guess they thought I was too young to remember anything."
Otherwise, they couldn't say such words. Not to mention what happened back then, when her mother wanted to take her away, they didn't try to stop her.
After all, she was just a granddaughter, unlike the one in her third aunt's belly, which everyone said must be a boy.
"Did your great aunt not give them the address?" The second old lady felt that it was not a good thing when she heard it.
If you really wanted to find it, you would have looked for it earlier. How could you not look for it when the child was young, and then suddenly remember to look for it when the child grows up?
"My great aunt didn't give it to me, but the Shan family all knows that my mother married into Yanjiazhuang. I guess they will go to Yanjiazhuang to inquire about it."
When the second old lady and Yan Jigang wrote to her, she couldn't mail it herself, so she asked people in the village to do it. There must be someone who knew something about it.
Yan Xue finished reading the letter and stuffed it back in. "It's okay. I have to cooperate with whatever they plan."
"But you're about to give birth." The second old lady looked at her belly and was still worried.
Yan Xue's due date is next month. According to Qi Fang, he wants Yan Xue to give birth in the hospital, as it is safer.
But going to the hospital to give birth becomes a hassle, after all, the forest farm is too far away from any hospital.
If Yan Xue gets caught in a cold when she returns, she might develop some underlying illness. The family discussed it over and over again, and finally decided to wait and see how Yan Xue's condition would be by then.
At this time, her biological father came to cause trouble. The two old ladies wanted to take a broom and guard the door, and kick him out as soon as they saw him.
Qi Fang came back at noon. Yan Xue thought about it and said to Qi Fang, "If you run into him, don't bother with him."
Qi Fang frowned when he heard this, looked at her belly, then looked at her face, "You're not angry, are you?"
"They are all unimportant people, why should I be angry?" Yan Xue smiled.
Besides, it’s just a letter. If she gets angry now, will she be angry later?
Yan Xue didn't bother to care about those people, but what Qi Fang noticed was the word "not important".
So is it because it's important that she's so angry?
Looking at those beautiful and clear eyes, Qi Fang's expression softened, "Then ignore them."
But he later went to the second old lady to inquire about the situation of Yan Xue's biological father so that he could be prepared.
The second old lady was also unclear. "I don't know. I just know that the conditions seem to be good. Xiaoxue's mother has several sets of satin clothes."
He added, "Xiaoxue's mother doesn't like to talk about these things. Maybe her great aunt knows more."
Yan Xue didn't like to talk about these things. Qi Fang thought about it and finally didn't ask any more questions. He just tried to go home earlier every day.
A few days later, Liu Weiguo followed the logging team into the mountains. He also went to the county to help Yan Xue with the pilot project of delivering goods.
The goods were transported to the town by the bureau's internal combustion engine and then to the county by horse-drawn carriage. It was not until the end of October that most of them were sold out.
Yan Xue did some calculations and simply went to find Secretary Lang. "When is it convenient for you and Director Ning? Let's find a time to settle the account while I can still move."
"Even now? All the fungus grown in the pilot project has been sold out?" Secretary Lang remembered that there were quite a lot of things.
Yan Xue couldn't help but sigh that Liu Weiguo was really good at running. "We've sold almost everything. Besides Chengshui and the county, we've also sold in several other towns."
With such a large population in the entire county, it can indeed be absorbed. Secretary Lang nodded and said, "Okay, wait for me to ask Director Ning."
Director Ning is still the acting director. Although he will be officially promoted next year after the meeting at the end of the year, he has always been a hands-off director in the field.
Anyway, he is the second in command. Since Lang Zhongting is capable of doing things, let Lang Zhongting do it.
Lang Zhongting was able to sort things out, and he, as the second-in-command, would also benefit from it. If Lang Zhongting got promoted, he might be able to get promoted even higher.
Director Ning’s main feature is that he is open-minded. If Secretary Lang asked him to be listed as a figurehead, he would be listed as a figurehead on the pilot program. If he was asked to settle the accounts, he would do so.
On that day, Lang Yue'e and Zhou Wenhui accompanied Yan Xue to the field office. Zhou Wenhui held the account book and Lang Yue'e held the box containing money.
This was the money they had just withdrawn from the bank. It was not safe to keep large sums of money in the pilot school, so every once in a while, the pilot school would deposit the money in the bank in town.
This is also the case with most units these days. Those who live nearby even go there to deposit money every day. However, there are very few individual savers.
This pilot project in the field was initiated by Yan Xue. When Yan Xue entered the door, Secretary Lang personally pulled out a chair for her.
After they sat down and handed over the account book and opened the box, Director Ning was surprised. "So many?"
He hadn't planned to say much, but the amount of cash in the box was indeed far more than he had imagined, there were actually eight or nine stacks.
This is after paying the wages to the short-term workers. If we take into account the wages of the short-term workers and other expenses, it must be more than 10,000 yuan, right?
This is only the first year of the pilot project and the investment is not small. He thought it would be good enough if he could earn back his money.
Secretary Lang was also a little surprised, but Lang Yue'e was working in the pilot project and he often paid attention to it, so he didn't think it exceeded his expectations by much.
"This also includes the money paid to the bureau and the money owed to Xiao Yan for the fungus seeds, right?" He flipped through the account book.
"Yes." Yan Xue directly took out the IOU in her hand, which had not only the official seal of the pilot project, but also the official seal of the field.
Secretary Lang took it, looked at it, and handed it to Director Ning. "Then let's pay Xiao Yan for the mushroom seeds first."
Yan Xue sold more than 1,000 bottles of mushroom strains to the farm, each bottle costing fifty cents. Zhou Wenhui quickly calculated the total amount of 527.5.
This is already equivalent to the annual salary of some employees in the forest farm, not to mention the other money.
After Zhou Wenhui settled the bill and Lang Yue'e counted the money, the IOU was considered cancelled, and the next step was to give 20% to the bureau.
This is calculated based on the total sales volume, which is more than 2,000. Secretary Lang directly asked the accountant in the field to record it in the accounts.
The accountant who was called to the forest farm to check the accounts was the most surprised today. He had been in a daze since just now, and only came back to his senses when he heard Secretary Lang calling him.
Then there is the money invested in the field, a total of 4,000 yuan, which is mainly used for pilot construction and early salary payments. Only after all these are calculated can it be the real surplus of the pilot.
Secretary Lang thought for a moment and looked at Director Ning. "Let's stick to what we discussed before. Since the pilot program won't just last a year, we can also extend it over several years."
This was originally because they were worried that they would not make much money in the first year of the pilot project. If the farm withdrew all the funds, they would not even be able to pay the salaries of the young people.
But now...
Director Ning looked at the few remaining stacks of money in the box, still saying nothing. "How many years do you think it should be distributed?"
"Then let's divide it into two years. Start with 2,000 this year." Secretary Lang also took a look at the money.
There were simply too many, and he couldn't just withdraw them bit by bit over five or ten years.
But even if it is only divided into two years, if the remaining four people including Yan Xue divide it, each of them will get about 1,000.
The accountant in the field was calculating while being shocked in his heart. This was not just a pilot project, it was clearly a gold nugget.
If those who signed up for short-term jobs knew this, they would definitely regret it. How could a short-term worker earn that much?
However, how they divide the money later is their own business. The accountant is only responsible for the accounts of the forest farm, and the forest farm does not care about those things.
After the accounts were settled and the money was collected, Yan Xue did not rush to leave. Instead, she took out a few more pieces of paper and handed them to Secretary Lang, "Please take a look at this."
The last time she gave something to Secretary Lang to look at, it was a pilot project plan. Secretary Lang's expression, which had just relaxed a little, immediately became serious again and he reached out to take it.
Director Ning was nearby and could not help but see the title above - Second Year Work Plan of Jinchuan Wood Ear Cultivation Base.
I'm about to give birth, how can I still write a work plan?
Director Ning was a little curious about the content.
Secretary Lang was also curious about what other plans Yan Xue had. He flipped through the book and took a look, then smiled and said, "I'll study it carefully when I get home."
That's the good thing about dealing with smart people. Yan Xuexiao stood up, holding her stomach, and said, "Then we'll go back first."
When they returned and divided the money according to their work, Yan Xue made the greatest contribution and got the most, a total of more than 1,000 yuan.
Guo Changan has been working with Yan Xue since last year. He holds a technical position and has been allocated more than 900 yuan.
There were only Lang Yue'e and Zhou Wenhui left, one a cashier and one an accountant, so the number was a little less, but still nearly 700, which was more than the average male employees in the field.
Not to mention that their work is not physically demanding, and not only is it easy, but there are also several months a year when they have nothing to do.
As soon as the money was distributed, several families began to send things to Yan Xue, including food, daily necessities, and small clothes for children.
Aunt Guo worked the hardest, and her smile hadn't faltered since she saw Guo Changan bringing home his salary.
It’s more than 900 yuan. Even if Changan hadn’t been injured and really became a chainsaw operator, I don’t know if he would be able to earn so much salary in his life.
And she didn't know who spread the news that the pilot project made money this year. In the past few days alone, she met several people who introduced Changan to potential partners.
Of course, they are all good girls with healthy hands and feet and normal brains. She went back and told Chang'an about it, but Chang'an said there was no rush and to wait until next year.
She herself also felt that there was no need to rush this matter. Chang'an would only get better and better as he followed Xiao Yan. Why would he need to worry about finding a partner?
Not only Guo Changan, but also Lang Yue'e welcomed a new wave of potential partners, and more people were regretting why they did not apply for long-term work.
What's a little over a dollar a day? It's nothing compared to what other people earn by the thousands, which is hundreds of dollars a year.
Why didn’t I know that the pilot project would be so profitable? I heard that the wood planted this year can still be harvested next year. If I plant it again next year, won’t it be more profitable?
Everyone was regretting and quickly went to find Yan Xue, hoping to register for next year in advance.
All kinds of nice words and compliments were thrown at Yan Xue like they were free of charge, but Yan Xue always said that she didn't know how many people she would need next year, so she asked everyone to wait until next year's recruitment.
Seeing that they couldn't get a report, everyone started thinking of other ways. They went to Secretary Lang's house, Director Ning's house, and even the Guo and Liu families.
Huang Fengying came over with her granddaughter in her arms and said to Yan Xue, "My family is familiar with yours, but being familiar doesn't mean it's useless. It's their fault for not reporting this year."
Zhou Wenhui has made a lot of money from Yan Xue, and Liu Weiguo has also received a lot of bonuses. One should be content with what one has earned.
Anyway, the Liu family will not easily ask for this, nor will the Guo family. Secretary Lang and Director Ning will certainly not cause trouble for their own political achievements.
It’s just that the second old lady is a little afraid to go out recently. “I just ran into Mrs. Qian, and she pulled me over and forced me to eat two carrots. She told me how capable her second daughter-in-law is.”
It was obvious that the old lady had never fought with the other party before. Yan Xue looked at her and found it funny. "Why don't you stay at home for the next two days?"
"I'm staying home. Why would I ask you to take out the trash with such a big belly?" The old lady came over and supported her. "Still no movement?"
Qi Fang had previously accompanied Yan Xue to the town to see a doctor. The doctor said that her baby was in a normal position and her physical condition was good, so he suggested that she give birth at home.
The baby's head has entered the pelvis in the past two days and the baby will be born at any time. The old lady and Qi Fang will accompany Yan Xue for a walk every day.
As she was speaking, there was another knock on the door. Before Yan Xue could answer, the old lady said, "Didn't we wait until next year's recruitment?"
The old lady walked over and opened the door, but the face outside was not from the forest farm, but a strange man in his forties.
The man was of medium height and thin, holding a piece of paper in his hand. He asked her, "Does Yan Xue live here?"
The old lady immediately had a bad suspicion in her mind, but she was not sure and didn't want to refuse the person directly. "Who are you?"
This reaction showed that he had found the right person. The man walked straight in and said, "Is she home now? I have something to discuss with her."
He didn't even say who he was, and his steps were bigger than the old lady's. He entered the main room in just two or three steps.
As soon as I entered the room, I saw Yan Xue holding her waist and walking slowly around the room. She paused and asked, "Xiu Yan?"
Yan Xue hadn't heard this name in many years. She looked at the other person and asked, "Comrade, you've got the wrong person, haven't you?"
The second old lady also caught up from behind, "Are you polite? Just barging into someone else's house?"
The man ignored her and just looked at Yan Xue, "Xiu Yan, don't you remember me? I'm your uncle Yongkang. I held you in my arms when you were a child."
Of course Yan Xue remembered the other person, Xue Yongkang, the son of the clan leader on her biological father's side, and she had a good relationship with her biological father.
But why should she admit it?
Yan Xue smiled, "Comrade, you've come to the wrong place, haven't you? There's only Yan Xue here, no Xiu Yan."
The name Xue Xiuyan remained in that family since she left. She only acknowledged that she was Yan Xue and that her grandmother and Jigang were her relatives.
The girl in front of him still had the shadow of her past in her eyes and eyebrows, but she smiled without giving in, not like her mother at all.
Xue Yongkang paused, "You can deny me, but you should at least recognize your roots, right? The Xue family gave birth to you and raised you."
This time Yan Xue didn't even bother to talk to him. She looked at the second old lady and said, "Grandma, I'm tired."
The old lady hurried over to help her when she heard this, "Let's go inside and rest if you're tired." She then urged Xue Yongkang, "You've got the wrong person, haven't you heard? Why don't you leave quickly?"
"Your dear grandmother misses you too." Xue Yongkang actually said, "otherwise I wouldn't have come all the way here to find you, and she even left a lot of things for you."
It seems that playing dumb won't get him away. Yan Xue stopped and said, "Just tell me what your purpose is. Don't try this. I won't buy it."
Xue Yongkang also found that this girl was not as soft-hearted as he had imagined, and she did not miss her former home or relatives. He simply said directly: "Your third uncle is dying."
Yan Xue didn't expect that her third uncle was nearly four years younger than his biological father and should be less than 40 years old this year.
But what does this have to do with her? Yan Xue touched her belly, not only was she unmoved, she also raised her eyebrows to urge him.
Xue Yongkang wanted to sigh. He had to take on this trouble and travel such a long way to help his aunt.
My aunt always said that she was young and living in her stepfather's house, so she must not have a good life and that she just needed to be coaxed a few more times. But how could she be coaxed?
He had no choice but to change his strategy. "Your third uncle has no children, so you are the only one left in the family. Your grandmother wants to leave her things to you."
Emotions can't move you, but interests can. "You also know that your grandparents have some money."
Yan Xue noticed something else, "He doesn't have any children? Wasn't Third Aunt already pregnant when I left?"
"She was pregnant and gave birth to a son," Xue Yongkang said. "In 1960, when there was no food left, the baby was lost and your uncle's health also collapsed."
No wonder he came to her, their family was about to be wiped out. After all, her grandparents only had three sons, and the eldest died in the battlefield.
Moreover, her grandfather was the only son in three generations and had no close relationship with other people in the clan. He probably wouldn't be willing to give everything to outsiders.
Yan Xue's eyes showed understanding. "They want me to go back. They have another purpose, right? They want me to take care of them in their old age, or..."
It's true that emotions can't move her, and interests can't make her lose her mind. Even with such a great temptation, she still has the mind to think about these details.
Xue Yongkang wanted to sigh even more, and after a pause, he said, "Aren't you married already? When the time comes, let your son-in-law go and smash a pot for your third uncle."
What she meant was that she wanted Qi Fang to be a filial son and grandson to her third uncle, and to break the pots and fill the soil for her third uncle. After all, there was a rule in his hometown that women were not allowed to enter the cemetery.
Yan Xue almost laughed at what she heard. She looked at the other person and said, "Why did my mother insist on remarrying with me and even changed my last name? You don't know that at all, do you?"
At first, her mother planned to take her with her to observe mourning. The two families were so close, and Xue Yongkang's father was the head of the family, so it was impossible for him to not know anything about it.
Sure enough, Xue Yongkang's eyes flickered when he heard this, and Yan Xue actually laughed at him. "You knew that, but you still asked my wife to smash the pot for him? What were you thinking?"
Xue Yongkang didn't expect that she knew and remembered this, and he couldn't explain anything. He could only say, "According to the rules in our family, filial sons and grandsons who smash pots and fill them with soil can get half of the family property."
He lowered his voice and advised Yan Xue: "You don't have to go anyway. Giving you half of your uncle's property is better than giving it to someone else, right?"
Then he traveled thousands of miles to his hometown to look for it, and then came here to look for it, but what did he get?
It can't be that because he has a good relationship with her biological father, he is afraid that she won't be able to enjoy this big pie that fell from the sky.
Yan Xue waved her hand and said, "Don't try to persuade me. Don't tell me I don't need that little thing. Even if I did, I wouldn't let my lover kowtow to a scumbag."
Her mother was almost humiliated at the beginning, but she couldn't get any justice. She was crazy and stabbed her mother again with her own hands.
Qi Fangxing is upright and honest, so why should he kneel down and kowtow to a scumbag and be a filial son and grandson to a scumbag?
Seeing that the other party was still trying to persuade her, Yan Xue simply held her belly and said, "To be honest, I'm about to give birth. Do you really have to irritate a pregnant woman who is about to give birth?"
Xue Yongkang paused for a moment as the words were on the tip of his tongue. After all, he came here to find Yan Xue, not to make enemies with her.
If Yan Xue was so angry that she had a miscarriage, or if something went wrong during delivery, people would hate her to death. Why would they smash pots and fill them with soil?
The timing was also bad, how could it happen that Xiuyan was about to give birth? Even if she waited until after the birth, there would be no such trouble.
Xue Yongkang had no choice but to say goodbye and see when Yan Xue was free to come back.
The fact is, how long does it take for a woman to give birth have to be certain? It's not uncommon for it to take ten days or half a month. He can't just waste the whole time here, right?
After thinking about it, he stopped another person on the road and said, "Hello, comrade, do you know where Yan Xue's lover works?"
"Are you asking Master Qi?" The other party actually knew this. Everyone in the forest farm knew where Yan Xue and Qi worked.
The other party pointed him in the direction of the small repair shop and said, "Just ask for Master Xiao Qi there." Then he asked curiously, "Do you know Technician Yan?"
"Technician Yan?" This was the second time Xue Yongkang heard this title, and he couldn't help but ask.
"Don't you know Technician Yan? How come you don't even know this?" The other party was also stunned.
Xue Yongkang wanted to ask more, but someone from the other party's family called him, so he turned around and went back, so he had to give up.
When we arrived at the small repair shop and asked for Master Xiao Qi, we found him very quickly.
The man was only in his early twenties, and he looked very handsome, which made him a good match for Soo-yeon.
He is a little cold and doesn't seem easy to get along with, but a man like him definitely has the final say at home and won't listen to a woman.
Xue Yongkang didn't waste any time. He introduced himself first and then explained the purpose.
Women are emotional and will push away the benefits they have obtained. He doesn't believe that his lover Xiu Yan is the same as her and doesn't know how to weigh the pros and cons.
Sure enough, the man raised his eyes and looked at him after hearing this, "How many things can there be?"
Qi Fang's words were absolutely sarcastic. It wasn't like Yan Xue couldn't make money, and it wasn't like he couldn't make money either. So why did he need to take theirs?
But Xue Yongkang obviously didn't understand it that way. "Her family used to have a small winery with their own brewing recipe. Later, the public and private sectors merged, and everyone worked at the winery."
Although it was a public-private partnership, a lot of things were left behind. Their family was a martyr's family, so the impact was not that great.
Qi Fang only noticed the phrase "there is a small winery". "Just a small winery?"
This was very different from what Qi Fang had guessed. He had thought that even if Yan Xue was not from a high-ranking official family, she should be highly educated.
But how could a small winery allow Yan Xue to have so much knowledge and know so many things?
If she didn't see it from her biological father's side when she was a child, where did she hear and see it?
But this Yan Xue is not the same Yan Xue as before. Yan Jigang has always lived with her sister, so how could he admit his mistake?
The more Qi Fang thought about it, the more confused he became, and he couldn't help but frown. When Xue Yongkang heard what he said, he thought he thought it was too little.
This made Xue Yongkang speechless. This guy felt that the free things were not enough. Wasn't he too greedy?
Just as he was about to explain a few more words, someone suddenly ran in from outside, "Master Qi, Grandma Yan asked me to tell you that Technician Yan is about to give birth!"
When Qi Fang heard this, he didn't care about anything else. "Have you called a midwife?"
Before leaving, he only glanced at Xue Yongkang, which made Xue Yongkang feel cold all over.
No, what's that look in his eyes?
Do you think Sooyeon is giving birth because you are angry with her?
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