At dawn in the morning, there were sounds of doors opening and closing in the yard, as well as early morning greetings. Gradually, the yard became lively and full of the smell of life.
Mingmei and her husband were also among them. They both rushed to get up early because they both had to go to work and could not afford to delay. The bus station where Mingmei worked was a little further away than the machinery factory where Zhuang Zhixi worked. She quickly finished her breakfast and stood up, saying, "I'm leaving first."
Zhuang Zhixi quickly stuffed the steamed bun into his mouth and said, "I'll give it to you."
Mingmei: “Go, go, go!”
She said: "You have to go back to take me there, I can ride my bike very fast."
She put on a furry hat to protect her ears, and carried a military green cross-body bag, looking very fashionable. Then she waved her hand and went out.
Xiaoyanzi murmured, "My little aunt is so pretty."
Girls all like beautiful things, and little girls like them even more.
She scratched her hair and said, "Little Swallow wants to be furry, too."
Liang Meifen quickly looked at the old lady. Zhao Guihua ignored her and said, "Xiaoyanzi, ask your mother to buy it for you. You are so old now, and your mother has never bought anything for you. Ask your mother to buy it for you."
If you ask her, Leung Mei-fun had saved about five or six dollars a month over the years, which would be enough for a family to eat for a week. But she didn't have a penny and never bought anything for her children.
It goes without saying where all the money was spent, which shows how confused people are.
Thinking of this, she glanced at Liang Meifen. Liang Meifen finally vented her anger last night and was no longer sad. Now she turned around and heard such a squeeze and felt sad again. But now no one cared what she thought, and the men in the family quickly finished their meals and went to work.
Zhuang Zhixi and his father both worked at the Qianjin Machinery Factory, so they naturally went together. However, seeing that his father seemed to want to wait for his elder brother, Zhuang Zhixi smiled meaningfully and took the initiative to go first. As soon as he went out, he met Bai Fendou, who was pushing a bike with his tail up in the air, and glared at him and said, "Don't you have a bike at home? Why don't you ride it to work? Can't you get a number? You can't make the decisions in your family, right? Your female comrade is the head of the family, right? You are not a good man. You are not a man at all."
He winked as he said this.
Zhuang Zhixi raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "There is nothing wrong with a woman being the head of the family. It is better than having no woman at home. My family has a car, but my wife still needs to use it. My wife is the most important person in the world. I am a grown man, so what's the harm in taking a walk? Don't say that my wife has to work far away. Even if her work is not far away, I would not want her to leave. Of course, you don't know if you don't have a wife."
Bai Fendou: “!!!”
He got angry: "Hey, you're mad at me, right? You're talking as if you're the only one with a wife."
Zhuang Zhixi: "Yes, I am not the only one who has a wife, but you don't, Brother Fendou."
He smiled innocently and said, "You're right, right? Why don't you get married? Why? Don't you want to?"
Bai Fendou: "... Grass (a kind of plant), I have to go to work, I can't be bothered with you, you little brat."
He pedaled his bike and rushed out quickly, as fast as a gust of wind.
Zhuang Zhixi shouted: "Hey, brother Fendou, why don't you take me with you?"
Bai Fendou: "Get lost! Forget it!"
Zhuang Zhixi: "You are too unfriendly to your neighbors, aren't you?"
Bai Fendou stopped talking and pedaled hard.
Zhuang Zhixi snorted and said, "You're still arguing with me at this level."
Zhuang Zhixi was a little envious of the bicycle, but their factory was indeed not far from the compound. He entered the factory and came to the infirmary, then changed into a white coat.
Although Zhuang Zhixi worked in the factory clinic, he was not a medical student and did not know any medical skills. When he graduated from high school, he saw that the university was cancelled and there was a possibility of going to the countryside. Zhuang Zhixi was also very worried at the time and ran around for his work every day.
You know, if he doesn't have a job, he will definitely go to the countryside.
Maybe it was just luck, Zhuang Zhixi had been looking for a job for nearly a month, and just in time for the Qianjin Machinery Factory to recruit workers. Even though it was Qianjin Machinery Factory recruiting workers, not everyone could sign up.
The first one is to have a local hukou in the capital;
Secondly, they must be high school graduates. Junior high school graduates are not enough, let alone primary school graduates.
The last requirement is that there must be an employee in the family who works at the Qianjin Machinery Factory and has a professional title of level five or above.
Only those who meet these three requirements can register. It is really difficult. With these three requirements, more than 90% of people are not eligible to register. Zhuang Zhixi happened to be lucky and met all the requirements. He avoided the hot spots and did not choose popular positions such as offices or workshops. He chose to be a toll collector in the chief medical office.
Many people don't understand the situation of this position, thinking that they need to know some medical skills, so they don't choose this position. Some people choose this position because the income is low. If they can't work in the office of a large factory like their machinery factory, working in the workshop is better than the infirmary.
Now workers are in charge, and as long as they learn skills quickly, their wages will increase quickly.
For example, it is difficult for a cashier to get promoted in a medical office, so some people don't understand it, and some people don't like it, which is why Zhuang Zhixi got a chance. To be honest, the salary in the medical office will increase very slowly, and it doesn't really rely on medical skills, and it doesn't seem to have a great future.
But it depends on who you are. Those with connections will naturally want good jobs; but for ordinary people like the Zhuang family, having a job without having to go to the countryside is a great thing, so Zhuang Zhixi was extremely happy after being accepted.
Even later, when Zhuang Zhixi saw the people going to the countryside in batches, he felt even more blessed. He knew his own worth, and if he was really asked to do farm work, he would be nothing.
He was even more grateful that he graduated early. If he had graduated a year later, he might not have had this good thing.
Zhuang Zhixi changed his clothes, filled the office with hot water, and swept the floor. The infirmary run by their factory was not big at all, and it was not comparable to a big hospital. It was just to serve the workers, to treat headaches and fevers, and to deal with minor wounds. There were only six people, including the director, doctors, nurses, and him who was in charge of the fee collection.
You have to know that they are a large factory with tens of thousands of employees, which shows how unimportant their medical room is.
"Xiao Zhuang, you came quite early this morning. You are newlyweds, and you are in good spirits." Doctor Wang teased him as soon as he entered the room. Zhuang Zhixi was not shy at all and responded, "Of course, I can wake up laughing even in my dreams."
This made Dr. Wang laugh.
Doctor Wang nodded: "Then you should be happy. Your wife is really good. She is pretty and has a formal job. You are lucky to have her."
Zhuang Zhixi laughed and teased, "I'm secretly happy that she picked me. Look at me, look at my appearance. What a handsome guy. I have the looks and height. I don't smoke or drink and have no bad habits. Oh my god, I have so many advantages."
The man was actually a little excited as he kept praising himself. He said, "This is pretty good."
At this time, several people from the infirmary arrived. After hearing what he said, they couldn't help but laugh and said, "You are really shameless."
Another doctor, Dr. Li, thought of something and asked curiously, "What does your mother-in-law do? Does she work? She looks familiar to me."
Zhuang Zhixi: "My mother-in-law used to be a bus conductor. My wife didn't have a job after graduating from high school, so she gave her job to my daughter and retired early. I guess you think she looks familiar because you met her before when you were working on the bus."
Doctor Li suddenly realized and patted his head, "Yes, yes, yes, that's right. She used to run the bus line in front of my house for many years. I thought she looked familiar. It seems that you, as a mother-in-law, really care about your daughter."
Zhuang Zhixi was deeply touched by this and nodded: "That's not the case."
The Ming family has two children. His wife Mingmei has an older brother. Mingmei's brother is a classmate of his brother Zhuang Zhiyuan. After graduation, he also joined the railway department and is now a train attendant. This is a formal job, but Mingmei's sister-in-law does not have one. She is a temporary worker at the railway station.
Everyone thought that Ming's mother would eventually give the job to her daughter-in-law, but no one expected that she would resolutely give it to her daughter without any hesitation. So the old couple loved their daughter, and Zhuang Zhixi saw it.
"You are a young couple who both work, so your life is easy. By the way, is your family splitting up?" Doctor Li asked. The flame of gossip never dies down. No matter what kind of person they are, they will gossip.
Zhuang Zhixi: "No, it would be so inconvenient if we split up. We will still live together as a family, but my wife and I will pay 10 yuan per month for food, and we can take care of the rest by ourselves."
The two doctors exchanged glances and said, "That's great. This is no different from splitting up the family."
Zhuang Zhixi smiled: "Is it still different?"
The focus of gossip in the infirmary today was Zhuang Zhixi, because he was newly married. Zhuang Zhixi had nothing to hide, and he was chatting with several aunts and sisters. Several people didn't notice that there was a person standing at the door of the infirmary.
This was no one else but Wang Xiangxiu, the young widow living in the courtyard. Wang Xiangxiu had caught a cold and wanted to come over to get some medicine, but she heard them talking just as she reached the door. She naturally recognized Zhuang Zhixi's voice, listened for a while, pursed her lips, and started to think.
Zhuang Zhixi paid 10 yuan a month, so he would have at least 10 yuan left. If his wife also gave him money, he would have more. He could make more than 40 yuan a month. She rolled her eyes, becoming more interested, wondering if she could trick this guy into helping her family.
Her family was having a hard time. Her mother-in-law didn't have a job, and her three sons were all half-grown boys who could eat. As a mother, how could she not think of some solutions? She had come to get medicine, but while she was thinking, she forgot to go in and turned around to walk back.
When he reached the workshop, he remembered that he had forgotten to take the medicine, and he slapped his head.
Fortunately, she saw Bai Fendou on patrol and quickly called out, "Fendou, come here."
Bai Fendou was on patrol. When he heard the noise, he came over without saying a word: "Sister Xiu, you called me? What's wrong? I see you are distracted."
Wang Xiangxiu: "I feel a little uncomfortable. Can you go to the infirmary and get me some cold medicine? I can't be late for work."
Bai Fendou: "Okay. But sister, didn't you just come back from there..."
Wang Xiangxiu smiled and said, "I just heard some gossip and forgot to get my medicine."
Bai Fendou: "...You are really good."
Then he became curious again: "What's the matter?"
Wang Xiangxiu smiled and said angrily, "You just said something about me, and now you're asking me again. I won't tell you."
"Don't worry, sister, just tell me."
Even though Wang Xiangxiu didn't say anything, Bai Fendou became curious. Wang Xiangxiu glanced at him and said, "Okay, I'll tell you. It's the old banker..."
She followed Bai Fendou and put her head close together, mumbling something. Zhao Guihua sneezed several times in succession and said in a whimpering voice, "Which bastard is saying bad things about me behind my back?"
Leung Mei-fun dared not speak.
Zhao Guihua: "Walk faster."
Liang Meifen hurried to catch up. Seeing that they were going further and further away, she couldn't help but whispered, "Mom, you're not going to throw me into the ravine, are you?"
Zhao Guihua: “……???”
She looked at Leung Mei-Fun speechlessly and cursed: "Are you a fool? How much lead must be in your brain to think like this? I threw you into the ravine? You are a three-year-old child, you can't run out by yourself! I shouldn't have brought you out, you are so stupid, worse than a donkey!"
Leung Mei-fun was so humiliated by the scolding that she dared not say a word.
Zhao Guihua: "What a useless thing!"
Priscilla Leung: ...I feel relieved when you curse so harshly!
(End of this chapter)
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