The person Zhou Cheng was talking about was his biological father Zhou Yuansheng. From the moment the family split up, Zhou Yuansheng was no longer his father.
"I'm currently an apprentice at a coal mine. My master said that in three to five years, I'll be offered a permanent position and a house like everyone else!"
"Three to five years?" Li Jinfeng was stunned.
The work in the coal factory is dirty and tiring, and it is basically done by young and strong men.
As far as Li Jinfeng knows, for miners who do heavy work in coal plants and mining areas, it doesn't take that long to become a regular employee. It's not a technical job, it's purely physical work, and it will take at most two years to become a regular employee.
Zhou Cheng’s master told him that it would take five years to become a regular employee. Is he sure he is not bullying him?
"That's what my master told me." Zhou Chengdao.
"How much is your monthly salary?" Li Jinfeng asked.
"Seven dollars and eighty-five cents!"
Zhou Cheng didn't dare hide it from Li Jinfeng.
I answered whatever she asked.
Seven dollars and eighty-five cents. The cheapest apprentice in recent years makes twelve and a half dollars. In coal factories, the minimum is fifteen dollars.
Li Jinfeng frowned.
"Xiaoyu and I rented a place separately. The rent is only two dollars a month. The rest of the money, after we eat, there is still some money left. I save it for Xiaoyu's tuition in the future."
Oil is supplied every month, half a pound per person, and meat tickets are also half a pound per person.
But salt and other things are not available, and the quantity of vegetables available is also limited.
As for the food supply, it was one-quarter fine grain and three-quarters coarse grain. Zhou Cheng and Zhou Yu could only receive more than 20 kilograms of food a month. Zhou Yu was studying, so he could get three more kilograms. However, it was far from enough for two growing children.
So Zhou Cheng and Zhou Yu lived a rather difficult life.
Li Jinfeng sighed in her heart. She knew that she couldn't show it too obviously and hurt Zhou Cheng's self-esteem.
He is already better off than many adults. At least he can support himself and his sister without relying on anyone else.
"Let's go eat dumplings. We just made some today. When you go back later, bring some for Zhou Yu. We'll celebrate the New Year here this year." Li Jinfeng said.
Afraid Zhou Cheng would refuse, Li Jinfeng explained, "Tuantuan's father and I returned near the end of summer. As for Xiaobao, he hasn't been back for a month yet. He hasn't been here for a few years, so we just want to have a family reunion dinner to ease the longing we've felt for him all these years."
The word "reunion dinner" almost made Zhou Cheng cry.
After his mother died, no meal could be called a reunion dinner, even if his father was found.
But with Li Jinfeng, he felt a warmth that he had never felt anywhere else.
Zhou Cheng had been in the snow and ice for too long and just wanted to find a place to warm his heart so that he would have more strength to start again.
When Li Jinfeng returned to the living room, Yuanyuan had already told the adults in the family about what had happened to her and her brother Tuantuan.
Including Mr. Lu and Li Desan, everyone was grateful to Zhou Cheng for appearing out of nowhere.
If he hadn't shown up, the two kids would have definitely been beaten.
So when serving dumplings to Zhou Cheng, Sister E deliberately gave him much more than anyone else, just to thank Zhou Cheng.
"Uncle, why do you have so much more than me?" While eating dumplings, her round eyes stared straight at Zhou Cheng's bowl.
Zhou Cheng knew that she was Li Jinfeng's second son. At that time, he was just a little kid, but now he has grown up like this.
Zhou Cheng smiled and asked, "How about...we switch?"
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