Zhang Hai sat on the edge of the kang at the head of Liang Wan's house. After Wan Feng asked about his New Year's greetings, he said dissatisfiedly, "Why didn't you come over to help me last night? I was busy with my family, the brick and tile factory, and the factory team headquarters. I was too busy to handle it all."
After Zhang Hai said this, Wan Feng remembered this and laughed.
"I'm so busy with my own purple distribution that I don't have time to care about you. Besides, why didn't you distribute the purple distribution to the government earlier? Why didn't you distribute it to the brick and tile factory and the factory team headquarters at 10 o'clock and be done with it? You stubborn guy!"
Zhang Hai touched his head and said, "Yes, I will definitely come earlier next year to avoid this hassle. My own home came almost past midnight."
"Can't you find a few people to help you get purple? Just give them some money and it'll be done!"
"I've been looking for it. If I hadn't had help, I wouldn't have finished it by twelve."
With so many people in the Liang Wan family, Wan Feng didn't plan to stay here for too long. New Year's greetings were just a routine of saying hello and leaving.
Wan Feng chatted for a while and then came out, planning to go home and take a nap. He had slept too little last night and his eyelids were still dry.
When he walked out of Liang Wan's east room to the outside, the door of Liang Wan's west room opened, and Liang Wan's second daughter Liang Hong poked her head out and waved to Wan Feng: "Brother-in-law!"
The harvest in Wahou was good this year, and these children all wore new clothes and were very conceited.
Wan Feng walked into the west room with a smile: "What do you want to call brother-in-law?"
Liang Hua was sitting on the kang, covered with a quilt, rolling her eyes at Wan Feng. Her little sister was lying on the kang, staring at the ceiling in a daze. When she saw Wan Feng coming, she jumped up from the kang and also called him "brother-in-law".
Liang Hua did not stop his two sisters from screaming today.
"Er Luzi said that they wished you a happy new year and you gave them red envelopes." Liang Hong has celebrated the eleventh day of the lunar year and now knows to ask for red envelopes. Isn't this what Liang Hong taught her?
Wan Feng glanced at Liang Hua.
Liang Hua was looking at her sideways.
"Liang Hua, it seems like your face has become rounder over the years, like a big pancake now. Have you eaten all the good things in your family?"
Liang Hua glared at Wan Feng.
Liang Hong was fed up: "Brother-in-law, you haven't answered my question yet. Do you really have to give red envelopes to Erluzi and the others?"
"Of course, my brother-in-law is rich, and if you ask me about the New Year, I will give you a red envelope."
"Happy New Year, brother-in-law!" Liang Hong shouted without hesitation.
Liang Xia also shouted "Happy New Year" to her brother-in-law.
Wan Feng took out two red envelopes from his pocket and gave one to each of them with a smile.
"Take it, don't let anyone else snatch it away!"
Liang Hong took the red envelope, unsealed it, took a look inside, and then pressed the red envelope against her chest with both hands. Her little face immediately turned red with excitement.
Liang Xia didn't know what was inside and kept looking at the outer cover of the red envelope.
"Little sister, let me see what you have in there?"
The innocent Liang Xia also opened the seal and poured it down, and two red pictures of female tractor drivers fell out of the red envelope.
"Wow, this is...how much money is this?" Liang Xia is nine years old. She has only seen one-cent and two-cent coins, and has never even seen fifty-cent coins. Naturally, she doesn't recognize what a one-yuan note looks like.
During the Chinese New Year, her father gave her a dime as a gift.
Liang Hua's eyes widened when she saw the two dollars. It only cost her four cents to embroider a flower, and these two dollars were enough for her to embroider fifty patterns.
"If you call me brother-in-law for the New Year... Pah. What's the point of calling me brother-in-law? If you say happy New Year to my dear, I will give you a red envelope, and I guarantee it will be more than your sister's."
Liang Hua's face twisted.
"Forget it, the great man does not bear grudges against the small man, and the prime minister has a good heart. Even if you don't ask me about my New Year, I will send one to you."
Wan Feng took out another red envelope and threw it to Liang Hua.
"Sisters-in-law, my brother-in-law is gone!"
Wan Feng turned around and was about to leave when Liang Hua suddenly spoke up: "Wan Feng, I have something to ask you."
This woman always acted like a big shot to him, so why did she want to ask him something today? Was she regretting having sex with him?
If you didn't mind that I was ugly, maybe I would have agreed to you then. But now it seems impossible, even though you look okay.
"Ask me anything. Just ask me if I can help you."
"I'm not going to study next semester."
"Your family doesn't allow you to study anymore?"
"No, I just don't miss it anymore."
Wan Feng thought for a moment and said, "Tell me the reason."
"I now understand my own situation. Even if I continue my studies, it's just like that. I won't be able to get into anything. Since I can't get into anything, I might as well leave. First, I won't waste money, and second, I can leave early and work to earn some money."
What Liang Hua said made sense. Her talent was indeed average, and there wasn't much hope for her even if she continued to study. In her previous life, she only graduated from elementary school, and it seemed that if she hadn't continued to study, she would have graduated a semester earlier than she did now.
Earn money at home for two years, then find someone to marry and live an ordinary life. That's how life goes.
"What do you want to do?"
"I don't know what to do either. I'm still too young to work in a brick and tile factory. If you have the ability, please give me some advice."
"What's the use of this? Go learn how to make clothes from Luan Feng."
Liang Hua seemed a little hesitant.
"If you don't have that five dollars for tuition, I'll pay it for you."
Tuition fees must not be waived, and no one in a team can make this exception. In the future, clothing tailoring classes will be a huge source of income, and making hundreds of thousands of dollars is not a big deal.
"It's not about the money. I'm afraid I can't learn it. I'm pretty clumsy at embroidering."
Others can embroider seven or eight patterns in one night, but she can only embroider four or five.
"It's okay. They probably won't be able to work until after the 15th this year. You can just go and learn by then. Anyone can learn it. It's not a big deal. It's just a matter of how fast you can work after you learn it. You can easily earn three or four hundred yuan a year from her."
Liang Hua was shocked: "Can you earn that much?"
"This is because you are slow. If you were quick, you could get more. It's settled. After the 15th, you will become an apprentice. Wait for me and Luan Feng to talk."
Liang Wan's family is large. Not only does he have four children, but he also has two sisters-in-law who live with him. Since Liang Hua is not good at studying, working here is a good choice for him.
As he walked out of Liang Wan's house, a cold wind blew over him, making his head feel stiff and he quickly shrank his neck.
Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year in 1981. The year 1980 has completely passed, and I am now fourteen years old. I have exceeded the goals I set for myself last year. So how many goals should I set today?
One hundred thousand? Two hundred thousand? Three hundred thousand?
Wan Feng was thinking as he walked, and he still hadn't made up his mind when he returned to his grandma's house.
He lay down on the kang, pulled the pillow over and covered himself with the quilt, and made up his mind before going to sleep: let's compromise and settle for 200,000.
This goal should not be difficult to achieve.
I'm going out to visit a few people tomorrow. I must visit the ones I'm supposed to visit.
As I was thinking, my eyelids closed and I slowly fell asleep.
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