Chapter 119 Planning
"Zhang Jing, how come you look so good after the confinement? My daughter-in-law looks very bad and sickly."
A woman walked up to Zhang Jing's workstation and said.
"I don't know. Anyway, I never stopped having eggs during my confinement. I also drank chicken soup every now and then, and occasionally fish soup."
Zhang Jing looked at the woman and said.
The working-class families in the city can have a constant supply of eggs, but the same cannot be said for chicken soup. Chickens are not sold every day in the vegetable market, and you may not be able to buy one even if you queue up in the early morning.
But they are all roosters. The chicks are raised in the nearby villages. Even roosters have to be raised to be sold at a good price, and half-grown chicks are also heavy.
Raising pigs and chickens is also allowed in the city, as long as you have a place to raise them and it doesn't affect other people.
For example, there is a piece of open space behind Zhao Yi’s current house, which is full of vegetables grown by nearby neighbors. Every family has a small piece of land for themselves.
“Where can I buy so many chickens?”
The woman asked.
This time the daughter-in-law is about to give birth again, and the woman wants to take better care of her and give her the job after retirement.
“The pheasants sent from my hometown are all air-dried. Although there is not much meat, the soup is very delicious.
If you want, I can give you some. I still have seven or eight left. ”
Zhang Jing said with a smile.
"That's great, let's go together after get off work."
The woman said with a smile.
Although Zhang Jing didn't go to dinner when she gave birth, she did go to give gifts. All the employees in a workshop of the garment factory went to give gifts, but they just didn't get to have a meal. Now everyone who goes to give gifts knows that if the relationship is not very good, no seat will be reserved for you.
Their family had something to ask Zhang Jing to do, and Zhang Jing also went to give a gift.
Although the gift was not included in the meal on the day, a red egg was included. Zhao Yi cooked all the eggs that Zhang Jing did not finish eating during her confinement, and Li Fang and others helped to dye them.
Her father-in-law's family, her mother, Li Dequan, and her uncle's family all sent a lot of eggs, and Zhang Jing couldn't finish them all during her confinement.
The little guy was one month old, but the gift money was more than 200 yuan. Zhao Yi was so tired that day that he fell asleep early. Zhang Jing carefully looked through the favor book to check the accounts.
"good."
Zhang Jing nodded.
Then he lowered his head and busy himself with the work in his hands.
evening.
The garment factory is off work.
Hong Mei went to Master Liu's house feeling a little embarrassed and told him about the temporary job.
"Master Liu, I'll sell this temporary job and give you another 60 yuan."
"Well, that's it."
Master Liu nodded. He originally wanted to help Li Fang, but he couldn’t help in this situation.
Although he is retiring and it doesn't matter who he works for, who doesn't want to save more money for retirement? If it were Zhang Jing, Master Liu might have given his job to Zhang Jing for the price of a temporary worker.
Zhang Jing led her colleagues to the nursery, carried the little one on her back and then went home.
When I arrived at my house, the construction team was just starting to get off work.
Zhao Yi discussed it with the director of the subdistrict office and obtained a construction permit, and built a wall around his home.
"Brother Yi, why are you building a wall?"
When Zhang Jing walked into the house, Zhao Yi had already prepared dinner.
"It's more convenient this way. You don't have to wash your clothes and hang them out only to have them lost in the blink of an eye."
Zhao Yi smiled.
"It's true. It's really good for you to live here. It's not like a slum. My family is like that. I just hung out my clothes to dry and was ready to collect them, but a relative from somewhere took them away. I couldn't even complain to them."
The woman nodded quickly.
"Boss, this is Sister Wang, a worker from our workshop. Come over and share some dried chicken so that I can make soup for my daughter-in-law."
Zhang Jing quickly introduced.
"Hello, Comrade Wang."
"Hello, Comrade Zhao."
The two nodded to each other as if they knew each other.
Nowadays, when strangers meet, they call each other comrade or master, and call each other handsome guys and beautiful girls. The red armbands are too busy to handle it, and anyone who whistles at a female comrade will be severely punished by the red armbands.
"How many do you want?"
Zhao Yi looked at Comrade Wang and asked.
"Half, and the remaining half will be used to replenish Comrade Zhang's body."
"I'll keep two to satisfy my cravings occasionally, and you can take all six."
Zhang Jing waved her hand and said.
"That's great, thank you so much Comrade Zhang."
A dried pheasant cost 1.5 yuan. Comrade Wang paid 9 yuan, picked it up and went home with a smile on his face.
"Why did you think of bringing your coworkers back?"
Zhao Yi was a little confused.
"She felt sorry for her daughter-in-law who was not getting enough nutrition during the confinement period, so she came to me for advice. I had eaten enough of the food at home anyway, so why not share some of it with others?"
Zhang Jing smiled.
Zhang Jing knew that Zhao Yi bought the dried pheasants for 50 cents each. If Zhao Laowu and his men had delivered them, she would have given him an extra 10 cents per chicken as a commission.
I can earn some money by sharing it out. Now the little guy has enough nutrition, and my own food is not bad. The little guy still has so much milk powder left to drink.
"My eldest brother came over today and said that my sister-in-law also gave birth to a big fat boy, and asked us to go over to celebrate the full moon."
Zhao Yi looked at Zhang Jing and said.
Zhang Jun did not attend the little one's full moon party. He and his wife lived in the city alone and had no relatives. He was worried that no one would take care of his wife as she was pregnant, and he was also afraid that she would go into labor on the way over.
Just ask Zhang Fusheng to bring the gift over.
I also gave the little one a red envelope with five dollars in it and a set of cotton baby clothes.
"That's quite a coincidence."
Zhang Jing lowered her head and calculated the days, then checked it in her mind and said.
"Fortunately, we made it in time."
Li Fang went out in the morning. After we finish eating, we can help to send the bride off, and then we can catch the bus back.
Zhao Yi smiled.
The full moon banquet and Li Fang's wedding banquet were held on the same day. Both sides had a good relationship. Of course, Zhao Yi and his wife didn't want to miss it, so they had to be there in person.
After the couple finished their meal, Zhao Yi held the little one in his arms and checked his diaper. After finding that he had not peed, he held him and walked around the door to check the wall built by the construction team today.
The construction team came not only to help build the wall around Zhao Yi's house, but also to help separate the rooms.
The three rooms have a total area of 70 square meters. One room of more than 20 square meters is too big and looks empty. Except for the living room, the other two rooms have to be separated by partition walls so that the two bedrooms can become four rooms.
He also needs to help build a utility room in the yard. Zhao Yi wants to turn it into a bathroom later, but now he can just use it as a utility room.
As for the original kitchen, it was demolished directly.
He also followed Zhao Yi and wandered around the yard where the wall had not yet been built.
"Brother Yi, I feel much better now that the wall is built."
Zhang Jing smiled.
"It looks like an independent courtyard of a cadre's home."
Zhao Yi joked.
“I haven’t been to that cadre’s home.”
Zhang Jing rolled her eyes at Zhao Yi and said.
"I left the staircase here on purpose so that we can build a second floor if conditions permit."
Zhao Yi began to tell Zhang Jing about his plan.
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