Chapter 203 Year
After chatting with Master Liu for a while, Zhang Jing and Zhao Yi took their two little ones back home.
"Boss, do you think the business in the commune can be as good as Park Hutong?"
Zhang Jing and Zhao Yan have been together for half a year, and naturally they have developed a master-disciple relationship. Zhao Yan is also very diligent here and helps Zhang Jing with work in the restaurant every day.
“No.”
Zhao Yan shook her head and smiled.
"Since we can't compete, why not let Zhao Yan continue to be an apprentice in the factory? At least she can get a ten-yuan allowance a month."
Zhang Jing looked at Zhao Yi curiously.
"Are there a few sewing machines here in Park Hutong to mend people's clothes?"
Zhao Yi looked at Zhang Jing and asked.
"Three or four."
Zhang Jing thought for a while and said.
"If you hadn't given your share to your cousin's wife, do you think her income would be more than twenty yuan?"
Zhao Yi asked again.
"cannot."
Zhang Jing shook her head.
"There are so many brigades in the commune, and there is no precedent for using sewing machines to mend clothes in the county. As long as Zhao Yan can find a way, many people will ask her to make clothes for them in the future. Everyone knows that hand-sewn clothes are not as good as those made by sewing machines. In addition, many brigades are now doing side jobs.
It's like she has a unique business. Without any competitive pressure, it should be no problem for her to earn 20 yuan a month plus the income from comic books. ”
Zhao Yi smiled.
"I know the people in the village. They are very frugal. How could they spend money to make clothes? As the head of the family, aren't you thinking too simply?"
Zhang Jing was still a little worried.
"The clothes I sew myself have to be mended within a month, and the sewing machine may not be used for most of half a year. You think the villagers can't adapt to this change? In the past, there was no place to make it, and it was too expensive to buy it, so they had to make it themselves.
Some people may be reluctant to take money, but they will be willing to do it if it only costs twelve eggs. ”
Zhao Yi analyzed with a smile.
Some elderly people may be reluctant to spend money, but they will be willing to exchange it for eggs.
In fact, they are all the same. The supply and marketing cooperative buys eggs for five cents each, and twelve are also sixty cents.
As the couple was talking, they had already prepared Grandpa Xu's meal. The two little ones carried the meal to Grandpa Xu's house. After the holiday, Zhao Yi also moved the TV out.
Now there are many little ones in the old man’s house listening to stories.
At that time in Linkou Commune, Zhao Yan was so busy that she didn't even have time to eat. There were few orders for cotton-padded jackets, but there were too many orders for shirts. They were all young people around 18 or 19 years old who were waiting to have this shirt so that they could make a good impression on blind dates. It was also the shirt they wanted to wear the most.
Especially the young man who got the shirt first, he put it on right after getting it and walked back home proudly.
"Aren't you cold, young man?"
Everyone I met on the road couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.
“It’s not cold at all.”
The young man gritted his teeth and insisted.
"What a silly guy, sleeping on a cold kang, all thanks to his good health."
Everyone couldn't help but complain.
It is not really cold to read picture books in the house, because there is a stove and a kang in the house. You can read by the stove or on the kang.
It is more cost-effective for them to watch it for one cent a day.
early morning.
February 15, 1980.
Liu Wentao and his family rushed to the temporary kitchen. His two youngest children were already five years old.
There were four other teenagers, plus Hong Mei, who were all his targets today.
"Zhang Jing."
Hong Mei saw Zhang Jing and greeted her with a smile.
"Hong Mei, you come and help too."
Zhang Jing walked forward and said with a smile.
Today we received New Year's Eve dinner orders from more than 40 families, and they have to be taken away at noon. Each family will have a bowl of braised pork and a fish, but there are not enough.
Those who place orders are all young people who have just gotten married. They don’t want to cook and just think that a good meal is enough.
The wages were one dollar more than usual, so Liu Wentao thought of bringing his children over to help, and treating the wages as New Year's money for them.
Zhang Jing led everyone to the yard to move the fish out, while Liu Wentao was responsible for processing the meat. The meat was sent from Wangou Village after the pigs were slaughtered. The price was the same as the market price, but the pigs were fatter than those in the market.
Pork now costs 89 cents per pound.
Zhang Jing and Hong Mei were taking a group of kids to process the fish, while the two kids from Zhao Yi's family had already run to the square to follow the kids from the neighborhood to set off firecrackers.
It's not even noon yet and the aroma is already in the air. Those who have ordered New Year's Eve dinner have been waiting here for a long time. They run over with their own boxes and pack up the food as soon as it comes out of the pot to take home.
There wasn't a single extra fish left, but there was still some braised pork left.
"Hongmei, just take these back with you."
Zhang Jing said with a smile.
"How can that be so embarrassing."
Hong Mei quickly declined, but the group of little kids at home were drooling at the sight of the braised pork in the pot.
"This is the rule for helping in the kitchen. How can we break it?"
Zhang Jing smiled.
As she spoke, Zhang Jing handed six dollars to Hong Mei.
At this time, Zhao Yi had almost finished his work and was just waiting for Zhang Jing and Xiaobudian to come back and start cooking.
Liu Wentao didn't know what to say when he saw that there was about one pound of braised pork left in the pot.
The family happily returned home with the braised pork and began to prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner.
Each little one got fifty cents as a lucky money and happily followed the two of them to work.
"What do you think after working so hard all day today?"
Hong Mei looked at Liu Wentao and teased.
I had just received my six-dollar salary and I used it all up to give out New Year’s money.
"Even if I didn't do this job, I would have to spend this money today."
Liu Wentao said with a smile.
Zhao Yi's home.
The two little guys ran in and hid in their own rooms. Zhang Jing walked in slowly holding a rattan stick.
Zhao Yi had just poured the vegetables into the pot when he heard his mother's voice at the door.
"Dabao's grandparents are here."
Zhang Jing shouted into the house.
"Don't lie to me. I won't open the door."
The two men refused to open the door for fear of being beaten.
"Grandma's Xuan girl, it's grandma."
Li Daju knocked on the door with a smile. When Zhao Xuanxuan heard the voice, she immediately opened the door and threw herself into Li Daju's arms.
"My little girl has grown taller again. Look what grandma brought you. It's your favorite beautiful dress."
Li Daju took out the skirt that was in the backpack.
Knowing that Zhao Xuanxuan liked this kind of floral long skirt the most, Li Daju asked Wang Fang to help make it.
"Grandma and I."
Zhao Peng said as he watched from the side.
"Grandma's Dabao, how could I forget? This is your toy. I asked a carpenter to make it for me."
Li Daju took out a wooden gun. Zhao Peng danced with joy when he saw it. The painted wooden gun looked a bit real. There was also a wooden knife.
Zhao Yi rolled his eyes when he saw this scene. If he had dared to make such a request when he was a child, the bamboo would have been beaten into a broom handle.
"I told you to have it, I told you to have it, but you don't work hard, you don't study hard, and you just want to play all day."
He talked and beat at the same time without showing any mercy.
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