Chapter 204 New Year's Day
Zhao Yi was not surprised at the sudden appearance of his parents. Now Zhao Yi's family and Zhao Gang and the others lived in the area, and the two old people naturally would not stay in the village during the New Year.
Zhao Xuanxuan and Zhao Peng were happy for a while, then they put away their new clothes and toys, sat next to Zhao Dahai and asked their grandfather to tell them a story.
Zhang Jing was chatting with Li Daju about family matters.
"Life is better in the village now. Not only does every family have pork to eat at the end of the year, but there is also plenty of oil and water to eat all year round."
Li Daju said happily.
Since the chicken farm was built, the village has had an extra source of income. The people who had money did not spend it indiscriminately, but went to Zhao Laoer's house to learn how to raise pigs. Now every household in the village raises two big fat pigs and a task pig, and no one raises old hens anymore.
During the Chinese New Year, you can have a pig, 90 kilograms of feed, a pair of rubber shoes, and a new porcelain basin.
After handing in the task, the pig had 30 kilograms of fat meat, and there was also a big fat pig raised at home. Half of it was sold to the slaughterhouse, and the remaining half was taken home. The fat part was used to make oil, and the rest could be smoked and eaten for half a year.
The offal from the three pigs are all given to the farmers. After all, pig offal is not easy to sell now, so it can be considered a benefit for the farmers.
The income from half a big fat pig is nearly one hundred yuan, and with the dividends, the income can be more than one hundred yuan a year.
Especially the young people in the village, once they get married, they separate from the family and live their own lives, and they can also raise pigs at home.
"Zhao Yan, you know that, right?"
Li Daju suddenly changed the subject.
"How could I not know my apprentice?"
Zhang Jing said with a smile.
"She got a sewing machine in the commune to make clothes for people. There are still many people in Wangou Village who go to make clothes. It costs only 60 cents to make a set of clothes. If she had gone back a few days earlier, I would have made Xuan Yatou's skirt for her.
I've seen her skills, and they're much better than Wang Fang's. ”
Li Daju said with emotion.
"She came from a formal garment factory, while my cousin's wife was a latecomer, so her skills are certainly not as good as hers."
Zhang Jing smiled.
"Life is better now. I don't have to make clothes myself anymore. My family has money to hire someone to make clothes for me."
Li Daju sighed, of course not feeling any emotion towards her own family.
She no longer has to make clothes for herself, as her two daughters-in-law make them for her.
"Of course life will get better and better, Mom and Dad, just wait and enjoy your life."
"You are enjoying life. Your father can earn 30 yuan a month in the coal mine, and I can earn more than 100 yuan a year. You don't need us to worry about you. We have no place to spend the money."
Li Daju said happily.
The two old people easily saved four hundred yuan a year.
They refused all the money Zhao Yi gave them, saying they had no place to spend it and that their family had enough food. However, they accepted the occasional nutritional supplements he gave them.
After eating the New Year's Eve dinner, the two little ones surrounded their grandfather Zhao Dahai and wanted to listen to stories. Zhao Dahai gave each of them ten yuan as a New Year's money to send them away.
The two little guys were so happy to get ten dollars.
I went back to my room to think about how to spend money in the square tomorrow.
As soon as I fell asleep, the ten dollars in my pocket disappeared.
After spending the New Year with Zhao Yi, the two old people rushed to Zhao Gang's home.
Zhao Yigang sent the two of them to the entrance of the department store.
Xu Chao rushed over carrying bags.
"Master, Happy New Year."
Xu Chao shouted happily when he saw Zhao Yi.
"You too, Happy New Year."
Seeing Xu Chao, Zhao Yi hurriedly took out the red envelope he had prepared.
There are quite a few little ones who came today, two from Peng Yiju's family, two from Li Fang's family, and Fang Yan and Zheng Tao who came to pay New Year's greetings. They are all younger generations and brought their children with them, so they all have to prepare red envelopes.
The two little guys who had just woken up found something wrong when they reached into their pockets. They rubbed their eyes hard and looked at their hands carefully.
"Mother."
The two little ones shouted at the same time.
"What's wrong?"
Zhang Jing was busy preparing breakfast at this time.
"The ten dollars my grandfather gave me has become one dollar."
The two said in unison.
"I told you to keep an eye on the money but you didn't listen. Now look what happened. Nine out of the ten dollars in your pocket are gone. Will you dare to be so careless in the future?"
Zhang Jing held back her laughter and pretended to be angry.
"oh."
The two little guys lowered their heads and thought about it and didn't dare to say anything else. They thought they didn't get beaten for losing the money because it was the protected period during the New Year. If they lost the money at other times, they would get beaten.
"Dabao, Xuanxuan, Happy New Year."
When Xu Chao walked in with gifts, he saw the two dejected little guys.
"Happy New Year, big brother."
The two of them responded quickly.
"What's wrong? Why do you look like that on New Year's Day?"
Xu Chao noticed that the two were a little unhappy, and thought that his master and his mistress were not the kind of people who often beat children, so they wouldn't be beaten on New Year's Day.
"Our money ran away, and only one dollar was left out of ten."
The two of them quickly took out a dollar from their pockets and said.
"Are your bills in ten-dollar denominations?"
Xu Chao asked doubtfully.
If so, it is possible to lose it.
"No, it was a ten-dollar note. We looked at it before we went to bed last night, and it turned into a dollar when we woke up today."
Zhao Xuanxuan said aggrievedly.
Hearing this, Xu Chao didn't dare to respond. A ten-yuan note turned into a one-yuan note. It was obvious that the master's wife had changed it because she was afraid that they would waste money.
"Then you better watch your money when you sleep next time."
After saying that, he put the gift down and ran away. He still had to go to his girlfriend's house to give the gift, and he couldn't stay in this place full of trouble.
"Why are you leaving without having breakfast?"
Zhao Yi, who had just returned, met Xu Chao who was rushing out.
"Master, I won't lie. Today I've already gone against my conscience. Ten dollars turned into one dollar. I don't know how to explain it."
After saying that, Xu Chao left in a hurry.
Hearing this, Zhao Yi smiled, knowing that Xu Chao was afraid that he would not be able to help but say it out loud and be blamed by him.
Zhao Yi glanced at Zhang Jing. In the past, he could coax the two little ones by saying that he was saving the money for them, but now this trick didn't work. He could only go and exchange the money at night.
Shaking his head, Zhao Yi was not worried about his two little ones spending money indiscriminately. They asked Master Zhou who came to help them at the beginning to make two small wooden boxes as piggy banks, and there were still seven or eight yuan in savings in them.
These are all the dimes I saved up from my daily life. If I were a spendthrift, I would have spent them all long ago.
However, Zhao Yi couldn't say anything about Zhang Jing's worries. Ten yuan is a huge sum of money for people nowadays. It is enough for many families to spend for a month. Even a frugal family can't spend ten yuan a month.
The two little guys immediately took out their piggy banks and exchanged them for one dollar at a time with Zhang Jing, for fear that they would get less sleep at night.
"I'll give you one more dollar, but don't spend it recklessly, okay?"
Zhang Jing was very happy to see that the two little ones knew how to save money.
It’s just that the ten dollars that was taken away cannot be taken out now.
The two little guys were so happy to get an extra dollar that they quickly took the wooden box containing the money into the house and hid it again.
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