An Hongdou sighed and said, "It's not like I haven't thought about my brothers, but after thinking it over, I still feel that their coming here may not be a good thing."
The eldest brother looks majestic, but in fact, he has a rough temper and can be easily caught by others.
My second brother is fine, but my second sister-in-law is a person with too many little thoughts. People who are scheming a lot are easily schemed by others.
The third brother and his wife are all okay, especially the third sister-in-law. She can take advantage of others and suffer losses. She is also very quick-witted and can get along well with people wherever she goes. She is not afraid of not getting in trouble. However, they just had a child, and the two older daughters are not very old. If they go out to work, they will face the problem of supporting a whole family by themselves, which is not easy.
I won’t talk about my fourth brother. Maybe it’s because he is the youngest son in the family and he doesn’t have to take any responsibilities, so he has developed an indecisive character and is also very kind-hearted. My fourth sister-in-law is about to give birth.
Everyone knows that life in the city is good, but jobs in the city are all done individually. It is easy to arrange a job, but it is hard to say whether you can keep it.
In An Hongdou's opinion, her four brothers were good at doing the hard work, but it was a bit difficult for them to play tricks. It was not that she was unwilling to help them, but she just didn't have the right opportunity or channel yet.
There was another big problem. My four older brothers were illiterate. Even if they managed to come to the city, the only work they could do was manual labor. They had to support a large family, so there would not be much improvement in their financial situation.
For now, it’s better to stay in the village. At least there are familiar people around me and life is simpler.
No matter what era it is, it is difficult for people without some skills to make a living in the outside world.
It's impossible for An Hongdou to keep all of them under her watch and protect them.
Therefore, compared to her brothers, she would rather focus her energy on the next generation of the An family and try her best to cultivate them into talents so that the An family can have a future.
As for her brothers, when the time is right, she will try her best to help them improve their family's life, but how far they can go in the end depends on themselves.
Forcing things to grow too fast will only bring harm.
How much wealth can match how great one's ability is; no matter how much she gives them, they may not be able to keep it.
In fact, if the brothers of the An family had someone useful, An Hongdou would not have chosen to cooperate with Ergouzi.
It has to be said that when it comes to down-to-earth work, Ergouzi may not be as good as them, but when it comes to being proficient in calculations, even if all of them are combined, they may not be better than Ergouzi.
After the final exams, you don’t have to go to school anymore, and summer vacation officially begins.
Ergouzi has been running outside all day these days. No one knows where he has gone. When asked, he said he was just wandering around outside and didn't come back for lunch.
An Hongdou guessed something. He had no intention of going back this time. He should take advantage of these two days to learn more about the situation here and lay the foundation for his stay.
Shen Xiangzhi also acted quickly. Within two days, he found several jobs.
However, as it was the last few days of the holiday, he was too busy, so he told An Hongdou the details and asked her to ask Ergouzi which job he wanted to do, and then continue with the subsequent arrangements.
There are porters in garment factories, and there are porters in cardboard factories. These two jobs are physical work, but there is nothing you can do because you can't recognize many words and the only things you can do are physical work.
Another job is to be a waiter in a state-owned restaurant. This is better. At least working in a restaurant, you don’t have to worry about food.
The last one is... a truck driver apprentice, who needs to follow the truck and also help with loading and unloading, which sounds quite hard.
An Hongdou mentioned these jobs and asked Ergouzi to consider them himself.
Ergouzi's eyes moved rapidly, and he could tell which one was the most relaxed without even thinking.
However, after thinking it over, he suppressed the urge in his heart and raised his head to ask An Hongdou, "Hongdou, can you help me choose one? Which job do you think is suitable for me?"
What he would like is definitely to be a waiter in a state-owned restaurant. The work is easy and the salary is decent. Besides, state-owned restaurants sound high-end. A peasant like him usually doesn't dare to step foot in the door. But now he gets to work in such a place. How glorious it would be to tell others about it.
As for the other jobs, they were all porters, which sounded very tiring. The last one, a truck driver apprentice, was not bad, but it also involved loading and unloading goods, which was not good.
"If it were me, I would choose truck driver apprenticeship." An Hongdou knew the direction of the future, so she naturally knew which job was more popular. "You can follow the driver master for a few months, and you can become a regular driver when you are proficient. You can also drive yourself. Besides, the job of driving a truck is more lucrative because you can help people carry things back and forth."
There was a hint of temptation in An Hongdou's words, but at the same time, she was also guiding Ergouzi to choose a career that would be most beneficial to him.
After the reform and opening up, within a few years, the development of private enterprises would lead to the bankruptcy of state-owned enterprises and the layoffs of large numbers of workers.
But it’s different for drivers. They travel between various cities. With Ergouzi’s scheming ability, if he could take advantage of the early period of reform and opening up, it would be enough for him to make a fortune.
Er Gouzi was still a little hesitant.
The job of a driver apprentice is good, but you have to leave home often and run around outside, and it is also tiring.
But after thinking it over, he still felt that An Hongdou would never harm him.
After all, they are in a cooperative relationship.
That’s right!
Er Gouzi slapped his thigh.
Why didn't he think of it?
Looking up, Er Gouzi looked at An Hongdou in admiration, "Sister, you are really smart. Just because we can't get those things in Jiangcheng doesn't mean we can't get them in other places. Besides, as a driver, you can travel to many places, so you don't have to worry about collecting everything in one place."
An Hongdou was startled by his sudden surprise.
She really didn't expect that Ergouzi would think of this and was still thinking about collecting jade and antiques for her, and thought about the deeper meaning of this job in that way.
An Hongdou couldn't say that she knew what happened after the reform and opening up, so she suggested him to choose this.
Therefore, I could only accept his guess.
The job of truck driver apprentice was obtained through the relationship of next-door neighbor Zhu Xinyi.
But the help was not in vain. Ever since they knew that Shen Xiangzhi was a teacher at Jiangda University, the children of the Zhu family had come to their house frequently to ask questions. Shen Xiangzhi taught them one by one and never complained about being annoying.
On the night when he received the admission letter, Zhu Xinyi specially brought a bottle of wine and insisted on having a drink with Shen Xiangzhi. The reason was that two of their three children had improved their grades a lot, and the school even gave them an umbrella as a prize, which made him very happy.
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