Sun Xiu nodded and said, "We need to buy some big items. And you, Xiaoxu, you have to give me the industrial coupons you have."
Li Xu responded vaguely, and then began to think about it.
He soon thought of what big item Sun Xiu was going to buy, and a smile appeared on his face.
But Li Ping didn't know and kept asking, "Mom, what big item are you planning to buy?"
Sun Xiu smiled mysteriously, "You'll know when the time comes."
Seeing that he refused to say anything, Li Ping didn't ask any more questions and just stood up and walked out.
He returned a short while later and handed Sun Xiu a few industrial coupons. He then said, "Please check if they are enough. If not, tomorrow is the day to collect the coupons. I will give you that one then."
Sun Xiu counted the industrial coupons, and after thinking about it in his mind, his face instantly filled with a smile, "That's enough. Besides, you haven't been regularized yet. If there really is a shortage, your half share won't be of much use."
Li Ping couldn't help but mutter, "Won't I be able to become a regular employee in two days?"
“Cough, cough…”
Li Xu suddenly coughed and all the food in his mouth sprayed out.
Seeing him like this, Li Ju quickly walked behind him and patted his back.
After coughing many times and tears coming down, Li Xu finally coughed out the rice grains in his trachea.
While he was drinking water, Sun Xiu said with a hint of distress, "You kid, no one is competing with you for it, why are you in such a hurry?"
Putting down the water cup, Li Xu felt much better. He wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said, "Little sister, I'm fine. Stop."
Li Ju stopped what she was doing and said, "Second brother, eat slowly, don't rush."
"Okay." Li Xu responded, then turned to look at Li Chen, "Old Three, sweep up the rice on the ground and put it in the chicken coop."
If he hadn't reacted quickly just now, the table would probably be in ruins now.
Although it is a bit of a waste to spray it on the ground, it can be fed to the two hens at home.
Anyway, for chickens, raw or cooked rice is fine.
After hearing the instructions, Li Chen ran out immediately.
After he got back the tools and cleaned up the rice on the ground, Li Xu asked, "Brother, will you be a regular employee in a few days?"
"Well, the director told me yesterday that in two days I will have completed two months of work, and then I will be promoted directly to a regular employee."
Although Li Xu knew that he would be promoted to a regular employee soon, he didn't expect it would take only two months...
"Are you the only one like this, or are all of you like this?"
"It seems that only those of us who went in early are like this."
As soon as these words were spoken, Li Xu understood instantly. Aside from Li Ping, the others who went in early were most likely family members of leaders, otherwise they wouldn't have found the way in so quickly. So he smiled and said, "Your director is really cunning. He doesn't let go of any favors."
The sub-district office is short of so many regular workers, and it won't take long to make Li Ping and others regular employees. Now the director of the sub-district office wants these people to be regular employees after two months, but not the others. It is obvious that he wants to do a favor for the leaders behind these people.
"I thought it was true, as the director said, that the subdistrict office was so short of staff that they were making us regular employees early. So that's how it is." Li Ping then asked hesitantly, "If I'm regularized in a couple of days, will it cause trouble for Uncle Liu's family?"
"No, your group is destined to be promoted to regular employees early, no more than six months at most. We are only letting you advance by a few months now, it won't take much of a favor."
Li Ping finally breathed a sigh of relief, "That's fine."
After the matter was explained, Li Xu continued to eat.
After dinner, he went to the kitchen to take a shower, changed into clean clothes, and then returned to the main room.
Seeing that Li Ping was not in the room, Li Xu couldn't help but ask, "Where is my brother?"
"Go back to the house to rest."
Li Xu smacked his lips and said, "It seems that Big Brother has been very tired recently. Otherwise, we should call Cuifen over again."
With three children, even though Li Hongtao and Li Botao are not as noisy as before, just changing their diapers at night is enough to make them suffer.
"I asked your eldest brother, and he said he could do it himself, so there was no need to ask Cuifen to come over." Sun Xiu replied.
To be honest, it was because Li Ping was working at the sub-district office now that there was no risk of him falling asleep during the day, so she didn't force it; if it was when she was a front-line worker at the hemp spinning factory, she would have called Hu Cuifen back no matter what.
Li Xu nodded and asked, "Mom, did you just say you wanted to buy a watch for my sister-in-law?"
"Well, it will be enough for the three of us to collect the industrial coupons tomorrow. I will give you the coupons and money later. You will wait for me at the gate of the hemp spinning factory at 1:30 tomorrow afternoon. I will give you the new coupons. It just so happens that you want to buy cakes for the third brother, so you can buy the watch at the same time."
They had this plan when the industrial vouchers were first issued last year. It was because Li Chen and Li Ju were learning martial arts. Although Li Ping and his wife didn't have much money in their pockets, they still did their best to support them in learning martial arts.
Originally, Sun Xiu and others did not want Li Ping and his wife to pay, but they could not persuade them, so they had no choice but to accept the money.
Later, Sun Xiu and Li Xu discussed that after the family bought a radio, they would save up industrial coupons to buy Hu Guilan a watch as compensation.
Only now have I saved enough industrial coupons to buy a watch.
"Okay." Li Xu agreed without hesitation, then said to Li Chen and Li Ju, "Don't tell my brother and sister-in-law about this matter in advance, understand?"
He was sure that if Li Ping and his wife knew about this in advance, they would definitely stop him from buying it.
Li Chen and the other man nodded repeatedly to show that they understood.
The few of them chatted for a while before going back to their rooms to rest.
As usual, Li Xu slept until noon before getting up.
After lunch, he saw Hu Guilan and Hu Cuifen taking the three little ones to bask in the sun in the yard, so he went over with a cup of tea and started chatting.
I don't know how the conversation went on, but suddenly we ended up talking about Hu Cuifen's marriage.
Seeing her shy look, Li Xu couldn't help but laugh, "Cui Fen, if I remember correctly, you should be sixteen years old this year, right?"
Hu Cuifen said "hmm" softly.
Li Xu pondered for a moment, then asked, "Have Aunt Hu and the others thought of finding a partner for you recently?"
Before Hu Cuifen could answer, Hu Guilan took over the conversation, "My mother said that after I'm done with this, she'll find someone to introduce Cuifen to."
"How about this, I have a friend who's a few months younger than me and doesn't have a partner. I'd like to introduce him to you. What do you think?"
Hu Cuifen didn't know how to answer, so she looked at Hu Guilan for help.
Hu Guilan thought for a moment and asked, "Xiao Xu, does the person you're talking about have a job?"
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