Chapter 164 A Baby Came to the Office
"Oh my God, this really means there's no way for us, the whole family, to survive. My poor son, why is he so sick? Who can we, the whole family, rely on from now on?"
Just as Sister Zhou was about to speak, she heard a sharp cry from outside, "What's going on? Who is causing trouble in the factory? Let me take a look."
After saying that, she quickly stood up and walked towards the door. Guyu didn't even bother to cry. She wiped her face and followed Sister Zhou.
Sister Zhou and Guyu opened the door a crack and peeked in.
Shi Luo, Uncle Chu, and Liang Song stood by the window, leaning against the wall, hiding their bodies while quietly peeking their heads out through the cracks in the window.
Uncle Chu looked at the people rolling around in the corridor, crying and shouting, and lowered his voice, "I think these are the relatives of Bao Baosheng from Workshop 5."
Sister Zhou nodded and confirmed in a low voice, "Yes, the one shouting the loudest was Bao Baosheng's mother. She was the one who collected the employee benefits on Bao Baosheng's behalf last time. The younger one should be his third son, who seems to be around eight years old. The one standing still and crying silently seems to be his wife."
Liang Song: "Who is Bao Baosheng? What does he do? What happened to him? His family members are making such a fuss in the factory, aren't they afraid of anything happening? Should we call the security department? Look at that little kid rolling around on the ground, not even bothered by the dirt."
Uncle Chu said, "Why are you shouting? No need to shout. Someone will be in the office soon. Two days ago, Bao Baosheng came to work that morning and fainted when he arrived at the factory. Other workers found him and sent him to the hospital. The doctor examined him and said it wasn't a big deal. But when he woke up, they found out his right hand was not working. It was shaking all the time. It might get better in the future, but it might just be over."
Sister Zhou continued, "Originally, his matter was related to our factory, but it was not a big deal.
He is already in his forties and his health is not as good as when he was young. In addition, he does physical work every day and his diet is not good. It is normal for him to get sick.
Our factory was very kind and not only reimbursed the medical expenses, but also gave me 100 yuan in nutrition allowance.
But the elders in their family are still very dissatisfied, so they brought their children here to make trouble.
Liang Song: "If they keep making such a fuss, aren't they afraid that the factory will block their children from taking over?"
Uncle Chu said, "What are you afraid of? If you don't let the child take over, Bao Baosheng will come to work. If he can't work fast, he can just work slowly in the factory. Even if he works slowly, you can't say he doesn't work. He still has to be paid in the end."
Shi Luo threw the melon seed shells in his hand into the dustpan in the corner. "This old lady is making such a fuss just to get more money. After all, the Bao Baosheng job will be passed on to the family. This kind of fuss will have an impact."
Uncle Chu watched the old lady who was throwing a tantrum in the corridor being dragged into the director's office and said as he walked to his seat,
"Of course he's asking for more money. Bao Baosheng's current salary is 37.5 yuan a month. I heard he's going to take the machinist upgrade exam this year. If he passes, his basic salary will be increased by 7.5 yuan. If his son takes over, he'll have to start at the minimum wage, which is probably 23 yuan a month. If he wants his salary to increase to the same level as his father, I don't know how many years it will take."
Sister Zhou took a sip of water from her cup. "Hasn't our factory already given him 100 yuan? Even if he told everyone about this, we've done enough. Even if we can give him more, how much can we give? If because of this, when my child takes over and takes a promotion exam, the factory holds him back and doesn't give him any money, then it would be a loss."
Guyu, who was still guarding the door, whispered, "Hey, that old lady with a sullen face came into the accounting office with her child and daughter-in-law in hand. She must be asking for money, why isn't she happy?"
Uncle Chu was very calm. "Because the money she was given didn't meet her expectations, let's be honest. That old lady can't beat our director. The amount can't exceed 100 yuan at most. If it exceeds 100 yuan, a note won't be enough. Our director will have to personally bring people to the financial director to approve it."
"Hey, that old lady is coming out. Hey, hey, hey, why does she seem to be running towards our office? She took the money and went home quickly. What is she running around for? Is she planning to cause some trouble in our office?"
Guyu ran to his seat while speaking. As soon as he sat down, he saw Mrs. Bao push open the office door.
After glancing around at the people in the room, Mrs. Bao stared at Sister Zhou and said, "Secretary Zhou, your mother-in-law asked me to tell you that she has to stay home to take care of her daughter-in-law, so you should go back and serve your granddaughter."
Sister Zhou was stunned when she heard this.
Sister Zhou didn't let her mother-in-law take care of her for nothing. It was agreed that she would be given five yuan after the confinement period. Moreover, the money and tickets that the second sister promised were given to her mother-in-law on the day the baby was born. It was not fair for the old lady to take care of the baby halfway and then run away.
Seeing that Mrs. Bao was about to leave after she finished speaking, Sister Zhou quickly walked over and stuffed a twisted dough into her hand before speaking, "Mrs. Bao, do you know what happened to her daughter-in-law? Why did she go back so suddenly?"
Mrs. Bao looked at the twisted dough in her hand and nodded, "Of course she knows. We live in the same courtyard. Otherwise, she wouldn't have bothered me to bring you a message.
Her eldest daughter-in-law gave birth prematurely. She was hit by a naughty kid in the yard. She gave birth to a boy this morning. Oh, that was the only boy she had given birth to after her three daughters.
His eldest son was too busy to handle it, so he quickly went to your house to pick up his mother. When I left, she had just arrived home, and when she knew I was coming to the factory, she asked me for help.
After listening to this, Sister Zhou thanked her repeatedly, returned to her workstation, packed her things, put on her cotton jacket, and ran to the director's office.
A dozen days later, Shi Luo was sitting at his workstation, looking at the wooden baby stroller between his chair and Sister Zhou's chair, and the little girl sleeping soundly in the stroller. He felt a little overwhelmed for a moment.
Seeing the other five people in the office glancing at her, Sister Zhou smiled and said, "I'll only be here for one day. My second daughter-in-law left the confinement room yesterday. From now on, I don't have to rush back to help with the cooking at noon and at night after work.
The child's mother has something to do today. My second daughter-in-law's eldest brother's wife has also given birth. She has to go to her mother's house to see her eldest sister-in-law today.
Eight out of ten people in her family favor boys over girls, plus there's a mess of babies in the confinement period. I'm really worried about her taking the child with her.
But my leave has expired, so I have no choice but to bring the child here. Don't worry, I already informed the director this morning."
Uncle Chu waved his hand and said, "What are you talking about? It's not uncommon for people in our factory to bring their children to work, but it's really rare to see one this young. How long has your second daughter-in-law hired a replacement? It's best to change someone every once in a while, otherwise people won't think it's her who has the disease."
Sister Zhou glanced at the child, who seemed to be sleeping soundly, and tucked her into bed. "We've hired a replacement for five months. When the time is up, we'll hire another one to take over. We'll hire at least a year. When the child is one year old and weaned, we'll send him to our factory's childcare class. They're all in the factory, and it's not expensive, only two yuan a month. Her mother takes him to the cafeteria or home at noon. The rest of the time, he and his wife, or we, the two old people, can go and check on him when we're not busy at work. We don't have to worry about any problems."
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