Old Su settled down in the tenement and, after learning that he could make money by gluing matchboxes, he enthusiastically began gluing matchboxes.
Despite being a man and quite old, Old Man Su is a craftsman.
Over the years, besides carpentry, he has also been able to weave various small baskets and curtains; in short, these kinds of things are no challenge for him.
In fact, because Grandma Su sometimes had to take time to care for the children, the children were even more attached to her than she was.
They completed the task in no time and earned nearly twenty yuan.
When the two saw how profitable this was, they immediately became interested and wanted to take on more tasks.
However, these tasks were prepared by the neighborhood committee for unemployed families with poor financial conditions.
Each street has a limited quota, so you have to be quick to accept tasks, and once you accept one, you have to complete it; otherwise, there will be penalties.
Su He had a day off that day, and the elderly couple went out early in the morning to queue up for tasks, even more enthusiastically than when queuing up at the supply and marketing cooperative to buy grain.
However, when they returned, both of them had long faces.
When Su He asked, she saw the old lady Su gritting her teeth and saying, "It's all because of that Kong woman in your courtyard. She lied to the people at the neighborhood office, saying that we need to take care of our children and don't have that much time to do it. She was afraid that if they gave us too much, we wouldn't be able to finish it. In the end, they only gave us this much stuff. I guess it would only cost us twenty yuan if we finished it all."
Su He knew who it was as soon as she heard her name; it could only be Kong Ying.
However, she did agree on one point: "This is quite a lot. You would have to stick thousands of these on the grid to earn twenty yuan. You all have to take care of your children, how can you work so hard!"
But Grandma Su waved her hand and said, "How could this little bit of stuff be tiring? It's easier than working in the fields."
“The two are incomparable! Sticking matchboxes won’t move for a long time, and your arms and neck will definitely suffer. I don’t want you to work so hard.”
Seeing that the elderly couple remained unmoved, Su He finally said directly, "Don't think I don't know you stay up all night and secretly work until midnight. How can I be at ease if this continues? Besides, do you think staying up all night doesn't cost money? Electricity isn't cheap these days. I've calculated it, and I don't even know if we can make back the money by gluing matchboxes."
The elderly couple didn't react to anything else, but they seemed a little guilty when the topic of electricity bills came up.
"Really? Electricity is that expensive in the city?"
Grandma Su didn't know that the electricity bill in the tenement was to be paid by all the households. Su He didn't explain to them either, and directly admitted, "Yes, so you can't do it at night anymore, and you can't do it all day either. If you get tired, get up and rest, otherwise I'll worry."
Since she had said that, the elderly couple had no choice but to agree, and Su He finally breathed a sigh of relief.
When she chatted with Lin Jingyan that evening, she remarked, "Sometimes the elderly are more worrying than children."
Lin Jingyan smiled and said, "But in the end, they still listened to you. Don't worry, Grandpa and Grandma know what they're doing."
"Um."
Speaking of this, Su He remembered something else, "I plan to go back to the village next time I have a holiday."
"Hmm? What are you going back for? Are you worried about your brother's job?"
"No!" Su He shook her head. "Mu Tou has already gone to work, so there's nothing for me to worry about. Whether he does well or not is up to him."
I'm going to take care of something else, it's related to Dahei, but I can't go into details right now, I just wanted to let you know.
Hearing her say that, Lin Jingyan didn't ask any further questions, but simply suggested, "How about I go back with you then?"
Su He shook her head. "No, you stay home and help take care of Yuan Yuan. Let Grandma and the others have a break for a day. I'll be right back. Just tell Grandma and the others that I have a mission."
Seeing her say that, Lin Jingyan didn't insist. "Okay, then be careful."
"good."
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