Chapter 7 [7] Wait for dad to come and invite you.
Zhang Lancao protected Tang Yuanyuan behind him: "This is all my fault. It has nothing to do with Yuanyuan."
Tang Yuanyuan just thought that Tang Aiguo was particularly funny.
"Is it shameful for me to set up a stall to sell things?"
"Don't you feel ashamed when people come to collect debts and stay at our house during Chinese New Year? Don't you feel ashamed when your friends treat my mom like a maid in our house and demand food and drinks? But you feel ashamed when I earn my own living by setting up a stall to sell food?"
Tang Aiguo was furious: "How much money can you make from setting up a stall in a day? A few years ago, that would be called speculation. Isn't that shameful? For those few cents, I think you have no shame at all!"
"Don't do that again. Just attend your class well. My friend worked so hard to get you in. There are so many people who wanted to get in but couldn't. Don't ask them to kick you out later. I can't afford to lose face."
When he saw the plums in the wooden barrel, he bent down and overturned it, and the plums rolled all over the floor.
It took a lot of effort to stuff it in.
The textile factory is not a state-owned unit like the cotton mill. People work twelve hours a day, including night shifts, with no medical care and no rest. The shift changes last for a whole day and night, and people are so tired that they almost die.
Those families who really have connections all work in state-owned factories and are reluctant to let their children suffer that hardship.
Besides, the other party accepted a hundred yuan. Of course, the Tang family couldn't afford this hundred yuan at the time, so Tang Yuanyuan paid it after paying his salary. Others paid 120 yuan for this job, and for the 20 yuan reduction and the meal, Tang Aiguo felt that it was a great honor for him as a team leader in a state-owned factory.
I don't know where he gets the confidence to think he is of noble status.
At this moment, what Tang Yuanyuan wanted most was that she could have her own house.
She and her mother can leave here.
Leave this person.
Tang Yuanyuan ran away angrily. Behind her, she heard Tang Aiguo yelling at her mother, "It's all your fault. You've spoiled her like this. Look at what a good daughter you've raised."
Tang Yuanyuan turned back and pulled Zhang Lancao with her. "If you think my mother can't raise a daughter well, then you should have taken care of me more when you were young. You have a high realm and a good reputation, but you never taught me to write an AoE since I was a child. Now you blame my mother for not teaching me well."
"Mom, I'm not cooking tonight. Let's go to the cafeteria."
The grinding wheel factory has a cafeteria, and the food is not expensive, but it is not very tasty. Many families don’t want to cook and eat here, especially in the summer when the kitchen is very hot. Only Zhang Lancao is frugal and always cooks for herself.
Tang Yuanyuan ordered two servings of fried noodles.
For Zhang Lancao, this was the first time she left her husband at home and went out to eat in the cafeteria. Although her husband took the tuition for the two children hurt her, she still felt that it was wrong for her to do so.
This is not what a good woman should do.
So she decided to pack up the fried noodles and take them back to Tang Aiguo.
The reason is that Tang Aiguo is her father after all.
Tang Yuanyuan glanced at Director Wang. She was the only female director in the grinding wheel factory. She had a high status in the factory and was the idol of all the women in the factory.
She couldn't persuade him, so what about the intellectuals?
Her mother really admires intellectuals.
Tang Yuanyuan didn't care that the other person didn't recognize her. She bravely pulled Zhang Lancao over and said, "Director Wang, are you eating?"
Director Wang pushed his glasses up his nose and asked, "...Do I look like I'm drinking water?"
With just a joke, Tang Yuanyuan suddenly felt less nervous.
"Director Wang, I'd like to ask you something."
Director Wang put down his chopsticks and said seriously, "You go ahead."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Is it the right thing for me to set up a stall to earn money for my tuition?"
Director Wang's eyes fell on Tang Yuanyuan's innocent face. "As a child, you are willing to understand the hard work of adults and earn your own tuition. This is such a filial act. Any parents who have a child like you would be very grateful. It's not just right, it's excellent."
"Anyway, I've never seen a child of this age be so self-reliant. It's definitely a good thing."
Her gaze fell on Zhang Lancao again: "Are you the child's mother?"
Seeing her nod, he continued, "The child has no baggage and is self-reliant. He's also gained social experience while setting up a stall. This is truly putting knowledge into practice. Having a child like this is a blessing others can't even ask for. You can't discourage the child's enthusiasm just for the sake of adults' face."
Zhang Lancao nodded wildly. She knew that her daughter was the best!
Tang Yuanyuan saw that Director Wang had misunderstood, and immediately said, "It wasn't my mom. My mom supported me selling snacks. It was my dad. My dad also exposed my materials. He also scolded my mom for spoiling me and not teaching me well. I dragged my mom out to eat in the cafeteria."
"My mom is blaming herself. She feels that leaving her husband behind and going out to eat alone is not the right thing to do. Do you think she's right to blame herself like this?"
Director Wang slammed the table in anger!
"What I hate most is a man who is incompetent and has a bad temper."
"Lin Daiyu said it all. When it comes to family matters, either the east wind prevails over the west wind, or the west wind prevails over the east wind. As women, although we should take good care of our husbands and children, when we meet a foolish man, we can't just blindly obey him. Instead, we should persuade him to stay on the right path."
Zhang Lancao was surprised: "The book also says that we can't just obey men?"
Director Wang: "Of course, a good woman doesn't have to obey her husband in everything. She should be able to control him so that he doesn't make mistakes and make the family prosperous. This is the right direction."
Zhang Lancao spent the first half of her life at home, and what she heard her father say most was that she should listen to her husband and take good care of him and children in the future.
Although sometimes she didn't think what Tang Aiguo did was right, she didn't know how to express it and couldn't convince him. She only knew that she had to be nice to men and serve him well with food and drink.
Educated people speak differently.
No wonder he is the director while I am just a street sweeper.
If I had known this earlier, my daughter wouldn't have to drop out of school last year. Although she can still go to school, it delayed her for a year, and I don't know if she can keep up with work.
Zhang Lancao was torn by guilt, she was determined to send her daughter to school and help her become an educated person!
Becoming a cultured person like Director Wang would make you respected wherever you go, instead of being like her, where outsiders look down on you and even her husband doesn't respect her.
The most common thing I said to her was to make fun of her for not being able to read or write.
"Thank you, Director Wang. I understand."
Zhang Lancao bowed, and Director Wang was shocked. It was just a few words, how could it be worth such a big gift?
Coming out of the cafeteria, Zhang Lancao looked determined: "Yuanyuan, mom supports you and will definitely help you become a scholar."
What Tang Yuanyuan was thinking was that she must let her mother live a good life!
No longer being ordered around by her father to do this and that.
To open a store.
Tang Yuanyuan then said, "Mom, you can stay in my factory dormitory. Don't go back today. Let Dad take care of my grandfather alone."
Zhang Lancao instinctively refused: "How can this be possible? He just worked the night shift, he can't do anything to your grandfather."
Tang Yuanyuan: "It's because he can't do it that you don't go back."
"Wait for dad to come and invite you. I bet he won't be able to hold on and will have to go out to the street to invite you in the middle of the night."
"Actually, it would be best if you go back to your grandmother's house, but your eldest and second uncles should stay in my dormitory."
Zhang Lancao was a little panicked: "What about your business? Won't it be delayed?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "Didn't you just say that my dad can't handle it, and no one from my second and third uncles will take care of it. Just wait and see. My dad will definitely go to the street to find you at night. Negotiate the terms before going back. At least let him help. I can't let all my work fall on you, and you are not allowed to oppose my business. Jelly is quick to make, so I can make it tomorrow morning."
Zhang Lancao felt uneasy.
What if Tang Aiguo doesn't come to see me? My daughter can earn more than ten yuan a day.
After all, in her entire life, Zhang Lancao had never seen Tang Aiguo bow his head to her.
Even last year, when he beat her because of the child's tuition, the next morning he just offered to bring her a bowl of noodles, which she had cooked herself.
Zhang Lancao understood this as Tang Aiguo's way of admitting his mistake. She felt that he still loved his two children, but he just couldn't bear to watch his father die.
It’s because my family is poor.
What's wrong with a person wanting his father to live?
So she tightened her belt and spent every penny wisely. Since she couldn't skimp on money for the child's growth, she took food from her own mouth and picked up clothes that others didn't want, doing her best to make Tang Youshan feel comfortable.
If Tang Aiguo didn’t come to find me.
His brows furrowed.
Tang Yuanyuan knew Zhang Lancao was panicking as soon as she saw her expression.
Holding Zhang Lancao's arm, she acted coquettishly: "Mom, you just promised Director Wang that you would control my dad. I still want to go to high school smoothly."
It has been Zhang Lancao’s lifelong dream for her daughter to go back to high school.
Zhang Lancao had no choice but to take the bicycle handlebars from her daughter and let Tang Yuanyuan sit on the back of the bicycle out of concern for her family.
Tang Yuanyuan doesn't often live in the dormitory. She only stays there when there are heavy rain or something like that. There is only a simple bedding here, which is enough for her now that it's hot.
There are eight bunk beds in one dormitory room, which are made of iron frames. There is only one small window for 16 people to live in. The living conditions are not even as good as at home, but many workers still live here.
The main reason is that many families in the compound have three or four children, and some have five or six. People of their age group just happened to miss the tail end of the family planning policy. There are a total of 20 to 30 square meters in a room, and there are about ten people in a family. Some girls have to sleep on a bed in the living room, which is very inconvenient.
Although the factory is crowded, fortunately, all the people living in this room are girls.
Half an hour before work started, Tang Yuanyuan borrowed a worn-out copy of "Zhiyin" from a coworker and leaned against Zhang Lancao.
Zhang Lancao: "Mom smells like sweat, I'll make you feel uncomfortable."
Tang Yuanyuan took a deep breath and said, "You don't smell bad, you smell good. It's Dad who smells bad."
Inspired by Director Wang, Tang Yuanyuan found a story about family ethics and read it, and Zhang Lancao listened with great interest.
"The book also talks about confinement after childbirth?"
Zhang Lancao is illiterate and has a natural reverence for books. She always feels that the books contain profound principles that are beyond the comprehension of a street sweeper like her.
When she was in the first grade, my daughter could recite “After walking two or three miles, you will see four or five smoke-filled villages.”
At lunch time, this scene appeared.
Later my daughter said that it was called ancient poetry and it sounded nice.
But this book actually says that the mother-in-law did not help her daughter-in-law to take care of her during the confinement period, which led to the separation of the family.
Her mother-in-law didn't help her back then, so Tang Aiguo bought her food from the canteen that day, and on the third day, she went to the fields to cook for herself.
It turns out that the confinement period after childbirth is something that can be considered a factor.
Tang Yuanyuan smiled: "Of course, the purpose of books is to make people understand reason. This reason also comes from life. Confinement is life, eating and dressing are also the most basic parts of life. As a husband and mother-in-law, you should be good to your daughter-in-law. This is the most basic principle."
"Look, Mom, Director Wang is literate and capable. Director Wang's husband is also an intellectual and shares housework with Director Wang. This is the result of studying."
Zhang Lancao: "Yuanyuan, then you should study hard and find an intellectual husband in the future. Don't be like your father."
Tang Yuanyuan: "..."
"Mom, can I teach you how to read?"
I was inspired by Director Wang again. For women, literacy can give people confidence.
Zhang Lancao: "I'm already so old, and besides, my mother is very stupid."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Even if you're stupid, you can still learn to read. It's very simple. Look, this is yuan, the yuan in a dollar, the yuan in Tang Yuanyuan. It's not hard to remember at all. That's a deal. We'll learn one character a day. In this way, you can know 365 characters in a year. It will be more convenient for you to run a business later. You can choose to open a snack bar or a convenience store. We'll do whichever makes money."
Zhang Lancao was moved by the last sentence.
If you want to make a name for yourself in business, you have to be literate and make money so that your daughter won't drop out of school.
"become!"
Half an hour passed in a flash, and Tang Yuanyuan went to work at the factory.
On the other hand, Tang Aiguo worked a day and had no time to catch his breath when he came back and had a quarrel with his daughter, which made Li Dapeng next door laugh at him.
Li Dapeng: "Aiguo, your sister-in-law has run away from home, why don't you go look for her?"
Tang Aiguo: "Does she still need to look for her? Even if I give her three times the courage, she wouldn't dare to leave. She will come back to cook in a while."
Li Dapeng: "If it weren't for you, brother, take Qian Hui for example. He has been controlled by his wife all his life. Even women can't control him. He has no future."
Tang Aiguo felt comfortable and looked good because he was being praised. However, at this time, Tang Youshan woke up and started calling out in the room again.
A seriously ill person has a lot of things to do. Tang Youshan has to sleep more than ten times a day. He falls asleep while talking and wakes up while talking. When he wakes up, he either asks for water or food.
Li Dapeng opened his mouth and sighed. Tang Aiguo had borrowed 20 yuan from him when he went to the capital to treat the old man. It had been a long time ago, and he still wanted the money back.
During the Chinese New Year, many people came to his house to ask for debts, and there were people asking for debts every few days. Out of face, Li Dapeng only lent 20 yuan at that time. The amount of money he borrowed was too little, and it was difficult to ask for debts.
Tang Youshan was hungry and wanted to eat again.
In fact, it’s time to prepare some Chinese medicine for him.
Tang Aiguo: "Wait a minute, Xiaoan's mother will be back to cook soon."
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