Chapter 7 She has a good reputation and can treat her step-sons and step-daughters harshly!
I would have a good meal every two or three days, such as white flour buns or rice.
I eat meat once a week to improve my life.
In an era when most people couldn't even get enough to eat whole-grain porridge and steamed corn bread, the Qian family's life was already very enviable!
Because their family can have enough food to eat, they can eat meat several times a month, and dishes like scrambled eggs can be eaten every two or three days.
Many people can’t even eat such a luxurious meal as rice and potatoes stewed with chicken during the Chinese New Year!
But Lao Qian's family can eat it several times a year.
It should have been a very pleasant dinner.
As Boss Zhao spoke, he fell into an awkward situation: "Uncle Qian, I'm going to town tomorrow to buy some things for my sister's wedding. I wonder how much Uncle Qian is willing to pay?"
Mother Zhao rolled her eyes at her eldest son.
She had her own plans regarding Qianqian's dowry.
As soon as these words fell.
Old man Qian pretended not to hear and kept eating with his head down.
The people in the Qian family pretended not to hear and were busy grabbing food and eating.
Anyway, the old money doesn’t pay, they are the ones who benefit, so they won’t say anything to persuade!
Although Zhao's mother knew the result early on.
They simply don't want to pay.
The kind that doesn't want to pull out a single hair!
But the reactions of Old Man Qian and the Qian family's children at this moment still made him very disappointed.
If she hadn't been so careful with her money and saved some money from the 30 yuan living expenses every month, she would have taken every possible means to cheat and deceive people.
She really became a sucker.
She had been slept with by others for more than ten years, cooked and washed clothes for her four stepchildren every day, and had to earn eight work points to support herself.
In the end, he had no house, no property, and even when her three children got married, Old Man Qian didn't plan to spend a penny.
Although Zhao's mother also saved a lot of money privately.
But that was something she could get, and even something she had planned for, not something given by Old Man Qian.
All the grievances came to my mind.
Zhao has always been considerate and never fights for property or things.
At this moment, she felt that she should fight for her children: "Old Qian, when I agreed not to have a house or property, I just wanted to treat everyone equally in daily life. So I hope that my children will have the same marriage as you do."
As soon as these words came out.
The faces of the Qian family members all turned pale.
Fortunately, Qian Laoer was not at home, otherwise they would have turned hostile and started arguing.
Zhao spoke.
Old Qiantou finally put down his bowl and chopsticks, frowned, and said, "When your three children get married, I can add some, but I can't give more than my own children, because if I give more, I will use up my property. How about this, when Qianqian gets married, I will give 20 yuan as a dowry, and when your two sons get married, I will give 50 yuan as a betrothal gift to each of them."
20 yuan?
So her daughter's marriage is not even worth one month's salary of his?
Mother Zhao just thought it was ridiculous.
It seems she is still too kind.
She has to deduct 20 yuan from the 30 yuan monthly living expenses in the future.
Anyway, she has raised her three children.
In addition, Qian Laoer and his wife are not easy to take care of, and have long been eyeing the 30 yuan monthly living expenses of the family.
There will be trouble in this family in the future!
It’s better to leave early.
Although Zhao also had selfish motives and even occasionally plotted to take over the Qian family's property.
But among all the stepmothers, she is really the best. She usually only takes what she deserves.
Extra money and things.
She never grabs!
The stepchildren usually eat well, dress well, and have pocket money.
Of course, this superficial effort is just for Old Man Qian and outsiders to see.
But the Qian family’s children did benefit from it!
Even if they went to work, they could earn as many work points as they wanted, and she never criticized them.
certainly.
This is also because of Zhao's mother's praise.
Her thoughts at the time were: "Anyway, the Qian family isn't short of money, and we don't care about the little work points they earn. Most importantly, the Qian family's wealth has nothing to do with me, so why should I be the bad guy? It would be better if they couldn't support themselves in the future, so that my three children could crush them."
But no matter what you think in your heart?
On the surface, Zhao's mother is indeed not like other stepmothers who force their stepchildren to work every day!
She had just been married for a few years.
Qian Daniu was lazy and ate a lot every day. He was sixteen or seventeen years old and only earned three or four work points a day.
Her eldest son, Zhao, is six and a half years younger than her eldest son, Qian, but he earns six or seven work points every day.
Because his family was poor, Mr. Zhao never went to school.
The lowest level of education for the Qian family members is junior high school.
After Zhao got married.
Originally, Boss Zhao had the opportunity to go to school.
But Old Man Qian proposed not to give either the house or the property.
So in order to have a house for him and his younger brother in the future, Zhao Lao Da started earning work points at the age of ten.
I earned work points during the day and learned a few words from my younger brothers and sisters at night.
When I was a little older, I earned work points during the day and learned to do some carpentry work at night.
In fact, if we only talk about food, the four of them, mother and children, really didn't eat anything from the Qian family.
On the contrary, it was the Qian family who ate both the mother and the son.
Because Lao Qiantou doesn't get any food when he goes to work.
Qian Daniu is lazy and eats all day long, and even three work points are not enough to support himself.
Qian Laoer, Qian Sanya and Qian Laosi were still in school at that time. During the occasional holidays, the one or two work points they earned were not enough to eat.
At that time, Zhao not only had to serve the family's food and drink, but also had to wash the family's clothes. In addition, she earned eight work points, and sometimes she could get ten work points.
Her ten-year-old son only earned about six work points in the first two years, and then he always earned ten work points.
In addition, Qianjia Village is rich, so the amount of grain allocated to each work point is double that of other villages.
Therefore, the four members of the Zhao family could not finish all the food provided by the mother and son.
Zhao was a woman and ate less. She and her daughter Qianqian could not even finish half of the eight points of food she was given.
The main reason is that the work points in Qianjia Village are valuable.
And Zhao always earned eight to ten work points.
Let me put it this way, even in a very poor village, six work points of food a day were enough for Zhao's mother and daughter to eat.
So you can imagine who got the benefit of the remaining food!
Except for the first one or two years, the eldest Zhao always earned ten work points. In addition, the second Zhao could also earn about five work points during his holidays, so the two of them could save at least one-third of the food.
After all the calculations, it was really the Qian family that made a profit from the four of them, mother and children.
Because although the members of the Zhao family were poor, they were all very capable.
Even the youngest, Qianqian, is good at washing clothes and cooking.
But the Qian family's life is too comfortable, and they are all the kind of people who are sneaky and deceitful.
If the Qian family were not wealthy, they would have had a hard time supporting themselves.
besides.
Zhao is very good at needlework.
Normally, the family makes their own clothes and shoes, which saves a lot of money.
Just the cost of making clothes and shoes, plus the usual mending, fifty dollars a year for a family should not be too much!
Anyway, the more Zhao calculated, the more aggrieved she felt.
Taking into account the food supplement provided by the mother and son, her wages for washing clothes, cooking and cleaning, plus the income from her clothes making, there is also the sleeping service.
The 10 yuan she squeezes out of her living expenses a month is really not much.
If you insist on saying that you can get a little advantage from working for the Qian family, it is that the work points in Qianjia Village are more valuable!
Suddenly I felt like I had lost out.
At that time, there was another second-married man in Qianjia Village who was about the same age as Zhao's mother, but he was not as rich as old Qiantou.
Then it wouldn't be a loss for her to marry that man!
At least he is the same age as her and not as stingy as Old Man Qian.
Anyway, from this moment on.
Zhao felt that she would have to deduct money more severely in the future...deduct money.
Anyway, I have already established a good enough reputation in the previous ten years.
later.
Even if she did mistreat her stepchildren, it wouldn't have much of an impact on her.
After all, her good reputation has spread!
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