Courtyard House: Starting in a Ceramics Factory

Chapter 17 The Frustrated Jia Zhang Family

For the rest of the time, Li Feng ate at Sha Zhu's house.

He Yushui quickly bought ten jin of rice and came back; Sha Zhu's family didn't lack vegetables.

As for whether Sha Zhu brought these vegetables back from the steel mill, Li Feng had no idea.

Li Feng had no interest in asking these questions.

Sha Zhu's house is a bit bigger than Li Feng's house.

However, Li Feng noticed that the furnishings in Sha Zhu's house seemed to be newer than those in his own.

Li Feng's guess!

He must have earned the money to buy it.

Compared to Sha Zhu's family, my own family is nothing.

My home is full of old furniture. After all, my monthly allowance of fifteen yuan is nothing compared to Sha Zhu's.

Sha Zhu's monthly salary is thirty-seven yuan and fifty cents, and I earn more than half that amount.

And most importantly, this fifteen yuan will only be given until he turns eighteen.

Yesterday, Li Feng went through his belongings.

Ah!
There are a little over four dollars left.

However, if the company provides meals, this amount of money should be enough.

I'll only have money when I get my next paycheck.

After buying the rice, He Yushui started cooking.

Li Feng found it strange; Sha Zhu was a chef, so why didn't he cook?

So Li Feng asked Sha Zhu the same question.

Sha Zhu rolled up his sleeves and replied.

"You wouldn't know that, would you?"

"I'm training her."

Li Feng asked Sha Zhu with some confusion.

"Um?".

"What kind of exercise?"

Sha Zhu continued to explain to Li Feng.

"Am I not at work?"

Li Feng nodded and said.

"yes!".

"What's wrong?".

Sha Zhu continued.

"Since I'm at work, I don't have time to come back and cook."

"If I don't have time to come back and cook, then the rainwater will have to cook for itself!"

"Then tell me! Am I training him?"

When Li Feng heard what Sha Zhu said, he seemed to think there was nothing wrong with it.

Next, Li Feng chatted with Sha Zhu briefly at Sha Zhu's house.

He Yushui quickly prepared three dishes.

Two vegetarian dishes and one meat dish.

Peanuts, edamame, and a big stew.

Ah!
to be frank!
It's done alright.

As expected of Sha Zhu's sister, she has the makings of someone from a family with a long history of culinary skills.

At this moment, Sha Zhu asked Li Feng.

"On the hour?"

Upon hearing this, Li Feng nodded and said...

"Row".

"Then let's have some."

Then Sha Zhu took out a bottle of baijiu (Chinese liquor) from under the table behind him and proudly introduced it to Li Feng.

"See that?"

"Fenjiu".

Li Feng nodded and said.

"I've heard of it."

"Never drunk it."

Sha Zhu shouted loudly at He Yushui, who was busy in the kitchen.

"Rainwater, bring two cups over."

He Yushui, who was busy in the kitchen, said something to Sha Zhu with a hint of disdain.

"elder brother!".

"Didn't you come in and get it yourself?"

"What are your hands for?"

As He Yushui spoke, she took two cups from the kitchen and placed them in front of Sha Zhu.

Shazhu didn't seem to care about his sister's words, as if he was already used to it.

At this moment, Sha Zhu skillfully opened the bottle and then poured wine for himself and Li Feng with a smile.

After Shazhu poured the wine, she said to her younger sister beside her.

"Rainwater."

"Sit down and eat!"

"We'll get busy after we finish eating."

Seeing this, Li Feng nodded and said.

"Let's finish eating before we get busy."

After seeing that both of them said this, He Yushui sat down.

Then Li Feng and Sha Zhu started drinking.

The weather in October was a bit chilly. A little wine in the evening made Li Feng feel warm and cozy.

After three drinks.

While eating, He Yushui asked Li Feng a question.

"Brother Feng".

"How's the ceramics factory doing?"

"Isn't it fun?"

Li Feng shook his head and said.

"What's so fun about a ceramics factory? It's just a place that makes ceramics, isn't it?"

"Nothing special."

At this time, Li Feng was not very familiar with the ceramics factory, so he could only vaguely deceive He Yushui.

At this moment, Sha Zhu asked Li Feng.

"Bro! How did you get this job?"

Li Feng casually replied to Sha Zhu.

“When I went to the labor bureau to look for a job, I happened to come across a ceramics factory that was hiring, so I applied for the job.”

"Unexpectedly, I got the job."

"The ceramics factory only needed ten people, but hundreds of people applied for the job together."

"I was just lucky to get the job."

Upon hearing this, Sha Zhu couldn't help but admire him.

"You're so lucky!"

"Absolutely amazing."

Then Shazhu raised his glass.

"Come!".

"Let's have one."

Li Feng raised his glass and took a toast with Sha Zhu.

At this moment, He Yushui looked at Li Feng with some admiration.

"Wow!".

"Brother Feng, you're amazing!"

"Let me tell you, my classmate's brother also had to pull strings to get a job in a factory."

After hearing He Yushui's words, Li Feng smiled and said to He Yushui.

"With your brother's connections, they'll definitely get you a job at the steel rolling mill."

Sha Zhu got a little carried away when he heard this.

"That's right, Rain is my own sister!"

"How could I mistreat her?"

"Given my position in the steel rolling mill, getting rainwater in would be a piece of cake."

Right now, Sha Zhu is bragging here.

the other side

At Jia Zhangshi's house.

Their family was filled with gloom and despair.

Now Jia Dongxu also knows that he can't rely on Li Feng's house, and he's feeling quite upset.

After all, from the beginning, I had planned to move in with Qin Huairu.

Now that this hope is gone, it would be a miracle if Jia Dongxu felt any better.

At this moment, Madam Jia Zhang said through gritted teeth to Jia Dongxu.

"That bastard Li Feng, he actually found a job, it makes me so angry."

“If he had just gone to the countryside, we wouldn’t have so many troubles.”

Hearing his mother's words, Jia Dongxu quickly comforted her.

"mom!".

"Please don't let Li Feng upset you and make you sick."

At this moment, Jia Dongxu was truly anxious.

He was afraid that his mother would get so angry that she would suffer a serious illness.

At this moment, Madam Jia patted her chest and then said to Jia Dongxu.

"I'm fine."

"We'll have to find other solutions to the housing issue."

"If Qin Huairu has another child, it won't be good to squeeze into such a small space."

After hearing his mother's words, Jia Dongxu said with some helplessness.

"mom!".

"How about we just let this matter drop?"

Although Jia Dongxu was annoyed, he also knew that this house wasn't something he could just snatch away.

You can only take it if no one lives there.

There are people living there now, so it's not convenient for me to move the house over myself.

Therefore, Jia Dongxu could only feel that...

If I can't get this house, then so be it.

At this point, Jia Dongxu had completely given up hope, but Jia Zhangshi felt that she could think of other ways.

Anyway.

She was only doing it for her son's own good.

In the courtyard
Li Feng returned home reeking of alcohol.

Meanwhile, the other residents of the courtyard all knew that Li Feng had found a job at the ceramics factory.

The news that Li Feng had found a job spread throughout the courtyard.

(End of this chapter)