Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

Jia Zhang, who had a ferocious expression just now, suddenly stopped talking.

If Banggeng is half of her life, then the east wing of the central courtyard and the pension money in her hands are the other half of her life.

If the steel mill really takes back the house where the Jia family lives now, she will be sent back to her rural hometown because she is homeless and does not have a city hukou. Such an outcome is definitely not something Jia Zhang can accept.

After a minute of silence, he replied, "The Jia family's house must not be taken away by the steel mill. We will compensate you for the two hundred yuan."

After saying that, he turned his gaze to Yi Zhonghai: "Old Yi..."

"I remember when you did this, you promised me and Huairu that even if something went wrong, it would not affect Banggeng's job and future at the steel mill."

"As a result, not only did you get into trouble, but Banggeng was also affected. He was once again reduced from a regular employee to an apprentice, and he cannot be regularized within five years."

"You have to give the stick terrier some compensation."

"Considering that you have been punished this time and suffered considerable losses, we don't want any more money. You should pay all the 200 yuan that the steel mill asked us to pay Wang Dong."

This time, Yi Zhonghai really did not think things through.

There are too many questions that he still hasn't figured out: he was clearly speaking for Director Li, helping the action team out, and maintaining Director Li's prestige in the steel mill.

As a result, not only did they not appreciate it, but they targeted themselves and punished themselves.

But there is no point in thinking about these issues now.

If you want to blame it, blame it on your own bad luck.

As for Jia Zhang's question about compensation, Yi Zhonghai did not object.

No matter what the reason for the failure of your actions is, failure is failure, and you still have to take the responsibility.

Although Yi Zhonghai felt sorry for the two hundred yuan, for the sake of his future retirement and to keep the Jia family tied to his retirement chariot, he had to bite the bullet and agree to it no matter how sorry he was.

"Okay, I'll pay for the two hundred dollars..."

At this point, Yi Zhonghai was silent for half a minute before continuing: "Now my work grade has been downgraded from a third-level fitter to a first-level fitter, and my salary has also been reduced to 27.5 yuan."

"It is obviously unrealistic to give as much food and pocket money to my family as before."

"Twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents a month. Five can only give twelve dollars and fifty cents to Huairu as food expenses for the family and Huairu's own pocket money. It's up to Huairu how to allocate it."

"I keep five dollars for pocket money and save the remaining ten dollars for my retirement."

"Bang Geng has now become an apprentice again. He will still have to work as a porter for one month every three months."

"If the family doesn't want to pay, then Bang Geng will just work harder in the workshop and do all the moving tasks himself."

"If I don't want to be so tired, my family will have to pay for the extra eight dollars that month. I won't pay for it anyway, and I don't have any money left."

Just as Jia Zhang was about to refuse, Qin Huairu interrupted her and said, "Okay, I'll pay for this from my own pocket money. After all, Banggeng is the grandson of the Jia family."

When Yi Zhonghai hurried home with a solemn expression, Jia Zhang asked Qin Huairu, "Huairu...Banggeng was demoted to an apprentice because of Yi Zhonghai. If you really want to talk about it, it is Yi Zhonghai's responsibility that Banggeng went to the workshop to work as a porter. It is reasonable that he should pay for this money. Why should you pay for it?"

Qin Huairu smiled bitterly and replied: "Mom..."

"You don't want to have a complete falling out with Yi Zhonghai today, do you?"

Seeing that Jia Zhang didn't understand what he meant, Qin Huairu continued to explain: "Although Yi Zhonghai has been demoted to a first-level fitter, he still has a salary of 27.5 yuan per month, and he can give 12.5 yuan to his family."

"If we fall out with Yi Zhonghai, we'll lose this 12.5 yuan income." "Although Banggeng also gets 18 yuan a month, without this extra 12.5 yuan, we might not even be able to eat steamed buns a few times a month, let alone meat."

"Mr. Yi also attaches great importance to retirement money. If we don't bow our heads, he won't be able to save any money for retirement throughout the year."

"Plus I have to pay Wang Dong two hundred yuan tomorrow to compensate him."

"His pension money, which is already limited, will become even less, and he will definitely turn against us then."

"Anyway, all this money added up to only thirty-two dollars a year."

"Compared to the twelve dollars and fifty cents a month, we are not losing money."

Hearing this, the solemn expression on Jia Zhang's face was immediately swept away, and she said with a smile on her face: "Huai Ru, you are still quick-witted. Twelve yuan and fifty cents a month is one hundred and fifty yuan a year, which is indeed more than thirty-two yuan. I will listen to you."

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The east wing of the front yard.

Compared with the solemn atmosphere when the action team searched the house a few days ago, the atmosphere in Wang Dong's house became noticeably more relaxed today.

Everyone had a smile on their face that came from the heart.

"Dad... the action team has already investigated the matter of me embezzling money in the kitchen. It's completely false."

"After investigation, it was all the work of that old bastard Yi Zhonghai from the Central Courtyard."

"They wanted to use the action team to accuse me of corruption and remove me from my position as the head chef."

"But they lost more than they gained."

"Not only did they fail to bring me down this time, but they also got punished by the steel mill."

"Yi Zhonghai was demoted from a third-level fitter to a first-level fitter. He must compensate me 200 yuan and apologize to me in front of all the neighbors in the courtyard tomorrow."

"Bang Geng was demoted from a regular employee to an apprentice and cannot be converted to a regular employee within five years."

"If he makes mistakes again at the steel mill, he will be fired, and no one will be able to protect him."

"So we don't have to worry about revenge from that old guy Yi Zhonghai for the next few years, unless he doesn't want the Jia family's workstation anymore."

Sister-in-law Chen Li still looked unsatisfied and cursed: "Brother-in-law..."

"The punishment given by the factory is too light. You are the head of the kitchen, a section-level cadre, and you were almost falsely accused of corruption, but you were only demoted. The factory is too unfair."

Father Chen Dehui was obviously very clear about the ins and outs of this. He frowned and warned, "My daughter..."

"Don't ever say such things again."

"The action team was formed by your Director Li. If this matter is blown up, it will be your Director Li who will be embarrassed. He will definitely try to make a big deal out of a small matter. It's already very good to give Yi Zhonghai and Bang Geng such a punishment."

"The monthly salary of a first-class fitter in a steel rolling mill is only 27.5 yuan, but Yi Zhonghai has to give Qin Huairu more than 10 yuan every month. It's good if he can save 15 yuan for himself. He has to save a few yuan for pocket money, which is even less."

"Look at Aunt Zhang in the backyard. She works as a kitchen helper in the steel mill. She earns 22.5 yuan a month. Although it's less than Yi Zhonghai's, she only has to raise one child. In addition, the kitchen helper also provides a lot of subsidies for meals. So, she saves more money for her retirement every month than Yi Zhonghai."

"Killing people and destroying their hearts is the most shameful thing for Yi Zhonghai." (End of this chapter)