Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

Chapter 637 Miscalculated (First Update)
Seeing his wife nodding at him, the eldest brother Yan Jiecheng immediately replied, "Okay..." as if afraid that Yan Fugui would go back on his word.

"I'll listen to my dad. Ten dollars is ten dollars."

"But after my wife gets a permanent job, she will only give you two ten yuan..."

"I just calculated it. I give you 20 yuan every month, and my wife gives you 10 yuan. The total is 30 yuan."

"The second son and his wife together have to give you 20 to 30 yuan. Add your own salary, and you will earn hundreds of yuan a month..."

"With so much money, my family's living standard must be improved in the future, otherwise I might as well cook for myself."

Yan Fugui agreed to this question without thinking: "Okay..."

"Listen to the boss on this matter."

"Now that everyone has a job, it's obviously not appropriate to keep searching like before. Besides, the little ones need nutrition right now. I can't let them suffer like this with me every day."

"I've decided that starting from tomorrow, our family will have meat every three days."

Yan Fugui still had two words in his mind that he hadn't said.

The two daughters-in-law went to work at Dongjun Hotel, and the two of them together gave him twenty yuan every month.

If we eat meat once every three days at home and spend fifty cents, it should be enough to cut the meat into smaller pieces when cooking.

By this calculation, it only costs five dollars a month, and you can get fifteen dollars for free.

More importantly, Dongjun Hotel provides three meals a day for its employees for free.

Since their two daughters-in-law go to work at Dongjun Hotel, they don’t have to eat at home.

The money saved by cooking for two less people adds up to a lot.

If all the money was used to sell meat, even if we didn't eat meat every day, we would definitely be able to eat meat every other day.

After the matter was settled, the people gathered around the table immediately dispersed and returned to their rooms.

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The eldest brother Yan Jiecheng went to the room and just closed the door. Yan Jiecheng frowned and asked his wife: "Wife..."

"Why did you agree so readily just now..."

"If you continue to talk to Dad, the salary you give to the old couple will definitely be reduced to five dollars."

"Just now, Dad mentioned that we can eat meat for the next three days, and then I remembered that you rarely eat at home after you started working at Dongjun Hotel."

"If we cook one less meal at home, we will definitely have to pay one less meal fee."

"Then we can save an extra five dollars a month, which is sixty dollars a year."

"With the money we have saved, maybe we can buy a house next year and live separately from my parents."

The wife is quite satisfied with her husband Yan Jiecheng. He is very sincere in everything he does and he is not dishonest.

The only thing that made her unhappy was that her husband seemed to have inherited a lot of his father-in-law's calculating character. He would calculate every penny with his father-in-law, for fear of suffering even the slightest loss.

Seeing her husband's helpless face, she replied: "Five dollars is not a lot, just consider it as retirement money for the old couple."

"Besides, we gave too much money, so when we talk about dividing the family property in the future, the old couple won't have anything to say."

"Moreover……"

"Even if I give my parents ten dollars a month, I can still have more than twenty dollars left, which is enough."

"And I think the salary I get from working at Dongjun Hotel is definitely higher than the 35 yuan my dad said." "Although my dad said that the dividends and rewards in the hotel are just nonsense, I don't think it's that simple."

"Although I haven't had much contact with Wang Dong, I have heard a lot about him."

"If this bonus and dividend is really used to coax people, considering Wang Dong's character and work style, he would definitely not even mention it."

"Since they said that dividends and bonuses are part of the salary, then they must be there, and they are not small."

"I heard that Tang Dashan's wife, Sister Yu, also works at Dongjun Hotel. Although she is a team leader, her salary is only slightly higher than that of a waiter."

"If the basic salary was really only a few dozen yuan per month, Sister Yu and Brother Tang would definitely not resign from the steel mill together."

"Wang Dong must have paid them very high wages, which was worth their risk to work in the restaurant together."

Yan Jiecheng's eyes lit up instantly.

If the bonuses and dividends given by the restaurant to his wife are not a scam, even if it is only ten yuan a month, it is a considerable income for their small family of two.

With ten dollars a month, a small family can save more than a hundred dollars a year, which will bring them one step closer to buying a house.

Seeing her husband getting more and more excited, the wife immediately interrupted: "Don't be too happy too soon, these are just my own guesses, and I don't know if they are accurate or not."

"I'll check in at the hotel tomorrow and ask someone about it. That should give me the details."

"If what I just guessed is true, we must not let our parents know about this. Otherwise, given my father's stingy personality, he will definitely find ways to make us pay more money to the family."

Yan Jiecheng immediately patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, wife..."

"Buying a house to divide the family is a big deal..."

"Young people my age in Siheyuan have long since separated from their parents."

"We just don't have a house. If we had one, I would have wanted to separate when we got married."

"Now that we finally have the possibility of splitting up, I will definitely not hold you back."

"Even if you earn fifty or sixty yuan from the restaurant every month, I won't tell anyone a word."

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Yan Fugui's room.

Seeing the smug expression on Yan Fugui's face, the old woman couldn't help but curl up her lips, and complimented him happily: "Old man, you are still the best..."

"Just by opening his mouth, the two daughters-in-law willingly handed over 20 yuan..."

"I just calculated that our family's monthly living expenses are 45 yuan. Even if we spend an extra 5 yuan on meat, we only need to spend 50 yuan a month. Add in the 20 yuan my daughter-in-law will give us next month, and we can save 50 yuan every month, which adds up to 600 yuan a year. By then, it will be enough for my husband and me to live on in our old age."

Yan Fugui rolled his eyes at his wife and replied, "What are you going to use to buy meat with five dollars?"

"When your two daughters-in-law start working at the restaurant, you won't have to prepare meals for them anymore. You can just use the money you save to buy meat."

"Then I can save an extra five dollars a month."

The old woman's eyes lit up and she replied, "You are really good at scheming, old man... My two daughters-in-law don't have to go home to eat when they work in the restaurant. Why didn't I think of this..."

"If we buy fifty cents of meat at a time, maybe we can have meat every other day."

The smug smile on Yan Fugui's face became even more intense, and he continued: "That is..."

"No one in our Siheyuan can compare to me, Yan Fugui, when it comes to calculating money."

(End of this chapter)