Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 47: Going Home and Talking About Work

"Zhou Fengnian refused? Why did he refuse?"

When Dong Hongwan heard her mother tell her the news, she was shocked and puzzled. Then she immediately frowned and asked, "Mom, did you lie to me?"

"My girl, he just left a while ago. Why would I lie to you about this?"

Wang Fengtian explained anxiously when he heard it: "Li Nianhua said that Zhou Fengnian wanted to find a gentle and caring man. Listen, is it you who said something that made him hesitate and stay away?"

"What did I say about taking care of the man? I didn't take care of him!"

Dong Hongwan said anxiously, but then she thought back and realized that what she said that day did seem a bit arbitrary, but she was also doing it for their family.

Their family is living so well now, isn't it her mother who runs the business, so what's wrong with a woman being the housekeeper?
Dong Hongwan was puzzled and stood up and said, "Mom, I want to go find Zhou Fengnian."

"Oh my girl, you have lost your worth!"

Wang Fengtian would definitely not allow this to happen, and anxiously advised: "You are not bad in any way, why are you rushing to find that Zhou Fengnian?"

"Listen to me. Go meet Director Gu's son. If you are not satisfied, I will pick someone else for you."

After Wang Fengtian's persuasion, Dong Hongwan reluctantly agreed, but she was still a little unwilling, always feeling that missing Zhou Fengnian would mean missing a very important opportunity.

Dong Hongwan later went on a blind date with the son of Director Gu from the grain store. After persuasion from both sides, she reluctantly agreed to get along with him.

However, no matter how she compared them, she felt that Zhou Fengnian was better than Gu Hongjie. Gu Hongjie couldn't match him in terms of height or appearance, except that his family conditions were better.

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"Mr. Luo, I'll take my little sister home tomorrow."

As Zhou Fengnian spoke, he moved the rook on the chessboard forward two steps.

He and Luo Cheng were playing chess and betting on dinner. In the past, Luo Cheng won more and lost less, but after Zhou Fengnian added the skill of chess, his skill level gradually improved.

Luo Cheng started to lose more and win less, and now he was frowning and didn't know what to do next.

"It's good to go back. By the way, are you going home for a blind date?"

"No, it's something else. I told my family that I might get married by the end of next year. I'm going back now because of something else."

Zhou Fengnian planned to tell his family about his work so that they could prepare in advance.

The village team arranges work every day. If Zhou Fengnian's two brothers go to the city, the Zhou family will suddenly be short of two laborers, so they have to inform the village in advance.

"Mr. Luo, admit it. You only have one horse and one cannon and you still want to turn the tables. I have both chariots here."

Zhou Fengnian looked at Luo Cheng frowning and pinching the chess pieces and couldn't help but say, this old man is too competitive.

"Don't argue, one horse and one gun can win."

Luo Cheng had just finished speaking when he made a bad move. He soon realized it, but Zhou Fengnian quickly said
"Hey, Mr. Luo, don't regret your move."

After saying that, Zhou Fengnian took several steps forward and ate all of Luo Cheng's pieces, forcing him to the point where he could no longer survive.

Luo Cheng snorted after seeing this, put down the chess piece and said, "You have no chess manners. You have to eat up all the chess pieces that can be defeated early."

Zhou Fengnian said: "Wouldn't it be better if you admitted defeat earlier? Old man is so unwilling to admit defeat."

"Come with me to buy groceries!"

"Forget it. Aunt Li and my sister have already gone. I can just wait for them to come back and do it."

Zhou Fengnian waved his hand and said that he had to go back to the countryside tomorrow, so he gave his fourth sister Chunhua some non-staple food coupons to buy some peanuts, melon seeds and the like.

I won't buy much this time. With the good news that the three have jobs, I don't need to bring anything else. When the eldest and second sons have stable jobs in the city, my parents can basically retire and enjoy their old age. Zhou Fengnian will have fulfilled his responsibility to his original body.

Except for the original body which was a bit of a beast, the other children of Zhou's father and mother were all very filial, but they were not very lucky.

But now Zhou Fengnian has corrected everything, and I can now enjoy my retirement with peace of mind.

Early the next morning.

Zhou Fengnian took his fourth sister back on bicycles. With bicycles, life became much more convenient. Even if they went to the countryside, it only took two or three hours to go home.

Not long after, Zhou Fengnian rode his bike back to Hongjia Village.

I met a few familiar people on the way and said hello to them. After they left, my fourth sister quietly introduced who the people she had just greeted were.

After arriving home, the fourth sister Zhou Chunhua jumped off the bicycle seat, took the melon seeds and peanuts from the basket and ran into the yard.

"Mom, my third brother and I are back."

"Third brother and fourth sister are back? What delicious food did they bring?"

Before hearing Zhou's mother's reply, he saw his eldest brother Zhou Weitian running out of the toilet and coming to Zhou Chunhua in a few steps.

When I saw the peanuts and melon seeds, my eyes lit up.

When Zhou Fengnian saw Zhou Weitian, he said in surprise: "Brother? You didn't go to the fields. I thought I had to go to the fields to call you."

"We can't work every day. We have to take a day off every month. Besides, we have to plant and water the seeds before we can arrange new work tomorrow."

After Zhou Weitian explained, he went into the main house with Zhou Fengnian. At this time, Zhou's mother had just made the bed and placed the square table on the kang.

Zhou Fugui said: "Old Three and Old Four are back."

"Well, I came back to tell you something good. Big brother and second brother, go and call the two sisters-in-law as well."

When Zhou Fengnian saw Zhou Jiaan coming in, he said to his two brothers: If they were asked to work, they would definitely be separated from their wives temporarily, so they could not avoid their two sisters-in-law.

When Zhou Weitian and Zhou Jiaan saw the third brother's expression, they felt that something important was about to be said, so they turned around and went back to call for help.

However, before leaving, Zhou Weitian grabbed a handful of peanuts and melon seeds and stuffed them into his two trouser pockets.

"I beat you to death!"

Seeing that Zhou's father was angry and wanted to hit someone, Zhou Weitian quickly drew his head and ran away, going back to call his wife.

"This idiot only knows how to eat. He has no sense of life at all."

"His father, don't say that. The eldest son in the family is diligent and capable. What's wrong with eating a little?"

Zhou's mother defended her eldest son. Although her eldest son was usually greedy, he was diligent at work. He was able to marry a wife because of his good reputation for diligence.

After the eldest and second brothers called their two sisters-in-law over, Zhou Fengnian started talking about business.
"Mom and Dad, I'm going to build a new factory for the hotplates, electric blankets and induction cookers I developed last time. Now the new factory is almost built and we are preparing to recruit workers on a large scale.
Because I had a lot to do with the construction of the new factory, I was allocated three recruitment quotas. "

Zhou Fengnian paused, then continued, "So if the eldest and second brothers are willing, they can enter the factory at the beginning of next month."

"Can I go to the city to work as a worker?"

Zhou Weitian asked happily: "Old Third, what is the treatment?"

Zhou Fengnian said: "It's all the same at the beginning. Apprentices will get 18 yuan a month, but they will be transferred to urban hukou, and I have acquaintances in the new factory who can take care of you."

(End of this chapter)