The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 201 Take care of yourself
Now Shazhu has one more room, and they are the family with the most houses in the yard. Qin Huairu's children are growing up, and it is not a good thing for Banggeng, a teenage child, to always live with his mother and grandmother.

Qin Huairu wanted to take possession of this house, but unfortunately Sha Zhu was no longer stupid. He was the breadwinner and was responsible for making money outside. He didn't worry about household affairs at all. Han Yufeng now even didn't allow Sha Zhu to use the spoon at home and wait for the ready-made food to be served.

How could Qin Huairu's little tricks be hidden from her? Han Yufeng had a hot temper to begin with. In addition, she had been taking care of the deaf old lady for many years and had been taught by her in person. Her skills must have been unfathomable.

Qin Huairu not only brought trouble upon herself, but was also criticized by Han Yufeng in a veiled manner, and she lost all her face.

Under such circumstances, the courtyard remained rare and peaceful. Of course, there were some half-grown boys who wanted to rebel.

It's a pity that their parents have a rare tacit understanding. In order to maintain the peace, if any kid dares to make trouble, he will be beaten up when he returns home. If you have the guts, why don't you come back to this home?

These guys really don't have this ability. If they had this ability, they wouldn't have to rely on their families for food, clothing and shelter, and they wouldn't just be following others around and making trouble.

Later, the city's population gradually increased. Because there were several waves of births after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the city's population was increasing, but the problem was that there were not enough jobs to accommodate these young men.

If this happened in ancient times, there would be millions of young men doing nothing every day, running around the streets. What kind of concept would this be? Even if the emperor had a million troops, he would have to wonder in his heart whether there were any unruly people who wanted to harm him.

Therefore, the call for educated young people to go to the countryside for re-education is actually to alleviate the population crisis in the cities. Wen Tiejun said that the countryside has suffered too much in the process of national development.

At first, it was boys and girls aged 17 or 18 who had to go to the countryside. Later, children as old as 15 or 16 also had to go to the countryside.

There are quite a few of them in the courtyard, such as Liu Guangfu, Yan Jiekuang, and Bang Geng, all of whom are targets of street mobilization.

Unfortunately, although the food in the city is not good, it is not bad either. These cowards are unwilling to go to the countryside to suffer and keep making excuses.

Several colleagues in the technical department also have sons and daughters who have reached age. It’s not that they can’t get jobs, but their children simply can’t enter the factory because they are not old enough.

These parents were discussing the matter in the office with concern, and Liu Hua heard it.

"Hua Zi, please give me some advice."

"If you ask me, it's better to go early than late." Liu Hua said with a smile, "If you go early, there will be more places and you can pick a good place. If you go late, you can wait for the assignment. When the time comes, you can go to the southwest if you are asked to go to the southwest, and go to the northwest if you are asked to go to the northwest."

Ma Yushan's third and fourth sons also wanted to go to the countryside, so he asked with concern: "Hua Zi, which place do you think is better?"

"You can go to the suburbs of Beijing." Liu Hua nodded: "But life there is also quite hard, and I may need your subsidies in the future."

"Where else can we go?"

Liu Hua thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the Northeast. Although it's a bit cold there, it's rich in resources. I also heard that the Construction Corps is reclaiming wasteland. That would count as military service, and I'd get paid."

Ma Yushan slapped his thigh and said, "Then let's go to the Northeast. At least we can be soldiers now."

It was not easy to join the army in those days, especially for urban soldiers. The state took good care of the old areas in recruiting soldiers, and it was rare for people in the city to join the army. Ma Yushan asked Li Huaide for help, and a total of seven children in an office went to the Northeast and became soldiers of the Construction Corps.

In the first year, these kids complained bitterly, but after communicating with their classmates and comparing themselves with them, they found that they had fallen into a honey pot.

Later, the authorities began to require idle children to go to the countryside, and people like Banggeng couldn't escape even if they wanted to.

Qin Huairu was almost going crazy. He came from the countryside and knew what life was like there. How could she bear to let Banggeng go back to the countryside?

So she wanted to find a job for Banggeng, but unfortunately Banggeng was only sixteen years old, how could he get a job in the factory?

Qin Huairu thought of Li Huaide again. She closed her eyes and changed her fate back then. Now she had to close her eyes again and change the way her son lived.

But this was just her wishful thinking. When she found Li Huaide, Li Huaide didn't even look at her.

Li Huaide was reading a newspaper and drinking tea when he asked disdainfully, "Qin Huairu, we made a deal back then, and I transferred you to the forklift workshop. We should have nothing to owe each other, right? Why are you looking for me again?"

"I want to ask the factory director for help with something." Qin Huairu flirted with Li Huaide: "Can you help our Bang Geng find a job so that he doesn't have to go to the countryside."

If it was the Qin Huairu from a few years ago, Li Huaide might still have taken the bait, but these days in the workshop, Qin Huairu really worked hard.

She had already aged a bit. Although in the eyes of the workshop workers, she was still a beauty, but Li Huaide had seen and tasted it all, and his standards had already been set very high.

"To prepare a job for your son to go to the countryside, if I remember correctly, your son has not even graduated from junior high school, and he is only about 15 or 16 years old now." Li Huaide said with a smile: "Now these half-grown boys want to go to the countryside. I opened a back door for you. What will others say? If others want to do the same, should I help them or not?"

"We are friends, right?" Qin Huairu said in a friendly way, "Given our friendship, this shouldn't be a piece of cake for you, right?"

"First, your son is not old enough to work in the factory, so it's difficult to handle in principle."

"Second, a formal job nowadays pays at least a thousand yuan. You want me to give you a job just by talking nonsense. Do you think there is such a cheap thing in the world?"

Qin Huairu began to unbutton her collar. She smiled and said, "I won't let you work in vain. I will definitely reward you handsomely."

"Okay, stop messing around." Li Huaide sneered, "If I heard correctly, the implication of your words just now is that you are threatening me. If I mess with you again, I will smash your hands."

Qin Huairu could only stop what she was doing awkwardly. Li Huaide put down the newspaper and said, "I advise you to put aside your fantasies, pack your son's luggage, and sign him up to go to the countryside as soon as possible."

"Also, don't say we are friends in the future. We are not friends." Li Huaide said in a somewhat cold tone, "You were schemed by Yi Zhonghai back then. I felt sorry for you, so I transferred you to the new workshop to get rid of his control. In the future, be careful with your mouth and don't talk nonsense everywhere. In fact, it doesn't matter what you say, no one will believe you."

Qin Huairu walked out frustratedly. Li Huaide added, "Back then I was able to transfer you to the new workshop. Today I can transfer you to the cleaning team. You can take care of yourself."

(End of this chapter)