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Yu Li wiped away her tears and looked at Yan Bugui with some resentment: "Dad, if you really treat everyone equally, then I won't say anything."

"But the question is, did Yan Jiecheng and I really spend all our salaries on the two of us?"

Yan Bugui immediately explained, "Lily, it's because they haven't started working yet! Even after they get jobs, I'll still charge them living expenses..."

The third aunt chimed in, "Yes, Lily, your father and I treat everyone equally! And we're not just taking your living expenses for nothing. When you have children, we'll also contribute to their care..."

"Mom, let's not talk about our child's future yet. Let's focus on what we're eating right now!" Yu Li said resentfully. "Tell me, what kind of food do we eat every day? There's not a drop of oil in it!"

"Several times I've almost fainted from exhaustion while working. My supervisor has warned me that if I continue like this, I should go home and rest, and not cause trouble for everyone!"

Yu Li knew very well that if she didn't have this job, she would be bullied even more in this family!

Chapter 364, Xiao Shan's suggestion temporarily quells the family division turmoil! (Please subscribe!)

Upon hearing Yu Li's words, onlookers immediately chimed in, "Third Uncle, if what your eldest daughter-in-law said is true, and that you're not getting enough to eat every day, then you're indeed going a bit too far!"

"How could we not have enough to eat? It's just that there's less oil in the food!" Yan Bugui explained helplessly.

Upon hearing Yan Bugui's explanation, Yu Li immediately said, "Dad, I have to work at the station all day. How can I possibly keep up without any income?"

Yu Li is a bus ticket seller, and she has to walk with the bus every day.

Therefore, you cannot eat in the cafeteria; you can only bring a lunchbox from home every day.

"Oh dear, given our family's situation, it's already difficult enough to have enough to eat. Where would we find so much oil and fat for you?" the third aunt said helplessly.

"Since Yan Jie and I have paid for our living expenses, we can't just go without getting anything, can we?" Yu Li said to Yan Bugui. "Dad, how about this, we won't pay for our living expenses anymore, and we won't eat at home. We'll cook for ourselves, okay?"

Before Yan Bugui could even speak after hearing Yu Li's words, the Third Aunt objected: "Lili, are you trying to alienate us from our eldest son? Ask Jiecheng, do you think it was easy for us to raise him?"

Upon hearing what the third aunt said, Yan Jiecheng's expression changed slightly.

However, Yu Li seemed completely unmoved by reason.

Seeing Yu Li like this, the third aunt started bringing up old grievances: "Lili, when you married into this family, you not only asked for eighty yuan as a dowry, but you didn't give us a single penny in return. Your father and I even used our life savings to buy this house for you two. How can you bear to treat us old folks like this?"

Upon hearing the third aunt talk about her dowry, Yu Li's face clearly showed a guilty expression.

Yan Jiecheng had originally been trying to stop Yu Li from making a scene, but now he spoke up for his wife: "Mom, why are you saying all this? The living expenses I give to Dad are already more than that!"

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Seeing that each member of the family was giving their own reasons, Yan Bugui felt completely overwhelmed!

When Yan Bugui saw Xiao Shan standing at the door eating melon seeds, he immediately had an idea.

Yan Bugui said to Xiao Shan, "Xiao Shan, you are the smartest person in our courtyard. Tell me, what should I do now, Third Uncle?"

Xiao Shan was enjoying the spectacle when Yan Bugui asked him to uphold justice.

After a long pause, he smiled and said to Yan Bugui, "Third Uncle, as the saying goes, even an upright official finds it hard to settle family disputes! I don't know what to say about your family's matter!"

"Just say whatever you want, whether it's good or bad, it'll at least give us some hints, right?" Yan Bugui said expectantly to Xiao Shan.

Seeing that Yan Bugui was determined to make him say something, Xiao Shan didn't hesitate.

"Alright, Third Uncle, since you've told me to say whatever I want, then I'll say whatever I want!" Xiao Shan said slowly, looking at Yan Bugui. "As for whether what I say is useful or not, you can judge for yourselves!"

Yan Bugui's family and the onlookers all looked at Xiao Shan, wanting to hear what he had to say.

Xiao Shan first looked at Yan Jiecheng and said, "Jiecheng, it is only natural for children to be filial to their parents. So it is indeed right that Uncle San asked you to pay his living expenses."

Upon hearing Xiao Shan's words, Yan Jiecheng's expression instantly turned somewhat ugly.

However, he had no way to refute Xiao Shan's words.

Yan Bugui smiled and said, "Xiaoshan truly lives up to his reputation as the smartest person in our courtyard; he's so sensible!"

However, Xiao Shan's next words made Yan Bugui's expression freeze: "However, Third Uncle, Yu Li was not raised by you and Third Aunt. She is a married woman. It's a bit unreasonable to ask her to pay living expenses as well!"

Yu Li, who was initially somewhat unhappy, suddenly brightened up when she heard Xiao Shan's words.

Seeing the Yan family's emotions constantly changing with his words, Xiao Shan couldn't help but find it amusing.

"Xiaoshan, what exactly do you mean..." Yan Jiecheng couldn't contain himself any longer and asked Xiaoshan directly.

Xiao Shan waved his hand at Yan Jiecheng: "Jiecheng, don't worry!"

Then, looking at Yan Bugui, he said, "Third Uncle, what I mean is, if you don't separate the family, then you can collect Jie Cheng's living expenses to supplement the household income! As for Yu Li, as long as she doesn't eat at home, then she doesn't need to pay living expenses, there's no question about that!"

Hearing Xiao Shan's words, Yan Bugui's expression turned somewhat unpleasant, but he still nodded and said, "Xiao Shan, I think what you said makes sense!"

So Yan Bugui looked at Yu Li and said, "Lili, just do as Xiaoshan said. If you don't want to eat at home, then don't pay your living expenses. You can cook for yourself!"

Although Yu Li felt somewhat dissatisfied, she also knew the importance of knowing when to stop.

If we were to push Mr. and Mrs. Yan Bugui too far in front of so many people, it would damage their reputation.

So Yu Li nodded and said, "Dad, I'll listen to you!"

Seeing that the matter had been temporarily resolved, Yan Jiecheng naturally did not want others to continue watching the commotion at his home, so he quickly pulled Yu Li back to their small house.

Seeing Yu Li and Yan Jiecheng leave, the onlookers knew there was no more excitement to be had, so they dispersed.

Watching the crowd disperse, Yan Bugui said to Xiao Shan, "Xiao Shan, we owe you a lot for your idea this time, otherwise our Yan family would have really lost face!"

"Third Uncle, although this matter seems to be resolved for the time being, it will cause trouble again sooner or later!" Xiao Shan said to Yan Bugui in a low voice. "If you ask me, you might as well let Yan Jiecheng and his wife move out as soon as possible, so that they don't keep causing trouble like this and end up wearing down the relationship between father and son!"

Yan Bugui sighed and said, "Xiaoshan, do you think I don't want them to move out? But if they move out, what if Jiefang follows suit? Wouldn't that be unfair to Jie Kuang and Jie Di?"

"Just bear with it a little longer! Once Jie Kuang and Jie Di are married, I won't bother with them anymore!"

Clearly, the dispute between Yu Li and Yan Jiecheng over the division of the family property has greatly hurt Yan Bugui!

Seeing Yan Bugui's expression, Xiao Shan didn't know what to say.

Watching Yan Bugui turn and go back into the house, Xiao Shan also walked towards the backyard.

Chapter 365, Summer Heatstroke Incident! (Please Subscribe!)

For some reason, the summers of 1966 and 1977 were much hotter than usual.

If you stand still in the shade, your clothes will be soaked with sweat.

In such hot weather, most of the people in the courtyard were finding it hard to stand.

Xiaoshan can hold out, but Ding Qiunan is in a tough spot.

So Xiao Shan went directly to a department store and bought three electric fans.

One was for his own use, one for his parents-in-law, and one for his mentor, Mao Dexing.

Xiao Shan's extravagant gesture stunned everyone in the courtyard. They all said that Ding Qiunan had found a good man, and Mao Dexing had also taken on a good apprentice.

However, although the people in the courtyard admired Xiao Shan's generosity, they were unwilling to spend their own money to buy an electric fan.

After all, the industrial permits required for a single electric fan are quite substantial.

All the industrial tickets were used for electric fans. So, where will the industrial tickets for the "three turns and one sound" (referring to a type of revolving door, sewing machine, radio, and watch) be obtained when the family's children want to get married?

So everyone in the courtyard could only grit their teeth and bear it with envy, fanning themselves with their palm-leaf fans as fast as electric fans.

Compared to the impact of high temperatures on daily life, the impact on production is even greater!

Although fans are now installed in the workshops of steel rolling mills, the air blown out by the fans is hot when the workers are working.

It doesn't achieve the desired cooling effect at all.

The hottest areas were the welding workshop and the foundry workshop, which were practically like saunas.

Many workers in welding and foundry workshops have suffered from heatstroke.

Some of the more serious cases even required emergency treatment at the staff hospital.

Faced with this situation, the factory director, Li Huaide, was the most troubled.

Workers are now suffering from heatstroke one after another, and a shortage of workers has appeared in the workshop.

If this continues, I'm afraid more than half of the workshops will have to shut down.

However, the production task had to be completed on schedule, so Li Huaide had no choice but to quickly call together all the important leaders in the factory.

A short meeting was held to discuss how to prevent workers from suffering from heatstroke.

Several fans and ceiling fans were blowing in the conference room, but the participants were still sweating profusely.

Because Luo Zhengqiu, the workshop director, also suffered from heatstroke yesterday, only Xiao Shan, the deputy director of the workshop, could attend today's meeting.

Listening to the various suggestions from everyone on how to lower the temperature in the workshop, Xiao Shan also weighed the feasibility of these suggestions in his mind.

Seeing that everyone had been discussing for a long time without coming up with a single useful suggestion, Li Huaide became even more anxious.

Just then, Li Huaide noticed Xiao Shan, who had been listening silently without saying a word.

So Li Huaide directly called out, "Comrade Xiao Shan, you are an eighth-level welder in the welding workshop. You must know more about what's going on in the workshop than we do. So tell me, do you have any ideas on how to lower the temperature in the workshop?"

Seeing that Li Huaide had called his name, Xiao Shan slowly offered his suggestion: "Factory manager, could we try mopping the workshop floor with water and a mop every now and then? That way, with the electric fan blowing on the damp floor, the room should be relatively cooler!"

"This idea seems good, we can give it a try!" Li Huaide nodded and said, "But wouldn't doing this take up a lot of time?"

Xiao Shan said somewhat helplessly, "Factory manager, as long as the temperature in the workshop can be lowered, delaying things a little is better than the workshop shutting down, right?"

“Yes, of course!” Li Huaide looked at the others and continued, “Does anyone have any other ideas?”

At this moment, He Yuzhu, the canteen director, hesitated before speaking up: "Factory director, I remember that mung bean soup can relieve heatstroke. Why don't we try serving free mung bean soup in the canteen today and see if it can reduce the number of workers suffering from heatstroke?"

"Yes, Comrade He Yuzhu, this matter is entrusted to you!" Li Huaide nodded without hesitation. "Make sure that all the workers can have mung bean soup in the canteen today!"

Now, in order not to delay the factory's production schedule, Li Huaide is willing to try any method.

After the meeting, Xiao Shan returned to the welding workshop and the first thing he did was to arrange for people to find water and mops to mop the floor of the welding workshop.

Then a schedule is arranged so that as soon as the floor is dry, a different group of people will mop the floor again.

As a result, everyone in the welding workshop could clearly feel that the temperature inside the workshop had dropped significantly.

After finishing his tasks for the day, Xiao Shan sat at his workstation and discussed with the people in the chat group about how hot the weather was and how easy it was to get heatstroke.

Zhang Chulan: "Group owner, why don't you try giving the workers some Huoxiang Zhengqi Water to prevent heatstroke? I remember there are often reports online of construction workers being saved by Huoxiang Zhengqi Water in the summer! No matter how high the temperature is in your world in summer, it shouldn't be as high as the temperature in our world in summer!"

Group owner Xiao Shan: "That makes sense! Chu Lan, find me a few prescriptions for Huoxiang Zhengqi Water, I'll study them carefully!"

Zhang Chulan: "No problem!"

Soon, Zhang Chulan found several different prescriptions for Huoxiang Zhengqi Water for Xiao Shan.

Just as Xiao Shan was studying the formulas for Huoxiang Zhengqi Water, he suddenly heard a gasp from his coworkers in the workshop.

Xiao Shan looked in the direction of the sound and saw his master, Mao Dexing, collapsed at his workstation.

Xiao Shan quickly got up, ran to Mao Dexing's side, and examined Mao Dexing.

It was only after discovering that Mao Dexing had just suffered from heatstroke and was otherwise unharmed that Xiao Shan breathed a sigh of relief.

After Xiao Shan secretly transferred a burst of internal energy to Mao Dexing, Mao Dexing slowly opened his eyes.

"Xiaoshan, what's wrong with me?" Mao Dexing asked, somewhat puzzled, looking at Xiaoshan who was supporting him.

Xiao Shan said slowly, "Master, you have heatstroke! Come on, I'll go with you to the infirmary to get some medicine!"

Mao Dexing wanted to refuse again, feeling that he hadn't done anything wrong.

However, she couldn't resist Xiao Shan's insistence and was forcibly helped to the infirmary by him.

After Ding Qiunan prescribed some medicine to relieve the summer heat for Mao Dexing, Xiao Shan took Mao Dexing home directly.

I gave him a few days off so he could rest at home.

After getting off work in the afternoon, Xiao Shan went to the factory hospital pharmacy to get some medicinal materials for preparing Huoxiang Zhengqi Water, intending to go back and mix some Huoxiang Zhengqi Water himself.

"Honey, what are you making all this stuff?" Ding Qiunan asked curiously, looking at the Huoxiang Zhengqi Water that Xiao Shan had concocted.

Chapter 366. Give all the credit to my wife! (Please subscribe!)

Because during this period, traditional Chinese medicine had been largely labeled as feudal superstition, so even though Ding Qiunan was a medical worker, she didn't know much about some traditional Chinese medicines.

Seeing Ding Qiunan's curiosity, Xiao Shan smiled and said, "Huoxiang Zhengqi Water!"

"Huoxiang Zhengqi Water?" Ding Qiunan looked at Xiao Shan in confusion. "Why are you messing around with this?"

Xiao Shan explained, "It's been so hot lately, and a lot of people in the factory have been suffering from heatstroke! I wanted to try this thing to see if it could prevent heatstroke!"