"Ming, it's time to get up and eat. I have to go to the hospital for a physical examination later." Han Yourong gently shook her husband's shoulder.

Xue Ming opened his eyes and heard the clatter of pots and pans. He would be woken up by the sound of cooking at this time every day.

Eight tenants plus the landlord's family, nine households share a kitchen of less than ten square meters, and queuing up to cook is like a war.

He looked at his watch and it was not yet seven in the morning. He yawned and said, "Let my mother and my sister eat first, and then wake me up at seven-thirty."

Liu Yue'e and Xue Ling have officially joined the department store. They go to work at [-] a.m. and [-] p.m. every day. Anyone who has something to do does not ask for leave on Saturdays and Sundays.

The mother and daughter worked under Zhao Xue's aunt, Director Zhao. Although Director Zhao regretted that Xue Ming and Zhao Xue did not get together, he took special care of Liu Yuee's mother and daughter.

She arranged for the mother and daughter to go to the luxury goods area, which was the counter for bicycles, sewing machines, radios and other luxury industrial products. Most people couldn't afford them, so they weren't busy at all.

Xue Ming planned to visit her in the department store after the physical examination. Since she was so kind to her, he had to reciprocate the favor.

He fell asleep again in a daze, and when he was woken up again at exactly half past seven, Han Yourong had already prepared foot washing water and towels, as well as toothpaste and toothbrush.

Xue Ming took the tea cup and went outside to brush his teeth. In the yard stood a row of people brushing their teeth and rinsing their mouths. They were all tenants in the courtyard.

At this time, a child's cry came from the opposite side, followed by a woman's scolding, and the yard was filled with the breath of life.

"Xiao Xue, come here." Bai Yuzhu, a worker at the firecracker factory, moved his position for Xue Ming. Yesterday, Xue Ling repaired the hole in his girl's shoe, so he wanted to be friends with Xue Ming.

"Hello, Brother Yuzhu." Xue Ming stood next to him and rinsed his mouth, finding that his toothbrush was fluffed from being used for too long.

"You're welcome." Bai Yuzhu looked at Xue Ming's toothbrush, "I put too much toothpaste in it. I can clean it with half."

"Well, I'll ask my wife to put less toothpaste next time." Xue Ming concluded that the other party was a thrifty person who knew how to live a good life.

After brushing his teeth and washing his face with warm water, Bai Yuzhu suddenly asked, "I heard that you were hired yesterday. What position did the leader assign you?"

"The salesperson in the sales department is responsible for selling the light bulbs produced in the factory." Xue Ming answered truthfully.

Bai Yuzhu was immediately confused, "That's a fat job. Oh my god, your leader is so courageous that he arranged for new employees to go to the sales department."

"Maybe the sales department was short of people, so I was lucky enough to get in." Of course Xue Ming would not tell him that he had exchanged a valuable watch for a good job.

Bai Yuzhu could only lament Xue Ming's good luck, "I have never dreamed of being transferred from the workshop to the sales office. Our leader is so damn shady. He clearly marked the price for one hundred yuan."

Xue Ming smiled and said nothing. The workshop of the firecracker factory was a time bomb. He would rather resign than go to the workshop to deal with explosives every day.

After washing up, I went back to the house and found that the food had been served, including four white-flour steamed buns, a plate of fried peanuts and two bowls of millet porridge.

Han Yourong handed her husband a pair of chopsticks, sat down and blew into the hot soup bowl, hoping to cool down the soup for her husband.

"Stop working so hard, come with me to the hospital for a physical examination after dinner." Xue Ming was a little embarrassed. He was raising his husband as a son, and swore that he would have clothes to wear, food to eat, and mouth to open.

"Aunt Hu said that physical examinations are quite expensive. If there is nothing wrong with my body, don't waste money." Han Yourong said in a low voice.

"Don't listen to Hu Liya's nonsense, listen to me." After Xue Ming finished speaking, he immersed himself in eating. His wife kept coughing for no reason, and he suspected that she might have pneumonia.

"Why don't you eat vegetables? Don't you like peanuts?" Xue Ming accidentally discovered that Han Yourong only ate steamed buns and porridge, not the fried peanuts on the plate.

"Aunt Hu said peanuts are too expensive. They sell for one yuan and two per catty in department stores. I can't bear to eat them." Han Yourong replied weakly.

"Don't interact with Hu Liya anymore, and finish the remaining peanuts for me." Xue Ming glared and placed half a plate of peanuts in front of her.

Han Yourong was too scared to look up at her husband's face, so she carefully picked up the peanuts with her chopsticks. They tasted delicious and crispy, and she felt sweet in her heart.

After dinner, I took my wife and children to the First People's Hospital of the provincial capital for a physical examination by bike. My younger sister, Xue Ying, and my two younger brothers, Xue Min and Xue Qing, both went to school.

Children of workers can go to school. My mother works in a department store and is equivalent to half a civil servant. The three little ones are arranged to study in the primary school affiliated with the No. [-] Middle School in the provincial capital.

After graduation, he was directly promoted to No. [-] Middle School, where Comrade Zhao Xue was a teacher.

The environment of the People's Hospital was very poor. Xue Ming first vaccinated Xue Yuan with cowpox to prevent smallpox, and then took the two of them for a blood test.

Take blood to check for hepatitis B. Hepatitis B can be transmitted through sharing tableware, and the factory does not accept hepatitis B patients.

"Damn it, there's an X-ray machine." Xue Ming immediately took his wife to the radiology department's fee office, "Hello, comrade, please take an X-ray of my wife's lungs."

Four people in white coats looked at him at the same time. The old doctor at the head looked surprised, "Young comrade, do you know about X-rays?"

"I just know that X-rays can penetrate the skin and take pictures of human organs. I don't know anything else." Xue Ming answered truthfully.

"It's amazing to know X-rays! This is a medical equipment imported from Germany just now in our hospital. Not many people in the country know about X-rays." The old doctor showed kindness.

"It's ten yuan for a lung X-ray. Come to the doctor tomorrow afternoon to get the film. Comrade, please pay." The young female nurse took up a pen and wrote the payment form.

"Brother, let's go home, I won't do it." Han Yourong was so frightened that he almost squatted on the ground. He asked for ten yuan for asking. Rural people could not save ten yuan a year.

"Just do what I ask you to do, listen to me." Xue Ming directly took out a big black ten and gave it to the nurse. This wife was good at everything but was too stingy with herself.

Han Yourong shed tears of distress, and the old doctor Pang Shuren smiled and comforted her, "You should be happy. Your lover is willing to spend money on you to show that he loves you. If I secretly buy two taels of dimples, my lover will nag me for two hours."

Laughter rang out in the room, and Han Yourong was so embarrassed that he cried.

Xue Ming took Xue Yuan from her arms, "Follow the doctor in. You can save money that shouldn't be spent, but you still have to spend money that should be spent."

"Well, I listen to you." Han Yourong followed the nurse into the X-ray room with fear, and lay down on the bed as the nurse asked.

The X-ray was completed quickly. Xue Ming said goodbye to Dr. Pang and went to the laboratory department to get the physical examination results. All three members of the family were free of hepatitis B.

All indicators on the physical examination form are normal. Dr. Pang signs and stamps the form. With this list, Xue Ming can officially join the light bulb factory and become a glorious working class member.

A trip to the hospital cost nearly twenty yuan, which made Han Yourong feel so distressed that he had a sad look on his face. He secretly vowed never to come to the hospital again, and even if he died, he would never come to the hospital to waste money.

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