The ups and downs of life in the Siheyuan

Maybe tomorrow is a day off, and the compound is quite lively tonight.

Li Yuan did not go to bed as early as before, but sat by the fire, thinking about the direction of his next efforts.

In my previous life, as a physics graduate with purely theoretical research, the most knowledge I learned was formulas and derivation methods. The metalworking internship at the beginning of college was more like a joke.

But he never thought that fitter could be so fun. A vise, a file, and a hacksaw can make all kinds of mechanical parts.

Even with just a level three skill, he knew how to process gears, how to assemble bearings, and how to calculate, cut, process and weld a beautiful-looking equipment casing.

It has accumulated experience in dozens of mold processing.

To be honest, he is scared by this system now. So many skills and experiences have been mastered by him in a short period of time, and it has become an instinct.

He believed that even the level 3 fitters in the steel rolling mill would not be as good as him, because they could not have experience in making so many products, so there was no way they could accumulate similar experience.

I was excited for a while, but then felt a little depressed. My major was not suitable for me. It would be great if I was a worker in a steel rolling mill. A third-level worker has a salary of more than 40 yuan, and it develops faster than the scrap yard.

Nowadays, upgrading the scrap station is more about qualifications, and there is a quota limit. You are not lucky, and you will only be at level 24 or 25 if you work for a lifetime.

The scrap collection station is a public institution, and the salary standards are divided into levels 1 to 30. The higher the level, the lower the salary.

按照11种地区分类，京都处于第6（修订）类，30级就是22元，1级是610.5元。

Li Yuan is now an established apprentice. The salary standard is 14 yuan in the first year and increases by 2 yuan every year. The current salary is 18 yuan.

The webmaster of the scrap station is level 19, with a salary standard of 78 yuan, a subsidy of 5 yuan for the webmaster, and a subsidy of 2 yuan for the accountant. The total monthly salary is 85 yuan.

Uncle Song is level 21 and his salary is 62 yuan. Chen Bing and Liang Zhixiang are both level 29, with a salary standard of 25.5 yuan.

Under normal circumstances, as long as you make no mistakes, you will be promoted to a level in three years, but the premise is that there must be indicators.

Of course, there are also rapid promotion channels, that is, for those who have made major or outstanding contributions, it is possible to advance to level 1 to level 3.

Li Yuan calmed down and planned for his future. No matter what, he had to be a good young man fighting against heaven and earth.

His first thought was to assemble old bicycles.

There are no tools for assembling bicycles, so we have to make them ourselves. If you want to apply for funds to purchase tools, it is better to dream.

Thinking of this, he turned on the oil lamp, found a workbook, tore out a page, and began to record the tools needed: a vise, a special wrench, a spoke adjustment wrench, a bayonet wrench, and a DIY welding machine.

The previous tools are trivial for a third-level fitter, and the electric welding machine is not difficult for a later generation who studies physics.

The next day, Li Yuan slept until he woke up naturally. If it wasn't for the urgency of urination, he probably would have wanted to sleep a little longer.

The first thing I did when I woke up was to sign in. I was lucky today and signed in 2 pounds of lamb chops and 10 yuan.

Looking at the 10 yuan, Li Yuan was not surprised, but felt that it was very little. But think about it, in this era, money is useless, food is the king.

An idea, put two items into the meat compartment and the bill compartment.

In order to verify the rules for classifying bills, he threw both the household registration book and the grain book into the box of money bills. The result was that they were all rejected.

Think about it, these two notebooks are very important, and it is safer to carry them with you, so I reluctantly occupied one of them.

There are now a total of 5 storage compartments occupied, including flour, meat, money tickets & certificates, vegetables, and a compartment for preservation experiments.

There is no income from other things, after all, they are all worthless things.

There are only 5 pounds of cornmeal, 1 pound of flour, some sweet potatoes and half a cabbage left in the cupboard. It's just a show-off to prevent others from discovering abnormalities.

People in the compound will store some Chinese cabbage in the cellar in autumn. There is enough space inside, and all the residents in the courtyard have their own places. A family can store five to six hundred kilograms of cabbage without any problem.

Chinese cabbage in autumn is cheap and easy to store. The cheapest price is only 2 cents, so everyone stores hundreds of kilograms of Chinese cabbage.

Some of the sauerkraut is pickled in large vats, and some of it is put in the cellar.

There is only one cellar in the yard, located in the backyard. There are many people in the front yard, so I wanted to dig one, but I didn't get approval from the street.

After Li Yuan went to the toilet, he went to the backyard, thinking of getting some potatoes and cabbage from the cellar for lunch.

Entering the central courtyard through the hall, I saw Qin Huairu washing clothes next to the shared pool. A clean floral coat accentuated her curvy figure.

The ups and downs of doing laundry make people think.

The steam in the enamel basin is steaming, obviously mixed with hot water. Under the warm sunshine, it looks youthful, beautiful, sexy and enchanting.

Silly Zhu was brushing his teeth next to Qin Huairu. He didn't know how long he had been brushing. There was white foam on the front of his clothes. He had squint in the early morning.

Jia Dongxu sat on the bench under the window outside the house and basked in the sun. He kept looking at the pool and looking at Silly Zhu with disgust from time to time.

"Sister-in-law, brother Zhuzi, morning."

Qin Huairu raised his head and glanced at Li Yuan, responded coldly, then lowered his head to wash clothes. His holy and beautiful impression was suddenly shattered.

Silly Zhu seemed to be startled and almost poured out the water in the tea cup, "Ah, good morning, Xiao Yuanzi."

Then Li Yuan turned towards the west wing and said, "Good morning, Brother Jia."

Jia Dongxu smiled and nodded, "Good morning Yuan Zi."

Li Yuan turned to Silly Zhu again, "Brother Zhuzhu, has the rain come back?"

"Not yet, I guess it will be soon." Shazhu inadvertently glanced at Qin Huairu's bulging chest and said to Li Yuan.

"Okay, you can go over there later, and you brothers and sisters will have a light meal at my house at noon," Li Yuan told him before heading to the backyard.

Pass through the hanging flower door and walk a dozen steps west to reach the cellar.

"Good morning, Second Uncle." The Second Uncle was holding a cigarette and watching his family drying up the quilt.

"Second aunt, Guangtian, Guangfu, morning."

"morning".

"Good morning, Brother Li".

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Li Yuan glanced at the Xu family. It was very quiet inside. He must have gotten up early and left.

He opened the wooden door of the cellar, bent down and walked into the cellar. He took out an oil lamp from the small cave on the left, lit it with a match, and walked down twenty or thirty steps. The front suddenly became clear.

The cellar is used for storage in normal times and can be used as an air raid shelter in times of war.

So when I walked down the steps, it was very spacious inside, with a semicircular top. The corridor was more than 1 meter wide, about 2.5 meters high, and 10 meters deep.

There are two vents on the top, so the air in the cellar is pretty good.

There are horizontal caves on both sides, with wooden shelves inside, on which cabbage and a small amount of potatoes are piled up in an orderly manner.

The cave dwelling of Li Yuan's family is in the innermost part. I briefly checked the cabbage and found that the number was about the same and there was nothing rotten.

He grabbed a cabbage, took two potatoes, hesitated for a moment, took another potato, put it in the bamboo basket, and walked out of the cellar with the oil lamp.

I put away the oil lamp, closed the wooden door, said hello to a few people in the courtyard, and strolled to the middle courtyard.

Qin Huairu was still washing clothes, but Si Zhu was no longer there. He was probably too embarrassed to chat with his wife under Jia Dongxu's gaze.