Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

"Mom, I didn't. Don't let your imagination run wild. I'm just trying to get some benefits from that stupid guy!"

"Don't say that I don't believe you. I've been through it and know the pain of being a widow. After you give birth to this child, you can get an IUD inserted. Otherwise, it would be embarrassing if someone dies." Jia Zhang didn't believe what Qin Huairu said. When she was a widow, there were people who bothered her too.

"Mom, can you not get an IUD? I heard it's bad for your health."

"If you don't want to go, that's fine. Then you can go back to your hometown after you give birth to the baby. I'll sell my work station and live on Banggeng."

Qin Huairu saw that her mother-in-law was serious and stopped insisting, "Okay, let's get the IUD."

Jia Zhang knew very well that after a slap, you have to give a sweet date. She looked at Qin Huairu and said, "Since you said you will be the head of the family in the future, then we will each have half of Dongxu's pension. My half and the previous family assets will be my retirement money; your half will be used for daily expenses at home. When you start working, you have to give me five yuan a month for retirement."

Although Jia Zhangshi did not really believe that Qin Huairu would be able to stay a widow for the sake of her son, the Jia family still needed her to work and earn money, so she had to make some gestures to win her over.

Qin Huairu was delighted when she heard that Jia Dongxu would give her half of the pension. She knew how much the pension was. After marriage, the Jia family's mother-in-law managed the money, and she had never seen so much money. However, she still wanted to fight for the five yuan pension.

"Mom, five dollars a month is too much. Banggeng and Xiaodang's allowance is only five dollars a month! Besides, my first year salary after I started working is only fifteen dollars. Isn't it too much for you to take five dollars at once?"

So the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law argued for a while, and finally decided to set the pension at four yuan. Jia Zhang's bottom line was three yuan, and one more yuan could buy a lot of things; Qin Huairu reduced the pension by one yuan, which was equivalent to having one more yuan in her hand, so the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were both happy!

After Yi Zhonghai dealt with Jia Dongxu's affairs, he hid at home and drank alone. He was also worried: his prestige in the hospital was repeatedly hit by the alliance headed by Xu Damao, and his supporter, the deaf old lady, was sent to a nursing home outside the city. He was forced to pay out a lot of the pension money he had saved with great difficulty.

I was demoted in the factory, and the people in the factory no longer respected me as much as before. Now my pensioner has died. You know, I spent a lot of money to save Jia Dongxu, and I helped the Jia family a lot. What should I do with my pension?

Wang Sufen looked at her husband sighing and drinking alone and wanted to enlighten him, "Old Yi, although Dongxu is gone, the Jia family still has Huairu and Banggeng. You can still work for many years now, and by the time we are old, Banggeng will have grown up."

Yi Zhonghai's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he thought to himself, "Yes, the Jia family still has Huairu and Banggeng, and with my own second-in-command, Shazhu, can I bring Shazhu and Qin Huairu together?" The more Yi Zhonghai thought about it, the more excited he became. The blueprint for the elderly care in his mind was broken down and reorganized again and finally took shape.

The next morning, Qin Huairu went to the factory with Yi Zhonghai. She not only had to collect Jia Dongxu's pension but also go through the employment procedures. If there was still time, she would also go back to her hometown to inform her parents of Jia Dongxu's death and get some certificates for the transfer of household registration.

Yi Zhonghai brought his men directly to Director Yang’s office.

"Director, I've brought Qin Huairu here to complete the employment procedures." Yi Zhonghai said respectfully, and he also pointed at Director Yang to help him restore his work grade.

Director Yang felt a little sympathetic when he saw this delicate and pretty widow. Jia Dongxu's daughter-in-law looked reasonable and sensible, not like her mother-in-law at all. But if such a pretty little widow went to the workshop... I just hope she is a law-abiding person.

Soon, Director Yang issued a notice of replacement and stamped it.

"Old Yi, I've been thinking about your reinstatement as a worker. Jia Dongxu was your apprentice before, so you should be the one to lead Qin Huairu."

"Okay, Director, leave it to me and don't worry." Yi Zhonghai began to calculate again. With Qin Huairu's education level and the burden of her family, if he did something bad in secret and didn't teach her real skills, Qin Huairu would definitely not pass the first-class worker exam. If the Jia family wanted to eat well, dress well and raise three children, wouldn't they have to ask for help from him? Then he could naturally ask them to support him in his old age.

"Take her to the job registration first, and go to the Finance Department to collect the pension. I'm a bit busy here," said Director Yang.

Director Yang watched Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu leave, and his mind began to turn. "The atmosphere has become a little strange recently. Could it be that my embezzlement of public funds has been discovered? I only circulated it for a while and made up for it soon after, but why did the higher-ups suspend the purchase of machines and transfer many senior workers from the factory?"

Director Yang thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out, so he just continued to work.

Here, Yi Zhonghai led Qin Huairu to successfully receive Jia Dongxu's pension and completed Qin Huairu's employment procedures.

Yi Zhonghai took Qin Huairu to the workshop where she was going to work and introduced her to the two directors. Ninety-five percent of the fitter workshop was men, and the remaining women were all strong and capable of doing manual labor. The pretty Qin Huairu caused a sensation among the men in the workshop as soon as she entered the workshop. There were even a few frivolous ones who took the initiative to approach her and chat with her.

Qin Huairu was very happy and walked more briskly. "It seems that my charm is still quite good. Although I am still pregnant, I am still sought after by men. If only a small number of these people are willing to help my family, then..."

Yi Zhonghai dispersed the crowd and took Qin Huairu to see the workshop director. He pointed to the cabinet that Jia Dongxu had used before and said, "This is the cabinet that Dongxu used before. There should be some of his belongings in it. Take them. The key is here." After that, he took out a key from his pocket and handed it to Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu took the key and opened the metal cabinet. Tears suddenly flowed down her cheeks and she sobbed silently. Inside was Jia Dongxu's smelly lunch box, two pairs of gloves, a notebook, and some small tools commonly used by fitters.

Qin Huairu opened the lunch box and looked at the rotten-smelling vegetables and the half-eaten steamed bread with hair on it. She couldn't hold back her tears any longer.

Yi Zhonghai comforted her with a few words and after she calmed down, he continued to take her for a walk around the factory to familiarize her with the factory area.

Soon the two of them arrived at the logistics warehouse. "Huai Ru, take out your employment notice and get your work clothes and gloves here, then you can go back."

Upon hearing this, Qin Huairu took out the list and handed it to the warehouse manager. After checking it carefully, the manager took Qin Huairu to get two sets of work clothes, two pairs of gloves and a lunch box.

"Godfather, I'll go back first. I still have two children at home who need to be taken care of."

"Go ahead and have a good rest. There's no rush for the household registration. I'll put your lunch box and gloves in the cabinet for you. You'll need them in the future anyway."

Qin Huairu nodded and handed the things over, then she twisted her big butt and walked out of the factory with the newly issued work clothes and Jia Dongxu's belongings.