Siheyuan: Five mouths waiting for food at the beginning

Liu Haizhong felt upset. Lao Yi had a place to celebrate the New Year, and no one suggested a family gathering this year. Fortunately, it was a little comforting that when Liu Guangguang came to visit Zhao Shanhe on the first day of the new year, he took a look at Liu Haizhong. It was a pity that he came alone, and his wife and children did not come.

Liu Haizhong felt that his sons were not as good as his apprentices. At least his apprentices would come to him to wish him a happy new year and give him gifts. He said to the second aunt who was packing up, "Look at the good sons you raised, but none of them came back for the new year. After all, I am an eighth-level worker in the factory and the second uncle in the courtyard. Isn't this a joke?"

The second aunt did not dare to refute, "Why not write a letter to the eldest brother and ask him to come back."

"Will he come back if he writes it? He is his father-in-law's son now."

"Old Liu, who do you think will take care of us in our old age? The eldest son won't come back, the second son hasn't come back in recent years even though he lives nearby, and the third son has gone to the countryside and we haven't even received any news from him."

"Of course I am the boss. After a hundred years, everything will belong to us. Those two ungrateful bastards won't leave us anything."

"Didn't you just say that the boss is his father-in-law's son?"

"I can't even complain a few words. It's normal for the eldest son not to come back since he's so far away. Besides, he's already the section chief, so how can a section chief not be busy?" Liu Haizhong still found an excuse to excuse his beloved eldest son.

"It would be great if the boss could be a section chief in the city."

"You know nothing. In the past few years, I have finally realized that to be an official, one must have connections above him. If the eldest brother could be a section chief in the city, then he would be a section chief. Our family has no power and influence, so we still have to rely on his father-in-law."

"Aren't you the second uncle?"

"I say you are stupid on New Year's Day, you still don't understand, I am a nobody, you see everyone in the courtyard is trying to curry favor with Zhao Shanhe, is there anyone who still listens to me, the second uncle?

Besides, as an uncle, I can still manage the leaders' affairs. Whoever I decide to appoint as section chief can be the section chief. If that were the case, I would have been a team leader a long time ago, and maybe even a workshop director."

"I don't understand this. The most powerful person I've ever seen is the director of the street office."

"Who said that? The most powerful person lives in our courtyard. He is much bigger than the director of the street. Why did I fail to see the truth? Forget it. Go get me some hot wine and fry some peanuts. I'm going to go have a drink with Lao Yi."

At Zhao Shanhe's home, Qin Huairu actually came to wish him a happy new year with gifts in her hand. This was the first time. What was even more rare was that she also gave his children New Year's money. She had avoided doing so in previous years. There was no doubt that it was for the purpose of making fun of him.

It really proves the old saying, "Parents' love is so pitiful." Parents can give everything for their children. A mother can raise three sons, but three sons cannot support one mother. There are too many such examples in later generations, some of which were even taken to court, and some even froze to death at their son's doorstep.

Zhao Shanhe felt a little sad. Although Qin Huairu was a bloodsucker in the play, she didn't enjoy herself much. Everything she did was for her son. Fatherly and motherly love are indeed the greatest, but she ruined Sha Zhu's whole life for her son.

"Okay, I know why you're here. I won't say anything on New Year's Day. I'll do my best, okay? But I have something to say first. If Banggeng gets a job, he must work hard and not steal like he did when he was a kid. Also, he can't use my name, otherwise I'll punish him."

"Got it, brother-in-law. I promise that if Banggeng gets a job, he will work hard and will never do stupid things again."

"Okay, that's it. By the way, how is Banggeng's leg recovering?"

"He can already walk with some effort. He will be completely healed in another ten days or half a month."

"Qin Huairu, let me remind you again. I hope you can focus on improving your work level in the future and set a good example for your son instead of slacking off everywhere under the name of being my relative. If I find out that you still do this, you know the consequences."

"Brother-in-law, after all these years, I know I'm not cut out for this job, but I promise I won't slack off in your name anymore and I will definitely work hard."

"Okay, go ahead."

On the fifth day of the New Year, the factory resumed work. Zhao Shanhe brought his third uncle and aunt to the factory and were the first to go through the employment procedures. It would take some time for the others to start work. Then they went to the street office and the police station to handle their household registration and food grain books. From then on, his third uncle also became a member of the city.

Then he took his uncle and aunt back to the factory. The work clothes were delivered by the logistics department, so he still had some face as the chief engineer. He then took his uncle and aunt to the cafeteria for lunch.

In the afternoon, I took my uncle and aunt to their respective work places to report for duty. The logistics director accompanied us personally. This was Zhao Shanhe supporting his uncle and aunt. The main reason was that his uncle and aunt were too honest. No matter what industry you are in, bullying newcomers is the norm.

He came here to let his uncle and aunt enjoy a good life. It would be terrible if they were bullied. The logistics director understood this, so he came here in person. Both of them work in logistics. The uncle helps to look after the warehouse and takes care of the vegetables, and the aunt is in the kitchen. It was agreed in advance. Originally, there was no shortage of people in these places, but since Zhao Shanhe asked for it, there would be a shortage.

But Zhao Shanhe was still worried, so he went to find the person in charge with the logistics director. The canteen director looked at the people sent by the two big bosses personally, and he must have treated them like ancestors. Then he took the two of them for a tour around the factory, and a day passed like this.

"How is it, Uncle and Aunt, are you satisfied?"

"Shanhe, how can you not be satisfied with such good conditions? It feels like a dream. Then we will move to Shanhe."

"Uncle San, it's getting dark now. Don't bother. Let's move this weekend. Then we can go together to get some coal and food. We'll just live here for a few days."

"No need, Shanhe. Just tell me the place and I can go there myself. Besides, there's nothing to move and it's close to the factory."

On the second day of work, Zhao Shanhe had nothing to do, so he planned to find out who had vacancies. If that didn't work, he would go and find Lao Zhang from the branch factory. If there was still no one, he would be dead set on being a worker, so he might as well go back to the countryside.

Zhao Shanhe didn't expect that Banggeng was worthy of being the son of the heavens and the son of destiny. Lao Li still had a quota in his hand. Not only did Lao Li have one, but the Lao Zhang he was talking about also rushed to give it to him.

Zhao Shanhe went to Lao Li's office and was ready to ask Lao Li who had not given out the quota. Lao Li said, "Shanhe asked you to take care of the factory's affairs, but you didn't. You didn't know that this matter was only discussed before the New Year, and now the procedures have only reached the retirement stage.

I haven't allocated quotas for other people yet, so I've given yours in advance. It'll take some time to recruit workers, so what's the matter? If there's a shortage of quotas, then just hire one less person from outside."

Zhao Shanhe really didn't know that the formalities had only reached the retirement stage, and the recruitment hadn't started yet. He thought he would have to report after the New Year, but he didn't expect that his uncle and aunt would do it specially. "Old Li, this is not good, I'd better buy one."