Siheyuan: Five mouths waiting for food at the beginning

"Grandpa, I will come to see you again when I have time. I will leave first today."

"Dongzi, next time you come, can you bring some photos of our home to Grandpa so I can keep them as a memory?"

"Got it, I'll bring it next time."

After He Dong left, Feng Liu came up to him again, "Boss, take care."

"Feng Liu, I need your help."

"Boss, you say."

He Dong took out a hundred yuan and wrote a phone number with a pen. "Take this money. This is my cell phone number. If anything happens to the old man across the street, you can call me. You don't have to worry about it at other times."

"Boss, don't worry. If the old man has something to do, I will definitely call you. If nothing happens, I won't disturb you."

After returning home and eating some packed meals, they washed up and went to bed.

He Dong gave Xia Chunlan all the money he had earned in the past six months and the money Ma Dongmei had recently given him. "Wife, you will be the head of our family from now on. All the money I earn will be given to you. Don't be reluctant to spend it."

Xia Chunlan returned the money to He Dong and said, "How can a woman be the head of the family? You should be in charge of the money. Just give me some money for food and my brothers and sisters every month."

"My mom manages the money in our family, so just take it. I told you before we got married that I would give you all the money I earned. I mean it. And those of us who are doing research will be too busy to take care of anything else, so you are the right person to be the head of the family."

"Okay, then I'll save it all, and I'll keep a record of how much I spend every day."

"No need. Money is earned to be spent. After we go to Uncle Zhao's place, we won't be short of money in the future. No need to save it."

"When do you think I should go to work? I want to go early. It's 110 yuan a month. In the past, the three of us made matchboxes and picked up trash, and we only made a few dozen yuan a month."

"No hurry, get familiar with it first. I'm afraid you'll be bored, so I said I'd find you an easy job. That job is just for you to kill time. Leave the money-making to me."

"This is 110 yuan, a senior worker only gets this much. I have to work hard. How much can you get?"

"I don't know yet. Uncle Zhao attaches great importance to scientific research talents. I think it should be at least one thousand a month. So I said leave the money-making to me. Uncle Zhao said it so well. I will be responsible for making money to support the family, and you just need to be beautiful."

"How much? At least one thousand. If that's true, we'll be a millionaire every year. I've never seen how much ten thousand yuan is in my life."

"I said it's the least. I heard that the bonuses for researchers are very high, and the benefits are very good. When I make money, I will buy you a mobile phone first, so that it will be convenient for us to contact each other."

"I don't want it. I heard that mobile phones are very expensive. I'd better save the money for living."

"I still have to buy one. What if I miss you and can't find you? Or I can borrow some money from dad to buy it first, and then pay it back when I get my salary."

"How much does a mobile phone cost? If it's not expensive, I'll buy it. If it's too expensive, I won't buy it."

"I want to say it's not expensive, but you will definitely know after you start working. A mobile phone plus the phone bill and network fee will cost more than 20,000 yuan."

"How much? More than 20,000. I don't want it. Don't ask dad or the others for it. I don't want it even if they buy it for me."

"Wife, let's not talk about the phone for now. My dad wants to hold his grandson. My brothers and sisters should be asleep, right?"

"It's time to go to bed."

A few minutes later, there was a knock on He Dong's door, and Chuncao's crisp voice rang out, "Brother-in-law, can you please stop beating my sister? We don't eat much, and we can work for you."

How could it be easy for the two little ones to fall asleep when they had just moved into a new place? They were already feeling uneasy after moving into a new home, and then they heard Chunlan's scream.

He Dong was so frightened that he almost fainted. Chunlan quickly said, "Chuncao, go to bed quickly. Your brother-in-law didn't hit me. I didn't turn on the light. I accidentally bumped into it while trying to get something."

There was no answer from outside. Chunlan knew her sister must not have left. "Chuncao, go to bed. I'm really fine."

They both breathed a sigh of relief when they heard footsteps. Chunlan said, "I'll keep my voice down, you hurry up."

All night long, Chunlan endured the pain and didn't dare to breathe.

Early the next morning, the two went to the courtyard and offered tea to Sha Zhu and Ma Dongmei.

Shazhu took a good sleep and went to work as if nothing had happened.

"Chunlan, I have nothing to do today. I'll take you to visit the Zhao Group. I tell you, the Zhao Group is very large and has many subsidiaries. Let's go to your future workplace first."

The two of them spent most of the day shopping, especially in the mall, and unexpectedly they met Banggeng who was inspecting the mall.

"Dongzi, An Tong called me. My uncle also told me at your wedding yesterday that you can call me when your sister-in-law is coming over. I will make the arrangements. I will definitely not let her be bullied."

"Brother Banggeng, do you think it's okay for me to come to work tomorrow morning?" Xia Chunlan said

"Okay, actually we can wait for two days. You and Dongzi just got married, so why don't you take a few days off?"

"Brother Banggeng, I'll call you when I get over here. I'll send Chunlan over first. I'll trouble you to take care of her in the future."

"Dongzi, I watched you grow up. We used to live in the same courtyard. Your uncle has even personally greeted you. Don't worry."

After separating from Banggeng, Chunlan said, "Why don't you let me go to work tomorrow?"

"If you go to work, what will happen to your brother and sister's meals? I'd better go to work first, and then you can go to work after your brother and sister start school. It's only a few days before they start school."

"My sister can cook. When Zhiqiang and I go out to collect trash, she cooks for us."

"It's different. Your family uses firewood, but we use liquid gas here. Chuncao is still young, are you sure about that? Wait a few more days. We have to go through the school transfer procedures later. As a parent, you have to show up, right?"

"All right"

The next day, He Dong reported to the Research Department first. He Dong had been given his brother-in-law Gao Peng's mobile phone number. Zhao Shanhe also called Gao Peng and asked him to focus on training He Dong, saying that he was a promising talent.

Gao Peng personally arranged for someone to handle the formalities for He Dong. Afterwards, Gao Peng personally took He Dong with him and first gave He Dong information about the mobile phone so that He Dong could familiarize himself with it first.

Xia Chunlan here is bored. For so many years, ever since her parents passed away, she has not had a single day of leisure.

Chuncao would often say that if she was bullied by her brother-in-law, she would go back to the old house. Chunlan didn't know how to explain to the little girl, so she could only keep saying that she was not bullied and that she would understand when Chuncao grew up.

The three siblings cleaned the house inside and out in the morning. In the afternoon, Xia Chunlan took her younger siblings to buy new schoolbags, stationery and other things.

Time passed quickly, and school started a few days later. Chuncao and Zhiqiang were finally going to school.

Chunlan also ate the meal cooked by He Dong, and He Dong's cooking skills were really good.