Siheyuan: Five mouths waiting for food at the beginning

The next day was Monday. I went to the security department to look for Uncle Cheng, but he was not there. He said he had just returned home from the night shift. Then I went home, got a pack of cigarettes and two bottles of Lotus White from my father, and went to Uncle Cheng's house.

Uncle Cheng's house was two streets away. At that time, Uncle Cheng's level was not high enough to be assigned a tube-shaped building, so he also lived in a courtyard house. Since he had been there with my father many times before, he was very familiar with the place.

When we arrived at Uncle Cheng's house, Uncle Cheng was just about to go out. I asked and found out that he was going to look for Zhao Shanhe. He then brought Zhao Shanhe in, and Zhao Shanhe put the cigarettes and alcohol on the table.

Then he was kicked. "You little bastard, who did you learn this from? You are playing this with your Uncle Cheng. Who told you to take it? You treat your Uncle Cheng as an outsider. Take it back to me later, or don't blame me for not recognizing you."

Although I got kicked on the butt, I felt warm in my heart. Uncle Cheng treated me as his own child. I quickly admitted my mistake to Uncle Cheng and promised that I would not do it again next time.

"Here's the letter of introduction. I've got you a job as a salesperson. I originally wanted to find an easy job in the factory, but then I thought, you have many children, and a salesperson job is an easy job with good benefits. When you're done, take it to your aunt and ask her to arrange a good job for you," said Uncle Cheng. (Aunt is Uncle Cheng's wife, who is the manager of the department store.)

Uncle Cheng didn't explain the specific operation process, but asked Zhao Shanhe to come to dinner often. He said that the Zhao family had many children, and he gave Zhao Shanhe a ticket and White Rabbit candy. He asked Zhao Shanhe to take the cigarettes and alcohol he brought back home. He was on night shift last night and needed to catch up on sleep, so he asked Zhao Shanhe to get out (White Rabbit candy is not available to ordinary people. The production is small and you really can't get it without some connections. You can't buy it with a ticket. It all depends on luck)

After returning home, I took Aunt Chen to the department store to find Aunt Cheng. I arranged for Aunt Chen to sell snacks. The broken ones could be taken home, which was considered an invisible benefit.

School is about to start in a few days, so let's follow the 5+2+2 model. In the s, school started in March, so we will follow the fall model and start school in September.

During that time, I found my third uncle, gave him two cabbages, and asked him to take Xiaobao and Erya to report, mainly because I didn't have time because school had started. Xiaobao and Erya are Zhao Shanhai and Zhao Hehua (Zhao Hehua was named by my dad, saying that they are a family, so he also gave them the surname Zhao. Daya is called Zhao Guihua, which is a characteristic of the times. But my family is used to calling Daya and Erya, just like me, Goudan)

During school, Zhao Shanhe was still considering whether to go to college. Later, he decided to go. He did not apply for a job after graduating from high school, but he would be given priority for placement. He might not be assigned to a cadre position. After graduating from technical secondary school or university, he would be a cadre. Even if he was assigned, he would have to spend three years as an apprentice before taking the exam. It was better to graduate from university with a salary of 49.5 and become a regular employee with a salary of 56.

In this era, you also need to learn foreign languages. You have to choose between Russian and English. Russian was the big trend at that time, so my predecessor chose Russian. Fortunately, I graduated from a double first-class university in my previous life. As an engineer, I knew four languages, Chinese, English, German, and Russian. I mainly studied these four national machines. In fact, I also know a little Japanese. Before I was 30, I had nothing to do in the middle of the night, so I learned it by watching romance movies.

I was not a very good student in my previous life. I was average in my class. Those who were good at studying basically went to technical secondary schools, and those who went to college were basically children of high-ranking officials. They were not in a hurry to find a job. In this era, you cannot make significant progress. You are likely to be reported as an enemy spy. I can't explain how much your study has changed so much.

Then at the beginning of the school year, he went to his class teacher and told him about his family situation, that he wanted to go to university and hoped to get help from the teacher. Then he just pretended. Zhao Shanhe knew everything, listened carefully in class, and asked the teacher for advice after class, so he had a reason to improve slowly. The most difficult thing was to control his scores, and make a little progress each time so that he could get into university in time for the college entrance examination.

During the school holidays, I often went home to visit. Aunt Chen took good care of the house. Because her family was a martyr, no one dared to cause trouble. The house occupation mentioned in the fan fiction did not happen. In this era, those who insulted the martyrs' families might be forced to dig sand. Those who occupied the house were not allowed to eat peanuts, and they had to buy them with their own money.

During the winter vacation, I began to slowly store food, and I went to the pigeon market several times. After the spring semester started, I told Aunt Chen to store food regardless of whether there was any at home, and not to care about the price, and to buy food when she saw it. Since Aunt Chen was the one who had the final say at home, she did as she was told. Before going to school, I gave all the family's savings to Aunt Chen, and told her to let my younger brothers and sisters eat better. More than 500 yuan plus Aunt Chen's salary, an average of 10 yuan per person per month, which was already an upper-middle level in the era of 5 yuan per person.

Although there was no big fish or meat, everyone had to eat enough. This was the minimum requirement for Aunt Chen. I specifically asked Hu Zi about it when I went home. Hu Zi said that Aunt Chen was very good and everyone in the family had enough to eat.

In the blink of an eye, it was August, and the college entrance examination was coming. At that time, it was the college entrance examination in August, then in July, and slowly until now in June. Before the examination, I filled in the application form and filled in the mechanical manufacturing of the Iron and Steel Industry College. The Iron and Steel Industry College was originally one of the "Eight Colleges" in Beijing.

I was admitted to university very smoothly. During that time, I told my family the reason for going to university. I will use my father's pension for the next few years, and life will be better after I graduate.