Siheyuan: Grassroots Counterattack

After dinner, Li Tianyi asked Xiaoxue to coax An An to sleep first, while he followed Li's father and others back to the courtyard.

It was dinner time at this time. Li Tianyi did not go to the Yan family to disturb them. He sat at his own home for a while. When he felt that it was about time, he went to the Yan family.

The Yan family had just finished their meal. Yan Jiecheng and his wife were also there. Although their family had already separated, the couple paid 5 yuan for food to the family every month, so they could still eat at old Yan's house.

Li Tianyi stood at the door and knocked, "Is the Third Master here?"

When Yan Bugui heard Li Tianyi's voice, he immediately stood up and said, "Yes, Tianyi, come in." Then he walked towards the door.

Li Tianyi pushed open the door and saw Yan Bugui. Yan Bugui warmly invited Li Tianyi in. Li Tianyi greeted the people in the room. He wanted to find a quiet place to talk to Yan Bugui about this matter, but except for the third aunt who took Yan Jiedi to the kitchen to wash dishes, everyone else was sitting there looking at Li Tianyi.

Li Tianyi was speechless, so he looked at Yan Bugui, who also saw what Li Tianyi meant, "Tianyi, let's talk outside."

Li Tianyi and Yan Bugui walked out of the door and stood in a corner. Yan Bugui asked impatiently, "Tianyi, do you have any news?"

Li Tianyi did not bother Yan Bugui, and said simply: "Yes, I asked someone to help me find out about the job before, and I got the news today. The job is not in the steel mill, but as a butcher in the meat processing plant. The salary is 700 yuan. I will learn butchering from the master chef in the factory. The salary is 18 yuan per month. When I become a formal worker, I will get 23 yuan per month. After that, I can take the exam. The salary in the future depends on my ability."

When Yan Bugui first heard that he was not working at the steel mill, he was a little disappointed. He had seen how the workers in the steel mill were treated over the years. The things his eldest son brought back every Chinese New Year in the past two years were enough for the family to use during the New Year.

But after hearing that he worked in a meat processing plant, the hesitation on his face disappeared immediately. Although the work in a meat processing plant is tiring and dirty, you can buy freshly digested meat!

If the second son worked in a meat processing factory, their family would have more money.

But 700 yuan is not a small amount of money. Although he has been taking translation jobs, the number of translation jobs has decreased a lot in the past two years, so their family's income has also decreased.

Seeing Yan Bugui was silent, Li Tian reminded him, "Third Uncle, go home and discuss this tonight, and tell me tomorrow morning. You know how popular a formal job is. I will give them a reply tomorrow, regardless of whether you want it or not."

Yan Bugui came back to his senses and said quickly: "Okay, I understand. Thank you Tianyi. I will reply to you tomorrow morning."

It was already late, so Li Tianyi didn't waste any more time and turned back home.

As for Yan Bugui, as soon as he entered the house, he saw his eldest son and his wife, who usually went back to their room after dinner, still sitting there. He immediately realized that they were waiting for him to come back.

As soon as Yan Bugui sat on the stool, Yan Jiefang couldn't wait to ask: "Dad, what did Li Tianyi want to talk to you about? Have you found a job?"

Yan Bugui's face darkened and he began to scold, "What Li Tianyi? Is that what you can call him? You should call him Brother Tianyi or Brother Li. It's really rude."

Yan Jiefang looked aggrieved, Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jiedi hid in the back and laughed secretly. When Yan Jiecheng heard his second brother mention the job, he immediately looked at Yan Bugui and asked, "Dad, have you asked the Li family for help?"

Yan Bugui nodded and said, "I asked Tianyi to help me find out. Tianyi just delivered a letter saying that there is a job and asked if we want it."

"Dad, what kind of job is that? Is it a job in a steel mill?" Yan Jiefang asked anxiously. He had long envied his elder brother for being able to work in a steel mill.

Yan Bugui shook his head. "It's not a workstation in the steel mill, it's in the meat processing plant."

"Ah? A meat processing factory?"

"Meat factory?"

There were two exclamations, but they had different meanings. Yan Jiefang's exclamation was mixed with disappointment, while the other exclamation came from Yu Li.

When she heard about the meat processing factory, the first thing she thought of was meat. If her brother-in-law went to work in the meat processing factory, would the family be able to eat meat more often?

Yan Bugui ignored Yu Li. He looked at his second son and asked, "Jiefang, think carefully about whether you want to go to the meat processing factory or not!"

"Dad, isn't there any other job?" Yan Jiefang asked unwillingly.

"No, you'd better think it over now. I have to reply to Tianyi tomorrow morning."

"Dad, there's a guy in our factory whose family worked in the meat processing plant. Later his father died. Now he's spreading the word that he wants to switch jobs for 700 yuan. Is this what you're talking about?" Yu Li felt like she had heard of this story somewhere before and suddenly she remembered it.

Yan Bugui knew it was this matter as soon as he heard it. "It should be this matter. The price Tianyi told me was also 700 yuan."

"That must be the case."

"Yan Jiefang, have you made up your mind? Are you going or not?"

Yan Jiefang hesitated for a long time before he made up his mind, "Dad, I'll go, but how can I pay back the money?"

"You are like your older brother. When you were an apprentice, you paid 5 yuan a month for food and 5 yuan for debt repayment. You can have 8 yuan left. You can save this for yourself."

"When you become a regular employee, you can pay 10 yuan per month."

"Okay, I agree."

Seeing that everything had been discussed, Yan Bugui sent his sons to rest, and asked his wife to take out 700 yuan and decide when to go to handle the formalities after meeting Li Tianyi tomorrow.

The third aunt felt bad about having to pay so much money at once, but she couldn't ignore her son's job. Although she felt bad, she still gave the money to Yan Bugui.

The next morning, Yan Bugui knocked on the door of the Li family. At that time, Li's father was watching the children in the yard. Hearing the knock, he asked Li Tianyi to open the door.

After opening the door, Yan Bugui walked in, holding a cloth bag in his hand, which was bulging with stuff.

Li Tianyi brought people to the table and sat down. Yan Bugui didn't waste any words and immediately explained his purpose to Li Tianyi. He also asked when would be the best time to go and handle the formalities.

Li Tianyi thought for a while and said, "How about this, Third Uncle, let Yan Jiefang go with me to the textile factory this morning to meet the people first and see when is the right time to go through the formalities. If you trust me, give me the money and I'll take it with me. If we can come to an agreement, then I'll treat it as paying the money and go through the formalities at that time."

"Tianyi, what are you talking about? I don't trust you, who else can I trust? Okay, here's 700 yuan, keep it first, I'll go back and ask Yan to come back later."

Li Tianyi took the schoolbag, looked at it, and said, "Let Jiefang ride his bicycle along. We'll probably have to travel a lot today."

"Okay, I'll go back now." After saying that, Yan Bugui stood up and said goodbye.