Siheyuan: I earned foreign exchange in the heyday

Second uncle Liu Haizhong came out of Chen Changan's house happily.

Just as I was about to go to the next house to notify them of a meeting, I was startled by the cold weather and suddenly remembered what I was going to do at Chen Changan's house.

Thinking about what Chen Changan had just said to him, he suddenly felt a little ashamed.

As expected, no leader is easy to deal with. Chen Changan fooled me with just a few words and I was totally lost.

I didn't get to say a single word of what I was planning to say, and I was so happy to be complimented that I spoke out loud.

He looked back at the lighted window of Chen Changan's house and intended to go back. But after hesitating for a moment, he continued to notify the next family.

After what happened just now, not to mention Chen Changan, even the second uncle himself, who had reacted, felt a little embarrassed.

Besides, his family had originally had a bad relationship with Chen Changan's family. If he didn't spend some money and just said a few words, there would be no way Chen Changan would be willing to give him any advice.

It’s better to wait for a couple of days, get something good myself, and then go and test Chen Changan’s attitude.

They still have to hold a meeting in such a cold weather. Chen Changan doesn’t know if these old guys can bear it.

Anyway, Chen Changan felt that he couldn't stand it. Wouldn't it be better to watch his sisters draw at home?

Speaking of my younger sisters, they really like painting and they are all quite talented.

Just under the limited guidance of Chen Changan, the sisters are now able to draw quite well.

The eldest sister, Xiuying, also has to take care of housework, so she has the least time to draw.

Maybe because I’m older, I have a deeper understanding of what Chen Changan said about light and dark, lines, shadows and so on.

So the things he drew were also the best. At least Chen Changan thought they were pretty good, at least better than those people who live-streamed their paintings online in later generations.

Especially after Chen Changan bought comic books for them, the eldest sister Xiuying also started to copy them.

Because Chen Changan was not sure whether these sisters would go to the countryside in the future.

After all, Chen Changan was not particularly familiar with the policy of going to the countryside at that time, and he didn't know whether his sisters would go to the countryside again after arranging jobs for them.

However, Chen Changan heard in later life that many children of leaders went to the countryside. Couldn't they think of a way for their own children?

Or is it that they are really highly conscious and are simply responding to the call of the country?

Chen Changan couldn't describe the things that were taught in schools these days. He was about to graduate from elementary school, but he didn't know many words. He just played in school every day.

In a few years, I'm afraid she won't even be able to go to school. She'll either go to work every day or patrol the streets with her red sleeves.

Chen Changan thought that no matter what, he had to let his sisters really learn some knowledge or skills.

Now everyone says that it is good to be a worker, but it is really like that.

When the wave of layoffs came in the 1990s, many people were dumbfounded. After being a worker for a lifetime, isn’t it said that you have a stable job?

How can you be laid off just like that? The most embarrassing thing is that people in their 40s and 50s are not old enough to retire, and they cannot learn what they want to do because they are too old.

I didn't have much savings, and I had many children at home. So I needed money more and more.

Looking at his sisters who were drawing, Chen Changan was also hesitant.

Should I let my sisters go to work in the factory when they reach the age? Or should I give them more guidance and send them to a technical secondary school or university?

My oldest sister Xiujuan is already fifteen and will graduate from junior high school after the Chinese New Year. I have indeed been less concerned about my younger sisters recently.

The main reason is that there are too many things to do in the factory and my sisters are too obedient.

As a result, Chen Changan paid less attention to them, but in fact, the eldest sister's grades were still pretty good.

Nowadays it is not popular to go to high school and then take the college entrance examination. Instead, it is popular to go directly to technical secondary school after graduating from junior high school.

After all, technical secondary schools guarantee job placement, and you can start working a few years earlier, and you also have administrative ranks. That is, you become a regular employee, but your salary is not as good as that of college graduates.

After all, they have gone to school for a few more years, and most people from poor families will choose to take the entrance exam for a technical secondary school.

However, the whole hospital meeting is about to begin, and it seems that I need to find another time to have a good talk with my eldest sister Xiuying about her future plans.

After saying a few words to his elder sister Xiuying, Chen Changan, wearing a military coat, holding a small stool in his hand and a cigarette in his mouth, went to the central courtyard.

Chen Changan arrived relatively late, after all, everyone had the same idea. The later it got, the colder it got, so the earlier the meeting started, the earlier it ended.

It was still the same routine. The second uncle spoke first, took the lead and satisfied his desire to be a leader. Then the first uncle Yi Zhonghai spoke.

"A terrible incident happened in our yard today. It was caused by Xu Damao who had just returned from a business trip and went to Zhuzi's house to laugh at Zhuzi.

I think the matter of Zhuzi being fired from the steel rolling mill is still debatable.

I have also discussed this matter with Director Li of the steel rolling mill. Director Li feels that Zhuzi may have been wrongly accused.

Therefore, we have to wait and see about this matter further, and wait for the final investigation results of the steel mill to come out before we can make a final conclusion.

But Xu Damao, without asking any questions, made our courtyard a mess as soon as he came back. Such a person will only make us hand over the excellent courtyard that we have fought so hard to win back to someone else again.

Everyone should remember Yan Jiecheng, right? He was sent to a labor camp because he stole something.

As a result, our courtyard has not won the Excellent Siheyuan Award for three years. A few days ago, Director Wang from the Street Office told me that this year's Excellent Siheyuan Award could be given to our courtyard.

Three years of excellent courtyards, each family has two taels of sesame oil a year, our courtyard has lost so many things because of Yan Jiecheng. "

Looking at the grief-stricken expression on Uncle Yi Zhonghai's face, Chen Changan almost laughed out loud.

This old man is really brave. He just said this in the yard, and everyone believed him.

If this word spread to the steel mill, I'm afraid people would laugh to death. For someone like Sha Zhu, the factory leaders had already decided to fire him, and even the higher-ups had their say.

Can Li Huaide overturn Sha Zhu's verdict? Dream on. If the matter hadn't been so serious and the higher-ups hadn't intervened directly, it would have been possible if you had given Li Huaide some benefits.

But now that it's like this, you want Li Huaide to overturn the verdict? Even if you give him more money, he won't have the guts to do it.

Do you believe that if Li Huaide lets Sha Zhu return to work at the steel rolling mill today, Li Huaide will be in trouble tomorrow?

Director Yang has fallen and Li Huaide has taken over, but that doesn’t mean that Li Huaide has the final say in the steel mill.

Those deputy factory directors, none of them have any background. Factory Director Yang stepped down, and Li Huaide took over. If you, Li Huaide, step down, won't it be their turn?

Now these people are standing by and looking for trouble with you, Li Huaide, with a magnifying glass. Can you give them such an excuse for nothing?