I am in the courtyard, animals are just vegetables!

"Dongfang, after you left today, Lao Xie and the others came, sat for a while, and then went back.

I haven't eaten yet, but I brought a lot of things with me. I'll treat them to a meal when I have time." Cao Dongfang, who returned home at around nine o'clock, heard his mother say.

"I see. In the past few years, I have been treating them to lunch at a restaurant after work. We always have mutton hotpot, which they like," said Cao Dongfang.

“Your uncle-in-law also sent two bags of seafood from across the island, all of them dried goods.

We can send some things over, but we don’t know what they need.” Cao’s mother said worriedly.

“Wine, they are short of wine, the country is short of grain, and the national consumption of wine has decreased.

When I came back from abroad, I went to visit my uncle Yue. It had been four years since I came back from the north. I hadn't even been to the old city and went straight to the other side of the island.

I send money and things every year, but I still don’t believe what Uncle Xie and the others say, so I’ll still go there.

The army has not been mobilized in the past few years, Uncle Yue can't come back, and the situation is unstable. "Cao Dongfang said.

“You can go there and tell them that we have everything we need, and you can take the money.

Three hundred a year, for seven years, it’s not a small amount, and there are also a lot of seafood in these four years.” Cao’s mother said.

"Uncle Yue won't take the money. I'll go ask him if he needs anything and I'll get it for him. I'll talk to him when I get there. It will be April at the latest," said Cao Dongfang.

"That's fine. We're fine. If the families of your father's former comrades-in-arms are having a hard time, please help them," said Cao's mother.

“It’s all right. As time goes by, the elderly pass away, the children grow up, and time passes quickly.

There are four more families, each with Uncle Guan and his family. 10 yuan a month is not much, so I supplement them in other ways, and their wages are not low. "Cao Dongfang said.

"It's all done, that's it!" said Cao's mother.

.......

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Cao Dongfang went back to work. Instead of going out hunting, he invited Uncle Xie and three other people to dinner and went on a journey.

We returned to the factory to rest in the afternoon and started hunting the next day. The factory workers needed meat, the more the better.

Cao Dongfang maintained a diet of 1,000 kilograms of meat a day and didn't eat too much.

On the fifth night of the New Year, Uncle Guan and a few others came to pay New Year’s greetings, but they just came to pay their respects and did not have any meal. The last time they had a meal was to see what Cao Dongfang meant when he said the food was good.

After knowing this, he stopped eating out for the past two years and didn't bring as much food with him, because he knew Cao Dongfang was making money faster than all of them combined.

I didn’t know and didn’t care before, but after Cao Dongfang started hunting for the factory, the money became easy to calculate. The money earned in a few days was more than enough to cover the salaries of four people plus their extra income.

What's more -

Cao Dongfang also has military subsidies!

There is really nothing missing at home.

On the seventh day of the New Year, Cao Dongfang gave some leftovers to the third uncle.

Cao Dongfang cooked some dishes and kept them in the freezer for more than ten days. People ate less during the Chinese New Year, so Cao Dongfang had six dishes in the evening.

The leftovers were given away, one portion to Grandma Wang, who was given by Cao's mother, and one portion to the third uncle, who was given by Cao Dongfang.

They are all meat dishes, and the portions are not small, equivalent to three full plates of meat dishes.

The Third Uncle's family can eat until the fifteenth day of the lunar year. Cao Dongfang complained about the frugality of the Third Uncle's family.

This year I bought a pound of meat, made dumplings, and cooked some dishes. I ate it from the 30th to the 6th of the New Year, a total of seven days during the Chinese New Year. There are six people in my family.

What a good eater!

......

"Happy New Year, Brother Dongfang!" At the gate of the courtyard, I met Han Laowu, Han Chunming, who had moved in before the New Year.

This kid is good and polite. You can give him some food. A polite child shows that his family education is good.

"Happy New Year, Chunming! Come, brother will give you a piece of chocolate and two pieces of White Rabbit milk candies!" After saying that, he handed Han Laowu a piece of chocolate and a piece of milk candy.

"Thank you, Brother Dongfang. I can't take it. Mom said I can't just ask for other people's things.

It’s not easy for everyone. “Han Laowu was still young and didn’t understand what his mother said, but he remembered it.

Han's mother educates her children very well, just like Liang Ladi educates Damao. Han Chunming doesn't want it even though she is drooling.

I will never try to snatch it.

Children educated in a normal family are really different from those educated in a bad family. If it were that great joke... Cao Dongfang wouldn't give it either.

"Han Chunming, it's New Year's Day, and this is your brother's gift. Since Chunming is young and polite, your mother won't say anything to you." Cao Dongfang said with a smile.

"Well...thank you, Brother Dongfang. I'll take it back and eat it with my mom, okay?" Han Chunming asked.

"Once the things are given to you, they are yours. You have the final say on how to deal with them." Cao Dongfang smiled after hearing that!

"Thank you, Brother Dongfang. I'll go back first." Han Chunming took the chocolate and candy and ran back home with his short legs.

.......

"Mom, you eat the chocolate!" Han Chunming ran home and let his mother eat the chocolate first.

"Chun Ming, where did the chocolate come from? Oh, and the candy? Did someone give it to you? Who gave it to you?

Didn’t I tell you that other people’s lives are not easy either, so you can’t take other people’s things?” Han’s mother asked.

“Brother Dongfang gave it to me. I didn’t want it at first, but he said I was being polite.

I said I wanted to eat with you, and Brother Dongfang said that everything he gave me was mine and I had the final say on how to deal with it.

He also said that he gave me his things, but you won't say anything about mine, why? "Han Chunming asked.

“I didn’t tell you because Cao Dongfang’s living conditions are better, and he only gave it to you during the New Year and other festivals. This time he was praising you for being polite and a good child.

Eat what Cao Dongfang gave you. I’ve never eaten chocolate before. I heard it’s very expensive and rare.

Mom, let's try it too, and let your brother and sister try it too." Han's mother said.

"A piece of chocolate can be divided into six pieces, just right for one person." Han Chunming opened the chocolate and saw that a large piece could be divided into six small pieces.

"Chocolate, where did Chunming get it? A piece of chocolate costs several yuan, and it's not even available.

I heard there was one in the market before, but now there is none in the supply and marketing cooperatives." Han Chunming's elder brother Han Chunsong said.

"Chunming, I heard from my classmates that chocolate is delicious, but I've never tried it. Where did it come from?" asked my second sister Han Chunyan excitedly.

"Brother Dongfang across the street gave them to us. We each got a small piece, making six pieces in total," said Han Chunming.

"Then let's give it a try. Cao Dongfang is rich. He made at least 10,000 yuan in the New Year and went hunting for our factory.

He is still a member of the national military, so he should have a salary. "The boss Han Chunsong said.

"Cao Dongfang is so rich and holds a military position, that's too..." Eldest sister Han Chunxue was infatuated with him.

"Chunxue, stop dreaming. The better Cao Dongfang's conditions are, the less likely it is that you will get the chance." Han's mother saw what Han Chunxue was thinking at a glance.

"Can I try it?" Han Chunxue said unconvinced.

“Haha, the number one person in our railway steel plant, even the secretary and the plant director are not as good as Cao Dongfang.

There are many people who introduce him to girls. If he wants to play for a few more years, you can’t get in line. "Han Chunsong said.

"If I can't get a spot, then I can't get a spot. You're really discouraging me." Han Chunxue said indignantly.

"Give up on this idea!"

"Eat chocolate!"

........

"Dongfang, Uncle San has a question for you. Can you find a job for Jie Cheng at the steel rolling mill?" Cao Dongfang came back and met Uncle San, the security guard again.

“No, my connections can get Jie Cheng into the steel mill, but I can’t use them.

If you want to buy a workstation at work, it costs 500 yuan each now. Even if I have money, I will never use favors. You can’t afford it!

It's just money. I can lend it to you and let Jie Cheng pay it back slowly. I absolutely cannot do you a favor because they can't afford it. "Cao Dongfang said.

Uncle, what are you calculating about? Favors are much more important than money. If you don’t want to spend money, let me do you a favor.

What good are you thinking about by solving your son's job problem? He is not my son.

Even if a person is stingy, he has to distinguish between things. If you are being stingy, you are not calculating, you are just being stingy.

"Is it not possible? If Jie Cheng has to do odd jobs like this, he won't be able to get into the steel mill. I'm also worried." The third uncle Yan Bugui said thick-skinnedly.

"It's impossible for me to do a favor. Can I pay the steel mill if I want to go there? Uncle, please be less calculating in the future. Family ties are more important than money!

You can borrow money from me, but don’t ask me to use favors. Tens of thousands of dollars are not as valuable as a favor.

Five hundred yuan for a workstation is not expensive, think about it carefully, Uncle San. " Cao Dongfang said and turned back to go home.

The Third Uncle is going too far. Ignoring him and being nice to him is a bit ignorant. Does he think Cao Dongfang's favor is worthless?

Five hundred yuan per workstation is no secret in the steel rolling mill, even the workshop director knows it.

It costs 18 yuan to buy a job. The three-year apprenticeship for an ordinary worker makes 20, 22 or yuan a month, and the salary increases by yuan every year for three years.

The three-year apprenticeship alone is over 700 yuan, and becoming a formal factory worker brings not only money, but also a house, a partner, food subsidies, etc.

A regular worker is much better than a part-time worker. The third uncle is——

Not quite on point!

Too stingy!