Mu Chen

18. Jiangcheng

In this way, the two families gradually got closer, and Yu Jianguo insisted on inviting Mu's family to dinner, but Mu Wen agreed if he couldn't refuse.Unfortunately, Yang Li was unable to attend the agreed weekend on a temporary business trip, but when she came back, Mu Wen also went home to invite Yu's family.

It was the first time for Yu Jianguo to come to the house. While feeling the warm atmosphere of Mu's house, he watched in surprise as Mu Wen was cooking, while Yang Li was just making tea and washing fruits, and talking to Lin Lan about women's clothes and hair. , didn't mean to help the cook at all.

From Yu Jianguo's point of view, housework is a woman's job, but considering that Yang Li is a busy person who often travels, he can understand it, and has a strange sense of superiority towards Mu Wen: Although your wife is capable, but You have to serve her.

This year, Yang Li visited the Qingdao office most often, so big ham has always been on Mu's table, and this dish is especially popular with her two children.

Mu Wen fried spicy chicken, fried octopus, stewed mutton, added the pork head meat he bought and a few cold dishes, and filled the table.

When eating at Yu's house, Mu Wen found that Yu Jianguo was fond of meat, and his table of hard dishes made Yu Jianguo fully feel the sincerity of hospitality, and the meal was very enjoyable.

Yang Li was actually not satisfied.In her opinion, Yu Jianguo's position and character are not worthy of friendship, but Mu Wen is serious about preparing meals and entertaining him.Usually, when she asks for a treat at home, Mu Wen rarely agrees.

Because the house is only two bedrooms, there is no special living room and dining room, and Mu Wen cooks well, so he is not afraid of trouble, he disagrees but is worried that too much noise and chaos will affect Mu Chen's study.Unless it is a holiday, Yang Li is usually asked to go to a restaurant outside.

At this time, the area where their factory was located was still underdeveloped, and there were only a few small restaurants outside, most of which only served simple meals such as pasta casserole.Treating guests is usually at home, or going to the county town, but she has nothing to do if Mu Wen doesn't want to, because she can't do it.

So Mu Wen prepared this meal with such dedication, which made her puzzled and unhappy. When asked, Mu Wen's answer was very simple, "I don't like Yu Jianguo and his wife, but Chenchen and Xiaoyong hit it off very well." , this can also be regarded as the parent of Chenchen's friend, of course I will entertain him wholeheartedly."

Because of paying too much attention to Mu Chen, and because of Mu Wen's tough attitude towards her, Yang Li felt sore again. In this family, she would never be able to get into the world of the father and son, "Anyway, in your heart, I am Always second in line to my son."

Mu Wen smiled, and kept washing the dishes in his hands, "You are always ahead of me."

Yang Li, "..."

Mu Wen, "Actually, you didn't come back last time for Chenchen's birthday. I asked him to invite his classmates to have a meal to celebrate his birthday. He made a table of dishes in advance before going out. Let them play games after eating, so they can enjoy themselves freely." Point. But when I came back at night, the room was tidied up, and Chenchen said that his classmates were very happy and envied him."

Yang Li rolled her eyes.

Mu Wen smiled, "Ali, we respect the child's friends so much, the child also has face in front of the classmates, and the classmates also know that the family attaches great importance to this child, so it is not good to bully him casually."

Yang Li was too lazy to speak.

But Mu Wen continued, "You have to know how many children are discriminated against by their peers because their parents divorced, or their parents died, or they were discriminated against by their peers. What's wrong with this child? But children are so naive and cruel. , they don’t understand, we need to understand.”

Yang Li turned and left.

She no longer quarrels with Mu Wen about these things, even though she thinks that Mu Wen's attitude towards children is too cautious and inexplicable, and she feels that Mu Wen is so spoiled with children and he is so used to it, which makes her speechless.

But didn't Mu Wen say that?She is behind her son, but in this man's heart, she is ahead of himself.

And her son is also very good, so she doesn't need to worry about it, and it's very face-saving to say it, so that's all.

After that, the two families also gradually got closer because of the closeness of the child, and Yang Li also helped Lin Lan find a temporary job in the factory.

It's just the work of repairing burrs in the workshop, and there is no establishment, but Lin Lan is very grateful. After coming to Shicheng for a few years, she finally has her own income.

Yu Jianguo was also very excited, after all, this brought them one step closer to buying a house.The couple were very grateful to Mu Wen and Yang Li, and because Lin Lan started working and had no time to take care of the children, Yu Yong appeared more often at Mu's house.

At the end of the year, Yang Li received a bonus of 6000 yuan because of her outstanding performance, which once again caused a sensation in the whole factory.

You must know that the No.2 bonus of the sales department is only more than 8000, and Yang Li is almost twice as much as him, and most of the rest are only four to five thousand.

This was 1989. Even though the xx factory was doing very well, the wages of the younger generation of employees were only 300 yuan, and Mu Wen’s salary was 357 yuan, which occasionally exceeded [-] yuan including the on-duty and overtime work.This has allowed their family to live a relatively prosperous life.

Yang Li's salary is 280 yuan. Although she is the deputy chief of the sales department, she has a short working period. She did not catch up with the previous large salary increases in the factory restructuring, and the proportion of post salary in the salary is greater.Yu Jianguo's basic salary is 244, and Lin Lan's temporary worker has the lowest salary, only about 130.

However, the benefits of xx factory are very good. Rice noodles, grain and oil will be given out every year and festivals, and there are also relatively luxurious foods such as fruits and octopus.In addition, it is very considerate to distribute bed sheets and quilt covers to female employees on March [-]th, and to distribute candies to employees with children on Children's Day.

Temporary workers also have these benefits, but they will be halved.This is the most glorious few years for xx factory except for the planned economy era in the early years.

In 1990, the Spring Festival was on January 27th. Except for the workshop, all the offices had a ten-day holiday.

Years ago when he was free, Mu Wen took Mu Chen to sweep the dust and wash the bedding in the old house, but because the house is still new and there is Jiang Cheng who loves cleanliness, the workload of the New Year's cleaning is much smaller.

In [-], Grandpa Mu demolished the original adobe house and rebuilt two rows of six-room hard-roofed houses.The three rooms in the front row were used as hospitals, the three rooms in the back row lived in an old man, one belonged to Muwen's family, and the last one lived in Jiang Cheng, a male nurse from the clinic.

Jiang Cheng is a classmate of Muwen Medical College. He has good medical skills and originally worked in the Second People's Hospital of Y City, the capital city of their province.

However, his background was not good, his father died early, and his mother disappeared after remarrying, and he was brought up by his widowed grandmother.His grandmother also passed away shortly after he started working, and he has been living alone since then, without a family, so he is truly alone.

A year ago, because of a medical accident, he was framed by a powerful colleague, expelled from public office, and revoked his medical qualifications. He was also ordered to return to the dormitory in the factory within a time limit.

Mu Wen and Jiang Cheng were brothers who slept in bunk beds when they were in school, and their relationship has always been very good. After hearing about this incident, they immediately rushed to City Y and dragged him back to Shicheng.

Mu Wen quickly disposed of Jiang Cheng's belongings when he was still in a daze.He has worked for more than ten years, and has not been assigned a house because he has no family. Jiang Cheng is just a dormitory in the unit where he lives. Most of the simple furniture is provided by logistics. What belongs to him is just some clothes, books and a large collection.

Yes, Jiang Cheng is a collector of miscellaneous items. He always laughs at himself because he was too poor when he was a child, and his grandmother was reluctant to throw away everything, so he kept collecting stamps, food stamps, cloth stamps, and even Vermicelli tickets, small incense burners, small ornaments, bottles, jars and plates...Mu Wen packed several big boxes and got them all back after checking them in.

Mu Wen's reason is very good, the business of Grandpa Mu's clinic is very good, and the old man can't do it alone.And because Yang Li is not at home all year round, he has to stay in the factory to take care of Mu Chen who is studying in Zidi Primary School, so he can't help his old father much.

When looking for others, those who are capable in small clinics look down on them, and those who are able to look for them have no real skills.This is a clinic, not a store, and they dare not employ people casually, so they just ask Jiang Cheng to help them.Moreover, because of his relationship with Grandpa Mu in Shicheng's health system, he will definitely be able to help Jiangcheng get his medical qualification certificate again in a few years.

Finally, the most important thing is, "Ah Cheng, we have so many classmates and teachers in the system, this matter will be recovered one day, even if it cannot be recovered, you have to look forward and don't trap yourself in the same place. Let’s forget about the stupidity of beating a mouse and hurting Yu Ping’er, don’t you feel like you’re losing money for that kind of person? Even if you don’t care, I wouldn’t be willing.”

In this way, Jiang Cheng was packed and brought back by Mu Wen, and had no choice but to act as a nurse because he did not have a medical qualification certificate.But the nurse's level was so high and she was diligent and conscientious that one month later, Grandpa Mu directly fixed Jiang Cheng with 800 yuan a month's salary, which was more than double that of Mu Wen who worked in the factory.

Jiang Cheng was unwilling to accept it, but Grandpa Mu was very persistent. He was too old, his eyes were failing, and he didn't dare to give people infusions, especially children, but when Jiang Cheng came, everything was solved easily.

Not only that, Jiang Cheng is really considerate to him, besides working hard at work, he also takes good care of Grandpa Mu in life.

Although there was a washing machine in the past, Grandpa Mu used it more to wash bed sheets and hospital gowns in the clinic. Most of his own clothes were packed by Mu Wen. Now Jiang Cheng has packed them all.

Jiang Cheng is well-versed in the past and the present, with a wide range of interests, and he can chat with Grandpa Mu very well, and he likes to clean up everything neatly.

He can't cook, he has been eating in the cafeteria, but he is full of praise for every dish of Grandpa Mu, who cooks well, which makes Grandpa Mu, who is often too lazy to cook because of being alone, feel that cooking and eating are enjoyable.

At the end of the year, Grandpa Mu gave Jiang Cheng a big red envelope of [-] yuan.

Jiang Cheng was really panicked, and Mu Wen persuaded with a smile, "Ah Cheng, hurry up and take it. Seriously, how many patients have you brought here?"

Jiang Cheng, "..."

Mu Wen, "And opened a pharmacy this year, you go to pick up the goods every time, and you sell the medicines. I never thought that the profit of medicines is so high. Without you, my dad would not have such a good income."

Jiang Cheng: "...Stop talking nonsense. Without you and Uncle Mu, I don't know where I am now. Besides, no matter how many patients there are, it's much easier than the hospital. How can I get so much money?" money?"

Mu Wen, "I'm really not talking nonsense. To be honest, Ah Cheng, I used to think that I was not too bad. You see, I will come back to help my dad whenever I have time. Remember to buy things for him ,"

Seeing Jiang Cheng nodding his head, Mu Wen also smiled, "As for my dad, he seems to be living a pretty good life, but after comparing it with now, I realize that my dad lacked too much in the past: I still have more energy in Chen On Chen, on myself, I seldom have a meal with the old man, and my father has gained weight this year since you came here."

Grandpa Mu smiled and nodded, "Yeah, now I eat more and cook less, and I enjoy it. Acheng, take it, don't be polite with uncle, uncle is still waiting for you to have a good talk and have a baby .”

Seeing Jiang Cheng's complicated expression, he hurriedly added, "At worst, I can collect some good things, and pick up something missing or something."

Grandpa Mu is a truly tolerant and open-minded person.

After hearing that Jiang Cheng was abandoned by his biological mother since he was a child, and that his grandmother also took anger at him, and was very indifferent to him, he didn't trust family relationships, and would rather create his own world than accept a strange woman into it, he just sighed a few times.

Otherwise, based on Jiang Cheng's conditions: good looking, and a formal job, there are quite a few people who introduced him to him, even many nurses in the hospital were very optimistic about him, but he didn't accept them at all.Later, when others saw that he had no possessions and only liked piles of rubbish, they gradually gave up when they felt that he really didn't seem like a living person.