Chapter 596: Sixty Things, Fine Factory Flowers (20)
The lanterns come on at the beginning.
In the large courtyard where textile factory workers gather, there are people who have returned home late and are just starting to eat, some are chatting in the courtyard and washing clothes, and there are people sitting in groups on benches, waving cattail fans and chatting about home-cooked things...
The atmosphere in the Xu family is still a bit depressing.
“Mom, Dad, I don’t think the fourth child will come back. She is either lying or she has no money to come back.”
Xu Yao looked at the dark, unappetizing pickled cucumbers, pickles, and pickled radishes on the table, and put down his chopsticks with a sad expression:
“Since my family really can’t raise the money, I’ll go tell Pingping that our marriage should be called off!”
"Hey, don't go!" Xu's mother hurriedly grabbed her son, "Wait a minute, maybe your fourth sister has already borrowed the money, but she just doesn't have time to go home. It's really not possible..."
Before Xu’s mother finished speaking, Xu Fang grabbed a coarse-grain steamed bun, broke it in half, picked up some pickles with chopsticks, and gnawed on it while getting up: “You can do whatever you want, just don’t try to take my idea!”
"Third son..." Xu's mother called her with a stern expression, "Actually, the conditions of the family your aunt introduced are really good. There are two workers in the family..."
“Then let the fourth child get married!”
Xu Yin opened the door and walked in at this juncture.
“Lao Si?”
“Fourth sister!”
“Yin, you are back!”
Xu Yin's eyes swept across the faces of everyone who were either happy, looking forward to, or worried. They all looked at her with bright eyes, thinking that this moment must be her highlight moment in the old Xu family, because she was so noticed. ah!
"Fourth..." Xu's mother twitched her lips and asked expectantly, "Have you raised the money?"
“Well, I borrowed some from my colleagues. It’s not enough to advance my salary. Here’s one hundred yuan!”
She took out a roll of money and handed it to Xu's mother. Before Xu's mother reached out to take it, she took it back: "Mom, I declare once again: This money is considered a personal loan and you don't need to pay it back, but I will pay it back for the rest of my life." Major matters are decided by me personally, and my family is not allowed to interfere."
She had said this last time, and Xu Aiguo and his wife had already been mentally prepared.
What's more, Xu's mother made a careful calculation: Even if the fourth child married the person arranged by the family, all the bride price given by the man would be left to the family, and the cash would not be as much as one hundred yuan. After all, the furniture was owned by the young couple. It is useful, not to mention that the mother's family also has to prepare a dowry for the married girl.
Comparing the two, one hundred yuan in cash is definitely a good deal.
But there is one thing. After Xu's mother thought about it, she thought it would be better to make it clear: "Fourth child, my mother and your father have discussed your request and we agree. But when you get married, does the family not have to worry about the dowry? "
Xu Yin glanced at her with a smile but not a smile: "Okay, then I don't have to hand over my future salary to my family?"
"How can that be done!" Xu Fang was the first to jump out and object, "Before getting married, half of your salary should be handed over to your family. This is our family's rule. Why can't you not?"
“That’s because you all have food and accommodation at home, and my mother has to buy food, vegetables and daily necessities, which costs a lot of money. I’m not living and eating at home now.”
…”
One critical blow was not enough, Xu Yin continued: "Of course, you can also be like me and transfer to a position with accommodation, and then give your parents a hundred yuan. When you get married, you don't have to ask the family to get the money, or you can apply without handing it over. , I think my parents will agree."
"Besides, I just said that I will decide my own life-long affairs. My family is not allowed to interfere, and I don't need to provide money for dowry. I didn't say that my parents will just leave it alone if anything happens in the future. My parents gave birth to five brothers and sisters, and we have been educated since childhood. If we serve a bowl of water equally, if anything happens to our parents in the future, it is reasonable for us, brothers and sisters, to share it evenly, so that a bowl of water can be served equally." —Three consecutive hits!
"However, individual comrades can be treated appropriately. For example, the second brother gets married after working for less than two years. If he gets so much money from his family when he gets married, and he doesn't have to turn in his salary after marriage, what will happen to his parents in the future? Shouldn’t we pay more attention? Otherwise, wouldn’t it be Han’s father and mother’s heart?”
—A targeted critical hit against Xu Yao!
Xu Yin hasn’t finished speaking yet: “Also,…”
"Okay! Stop talking, Fourth Brother!" Xu's mother gave a low shout, tightened her hands on the one hundred yuan that was like a hot potato, and said with red eyes, "Fourth Brother, mother knows that you have been feeling wronged recently, but who can let me Our family’s conditions are poor…”
"Are our family conditions really bad?" Xu Yin analyzed in a calm tone, "Not counting the eldest sister, four of our six members are workers. Even though the wages vary, we have a fixed income every month. If the conditions are bad, there are few households in the workers' compound that are better than ours. But why are life so tight all the time? Because people are not united, I would like to ask, how much does my second brother's monthly salary really cost since he started working? Did you hand it in truthfully?"
"this…"
"What? Brother, you didn't turn in your salary?" Xu Fang was furious, pointing at Xu Yao's nose and asking, "Tell me! Is it true?"
"What are you doing! There are two of them, and three courts are interrogating!" Xu Yao pushed Xu Fang's hand away angrily, "Yes! I didn't hand it in, but there is a reason!"
“What’s the reason? Say it! Say it!”
"When I was an apprentice, how much money did it cost? It was not enough to buy a pack of cigarettes for the master every month. After becoming a full-time employee, shouldn't we maintain the relationship between master and apprentice? Please treat me with a drink, a pack of cigarettes, etc. You and the fourth child will not pay back the three I go to the supply and marketing cooperative every day to buy things like hair ties, hair flowers, and cream..."
"That was after we handed over half of our salary to my family! Can you control the rest of the money how I want to spend it?" Xu Fang glared angrily, turned around and asked Xu's mother, "Mom, are you going to spend it on me?" The money that the fourth child and I turned in was secretly used to supplement the second child? No wonder, recently I often heard workers in the workshop say that the second child spends a lot of money and often buys candies, cakes and other things to please his partner. I also wonder where he got so much Money, not to mention the co-author did not pay home wages, but he also spent the hard-earned money earned by me and the fourth child! Xu Lao Er Xu Yao! Do you want to be shameless! I ask you if you want to be shameless!"
"Have you ever pointed your finger at your brother and scolded him like that?" Xu Yao was also furious. He stood up and used his height advantage to condescendingly put pressure on Xu Fang, "What happens if I don't pay my salary? I don't either. Do you often bring cakes and snacks to your house? You were the one who ate them the most at that time, but when you fell out, you forgot about the ones you ate, right?"
The brother and sister started to quarrel, kicking stools and throwing chairs.
Xu Yin: “…”
I just want you to know the truth. I don’t want you to start a war.
Xu Aiguo also realized at this moment that his second son's salary had been squandered by himself.
All along, Xu’s mother has been in control of the family’s money.
He asked Xu's mother with a sullen face: "Is this true? My second son hasn't taken a penny from home since he started working? In turn, you still subsidize him?"
Xu's mother explained while wiping her tears: "When the second child first became an apprentice, he really didn't have enough money, so I said he should wait until he becomes a full-time employee before handing it in. But after he becomes a full-time employee...you have also seen that he is given to his master during the holidays. The cost of giving gifts is indeed not small, and as a young man, he can't have no money at all, so... I was thinking that since we have so many workers, we can save money quickly every month, so we won't have enough money to spend. Knowing that his partner is acting like this, she has to have thirty-six legs to get married. If she doesn’t speak loudly, how can there be so many things... wu wu wu... You think it’s easy for me to be the master! Each and every one of you, wake up in the morning with a **** I went to work right after filming, and when I came back in the evening, I was hungry and wanted to eat. I had to worry about whatever was lacking at home..."
Xu Aiguo frowned: "Since you think it's hard to manage money, then I will do it from now on!"
…”
The noise and crying in the room suddenly stopped.
Xu Yin: “…”
This is really not my sister’s fault.
This momentum of development completely exceeded her expectations, and even she did not expect it to be easy to cut.
But I have to say that her father’s move was a great one.
(End of this chapter)