"Old Xu, just listen to me! Twenty thousand yuan is a lot. There are so many people laid off recently. If you don't want it now, you won't be able to get twenty thousand yuan in the future."

"But my wife, Lao Zhou told me that the factory is in trouble right now. If we don't need the 20,000 yuan and can lend another 30,000 yuan to the factory to tide over the difficulties, we can not only stay in the factory without being laid off, but also wait for the factory to survive this crisis. , we can all become the core backbone of the factory, and maybe we can even pick up a small cadre that the leader doesn’t want."

"Pull him down! You listen to his nonsense. You don't have to pay 20,000 yuan, but you still pay 30,000 yuan? Who is so stupid! Don't say whether the factory can survive this difficulty, even if it survives, do you think the benefits will come to you? Zhou Quancai It’s not enough for me to flatter the leader, but I want to drag you into the pirate ship, and all the benefits will come from him, believe it or not? I don’t agree with it anyway!”

 “But I promised him…”

"What!! Did you promise him? Why did you promise? You agreed to collect 20,000 yuan in the afternoon and take me back to my parents' house to see my son. Last time Bingzi told me that he fell in love with a facade and wanted to do something small. Business, if he changes his ways and quits gambling, I, as the eldest sister, will always support him. Didn’t you agree to it at that time?"

 “But Lao Zhou…”

 “Lao Zhou, Lao Zhou, I know Lao Zhou! Are you living with Lao Zhou?”

"Daughter-in-law, listen to me, we can't both be laid off. What will happen to our lives after we are laid off? Yinyin has not yet found a job after graduating from junior high school. I originally thought of letting her join the factory as a temporary worker first, and then gradually I'm trying to find a way to become a full-time employee. But now, let alone temporary workers, regular workers are unlikely to be laid off. Instead of getting the 20,000 yuan back and not being able to see it, why not..."

"What do you mean our family can't see it? I'm lending it to my brother for business, not throwing it into the water. When he makes money, he can return it to us right away. It's not like lending it to the factory, where you really can't see it. Lao Xu, you have seen my brother since he was a child. It is rare for him to swear to the sky to quit gambling. If I, the elder sister, don’t say anything, what if he is sad and starts gambling again?"

"well-"

"Old Xu, just listen to me! We have to raise another 30,000 yuan to lend it to the factory. What if the factory goes bankrupt? Our family will have to bear a debt of 50,000 yuan!"

 “That’s okay…”

"boom-"

Xu Yin, wearing a popular hair style, vigorously pushed open the door to the inner room, interrupting the conversation between the couple outside.

 “Why are you making noise? Are you annoyed?”

"Yinyin, are you in the back room? Your dad and I thought you had gone out."

Ma Chunfang was startled at first, but when she saw that it was her daughter who made the noise, she breathed a sigh of relief:

"Yinyin, your dad and I were talking about the 20,000 yuan compensation from the factory. Your uncle wants to set up shop and do some small business. I'll take it and go back to your grandma's house in the afternoon. Do you want to go with me? "

 Xu Yin lifted her bangs that covered her eyes, and thought to herself that she would cut them after a while. This style was too eye-catching.

“Why does my uncle ask our family for money when he is doing business?”

“You’re not asking for money, you’re asking us to borrow it. The factory just compensated you with 20,000 yuan...”

 “Why compensate?”

 “Your dad and I are going to be laid off!”

"Oh, you also know that you two are going to be laid off, so if you give away the only 20,000 you have, what will our family eat in the future? Will we drink the northwest wind?" "…"

Ma Chunfang choked and turned to look at her husband.

Seeing him lowering his head and saying nothing, they have been married for so many years. When a man sticks out his butt, he knows that he is going to fart. Can you not tell what he is thinking at the moment - he has not given up the idea of ​​lending 50,000 yuan to the factory to protect his job. I couldn't help feeling angry.

"Do you have the same idea as your father? Find someone to borrow another 30,000, and scrape together 50,000 to keep your job, and then you can go to work in the factory? You are also heartless! You only care about yourself and don't care about your uncle. I forgot about you. When you were a child, you lived in your grandma's house. Who took you to play? Who took you to and from school on a bicycle? Who protected you when you were so frightened by crazy man Li Li in the village that you cried? Now that you have grown up and your wings have hardened, you have forgotten your grandma. , Your uncle and the others are so good, but you still despise them, right? You are just a white-eyed wolf!"

Xu Yin looked at the hysterical original mother and said nothing else. She just asked: "Is uncle really doing business behind closed doors?"

Ma Chunfang was stunned: "...This time it should be true, he swore to the sky."

“Then I swear to God: My uncle has not quit gambling. Twenty thousand yuan is not even enough to pay for his gambling debts. He wants to take the twenty thousand yuan to Macau to gamble once. Do you believe it?”

　　　…”

Ma Chunfang's head was buzzing and blank for a moment. She shook her head in disbelief: "It's impossible...the soldiers all knelt down in front of me and swore that they couldn't lie to me..."

Xu Yin ignored her and turned to ask Xu's father: "Dad, Uncle Zhou said that if you lend 50,000 yuan to the factory, you will not only be able to keep your job, but when the factory gets through the difficulties, you will be promoted to a backbone, and you can also be a general manager if you have the chance." Is there a written agreement on the matter of junior cadres?”

Xu Wuyi looked confused: "What kind of written agreement is there? It's just like that. After all, no one can say whether the factory can survive it or not."

Xu Yin sneered: "But as far as I know, Uncle Zhou lent 50,000 yuan to the factory and signed a job security agreement."

　　　…”

"Okay." Xu Yin clapped her hands, "Don't argue about this. Dad and I will go to the factory in the afternoon to collect the money. I will use it after we get it."

Ma Chunfang's face darkened when he heard this: "Why are you making trouble for a child! I promised you this money a long time ago. Even if your uncle's facade is not settled, your grandma's house should be repaired. Your uncle is a big boss." Well, your grandma has been urging you to find a partner for him..."

"Mom, haven't you been able to support your parents' family enough over the years? You and my dad are both working, and your combined monthly salary is about five or six hundred yuan, right? The food in the staff canteen is so low that our family of three can live up to one hundred yuan a month. If I give grandma another fifty to count as my brother's ration, what about the rest? Apart from buying some clothes, shoes and socks for the family during the Chinese New Year and some nutritional supplements for grandma, it is reasonable to say that it is not a problem to save two or three thousand a year, but In fact, every year, I cry out that I am poor. I have been working as a dual-income person for so many years, and my family has not had much expenses. I have not saved a penny..."

Ma Chunfang did not expect that her daughter, who usually cared the least about the family's finances, would turn around and scold her, and she couldn't help but become angry:

"You don't know how expensive firewood and rice are when you're not a family. Although our food and accommodation are in the factory, don't you need to spend money to study? When you have a headache or fever, don't you need to spend money to go to the hospital to get medicine and injections? The Tongzilou dormitory is so small, you are in the fifth grade. Those who came to the city to study, before that, just like your brother, they were brought up by your grandma. The monthly payment is just for the food expenses of you and your brother. During the New Year and the holidays, you are not allowed to give your grandma some hard work money? Otherwise? Can't your aunts drown me with their spit?"

Ma Chunfang ignored the money that Sanwu lent to her younger brother from time to time to pay off gambling debts. This was the bulk of the money, and it never came back.

Xu Yin did not remind her deliberately. Instead, she nodded and agreed: "Mom, you are right! If you don't become a householder, you really don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, so I have decided! From now on, I will be the householder!"

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  “…”(End of this chapter)