The Lord of the World Begins from the Siheyuan

Chapter 433 You Caught Me Again (4000 words)
Li Ming has confirmed the matter of Sha Zhu, and let Qin Huairu hear his voice,
"After confirming your business, I will go home first."

There was only leftovers left on the table, Sha Zhu apologized: "I don't have any food and drink at home today, so I won't keep you. Come back early tomorrow and have a good drink or two."

"Let's see it tomorrow. You also know that I have a lot of part-time jobs, and the time is uncertain. See you later."

Before Li Ming left, he glanced at the west wing of the middle courtyard. He was in a good mood today and needed a lot of congratulations. Someday he would gather Qin Huairu and Lou Xiaoe together to celebrate.

Qin Huairu, who was at home, spat at him secretly, and came to the middle courtyard not to care about Shazhu at all, but to send her a secret signal.

Many people in the courtyard knew that he was back.

When he returned to the front yard, Yan Bugui approached the door.

Li Ming poured tea for Yan Bugui.

"Third Master, is there something urgent for you?"

"I was going to tell you that Sha Zhu was going to get married. I didn't expect it. You seem to have known it earlier."

"That's right, I asked him to speed up the progress. Both of us are old and young, so we should settle things quickly, lest the cooked duck fly away again."

"Silly thank you very much, if it weren't for you, he still wouldn't be able to marry a wife."

"It's you who he wants to thank, Matchmaker Li, you have to charge him a little more."

"Let's forget it, I can't handle things at home."

To save Yan Bugui, Li Ming took the initiative to ask, "Where is your family?"

Yan Bugui began to complain, "Isn't the house being repaired in the yard? The eldest of my family, Xie Cheng, also wants to build an attic, but he wants me to pay him to build it."

Li Ming nodded and didn't say anything. Whether he would like to come out or not depends entirely on Yan Bugui's willingness.

Yan Bugui continued to complain: "Look! He already has a family and goes to work to get his salary, and he doesn't even care that I need the money to repair the house. The house I live in is just for maintenance!"

"There is also the matter of building a greenhouse to collect money, and I also quarreled with me, and now it is so troubled that I have to separate from me."

Li Ming originally wanted to listen to it as a story, but when Qin Huairu came later, Yan Bugui hadn't rested yet, so it wouldn't be suitable.

He interrupted: "Third Master, tell me. How can I help you." Yan Bugui must have come to ask for his help.

"This incident is outrageous, and my family is about to become the laughing stock of everyone. I'm here to ask you to mediate."

Li Ming said nice words, "Yan Jiecheng is definitely wrong about this! Whatever he wants to do, he can just earn money or borrow money. There is no reason to ask his parents to pay for it."

Actually, Yan Bugui didn't tell the truth, Yan Xiecheng did say that he borrowed money.

But Yan Bugui wanted to buy more shares in the greenhouse, and with Li Ming participating, Yan Bugui thought it was a matter of earning money without losing money, and he definitely didn't want the money to be borrowed to build houses.

It's all human.

Li Ming suggested: "Why don't I call Yan Xiecheng over now, let's have a detailed chat face to face, have a heart-to-heart talk, spread out some small conflicts, and solve them all at once?"

Yan Bugui said noncommittally: "The key is that he just wants to ask me for money now."

"I lent it to him. I slowly deducted it from his salary and returned it to me. He has nothing to say."

Li Ming had given a solution, and Yan Bugui had nothing to say, acquiescing to his mediation action.

Arriving at the outer courtyard, the innermost one of the inverted rooms, Li Ming knocked on the door of Yan Jiecheng's room.

"Who?"

"It's me. Let me tell you something." Li Ming didn't even mention his name.

Yan Jiecheng put on a coat and opened the door, "It's Xiao Ming. What's the matter so late?"

Li Ming kindly said: "It may not be convenient to talk here. Come to my house?"

"You can come into my room and talk."

"The third master is still drinking tea at my house."

Yan Jiecheng now knows what's going on.

Yu Li overheard this in the room, and walked to the door, "Xiao Ming, what's going on here"

Yan Jiecheng, like Yan Bugui, is timid and afraid of getting into trouble, but unlike Yan Bugui, Yu Li has the final say on this small family.

There were outsiders around, so he got tougher, Yan Jiecheng stopped him and said, "Okay, don't talk about it. I'll go over and have a look first."

Li Ming didn't care about these things, he turned his head and went home first.

Yan Jiecheng followed closely to the East Wing.

Deputy Section Chief Li's house is now complete with tables and chairs, with a square table in the middle, and Yan Bugui and his son sit on one side.

"Yan Jiecheng, the third master said, you want to build an attic, but you haven't collected enough money yet?"

"I have this idea. I want to collect money first, and then I will ask you to help buy wood."

"But you shouldn't ask the third master for this money? You also have a salary."

"I didn't ask for it. I asked him to borrow it." Yan Jiecheng argued, but he actually asked for the money first and didn't get it, so he changed his words later and said it was a loan.

Li Ming glanced at Yan Bugui.

Yan Bugui argued: "How can I have so much money now, I don't even have enough money to build a greenhouse."

Yan Jiecheng didn't intend to blame his father, "So, you should keep the money for yourself. I plan to borrow some from my colleagues."

It wasn’t long before Yan Jiecheng was promoted to a second-level worker. Before the promotion, his salary was 32.5 yuan. After he got married, he handed over 5 yuan to Yan Pugui and his wife as filial money, leaving 27.5 yuan. Not much money.

There is no problem in daily life, but if you want to participate in major events such as building a house and a greenhouse, your money will be tight.

That is to say, no children have been born yet; if there are two or three children, the life will be close to that of the Jia family.

Li Mingfa asked: "Then, you proposed to separate from the third master?"

Yan Jiecheng spread his hands, "Calculation and calculation. I think it's better to divide as soon as possible."

Li Ming also agreed: "It is indeed better to separate the family earlier."

Yan Bugui is not very happy anymore, and there are two younger ones who are still in middle school, the age that can eat the most, and the burden is quite heavy.

Li Ming waved his hand to Yan Bugui, motioned Yan Bugui to listen to him, and asked Yan Xiecheng, "Third Master gave birth to you and raised you. You have a culture, a job, a house, and a wife. The third master is very good to you, right?"

Yan Jiecheng admitted: "That's right. So I pay five yuan a month to their elders."

Li Ming commented: "5 yuan to buy stick noodles is not enough for the third father and third mother to eat. But your salary is not high, and your ability is limited."

Both Yan Bugui and his son felt that it made sense, and they didn't know who he would favor, so neither of them made a sound.

"I think so. In the new society, new people and new atmosphere, it is more appropriate to live separately. Yan Xiecheng, your salary has been raised, and now you are getting the salary of a second-level worker. You will add 2 yuan a month, and you will pay 7 yuan."

Yan Jiecheng wanted to speak, but Li Ming stopped him, "Listen to me."

"The extra 2 yuan is for you as the eldest brother to help raise Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jiedi. When they grow up, your 7 yuan will stop."

"Then, when the third master retires, you and Yan Jiekuang will contribute to the pension for the third master and the third mother. The amount is based on the subsidy for the elderly, the sick and the disabled as the minimum standard. The third master has a pension, so the third mother is one person. You The two brothers share their share. Of course, if you are willing to contribute more, it will definitely be encouraged and supported."

"As for the third uncle and the third mother who are sick and hospitalized, they are reimbursed at public expense, and the rest of the money is paid by individuals, including Yan Jiefang who went to the countryside and Yan Jiedi who married. You four brothers and sisters have to jointly contribute and share the money equally. Yan Jiefang is in the countryside. The economic conditions may be relatively poor, and whoever earns more will pay more."

"Whoever dares not to pay, I will arrange a group of people around him to hold a sign saying 'Unfilial children, do not pay to see a doctor for their parents', from home to work, until the money is paid."

"By the way, there is one more thing. Even if the family is separated, Yan Xiecheng, as children, you should be like the eldest son of the second uncle's family. No matter how busy you are at work, you will bring your things to visit your parents at least once a month."

After Li Ming finished speaking a lot, he picked up the teacup to drink water, giving them time to think.

Yan Bugui did the math, now that he adds 2 yuan a month, 7 yuan is enough to buy two small stick noodles.

The orphan, the sick, and the disabled pay 12 yuan a month, which is 5 yuan more than 10 yuan for one person and 2 yuan for two people. With his own pension, the old couple has more than enough food, clothing, housing and transportation.

It is quite cost-effective to have four children who are sick and hospitalized to pay for treatment.

Yan Jiecheng did some calculations, and it will take three or four years to pay 7 yuan. They won't have to pay until they graduate from high school, but after that they won't have to pay for several years.

When I pay 6 yuan a month later, my salary will definitely increase again, which is quite a deal.

Both father and son thought it was a good deal, but they couldn't make a decision tonight.

Not to mention that Yan Xiecheng had to go back and discuss with Yu Li, even a more formal separation would require an agreement and invite witnesses, at least elders like Yan Xiecheng's uncle to be present.

Because this involves the pension of the three mothers, the family of the mother has the right to interfere with this housework.

This rule is not new. In feudal society, the wife's natal family also played a supporting role.

Decades later, there are still many places with a traditional custom.

When the old lady or the old man passed away, he had to report the funeral to the old lady's natal family. When the natal family formally sent someone over, they had to kneel down at the intersection to welcome the old lady's natal family.

If there are many descendants, there will be a long line of kneeling men and women.

There are no rules, and many customs seem to be troublesome, but there are actually the most basic economic factors behind them.

Yan Jiecheng expressed his opinion: "My parents live nearby. I must have done better than Liu Guangqi. I heard that the second uncle, the eldest son, was forced to come back to visit the second uncle."

"Who did you listen to?" Li Ming thought to himself that no matter how big Liu Haizhong's mouth is, he won't expose his ugliness.

"Yu Li listens to gossip from people at home in the courtyard."

Meeting Li Ming's searching eyes, Yan Bugui nodded and said, "I don't know who first passed it on. Anyway, there is such a saying now."

"Maybe someone is jealous that the second uncle is doing well recently, let's spread rumors about him." Li Ming opened his eyes and said nonsense.

Without talking too much, Yan Bugui and his son went back to their respective rooms to discuss the draft of family division just now.

at night,

Qin Huairu sneaked into the east wing of the front yard.

Li Ming grabbed her big braid and directed her like a rein on a horse.

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Qin Huairu, who was sweating profusely, was lazily exhausted, "You scratched me again."

"I accidentally used a little more strength just now." Li Ming helped her get a towel from the bed.

"The cows in the production team are not as strong as you, and I don't know where your strength comes from."

"You gave it to me! With such a beautiful woman, I am full of strength." Li Ming laughed.

"I would say nice words to coax me, and I was always confused by you every time, and I agreed to those messy requests you made in a daze."

"That's because I'm sincerely treating you well, so you're naturally willing to follow me."

Qin Huairu wiped off the sweat from her forehead with a towel, "This time I'm going to build a greenhouse at my mother's house, and my family also participated. Everyone in the yard guessed that I borrowed money from you."

"You just say that you borrowed it from me, so as to save them from guessing. You also tell them that you can ask me if you want to borrow it. I will deduct the money from your salary every month and return it to me, and you can get it to the greenhouse at the end of the year. The dividends from the greenhouse should be used first to repay me."

"No interest from other people? Then they all asked you to borrow money." Qin Huairu thought about her man.

"They are all in the same courtyard, and they will definitely not charge interest. As long as they are not really short of money, they will not waste their affection on this matter."

"As Wu Ming said, I'm very talkative, but I'm also very polite. So, it will be difficult for people who don't follow the rules to ask me to do things in the future."

"Yes, Deputy Section Chief Li's face should not be wasted."

"Dare to laugh at me, I will let you rest for a while, and I will clean you up later."

Qin Huairu knew that he would take pity on her, and the favored person had no fear at all, and said with a coquettish smile, "I'm not wrong, you are the deputy section chief."

Li Ming raised his hand and raised his sharp chin, "Sister Qin, you're rather aggressive today. It seems that the strength I exerted just now was too small."

Qin Huairu slapped off his offending hand, "I'm sweating, let's go wash it off together."

"As ordered."

The two of them got along very well, Li Ming stretched out his arms to hug her, and they washed her with a towel dipped in water before returning to the kang.

The bucket in the bathroom is cold water, and the weather is still a bit cold.

Qin Huairu hurriedly hid under the blanket, showing a small head, "Come in, warm up."

"Then I'm in."

"It's nice to have you, hot."

"You don't even see who I am."

Qin Huairu winked and said, "I don't care who you are, you're my man anyway!"

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Wonderful
. . .

In the middle of the night, after Qin Huairu went back, Li Ming didn't bother to deal with the small world. He rushed to fight continuously and needed to rest and recuperate. The days to come would be long.

Three days later,
Red Star Rolling Mill meeting room,

Li Ming went back to the factory for a meeting.

Condemn the meeting of 'Sanjia Village'.

Pull out the 'black flag', dig out the 'black line', and destroy the 'black wind'.

It is being held all over the country, and the contents of the newspapers recently are basically selected speeches from various meetings held in various places.

The "Beijing Evening News" didn't have any news, but only published articles that everyone criticized it, and there were not enough pages to publish it.

Other newspapers don't have any interesting news. Li Ming doesn't like to read newspapers now, only the radio has some interesting news.

Open until lunch time, adjourn for dinner, and then resume in the afternoon.

It's not that the content of the meeting is very rich.

The main reason is that the recent speeches of the factory leaders are full of long argumentative papers.

To engage in a debate, one needs to be well-founded and refuted one by one, which leads to a relatively long length of each speech.

The cadres in the capital come from all corners of the country, each with their own accent, and many people may not be able to understand if they read too fast.

Read it slowly, and the meeting will be dragged on longer.

There are all kinds of foreign accents, and there are actually two types of accents in the capital.

One is the accent of Beijing Hutong;
One is the capital mandarin accent, that is, the Mandarin accent.
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