Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 480 479 Payroll
Tang Zhitong fell asleep before getting off work.

I have something important to do today, so I have to go find Xu Hui.

Mrs. Liu Zhang, you really make Anzi worried, bah!

When Tang Zhitong arrived at the street office, Xu Hui was packing up and getting ready to go off work.

"If you come two minutes later, I'll be off work." Xu Hui saw that it was Tang Zhitong, put down her bag with a smile, pointed to the stool in front of her and said, "Come, sit down and talk."

"Hey, I won't delay Aunt Xu from getting off work, just two words." Tang Zhitong knew what was good for him, so he stood up and told her the story about Liu Zhang.

"Well, thank you for your support for our work. The comrades from the police station told me yesterday that they also had this suspicion, but they had no evidence. Let's wait until the end of the month. At the end of the month, we have to replace the grain coupons, and we will know the weight by looking at the weight then." Normally speaking, as long as you don't make a fuss with the street office for additional grain coupons, the street office doesn't have to worry about these things. But the police station is different. They have requirements for the crime clearance rate and the number of public security cases, and they certainly don't want to see anyone deliberately making trouble.

"Okay, then I feel relieved. Oh, by the way, we lent her coarse grains at that time." Tang Zhitong added before leaving.

After returning home happily, Tang Zhitong first lit the stove in the side room.

Weather forecasts are almost non-existent these days, and ordinary people don’t have thermometers at home, so the temperature can only be estimated based on observation and one’s own feelings.

The lowest temperature during this period must be below zero degrees, because Tang Zhitong could see ice flowers on the windows every morning.

Ice flowers are like paintings by the elves of nature. Even on the same piece of glass, the pattern is different every day.

Although ice flowers are beautiful, they still cannot stop children from having fun processing and recreating them. They usually do this by blowing on them or warming them with their fingers.

For example, Fengzhi would get up early in the morning without washing her face, and would stand by the windowsill and practice martial arts while breathing out air. She was often slapped by Zhang Guifang for this.

The stove was lit, and Tang Zhitong went down to the cellar again. Today he was going to roast sweet potatoes as an extra meal.

It's not easy to eat according to the ration, especially when he is young, energetic and has a fast metabolism.

After washing his hands, Tang Zhitong returned to the main room to cook, and today he was still cooking cabbage.

"Mom, what do you think will happen if we add more water when we steam rice or steamed buns?" Tang Zhitong talked to Zhang Guifang while frying.

"How can it be delicious? It's soggy." Zhang Guifang imagined it, shook her head, and added: "It's a waste of food."

"You are right, I think so too. If someone says to add water into it, don't do it. We don't want to bother with that. We might as well lie down and rest for a while." Tang Zhitong gave Zhang Guifang a shot of prevention in advance.

Tang Zhitong didn't want to eat the staple food of water urine soup. If he didn't inform her in advance, Zhang Guifang would definitely be led astray when it was promoted on the market.

Nowadays, what is said in newspapers and on the streets is still very effective, and ordinary people believe it.

"Am I that stupid? I believe whatever others say." Zhang Guifang took out two plates from the cupboard and prepared for her son to serve the food.

The cupboard is a little younger than Fengzhen, and its surface is already mottled, but it is sturdy and can serve for another twenty or thirty years without any problem.

In response to his mother's statement, Tang Zhitong smiled and said nothing.

Once the double distillation method is popularized, it will become a trend and many people will follow suit.

Tang Zhitong does not approve of this practice because, apart from increasing a temporary sense of fullness, it does not do any good to the body and instead increases the burden on the liver and kidneys.

A body that does not have much fat will experience accelerated spread of edema after following the double steaming method and the fat volume increasing method.

Of course, the double-distillation method and the incremental method are not the root causes of edema, but the long-term lack of adequate carbohydrate and protein supplementation is.

"Wow, it smells so good! Brother, have you cooked? Mom, did you buy dates?" Fengzhi came home from school and asked two people the same question as soon as she entered the door.

Tang Zhitong didn’t reply to his sister. Can’t you see whether he cooked or not?
"I bought it, and you only know how to eat it all day long." Although Zhang Guifang said this, she still took out the dates and put them on the eight-immortal table, took out one and stuffed it into her daughter's mouth: "You can only eat one today."

"Yeah, yeah." Fengzhi stuffed the dates into her mouth impatiently, then ran to put down her schoolbag and do her homework.

Tang Zhitong picked up the stove cover and covered the stove, then placed the wok on top of it. Xiao Wang and Feng Zhen had not come back yet, so this would effectively keep the heat in.

"Mom, how much is one pound?" Tang Zhitong walked over and picked it up for a while. The Iraqi dates Zhang Guifang bought were wrapped in newspaper, with hemp thread, straw sticks and other things inside. They looked much worse than the ones Ye Zhijuan bought for the first time.

"One cent and fourteen."

"It's okay, not expensive. Don't you have the ones without the cores?" Tang Zhitong nodded. The price was about the same as what Xiao Wang said last time, and it was one cent cheaper.

"No, there's still a lot of fighting over this."

Tang Zhitong nodded, pinched one, which was about three fingers long, and took a bite. It was still choking.

Although Iraqi dates look similar to donkey-hide gelatin dates, the taste is quite different.

The flesh of Iraqi dates is soft and sandy when chewed, but the pit is easily separated from the flesh, and the pit is oblong.

The sugar content of pitted Iraqi dates is about 80%, and it is real sugar, half of which is fructose and glucose, and the other half is sucrose. It is a rare source of energy.

"It's too sweet, Mom. Please eat it." Tang Zhitong frowned and handed the remaining half of the date to Zhang Guifang.

"You are so pampered that you can't even eat good food." Zhang Guifang complained, took the date, and stuffed it into her mouth in one bite without thinking that her son was dirty.

"That's right, that's right, so delicate. So sweet, just like honey." Fengzhi liked this kind of dessert very much and echoed behind.

"Hey, you unlucky child. I was going to make you roasted sweet potatoes, but it's gone because of what you said!" Tang Zhitong walked to the basin and washed his hands. The surface of the Iraqi dates looked like it was coated with a layer of wax, but it was actually sugar, and it was a bit sticky.

"Brother, I was wrong. You are not a spoiled child, I am. I want to eat roasted sweet potatoes." Food is Fengzhi's heaven, and it feels so good to admit her mistakes.

"That's good enough. I'll give it to you after dinner." Tang Zhitong was very pleased with Feng Zhi's ability to understand the current situation. If coupled with a certain level of "martial virtue", he would not suffer any loss in the future.

Speaking of martial ethics, since people have not had enough to eat recently, everyone has been very tacit and no one mentioned self-defense, as if the sandbags hanging in the yard did not exist.

After Xiao Wang and Feng Zhen came back, the family gathered together for dinner, and the food was still distributed according to the fixed quota for each person.

After the meal, everyone except Tang Zhitong had an Iraqi date, which Fengzhen brought back from Chunshu Hutong yesterday.

Looking at his elder sister, Tang Zhitong couldn't help but sigh, she is so honest, just like himself, it is easy for her to suffer losses when she enters the society!

"Brother, roast the sweet potatoes." Fengzhi ate all the Iraqi dates in no time and reminded impatiently.

"Let's go." Tang Zhitong stood up and went back to the room first.

"Brother, the roasted sweet potatoes this time are not sweet." Fengzhi took it and took small bites without even caring about the heat.

"You just ate dates. Even if you eat candy, it won't be sweet." Tang Zhitong ate with relish, not looking hurt at all.

"Why?" "Because the threshold is high. It's just like when you take a mouthful of salt, even if you spit it out, the pickles will have no taste." Tang Zhitong said casually.

"Wow, you know so much." Fengzhi looked at her brother with admiration. Not only did he know a lot, he could also cook, and the dishes he cooked were delicious.

"Okay, take the roasted sweet potatoes to mom. I have to get busy." Tang Zhitong patted Feng Zhi happily after receiving the praise and started to chase people away.

After eating a piece of sweet potato, Tang Zhitong felt as if he had more strength and started to work.

He bent his waist and pushed forward with all his strength, then pulled it back, pushed forward again, and pulled it back again.

This process is repeated over and over again, and dopamine is produced.

See, happiness is so simple.

But this job is a bit tiring and I start sweating after a while.

"Take a rest if you are tired. There is a lot of time in the future. There is no need to rush today." Seeing that her man was sweating, Xiao Wang took out a towel and wiped his sweat considerately.

"No, the plane is borrowed. I have to finish the work quickly and return it to him." After wiping the sweat off his face, Tang Zhitong continued to bend his body and press hard on the wooden board.

Although the wooden sticks obtained from Zhang Bo were all cut, they still had some burrs and needed to be leveled. It was also best to cut a certain arc on the two wooden sticks on both sides of the sled that were close to the ground, so as to reduce resistance and make pulling easier.

I've been busy these days and haven't had time to work on the sled. I have to finish it today no matter what.

Compared to planing, nailing a sled is much simpler.

Tang Zhitong worked until half past ten before he finally finished working on the two sleds.

After finishing, Tang Zhitong did not forget to let Xiao Wang sit on it and try it out.

"It's a little small. How about we alter it tomorrow?" The clothes are a bit bulky in winter, Tang Zhitong said as he looked at Xiao Wang's long legs that were crossed.

"Don't bother. I don't ride it every day. I only do it once or twice a year. It's getting late. Go take a shower and go to bed." Xiao Wang got up from the sled, poured footbath water for her man, and helped him soak his feet.

"You go to sleep first, I'll do it myself." Tang Zhitong stuffed a handful of firewood into the stove, trying to keep the house warm for a little longer.

Student Xiao Wang crawled into the bed, covered her mouth with her hands, yawned, and then waited for her man with sleepy eyes.

Tang Zhitong washed his feet, wiped them with a foot cloth, then put on his cotton shoes and went out to pour the foot washing water, and brought in the urinal.

Although there is a simple toilet in my yard, it is too cold in the middle of the night. If I have to get up at night, it is better to solve it in the house.

Nowadays, except for houses like those in Chunshu Hutong that have their own toilets, other houses are all the same, and a urinal is a must.

In order to prevent it from being kicked over, most of the time it is stuffed under the bed, and some more sophisticated ones will even cover the urinal with a wooden board.

When Tang Zhitong returned to the room, Xiao Wang had already fallen asleep.

Tang Zhitong tucked in the quilt for Xiao Wang, took off his clothes and got into bed, then pulled up the top quilt and turned on the bedside lamp.

Before going to bed, Tang Zhitong thought about the long black hair of classmate Xiao Wang lying outside the quilt. It would be nice to carve a hairpin or comb by hand as a birthday gift.

Thursday, October 12, sunny.

"Mom, please return the plane today. It belongs to Carpenter Zhang in the front yard." Tang Zhitong said to Zhang Guifang before leaving.

"Okay, I got it. Let's go quickly and don't delay the company's work." Zhang Guifang opened her mouth to drive the man away.

Since today was the day when the Escort Department paid salaries, Tang Zhitong had to go to the Municipal Bureau early to collect his money, so he did not go out with them, but went ahead on his own.

When Tang Zhitong arrived at the Municipal Bureau, many heads of various branches had already arrived and were queuing in front of the Finance Department.

Tang Zhitong looked at his watch. The time he came to collect his salary was about the same as a few months ago, but the line was longer than before. It seemed that everyone's need for money was more urgent recently.

It took more than an hour to wait in line, and it was not until 8:30 that Tang Zhitong finally got his card.

Maybe because the Municipal Bureau distributed snacks in the previous two days, they had to collect money from the employees, so the comrades in the Finance Department were very thoughtful this time and distributed coins to everyone.

"Comrade, the banknotes have been distributed. We can only give you coins." When Tang Zhitong arrived, the comrades from the Finance Department moved five large bags of coins from the ground to the table.

"Okay, coins are coins, coins are also money." Tang Zhitong accepted it happily.

A large bag of coins consists of ten small bags, and each small bag contains one hundred coins. The five large bags together are not light in weight. Fortunately, Tang Zhitong has space and can fit even five thousand more bags.

The cent coin was first issued in 1955. It is silvery white with wheat ears and the face value printed on one side and the national emblem on the other side. It was the main target of many people's "stealing" from their homes when they were children.

Firstly, you can buy a popsicle for two cents, and secondly, the face value is not large and it is not easy for parents to find out.

But as of now, many people do not like coins. Although they can be used as money, coins are easier to lose than banknotes.

It is not easy to make some money, so people naturally choose to use something that is more convenient for them to carry.

Other branches probably have similar ideas, so they choose the best banknotes.

Tang Zhitong is different. He prefers coins because he knows that as long as they are well preserved, their value will increase by several times, easily thousands of times.

Of course, compared with the plan of getting jade for free, this is just a small amount of money.

When Tang Zhitong returned to the escort department, everyone was already looking forward to it and came to collect their wages spontaneously, without even notifying him.

Ma Wei had just arrived and many people couldn't match their names. Employees who wanted to get their wages had to tell Ma Wei their names first. Then Ma Wei would find the corresponding salary, deduct the union fees, pastry money and organizational fees, and report it to Tang Zhitong.

Tang Zhitong was responsible for counting the money. After the employees confirmed that everything was correct, they would return to Ma Weina's payroll and either sign or stamp it.

Although Ma Wei was not skilled, she was still faster than Tang Zhitong alone.

It was almost one o'clock in the afternoon when the two of them finished paying their salaries and didn't even have time to eat lunch.

"I'm still not familiar with the people and wasted time." After receiving the salary, Ma Wei said with some regret.

"It was the same when I first took over. Just go to the cafeteria more often at noon. You'll be familiar with it in a few days." Tang Zhitong comforted cheerfully.

How can I not be happy? Today is the first time I received a salary of more than 70 yuan, all earned through my own labor. I feel very happy.

(End of this chapter)