Restarting life in Siheyuan

Chapter 126 The Tradition of Apprenticeship
The atmosphere in the third uncle's house was very bad. Yan Jiecheng sat angrily in front of the cabinet with his back leaning against the cabinet. Seeing that the atmosphere was not good, the three children, under the signal of the third aunt, went out early to watch the night view after dinner.

The third uncle was sitting at the door and refused to close the door.

"I see your nose is not your nose and your face is not your face as soon as you get home. Just say whatever you have in your stomach."

"Master, why don't we talk about it behind closed doors? This family's ugliness cannot be exposed to the public."

The third aunt saw that her husband had a bad look on her face, so she tried to lower her voice as much as possible when speaking. With the door open, I really don't know what the head of the house was thinking.

The third uncle lost his former gentleness and elegance and slapped the book heavily on his lap.

"It's an ugly family. It's ugly. We pay the bride price for the bride and their family goes with the dowry. This is an ancient ritual and it's only natural..."

"But our family can't just double the betrothal gift and ask for dowry..."

After a while, Yan Jiecheng slammed the door and left, and heard the third uncle shouting from behind.

"You've made your mark. If you leave, don't come back. I don't know who it is for..."

After saying that, the third aunt helped her in and closed the door. There was only the rustling sound.

……

Zhu Xuefeng happened to walk to the door of the middle courtyard. Although his voice was not loud, he heard a few words. I guess Sha Zhu was right, it was just that the wedding gift and dowry had not been discussed.

There are too many things to pay attention to in this marriage, especially the betrothal gift and dowry. According to the old etiquette in the capital, after the woman receives the betrothal gift from the man, she will send the dowry from her mother's family to the man's family in the afternoon before the wedding.

The dowry for a middle-class family is generally 24 or 32 taels. In principle, the man's dowry gift should be doubled.

It’s not easy to marry a girl!
Otherwise, why would there be such a thing as losing money? The money lost is the dowry.

The amount of the dowry is directly related to the new daughter-in-law's status in her husband's family, which is the new daughter-in-law's face. Of course, after the dowry comes over, it does not become the property of her husband's family. It is still the new daughter-in-law's own responsibility. If she divorces later, This dowry must be taken away.

Zhu Xuefeng guessed that the third uncle wanted to take advantage of this and calculated it, but he ended up making a fuss. This scholar has such a good face, so he guessed that this matter was really dirty.

Zhu Xuefeng returned home, tidied up, and stood up while thinking about the drawings.

That night, Zhu Xuefeng went to bed very early and went to bed after drawing the drawings of the motorcycle factory because he planned to get up early at four o'clock to find the feeling of practicing Qi again.

When I came to the locust tree in the front yard of the courtyard, I followed the requirements of the exercise and entered the realm in a short while. But when I opened my eyes again, it was already an hour later. The effect today was obvious, but it seems that it will not be until I reach the first level. It's not that easy either.

He took out the iron gun and played with it for a while, until he was sweating profusely, then he stopped working. It was getting late, and everyone in the compound would be ready to go out in a while. It was not a problem to practice in the yard all the time, as it would disturb others' rest.

He couldn't practice in the yard anymore. There was no one at home, so Zhu Xuefeng avoided the trouble and ate four more buns. This seemed to be a bit too much.

It was quite early when he arrived at the workshop. Zhu Xuefeng did this on purpose. There is a tradition in this kind of old factory. It is unclear and you have to understand it yourself. The apprentice has to arrive early to do sanitation, fetch water, make tea for the master, prepare materials, etc. Wait, everything should be ready when the master comes.

Just do it, there's nothing to say, this is how everyone got here.

"Brother Lu, Brother Yang, you are so early."

Next to Zhu Xuefeng's workstation are two apprentices from last year. They are both successors. They are waiting for the worker's grade examination to be regularized in the second half of this year. The grade exam will be taken twice a year, once in the first half of the year and once in the second half of the year.

They felt that the first half of the year had no end, so they didn't take the exam. You have to pay for the materials for the exam. These are the property of the country. Without control, it would be chaotic, and how much materials would be wasted.

They arrived very early today and had already started working. There should be two or three others inside who were also cleaning.

"Zhu Xuefeng, you came just in time. Help me lift this so it can't be swept down."

The three of them came back together after fetching water. Zhu Xuefeng made tea for Master Lu. People came to the workshop one after another, and those who didn't have apprentices had to clean up by themselves. "Master, morning..."

Today's work is the same as yesterday. There is no change. It is still the task of processing a first-level fitter. Zhu Xuefeng can easily guarantee a 100% success rate.

But we still process each product seriously. What we are pursuing now is not speed, but proficiency and skills, and the feeling of the performance of metal materials.

It's time for a work break. Everyone has turned off their machines, some are drinking water, and some are walking out of the workshop. Zhu Xuefeng is still busy. The workpiece in his hand will be finished in a while, and he will take a break after finishing the work.

Uncle Niu and a few workers passed by and couldn't help but take a look.

"Master Lu, this apprentice is not bad. He does a decent job."

Master Lu couldn't restrain his pride and took a sip of tea.

"No, it doesn't matter who is the apprentice, haha, Xuefeng, take a break after you finish."

"Okay, Master, that's it."

Master Lu was also very proud of the apprentice's success, and they walked away chatting.

……

I went to the cafeteria slowly at noon, but I still didn't escape. Under the supervision of Master Lu, I made a meat dish. Fortunately, Shazhu's cooking was good, and there were not many pieces of meat in the dish.

While everyone was resting, Zhu Xuefeng went to the entrustment store and borrowed a bicycle to go there. The leader asked the motorcycle to leave in the morning and did not know where it was sent.

"Brother Feng, you are here. What are you looking for this time?"

"Is there a small alarm clock here? Find one for me."

"Brother Feng, you have come to the wrong place. You have to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy it. This thing is not valuable. Who can get it here? There are a few big pendulum clocks. They look pretty good. They are old foreign goods. Otherwise I’ll take you to the backyard to see.”

In fact, Zhu Xuefeng also knew that there was a supply and marketing cooperative, but he was used to asking for money when something happened, but he didn't expect that the entrusted store would not accept it at all.

"Come on, my house doesn't have such a big place to display this thing, you should keep it."

The two chatted for a while, collected and counted the tickets, and left. They had to go to the supply and marketing cooperative.

There are many small alarm clocks in the supply and marketing cooperatives, some from Beijing, Jinhai, and more from Shanghai, and they all look good.

Zhu Xuefeng picked two at random, one with a "rooster" in Jinhai and the other with an "I" in Shencheng. He tried to move the needle and found nothing wrong within 2 minutes, so he took both without asking for a ticket. .

One is for me, and the other is for his younger siblings. It would be impossible to get up in the middle of the night to practice without a small alarm clock.

It's still early, so let's go to the logistics department again. I used the Dongzhimen courtyard without saying a word. It's somewhat inappropriate. It's a good thing I didn't find it. If I found it, it would be embarrassing for both parties.

"Hey, Xiaofeng is here. Come and sit down. It's been a few days since I reported for duty before I remembered to come see Uncle You. It doesn't make sense."

Zhu Xuefeng took out a bag of tea and shook it.

"I gave Uncle Zhang a bag of tea last time. I have to order it back. How can I come to the door if I haven't bought the tea."

Director Zhang took it and took a look. What a great guy, Rushan Green Tea. Director Zhang loves tea and is also a good judge of the goods. This tea is in short supply in the North, but it is not of high quality and cannot be obtained at all.

(End of this chapter)