Restarting life in Siheyuan

Chapter 129 Silly Zhu has changed a bit
Zhu Xuefeng took a bottle of Fenjiu and went out. The third uncle who hadn't seen him cleaning the car for a long time started to clean the car again. When he saw the third uncle turned around and saw him, Zhu Xuefeng said hello.

"Third uncle, it's time to start dinner. You're still busy."

"It's nothing. It hasn't been wiped for a few days and it's full of dirt. It looks awkward. It's just looking for a job. Your family needs a few more days."

"Well, I guess it will take about ten days. I have to ask Third Aunt to work for a few more days. It will cause trouble to you. I can't turn on the fire at home. I have to go to Brother Zhuzi's house for a few days. Let's go, you are busy."

It will take more than ten days, um, that's good. The third uncle hopes that Zhu Xuefeng will put forward more requirements for renovation. The longer the construction time, the better. These three aunts go to help out at noon every day, take care of food, and pay wages. good.

As he spoke, he entered the middle courtyard. The incident involving the eldest son of the third uncle's family didn't seem to have any impact on the third uncle. Forget it, it had nothing to do with him. He went to find Silly Zhu for a drink. It was really tiring this week. The two factories took turns. toss.

The door of the grandfather's house was also open, and the couple were having dinner. The eldest mother said hello from far away, and Zhu Xuefeng nodded, and then entered Shazhu's house.

The table has long been set, including a plate of water, a plate of sausages, a plate of cucumbers, a plate of fried peanuts for drinking and a bottle of Erguotou.

It seems that this person was killed a few days ago.

Silly Zhu was sitting and waiting, looking at Zhu Xuefeng and the first man, nodded, and entered his house in high spirits.

"I said, brother, you have a happy event. Why are you so happy just because the scooter is put into production?"

"How can I? I haven't been busy for several days. I got off work at the first time. I feel relieved. Come on, turn this on."

"Dele, let's drink brother's good wine again. Lao Fenjiu, you have a lot of good wine. Today, you have caught it again."

Silly Zhu took the wine without politeness, opened it, turned around, and saw the two boys from the second uncle's family lying at the window. They were probably attracted by the smell of sewer, so they raised their hands to rush away.

He was stunned for a moment, smiled to himself, turned around, and went to the kitchen with the plate.

After a while, I took out a small plate and laid it out neatly. They were all freshly cut.

"After finishing the meal, come back with the plate and leave."

"Thank you, Brother Zhuzhu."

The two of them were overjoyed and ran away with the plates in hand. Seeing Zhu Xuefeng looking at him doubtfully, Silly Zhu also laughed at himself.

"Didn't you send some to Sister Qin's house?"

Silhu was a little embarrassed for a moment and looked up at Zhu Xuefeng.

"Save some for her. Let's talk about it when she has time. She can't chase after others to give it away. That would be so mean."

Seeing that Zhu Xuefeng didn't seem to be disgusted.

"But Sister Qin's family is in dire straits now. I've heard that she always goes to the market after get off work to pick up vegetables and rotten leaves."

Zhu Xuefeng sighed, it is indeed not easy, but isn't it the fault of his own fault? Although he is pitiful, he has no position to help her. It would be kind enough not to cause trouble. Anyway, with the uncle and his family here, he will not die of hunger. Just a little pain.

"If you leave it at home, you won't be afraid that the stick will be taken away by you."

Silly Zhu looked at Zhu Xuefeng again and saw that he didn't mean to ridicule, so he said it directly.

"This Jia Zhang family is not a thing. I also need to have a longer memory. I will lock these in the cabinet and leave some peanuts outside."

……

Looking at the two brothers who were cleaning the water quickly under the steps, Si Zhu had changed a bit.

In the past, Shazhu would not pay attention to the second uncle. He couldn't stand the second uncle's pretentiousness, so he generally ignored the two boys in his family.I actually cut a small plate today. It seemed that it was a little different since I killed the pig in the yard last time. As for why, I still don’t understand.

Seeing Zhu Xuefeng looking at the two boys and thinking about something, Shazhu said with a smile.

"We are all from the same compound. Besides, the old one is the old one and the young one is the young one. I didn't think about it before. Besides, we are not that different from each other. In fact, these two boys don't have any serious problems. Sometimes they are quite pitiful."

Zhu Xuefeng always felt a little strange. After listening to Silly Zhu's words, he remembered that Silly Zhu should have a lot of extra money now. He felt that his mentality had changed. The things that he used to compete with were now trivial in his eyes.

"Brother Zhuzhu, you must have made a lot of money recently. You are not bad at this. You have a good tone."

Silly Zhu felt a little proud. He took out a handful of scattered bills from his pocket, found a few large ones, handed them to Zhu Xuefeng, and put his head over them.

"This is what you borrowed last time, please pay it back first."

"To tell you the truth, brother, you are very careful. I have wanted to have a drink with you for a long time, but I couldn't find you across the yard."

"Guess how much I earned last month, not counting salary."

Silly Zhu earned three to five yuan for a wedding banquet. A few people got one share, and two yuan made the most.

"Ten dollars?"

"Brother, you look down on yourself. You earn ten yuan a month, tsk tsk."

"Listen to me. Nowadays, family banquets are basically only [-] yuan a month. And you don't know about the pre-made dishes you mentioned. Recently, they are [-] to [-] servings every day, and you only earn [-] to [-] yuan per serving. point."

Earning two or three cents per serving is a low cost for large-scale production. The pre-prepared dishes are ready, just heat them up in a pot, and they are no more expensive than buying the food yourself.

It's convenient and tastes good. As long as it doesn't involve tickets, workers in the steel rolling mill are not sensitive to two or three points. No, there are more and more demands from employees.

"I arranged for three people to help, and the four of us split it equally. It's almost two yuan a day, which is more than the salary."

Zhu Xuefeng didn't pay attention to Shazhu during this period. He didn't know that pre-made dishes had been launched in the canteen, so he was quite surprised.

After having a drink with Silly Zhu, Zhu Xuefeng asked quickly.

"You told Director Zhang? He agreed?"

"Ah, of course. Didn't you say that you need to ask the leader for approval? I asked him, and he asked for instructions from the factory, and then he agreed. As long as it doesn't delay the canteen and doesn't break the law or discipline, it's convenient for the employees. Of course, the above agreed."

Zhu Xuefeng understood that in fact, Shazhu and the others just earned some hard work, a few hundred copies, and they would have to work for a few hours, maybe even longer. Without delaying the canteen, they probably wouldn't have time to rest every morning.

Sure enough, Silly Zhu then complained.

"But during this period, I was very tired in the morning. I plan to bring in more people and prepare the materials for the next day in the afternoon. This way, the money will be less and no one will be jealous. I am still very tired."

This Silly Zhu has definitely changed. It was never like this before. Listening to what he said, no one could tell the difference between the two men last time. There are still people who are not convinced. Look at it now, tut tut.

"Come on, Brother Zhuzhu, I respect you, you are awesome!"

In the canteen, it seems that Shazhu has stood still. It seems that people are surrounding him now. Don't underestimate this little money. After a month, there are many people of all ages. Who wouldn't be happy if he can earn more while working.

Thinking about it again, this is a disguised welfare within the unit. It is convenient for employees and there are no violations. It should be fine. In two years, when it is implemented throughout the city, there will be no problems. (In 1960, a small-scale trial began in Beijing. In 1962, prepared dishes were very popular in Beijing and appeared in newspapers many times.)
In fact, some non-staple food stores are now testing the waters on a small scale, but they have not yet promoted it.

Zhu Xuefeng was in a happy mood, and Sha Zhu was full of ambition. The two of them almost drank too much. If Zhu Xuefeng hadn't been thinking about going home, Sha Zhu would have started Erguotou.

(End of this chapter)