Reborn in the red age

Chapter 9 The long night, unintentional sleep

Li Youmei entered the house and saw Li Qingfeng sitting in the yard with a tattered big cattail leaf fan to enjoy the coolness and use the wind to drive away mosquitoes. She quickly parked her bicycle in the corner and ignored the little girl who was washing dishes by the faucet. Sister, he quickly walked to Qingfeng Li and asked about her work situation.

"We have already agreed that we can go to your factory to go through the formalities tomorrow. Once the formalities are completed tomorrow, my little sister will be a glorious working class person," Li Qingfeng replied casually while waving his cattail leaf fan.

"It's true, third child, you are really good at it. You can complete the work of the younger sister with nothing but a gift or a gift." After hearing that the matter was indeed done, Li Youmei happily hugged Qingfeng Li's head and shook her head vigorously.

The ravaged Qingfeng Li looked at the clear and stupid look in his second sister's eyes. Qingfeng Li couldn't help but sigh in his heart. No wonder he was still a trainee technician after almost two years of work. What could those bureaucrats in the factory do for him with such a simple temper? It’s weird if you become a regular employee.

A group of leaders who started out as gangsters occupy various leadership positions in the textile factory. These people know nothing about management, and cadre promotion relies entirely on personal connections, making the textile factory a mess.

Even if the internship becomes a full-time job, a gift must be given. If you don't give a gift, you will be delayed until you can't hold off before you can become a full-time employee. This is the case with Li Youmei.

"Yes, the third child in our family is really good. He can do things that our father has not been able to do as soon as he steps out. Our whole family must learn from the younger brother." The eldest brother who was swatting mosquitoes around also joined in with a smile. .

The eldest son's words made Father Li feel a little ashamed. The younger son could do something that I couldn't do easily. Where could I put my face?Father Li, who was lying on the bamboo chair, turned over and stopped looking at his sons who were playing around.

"Okay, you just came back from get off work. I left some food for you. Go eat while there is still light. It will be dark in a while. Turning on the lights will waste electricity." Mother Li, who has always been economical, looked at His eldest daughter still hadn't eaten yet, so he urged Li Youmei to eat quickly.

After the commotion in the courtyard stopped, Mother Li looked at Li Hongmei who was washing dishes by the faucet, quietly pulled Qingfeng Li, gave Qingfeng Li a look, then got up and walked towards the house.

"How much does your sister's job cost?" In the dark room, Mother Li's first question after waiting for Qingfeng Li to come in was to ask how much it would cost to buy the job.

Apart from her two brothers and sisters outside, Li's mother works in the street office and is well aware of the general environment outside. She knows that there is no free lunch in the world, let alone the precious and precious official quota.

Mother Li wanted to ask just now outside, but she knew that her younger sister was serious about spending too much of the family's money, so she didn't ask. Instead, she brought Li Qingfeng into the house to ask secretly.

Li Qingfeng also guessed the reason why Li's mother asked him to come in. Therefore, facing Li's mother's inquiry, Li Qingfeng said without any hesitation: "Section Chief Zhao sees me as a child without a job. They didn’t ask me for a too high price and gave me an affordable price of 500 yuan.”

It has been two months since Li Qingfeng arrived, and he also has some understanding of the Li family's financial situation. He briefly calculated the monthly household expenses and the income of the four wage earners, and roughly estimated the amount of savings in the family.

A price of 500 yuan was quoted based on the estimated deposit. As for the extra 200 yuan, Li Qingfeng decided to make up for it himself. After all, Li Hongmei also liked Li Qingfeng, and [-] yuan was not enough for the current Qingfeng Li. What kind of. "Five hundred? Okay, okay, third child, you have made great contributions to the family this time. I will thank you on behalf of your sister." When she heard that she only spent [-] to buy the job, Mother Li breathed a sigh of relief and said kindly. By the way, she also paid He gently patted Qingfeng Li on the shoulder.

Even though there are four people in the Li family earning wages, the family's savings are really small. Their two children have only been working for two years, and their salaries are not high. In addition, raising two high school students and the family's daily expenses, The family's savings are only eight or nine hundred. This is how much the two elders could save without spending any money after graduating from junior high school. Otherwise, the savings would be even less.

With this amount of savings, in addition to 500 yuan to buy a job for her younger daughter, she also needed to use her eldest son's age to get married. Mother Li wished she could break a penny in half and spend it.

After the two chatted in the room for a while, Li's mother asked Qingfeng Li to call the boss in when she went out.

The smiling boss heard his mother calling him and ran in quickly. However, when he came out of the house, he was as dejected as an eggplant beaten by frost and walked out with Mother Li. It was just because the sky was getting dark. It was dark, and because there were no lights on in the room, no one saw the expression on Li Qingsong's face.

We stayed in the courtyard talking in the cool air until after eight o'clock. After seeing that it was almost time to go to bed, Mother Li urged everyone to go back to the house to sleep.

Qingfeng Li couldn't stand the mosquitoes outside the hospital for a long time. If his mother hadn't prevented everyone from going back to the house in order to save electricity, Qingfeng Li would have gone inside to hide from the mosquitoes. Now with his mother's order, Qingfeng Li took the broken cattail leaf fan. He ran towards the house like the wind.

The Li family has four rooms, three of which are inhabited. The other room was converted into a storage room by Li's mother, which contained various shabby items that Li's mother was reluctant to throw away.

Back in the room where he and his boss lived, Qingfeng Li lay quietly on his single bed, waiting for the boss next to him to fall asleep so that he could go to the black market to deal with the things in his warehouse that were not needed for the countryside.

It should be said that the boss has served as a soldier for five years in vain. He has no sense of vigilance. As long as he falls asleep, thunder in the sky will not wake him up. However, this is also convenient for Li Qingfeng. It is precisely because of this that Li Qingfeng can stay awake at night. Unknowingly, he was running his own business on the black market.

The boss who usually fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow didn't know what happened today. He was tossing and turning on the bed like a maggot and refused to sleep. Qingfeng Li even wanted to knock this guy unconscious on the bed.

Looking at the moon rising higher and higher outside the window, if he delayed any longer, he would be too late to catch up with the black market tonight. Now, Qingfeng Li couldn't bear it anymore. He turned over and sat up from the bed, and angrily yelled at the boss. : "No, let me tell you, boss, what's wrong with you today? Why are you crawling back and forth on the bed like a maggot? Are you still sleeping?"

"Ugh"

A deep sigh came from the other single bed next to it, and then the plaintive voice of the boss came: "The night is long and I have no intention of sleeping. You don't understand the sadness in my heart."

(End of this chapter)