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"so good."

A hint of envy flashed across Qin Huairu's eyes. As the years passed, she missed her youth more and more.

Although she married Jia Dongxu and realized her dream of jumping from the countryside to the city, her life in the Jia family was not good, especially after Jia Dongxu's death. She had to deal with such a mother-in-law and raise three children. How could her life be good?

In order to live a better life, she has resorted to many tricks over the years.

When she saw Zhou Chen, she couldn't help but make a comparison in her heart. If she had found a husband with conditions like Zhou Chen, her life would definitely not have been so hard.

"Have you finished your work? Let's go back together."

Zhou Chen smiled and asked, "Come back with me? Sister Qin, aren't you afraid that your mother-in-law will see you and scold you again?"

Qin Huairu immediately glared at Zhou Chen coquettishly and stretched out her hand to hit him.

"You little brat, are you making fun of your sister?"

Zhou Chen was calm as water. He had the skill to remain calm even when a woman's beauty was in his arms. How could a mere Qin Huairu make him distracted?

"No, let's go. Anyway, I live in the front yard and you live in the middle yard. Your mother-in-law doesn't know that we are going back together."

"And you still say, I'm not afraid, so what are you afraid of?"

Zhou Chen said: "I was afraid that your mother-in-law would scold me again, and I couldn't control myself and wanted to hit her."

Qin Huairu was not angry, but laughed and scolded: "My mother-in-law is your elder."

"Elder? Her?"

Zhou Chen said with disdain: "I was just giving face to you, Sister Qin, last night. Otherwise, if she had said that to me, I would have slapped her a long time ago."

"Okay, okay, I know you're awesome, let's go."

As soon as the two walked out of the factory gate, they met another person. It was really a coincidence.

"Qin Huairu, Zhou Chen, why did you come out of the factory together?"

The person he met was an old man named Yi Zhonghai. He was very surprised to see Zhou Chen and Qin Huairu coming out together.

Qin Huairu explained to Yi Zhonghai, and after Yi Zhonghai learned the reason, he was full of admiration.

"Yes, Zhou Chen, you did a great job on this matter. It seems that you have made some progress in these years of military service. If your father knew about this, he would definitely be very pleased."

Zhou Chen couldn't say that he hated the uncle Yi Zhonghai, but he couldn't say that he liked him either, because Yi Zhonghai's behavior and actions were not really upright.

Those who have seen Siheyuan all say that Uncle Yi Zhonghai is a moral lord and a hypocrite. He only stands on the moral high ground to criticize others, but what he does is not moral at all.

Although it is not completely correct, it does make sense. Yi Zhonghai's approach to dealing with matters other than those of the people he cares about can be considered reasonable and well-founded.

But once it comes to Sha Zhu or Qin Huairu's affairs, he becomes extremely biased. Also, when it comes to issues concerning his own retirement, he has no bottom line at all.

In the plot, Sha Zhu was cheated so badly, and Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai accounted for 90% of the credit.

It is difficult to like and respect such a person.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 887: Uncle Yi Zhonghai's Little Thoughts

"Master."

Although he doesn't like the selfish behavior of the old man, but as the saying goes, he is not a saint. As long as it doesn't happen to him, he will not take the initiative to provoke the old man.

But no matter what kind of person he is, at this stage, he still has a certain status in the hospital, so there is no need for him to say anything to Yi Zhonghai about things that have nothing to do with him.

Yi Zhonghai looked at Zhou Chen with admiration. Zhou Chen's family had lived in the courtyard for many years. Although not as long as he and the He and Jia families, he also watched Zhou Chen grow up.

It was just that the Zhou family lived in the front yard and they lived in the middle yard, and before Zhou Chen joined the army, he often went out to play with others when no one was watching him, so they didn't have much contact.

"Let's go back together."

Yi Zhonghai said this, and then took the lead and walked forward.

"Zhou Chen, the factory wants you to come to work the day after tomorrow. What kind of job do they plan to have you do? You can start as an apprentice."

Apprentices have the lowest salary in the factory, earning only 18 yuan, but most of the people who work on the shift also start out as apprentices. Some work for a few months and, after mastering certain skills, they will be promoted to first-level workers; those with lower salaries will be promoted to higher levels within a few years at most.

However, there are exceptions. For example, Qin Huairu, whose husband died of a work-related injury, was taken care of by the factory. Although she also started from scratch, her salary was not low. With subsidies, it was 27.5 yuan, much higher than that of an apprentice.

Zhou Chen's situation is similar to Qin Huairu's, except that Zhou Chen is now alone and does not have to take care of a family like Qin Huairu, so Yi Zhonghai doesn't know how the factory will arrange for Zhou Chen, which is why he asked this question.

"I don't know. The personnel haven't been arranged yet. We will know after reporting the day after tomorrow."

For Zhou Chen, it doesn't make much difference what kind of job he does. If he is really assigned to a workshop where the work is hard, dirty and tiring, he will definitely not just accept it. It's okay to be treated unfairly for a while, but it's impossible to do so forever.

Yi Zhonghai said: "You have just entered the factory. No matter what kind of work you do, you must learn humbly and don't be half-hearted. Only by being serious can you make progress."

Looking at Yi Zhonghai who was lecturing him, Zhou Chen felt very strange. Was this the "instructions" from his elders?

"Uh-huh."

Yi Zhonghai was very satisfied to see Zhou Chen had a good attitude. Although he was the eldest uncle in the courtyard, he had no children and usually had no chance to teach young people. Even when talking to He Yuzhu and Xu Damao, he mainly scolded them.

Looking at the young Zhou Chen, an idea suddenly flashed through his mind. Zhou Chen is a few years younger than He Yuzhu, and now he has no parents or relatives, and he is just about to start working. Isn't this also a good choice?

Because he had no children, Yi Zhonghai started thinking about his future retirement many years ago.

Jia Dongxu, Qin Huairu’s husband, was his first investment.

Jia Dongxu is an orphan and widowed mother, and he watched him grow up. Although he has no opinions, such talents are easier to control.

So he accepted Jia Dongxu as his apprentice and taught him wholeheartedly, hoping that Jia Dongxu would have a bright future and be able to provide for them in their old age.

It’s a pity that Jia Dongxu was unlucky. Before they could wait for Jia Dongxu to take care of them in their old age, they sent Jia Dongxu away first.

After Jia Dongxu passed away, he started looking for new elderly care partners, but the young people in the nursing home either had their parents still alive or had relatives, and did not meet his requirements.

Finally, under the influence of the deaf old lady, he noticed He Yuzhu, and after observing him for a long time, he felt that although He Yuzhu was a mixed up person, he was someone he could rely on.

He had never paid attention to Zhou Chen before because Zhou Chen had a father who lived in the front yard.

But now it’s different. Zhou Chen seems to have become the only young man in their courtyard who has no relatives. If Zhou Chen can live with the old couple, wouldn’t that be much better than finding He Yuzhu?

This possibility suddenly occurred to his mind, but Yi Zhonghai was also a shrewd man. He just had this idea and would not take action immediately.

The issue of retirement is the biggest concern for him throughout his life, so of course he cannot make a hasty decision.

"Zhou Chen, you just returned from military service, so you may not be familiar with the affairs of the hospital. If you encounter any problems in the hospital in the future, you can come to the middle courtyard to find me."

Zhou Chen did not refuse and responded directly: "Okay, uncle."

Qin Huairu watched Yi Zhonghai talking to Zhou Chen intentionally, her eyes thoughtful.

After walking for more than ten minutes, they returned to the courtyard. Zhou Chen got home first, said goodbye to Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu, and went back to the house.

Yi Zhonghai did not return to the Central Court immediately, but went to find the third uncle.

At dinner time, Aunt Li came to ask Zhou Chen to eat again, but Zhou Chen didn't agree, but borrowed a dozen coal briquettes from their family, led a coal stove outside the house, and cooked by himself.

When he went out today, he bought some food, both fine grains and coarse grains.

He was not short of money, but he still had to prepare some coarse grains at home. If there was no coarse grains at home, it would not be good if others knew about it. There were many people suffering from conjunctivitis these days.

After bringing the coal stove home, Zhou Chen started cooking. Fortunately, there were pots, pans, and utensils at home, which had all been washed yesterday and could be used directly.

The current living conditions are naturally incomparable to those of a few decades later. Fortunately, Zhou Chen has experienced hard times and can eat coarse grains.

The only downside is that when you live alone, you have to do everything by yourself.

If it were the 21st century with advanced technology and a fully equipped kitchen, cooking would not be difficult. But now conditions are limited and we can just make a simple meal. If we want to eat something delicious, it is still quite troublesome to cook.

Thinking that he would have to live like this for the next many years, Zhou Chen could only sigh. It was all this damn system's fault that it had to tie him up in this courtyard.

Since there were no steamed buns, Zhou Chen cooked some more rice porridge and took out the pickles he bought at noon, and barely filled his stomach.

Although it was winter, Zhou Chen did not dare to close the windows tightly. After all, there was a coal stove burning in the room, which could not be extinguished, otherwise he would have to light it again, which was troublesome.

The burning of coal balls will produce toxic gases, so for safety reasons, it is necessary to open some windows for ventilation.

"Dong dong!"

"Zhou Chen, stay at home. I'm Xu Damao."

Zhou Chen, who was laying out a new four-piece set, stopped what he was doing, walked over and opened the door.

Seeing Xu Damao's dusty appearance, Zhou Chen asked in surprise: "Xu Damao, what are you doing?"

Xu Damao smiled and said, "I just came back from the countryside after showing a movie. I brought two old hens with me. Do you want one? I'll give you one."

Zhou Chen was a little surprised, because he knew that Xu Damao was an egoist and not a generous person.

"No need. I just got back and I can't take care of myself, so how can I take care of a chicken? You can take it back and let your sister-in-law raise it. It can lay eggs every day."

Seeing that Zhou Chen didn't want to do it, Xu Damao didn't try to persuade him: "Well, you've been to the personnel department of the factory, right? How's it going? Which workshop have you been assigned to?"

"It hasn't been divided yet. I'll report the day after tomorrow and I'll know then."

"Oh, I think Director Yang treats you very well. If the workshop you are assigned to is not good, you can go to Director Yang and ask for favors. It will definitely help."

"There's no sign of this yet. Let's talk about it the day after tomorrow."

Zhou Chen didn't take it seriously and chatted with Xu Damao for a few words. Then Xu Damao left with his things.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Zhou Chen opened the system panel and immediately found that the task progress had increased a little, reaching 2/10000.

Zhou Chen calculated that from early morning till now, he was not in the Siheyuan in the morning and afternoon. So far, he had only spent twelve or thirteen hours in the Siheyuan at most.

In other words, the task requires less than twelve or thirteen hours a day.

After this calculation, Zhou Chen had an idea in mind and decided to record the time tomorrow and finally confirm the specific time so that it would be convenient for future operations.

The night passed quickly, and Zhou Chen left the house at around nine in the morning. The system's task progress had actually become 0.03%, which made him overjoyed.

Counting from the early morning, it has only been more than nine hours, and one task has been completed. This shows that a day stipulated by the system is less than nine hours.

This result made Zhou Chen very happy. If it was nine hours, or even less, or even a day, then the task would not be as difficult as he had imagined.

As long as he stayed in the courtyard for nine hours every day, he could complete one step every day. In this way, the fastest time for completing the task would be twenty-seven and a half years.

Even if there were some accidents in the middle and it was delayed for a few years, as long as he lived long enough and no accidents happened, the task would still be easy to complete.

Thinking of this, he felt very happy. It was just a matter of killing time. He had already gained experience. Compared with the years he had lived, twenty or thirty years were nothing.

Zhou Chen spent the whole day shopping and bought a lot of necessities for the household.

His total assets now amount to more than 2,000 yuan, some of which were saved by his father over the years, and some of which were compensated by the factory after his father's accidental death.

More than 2,000 yuan is already a huge sum of money in this era. Many families can't even get enough to eat these days, so it is even more difficult to save money.

So with these two thousand yuan, plus the thousands of tickets in his system backpack, he can live a comfortable life.

As for the grain book and other things, I had already gotten it when I reported to the street office yesterday. Today I happened to go to the street office again and got my own grain book back.

Now the food in the old city is rationed, and must be exchanged for food with food certificates. People with rural household registration do not receive any food subsidies in the city.

"Zhou Chen, I see that you bought so many things today and spent a lot of money, right?"

Zhou Chen lived in the front yard, so it was convenient for him to go in and out. However, when he brought things back, he was still seen clearly by the three aunts.

The third aunt's face was full of envy and heartache. She felt that the child really didn't know how to live. It's not like the things at home are unusable, but he has to buy new ones. Moreover, so many things are obviously good things and not cheap.

She just took a quick glance and was sure that Zhou Chen spent a lot of money on these things, at least dozens of dollars. If she gave it to their family, it would last for several months.

When Zhou Chen heard what the third aunt said, he was speechless. I'm spending my own money, why are you so upset?

"I can't help it. No one has lived in my house for a long time. Many things are broken. I can only buy new ones. I can't let myself suffer in my daily life."

The third aunt objected, "You can't say that. Life is all about firewood, rice, oil and salt. You have to plan your life accordingly. If you don't plan, no matter how much money you have, it won't be enough to build a house."

"Ah? Really? I'm not really sure about this. I've never lived alone. Thank you for your reminder, Auntie. I'll pay attention to it next time."

"That's how it should be. Hey, Zhou Chen, I see you bought a lot of new things. If you don't use those old things at home, they'll just be thrown away. Why don't you give them to me? I might be able to use them."

The third aunt looked at Zhou Chen eagerly. As long as Zhou Chen agreed, she would rush to Zhou Chen's house to move things.

Zhou Chen was even more speechless. It was true that the husband followed the wife’s lead. The third uncle was very calculating and the third aunt was also deeply influenced by him.

"Uh, I need to sort this out first, Auntie, you go ahead and do your work. I'll talk to you after I'm done."

The third aunt looked regretful and said, "Then you go ahead and do your work. Tell me when you throw something away."

"Ok."

After dealing with the three difficult aunts, Zhou Chen was both amused and confused. The people living in this courtyard were really interesting, with all kinds of people living there.

Although the third aunt is calculating, she is not unpleasant to deal with. On the contrary, talking to her brings out a sense of life.