Chapter 1891 Family Warmth

"Mom of the Zhou family, do you know that the price of vegetables has gone up again today?"

In the yard in the morning, when Zhou's mother came back with a basket of vegetables and meat, she met several old ladies in the yard.

They are retired employees of the Shanghai No. 2 Food Factory. They cook for their wife and children at home on weekdays. In their free time, they sit on the corridor or under the trees in the family area and chat. They are not lonely.

The Zhou family, like the Li family, bought a house with funds raised from external sales by the No. 2 Food Factory.

Therefore, Zhou's mother came to Shanghai with her wife, the third and fourth children, and their son and daughter. They lived here and accompanied them to study in college in Shanghai.

Although Shanghainese people are a bit xenophobic, this thing actually happens everywhere, it’s just a matter of degree.

Even in Rongcheng, which is known as the most gentle and warm city, if you have no ability, you will still be looked down upon.

If a person wants to live and struggle, he is destined not to be influenced by others. As long as you can work hard and succeed, others will naturally respect you.

Worshiping the strong is a trait shared by all humans and even the animal kingdom.

The Zhou family is not a businessman. Although such a person is not looked down upon by others in Shanghai, his status is not too high either.

The reason why they bought a house here was because the second daughter of the Zhou family, Zhou Jing, worked at Shangmei Factory, and she had worked at Xiangjiang Kirin Culture for two years, so they had the money.

Zhou’s mother was also consciously or unconsciously trying to improve her status in the circle of old ladies, so it’s been half a year since she moved here. Everyone knows that the pretty Zhou Jing was very popular among the Xiangjiang people there when she was working at Qilin Culture. Appreciation, originally wanted to keep her in Xiangjiang with a high salary, but she couldn't worry about her parents and relatives at home, so she came back anyway.

The Shangmei Factory has regulations. If these young people can come back after going to Xiangjiang - those who were working in the factory long before they cooperated with Qilin Culture and brought their families with them are not counted. If they can come back, then It is necessary to obtain the Huhai City household registration for their family members.

Zhou Jing saw this and wanted to change the fate of her eldest brother, sister-in-law, third brother, and fourth sister, so she ignored Xiangjiang's high salary to stay and returned to work in the Shangmei Factory.

As a result, as soon as she came back, within half a year, her family all became registered residents in Shanghai City, and her younger brothers and sisters were admitted to universities in Shanghai one after another. Naturally, they needed a house in Shanghai.

Shangmei Factory actually raised funds to build houses. Well, they are actually welfare houses, so you basically don’t have to spend any money.

But this welfare housing is only for people in the work unit, and the houses are allocated differently to older people, dual-income people, married people, married people with children, single people, etc., etc.

Zhou Jing has not been in love yet and is still single, so now she has only been allocated an 80-square-meter house and cannot live in the 120-square-meter elevator room at the back.

Although the house is still enough to live in, if there are so many people crowded in, even if the younger brothers and sisters live in the school on weekdays, it will seem a bit crowded.

In addition, Zhou Jing thought that she should do more things for her family, so when the second food factory wanted to sell a house the year before last, she came over to take a look and then bought one with the money.

Including decoration and other costs, she spent more than 32,000 yuan. It is not equipped with all the electrical appliances like Lijia, but it is not shabby and has everything it should have.

In this way, each of his parents, third brother, and fourth sister can have a room, and it is also a spacious and bright building, which makes them very happy.

When I lived in the countryside, I lived in brick and tile houses with civil structures. The conditions were really incomparable to those now.

Now, not only can they live in a building, Zhou Jing also paid to knock down the entire family homestead and rebuild five sets of three-story houses, one for the elder brother and sister-in-law, and one for each of the remaining parents and three siblings. Now not Go and live there, but keep the house there.

Such a neat and beautiful large building was built when it was completed. It caused a sensation all over the country!

Old ladies gossip a lot all day long and talk about every little thing.

Zhou's mother was always good at chatting and building relationships, but she had already become a team with them just half a year after moving in.

Although Zhou's mother and others are all from the countryside in Jiangnan, they have such an outstanding daughter who can earn a high salary of more than 800 yuan a month at the Shangmei Factory. She is considered very talented and will definitely have a bright future in the future. Naturally She was brought into their circle and no longer regarded her as an outsider from the countryside.

Hearing the warm greetings of several old ladies, Zhou's mother also smiled and replied, "Yes, the price of everything has increased, even lean meat has increased a lot! But the third and fourth children in the family are coming back today and are at school. There is no oil or water, so I can only be cruel and buy more so that they can eat more oil and meat!"

"Haha, your family must have good conditions, otherwise how can you eat such good food?" Several old ladies looked at the obvious vegetables and meat in her basket, and they were a little envious as they spoke.

"Everywhere, we are all the same... Oops, it's getting late. I have to go back and stew the elbows. Let's talk in the afternoon!" Mother Zhou looked at the watch on her hand, said hello with a smile, and hurriedly said Went upstairs.

There was naturally no soundproofing in the corridors. When she went upstairs, she naturally heard the unrepressed voices of several old women.

"My mother is really willing to spend money this week. She just stewed chicken the day before yesterday, and today she stewed elbows again!"

"Yes, their family eats meat every day. When we are upstairs, we often ask about the smell."

"It would be great if my family were like this. Things are so expensive now that I can hardly afford to eat!"

"How come there is such a big gap between people?"

"She has a good daughter? If you have a daughter who is a technical backbone at Shangmei Factory, then you can eat meat every day!"

"Hey, isn't Sister Zhou not in love yet? Your boy is about the same age as her, why don't you try to set him up?"

"Don't mention it. I took him to Zhou's house last time, but when he saw his temperament, he didn't even dare to say anything. How can we bring him together?"

"Well, yes, Sister Zhou went to work in Xiangjiang after all. Her appearance and temperament are really great. I wonder which boy will be cheaper in the end!"

"..."

Listening to this, Zhou's mother couldn't help but feel proud.

Having a good daughter is just different!

Fortunately, he didn't get mad and marry her off to his eldest wife's eldest brother. Otherwise, how could he have such a good life today?

After returning home and being busy for a while, Father Zhou, who had gone fishing, came back.

While he was busy cooking, his third son and fourth daughter, who were participating in weekend activities at school, also came back.

The last person to come back was Zhou Jing.

Although Zhou Jing stays at home in Shangmei Factory on weekdays and eats in the cafeteria, she also comes over on weekends to spend time with her parents, brothers and sisters.

"Why are you feeling so low?" Zhou's mother asked with concern when she saw her daughter changing her shoes with a haggard look on her face.

"I worked overtime last night to make a cartoon. There are a few details that need to be modified. We were busy all night." Zhou Jing said tiredly, "I had breakfast at 8 o'clock and then went home to rest. I slept until now."

Looking at the time, it was now 12. Mother Zhou said in a distressed tone, "How about you sleep a little longer? I'll just heat up some food for you later."

"No, I'll go to bed after eating and wait until 5 o'clock to go to the factory to work overtime." Zhou Jing sat on the dining table and said: "I've been very busy recently. In order to make more progress, everyone has to work overtime. It will last for a month! "

"If you work so much overtime, your salary must be higher, right?" Zhou's mother asked.

"Well, the two deputy directors of our factory have both been to Qilin Culture in Xiangjiang as general managers. Now we also strictly follow the plan there to set wages and bonuses." Zhou Jing said, "Because of the prices in the mainland If it goes up, the buyout fee given by Kirin Culture is also much higher. This year’s efficiency will definitely be better than last year. At this rate, I should be able to get more than 2,000 this month."

"Only 2,000?" Zhou's mother was a little dissatisfied.

Next to her, the fourth sister Zhou Ya, who was already in college, had been listening and couldn't help but say, "Mom, you have such a big appetite! 2,000 is not much? Our school's special scholarship is only 20 yuan a month!" Sister, this is equivalent to special scholarships for 100 of our college students! There are not 100 people in our entire school who can receive special scholarships!"

In universities in the 1980s, in addition to being given a fixed 35 kilograms of food stamps every month when you went to school, each school also issued bursaries every month depending on the city and region. According to the poverty level of the students' families, they were divided into special, One, two, three, four, five, etc., everyone has it.

Those in rural areas get more, while those in cities generally get 8 or 5 yuan in fourth- or fifth-level bursaries.

In Shanghai, the monthly salary for intern workers who have just started is only about 30-40 yuan, and they can only earn 60 or 80 yuan after a few years of becoming a full-time worker. This shows how good the treatment for college students is.

Many students in rural areas have tried every means to save the 20 yuan special scholarship and send it back to their poor families.

While I was in school, I could give feedback to my family before I started working. This is a new thing in this era.

Therefore, college students in this era are really called the proud ones of heaven. After they graduate, their jobs are all taken care of. There is no need to worry about anything, the state will take care of everything.

Wait until 20 years later, when college students are everywhere, they will really be inferior to dogs.

The third and fourth eldest children of the Zhou family are already urban residents of Shanghai City, and one sister is still the team leader of Shangmei Factory, so they receive the least, only 5 yuan per month.

Because the family has become rich, they use the 5 yuan to buy some small things for themselves, and their life is quite comfortable.

Mother Zhou heard her little daughter's teasing and glared, "What's 2,000 yuan? When your sister was in Xiangjiang, she could get 5,000 yuan a month without bonuses, and she got 200,000 yuan back in two years! Compared to To get this huge sum of money, what is 2,000 yuan? It’s a piece of cake!”

"Mom, you can't calculate like this. We are in Shanghai now, not in Xiangjiang." The third child interjected, "The prices in Xiangjiang are so expensive, and the houses are also so expensive. Of course we can earn more! In Shanghai, a person How many people can earn 2,000 a month? My sister is very, very good!"

"Bullshit, don't I know your sister is awesome?" Zhou's mother glared at her son and sighed, "Speaking of which, if it wasn't for us, how could your sister come back to a poor place like Shanghai? You two , when you grow up, you should respect your sister, you know?"

"Know it!"

The two brothers quickly agreed in a very dog-like manner.

Then the third child ran behind his sister and massaged her vigorously.

Zhou Ya also squatted in front of her sister and massaged her legs.

Zhou Jing smiled happily.

My mother doesn't know that the reason why she wants to come back is not only because she has to take care of the family, but also because staying here and being reunited with her family can make her feel extremely warm!

Compared with family reunion, making so much money is not so important!

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(I, like you, feel that the Spring Festival is not enough yet...)