Three hundred yuan. Xie Yuejin wanted to ask the Li family, where is their face
Three hundred yuan is a regular worker’s annual salary!
Is Li Ying a beauty, or is there something else that makes her stand out? She needs to entertain ten tables for a wedding, and she needs three hundred yuan for a divorce
Xie Yuejin certainly didn't want to, but he wasn't afraid. The worst that could happen was that he could apply for an annulment of the marriage. His marriage to Li Ying was based on deception, so it would be better if it was declared invalid!
But Li Ying's fourth brother said something sinisterly.
"Go ahead. If you go, I will take Li Ying to sue you for your bad behavior. My family lied about some things, but you didn't lie? You even lied to my sister that she lived with you before marriage."
Li Laosi was also very angry. He was not angry because Xie Yuejin lied to them and said he had a house, but because Xie Yuejin was actually a useless person!
The more he thought about it, the more upset he felt.
Because their family was committing marriage fraud, none of the brothers asked about Xie Yuejin's specific situation in detail. They only knew that Li Ying said he was a restaurant chef.
Li Laosi had worked in the factory before, so he naturally understood. A certified chef is a skilled worker who can move up. Haven't you seen how arrogant the electricians in the thermos factory are? As long as a skilled worker works hard, the benefits of promotion are huge. The highest-ranking skilled worker in the thermos factory is a level 6 worker, and can earn 60 or 70 yuan a month!
It’s equal to the salary of two regular workers.
Among Xie Yuejin's conditions, this one is the most attractive.
The benefits of promotion for a chef are greater than those for an ordinary skilled worker. As long as he becomes a leader of a restaurant, a little extra income will be enough to support his entire family.
Li Laosi is very good at scheming and his plan is to get Xie Yuejin promoted to benefit his family.
Of course, they don't just eat for free.
During breakfast, Li Ying said that Xie Yuejin had a competitor in the restaurant, named Xu Shuang, who was a parachuted chef.
Li Laosi had already decided that once he had a good relationship with Xie Yuejin, he could definitely help Xie Yuejin find a way to get rid of the chef.
Hehe, this is not difficult at all.
Li Laosi's idea was to let his wife go and make a scene, saying that the cook and his wife didn't know each other well. These days, the work style is strictly checked, and Xie Yuejin only needs to take care of the boss, and the man will have to get out of the restaurant.
What a nice idea he had.
The result was that their own people suffered the consequences.
Xie Yuejin doesn't even have a certificate, he's not a cook at all!
Li Laosi regretted it very much. If he had known this would happen, he should not have asked Li Ying to go live with Xie Yuejin.
Now, regardless of whether Li Ying is divorced or not, everyone knows that she has been married once. It is difficult for a woman who has been married once to find a good family again.
Li Laosi was angry and regretful, so he just asked for a huge amount.
Aren't you, Xie Yuejin, going to get a divorce? Okay, give me the money, three hundred yuan.
Li Laosi originally wanted to offer five hundred directly.
Now the Li family has a bad reputation in the town and the family has no income. He can't just hang around here like his two unambitious brothers.
He's going into town!
Five hundred dollars is enough to buy a job in the city.
You said that he can't go in because his family has a criminal record? No problem, he will push his wife in when the time comes. His wife is not involved, the police only have criminal records of a few men in his family. When his wife goes to work, he just sits at home and waits for food.
Li Laosi was not worried at all that his wife would run away. The situation at his wife's family was even worse than Wang Pingping's. Where could she run away to
But Li Laosi paused before he opened his mouth, he wanted to test Xie Yuejin's bottom line first.
If I offer 500 right away, I’m afraid Xie Yuejin will be scared away.
Five hundred yuan is nearly two years' salary without food or drink, especially since the salary in the town is not as high as that in the county, and most families with several workers may not be able to save that much.
Take the Li family for example. They have several workers and their wives are all temporary workers, but they have only saved more than 300 yuan.
Xie Yuejin was not very old, and he came with his parents and brothers that day. He didn't look like he had a lot of money.
Li Laosi tentatively offered three hundred yuan, thinking that he would ask for another three hundred yuan when Xie Yuejin collected the money.
Six hundred yuan!
Enough for him to take his wife to the city and live a good life!
You asked him what to do with his brothers and Li Ying
Haha, who cares about them!
Li Laosi asked his wife to persuade Li Ying and successfully made Li Ying stand on the same side as his family. He even did not discuss the matter of asking for money with his two brothers.
At this moment, using the fact that Li Ying lived together before marriage to threaten Xie Yuejin was Li Laosi's own idea.
Xie Yuejin said, "There's nothing going on between Li Ying and me."
He was a poor country boy, and although he had a girlfriend, he still felt that some things had to wait until the wedding night. So when Li Ying lived with him, they slept separately.
Li Laosi sneered: "It's useless to say that! I just need Li Ying to sue, and she will win! Besides, many people have seen her living with you, so what difference does it make?"
That is to say, no one in their town reported it, otherwise someone would have come and arrested them long before now. Living together before marriage, isn't this called having an affair
Xie Yuejin: "What good will it do for you to do this? If you report it, Li Ying won't be able to get away with it."
Li Laosi: "Don't worry about Li Ying, just talk about yourself. If you are sued, can you still keep your job?"
What Xie Yuejin wants to do most now is to go back to the time when he met Li Ying and give himself a big slap in the face!
How did he meet such a family!
Seeing Xie Yuejin helpless, Li Laosi said complacently: "Think about it carefully. Anyway, our family is unemployed now. We have plenty of time to argue with you."
Xie Yuejin looked fierce: "What if you take the 300 yuan and come to me again in the future?"
He is not a fool. The Li family members are now barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes. They have no bottom line in their behavior. How could he not take this into consideration
"You ask Li Ying to write me a statement saying that we were never together before and that I lent her my place to live in. There is nothing wrong with us."
Xie Yuejin: "If I don't write it, you can sue me. I will lose my job and your family won't get a penny."
Li Laosi was unwilling, of course, but if he didn't agree, it would seem that he was just trying to get more. The two sides were in a stalemate.
It was not until these few days, perhaps because the Li family had finally run out of food, that Li Laosi finally softened his stance and agreed to let Li Ying write for him in exchange for three hundred yuan.
Xie Yuejin breathed a sigh of relief, but was also worried.
He can only make money in winter. Last year he earned 500 yuan, and he spent most of it on dating Li Ying this year. This winter he was already in debt of 300 yuan...
Xie Yuejin turned around and went to Wan Guodong's house.
So when Xu Shuang went to Wan Guodong to ask for leave, Wan Guodong smiled like a blooming old lady.
"Xiao Xu, you see, our restaurant's business has been good this year, and you've worked hard. I think we should leave the winter shopping to Yue Jin, right?"
Xu Shuang seemed to have anticipated this situation, and agreed without saying anything: "Okay."
Wan Guodong rubbed his hands excitedly: "Then you don't have to worry about it, and you can start your vacation tomorrow, right?"
Xu Shuang: "No hurry, I've packed everything, we should sign and clearly divide the responsibilities."
Wan Guodong's face fell instantly, and he was puzzled. Isn't it good for everyone to make money? Why is Xu Shuang so stubborn!
Wan Guodong was about to speak when Xie Yuejin, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up: "Okay, I'll sign with you."
Since his own people had turned against him, Wan Guodong had nothing to say: "Okay then."
Xu Shuang went to work after she finished speaking. However, Xie Yuejin no longer rolled his eyes like before, but helped Xu Shuang obediently.
Xu Shuang saw this and went back to tell Wang Ying about it.
Wang Ying thought for a moment and said, "Maybe he's thanking you for helping him at the wedding."
Wang Ying: "That's good. Smart people don't do things that hurt others and themselves. Since he won't cause you any trouble, you don't have to worry about him. He'll get his shoes wet if he walks too much at night, but there's always a price to pay for what you do."
Putting aside the worries at work, Xu Shuang spent her free time at home thinking about how to cook.
The sweet and sour pork ribs and steamed ribs were both made, and the remaining pork stomach was stewed with chicken, and the crispy pork that Wang Ying had been craving for was also made.
Take the lean meat with a little fat from the tip of the hip, cut it into strips, add ingredients to marinate, sprinkle with chopped peppercorns, then mix sweet potato starch, flour and eggs, coat the meat strips with batter, and fry in a pan.
The fried crispy meat tastes lighter, but it is incredibly fragrant.
Wang Ying took a small bowl and ate the crispy meat with a crunchy crunch. A small dish of sesame salt and chili powder was poured on the side. The meat was golden and crispy, and the flavor of the pepper powder was also crispy and numbing. When dipped in the chili powder, the spicy and numbing aroma directly occupied the taste buds.
Xu Shuang fried a large pot of it. The crispy pork can not only be eaten with dry sauce, but also made into a stew in hot pot, and can also be made into steamed buns.
The last pot of crispy pork that Xu Shuang fried was all in slices. When it was time to eat, she put the crispy pork in a small bowl, poured a spoonful of the sauce she had prepared, and also added a spoonful of the chicken soup from the pork belly and chicken.
Just steam it in this way, the crispy shell becomes a wrinkled shell that wraps the meat slices, absorbing the flavor of the soup and seasonings. The fragrance is so delicious that it makes people dizzy. Put the steamed crispy meat on the rice and noodles, and soak it in the soup, even the ordinary staple food will be a little more colorful.
Wang Ying: "It would be nice if there were lotus leaf cakes."
Xu Shuang: "I can't make it today. I'll make you a lotus leaf pancake and steamed pork with rice flour for the New Year's Eve dinner."
Wang Ying: "There's no glutinous rice at home, right?"
Xu Shuang: "I'll find someone to replace him."
Wang Ying: "Exchange more and you can make Yuanxiao (Chinese dumplings)!"
Wang Ying didn’t eat glutinous rice balls during the Lantern Festival last year, which made her regretful for a long time.
Xu Shuang: "Then bring some more peanuts back to make Yuanxiao fillings."
The Yuanxiao with sugar and peanut filling is so sweet that it goes straight to the heart with just one bite.
Wang Ying said happily: "And ham!"
Xu Shuang asked his uncle to buy some ham, and without further ado, his uncle sent a small ham weighing about ten pounds. When Xu Shuang took it home, Wang Ying was extremely happy.
Ham! Although it was a ham that was not old enough and not big enough, Wang Ying hadn’t eaten it for a long, long time!
Wang Ying has one hundred and eighty recipes stacked up in her mind, waiting to be eaten, and is looking forward to the arrival of winter.
The team went up the mountain to hunt wild boars and distributed pork, and this year they are also distributing vermicelli.
Qian** had harvested sweet potatoes from the small plot of land he had opened for pig farming, and had accumulated a lot of sweet potato flour. He took it out to dry in good weather, and just in time to make a pot of flour before the New Year.
A fire was built in the open air, and water was boiled in a large pot borrowed from the Youth League Institute. A large colander was used to sift the vermicelli from the top, and someone below scooped up the cooked vermicelli and hung it on a bamboo pole. More than 200 kilograms of vermicelli were harvested from a small area of land.
The quantity is not large, and if you bring the educated youth along, each family can get more than a pound, but it is very good to add to the dishes.
If you buy it yourself, it will cost you several cents!
Cabbage and pork stewed with vermicelli, the vermicelli from my own brigade is chewy and delicious, eat it with a multi-grain steamed bun. Many families are so full that they can't walk!
Xu Shuang and Wang Ying also prepared for the winter very carefully. They first sent something to Xu Ming again. The last time they sent something was two months ago. This time they sent more things. However, there were fewer foods, mostly thick clothes.
Since Old Mrs. Xu got a sewing machine, she spends half a day sitting in front of it.
During this period of slack farming, many families also made clothes. In the past, they would sew at home, and some of the new clothes would be taken to the town tailors. This year was different. The brigade had sewing machines, and many people brought their things to ask Old Lady Xu for help.
Old Mrs. Xu was also happy to help others. She could get one or two eggs in exchange for a favor, and the family suddenly had more eggs.
The clothes for Xu Ming were also made thick, and the rabbit skins that Xu Shuang had accumulated could also be used. Old Mrs. Xu simply turned the rabbit skins inside out, with fur inside and skin outside. A thin layer of cotton was added outside the skin, and the outside was covered with thick coarse cloth.
Xu Shuang tried it and said it was too hot.
Old Mrs. Xu was relieved: "It's good to be hot! It's really cold over there. I heard on the radio that the lowest temperature is minus 20 degrees Celsius. You have to wear something thick."
After sending the things to Xu Ming, Xu Shuang started visiting relatives in advance.
Last year, they got married, so they didn't have to leave. Many relatives came at that time. This year, they had to leave in a proper way. Xu Shuang prepared gifts and went to her aunt Su's house with Wang Ying. The two families were close, and Xu Shuang knew that their harvest was not good this year, so she brought a two-pound pork and two large fish.
In return, Old Mrs. Su gave a handful of hawthorns, half a basket of oranges, and a handful of dried bean curd sticks.
Xu Shuang pushed it several times but failed. She had no choice but to take it back.
Most of the close relatives were those whom Wang Ying had met at the wedding. Xu Shuang took Wang Ying to visit all of them, and finally Wang Ying remembered something.
"Aren't you going to your third aunt's house? I remember that your third aunt's daughter came to your wedding, didn't she?"
The girl's name was Sun Mei, Wang Ying still remembered her. When Old Lady Xu introduced her to her, she almost looked down on her.
"My third aunt lives in the county town."
Wang Ying was even more confused. They had often gone to the county town before, so why had she never heard Xu Shuang mention it
Xu Shuang: "They are not that close. We didn't even invite them to our last wedding."
Xu Shuang didn't hide anything and directly told Wang Ying the relationship between the two families.
In short, when Mrs. Xu and her two sisters were not married yet, the family was living in poverty and could not support three girls, so they had to sell one first.
Xu Shuang's third aunt was cunning and somehow pushed Old Lady Xu out. Old Lady Xu later went to the city to work as a maid. Later, she fell in love with Xu Shuang's father and they worked together as servants for a wealthy family.
Since that time, the relationship between the three sisters has been bad.
As the eldest sister, Old Lady Su severely punished his third aunt.
Xu Shuang: "So my third aunt hasn't been back for a long time. My mother doesn't have any contact with her either."
Wang Ying nodded. Since they were relatives she didn't have any contact with, it didn't matter.
This year's winter came a little later, but everyone's hearts are extremely warm.
The brigade distributed more pork, plus wild boar meat, dates, apples, and vermicelli. When we had free time, we could go to the brigade and listen to the radio! Even the educated youth who had always complained about the hardship of life in the countryside were now smiling.
"Our brigade is the first among the surrounding communes to do this!"
"Other brigades don't have radios to listen to!"
"I heard that there's already a commotion at the Lazy Man Commune, saying they're not satisfied with the amount of relief food."
"Who cares about them! I just think our team will have the best life."
"Hehe, I'm afraid that when the new year comes, it will be easier for the guys in our team to get married."
"Of course not. We live a good life, so only then will people be willing to marry into our team."
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Wang Ying also had a rare moment of relaxation, hanging out all day and then staying at home to listen to the radio and eat. Xu Shuang even stayed at home to cook all day. The two of them went up the mountain again, and this year they prepared more food, so they only caught ten big fish.
Wang Ying also sent some dried vegetables and goods to Cheng Yu. Although Cheng Shufen did not get a share of the pork, Qian ** generously gave some of his share to Cheng Shufen and her daughter.
Cheng Yu has grown a lot taller than last year. She looks like a grown-up girl, but her personality is still very childish.
Wang Ying calculated the money for Cheng Yu, so even though Cheng Yu has nothing now, she already has dozens of dollars in her hand.
A large part of the money was from the medicinal herbs she found in the mountains, such as the snake she caught earlier, for which Wang Ying gave her five yuan. Another part was the wages Wang Ying paid her for looking after the medicinal fields.
Cheng Shufen has been well behaved during the year she has been here. To everyone in the team, they all think that Cheng Shufen is a transparent person.
Cheng Shufen was eager to be treated as invisible by everyone, and Tian Youfu also gave her some food. Although it was not much, with Cheng Yu hunting in the mountains and Qian ** and Wang Ying helping her, her life was quite enjoyable.
A few days passed like this, and finally, the first snow of winter fell.