Chapter 8 Price
Qin Huairu immediately took the bag to the kitchen and saw that there was a bag of flour, a small bag of rice, a piece of meat and some fresh vegetables inside.

"Huai Ru, there is some cooked beef here. We will never lack anything in the future."

Li Zhiguo gave some instructions and then lay down.

Thinking about the fact that tomorrow is Saturday and I have to go to work, I feel uncomfortable all over.

This won't work. He wants to retire next week.

During dinner, I closed the door and had a drink, half a tael was enough.

"Brother Li, you must be tired after a day's work."

Qin Huairu had never been to a factory and didn't know what the situation was like inside.

"Fortunately, I'm used to it."

After dinner, Li Zhiguo took a chair and lay down in the yard, just in time to see Xu Damao washing vegetables.

"Xu Damao, have you eaten yet?"

"Li Zhiguo, you are so beautiful. I will find a wife to live with tomorrow."

Xu Damao was furious. What was the reason for this?

"Okay, I'll be waiting for you then."

Li Zhiguo put the chair away and leaned on it. After a while, he saw Qin Huairu coming out with a basin to wash the dishes.

This made Xu Damao even more angry.

"Mom, please find a matchmaker and introduce me to a wife. I can't let Li Zhiguo outshine me."

"Okay, okay, Mom will find a way for you."

Xu's mother also felt that if she could find a daughter-in-law like Qin Huairu, she would be able to live a peaceful life.

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At night, Li Zhiguo got up by himself, went to the outer room, lit a cigarette, and stood shoulder to shoulder with the ancient sages.

After a while, Qin Huairu brought some hot water and asked him to wash up.

"Huai Ru, don't be busy yet. I have something to confess to you."

Li Zhiguo felt that the atmosphere was set and it was time to speak the truth.

"Brother, what's going on?"

Qin Huairu was a little confused. Could it be that her husband had dated someone else before?

"It's like this, I have a stomach problem and can't stand for long periods of time. It was fine before, but it's become more and more uncomfortable in the past few days.

Don't worry, I've seen a doctor. I'll recover slowly with long-term care.

But this stomach problem has affected my work, so I want to retire, uh, I mean retire from the steel mill."

Li Zhiguo thought it would be better to say hello first, because he would be doing the operation tomorrow.

Qin Huairu thought for a while and said, "Brother, our family is rich, and we can get rent from the shop later, so we can make ends meet.

If you don't work, how can we pretend to be poor? "

Li Zhiguo really didn't expect Qin Huairu to have such insight.

"Huai Ru! I can't go to work, but you can. Why don't you take my place and go to work at the steel mill?"

"Ah! I want to work in a steel mill? But I only have a junior high school education."

Qin Huairu is a hard-working person, but I am worried that she won't do a good job.

"It's okay. You can just hang out in the steel mill workshop. After completing three years of apprenticeship, you can become a regular worker.

When the time comes, I will collect your salary for you, and when I go to the steel mill occasionally, no one will dare to bully you."

Li Zhiguo thought this was a good move. Qin Huairu worked and he got paid.

"Brother Li, is this really okay? It's not that I don't want to go to work, I just feel like something is not right."

Qin Huairu couldn't explain it, but she always felt that it wasn't like this in other families.

"There's nothing wrong with this. I'm here to recover from my illness. When my stomach problem is healed, I'll find a job and we'll have two working people in our family."

Li Zhiguo thought it was impossible to find a job.

"Yes! Brother, I will listen to you." Qin Huairu agreed. It was just being a worker, she was sure she could do it well.

"That's right! Let's go to bed."

Li Zhiguo took Qin Huairu's hand. The next day, when he rode his bicycle to work, he didn't meet Shazhu, nor did he see Jia Dongxu and Xu Damao. Was she avoiding him on purpose?

When he arrived at the factory, he first reported for duty, then went to the infirmary to get a note, and then asked his team leader for leave to go to a big hospital.

"Doctor Mu, my stomach problem is really serious. Can you give me a medical certificate? I want to retire."

"Retirement?"

Doctor Mu was dumbfounded. "Master Li, you are so young..."

"I'm not retiring. I'm planning to let my wife take over my job."

Li Zhiguo said that this person took a roll of money and put it on the table. He had inquired and found out that this doctor was accepting gifts.

"Master Li, your health is important. There is nothing wrong with your idea."

Dr. Mu calmly took the money and put it in his pocket.

"Then I'll trouble you, Doctor Mu."

Li Zhiguo successfully obtained the certificate, rode back to the factory at a high speed, and found the person in charge of the factory's office.

"Director Tang, I went for a checkup this morning and the doctor said I am no longer fit to work. Here is the medical record to prove it."

Director Tang pushed up the frame of his glasses, picked up the medical record and looked at it, and said in surprise: "Can stomach disease be so serious?"

"I can't help it, Director Tang. I'm married now. I can let my wife take over this position. Can my wife's salary be calculated from the third year of apprenticeship? Of course, the apprenticeship is still three years, but the salary is slightly higher."

Director Tang thought for a long time before saying, "Okay, let your wife take over the job. The monthly salary is 27.5 yuan, and she can become a formal employee after three years."

"Thank you, thank you Director Tang!"

"Then I will bring my wife to work early tomorrow morning."

Alas! He finally doesn't have to go to the workshop to work next week. His efforts to cut him off paid off.

From now on, a new life will begin.

Now that he had already asked for leave, he might as well leave early.

He will also be paid for his sick leave today.

When he was riding his bicycle out of the factory, he happened to see Jia Dongxu rushing towards the cafeteria with a lunch box. The two of them looked at each other and said, "Let's go."

"Li Zhiguo, wait a minute. I'll go on a blind date tomorrow."

Jia Dongxu was so angry that his teeth were itching.

Li Zhiguo rode away on his bike, leaving behind a waving back.

When he returned to the courtyard, he just saw Yan Bugui entering the compound.

"Morning, Uncle!"

"Li Zhiguo, will you be back at noon as well?"

Yan Bugui was stunned for a moment. Everyone had lunch in the cafeteria.

"I have stomach problems, so I'm taking a leave." Li Zhiguo did not reveal the fact of his retirement in advance.

"Do you really have stomach problems?"

Yan Bugui was a little skeptical that someone could drink alcohol and eat meat while being sick.

"It's still a day off. I'm going to go back and have a rest." Li Zhiguo pushed his bicycle away.

He walked through the middle yard and returned to the back yard. An old lady saw him and couldn't help pointing and talking.

"Brother Li, why are you back?"

Qin Huairu was eating just two steamed buns and cabbage, and a bowl of boiled water.

"No, why are you eating so badly again?"

Li Zhiguo just wanted Qin Huairu to gain some weight so that they could increase their mutual happiness.

"We still have Erhe noodles at home and cabbage in the cellar. It would be a shame not to eat them." Qin Huairu is very satisfied with her current life.

"I have already talked to the factory. I will take you to complete the entry procedures and start work on Monday." Li Zhiguo changed the subject.

"Okay!" Qin Huairu knew that it was about replacement work and it had already been discussed.

Li Zhiguo closed the door casually and after eating his meal at the Li family's house, he had to go back to work.

Confucius said: Food and sex are human nature. Mencius said: Confucius is right!

(End of this chapter)