Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

Chapter 343 Yan Fugui's Training of His Son

At this time, Yan Fugui was sitting on a chair, with his head down and not saying a word.

He had a lot of thoughts in his mind. He was still thinking about He Lai's words, but when he heard his child's voice, he immediately felt a little confused.

Yan Fugui knew that he was in trouble now, as all his past had been exposed by He Lai, and every word He said was heartbreaking.

Originally, he just wanted to get close to He Lai, but he didn't expect that He Lai had such a strong opinion of him. However, what he said were all facts, and it was difficult for him to refute them. After all, he was calculating every day.

But before Yan Fugui could reflect, his sons jumped out.

"Dad, please tell me, is the salary 48.5? Why don't you give us a job for such a high salary?

Don't tell me that all the money is gone. I don't believe it."

Seeing that Yan Fugui didn't say anything, Yan Jiecheng repeated He Lai's words.

"Yes, yes, Dad, is this true?" Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang also joined in the conversation.

In an instant, several people started chattering.

"What are you arguing about! Dad's salary is 48.5 now, but it was just raised recently. What's the matter? Should I notify you guys when my salary increases?

You're still looking for a job. Dad doesn't have any money. The family just bought a bicycle and a radio, so how could they have any money left?

Look at your family, where does it cost money? Jie Kuang and Jie Di, both of you don't need money to go to school, and you're getting married soon, so when the time comes, the house, the gift, the wedding, everything will cost money.

Besides, Jiefang has just started working and earning money, and he needs money from me from time to time. He also has to get married later. If I don’t save money, you will all be left with nothing!”

Yan Fugui thought about it and soon came up with a way to deal with his son. He then slammed the table and spoke loudly, which frightened Yan Jiecheng and others.

"Get a job, get a job. Didn't I beg people humbly? Do you want your father to buy it with money? Now a job in a steel mill costs six or seven hundred. How can you buy it? If you, Yan Jiecheng, want to buy it, then does your brother want to buy it too? Where does the money come from?

You guys don't even think about your father. It's not that easy to make money.

If any of you were half as good as Xiao Laizi, would I be like this? Don’t I want to eat meat every day? Look at yourselves, what can you accomplish? You can even end up like this by going to Wild Duck Lake. You’re not even as good as the young wife of the Jia family! "

Yan Fugui continued to vent all his dissatisfaction with his son.

When Yan Jiecheng and others heard what Yan Fugui said, they fell silent instantly, especially since they heard yesterday that the Jia family's daughter-in-law went into the reed marsh alone and picked up a lot of wild duck eggs and caught a snake. It was simply too amazing.

"Do you want your mother to bring the account book over to you? You kids really don't know how expensive firewood and rice are until you run a household. Do you know how much money this family spends every month?

For Jie Kuang and Jie Di, it costs two dollars and fifty cents a semester, five dollars for two people! Not counting stationery and other school supplies, there is also the rent for the two rooms! Four dollars and fifty cents a month, and there is also the white flour and corn flour. With the ration we have at home, is it enough for you guys to eat?

Do you know how expensive food is now? If you don't know, go to the black market and ask what the food price is now.

As for the vegetables, meat, oil, and electricity, I won’t even mention them; just look at the honeycomb coal that our family is using now, one costs three and a half cents, and we use three or four a day, and even more in winter!

Think again about the clothes, shoes, bicycle and radio you are wearing, didn’t they all cost money?

How dare you ask! You should thank me as your father for thinking about you. If you had worked hard, you wouldn't be without a proper job now! You still want me to buy you a job, but don't you think about the fact that your father even punched several holes in his belt every day to save a little food?

See for yourself.”

After Yan Fugui finished speaking, he lifted up his clothes and untied them to look at the belt around his trouser waist. Yan Fugui's belly was made much smaller by the belt.

Yan Jiecheng and the others were silent immediately. There was nothing they could do. Yan Fugui was right. Their family did spend a lot.

"You are speechless now. Now you know why I live so calculatively. Remember what your father said: The most important thing in life is to enjoy wealth and honor. Accumulating wealth comes first, and enjoying pleasure comes later. Don't be greedy for other people's money; don't share your wealth with others.

You guys, you have to bear the consequences of your own actions. If you had studied hard, would you have to suffer now?"

After Yan Fugui had tamed a few children, he began to instill his child-raising ideas in them.

"Okay, okay, it's good to talk things out. We have a big family and we are indeed having difficulties right now. From now on, we should all work together and be more united as a family.

Jie Di, go get some cornmeal porridge with mom, one bowl each, and go to bed early after eating, because you still have to go to work tomorrow."

The third aunt also spoke up at this time, and asked Yan Jiedi to get some porridge.

She couldn't show the account book to the children. If they calculated it and found that they didn't spend much money in a month, they would make a fuss again.

Apparently, Yan Fugui started to act in his own way again after being disturbed by his children. He now felt that He Lai simply had no use for him and didn't want to have anything to do with him.

During the three years of natural disasters, money was the most valuable and the least valuable. It was valuable because as long as you had a ticket, you could buy things with just a few cents; it was worthless because once you lost your ticket, you would find that everything was so expensive and you could easily spend dozens of dollars!

A miser like Yan Fugui will never know how better their family would be if he spent money to help his two sons get jobs!

He family

"Xiao Laizi, where did you get so much cotton?" Wu Juan asked nervously.

The big bag of cotton that He Lai brought back probably weighed more than 50 kilograms. This made Wu Juan's heart skip a beat, wondering if her son had gone to the black market.

After all, cotton is too scarce nowadays, with each person only producing about one kilogram per year. But He Lai, on the other hand, took out fifty kilograms at once.

You can say that you hunted the wild boar meat in the mountains, but you can’t have hunted the cotton in the mountains!

"Mom, I got this cotton from Uncle Cui of Fengze Garden, the hotel manager. I sent them a wild boar last time, and he promised to get me some scarce supplies. It just so happened that he had cotton, so I took it.

He Lai was eating steamed buns and braised pork. When he heard Wu Juan's question, he casually explained.

"Okay, don't take so much next time. It's so embarrassing. Cotton is expensive. The supply and marketing cooperative in our alley sells it for three yuan a pound, and you need a ticket."

When Wu Juan heard that the exchange was done at Fengze Garden, a place her son often visited, she felt relieved. After all, He Lai went to Fengze Garden every day when he was a child.

"Mom, my brother brought some cotton. Let's take it out and put it in the pillow."

Yushui didn't care where the cotton came from, she was already thinking about her pillow.

"Okay, okay, okay, kid, you're going to technical secondary school in a few days, and you're still so impatient. With the extra cotton, when the time comes, mom will ask Daya to buy some gauze and make a few new quilts for you."

Wu Juan said with a smile, and then took Yu Shui to the room to get a pillow.