Chapter 35
"Well, whatever you want." Bei Qing sighed helplessly.
"I still have a radio, do you want it?" Zhao Xiyan smiled.
"Yes, I'll take as many as you want."
Bei Qing immediately became excited when he heard the radio.
The White Banner is just empty talk, money is king.
Their family has spent almost everything they can spend since their grandfather's generation.
Now the whole family depends on him to work and make a living. If he doesn't think of a way out, the family would have starved to death.
A radio costs 300 yuan, and he can get 30 yuan, which is equivalent to his monthly salary.
"Wait."
Zhao Xiyan went outside for a walk, and when he came back, he was already carrying two bags.
Bei Qing looked at the shape of the cotton bag and his heart beat faster.
"Brother, two?"
"Yes, that's all I have for now. It may take some time for me to get more." Zhao Xiyan shook his head and said, "Besides, the old ladies in the yard are staring at me every day. It's not okay for you to come to my house all the time..."
There is no phone these days, so it's really inconvenient to contact.
After thinking for a while, Bei Qing whispered, "Brother, I'll open a small door in your backyard... I'll come once every three days. If you have goods to sell, you can put a door god on the small door."
"Okay."
Zhao Xiyan nodded with a smile.
"Then I'll take the things out first. It's not safe to leave them here."
Bei Qing ran away with two cotton bags.
Zhao Xiyan lay down for a while, thinking about where to go for a stroll, when suddenly someone came to the door.
"Does Zhao Xiyan live here?"
"Well, Sister Li, why are you here?"
Zhao Xiyan looked at the clerk of the street office in front of him in surprise.
Director Zhang just left, what is this clerk doing here?
"Comrade Zhao Xiyan, I am Li Jing, a clerk of the subdistrict office. I am here to persuade you on behalf of the subdistrict office..."
"What the hell is persuading?"
Zhao Xiyan was stunned.
"It means persuading you to go to work." Li Jing said seriously, "You are a grown man, you can't stay at home every day... You are not physically disabled, you should make contributions to the country."
"Don't I have someone to go to work?" Zhao Xiyan said painfully.
"That's different."
Li Jing said seriously, "Now there are few workers and cadres everywhere... You are educated, you should go to work."
"I won't go." Zhao Xiyan said seriously.
"If you don't go, we will go to work every day to persuade you..."
"I have something to do, I have to go out now." Zhao Xiyan said helplessly.
Grassroots cadres these days are really responsible.
They come to persuade people even if they don't have a job.
"Sure."
Li Jing nodded and said, "If you have something to do, go and do it first."
"Okay, thank you."
Zhao Xiyan ran away.
He found a state-owned restaurant and ordered a few dishes. He also got a bottle of Arctic Ocean and had a delicious meal. He wandered outside for a few hours and didn't go home until the evening.
But he didn't expect that Li Jing came again less than five minutes after he entered the door.
"Comrade Zhao Xiyan, let's get started."
"No, do you have to persuade for two hours?" Zhao Xiyan said helplessly.
"Yes, this is my task." Li Jing said seriously.
"Okay, you persuade." Zhao Xiyan gritted his teeth.
Li Jing then began to talk to him about the righteousness of the country and family, and this talk lasted for more than half an hour.
After Qin Huairu came back from get off work, she looked at Li Jing in surprise.
"Xiao Zhao, this is..."
"Hello, Comrade Qin Huairu, I am Li Jing from the Street Office. I was sent by the Street Office to persuade Comrade Zhao Xiyan." Li Jing said softly, "He is a grown man, he can't stay at home every day."
"Oh."
Qin Huairu looked at her strangely, and just after taking two steps, she saw the bicycle in the backyard and screamed, "Hey, Xiao Zhao, where did this bicycle come from?"
"I bought it for you."
Zhao Xiyan stood up and smiled, "Officer Li, I am going to talk to my wife now... How about you step aside?"
"Okay, it's time for dinner now, so I'll come after dinner."
After Li Jing nodded, she turned around and left without any hesitation.
"Xiao Zhao, did you buy this bicycle?"
Qin Huairu stared with her big watery eyes, with a look of disbelief on her face.
"What else?"
Zhao Xiyan spread his hands and said, "You have such a long commute to get off work every day, I can't let you walk every day, right?"
"Ah, Xiao Zhao, you are so nice."
Qin Huairu hugged his head and kissed him fiercely.
"Alright, alright."
Zhao Xiyan laughed and scolded, and flipped his right hand.
A small box appeared in his hand.
"Xiao Zhao, what is this?" Qin Huairu hugged him and said.
"Look for yourself."
Zhao XiyanHe stuffed the box into her hand.
After Qin Huairu carefully opened it, she was stunned.
"What's wrong with you?" Zhao Xiyan laughed.
"Did you really buy a watch?" Qin Huairu lowered her voice.
"Why are you whispering so quietly?" Zhao Xiyan said with a smile.
"This can't be known to others." Qin Huairu looked at the courtyard, "The bicycle is okay... Everyone can see it, what if the watch is stolen?"
"Nervous, who stole your watch?"
Zhao Xiyan opened the watch pocket and put it on her fair wrist.
Qin Huairu stroked the watch and said tenderly, "Xiao Zhao, does it look good?"
"It's okay."
Zhao Xiyan looked at her and smiled, "With a watch, I don't have to guess the time every day..."
"Xiao Zhao."
Qin Huairu put her arms around him and said softly, "Why are you so nice to me?"
"You earn money to support me."
Zhao Xiyan patted her head and chuckled, "You are the main earner of the family. If I treat you badly, what will you do if you don't support me in the future?"
"Hate it."
Qin Huairu said coquettishly, "Director Qin said that you are a capable person and hopes that you can work in the propaganda department of the factory."
"Stop it, isn't it good for me to be so free now? Why do I have to go to work?" Zhao Xiyan changed the subject and said, "I say... What time is it now? Aren't you going to cook dinner?"
"Yes, yes, cook."
Qin Huairu immediately took off her watch and put it in the box and started cooking.
More than an hour later
Zhao Xiyan was teaching Qin Huairu how to ride a bike in the backyard, but he didn't expect Li Jing to come again.
This guy really said that it was two hours before he left.
Nine o'clock.
The two of them lay on the cool bed.
Qin Huairu hugged him and said, "Xiao Zhao, how about I go and talk to Director Zhang to ask Li Jing not to come..."
"Don't go and ask for a scolding." Zhao Xiyan shook his head.
These days, jobs are allocated.
As long as you have a city hukou, you basically have a job.
Of course, there is also a small group of people who don't want to work.
So they are given a sacred name by the general public - blind drifters.
The street office will not let these blind drifters hang around every day. After all, if these people have a lot of free time and no money, they are likely to do bad things.