The courtyard: the atmosphere of human life

Grandma Darong also burst out laughing. One was her son, and the other was her grandson. How could they deal with this fight? The two young men rolled into a ball, and she, an old lady, was in a panic and couldn't separate them. She even fell several times.

"Okay, Third Uncle, don't be angry. My mother has already beaten him twice at home." Darong tried to reconcile her Third Uncle while holding back her smile.

"Look at the way he scratched my face. Big sister, you're right to hit him. He really has the heart to do that." Third uncle complained to Darong with an angry look on his face.

"Yeah, my mom beat him up. You have to stop thinking about having a secret relationship in the future. If you do that again, I won't agree to it, let alone Huazi."

Darong suddenly changed the subject and spoke sternly to her third uncle.

My third uncle knew he was in the wrong, so he sat on the kang and said nothing more.

Darong and Xiaoying helped their grandma pick half the basket of rice and then hurried back home early.

After finally having a day off from work, Darong felt even more tired than when she was working. She had been rushing around all day without even a break.

In the evening, Darong's father brought back half a sack of river crabs from somewhere. It was just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the river crabs were the fattest.

However, the water and soil in the southern suburbs at that time could not support large river crabs. All of them were small crabs, only the size of a palm including their claws, but each of them had a plump and delicious lid.

"Where did you get this?" Darong's mother was washing crabs with Darong while chatting with Darong's father.

"We took a job in Nantangzi. We helped the brigade there to repair the house. The people from the brigade gave us two big bags of this stuff. It's all over the ground. Let's try some."

Darong's dad is like this, he always makes some friends wherever he goes, and he is always open-minded to help people. The insignificant little jobs he mentions are projects that most people have to pay to hire workers to complete.

"There will be a recruitment exam next month. I heard that the paper mill is hiring. Sibei'er, you have to study hard." Darong's father blew a puff of smoke and instructed Sibei'er who was watching TV.

The four generations feared the most were studying and taking exams, but if they didn't take the exams they wouldn't be assigned a job, so they had to grit their teeth and go along with it.

In fact, not everyone is eligible to take this kind of job placement exam. At that time, only people with non-agricultural household registration could take the job recruitment exam. So people with rural household registration like Xiao Ling could not sign up even if they got the chance.

Although Sibei'er was not a good student, he was born with good luck. No one expected that the registration for this additional test would be so cold. It might be because he had just taken the test in July, and most of the graduating students took the test. This time, there were only more than 7 children who registered in the entire Nanjiao.

There were only about 10 boys among the children who registered, and the paper mill, which happened to be in the period of expansion, recruited all of them at once.

So, the one who scored first and the one who scored last actually entered the factory together and became colleagues.

"Okay, Sibei'er is finally settled. I feel relieved." After knowing that Sibei'er was admitted to the paper mill, Darong's mother finally felt relieved.

"Well, we have to keep him under control. He's always acting weird. He finally got the job in the factory, so we have to make sure he can settle down." Darong's father gave instructions while lying on the bed with his eyes closed.

In fact, Darong's mother didn't know that Darong's father had been under a lot of pressure recently. Jinfu reported the use of waste materials in building the house to the company. At that time, Nanjian had just begun to transform and established Nanjian Company, which had transformed from a construction team into a corporate industry.

People at that time did not realize the true significance of this industrial transformation and were still immersed in their previous thinking.

The town intended to select management personnel for the company's headquarters from among several team leaders. However, at this time, someone reported to the company that Darong's father had misappropriated waste materials to build his own house.

Although this was not a serious matter, it was still taking advantage of the public. Darong's father was under pressure and criticized by his leader.

Originally, Da Rong's father, who was a kind person, had a good chance of entering the headquarters, but after such an incident, the possibility was completely cut off.

Even if Darong's father no longer cared about false reputation, he still felt a little regretful when he saw the high salary.

When Sibei entered the factory on the first day, Darong's mother gave him many instructions, fearing that he might do something wrong and fail to leave a good impression on others.

However, she would never have thought that the first master after Sibeier entered the factory was Pei Bin, the person she had personally separated from Darong.

"Fourth generation?" Pei Bin looked at the person brought by the workshop director and called out his nickname with some surprise.

"You two know each other? That's even better. You will be the one taking care of Yuan Fusheng from now on. Teach him well." The workshop director said a few words happily and left.

At that time, new employees entering the factory had to be guided by a master. Most people started working after graduating from high school, and the training of professional skills was basically completed directly in the factory. They were not like today's technical school students who have entry-level skills when they graduate from school.

"Brother Pei, what a coincidence." Sibei had not met Pei Bin very often, so when Pei Bin blurted out his name, he was stunned for a moment before he remembered who Pei Bin was.

Pei Bin smiled and began to help him familiarize himself with the work environment.

It was Sibei'er's first day of work. He was delayed for some time filling out forms and creating files. It was already late when he arrived at the workshop. After Pei Bin took him around for a while, it was almost time for lunch.

After the two of them arrived at the cafeteria, Pei Bin used his meal ticket to buy two meals and sat opposite Sibei.

"Is your sister... okay now?" Pei Bin finally couldn't help asking after eating half a bowl of rice in silence.

"Well, she's at work and is doing fine now." Sibeier knew that Pei Bin had been hesitant to speak during the whole morning and was just holding back on these words.

After hearing this, Pei Bin felt a pang in his heart. He really liked Da Rong, and the two of them loved each other sincerely when they were together. During the more than half a year since they were separated, he could often think of Da Rong's voice, appearance and smile.

"Do you know why my aunt doesn't agree with us?" Pei Bin pursed his lips, with a hint of pleading expectation in his slightly cold tone.

"I don't know." Sibei shook his head. He just felt that Pei Bin was quite pitiful and couldn't bear to poke at his sore spot again.

Pei Bin himself is not a dull person, but the arrival of Sibeier evoked memories from the past in his heart.

During the initial period, whenever Pei Bin saw Sibei, he would think of Darong, so he always looked depressed.

Sibei hesitated for a few days, but ultimately did not tell Darong that Pei Bin was his master. He knew how strong his mother was, and his sister had already let go of that relationship, so it would be better not to bring it up again.