Siheyuan: All the birds want to die, I enjoy happiness

When Xu's mother saw Xu Youcai preparing to smoke, she reached out to pinch him, but then saw him pull his hand back. She then reached her hand back as well. "That's more like it. No one should affect my grandson's health."

“Brother, my family has no problem with this. I think we can settle things today and get married next month. We can let Qingqing stay at home for the next six months. What do you think?” Xu Youcai picked up his teacup, took a sip of water, and then spoke.

“Hmm… that would be fine, but these two children haven’t graduated yet. What about their jobs? I could send Qingqing to work in logistics at the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, but she can only start working after she gives birth. She hasn’t graduated yet, and once they have their babies, the children can’t possibly live off the family, can they?” Zhang Dashan pretended to ponder before speaking. He said this to make others think that he was considering his daughters’ future.

After all, he still had some influence in Beijing, and securing a logistics position for his daughter would be a piece of cake. However, he couldn't help Xu Damao with his job. Besides, Xu Damao was already married and should hurry up and start working to support his wife and children. Did he really want to rely on his parents after getting married and having kids? Of course, if he wanted to rely on his parents, and Xu Youcai and the others were willing to let him, Zhang Dashan wouldn't mind. He just didn't want his daughter to be a burden on him. After all, he wanted to find his own twilight romance and rejuvenate himself; how could he possibly give all his money to his daughter? Although he loved his daughter very much, sometimes he needed to pay more attention to her.

“Brother Zhang, don’t worry about that. After all, he’ll soon be a man with a wife and children. How could we let him stay at home idle? He needs to earn money to support his family. So, Old Xu and I pulled some strings and found someone for him so that he can go to the steel mill to learn how to project movies after graduation. He can project movies at the steel mill and support his family of three without any problem.” Hearing Zhang Dashan say this, Xu’s mother immediately spoke up. Of course, she was full of pride when she said this, because in those days, becoming a movie projectionist was not something just anyone could do, and the job paid very well.

The factory leaders liked it because they could call you over to show a movie at their homes whenever they had free time. The village committees in the countryside liked it even more, since the countryside was relatively lacking in entertainment at that time, so they were very welcoming of someone coming to the countryside to show a movie.

Moreover, these film projectionists are usually given local specialties from the countryside. Once they receive these gifts, the villagers are often willing to show the film a couple more times. Besides, how much can one person carry? Although they usually travel to the countryside by bicycle, the bicycles also carry the film equipment, so they can't carry too many local specialties. Therefore, it's a win-win situation. People in the village saw the film projectionists receiving local specialties.