1952: Walking through Nantongluo Alley

"You're getting married this week, so what else do you have to do?"

Chen Xiao still lowered his head while eating and said.

"Oh, I thought you weren't married."

A look of loss flashed across Liu Lan's eyes, and then disappeared.

She picked up the bowl and chopsticks and started eating.

On this side, after Chen Xiao had eaten his fill, he stood up, took his bowl and chopsticks and walked out of the cafeteria.

He was not sure what Liu Lan wanted to do.

Do you kind of want Chen Xiao to ride her bike?

But the system has not been activated yet, and Chen Xiao doesn't want to do anything without the system's help.

If I fail to get the bicycle and get caught by the security department for being a hooligan, then it will be a waste of time and effort.

......

Yi Zhonghai returned to the courtyard with a bandage on his right hand, supported by his coworkers.

When people in the compound learned that Yi Zhonghai had suffered a work-related injury, they all came to visit him.

An old lady kept wiping her tears.

"Why are you crying? I've told you so many times that my arm is fine! I just need to rest for a while."

Yi Zhonghai glared at the old lady.

Since he returned home, he has explained it to Auntie many times.

This old woman is still like this, crying all the time.

"Your arm is fine? That sounds nice. If it were really fine, why would it take so many days to recover?"

"I'm not sure if I'll get paid while I'm recovering at home..."

"Without salary, how are we going to survive at night..."

As she spoke, the old lady cried even harder.

At this time, the second aunt, the third aunt and Jia Zhang were all at Yi Zhonghai's house.

The second and third aunts came forward to comfort the first aunt.

"Don't be sad, Auntie. Didn't you hear Uncle say that his arm is fine?" Auntie No. 2 advised.

The three aunts nodded in agreement.

"Yes, this is a work-related injury, and the steel mill will definitely compensate your family a little."

"Don't forget that the uncle is a seventh-level fitter in the steel mill. His position is quite high."

Jia Zhang rolled her eyes at the two flattering aunties.

Then she came to Yi Zhonghai and asked in a low voice.

"Uncle, how long will it take for the injury on your arm to heal?"

Yi Zhonghai sighed.

"The people at the factory clinic said I need to rest for at least a month and a half..."

"But I feel like I'll be able to go back to work in ten days or half a month."

Jia Zhang's heart skipped a beat.

Even if Yi Zhonghai goes back to work in half a month, plus the task assigned to him by his leader, wouldn't these two things take a month in total?

Doesn’t this mean that his son Jia Dongxu has been unemployed for at least a month?

At this time, Jia Zhang was a little anxious.

If it's just a few days, I can keep it a secret from my daughter-in-law Tingting.

But it’s been a month now, how can we hide this?

For a moment, Jia Zhang began to get anxious.

"Uncle, does my Dongxu have to be unable to go to work this month?"

Yi Zhonghai sighed and nodded.

"Let Dongxu stay home first. If all else fails, find something to do first."

Jia Zhang frowned, her expression of loss beyond words.

At this time, Jia Dongxu's voice came from outside the door.

He rushed into the house anxiously with a bag of peanuts in his hand.

"Master, Master, I heard that you were injured at the factory. Is this true?"

Jia Dongxu ran in hurriedly. He first put the peanuts on the table and then asked.

When the two aunties saw that Jia Dongxu had brought gifts with him, they started to flatter the first auntie again.

"No wonder they say an apprentice is half a master. Dongxu not only knows to visit his master, but also knows to bring gifts." The third aunt smiled while covering her mouth.

"Auntie, your family is so lucky. Uncle Yi is not only a seventh-level fitter in the steel rolling mill, but also has such a good apprentice like Dongxu. Unlike my old man, let alone an apprentice, there is not even a single person who comes to visit and say hello during the holidays." Auntie Er said sourly.

Jia Zhang was a little unhappy when she heard this.

What does it mean that an apprentice is half a son?

Dongxu has always been a man of the Jia family.

Listening to the two aunts bragging about how good Dongxu was to Yi Zhonghai, Jia Zhang was a little fed up, but she couldn't refute them on the spot.

I had no choice but to find a reason to leave.

"It's getting late, I should go back and cook."

"Sister-in-law, I won't see you off. Take care." Yi Zhonghai said while sitting on a chair.

Jia Dongxu was peeling peanuts for him.

Just as Jia Zhang turned around, she heard the second aunt's questioning from behind.

"Sister-in-law, isn't your Dongxu married? Why are you still cooking?"

"Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

Jia Zhang frowned and did not answer.

She doesn't want to cook either, but she has no choice!

Who made Jia Dongxu marry such a shrew? He has to serve her three meals a day. If he fails to serve her well in any way, he will either yell at her or scold her.

Jia Zhang had just returned home and saw Tingting sitting there with a sullen face.

"Didn't Jia Dongxu go to work today?"

Tingting's sudden words made it difficult for Jia Zhang to cope.

She made up an excuse.

"How could that be? If Dongxu doesn't work at the steel mill, where else can he go?"

"He's your son, if you don't know who else would know?"

"Mother-in-law, it shouldn't be time for the steel mill to get off work yet, right? Why did I just see Jia Dongxu running to the old man's house at the door?" Tingting continued to question.

Jia Zhang clapped her hands and said with a smile.

"You're talking about this. Didn't a master get injured at work today? Dongxu is his apprentice. He was worried about his safety, so he left work early to visit his master."

"Are you in that hurry? We're not far from the steel mill now. Can't we wait until we get off work to visit?"

"There's not much work at the steel mill, and since I'm idle anyway, Dongxu left work early."

"Haha? Do you think I will believe it?" Tingting sneered.

"No, I have to go and find out what's going on!"

Tingting got up and walked out.

Jia Zhang hurried forward to stop him.

"Tingting, there are many guests at the uncle's house right now, all of them are neighbors. If you go over and ask Dongxu now, won't that make Dongxu lose face?"

"Dongxu will be back from Uncle Yi's house soon. It won't be too late to ask him when he comes back."

Unfortunately, in terms of weight, Jia Zhang is no match for Tingting.

The two of them are not heavyweight players at all.

Tingting waved her arms casually, and Jia Zhang was almost thrown down.

"It's not your turn to take care of this!"

Tingting walked out of the house angrily.

She couldn't tolerate Jia Dongxu making any decision without informing her in advance.

At this time, Jia Dongxu was talking to Yi Zhonghai about work at the steel rolling mill.

"Master, I am your only disciple. You must help me. You know it's hard to find a job these days."

"If I really lose my job at the steel mill, my whole family won't be able to survive!"

Jia Dongxu kept shaking Yi Zhonghai's other uninjured arm.

He wanted Yi Zhonghai to ask the leader for help now and then go to work at the steel mill tomorrow.

At this moment, the door of Yi Zhonghai's house was opened and Tingting appeared outside the door.