There is always no aftersight in life, and the powerful state-owned enterprise jobs that were robbed back then have become the source of their pain today, and they who were once proud will bow their heads from now on and do temporary jobs that they once disdained. This is also the time when the large-scale operation of street vendors occupies the road, and the chengguan is also coming.

In the small alleys near the dormitory of Zhao Hong's parents' unit are full of stalls set up by laid-off workers, even if the weather is cold and frozen, the windy days are flying, even if it is rainy, Zhao Hong's mother in the previous life is one of them, and the meager income is struggling in the edge of the city, especially the people who are already in their early 40s are too difficult to find employment, and the people who are not skilled workers are often employed and unemployed, which is very hard to find a job for adults, and they have experienced the hard years of going to the mountains and going to the countryside, and the confused years of returning to the city are panicked, and they are married relatively late, and they ushered in another hardship in life, and their parents are gray-haired, the child is young and helpless, and the time to spend money is increasing day by day, and it is even worse if it is not an only child.

This is the case with Zhao Hong's parents' unit, the company has been established for a long time, and there are many people in one unit in one family, and even a lot of people in one unit. The most exaggerated family, brothers and sisters are laid off, and there are many concubines and brothers-in-law. It's like the end of the world in an instant, how can this year be passed?

Just like Zhao Hong's original old neighbor, Lao Liu's family, three sons and one daughter, from five or three years, one every two years, except for the youngest daughter, when they went up the mountain and went to the countryside one by one, when they returned to the city, they counted the fierce competition between their brothers, and after the work, they got married and started a family one by one, and there were many self-built houses in the row of houses (not able to divide the house), and the daughters-in-law and children were also children and workers of the nearby arsenal, everyone was a system, some were classmates, and some were the children of old friends. Only the youngest daughter went to work in a state-owned collective enterprise because she had no chance, and this time his family was a hard-hit area.

As soon as Zhao Hong returned to his neighborhood, he heard the sound of his house arguing, all of which were young women's voices, bright and sharp and harsh. Zhao Hong quietly opened the door of his house, went in to get the cleaning tools, brought himself a hat made of white towels, put on a mask, and began to clean up, from high to low, from bed to underground, first roughly cleaned up the thick dust......

After about an hour or so, Zhao Hong felt that there was something like home in this house. I went out to the kitchen and started boiling water with a clean kettle, washed some cups, took them back to the living room at home, took out some tea leaves that I don't know when, and waited for the water to boil, slowly soaking it, at this time Zhao Hong could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Sitting on the sofa, slowly savoring the somewhat bitter flower tea.

"You are so unfair, when we Dandan was 12 years old, we didn't have a birthday, how come we have to be older than Xiaolu's 12th birthday, and you pay for it, and they receive gifts. ”

"It's just that it's too inappropriate. Our family Qingqing was not older than 12, and we still invited everyone to dinner at that time, and we did not receive gifts. ”

The voice of the old man next door was never heard, only the old lady kept nagging, "Isn't this a grandson?" The old man happily wants to invite his friends together. ”

The bungalows in the shantytown are like this, everyone is just separated by a wall, and the roof is still the same, and if anyone quarrels, the neighbors will hear it clearly. Zhao Hong was a classmate with the little girl in the neighbor on the other side, because Zhao Hong's bed was next to the wall, and the other side was the little girl's bed, every day when she memorized the text, Zhao Hong could hear it, and even when it was time to go to bed, she would be reminded to gently knock on the wall, and sometimes there would be a response later.

Zhao Hong's mind couldn't help but wander a little.

The concubines next door are still arguing, and the third daughter-in-law has a sense of being a hero because she has given birth to a grandson, and she resolutely supports the old man's decision. The sons were not involved, so the quarrel was always managed. There is no major conflict.

When Zhao Hong was resting, the second child of the Liu family walked in and said hello, "The second son is back, I haven't seen you for a long time." How's the university?"

Zhao Hong looked at the second child of the Liu family and said, "Second brother, sit down." What's the matter? It's almost the New Year, what's the situation?" As he spoke, Zhao Hong handed over the hardcover Haishi cigarettes brought back by Haishi.

The second brother said helplessly, "Isn't this the old man happy to have a grandson? Thinking about 12, the third husband and wife can't pay their salaries this year, how can they have the money to do this? The old man quickly said that he paid this money. Doesn't this let my sister-in-law and my daughter-in-law know and be dissatisfied. Our brothers don't care. Isn't it just a matter of having fun?"

Zhao Hong looked at the second brother next door with a somewhat gloomy expression, and said slowly, "Then your brothers won't persuade them." Originally, Tu Yile, don't think about anything more because of this. What happened to the factory this year? My dad still can't retire, how can he go to work at the age of fifty-two?"

The second brother also shook his head and smiled bitterly, took a puff of cigarette fiercely, and said in a somewhat dazed tone, "Your old man will retire in three years, we are the troubles, my three brothers are on vacation, and there has been nothing to do, and the income is instantly zero, and the factory of the daughters-in-law is to produce cannons and can be converted to machinery and equipment. Alas, I don't know what to do in the future? ”

Zhao Hong also looked at the second brother's blank face helplessly, and persuaded him, "Family and talent are prosperous, I just saw the little girl of the old Li family in front of the second family sitting on the small stool in front of the door in a daze, the couple inside have begun to do all martial arts, the child is pitiful, just going to elementary school, right? When Lao Li just moved here, the man was handsome, the woman was pretty, and she had a lovely daughter. Who doesn't envy it? It's only been a few years since it became like this. ”

The second brother was also a little excited and said, "It's not all about the unit, everyone goes to work well, it's getting worse and worse in recent years, and now it's a good direct holiday, Lao Li can't think about it, he is also a cultural person, a cadre in the factory, and he doesn't care if he says it doesn't matter." Lao Li can't think of drinking alone. Quarrels with my wife are also a matter of interval. At first, there were still people who persuaded him. Later, everyone became a little numb. Alas, when will this kind of day be a head?"

Zhao Hong was also very sour in his heart, and wanted to tell him that this was just the beginning, and if he didn't change himself and find a new way out, it would be more and more difficult in the future.