"Jianhua, you don't know how to save, you just have a little money and want to spend it indiscriminately." The mother replied dissatisfiedly: "It takes a long time to use the money...... You can't just think about eating up all the money you have, you still need more money in the future! ”

"Mom......" Zhou Jianhua pondered for a while, thinking to himself, his mother still regarded what she just said as a joke between the three children, so she said to her mother seriously: "You don't have to worry about the family's expenses in the future, today's money can only be regarded as a small amount of money, and I will make more money back soon!" So, as I just said, you don't have to go to work anymore, and you buy some meat dishes at home every day to eat, it's not a joke, I really decided that. ”

"Your decision? You only have such a small salary in the mine, how can you make your family eat chicken, duck and fish every day? And you still have to read. ”

Mother said disapprovingly.

"From tomorrow, I will no longer go down the mine to mine coal, Director Chen transferred me to work in the mechanic class, and he said that my money in the mechanic class will not be less than coal mining...... And—I'm planning to do something else......," Zhou Jianhua said mysteriously.

"Anything else?" Mother asked suspiciously.

"Well, I'll go into business...... Help others repair some machines or something......" Zhou Jianhua did not say that he would say all his thoughts.

Zhou Jianhua understands very well that the "market economic system" that will promote China's rapid development for several decades in the future has begun to sprout in many coastal cities at this time, and at this time the entry threshold for various industries is relatively low, and he must seize the great opportunity to carry out capital accumulation as soon as possible.

"Can you make a lot of money by helping people repair machines?" The mother struggled to imagine her son's words and muttered.

"Absolutely! Now that the country is carrying out reform and opening up, many things will be different from now in the future, and there will be many opportunities to make a lot of money in the future. In the future, I will make much more money than this, so that you and your younger siblings can live a good life. So...... I plan to stop going to school next year. ”

"Don't read anymore?!" The mother looked at Zhou Jianhua in surprise: "After studying for so many years, I graduated soon but I didn't read?!" How does this work?! ”

"Mom...... In the future, this society will pay more and more attention to ability, that is, real ability, not a diploma - well, this is what the teacher said - so, as long as I have enough ability, as for a junior high school diploma, it is no longer important to me. ”

Zhou Jianhua replied: "I am much more capable than junior high school students now, even high school students can't compare to me!" For me, reading any more books is a waste of time. ”

"Brother, your grades don't seem to be good......" Zhou Lihua said that she didn't agree with her brother's words.

Zhou Jianhua said with a smile: "Those students are learning the basic knowledge of textbooks in school, and my energy and interest are put on those application books in the library, so although my grades are not very good, I am much better than them in terms of the ability to do things and make money." ”

Hearing her son say this, her mother stared at Zhou Jianhua and muttered for a long time before she sighed and said slowly: "I haven't read any books, and I don't know much about things outside...... After reading books for so many years, you can be regarded as learning some skills, and now it is not small, and you can make up your own ideas about some things...... Your father is gone, and this family will really count on you in the future. It's just that you must remember not to do illegal things when you are outside! ”

Seeing that his mother was finally relieved, Zhou Jianhua was also relieved, and said: "Mom, don't worry, I make money with my skills - from now on, you don't have to work so hard anymore, don't go to sell vegetables and do odd jobs, these more than 20 yuan are enough for a period of time for a while, and I will earn more money back to you soon." ”

"I'm very happy that you have this filial piety, but there are so many people in this family, how can you work hard alone, besides, I'm also used to doing things, where can I sit at home." Mother said hesitantly.

"Mom! In the past few years, you have only relied on you, haven't we also come over, not to mention, my son is so good at earning money now, I only took half an hour to earn thirty yuan, what kind of hard work. In the future, I will give you at least 50 yuan a month to keep for your home, so you can stay at home! Zhou Jianhua said undoubtedly.

"Fifty bucks?!" My mother and sister exclaimed, there is fifty yuan a month for the family, and this life has to go up a few steps!

"Hmmm! At least fifty dollars! Zhou Jianhua replied categorically.

After a pause, Zhou Jianhua then said:

"Mom, if you feel that you can't be idle at home, help Lihua with some housework, so that she can read books and learn some knowledge when she has time - Lihua is actually better at reading than me, and if she can read, she will definitely be much more productive than me. If you don't let her learn more knowledge now, it will miss her for the rest of her life in the future. Lihua and Ronghua are the two of them, they still have to learn more skills, and they should read as many books as possible. ”

Hearing her brother say this, Zhou Lihua's heart jumped, why didn't she want to read more books, she didn't want to be like her mother all her life without professional skills, she could only work very hard to do some physical work, and be a housewife after getting married, this kind of life is too boring! But what can be done...... Now when I hear my brother say this, I am extremely grateful in my heart: Brother, you are really good, you are really my good brother......

Zhou Lihua couldn't help but start worrying about her brother again: "Brother, it's all up to you, if the business is not good sometimes, it will be more troublesome, right?" ”

"It's okay!" Zhou Jianhua smiled and teased his sister: "Didn't you hear what I just said - in the future, I will earn back much more money than now - don't say that you eat two catties of fish a day in the future, you just want to eat two pork legs a day, it's not a problem!" ”

Zhou Jianhua's words amused the whole family, in their eyes, Zhou Jianhua had never been so confident as he was today.

Zhou Ronghua couldn't help but interject and said: "If my sister eats two pork legs a day, it is estimated that it will not take a few days to be "slaughtered", hehe......

Hearing her younger brother demean herself so much, Zhou Lihua stood up abruptly and glared at him fiercely: "Zhou! Glory! Chinese! My sister helps you wash and get the ground every day and waits for you to study, why do you still say such unconscionable words?! If you talk nonsense again, you will be punished for not having food tomorrow! ”

"Sister, I didn't mean to...... I won't talk about it in the future......" Zhou Ronghua saw that his sister was a little anxious, and he didn't dare to look at his sister's eyes anymore, so he quickly lowered his head and ate the few grains of unshaved rice by the bowl very devotedly.

Seeing Zhou Lihua posing like such a vicious little adult, Zhou Jianhua and his mother both laughed.

Seeing that her brother was honest, Zhou Lihua returned to normalcy again, and said in a weightless tone: "Since I will have meat to eat every day in the future, then I don't want to eat fish tomorrow, so I'll eat all the fish today!" As he spoke, he picked up the plate of fish and distributed all the remaining fillets from the plate to everyone's bowls.

Looking at the thin bodies of his younger brothers and sisters, Zhou Jianhua said: "Lihua, you and your brother eat more, you are the time to grow your body, you should eat more." ”

Zhou Lihua replied: "The two of us have eaten a lot just now, you and your mother are working hard outside to make money, you should also eat more, you are full, you have the strength to make money to support us!" ”

Zhou Jianhua looked at his sensible sister with a smile, didn't say anything, and buried his head in the whole family to sweep away the food in their respective bowls.

Seeing that everyone had finished eating, Zhou Lihua said unfinished while cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks beside her: "I enjoyed eating too much today!" What are we going to buy tomorrow? ”

"How greedy are you?!" Zhou Jianhua looked at his thin and delicate sister with pity and quipped: "I just put down the dishes and chopsticks, and I was thinking about what to eat tomorrow." ”

"Isn't that the end of today? I'm planning for tomorrow - I'm planning for a rainy day, waiting for you all day long, do you think I'm easy?! Zhou Lihua quibbled.

"The people live on food!" Zhou Ronghua is also helping his sister, and in this regard, of course, he must resolutely support his sister's attitude.

"Mom, I didn't buy meat today, so tomorrow you can buy some pork to make braised pork to eat." Zhou Jianhua proposed to his mother: "From tomorrow onwards, you won't go to sell vegetables and do odd jobs, just help us at home, and let Lihua learn something." ”