When Mengmeng heard her mother say this, she couldn't understand it, so she asked, "Mom, why?" ”

"Why don't grandparents want to come?"

Cheng Xiaolin pondered how to tell her daughter about this, but after thinking about it, she didn't have a better explanation.

Thinking of leaving this difficult task to her husband to solve, she said, "Mengmeng, when your father comes down from the bath, you can ask him." ”

"Oh, yes." Meng Meng has so many eyes, she has been waiting at the staircase for her father to come down after taking a bath.

Cheng Xiaolin went to the kitchen again to look at the pot, and I have to say that the renovated kitchen is easy to use.

Cheng Xiaolin felt that if the surrounding convenience and related facilities were not considered, the self-built small second floor was much better than the house they had built in the capital before.

When she was busy cooking, Cheng Xiaolin was also listening to the movements outside, for fear that she would be cute and bump herself.

It felt like it was only a few minutes, the soup she had stewed was not ready, and her husband had already come down from the upstairs shower.

"Daddy, Daddy." Meng Meng shouted loudly.

Cao Shujie felt very comfortable when he heard it. He asked, "Mengmeng, what are you calling dad for?" ”

Cheng Xiaolin heard her daughter ask loudly: "Dad, why don't grandparents come, I want grandma to play with me." ”

"Oh, I want to too, but they don't want to come, what do you say?" Cao Shujie asked his daughter.

Mengmeng heard her father ask, she scratched her head and thought hard, but in the end she didn't come up with a way, she was so anxious that she was about to cry: "Dad, I don't know either." ”

looked at her serious appearance, which made Cao Shujie laugh.

Cao Shujie played with Mengmeng in the living room for a while, and Cheng Xiaolin called him over to serve food and rice.

The first meal after coming to the new home was simple and simple, but Cao Shujie felt very fragrant when he ate it.

After dinner, Cao Shujie rushed to clean the dishes, and when he came back, he saw his wife and daughter eating bananas there.

Meng Meng is lazy, she doesn't chew when she touches something a little harder.

Obviously, the apples grown by her own are more delicious, but she dislikes them too hard, so she takes two bites and stops eating them after leaving two gaps in the apples.

Cheng Xiaolin also said: "Husband, go buy a juicer another day and squeeze some apple juice for Mengmeng to drink." ”

Cao Shujie immediately agreed, but he felt that the juice squeezed out completely destroyed the original taste and was not delicious.

That night, after Mengmeng fell asleep, Cao Shujie took his wife to another room.

More than half an hour later, Cheng Xiaolin lay in the crook of her husband's arm, looking up at the roof by the afterglow of the moonlight shining in from the window, and vaguely saw a little gloss reflected by the lampshade, which was not obvious.

The two of them quietly enjoyed this rare moment.

……

The next morning, before six o'clock, Cao Shujie got up from the bed, feeling that the temperature in the room had not dropped significantly, and it was still twenty-four or five degrees.

Cao Shujie was very satisfied, he felt that this was the life he wanted.

Wearing autumn clothes and pants, I came down from the second floor, went to the kitchen connected to the first floor, turned on the gas stove, boiled millet porridge in a small pot, and then sprinkled a layer of Xinjiang jujubes on it, half-covered the lid of the pot, and slowly boiled over low heat, which took about half an hour.

Taking advantage of this time, Cao Shujie began to stir-fry again, made a water egg for his daughter, and then poured some soy sauce and sesame oil, which smelled fragrant.

Seeing that there was still a piece of tofu in the refrigerator, Cao Shujie took it out again, cut it into thin strips, first slightly oiled, and then fried the tofu with green onions.

About half an hour later, the red date millet porridge was boiled, and when the lid was lifted, a strong fragrance of jujube permeated the kitchen, and the smell made me have an appetite.

Stir it with a spoon again, and the big red jujube inside is directly boiled, and the jujube meat is fused into the millet porridge, and the millet porridge is dyed jujube red.

There was the barking of Daha and Erha outside, and Cao Shujie remembered that he hadn't walked his dog today.

When I went to the bedroom on the second floor, his wife and daughter were still sleeping, and Cao Shujie left a text message for his wife, telling her that breakfast was ready, and he was going to walk the dog with heat preservation in the pot.

Put on thick clothes, led the dog to leave the house, from the north of this intersection directly to the dam, a few minutes to the Yellow River barrage dam, seeing that there is no one on the dam, Cao Shujie to untie the rope for them, let them run on their own for a while.

Cao Shujie found a stone bar on the side of the road and sat down, and waited there slowly.

About half an hour later, the four dogs ran back to him one after another, rubbing his body one by one, showing the intimacy between himself and Cao Shujie.

In this way, he got all the soil and grass residue on their bodies on Cao Shujie, and the angry Cao Shujie wanted to give them two slaps.

But looking at the innocent looks of the four of their brothers, Cao Shujie couldn't slap anymore.

He thought about the next time he came out to walk the dog, he would prepare a special set of clothes.

When he returned home from the dam with them, his wife Cheng Xiaolin was eating in the living room on the first floor.

"Wife, what about eating." Cao Shujie greeted his wife.

Cheng Xiaolin turned her head to look at him: "I just got up, and I was still thinking about making breakfast, who knew that you would make it first." ”

"I woke up early, and I don't have much to do, so I can't just wait for you to get up and cook." Cao Shujie said with a smile.

"Hey, hey." Cheng Xiaolin said with a smile: "You also go to wash, change your clothes, and get ready for breakfast." ”

The dirt and hay clippings on her husband's body were clear at a glance.

"Haven't you woken up yet?" Cao Shujie asked her.

"Well, I guess she'll have to sleep until 8." Cheng Xiaolin said.

really let his wife guess correctly, when Cao Shujie went to the mountains after breakfast at home, Mengmeng hadn't woken up yet.

Cao Shujie went out of the gate, suddenly remembered something, and returned home and asked his wife: "Wife, do you have any money there?" ”

"How much do you want?" Cheng Xiaolin didn't ask why.

Cao Shujie said: "You give me 1600, and I will pay Brother Chao's salary." ”

"Wages are going to be paid so soon?" Cheng Xiaolin was really stunned this time.

But she still didn't say much, and stood up happily to get money for Cao Shujie.

After a while, she came back with a stack of cash and handed the cash to Cao Shujie: "Na, it's exactly 1,600 yuan." ”

"Okay, I'm leaving." Cao Shujie folded the money in half and stuffed it into his trouser pocket, went out in style, went down the mountain road not far away, and came to the orchard not long after.

"It's so convenient." Cao Shujie was particularly emotional.

He found it much easier to live here than to live with his parents.

Not surprisingly, his father and Cao Shuchao came early, and the two of them were busy in the orchard.

Seeing Cao Shujie coming, Cao Jianguo also said to him: "Shujie, did you drink too much yesterday and didn't get up in the morning." ”

Hearing his father say this, Cao Shujie waved his hand directly: "Dad, what is that wine, I sobered up last night, and I got up at 5 o'clock this morning to cook and walk the dog." ”

"Look, I'm busy." Cao Jianguo said him.

Cao Shujie was very smart to shut up this time and not argue with his father about this issue.

"Brother Chao, come over here." Turning his head to see Cao Shuchao who was working, Cao Shujie shouted at him.

"Shujie, you have something to do with me." Cao Shuchao asked him.

Cao Shujie smiled and asked, "Brother Chao, do you remember how long you have been here?" ”

"I came on the 4th, and it's been 27 days until today." Cao Shuchao didn't think about it, and said directly.

Since the 4th, he has been working here for 12 hours every day, without a day off in between.

And during this time, Cao Shuchao worked hard and complained, never complained, and never said bitterness.

If the best outstanding employee is evaluated, Cao Shujie will not hesitate to give him this award!

From this, it can also be seen how capable a middle-aged man who needs money is?

"Brother Chao, you see that even if November is over today, tomorrow will be December, and the Chinese New Year will be less than two months away."

"In the coming years, I plan to buy another batch of calves, sheep and pigs, and the geese may also be raised a little, and the workload on our side will definitely be greater than now, and the task will be more arduous, Brother Chao, the burden on your shoulders is also very heavy."

When Cao Shuchao saw this scene, he felt familiar and unfamiliar, as if he had seen some big bosses talk about this to their employees in the TV series, but he didn't expect that he would enjoy this treatment one day.

Just when he was thinking about what Cao Shujie would say next, he didn't expect Cao Shujie to follow the routine.

"But Brother Chao, don't worry, I really can't do it when the time comes, I will continue to recruit people, but no matter how many people there are in the future, we will have corresponding bonus subsidies for those who do a good job."

Speaking of this, Cao Shujie paused for a moment, he looked at Cao Shuchao and said seriously: "Brother Chao, you have worked a total of 27 days this month, and your salary is 1485 yuan, in addition, I have always felt that you have done a very good job, so I decided to give you another 115 yuan performance bonus, plus a total of 1600 yuan." ”

After finishing speaking, Cao Shujie took out the stack of money that was folded in half from his trouser pocket, regardless of Cao Shujie's stunned appearance, he handed the money to Cao Shuchao, and specially told him: "Brother Chao, count and see if it's right." ”

Cao Shuchao: "......"

He suddenly didn't know what to say.

From the beginning, he didn't expect Cao Shujie to call him over to pay him a salary.

Today is the end of the month, and according to his previous experience of working for others, it is considered a good company to be paid before the 20th of the next month, and it is normal to drag on for a whole month, or even two or three months.

The most outrageous thing is to follow others to do the project, which can delay his salary for a year at once, and then settle the accounts one after another, and he has not paid the balance until now.

But his mother was looking for a job in the village, and no one expected that he would be paid at the end of that month.

What made him feel even more outrageous was that there was an extra bonus for this job.

Even if there is only a bonus of 115 yuan, in Cao Shuchao's heart, these are two completely different concepts.

"Shujie, this month hasn't finished yet, why are you paying me your salary now?" Cao Shuchao asked.

Then I heard Cao Shujie say: "Brother Chao, don't think about it too much, I'm like this, you work hard, and I can't do the immoral thing that has been dragging on and not paying you a salary." ”

"Besides, when I had a job before, I was paid daily, and I can't say that I pay others in time, and I can't afford to pay my salary when I come to our own people." Cao Shujie is very realistic.

Listening to Cao Shuchao's ears made him feel valued.

Don't look at the fact that early payment of wages is not a big deal, but in Cao Shuchao's opinion, the nature is completely different, which makes him feel down-to-earth.

Originally, I thought it was just an expedient measure, to work first and earn less money here in Cao Shujie, but now Cao Shuchao has the idea of continuing to work as long as Cao Shujie doesn't pick him up.

In addition, this bonus is also the first bonus he has received in his life.

Cao Jianguo saw this scene next to him, listening to what his son said, and he also supported his son's approach.

He pondered in his heart: "My son is quite good at buying people's hearts." ”

Cao Jianguo is not a person who doesn't understand anything, he has watched the Three Kingdoms TV series, listened to storytelling, and knows the methods of some big leaders, but he didn't expect his son to start playing this hand quietly.

But that doesn't mean his son did something wrong.

Cao Shujie didn't know what his father thought in his heart, he did it because Cao Shuchao did a good job.

As for the extra bonus, Cao Shujie did not give it blindly.

115 yuan is equivalent to a little more than Cao Shuchao's current salary for two days, and is equivalent to three times the normal 8-hour wage, in Cao Shujie's view, from the perspective of long-term development, this amount is more reasonable.

In the next time, Cao Shuchao didn't need Cao Shujie to say, he worked harder and more enthusiastically.

When she went home for dinner at almost 12 noon, Cao Shuchao called her wife as soon as she entered the door: "Qianqian, come here." ”

This tone is quite powerful and confident, Ma Wenqian looked at her husband in surprise, not knowing what happened to make him dare to be so arrogant.

"What's wrong with you?" Ma Wenqian stood in place without moving a step, looked at him and asked.

"Hey, hey!" Cao Shuchao beckoned to his wife: "Qianqian, come here, come here, I'll tell you a good thing." ”

"What good can you do?" Ma Wenqian was a little irritable, she said: "If you have something to say, just say it, let it go if you have a fart, hold on!" ”

"You're so boring." Cao Shuchao took out a folded rectangular plastic bag from his trouser pocket, he opened the plastic bag one by one, took out the 1,600 yuan that Cao Shujie just sent him today, and handed it to his wife: "Na, this is the salary and bonus that Shujie just paid me today, a total of 1,600 yuan, you count." ”

Ma Wenqian was dumbfounded.

She never thought that her husband would call her this the case.

After a while, she reacted and said, "Shuchao, isn't it, you just went there at the beginning of this month, and this month hasn't finished yet, why are you paying your salary?" ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she noticed that something was wrong again: "Did Shujie miscalculate?" I calculated for you, if you work for 27 days, it should be 1485 yuan, how can he give you 1600 ......"

The next moment, Ma Wenqian said very seriously: "Shuchao, we have no money, but we can't do this kind of unconscionable thing, if Shujie is wrong, let's go to him now and return the excess money to him." ”

"Wife, I told you, the extra money is a bonus given to me by Shujie to see my good performance, why don't you believe it!" Cao Shuchao felt aggrieved in his heart.

Ma Wenqian heard him say this, and then looked at his serious appearance, and the expression on her face became serious: "Shuchao, tell me what is going on?" ”

As soon as she said this, Ma Wenqian remembered one more thing, she said: "You go wash your hands first, I will bring you a meal, and you will tell me while eating." ”

"Okay!" Cao Shuchao agreed.

In the following time, Cao Shuchao recounted to his wife what happened this morning while eating.

After listening to her husband's words, Ma Wenqian rubbed her face with both hands, she looked at her husband opposite a little dumbfounded, she used to think that he was stupid because he was stupid and lacked a string in his brain.

But now a word suddenly popped up in Ma Wenqian's heart: "Fools have foolish blessings!" ”

If a stupid person like his husband hadn't met a conscientious boss, how would he have given him any bonus?

It's a dream.

But after calling her husband back from outside, Ma Wenqian didn't expect her husband to find a job in his hometown and meet such a conscientious boss.

Cao Shu ate the two steamed buns super quickly, eating them so fast that he choked uncomfortable.

After Ma Wenqian saw it, she hurriedly handed him a water cup, and after Cao Shuchao drank the water and put the steamed bun down, he asked his wife again: "Do you believe what I said now?" ”

"Believe, I believe, okay?" Ma Wenqian changed her attitude just now, and when she saw that her husband was running out of water in his cup, she took a thermos and poured him a cup to cool.

Then he said: "Shuchao, other people's Shujie treats us like this, we must work hard, and we must not live up to the importance that people value us." ”

Cao Shuchao nodded, and he said, "I know, you can rest assured, I will definitely do a good job." ”

"Well, I believe you." Ma Wenqian nodded heavily, there was never this moment, she was very down-to-earth and secure, and felt that this family finally had something to support.

She followed and said: "But don't tire yourself up, you do this every day, and you can't stand it for a long time." ”

"Wife, I'm fine, I'm not tired, while I can still make money, other scholars are willing to give us this opportunity, what is it if I have more strength."

"Our son needs money to go to school, our mother needs money to buy medicine, and our family also needs money to buy fertilizers and pesticides in the field."

"These are all money, I have to earn money, I couldn't do it before, but now I have this opportunity, I have to take advantage of it." Cao Shuchao also said that it was quite slippery.

At this moment, Ma Wenqian was impressed by her husband.

She thought to herself that she must have looked away before, her husband looks stupid and naïve, but he is wise and stupid, right?

But Cao Shuchao hasn't finished speaking.

His mouth is stupid and he won't say anything sensational, but because of this, what he said was very real, and every sentence went into his heart, which made his wife Ma Wenqian's heart warm after listening to it.

"Wife, you just spend money for your family, I don't see you willing to buy something for yourself, you are reluctant to eat some fruit, and the clothes you wear are still a few years ago."

Ma Wenqian thought: "It turns out that he remembers all my efforts over the years." ”

Just now, my daughter made a mess for me and let her mother watch it, so I hurried to finish it.

(End of chapter)