Chapter 20-Returning to Xiao Lei's Home
The overnight train took more than 20 hours. When they returned to Ray's house, it was already eight o'clock in the evening and the sky was already dark.
Lei Dongbao wanted to give his mother a surprise, so he did not call or write in advance. He arrived at the village entrance of Little Lei's house.
Many households had already turned off their lights. The villagers slept early and woke up early.
Song Yunping looked at the familiar outline of the village and asked,"Dong Bao, if we go back now, will we scare our mom? She must have fallen asleep."
Lei Dongbao hugged Song Yunping's shoulder tightly and smiled.""The old lady is not that timid."
The two of them walked to the house at the entrance of the village in the dark. Dong Bao's mother had just turned off the lights and was about to sleep when she heard a knock on the door. She immediately came to open the door in her cotton jacket.
"Mom!"
"Mom!" The two of them shouted in unison.
When the old lady saw that it was her son and daughter-in-law, she immediately beamed."Why are you back? Did something happen?”
"It's okay, Mom. Pingping and I missed you, so we came back to see you.”Lei Dongbao said with a smile.
"Have you eaten? I'll go make you something to eat!”The old lady quickly got up to go to the kitchen.
Song Yunping stood up and stopped her." Mom, don't be so busy. Dong Bao and I ate in the car. We're not hungry at all."”
The old lady sat down with a smile and asked,""Dong Bao, Ping Ping, how's your business in Beijing?”
"It's pretty good. Mom, you can worry about it." Lei Dongbao replied.
The old lady looked carefully at Song Yunping's stomach and said,""Pingping, your stomach!"
"I'm planning to do business with Dongbao again after it's done." Song Yunping blushed.”
"There's no conflict between having a child and doing business. How much money do you have to earn? Didn't you buy a house in Beijing? Hurry up and have a child.”The old lady looked at someone else's grandson every day and felt anxious.
Song Yunping looked at Dong Bao with an expression that said," Your son doesn't want to have children."
Lei Dongbao quickly said," Mom, let's not talk about this first. Pingping and I came back to pick you up and my mother-in-law and father-in-law to live in Beijing."”
"I'm living quite well here. I'll go over after you guys give birth.”The old lady was old, and all the gossips she knew were in the village. She was unwilling to go to Beijing.
"Mom, just go to Beijing for a few days. If you don't think it's fun, I'll get Dongbao to send you back.”Song Yunping said with a smile.
The old lady looked like she needed to consider."Let me think about it. This round trip fare will cost a lot, right?”
"Mom, you don't have to worry about money. Your son has the ability to earn money!”Lei Dongbao hurriedly said.
The old lady seemed to have thought of something and said,
"Speaking of money, Dong Bao, let me tell you. Ever since you quit Xiao Lei's family, the life of Xiao Lei's family has been getting worse and worse. Everyone comes to our house whenever they have nothing to do and asks me to persuade you to come back and be a secretary!”
Lei Dongbao quickly asked,"Isn't Shigen the secretary of Little Lei's family now?" The brick factory, pig farm, and wire factory were all arranged with good people. How could they get worse?”
The old lady quickly told her son the gossip she had heard.
"Dongbao, Shigen, and the others heard that many of the people around them are doing contracting systems. They were already very busy leading this big business, but because Xiao Lei's family is a collective economy, their wages are only a few yuan higher than those workers.
The Red Guard contracted the electric wire factory to a boss in the city, the brick factory to Old Five, and the pig farm to Zhongfu.”
Lei Dongbao was a little unhappy." If these factories are contracted out, won't the collective enterprise of Little Lei's family become a private enterprise?"”
"Who says so? Originally, after these people contracted the project, the salary level was still the same as before. It was just that each of them relied on their status as the boss and ordered the village employees around. This made the villagers unhappy, and their enthusiasm for labor decreased. As the benefits decreased, the bosses lowered their salaries.”The old lady continued.
"Then won't Shigen and the others care?" Lei Dongbao asked.
The old lady replied," They did manage it in the beginning. It's just that the contract has been signed. They can ignore the village leaders. This was great. The workers 'wages were getting lower and lower, and the village's pension and medical expenses were also getting lower and lower. Only then did everyone remember your kindness and say that it would be good if you came back to be the village secretary.”
Song Yunping couldn't stand it anymore."
"On the spot, Dong Bao said that he wanted to turn the collective enterprise into a group enterprise and that the village leaders 'salaries would be included in the dividends. The villagers refused no matter what. They were afraid that Dong Bao would get more money, but Dong Bao had done so much.”
" Pingping, don't say anymore," Dong Bao quickly tried to persuade her." I'm no longer the secretary of Xiao Lei's family. Whatever policies Xiao Lei's family wants to implement has nothing to do with us anymore."”
The old lady kindly advised," Dongbao, why don't you think about it? It's at least a secretary. It's more comfortable than selling clothes in Beijing, right?"”
Song Yunping immediately added,
"Mom, don't be soft-hearted just because of what the villagers say. Dong Bao has done so much for the village in the past. He has drunk and vomited so many times. Because of his uncle and the dividends, the villagers are pointing fingers behind his back. Even though it's not a good business to sell, Dongbao has made a lot of money. We just need to live well.”
Lei Dongbao said," Mom, Pingping and I will only be back for two days. Think about whether you want to go to Beijing with us. Don't worry about other things."”
The old lady sighed and muttered softly to herself,"" My daughter-in-law's words are still useful." After saying that, she went back to her room to sleep.
Dong Bao and his wife had a hard journey, so they didn't argue much. Song Yunping went to make the bed in the room, and the two of them went to bed early.
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