Beijing in the 1960s.
It was winter, and it had snowed all day yesterday.
The bell rang in the Red Star Rolling Mill.
Holding a lunch box, Li Weiguo walked out of the factory. Looking at the old building and the slogans on the wall, Li Weiguo sighed in his heart.
In the blink of an eye, it had been a few years since he had transmigrated to this world.
Li Weiguo was not a soul transmigrator. He was wearing it and was even bound to a check-in system. However, the system was a little tricky. Other than arranging an identity for him, there was no response.
At the start of the game, the system arranged for Li Weiguo to be an orphan. His father was a martyr, his mother died of illness, and he was a welding apprentice at the rolling mill. His monthly salary was 18.50 yuan, and he had a 53 square meter house in the courtyard.
After walking out of the factory gate, they arrived at a courtyard house in about ten minutes.
This was a three-door courtyard house with more than ten households. There were three masters in charge. The third master was Yan Bugui in the front yard, the first master was Yi Zhonghai in the middle yard, and the second master was Liu Haizhong in the backyard.
That's right, this was the world of Love in the Courtyard.
Li Weiguo lived in the backyard.
Other than Li Weiguo, there was also the Deaf Old Lady, Xu Damao, and Liu Haizhong's family in the backyard.
A woman was standing at the entrance of the courtyard house. She was in her twenties, young and beautiful. Her eyes were charming, and her figure was graceful. Her name was Qin Huairu.
Li Weiguo's eyes were filled with mixed emotions when he saw Qin Huairu.
When he first transmigrated, Qin Huiru had not married Jia Dongxu. Although he did not like Qin Huiru because of the original novel, everyone said that Qin Huiru was good. Li Weiguo had planned to cut her off, but he did not expect Qin Huiru to dislike him.
Although Li Weiguo was younger and more handsome than Jia Dongxu, he was only an apprentice at that time. Jia Dongxu, on the other hand, was a first-class fitter with a monthly salary of 25.5 yuan. His family had a house of more than 60 square meters, and he had a mother.
Having an elder in the family, as long as it was not a medicine jar, was better than an orphan without parents.
Therefore, the Jia family only gave ten yuan as a betrothal gift, while Li Weiguo gave twenty yuan. Qin Huiru still chose the Jia family.
In fact, the Jia family had originally only planned to give five yuan as a betrothal gift, but because Li Weiguo had interfered, they gave an extra five yuan.
Jia Zhang and his mother hated Li Weiguo, and the neighbors also said bad things about Li Weiguo. This caused Li Weiguo to be ostracized in the courtyard house, and even in the factory, many people gossiped.
In the beginning, Li Weiguo was naturally depressed. Gradually, he became indifferent.
Anyway, there were basically no good people in the Siheyuan, so it was fine if they didn't interact with each other.
It was just that he didn't have the chance to move. Otherwise, Li Weiguo would have moved away.
Half a year ago, Jia Dongxu met with an accident, but he did not die. Instead, he became a cripple. Last month, Qin Huairu gave birth to her second daughter, Huai Hua.
Jia Dongxu's job was Qin Huairu, but she hadn't entered the factory yet. She started as an apprentice.
In the entire courtyard house, only Li Weiguo didn't help the Jia family.
On the other hand, Silly Zhu would bring two lunch boxes of leftovers every day. He would give one to Qin Huairu and bring the other home.
He didn't even greet Qin Huiru and pretended not to see her.
Qin Huairu, who was waiting for Silly Pillar's lunch box, also saw Li Weiguo. Her gaze was complicated.
Now, Li Weiguo was a Level 4 Welder with a monthly salary of 47.5 yuan.
The factory's welders assessment was in two months 'time. If Li Weiguo could pass the grade five welders assessment, his monthly salary would exceed 50 yuan.
In this era, pork was 68 cents per catty, eggs were 5 cents per catty, flour was 7 cents per catty…
With Li Weiguo's current salary, it seemed that he could have a lot of food every day. However, this was an era of planned economy. Buying anything required tickets. Buying rice required tickets, buying candy required tickets, and buying matchboxes required tickets. Therefore, it was very normal for people with money to not be able to buy things.
The urban household registration provided food, which made the rural people envious.
Li Weiguo was also a city resident and had a grain capital. He could go to the designated grain store to buy grain and cooking oil every month.
Li Weiguo's monthly quota was only 30 catties of grain and 5 catties of cooking oil. This amount of grain was not enough for him to eat.
There were no non-staple foods and no oil and water. Eating a catty of grain a day was not enough to fill his stomach, so Li Weiguo went to Pigeon City every few days.
When he was an apprentice, Li Weiguo took fifteen yuan a month to buy food. After becoming a full-time employee, he used twenty yuan a month to buy food.
Every month, Li Weiguo would buy some meat and go to a restaurant twice a year.
After a few years, Li Weiguo's savings were only 173.48 yuan.
Qin Huairu was also regretting her decision. She should not have chosen the Jia family a few years ago. If she had married Li Weiguo, her life would have been much better.
Jia Dongxu was narrow-minded, stingy, and full of evil ideas. Jia Zhangshi was a shrew, but Qin Huiru did not notice it early on.
"I was short-sighted." Qin Huairu smiled bitterly in her heart. Unfortunately, there was no medicine for regret.
Not to mention that Jia Dongxu was still alive, even if Qin Huairu became a widow, it would be difficult for her to remarry.
"Sister Qin." Silly Zhu had returned as well. There was only a lunch box of leftovers today, so he didn't give it to Qin Huairu.
Because Jia Dongxu was still alive, Silly Zhu and Qin Huairu kept their distance.
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The Jia family was in the middle courtyard. Jia Zhangshi sat at the door of the house, putting away the soles of her shoes. She glanced out of the courtyard and stared at Qin Huiru.
Seeing Li Weiguo, Jia Zhangshi's face was cold and she didn't say anything nice."Some people just don't have a conscience."
Because Li Weiguo was the only one in the Siheyuan that did not help the Jia family, Jia Zhangshi was dissatisfied. However, she did not think about the relationship between the Jia family and Li Weiguo.
"You can't be too wicked, or you'll end up without descendants.”Li Weiguo said.
"What did you say?" Jia Zhangshi glared.
"Are you wicked?" Li Weiguo asked with a smile.
"You're the wicked one. Everyone knows that you're not a good person.”Jia Zhangshi cursed.
A cold light flashed in his eyes. Li Weiguo really wanted to tear Jia Zhangshi's mouth apart.
The failure to intercept Hu and Qin Huiru, coupled with the chaos caused by the Jia Zhang family, and the fact that Jia Dongxu and Qin Huiru had stepped forward, had affected Li Weiguo's reputation.
In this era, reputation was too important. If one had a bad reputation, the society would die. One would not be able to find a job or a partner.
Qin Huiru was too realistic. Although Li Weiguo could give the Qin family more betrothal gifts, his conditions were not as good as the Jia family's, so Qin Huiru did not like him.
Not only did Qin Huairu want to marry into the city, but she also wanted to find someone with better conditions.
Based on what Qin Huairu had done in the original novel, she was not a good woman. It was not surprising that she would be realistic.
Li Weiguo did not feel too regretful about not being able to marry Qin Huiru. He did not like Qin Huiru that much to begin with.
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Li Weiguo's spirit was shaken.
After a few years, the system was finally activated.
When he couldn't count on the system, Li Weiguo could only work hard to improve his welders 'level if he wanted to improve his life. As for doing business, this was speculation and not a joke.
After working hard for a few years, he had become a Level 4 Welder. His life was not bad.
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