Chapter 2 Heart Piercing
"Do you have money to cook?" Lin Yi suddenly asked.
Liu Xiuying's endless chatter came to an abrupt end as if a pause had been struck. Looking at Lin Yi's serious questioning expression, her face suddenly turned red.
After a few breaths, he said in embarrassment,"The money at home is not enough to treat your illness. You still owe the hospital 20 yuan.”
Lin Yi rubbed his nose. This was already within his expectations.
"That's not right. The money is for your treatment…"
Liu Xiuying muttered to herself.
Liu Xiuying understood and glared at Lin Yi." If I didn't treat your little bastard, would we have spent all our money?!" You still have the cheek to laugh!"
"If you dare to climb so high again, be careful!”Liu Xiuying raised her hand.
In the end, he couldn't bear to slap her.
Liu Xiuying sighed and continued,""This year, the factory's profits aren't good. They only pay 70% of the salary. As for the hospital, it doesn't matter if it's a small illness like a cold or a fever.”
70% salary?
Lin Yi had a flash of inspiration.
In that case, this year was 1990. He was 16 years old and in his second year of high school.
Lin Yi also wanted to know what day it was the moment he opened his eyes, but it was a pity that his family was so poor that they did not even have a calendar. To his parents, a few yuan of a calendar was enough to buy a book or play mahjong for ten cents. Anyway, there was a calendar at work, so there was no need to keep one at home. It was a waste of money.
The first calendar in his family after he turned ten was given to him by the lobby manager after he went to the bank to save money after he started working.
After his rebirth, he did not even have a calendar at home. He was probably the poorest reborn person in history.
Ever since the reform and opening-up, the state-owned factories had become popular again. Their salaries were higher than that of civil servants. Many of the children of the factories returned from the army and refused to go to the government. They insisted on getting jobs arranged by the factories. This situation probably lasted until around 1993 or 1994. After that, the situation deteriorated day by day and never returned.
Due to last year's turmoil, 1990 was the only year in recent years where factories were under-employed and wages were paid at a rate of 60 to 70%.
At this time, state-owned and collective enterprises were huge. Many state-owned factories had almost all social functions. Other than crematoriums, there were everything: kindergarten, primary school, middle school, high school, high school, hospital, guest house, gymnasium, library, and so on.
The entire company was like a small closed society, and even jobs could be inherited.
According to the company's regulations, the medical expenses of the employees were fully reimburse, but Lin Yi and the others did not enjoy such treatment.
However, there were policies and countermeasures. When they brought their children to the hospital, they just had to write their names as their parents. After all, they were from the same factory and would see each other everywhere. The supplies belonged to the government, and the favors they owed were their own. There was no need to offend others over this.
It was just that the splints, bandages, and medicine that Lin Yi wanted to use were a little sensitive. If the higher-ups checked, they would think that the lower units were hiding work-related injuries, so they could only pay.
"Alright, this is not something a child like you should worry about. I'll just go to the union tomorrow to borrow some mutual aid funds.”
When he heard the words mutual aid fund, Lin Yi's expression was dazed. He was indeed familiar with this term.
Mutual-aid funds were a form of mutual aid for employees in branch factories or workshops. Each person paid ten yuan to the union. If they suddenly needed money in a month, they could borrow it from the union and return it to the union when their salary was paid.
In Lin Yi's memory, his family seemed to be always short of 50 yuan. After borrowing last month, he had to pay it back as soon as he got his salary this month. At the end of the month, he was unable to make a living and had to borrow 50 yuan from the union.
This cycle repeated itself, as if the only thing missing was this 50 yuan. Without this 50 yuan, life could not go on.
Although his father was considered a second-string employee with a low salary, he was still a dual-employed person. No one could live like this with a dual-employed person. Even if other families had a single employee, they would still live better than his family with only one person earning a salary.
In the end, it was still his parents who did not manage the family well.
"Can you return it?" Lin Yi asked.
Liu Xiuying's face turned red again." Worst case scenario…Worst case scenario…I won't play cards this month."”
"I still have 200 yuan in my piggy bank.”
Liu Xiuying raised her eyebrows. She was a little tempted, but then she thought about it and her face instantly drooped." This is the red pocket money your grandpa gave you. You'll need it when you go to university. I don't want to eat your grandpa's shoes."”
"It's okay. Just don't tell my grandfather. I'll take care of the household first. You can return it to me when the time comes.”
"Alright then! You're really my good son. I'll go out and buy you some bone soup to nourish you!”
Liu Xiuying agreed immediately. She was beaming with joy and in high spirits. She couldn't wait to walk towards the pig, just like a female butcher sharpening her knife.
Grandpa's butcher genes had already revived in his mother's body.
Lin Yi sighed faintly. Although that was what he said, he knew in his heart that the money would probably not be returned.
When money entered his parents 'hands, it was like water merging into a desert. There was no exit. It was even hard to tell how it disappeared.
He just didn't want to let this kind of poor atmosphere envelop his family again.
When he was young, he had been angry, resentful, and even hated himself for being born into such a family. However, after he had a son, as the saying goes, if you don't raise a son, you don't know the kindness of your parents. When he saw their bodies gradually aging, he slowly felt relieved.
They were such people. Their personalities and habits were like this. There was nothing they could do.
They always had their own way of living. As children, they couldn't force them to bleed and sweat until they were willing to give up.
Fortunately, he had a chance to change everything.
He wanted to stop these annoying things from affecting him. The journey of a reborn person should be the sea of stars, and this was just a small bump in life, or even just a wave.
Lin Yi finally understood why the reincarnators were so eager to change their current lives. It was because this terrible life was like eating sh * t.
It was human instinct not to eat sh * t!
At night.
Lin Jianguo came back empty-handed. When he saw the fragrant bone soup on the table and the dazzling array of dishes around him, his eyes widened and he couldn't help but swallow.
"Where did you get the money?" Lin Jianguo questioned.
"I…"
Liu Xiuying had just started when Lin Yi knocked her with his leg.
Liu Xiuying, who came to her senses, glared at Lin Jianguo and said unhappily,"I borrowed money from the union."
Lin Yi wasn't afraid that his father's words would spread to his grandfather. He was just afraid that his father would be scared and live in fear all day long. He wouldn't be able to sleep well and eat well. An innocent person shouldn't know so many secrets.
"Oh."
Lin Jianguo didn't suspect anything. He went straight to the kitchen to get a set of cutlery and sat down.
Lin Yi had a helpless look on his face. He knew it. His father never cared about how the family got the money, nor did he care if he could return it. In any case, it was fine as long as he didn't let him go out to borrow money and lose face.
"How fragrant!"
Lin Jianguo picked up a stick bone and swept away the meat on it. Then, he extracted the bone and sucked in the marrow, making a clicking sound of praise.
Liu Xiuying rolled her eyes at Lin Jianguo, took out 20 yuan from her pocket, and slapped it on the table." Use this money to buy Yu Hua's '18 Years Old' and Lu Yao's 'Ordinary World'."”
"Alright, I've been thinking about these two books for a long time. Honey, you're so nice!”
Lin Jianguo couldn't care less that Liu Xiuying didn't even get the title right. He hurriedly put the money in his pocket and praised it from the bottom of his heart.
In front of money, this was not important.
"It's good that you know. Do you still dare to shout at me in the future?”
"I won't dare. I was wrong."
Lin Yi rolled his eyes helplessly as he looked at his parents who were happy and respectful to each other. Although this scene was within his expectations, he felt that it was very painful.
She actually used his money to make her father lower his head. Moreover, looking at her mother's attitude, she probably really hadn't considered returning the money.
After forcefully feeding Lin Yi a wave of dog food, Liu Xiuying seemed to have suddenly noticed Lin Yi's existence." Go to bed early after eating. You still have to go to school to get your results tomorrow. If you don't do well, be careful!"”
Lin Yi responded, not taking his mother's threat seriously at all. His mother had never really hit him since he was young, and he had never done badly in his exams.
On the contrary, his father had beaten him up a few times when he was young. Now that he thought about it, he seriously suspected that his father was using him as a prop to show his masculinity in front of his mother.
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