Chapter 209

Perhaps in the future, he could open a private museum.

"Weiguo, are you home!"

"I'm here! Eldest Uncle!"

Hearing the Eldest Uncle's shout, Cao Weiguo opened the study door.

The Eldest Uncle walked over with a beaming smile, his small eyes involuntarily looking around.

The room was sparsely furnished, with a square table, a chair, and tools like a broom and shovel piled in the corner.

The Eldest Uncle asked with a chuckle: "Weiguo, how is that matter about my eldest son's job?"

Cao Weiguo said: "I've spoken to the leadership; they might be hiring in July, and for three hundred yuan, he can enter the workshop as an apprentice."

Upon hearing this, the Eldest Uncle felt both joy and bitterness.

The joy was that his eldest son's job had a prospect.

The bitterness was that this cost was truly not small.

The Eldest Uncle rubbed his hands and asked: "Is there any room for negotiation on this money?"

Cao Weiguo shook his head: "No negotiation."

"Thank you for your trouble, Weiguo. I'll go home and discuss it with my eldest son."

The Eldest Uncle sighed and turned to go home, his footsteps appearing somewhat heavy.

Three hundred yuan was no small sum.

Once home, the Eldest Uncle relayed Cao Weiguo's words to Yan Jiecheng.

The Eldest Aunt became anxious on the spot: "So much money? How can our family afford that!"

Yan Jiecheng had already inquired about the market rate: "The price Cao Weiguo mentioned is not high; it's even much lower than outside. A workshop worker at a food factory or textile factory costs at least over four hundred yuan."

The Eldest Aunt said: "This isn't high? Those people are too greedy."

The Eldest Uncle glared and said: "Shut up! You can't just say things like that!"

Yan Jiecheng pleaded: "Dad, Yu Li and I have over seventy yuan on hand. Can you help me with the rest?"

The Eldest Uncle pondered for a moment: "I can only lend you one hundred. It's not that I don't care about your job, but the family really doesn't have that much money. If I give it all to you, the whole family will have to go hungry."

"Then we're still short over a hundred yuan!"

Yan Jiecheng's face immediately turned bitter, his brows furrowed in worry.

The Eldest Aunt looked at Yu Li: "Daughter-in-law, can you borrow some from your maiden family to help Jiecheng get through this hurdle?"

Yu Li looked troubled and said: "My younger brother and sister are both in school, and we rely entirely on my father's salary alone. The family is already tightening its belt to get by."

Yan Jiekun said: "Dad! Brother! You can borrow from Cao Weiguo; he is very wealthy."

Yan Jiecheng's eyes lit up: "That's right, Cao Weiguo was able to help Lu Jin Peng and Chi Ping'an, so he should be able to help me too."