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Chapter 179: Confused

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Or as the old saying goes, if you eat someone's food, your mouth will be short, and if you take someone's things, your hands will be short. Who made him like this bite?

Li Xuewu is the most chivalrous and righteous person, the most willing to help others and serve the people.

Li Xuewu pretended to be difficult and said: "Third Master, if I were in charge of personnel, one word from you, let alone a temporary worker, even a regular worker would be no problem. I grew up watching you, nothing to say. But your nephew didn't follow up. Empty mouth and white teeth... you know, right?"

The Third Master said generously: "I know, I know. This matter is Jiecheng's business. You are willing to help handle it, Third Master is already very grateful. I can't make it difficult for you. As long as you handle this matter, Third Master will remember your favor. Tell me a number, how much do you need?"

Li Xuewu thought for a while and said: "Workshop workers are tired and exhausted. An apprentice, a person with face goes over, and there must be a relationship, it must be this number."

As he said that, he gestured with an index finger.

Seeing the Third Master nod, he continued: "Factory guard team, no physical work, just duty and patrol. Working hours also come with bicycles, collective dormitories, and subsidies. When there are guard posts, guards are selected from the guard team first. I estimate it must be this number."

As he said that, he gestured with five fingers.

"Sigh, who made you my Third Master? And you care about me so much, and today you asked sister-in-law to help me welcome me. I'm really moved. Even if I have to be thick-skinned, I will help you handle this matter."

Li Xuewu's five fingers made the Third Master's eyelids jump. He stared at the five fingers with wide eyes, as if he wanted to break off a few of Li Xuewu's fingers.

Seeing the Third Master hesitate, Li Xuewu said: "Alright, you consider it slowly. I drank too much today, my brain isn't turning. I'll go back first."

The Third Master was very cunning. He knew that if Li Xuewu left now, he would have to have four dishes next time he wanted to talk. Didn't he hear that he said he was drunk and his brain wasn't turning? Tomorrow morning, maybe he would forget where he drank and what he ate last night.

Even if he really remembered, he would say he forgot.

Or as the saying goes, the Third Master is a good hand at guessing people's hearts. The Third Master looked at Li Xuewu and hardened his heart: "Xuewu, don't rush to leave. I'll ask your Third Master's wife to get the money. The sooner the better, 20 spots, they'll be gone in the blink of an eye."

As he said that, he shouted to the inner room separated by a cloth curtain: "Mother of the child, get 500 yuan, hurry up."

Li Xuewu thought it was okay, he didn't say 50 yuan, otherwise he would have to eat their family's food for nothing.

After a while, the Third Master's wife walked out with heartache and handed a stack of money to the Third Master, then stood on the side, as if she wanted to see those treasures of her family again.

The Third Master counted it in his hand, then handed it to Li Xuewu: "Count it."

Li Xuewu took the money and didn't look at it, then stuffed it into his pocket, saying: "Count what? I don't believe you? Alright, wait for the news. If it can't be handled, I'll bring it back to you."

The Third Master hurriedly said: "It can be handled, it can be handled."

Li Xuewu picked his teeth with a toothpick and walked to the opposite door under the enthusiastic farewell of the Third Master's family, and returned home.

After sending Li Xuewu away, the children of the Third Master's family were like hunting dogs that had been untied and saw a wild rabbit. Several children rushed to the dining table like crazy, grabbing the leftovers.

The Third Master's wife snatched the chicken basin and took it away, causing a burst of wailing from several people.

Seeing several children shouting, the Third Master's wife choked: "Tomorrow stewing potatoes can still borrow the flavor, what are you grabbing?"

The Third Master didn't pay attention to the noise of several people here, and sat back at the wine table, gnawing on the corn bun with the vegetable soup.

Yan Jiecheng was full of wine and food, and was already confused.

Yu Li helped him back to their room. By the time Yu Li finished tidying up for Yan Jiecheng and came back, the dishes had been grabbed clean, leaving only corn buns and rice porridge, which made her tears fall down.

Seeing her daughter-in-law drop her face, the Third Master's wife scolded: "What are you crying for? It's for the eldest to handle things. When the time comes, aren't you the one borrowing the light?"

Yan Jiefang said dissatisfiedly: "Exactly, didn't eat a few bites, the dishes are gone. Big brother ate too much, only saw him eating."

Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jie Di nodded in agreement, rolling their eyes.

Yu Li knew it was for her husband to handle things, but thinking of Zhao Yafang, who entered the door at about the same time as her across the door, both were newcomers, but the treatment was heaven and earth, and she had bitterness in her heart that she couldn't speak, so she could only hold it in.

The Third Master's wife gnawed on the corn bun and asked the Third Master: "You said this Li Xuewu asked for 500 yuan, how much will he get?"

Yan Jiefang was the most dissatisfied with his family spending money to arrange a job for his big brother. At this moment, he said angrily: "How can he not get thirty or twenty?"

The Third Master looked at his son's petty appearance and said without thinking: "At least half."

Yan Jiefang stood up in surprise and shouted: "What? Just a meal and he earned 250 yuan?"

Li Xuewu wasn't here. If he were here, he would have to find a penny back from the Third Master.

The Third Master knocked him with a chopstick and said: "What are you shouting? Eat your meal. If you have the ability, go be a public person, you can also earn money."

The Third Master's wife didn't shout, but also said in surprise: "That's earning too much, and it's too easy. But our family has saved money for five or six years."

Several people listening at the table nodded in agreement.

The Third Master said: "This money must be spent. This is the truth that if you have power, you have money. Besides, there are only 20 spots. We have to rush to let others earn this money. Now you know the benefits of being a public person, right? I asked you to study before, none of you were promising."

After the Third Master finished speaking, several people said to Yu Li: "Go back and tell Jiecheng, hand over the salary for the first three years of work."

The Third Master calculated well. Three years is 561 yuan and 6 cents. Although he has to wait three years to get it back, he earns 61 yuan and 6 cents more, which is more cost-effective than saving in the bank.

Yu Li was full of unwillingness, but there was no way. The money was paid by her father-in-law and mother-in-law, so she could only nod with a heavy face.

But thinking that the salary, which was already not much, had to be handed over, what ability did the two of them have to separate the family?

Yu Li thought of the current life, with a bunch of younger brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.

She couldn't eat good food or drink good drinks. How did she live this life...

Thinking of Li Xuewu, who ate and drank well, only 19 years old and...

In the time of a meal, he earned her husband's salary for a year and a half.

Her husband and father-in-law had to bow and scrape to accompany him with a smile. A sense of bitterness surged into her heart.

If Li Xuewu knew, he would definitely scold her twice. He didn't have this situation every day.

If it weren't for your husband promising to make chicken for him to eat, he wouldn't want to bother with this matter.

Li Xuewu returned home and first brewed a cup of tea for himself. He had to sober up.

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