"It's okay, you're right. I'm about to give birth to three children, and my parents alone can't keep them busy.

If I take care of the kids, I won't be able to take care of my work.

Rather than occupying the position and annoying others, it is better to give up the position readily.

The salary of a researcher at level 13 is much higher than that of the current deputy director!" The decision has been made, and it is impossible to go back on it. Tong Mei can only think of the good.

The salary for grade 13 is 155.5 per month, which is 17.5 more than the original salary for grade 14 of 138.

The monthly salary of temporary workers in large state-owned factories is only 18 yuan. If they are temporary workers on the streets, the wages are even lower.

According to the standards of this era, if the average person had no less than five yuan per person, they were not considered poor.

Zhang Yan also earns a level 13 salary. All his monthly income, salary, lecture fees, and position subsidies add up to less than three hundred yuan.

"By the way, someone came to me today and wanted to sell a house and asked me if I wanted it."

"Who?"

"That five!"

"Is his house safe? We have no shortage of houses to live in now. If it is not safe, forget it!"

"Those five families used to open a pawn shop near Liulichang! Later, his father became addicted to smoking, and his family lost everything except a few houses and a pawn shop.

Fortunately, his father died early and left some wealth behind.

Na Wu had been running a pawnshop before the liberation, and he was quite considerate of people and had some abilities.

After liberation, he donated the pawnshop, leaving only a few yards.

Because there is no other way to make a living, I have spent all my previous wealth, so I rely on selling the items in my house to make ends meet."

"He used to run a pawn shop, why didn't he go to work? Trust stores should need such talents?" Zhang Yan asked doubtfully.

"It's not that simple! Do you know how many people used to make a living by eating in Liulichang?

After liberation, how could there be such positions for them? Apart from their eyesight and skills in appraising antiques, they had nothing else to offer.

I wish I had ten people competing for one position.

Therefore, these people had no choice but to lose their jobs and go home. Some of them did not want to be angered and simply went home to hide in peace.

However, if you don’t work and have no income, how long can you survive on your family income?

It was easy to say in the past, but now there is a food shortage and the prices of food on the black market have reached sky-high prices. Naturally, the little they have cannot last long."

"What's going on with Wu's house? Have you checked it out?" Zhang Yan understood Tong Mei's intention and wanted to take down the house.

"I didn't, I arranged for someone to take a look.

Not far from our place, there is a three-story house, and the house is in pretty good condition."

"Not rented out?"

"No! Nawu's relatives have always lived there, and they can vacate the house at any time.

No matter how cheap the rented yard is, you can't get it!" Tong Mei said softly.

Regarding this, Tong Mei is not low-minded at all. She knows that the houses entrusted to the Housing Authority to rent out are all bad houses and cannot be bought no matter how cheap they are.

"Yes!" Zhang Yan nodded in approval.

"If you like it, buy it!

We still have a lot of food at home, let’s exchange it for food!”

"I talked with Na Wu, and he wanted half white noodles or two noodles!"

"You are so poor that you have to sell your house, and you still want to eat free noodles! You can't deal with such a person!" Zhang Yan said simply.

"There is nothing he can do. The fifth daughter-in-law is in poor health and needs to be taken care of. The daughter-in-law has just given birth and needs to be taken care of as well.

He said, for one hundred kilograms of white noodles or one hundred and fifty-two kilograms of noodles, plus two hundred kilograms of stick noodles, he will transfer the three-in yard to us." Tong Mei told us the five conditions.

One hundred kilograms of white flour and two hundred kilograms of stick noodles can be exchanged for a three-indoor courtyard. It's really cheap.

If I had known that there would be such a good thing, why would I have built this yard in the first place!

However, Zhang Yan didn't know anyone at that time. Even if he knew people, he wouldn't be able to buy a yard so cheaply.

This is why it is so cheap in years of famine.

There is no other way, people have to survive.

Not to mention those five who have no jobs, even those like Zhang Yan who have jobs have seen their food quotas reduced again and again.

The ration is 32 kilograms of grain, but now it can only give you 80-70%, and the proportion of whole grains is getting higher and higher.

Therefore, everyone's life is really difficult, even for leaders. Life is difficult, and all the food at home is steamed buns.

Those who can eat Erhe Noodles steamed buns like Zhang Yan's family every day are considered wealthy.

"If you confirm that there is no problem, then change it!

It would be nice to have an extra house, Xiangzi and Gangzi are both older, and they will be of marriageable age in the blink of an eye." Zhang Yan knew what Tong Mei was thinking, so he followed her words.

"I'm not worried about them, Da Kui and Er Kui are coming back soon!

They are both in their twenties this year, so they have to think about getting married when they come back."

If Tong Mei hadn't told her, Zhang Yan would have almost forgotten that he had two brothers-in-law.

Although these two brothers-in-law are not relatives, they are the younger brothers who once depended on Tong Mei.

When Tong Mei was struggling to make a living on the street, Dakui and Erkui followed him and protected her.

It was the three people supporting each other that got through the most difficult years.ωωw..net

After liberation, both Dakui and Erkui joined the army under the arrangement of Director Zhou.

Of course, they took the initiative to ask for it, wanting to fight for wealth and let Tong Mei live a good life.

Now that the two brothers-in-law are about to be demobilized, Tong Mei naturally has to consider arranging a place for them to live together and find a wife for them.

"Okay, you use Xiangzi's name and go through the transfer process first! Wait for Dakui and Erkui to come back and then separate them.

The third time they entered the courtyard, the two of them, plus Xiangzi, entered one at a time.

As for Gangzi, I’ll wait until someone suitable comes along and give it to Gangzi.”

Zhang Yan himself doesn't have much obsession with houses. Let's get through that era first.

He doesn't collect antiques just for investment, he just doesn't want these good things to be destroyed in the storm.

If it is to make money, hoarding antiques and houses in this era is too risky and the profit is too low.

It is not as profitable as directly hoarding Big Black Ten, and it is safer.

Zhang Yan was still able to speak, but he heard that Tong Mei had fallen asleep and snored.

No matter how beautiful a woman is, she may not snore while sleeping, and she may even grind her teeth.

Tong Mei is pregnant with twins, which puts a lot of pressure on her heart and lungs, so Tong Mei also snores at night.

Seeing Tong Mei sleeping, Zhang Yan also closed his eyes.

In the blink of an eye, it was the next day, and Zhang Yan rushed to Red Star Hospital early.
Chapter completed!