The retired rough man dotes on his mother

Chapter 338 It’s better not to go

When the people in the village heard that Xiao Baoer had come to her mother's house, several of them went to Xiao's house. It was New Year's Day, and Xiao's mother couldn't just chase them away, so she could only let everyone sit down and chat.

"Bao'er, where are your two little ones? Are they asleep or did your dad and brother take them out?"

"Auntie, the two little ones fall asleep as soon as they drink milk powder. They have to sleep at this time every day."

Xiao Baoer thought it would be boring for Shen Zhensheng to listen to the women chatting in the house, so she sent him out, "Husband, go find your son. They said they want to go out and set off firecrackers. It's better for you to keep an eye on them."

"Okay, I'll go look for them."

After Shen Zhensheng left, they continued to find topics to chat in the room, and they talked about Xiao Baoer's factory.

"Baoer, is your factory busy after the New Year? If you are too busy, we aunties can go and help with the work," the aunt said with a look on her face that said, "I am here to help you."

Xiao Baoer smiled and said, "Don't be busy, auntie. There are too many people in the factory. I'm just trying to reduce the number of people."

In fact, Shen Zhensheng received a lot of orders before the New Year, and the factory was about to start making new spring products. The workers were indeed very busy, but Xiao Baoer didn't want to use these people.

It’s not that she doesn’t want to help the people in her mother’s village. She also recruited a few people from the village. The people she didn’t use were all those she thought were not suitable to work in the factory.

Among these people, some asked her at the beginning if they could choose their own jobs, some asked if they could get a salary increase, and some asked if they could have meat for one meal a day.

Xiao Baoer wants to recruit workers, not people who want to be her boss. If they just want to work because they want to take advantage of her, it would be better for them not to go.

Xiao Baoer had already discussed this with Shen Zhensheng. If they were allowed to do the work and then fired, it would only hurt everyone's harmony. It would be better not to hire them from the beginning.

Moreover, Xiao Baoer has already selected a few people who will go to the factory after the New Year.

There are several retired veterans in the transport team where Shen Zhensheng works now. Their wives are all unemployed country women. The man is the only one who supports the family and has to take care of the elderly. Their life is very tight.

Shen Zhensheng had seen those brothers eating in the transport team. The food in the transport team itself was very cheap, but those brothers were reluctant to buy even a piece of meat or vegetable. They always ate steamed corn bread and free wild vegetable soup.

He discussed with Xiao Baoer before the New Year that the wives of these brothers were all honest and decent country women. After the New Year, could they be allowed to come to the factory to work every day? They would have lunch at the factory every day just like their cousins' wives.

Xiao Baoer felt that if these people were honest and hardworking, and if their skills were good after the trial period, then they could be kept to work. The factory had to recruit workers anyway, so why not help these veterans?

Xiao Baoer also asked Shen Zhensheng why he brought back several thousand dollars after retiring from the army, but these veterans were living such a tight life.

Shen Zhensheng explained that the money he had was all bonuses for performing meritorious services in carrying out missions. In fact, it was not easy for a soldier to support his family with his allowance. If there was a biased mother in the family, it would make the situation even worse for these families.

There were many families like this in the transport team.

Xiao Baoer also discussed with Shen Zhensheng that when he went to the transport team for a meeting on the seventh day of the New Year, he would tell those brothers that if their wives were willing to work, they could come to the village to find Xiao Baoer for a trial job.

As soon as Xiao Baoer said that she wanted to reduce the number of people working, these aunts were unable to open their mouths and swallowed the words that were about to come out of their lips.

"Aunt, you guys sit down. I'll go help my sister-in-law cook," Xiao Baoer got up and went to the kitchen. Since she didn't agree to these people working, she wouldn't leave them any hope.

The aunts exchanged a few words with Xiao's mother and then left the Xiao family. Xiao Baoer had already gotten up and gone into the kitchen, so what were they still doing here?

"Sister-in-law, let me cook the ribs," Xiao Baoer had already entered the kitchen, and Xiao's eldest sister-in-law was washing the ribs.

"Let me do it, little sister. If you don't want to go out, just light a fire here. I see those aunts are here again. Do they want to work in your factory?"

"I've already dealt with my sister-in-law. I've found people to do the work. We don't need so many people."

Xiao Baoer cooked the spare ribs again, making them with soy sauce and a pot of mutton soup. The other dishes were made by my sisters-in-law.

"Son, why do you only eat meat and not vegetables? What did your mother say?"

Sanbao only eats pork ribs and beef, and doesn't eat any vegetables at all.

"No, Mom, I'll eat the vegetables later. Dede and I are competing to see who can eat more meat. They say I can't outrun them because I don't eat enough."

The adults at the table laughed. Shen Zhensheng gave him a piece of vegetables with his chopsticks and said, "Son, you eat a lot. You are the one who loves to eat the most in our family. Be obedient and eat some vegetables."

"Hey, Dad said I ate a lot, so I might have eaten it," Sanbao talked to his brother while eating vegetables.

"With these kids in your home, life won't be too boring. They're so cute," said Mrs. Xiao.

"They are noisy every day, but the eldest and second child will go to school in September this year, and then there will be three little ones at home."

It seems that time flies by so fast. The twins are going to school soon and they will probably start from the second grade.

"Baoer and I have discussed letting our child go to primary school in the village first. When he enters junior high school, we will move to the town or county so that it will be more convenient for him to go to school," said Shen Zhensheng.

"Little sister, is the house you bought in town expensive? How much does it cost?"

"A few hundred yuan, less than a thousand yuan. Houses in the county are more expensive."

"We are all trying to save money so that we can move to town. We also need to buy a house for our children to go to school."

The Xiao family attaches great importance to children's education. Now that everyone in the family can earn money, they must ensure that their children receive the best education.

After dinner, Xiao Baoer, her mother and sister-in-law chatted for a while in the house, and then took the children home. The three children were worried about Weiwu at home and were afraid that Weiwu would be hungry.

After getting off the ox cart, the children ran home, shouting "Weiwu" as they ran. Weiwu came out of his brand new kennel and ran to the three children and wagged his tail.

"Weiwu, are you hungry? Sanbao, go find your mother to ask for some meat for you," Sanbao touched Weiwu's head and went to find Xiao Baoer.

"Mom, Weiwu's stomach is growling. Is there any food at home? Is there any meat for him?"

"Yes, son. Wait for mommy and daddy to put your brothers and sisters to bed, and then mommy will get you something to feed Weiwu."

Sanbao followed his mother until his mother brought him something to feed Weiwu. Xiao Baoer then brought him some duck meat and asked him to feed Weiwu.

"Your son really likes being mighty. It's a good thing because it helps children develop a loving character," Xiao Baoer said to Shen Zhensheng.

"Yes, the military dogs won't hurt them. It's good to let them make friends with them."