Rebirth of Siheyuan starts in the 1980s

"It is indeed a letter from the eldest sister. It seems that the eldest sister is not having an easy life over there."

It was Cao Zhiqiang who made this sigh.

After Yu Li and Yan Jiecheng left, Cao Zhiqiang went back to his room, opened the envelope and read the letter.

What? Why don’t you make dinner first?

Cao Zhiqiang had no intention of cooking dinner at all.

Because on the way here, Cao Zhiqiang had already ordered a meal from a nearby restaurant and asked them to prepare the meal and deliver it directly.

Although Cao Zhiqiang's current cooking skills are very good, especially his knife skills and spoon skills, I can probably count on one hand the number of people who can rival him in the world.

As for other cooking skills requirements, he also has a super recipe "Chinese Cuisine: You Will Eat Three Thousands" with extremely complete steps. If you follow the cat and the tiger, cooking is not difficult at all.

But the problem is, if you can cook, you may not like cooking.

Just like a five-star hotel's top chef who is very good may not like to continue cooking for himself when he returns home.

In the same way, although Cao Zhiqiang is very skilled, he is too lazy to cook, and he is not the kind of person who is particularly picky about taste.

Especially after he got money, he became even more lazy about cooking.

Therefore, even though he has top-notch knife skills and top-notch spoon skills, as well as "Chinese Cuisine: Thirty Thousand Years of Chinese Cuisine", the ultimate secret skill in the chef world, he still doesn't like cooking.

In Cao Zhiqiang's view, if you have the skills to cook, it is better to code a few more words.

Of course, if you are bored and restless, or if you want to attract a girl and shock her, then it is still okay to show your hand occasionally.

Having said that, this letter is indeed from Cao Zhiqiang's sister Cao Jiajia.

But this time, the content is not about asking my mother to help me change my job, but about borrowing money, or asking for money.

The content of the letter was very simple, that is, Cao Jiajia's husband, Cao Zhiqiang's brother-in-law Xia Siming, had kidney stones and needed surgery, but the couple did not have enough money, so they hoped that their mother could send them some money.

In addition to the letter, there was also a medical record issued by the hospital, which stated the condition of brother-in-law Xia Siming.

Even the medical records were sent over, obviously to prove that he was not lying and that he really needed money for surgery.

Seeing this, Cao Zhiqiang couldn't help but sigh.

In this era, the country does not yet have a complete medical insurance policy. The so-called medical insurance is reimbursed by the unit, and it depends on the unit's own policy.

Generally speaking, state-owned enterprises with good profits will have a wider scope of reimbursement and a higher reimbursement amount, but if they are companies with average profits, reimbursement will be difficult.

If it is a common minor illness and a minor disaster, it would be better to prescribe some cheap medicine.

However, if it is surgery, the cost is often not reimbursable, and you basically have to pay for it yourself.

I think back then, Qin Huairu was hospitalized because of Jia Zhang's anger, and the medical expenses were paid by Shazhu, and the employer never reimbursed her. At that time, Qin Huairu was already a formal worker at the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill.

The Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill is a long-established state-owned enterprise, even more powerful than the Hongguang Machinery Factory. That kind of factory doesn't even reimburse, let alone a factory in a remote small town in the third tier.

However, what really makes Cao Zhiqiang sad is not this, but the amount that the eldest sister wants.

Cao Jiajia wrote this letter, how much does it cost?

Three hundred dollars!

Just for 300 yuan, my sister Cao Jiajia did not hesitate to lose face and asked her mother for help.

The reason why I say that I don’t hesitate to lose face is because Cao Zhiqiang remembers that my brother-in-law and sister are actually very face-conscious people. They have never asked for money from their family before. At most, my sister secretly wrote letters, asking for my mother’s help in arranging work.

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Now that I have asked for money, I guess I really can’t raise the money.

Think about it, although my sister and brother-in-law are both working, they have three children to raise, they live in a small place, their wages are not high, their daily consumption is probably very tight, and they cannot save much money.

If there is any other illness, or a serious illness suddenly occurs, I can take 300 yuan at once, which most people really can't afford.

You know, Cao Jiajia is only thirty-five years old, and her brother-in-law Xia Siming is only thirty-six years old. They are both young workers. Unless they have special talents, such people generally will not receive very high wages.

"Forget it." Cao Zhiqiang sighed, "I don't have much money anyway. I'll go to the post office early tomorrow morning and remit money to my sister."

As soon as he said this, Cao Zhiqiang frowned: "No, my sister's place is a small county and the medical conditions are limited. It is best to bring her to the capital for treatment, which will be safer.

What's more, if it's remittance, most of the time it's by mail, which is too slow.

Of course wire transfer is the best, it's fast, but I don't have my sister's phone number.

She never seems to have mentioned the phone number there, and I don't even know the name of the factory where she works.

The letter only has a sending address and no phone number. According to the situation of this era, I have to send him a letter first, give her my phone number in the letter, and ask her to call me.

Let's discuss it on the phone.

After all, I still have to write a letter first.

Oops, it's really troublesome. If I were to write a letter, I might as well just take a plane there.

It seems that there is a direct flight from Beijing to Guiyang, and at most it is a layover in Nanjing.

Yes, take a plane!”

Cao Zhiqiang figured it out, so he simply took advantage of this and asked for a letter of introduction from his work unit, then bought a plane ticket and flew directly to Guiyang.

If everything goes well, it should be faster for him to fly to the small town where his sister lives than by mail.

Just as I was thinking this, there was suddenly a knock on the door.

After Cao Zhiqiang received the letter, he went to open the door and found that the person who came was actually Xu Damao.

"Uncle Xu...Uncle Xu?" Cao Zhiqiang asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

Indeed, Cao Zhiqiang had almost no contact with Xu Damao's family, and he never expected that Xu Damao would come to visit them.

Xu Damao was carrying two bottles of cans and said with a smile on his face: "Cao Zhiqiang, I'm here to visit you. I'll give you two bottles of cans to satisfy your children's craving. Why, you're not welcome?"

Cao Zhiqiang blinked, thinking about reaching out and not hitting the smiling man, so he opened the door and let Xu Damao in.

After coming in, Xu Damao first put two bottles of cans on the table, and then looked around: "Oh, your house is well organized, it's quite clean."

Immediately afterwards, Xu Damao said to the cassette player on the cabinet: "Hey, the cassette player is good, it's a Shanghai brand. You are the first one in our hospital to buy a cassette player. I haven't even bought one yet.

By the way, I heard that you also bought a large color TV, a 14-inch Venus?

Heck, you can buy a 14-inch color TV, which is awesome.

It’s not like the TV at my house, which is only nine inches and black and white. It’s far inferior to yours.”

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "Looking at what you said, you are the first one in our hospital to buy a TV. Even if I buy a color TV, I am behind you. It's different."

"Yes." Xu Damao smiled, "If I say that the first one to buy a TV is me, Xu Damao.

To be honest, it's not that I can't afford a color TV and I can get tickets, but I think I already have a TV at home. It always looks good and I can hear clearly, so I'm not willing to change it.

But now that I think about it, it’s time to keep pace with the times.

Come on tomorrow, I'll go change to a color TV and watch."

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and then asked: "Um, why did you come to me? Just tell me what you have to say."

Xu Damao blinked, looked around, rubbed his hands and said, "You just stand and say that?"

"Ah, sit down, sit down!" Cao Zhiqiang quickly asked Xu Damao to sit down.

After Xu Damao sat down, Cao Zhiqiang also sat down: "Can we talk now?"

Xu Damao nodded: "Cheng, I know you are a happy person, so I won't make any detours with you. Then, Cao Zhiqiang, when I come here today, I will go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing."

After a pause, Xu Damao asked: "I just met Yu Li and Yan Jie as a couple. Did they come to your place just now?"

Cao Zhiqiang blinked and nodded: "Ah, yes, I have been here before."

Xu Damao smiled: "They are asking you to borrow money, right?"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and nodded.

Xu Damao shook his head: "Let me tell you, you are still too young. They are just drunkards who don't care about drinking. Borrowing money is fake, but wanting children is real!"

"You want a child?" Cao Zhiqiang was stunned, "What do you mean?"

Xu Damao said: "Let me tell you this, Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li, I know them very well. If they want to borrow money, they wouldn't borrow it from you. His father has a lot of money."

Although Yan Laoxi is stubborn, he is Yan Jiecheng's father after all.

Moreover, Yu Li's methods are superior to those of others.

If Yu Li is really cruel enough to use Yan Laoxi's tricks, Yan Laoxi's money will definitely not be saved.

So, when they come over to you and say they want to borrow money, it's actually an excuse to check on you.

Their real plan is to adopt your sister's sister, that girl named Qiao Simei!

The purpose? It's not hard to guess.

You are good to your sister, who doesn't know this?

If he and his wife adopted Qiao Simei and then borrowed money from you, would you still be able to refuse the loan because of Qiao Simei's relationship?

Even if they ask you to borrow money, they may not have to pay you any interest, and they won't even bother to pay you back. What a deal.

So, he and his wife adopted Qiao Simei with evil intentions, and they just wanted to use Qiao Simei to manipulate you so as to make more money from you!"

"What?" Cao Zhiqiang was really shocked this time, "Uncle Xu, are you telling the truth?"

"Then it's still fake?" Xu Damao curled his lips, "They can deceive you, but they can never deceive me!"

Cao Zhiqiang frowned and said, "But they said they wanted to borrow money from me to open a restaurant. It doesn't look like it was a lie."

Xu Damao raised his eyebrows: "Then did you borrow it?"

Cao Zhiqiang shook his head: "I don't have enough money recently, and I have to spend money in many places, so I didn't agree to them."

"That's right!" Xu Damao said quickly, "Don't tell me whether the borrowing of money is true or not, even if they really ask you to borrow money to open a restaurant, they can't borrow it!

Doing business is risky, who can guarantee a steady profit?

If they lose, who do you care who asks for the money?"

"Yes." Cao Zhiqiang smiled and nodded, "That's why I didn't borrow it."

"That's right!" Xu Damao nodded, "But, again, I know them too well, they must have thought long ago that they can't borrow money from you.

So, they know they can't borrow money from you, but they still come to you. They just want to take the opportunity to make friends with you, take a look at Qiao Simei, and then find an opportunity to tell you about adopting Qiao Simei.

A beautiful thing.”

Cao Zhiqiang frowned: "Can't you?"

"Why not?" Xu Damao said, "Let me ask you, if they really proposed that they wanted to adopt Qiao Simei in name, with the purpose of letting Qiao Simei settle in the capital and let Qiao Simei go to school seriously, what would you do?

Don’t agree?”

Cao Zhiqiang immediately shook his head: "I disagree."

"Huh?" Xu Damao was stunned for a moment, but quickly nodded, "That's good, that's good. Just don't agree."

Immediately afterwards, Xu Damao felt a little embarrassed and didn't know how to continue.

Suddenly, Xu Damao rolled his eyes and brought up a new topic: "By the way, Cao Zhiqiang, I've heard about the incident between you and Bangge.

Bangge, this guy, I knew from a young age that he is not a thing, he is a typical white-eyed wolf.

You, you shouldn't associate with their family, including that Sophora japonica, who is not a good person, so you'd better not associate with her.

Let me tell you, there are no good people in Qin Huairu’s family, and once they get involved with Qin Huairu’s family, nothing good will happen, you know?”

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "Yes, I know."

"Huh? Smart!" Xu Damao squinted his eyes and smiled, "If you weren't a smart person, it seems that you already knew that Qin Huairu's family was not easy to mess with.

Also, only smart people can make big money. If you are so rich now, you must be a smart person.

Well, since you already have the confidence in your heart, I can rest assured and won’t say any more about it.”

"Haha." Cao Zhiqiang smiled and did not reply.

Xu Damao rolled his eyes again and smiled: "That's right.

Cao Zhiqiang, I heard that your second sister, Qiao Simei, came here from Nanjing on her own and has been staying here for many days, right?"

Cao Zhiqiang squinted his eyes and nodded: "Yes."

Xu Damao also nodded: "I also heard that you plan to let Qiao Simei settle down here to go to school, right?"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled again: "Yes!"

Xu Damao smiled: "Well, you are a smart person. You should know that Qiao Simei's household registration is in Nanjing. If she wants to go to school here, she must first transfer her household registration here.

How to transfer household registration?

You can't bring her father here, that wouldn't be appropriate either.

So the best way is to find a local, a suitable person with local knowledge and knowledge, to adopt Qiao Simei.

It's definitely not possible for Yu Li and Yan Jie to become a couple. They have ulterior motives. It would be a bad thing if Qiao Simei is adopted by them.

You yourself are not suitable either. You are not qualified for adoption.

But, you see, Jingru and I, oh, my wife, your Aunt Qin, neither of us have children.

Then, we live nearby, my house is big, I have saved a lot of money over the years, and most importantly, I know a lot of people.

My wife-in-law likes Simei’s child very much, and I also like her very much.

So, can our family adopt Qiao Simei?

Yan Jiecheng and I are different!

If Qiao Simei accepts me as her father, I will definitely not treat her badly, raise her as my biological daughter, and give her everything good.

Of course, I also know the feelings between you brothers and sisters.

So, if we adopt Qiao Simei, if Qiao Simei is still happy to be with you, that's fine.

Anyway, we just want to adopt a child, as long as we don’t let anyone judge us when we go out.

Specific details, such as the child's name, do not need to be changed.

Besides, if Qiao Simei is happy to be with you, that's up to her.

In this case, if Qiao Simei is adopted by me and settled under my household, wouldn't she be able to go to school here in the capital justifiably?

Also, if I need to go to Nanjing to go through the normal adoption procedures with the child's father, I can go there in person.

I'll cover all the travel expenses, including food and accommodation.

All in all, I really like Qiao Simei's child. Qiao Simei wants to recognize me as her father and be adopted by our family. My wife and I promise not to treat her badly.

Also, since we have adopted her, she can continue to live with you. From now on, we will often come and go, and it will be easy to discuss and discuss. Besides, I also know a lot of people. If you want to do something in the future, as long as I can do it

When you arrive, I will help you do it.

So you see, this matter is of no harm to you or me, don’t you think?"

"I understand." Cao Zhiqiang sighed, "It turns out that you also have Qiao Simei's idea."

"You can't say that." Xu Damao said, "My wife and I both like Qiao Simei, and Yu Liyan Jiecheng is completely different.

Then, what we do is not only for us, but also for you. It is a win-win cooperation.

Anyway, it’s absolutely impossible for me to use Qiao Simei to ask you to borrow money. I can’t lose that face!

We dare not say anything else, but in this compound, I, Xu Damao, am not bad at anything else, except for money!

It's a pity, your Aunt Qin and I have never had children, and I can't really divorce her just to have a child. It would be ugly, so I'm thinking of adopting a child.

I sincerely want to adopt Qiao Simei as my daughter.

By the way, if Qiao Simei becomes my daughter, our two families will become one family.

From now on, your business is my business.

For example, if you want to change your job or arrange a good school for Qiao Simei, I will take care of it all!"

"You have a good idea, and what you say makes sense." Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly, "But I'm sorry, I don't have this idea, and neither does Qiao Simei, so you'd better please come back."

Xu Damao was stunned for a moment, and then said quickly: "Wait a minute, you don't really want Qiao Simei to marry Yu Liyan and become a daughter, do you?

Let me tell you, these two people are not good people. If Qiao Simei follows them, nothing will happen in the future."

Cao Zhiqiang sighed: "I never thought about letting them adopt Qiao Simei. In short, neither your family nor Yan Jiecheng's family is suitable."

"Then who do you plan to let adopt her?" Xu Damao frowned, "It can't be Silly Zhu and Qin Huairu, right? That's even worse. Who are the people in that family? Aren't you afraid that Qiao Simei has learned bad things in the past?"

Cao Zhiqiang shook his head: "Of course it's not their family... Anyway, Uncle Xu, I accept your wishes, but please don't worry about our family's affairs."

Having said this, Cao Zhiqiang stood up and said: "Okay, that's it. If there's nothing else, please take it back. There are also cans, please take them away."

Xu Damao frowned and stood up: "Cao Zhiqiang, don't you think about it again?"

"I have thought about it very clearly." Cao Zhiqiang lowered his face and said calmly, "But, my Cao family's affairs do not need outsiders to worry about it!"

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang stretched out his hand towards the door with an expressionless face: "So, thank you for your kindness, but now, please come back and leave slowly without seeing me off!"