This sudden situation made the poor and humble couple worry about food and drink, and they discussed it over and over again. Finally, Zhang Fangfen came up with an idea.

She suggested that Huang Daozhou "invite a meeting" at the briquette factory, which solved the urgent need.

What does "please meet" mean? It's equivalent to raising funds.

That's a way for families to raise money these days when they want to buy furniture or hold weddings for their children.

It's relatively simple. Someone takes the lead and invites a dozen or more colleagues to spend five yuan when they pay their wages that month. For twenty people, it's one hundred yuan.

The person who is in urgent need of money will be the first to get the 100 yuan, and then everyone will decide who will be second and third. The last few to get the money are usually "good old people" with good financial conditions in their families and easy-going behavior.

This method is actually similar to a mortgage loan, except that there is no interest and only a full human touch.

The money for Huang Daozhou's sewing machine was raised through "meetings", and it took two years to save money and pay back the money.

It's completely different now. His family can collect 90 yuan, no need to borrow money, and no need to cause trouble to his parents anymore. Huang Han is very happy.

In less than a month after Huang Hanhun wore "Three Turns and One Ring", he already had half of them at home. Although the sewing machine is old and the bicycle is owned by the public, it doesn't matter. Just use it if you can.

The other two items in "Three Turns and One Ring", the watch and the radio, are probably dispensable compared to the bicycle and sewing machine.

At the very least, Huang Han was not willing to listen to a Laoshizi radio with poor sound quality and frequent "sizzling" sound from the current, nor was he willing to wear a mechanical watch that had to be wound every day.

As the most basic means of transportation, bicycles can improve efficiency. With a sewing machine at home, Zhang Fangfen can sew and mend things much more easily.

The quality of the "Butterfly" sewing machine in my memory was very good. Zhang Fangfen used it for many years. Two thousand years later, she still uses it occasionally a few times without any problems.

Huang Daozhou started rummaging through the trash cans outside yesterday at noon to look for chicken intestines, duck intestines, chicken and duck offal and other things. He was obviously preparing to catch turtles again.

I just don’t know why he prepared it so early? Huang Han was worried that the things prepared by Huang Daozhou were too smelly to be used, so he took advantage of his happiness and kindly reminded:

"Dad, why did you start picking up chicken intestines yesterday? This thing will only be used on Thursday night, why are you in such a hurry? The weather is so hot now, if it is rotten by then, it will be useless!"

"I'm not planning to go on Thursday, but I'm leaving on Monday afternoon."

"Huh? The briquette factory doesn't take a break on Mondays and Tuesdays. You work so hard, how do you get there?"

Huang Daozhou blushed and hesitated: "I'm asking for leave."

"Ah? It's winter, let's stir-fry leeks and green onions! Haha... Mom, Mom, did you hear that? The sun has come out in the west, and dad actually asked for leave to play with things! Haha..."

Huang Daozhou's face was red, and he was driven to become angry because of his shame. He said angrily: "Bad boy, are you itchy?"

Zhang Fangfen looked shocked and asked: "Dao Zhou, are you really going to ask for leave to catch turtles?"

Huang Daozhou admitted with a wry smile: "Yes, you took two days off?"

"Take two days off? No salary deduction?"

"It doesn't matter, no one will deduct my salary."

"You can't do this without deducting wages. You have to pay attention to the impact!"

Under repeated questioning by his wife and children, Huang Daozhou felt really uncomfortable, so he had no choice but to confess the whole story.

After going to work on Saturday, Huang Daozhou was bored in the storage room of the briquette factory after reading today's newspaper. He wished the factory director a happy entrance.

Seeing that there was no one else in the office, he said: "Old Huang, you are very low-key! Others brag about their children's grades, but I have never mentioned it to you."

Huang Daozhou was a little confused and said: "Both children are in elementary school, one is in the third grade and the other is in the fifth grade. There is nothing to say."

"Haha, I have met your son. He is so amazing. The story is almost like "The Legend of Yue Fei". The third child of my sister-in-law's family told me that your son's midterm exam score ranked first in the class and second in the grade.

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It turned out that this was the case. At this moment, Huang Daozhou felt comfortable and full of pride. He modestly said: "It's not that good. There are more than a dozen people tied for first and second place!"

"Look at you, you are still so low-key. If my family's grades were as good as this, I would wake up laughing even in my dreams."

"He also gets his head off once in a while, and I don't know if he can keep it up next time."

"Modest, you are too humble. That child is smart, just like a little adult. He will definitely have a great future in the future. Just wait and enjoy the blessings!"

"Everywhere, everywhere, they are all little cleverness, not worth mentioning."

"Oh! I'm here to say thank you today. The pot of crayfish you sent to my house yesterday was so delicious that it almost made me drunk. Thank you!"

"You're welcome, as long as you like it. If I get it in a few days, I'll give you some to drink with."

Huang Daozhou is like this. Although he is proud, if people come to be polite to him, of course he cannot refuse them thousands of miles away.

Originally, he hated being an official, but this is actually a common phenomenon and can be understood as another kind of "class hatred", which is similar to the hatred of the rich.

The factory director who originally wouldn't say a word of nonsense during business meetings now took the initiative to chat with him. Huang Daozhou was not so stupid that he couldn't even say a few nice words.

I wish the factory director a good mood and said: "Haha, my wife was harassed by some colleagues at work yesterday to treat me to a treat, so I temporarily thought of cooking some dishes and having a few drinks at home.

But when I went out to buy pork head meat, I didn't find anyone I knew. The queue at the food company's store was so long that I might not be able to take my turn for an hour. Several people at home were waiting, so how could I have time to wait in line?

So I didn’t even buy meat. In the end, I only had a few vegetables, peanuts, and fried bean paste at home. My wife was originally worried that the lack of vegetables would neglect my colleagues, but who knew you just sent so many crayfish, haha..."

"What a coincidence! Those are all from the finance department of the bureau, and I recognize them. Their drinking capacity is definitely not as good as yours."

"That's right, Xiao Zhang walked while holding on to the wall. Lao Wang was okay, but his tongue was so big that he kept calling me brother. Don't forget to call him when you ask me to eat lobster again one day."

Huang Daozhou was the audience at this time and politely said "Hmm! Hmm!" twice.

"Old Huang, I wanted to ask where you can buy crayfish? I was looking for them on the street before going to work in the morning, but I didn't see any."

"There is no place to sell this thing. You have to go fishing in rivers and ponds. If you are not afraid of being bitten by snakes, you can also just go down to the ditch and catch it."

"Ah? Such trouble! Alas! What a pity, what a pity!"

"What does pity mean?"

"I saw that the crayfish was so delicious, so I thought about inviting Section Chief Li of the Bureau's Finance Department and Director Liu of the office to come over for a drink. If there are no crayfish, where can I get some pig head meat?"

"That's right! How about I go to the countryside to find a way to get a few kilograms, cook them, and send them to your house? But you don't have to hire someone to catch crayfish just because you have them. When are you going to treat them?"

"Tuesday, a comrade came to Sanshui County that day, and we just happened to invite him together."

"Then I may have to take two days of sick leave. Is it enough for me to send two handfuls of cooked crayfish to your house on Tuesday afternoon?"

"Two cups? That's great. I can also call Manager Liu from our company. You must stay and have a cup with me tonight."

"I'm afraid that won't work. I'm taking sick leave. How bad is it for people to see me drinking at your house?"

"It's nothing to ask for leave. Is there any day when no one in our factory asks for leave? If I don't tell you, who would know that you asked for sick leave? And no one is shouting in the streets. We have agreed to go to my house for a drink on Tuesday night. No more excuses about having guests at home.

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"All right!"

"By the way, this is interesting. If you have more contact with the people above, there will only be advantages and no disadvantages."

"Yeah! Yeah! I listen to you."

"Okay, I'm leaving. Just wait. You will definitely see the benefits."

Looking at the leaving figure of Factory Director Zhu, Huang Daozhou was a little confused, "Benefits? I already got the bicycle, I didn't think there would be any more benefits!"
Chapter completed!