roccoschili Chapter 727 Even more down-to-earth than the eldest sister
Chapter 727 Even more down-to-earth than the eldest sister
Filming back then was different from decades later; the main actors didn't have much money, let alone the supporting actors.
The money I earn is just enough for the people back home to smoke.
"Yuyao, thanks."
Fu Leyi got another role for her gigolo.
Lin Yuyao found it somewhat amusing, but also felt incredibly tired.
Why should two people who are wary of and blame each other, both wearing masks when facing each other, still get together?
Don't you feel uncomfortable?
The person was simply dumped on her. During the pre-filming training, Lin Yuyao arranged for Qu Shaohua to train at the company's new location with the other actors.
Ye Xiaotong has been somewhat distracted at work these past few days, constantly revising her house's floor plan.
Lin Yuyao was speechless. She wouldn't get the house until the second half of the year, and she had already submitted several versions of the renovation.
Lin Yuyao glanced at it and said, "The wallpaper looks nice, but the wallpapering technique is really bad; it'll peel off easily. Since your house is on the first floor, it will be very damp during the humid season."
"Ah? Is that so?"
"Yeah, stop overthinking it."
She didn't even want to complain, but Ye Xiaotong was indeed lacking in experience. The versions she designed were all outdated, barely better than a bare-bones house.
"Go find a few designers this weekend and look at their design examples."
"I don't know anyone here."
Lin Yuyao paused for a moment and said, "Why don't you come with me this weekend? I have to meet a designer this weekend."
"to make."
In those days, there were no systematic decoration companies, and those who did decoration work in the private sector were basically odd jobs.
Ordinary people usually seek help from the local neighborhood committee or get a recommendation from their work unit.
People with renovation experience will register at the local street office, which will then act as a go-between for buyers and sellers.
There's also the introduction of fellow villagers, friends, and neighbors.
Another part consists of state-owned construction companies or some companies' own decoration teams.
Fu Leyi's company has a decoration service department, which is its own decoration team, and it is considered to be one of the more professional ones in the southern part of the city.
With a ready-made renovation team available, Lin Yuyao naturally chose Fu Leyi's renovation team.
When she got off work and went home, she was surprised to see Tang Xiaofen carrying several cardboard boxes.
Before she could even speak, the other person greeted her first.
"Miss Lin."
Lin Yuyao paused for a moment, then walked over to her with a smile and asked, "I heard you successfully got divorced. How are you doing now?"
Tang Xiaofen smiled faintly and said, "It's great. Now I have a stable job and a stable income, which is much better than before."
Lin Yuyao noticed that she seemed to have gained weight; she used to be dark-skinned and thin, like a stick.
“I only work six hours a day. When I have free time, I go out and wander around the surrounding neighborhoods. I can find a lot of recyclables that can be exchanged for money. That’s enough to cover my rent and food for a month.”
Lin Yuyao asked in surprise, "Can you really make this much money selling scrap?"
Tang Xiaofen nodded, "There's a lot of recyclables in the city. If you're diligent and go to a few different places, you can collect quite a lot."
She flattened several cardboard boxes and placed them on a tricycle, saying, "I bought this second-hand tricycle for very little money. I can use it when I'm collecting recyclables, and it's also convenient for me to take my daughter to and from school."
Lin Yuyao smiled and said, "It's fine."
Tang Xiaofen said somewhat embarrassedly, "I didn't study much, so I can't do complicated work. This is all I can do."
Lin Yuyao: "There is no such thing as a job being high or low, as long as you can earn money with your own hands, that's good enough."
"Wait a moment, I have some boxes at home, and some leftover milk powder cans from when the children finished their milk powder. I'll give them to you together."
"Thank you." Knowing that she lived on the fifth floor, I didn't want her to make the trip back and forth.
Tang Xiaofen then said, "I'll go with you to get it."
"Alright."
Lin Yuyao's family has quite a few beverage bottles, milk powder cans, and boxes.
The ones that were almost used up were emptied out and given to Tang Xiaofen; there was a whole bunch of them.
Tang Xiaofen kept thanking her.
Lin Yuyao smiled and said, "No need to be polite. They're all things I don't need anyway. If you take them for me, it'll save me the trouble of throwing them away myself. If you don't mind, come every ten days, around this time, just as I'm getting off work."
"Okay, thank you."
Lin Yuyao had no relation to Tang Xiaofen; she was only willing to help her because of Tang Xiaofen herself.
Her current situation is actually very similar to Fang Qing's; both of them are raising a child alone, working as cleaners, and also collecting recyclables to earn money.
No, it's not the same.
Fang Qing received a subsidy back then, several tens of yuan a month, and if anything unexpected happened, the organization would cover for her.
She also holds Wang Jianjun's certificate of honor, which grants her many privileges.
Taking her son to the military hospital when he was sick didn't actually cost much, but she insisted on seeing a doctor at the clinic downstairs, saying that the military hospital was too far away and inconvenient.
Of course, she didn't spend any money at the clinic; Lu Jiangting paid for everything.
Fang Qing has Wang Jianjun's certificate of honor, while Tang Xiaofen's child's father is in jail. Her situation is much more difficult than Fang Qing's back then.
But they manage to live a good life.
Tang Xiaofen sold her tricycle, which was full of scrap metal, at a nearby scrap yard before picking up her child from school.
Lin Yuyao gave her quite a bit today; she sold it for three yuan.
Three yuan is enough for the mother and daughter to eat for two days.
After putting her daughter to sleep at night, she took a pen and started writing accounts in a notebook.
In the past month, my salary was 100 yuan, but I actually made about 50 yuan selling scrap.
My monthly income is 150.
Although I work as a cleaner, the company offers pretty good benefits.
We often give them rice, cooking oil, and soap.
She is quite frugal, wearing clothes that cost only a few dollars from street vendors. If they get torn, she just mends them. She only has two sets of clothes for each season, enough to keep her from going out.
In this way, she can save a lot of money over the course of a month.
Seeing the patches on her clothes, Sister Zhao couldn't bear to look at her anymore.
"Xiao Fen, didn't you just get paid? Can't you buy yourself some nice clothes?"
Tang Xiaofen looked down at herself. "Aren't my clothes perfectly fine?"
"What's so good about it? Look at this elbow, such a big patch, it's so torn but you still can't bear to throw it away."
Tang Xiaofen said softly, "I only wear this to sweep the floor. I always wear nicer clothes normally."
Sister Zhao: "..."
I wondered if you even had a normal routine.
They either sweep the streets or collect recyclables.
"Besides, didn't the director say that we can't dress up in fancy clothes when we're sweeping the floor?"
This……
Ok.
Seeing her diligence and simplicity, Sister Zhao decided to introduce her to a potential partner.
“There’s a man on my family’s side who’s been divorced for two years. He’s actually a really good person, but he can’t have children. His wife divorced him because of that. You already have a child and don’t think about having any more, so why don’t you consider him?”
Tang Xiaofen looked surprised, then shook her head and said, "Sister Zhao, I don't want to get married again. I'm doing just fine living with my daughter."