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Chapter 1555 Good Luck Continues (45)
It's normal to notice something amiss with Song Qin, because during her arrest and interrogation, and even her previous theft of supplies, everything seemed strange and unlike anything a normal person could do. Naturally, people noticed something was off about Song Qin.

Seeing that there seemed to be a force beyond nature in this world, the higher-ups were naturally surprised. As a result, more people were placed guarding Song Qin, and more people were investigating her. It was obviously impossible for Song Qin to escape.

As long as Song Qin can't escape, Linlang is relieved. After all, even if Song Qin has superpowers, the authorities won't kill her in the end, but they won't relax their control over her either. Song Qin has committed too many crimes in the past, and it's already good that the authorities spared her life. How could they possibly let her out and live freely?

As long as she doesn't come out and harm people again, that's fine. So Linlang just sent people to monitor her situation and withdrew the people who were preventing her from escaping.

After that, Linlang married a man she had observed for a long time, someone with good character, so that Li's mother wouldn't worry about her not being married yet.

On the Li family's side, Grandpa Li lived for more than ten years, just like in the original world. Even if he was in a bad mood and didn't live for more than ten years in the original world, Linlang would still make sure he lived for as many years as in the original world. After all, how could the Li family suffer less from the hardships that Li's mother endured in the original world?

During this time, the fact that the person taking care of Grandpa Li was hired by Grandpa Li himself was not kept secret and reached the ears of the third branch of the family. The third branch of the family then made a fuss, demanding that the second branch of the family return half of the pension that Grandpa Li had spent each month to the third branch of the family, and that the second branch of the family be forbidden from using Grandpa Li's pension money thereafter.

As previously agreed, Li Zhiguo and the others said that since the third branch of the family valued Grandpa Li's pension so much, they would give Grandpa Li to them and they would take care of Grandma Li.

Of course, if Grandpa Li gives it to them, they are not allowed to use Grandpa Li's retirement pension, otherwise they will make a fuss.

Sure enough, after these words were spoken, the third branch of the family fell silent. It was estimated that after discussing it at home, Aunt Li and the others must have persuaded Uncle Li, saying that if Grandpa Li were brought over, the third branch would not be able to take care of him, unlike Grandma Li, who could be easily taken care of by Aunt Li. If Grandpa Li were brought over, it would be inconvenient for her, as a daughter-in-law, to take care of her father-in-law. In that case, they might really have to hire someone to take care of him, just like the second branch. And the second branch wouldn't allow them to use their retirement savings to take care of him. In that case, it would be too much of a loss for them to bring him over.

Even if they use their retirement savings to hire someone to take care of him, his family can't manage it because the place is small to begin with. So it's not worthwhile to switch Grandpa Li with them.

After a final argument among the three families, Grandpa Li was ultimately taken in by the second family, and the third family stopped making a fuss.

The second wife was frustrated because she couldn't get rid of Grandpa Li, who was a hot potato. Ding Ping, on the other hand, breathed a sigh of relief. After all, if Grandma Li had been replaced, she wouldn't have a reason not to take care of her. After all, the third wife was being taken care of by her daughter-in-law, Aunt Li.

Ding Ping certainly wouldn't compromise herself to take care of him, but she would definitely have no choice but to divorce Li's father and run away. Otherwise, if she stayed in the Li family, it would be difficult to escape this responsibility.

But if that were the case, her losses would be enormous. You see, she's different from Li's mother. She doesn't work and used to live with her sons, relying on them for food and drink. Now that she's married to Li's father, she lives off him. She can also earn some extra money by recommending relatives to take care of Grandpa Li. In addition, she occasionally asks Li's father for money, and he's afraid she'll run away, so he doesn't dare refuse. Therefore, as long as she doesn't have to take care of the paralyzed man, living in the Li family still brings her many benefits, so naturally she doesn't want to leave.

Soon after, the reform and opening up policy arrived, and young people were no longer required to go to the countryside. However, the efficiency of state-owned factories declined, leading many factories to lay off temporary workers in order to reduce costs and increase efficiency. For example, Li Qiuyun's husband was laid off. At that time, she already had four children, but she hadn't had any more after the one-child policy was implemented. Even so, with her husband unemployed, her salary alone was definitely not enough to support four children and two adults. Even if she occasionally asked her father for money, as she had done before, it still wasn't enough.

So she told Cao Li to go out and find a job, but Cao Li, who was used to slacking off in the state-owned factory, was unwilling to work hard in a private company. He just stayed at home, saying that he was married into the family and why he couldn't work. Li Qiuyun was furious, but she couldn't do anything about it.

By this time, Li's father had already retired.

Although he receives a pension, it is certainly less than when he was working, only about 70% of his previous salary. In other words, Mr. Li now only has an income of fifty or sixty yuan.

In the past, someone with his skills would have a lot of factory workers' children wanting to learn from him even after retirement, so they could get jobs and earn extra income in retirement, not much different from when they were working.

But now that things have changed, many people have gone into business and made a lot of money. Who would still want to learn such a hard job as a fitter from Li's father?

Of course, the main reason is that the profits of various state-owned factories have declined, and many have even gone bankrupt. As a result, people are no longer as desperate as before to learn skills and become factory workers. Now, people prefer to go south to seek their fortune and make a lot of money. So after Grandpa Li retired, he only had his pension income and no other extra income.

Fifty or sixty yuan was not considered a very high income in the 1980s after the reform and opening up. Some people went to the south to seek their fortune or became self-employed and made a fortune. After all, this was an era when there were people with ten thousand yuan. Some people made a lot of money, which led to a rapid rise in the price level at that time.

The pension is not much in society; on the contrary, prices are rising rapidly. The good life that the Li family used to live on, which relied on Li's father's high salary, is obviously getting worse and worse.

Similarly, Li Zhiguo's food station is no longer popular. Now there are plenty of private small shops, and no one will ask him to provide supplies anymore.

Not only were they no longer in demand, but Li Zhiguo and Li Qiuyun also had to worry about their workplace going bankrupt, since many state-owned factories closed down year after year.

After those factories closed down, those with connections might be able to transfer to other factories, but those without connections could only be given a one-time resettlement and then had to find their own way to make a living.

The times impact every family, including the Li family. If they keep up with the pace of development, things are better; if they don't, problems naturally arise.

The Li family, on the other hand, was clearly out of touch with the times. They were used to being idle in the state-owned factory and couldn't leave their comfort zone. They were also afraid of the outside world and dared not venture out. So, although they envied others for making a lot of money, they stayed in the precarious state-owned factory, just getting by day by day.