The next day, Xiao Hu went to discuss something with his second sister-in-law.

Aunt Ji's daughter has returned from the countryside. She came back to see a doctor.

His daughter was a sent-down youth who married a local villager.

After getting married, she had a daughter, but in the following years she didn't have any more children.

Her mother-in-law and husband both disliked her for not being able to give birth to a son.

The two got into an argument, and her husband beat her badly. This wasn't the first time Aunt Ji's daughter had been beaten.

She asked the brigade for leave, saying she was going back to her parents' home for medical treatment, and that's how she came back.

Aunt Ji's daughter is named Ding Yaqiu. Xiao Hu said that when the girl came back, her face was bruised and swollen; she had been beaten terribly.

Ding Yaqiu wants a divorce, but her husband disagrees.

When Song Yan gave birth, Aunt Ji didn't mention any of this. Xiao Hu didn't mention it either. This is the first time Song Yan has heard about it today.

Aunt Ji said she didn't want her daughter to go back and planned to let her stay as long as possible.

Her daughter didn't want to rely entirely on her parents for support, so she wanted to find some work. That's why Aunt Ji found me and asked me to find her some work in the workshop.

Because Xiaohu's job is temporary; he can work for ten days, half a month, or even a month.

If Aunt Ji were to find a temporary job at a government agency, she would have to ask for favors and do a lot of work for others. In the end, the job wouldn't last long, which would be very unprofitable.

Song Yan: "You can handle this yourself. Do you need to ask me?"

Xiao Hu chuckled. "Second Sister-in-law, didn't I think we should let Aunt Ji feel indebted to us?"

Ding Yaqiu can also carve. However, her skills are not as good as her younger brother's. That's why she went to the countryside back then.

Because with her skills, she couldn't take over from Grandpa Ding.

She's helping Grandpa Ding now; she can't carve the intricate details, but the general outline is alright.

What I heard from Aunt Ji was that carving work isn't something you can just get as much as you want. Ding Yaqiu's work isn't even enough to support herself.

But if I let her pluck the duck feathers, I'd feel a little bad for Aunt Ji, who's helped us so much.

I think if you give them more work recently, this problem will be solved.

Ding Yaqiu definitely won't stay long.

Song Yan didn't care whether plucking duck feathers was allowed or not; anyway, with Aunt Ji and her husband around, her daughter wouldn't starve.

The problem is that the girl hasn't been allowed to return to the city yet. Staying at her parents' home for too long is definitely not an option. Her husband's family will contact the village committee, and the village committee will send a letter to the street office, forcing Ding Yaqiu to return immediately.

Many former educated youth have returned today. In their alley, several families' children have come back.

With the aunt's popularity and connections, getting the girl back shouldn't be difficult, right? Why hasn't she returned yet?

The second thing Xiaohu brought was that he wanted Aunt Ji to help him find a way to register his workshop with the local street office.

This idea is perfectly feasible.

The subdistrict office was responsible for resettling some of the educated youth who returned to the city. But with so many returning, where were all the job opportunities?

If the neighborhood committee provides Xiaohu with favorable conditions, and Xiaohu helps them resettle the educated youth, then this matter is definitely worth discussing.

Moreover, this falls within Aunt Ji's work scope, so she would be more willing to help.

Xiao Hu can do this if he wants, but a contract or agreement must be signed at the beginning of the establishment, and Song Yan must review it.

Previously, Song Yan did not know that Aunt Ji's daughter had returned, but now that he does, he plans to take some things to visit her tomorrow.

Go into the space and see if you can get anything.

Now that the space is getting bigger and bigger, Song Yan himself doesn't even know how many things are planted inside. He just goes to look for whatever he wants to see if it's there.

Song Yan prepared jujubes and goji berries. Although he had never met the girl, he sensed from Xiao Hu that she was having a hard time, so he wanted to give her something nourishing.

When I met Ding Yaqiu, she was fiddling with the stone materials that Song Yan had brought earlier.

She marked the stone, planning what could be made from it and what could be carved.

This was Ding Yaqiu's first meeting with Song Yan, but she already knew who he was.

Song Yan noticed the drawing paper beside her. In Song Yan's understanding, this was the design drawing for the jade carving.

Comparing the image to the jade piece beside him, the design is based on the color variations of the raw jade. Song Yan can easily imagine how beautiful it would be after being carved.

Ding Yaqiu's carving skills are probably just average, but she's good at design.

However, Song Yan was indeed surprised by Ya Qiu's appearance.

Both Grandpa Ding and Grandma Ji have small frames, so it's not surprising that their child is rather thin and small.

But this Miss Ding is too thin. Her eye sockets are sunken.

Aunt Ji knew why Song Yan was surprised. "This is much better than when she came back. Her husband is a real jerk!"

So even going back a day later is good!

I even wanted her to earn money and send it back; maybe then they wouldn't be in such a hurry to send Yaqiu back if it came to the money.

"Mom! Stop talking, I won't agree to this."

You know how greedy my mother-in-law is. If she gets one dollar, she wants two dollars; if she gets two dollars, she wants four dollars.

Even if you gave her all the money, she wouldn't believe you; she'd have to say she kept it all for herself. Ding Yaqiu was thin and small, and the helpless, desolate smile on her face when she spoke was truly pitiful.

After chatting with Aunt Ji, I knew where the problem lay.

Actually, Aunt Ji could have sent the girl back to the city a long time ago. It was her husband's family who wouldn't let go.

Once, the transfer order to the city even reached their village. Ding Yaqiu's mother-in-law went to the village and the commune to cry and make a scene. She said they were heartless and wanted her daughter-in-law to abandon her husband and daughter. If they approved, she would hang herself there.

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