The performance of the equipment factory had actually been poor since last year, but it was a state-owned enterprise after all, so it was good enough to last this long. Moreover, Xie Yunshu had long known that the factory director had been caught for corruption and bribery, so she happily took the compensation and left.

But these people are not like her. Not only did the news come suddenly, they also couldn't get any compensation. They had held the iron rice bowl for so many years, but suddenly lost their job. Everyone was panicked and confused about the future.

Xie Yunshu was a little worried about Lin Cuiping. Although this damn girl was sharp-tongued, she was actually very strong-willed. Otherwise, how could she have fought with her all her life? Even boys were afraid of her fierce personality and would avoid her when they saw her. Only Lin Cuiping fought with her for so many years without giving in...

"Her boyfriend still hasn't said anything?"

She could see that Lin Cuiping really liked that man named Feng Qiang, but her love could not overcome reality. At this time, she still did not mention marriage. It would be better to cancel the engagement immediately.

Li Fenlan sighed: "As soon as the woman's work went wrong, the man came to cancel the engagement. This will definitely not sound good to others! The Feng family is just trying to drag it out as much as possible, waiting for Cuiping's family to take the initiative!"

Xie Yunshu didn't say anything else. She thought of the pride and sweetness on Lin Cuiping's face when she talked about Feng Qiang, and she sighed in her heart.

When I went back at night, Xie Mingcheng had already got off work. The skinny boy had muscular lines on his body because of doing physical labor in the fields. He was squatting in front of the faucet in the yard in a vest, washing clothes.

Xie Yunshu saw that his body was sunburned red, and felt distressed: "You should take a rest tomorrow, the weather is too hot."

Xie Mingcheng smiled at her and said, "Sister, you are not tired. The big brothers working in the fields do much harder work than you, and they are reluctant to rest for even a second."

Each trip costs several yuan, and if it rains, they can't work, so these people are reluctant to go out.

Li Fenlan cut a watermelon and said, "You two are making so much money now, can you retire early?"

Xie Yunshu held his chin and sighed: "That won't do. You are the accountant in charge of the accounts in our cafeteria. We can't be missing anyone else. Oh my god!"

Li Fenlan is only in her forties this year. When she was young, she worked in the fields. After she got married, she took care of her husband and children. She has never worked in her life, but at this age, she has found a job that belongs to her.

She really liked the days of collecting money and doing accounts in the cafeteria. She didn't feel tired at all, as if she had found her own value in this job.

When working, work brings people not only money, but also the satisfaction of self-realization.

In the courtyard, magnolia flowers bloomed under the starry night, and mother and son sat on a stool eating watermelon.

Li Taohong stood at the gate of the yard and called out cautiously, "Big Sister."

The smile on Li Fenlan's face suddenly faded: "Why did you come here at this time?"

In addition to Li Taohong, there were also Zhao Baoliang and Fangfang who were hunched over.

She was holding two watermelons in her hands, and her expression looked a little uneasy: "Fangfang is on summer vacation, and she said she wanted to go play with Yunshu."

Fangfang is only in junior high school this year, just fourteen years old, she doesn't know the unpleasantness between adults, she came in and called out sweetly: "Auntie, Sister Yunshu, Brother Mingcheng!"

Li Fenlan's voice softened a bit: "Come in and sit down first."

Xie Yunshu knew that it was her aunt who persuaded her mother to go to Lijia Village, and she did not know in advance that Li Xiuzhi and Cheng Yuxiang wanted to harm her. Although ignorance is not a crime, Li Taohong has always been filial to the Li family.

In fact, Li Taohong persuaded them again and again under the guise of doing good for them. She was naturally annoyed in her heart, but she still remembered the kindness that her aunt had shown them.

As a junior, she couldn't say anything, so she simply let her mother and the sisters solve the problem themselves.

So Xie Yunshu took Fangfang's hand and said, "Let's go in and watch TV."

Zhao Baoliang hunched his back and supported his waist. He looked at Li Fenlan with a pleading look, then followed her into the house in silence.

Xie Mingcheng brought a watermelon to the father and daughter: "Uncle, Fangfang, have some watermelon."

Outside the yard, Li Taohong didn't dare to sit down, so she just stood there: "Big sister, mother went in again..."

Li Fenlan glanced at her calmly and said, "I don't care about family matters. You don't need to tell them again. If they want to make trouble, let them come."

Mingcheng has finished the college entrance examination and is waiting to receive the admission letter to go to school. Qinglian already knows about this little thing at home, so she doesn't think there is anything to worry about.

She used to have a strong sense of family affection in her heart. Filial piety can overwhelm people, but people are not immune to resistance.

Li Taohong's eyes were sore: "Big sister, I really don't know about that. If I knew that mother was going to treat Yunshu like this, I would never persuade you to go back even if I beat you to death."

In the Li family, which is extremely patriarchal, sisters Li Fenlan and Li Taohong grew up together, but now they are estranged because of the Li family's affairs...

Li Fenlan lowered her eyelids: "The affairs of the Li family have nothing to do with you in the future. When they die, they go back and burn some paper as a way to repay their kindness in raising them. You should be a filial daughter and don't drag them into this."

After decades of being sisters, this was the first time that Li Taohong heard Li Fenlan speak so coldly.

Her tears finally fell: "Big sister!"

Inside the room, Zhao Baoliang couldn't help but straighten his hunched back. He didn't eat a single bite of the watermelon in his hand, but kept paying attention to the movements outside. Xie Yunshu was sitting nearby watching TV, pretending not to hear anything.

Outside, Li Fenlan's eyes were red, and she turned her face away: "Go back, I don't blame you, but don't tell me about what happened over there later."

Li Taohong covered her face, her body trembling slightly, tears falling from her fingers: "Sister, you are resentful..."

It would be better to scold her than to treat her coldly like this.

Li Fenlan didn't say anything. The only sounds in the yard were the chirping of insects and suppressed sobbing. After an unknown amount of time, the sounds gradually faded away.

Li Fenlan put a piece of watermelon in front of Li Taohong and said softly, "It's been soaked in water for a long time, so it's sweet."

In an instant, through time and space.

Li Taohong seemed to have seen that when she and her sisters came back from working in the fields, sweating all over, but when they got home, their parents coaxed Li Dayong to eat watermelon. At that time, she was too old to control her mouth, so she begged to try it.

But he was kicked in the heart by Li Shenggen: "You are a money-loser and you want to eat watermelon? You don't even deserve to feed the watermelon rind to pigs!"

The kick was very severe and she couldn't sleep in the middle of the night because of the pain. Her elder sister carried her to the clinic, where she knelt down and begged the barefoot doctor to apply medicine for her. When she came back, she stole a watermelon from the kitchen and gave it to her.

It was also under this moonlight that the two sisters shared the meal, one bite at a time.

That kick hurt so much that it almost killed her, but the watermelon was also so sweet that she forgot the scar.

But how can I forget the pain!