"I have to thank you, Auntie. With these things from you, your sister Banxia's life will be much better." Auntie Chen patted Jianshu's hand and said gratefully.

Jianshu really didn't know that these things were prepared for Chen Banxia. She originally thought they were for her own use.

"Auntie, most of the things here are men's. Sister Banxia doesn't need them, right? Could it be that she is looking for a partner there, and these are bought for her?" Jianshu asked in confusion.

That shouldn't be possible. I hadn't heard anything about it a few days ago. It shouldn't be happening so quickly in just a few days.

"How can that be? I was thinking of letting her go back to the city. It's absolutely impossible for her to date or get married there." Aunt Chen shook her head repeatedly, her face full of rejection.

It can be seen that if Chen Banxia really had a boyfriend over there, Aunt Chen would have to take a car over immediately to break up the couple.

However, Jianshu also understood her thoughts. If it were her, she would make the same choice.

It's not about looking down on each other or anything like that; it's just that if it's not suitable, it's not suitable. Reality is not fiction; differences in environment and habits can lead to disagreements in many areas. Adapting to each other and getting along isn't easy, and there will definitely be many setbacks.

Every parent would not want their children to ignore the smooth road and instead take a bumpy road that may not have an end.

Being well matched is not a derogatory term.

"These things aren't for her to use. They're for her to exchange for things. In the countryside, these things are much more practical than money. Villagers don't have many tickets, and money can't buy anything, so these things are more practical. Besides, they were bought in Shanghai, which makes them even rarer."

Jianshu listened to her explanation and felt that it was full of a mother's good intentions.

"With these things, Sister Banxia will definitely live well over there, and you can rest assured." Jianshu could only comfort her in this way.

"How can I feel at ease? We're so far apart. Apart from two letters a month telling me she's safe, I have no contact with her. I don't know if anyone is taking care of her when she's tired or sick. She's never done farm work, so I don't know if the work points she earns can support herself or if she's hungry..."

Aunt Chen kept talking about her worries, and Jianshu listened quietly without saying a word.

She knew that Aunt Chen didn't need her to say some feeble words of comfort. She was just feeling very depressed and wanted to find someone to talk to. After all, telling anyone in the family would do nothing except make them worry too.

Raising a child for a hundred years means worrying about him until he is ninety-nine.

While your parents are still alive, do not travel far away, and if you do travel, have a plan.

Listening to Aunt Chen's motherly love, Jian Shu felt a little sad. If only her parents were still alive...

"Auntie, Sister Banxia has been gone for almost three years. Hasn't she ever had a home visit leave? She can also come back to visit during the busy farming season and the Chinese New Year." Jianshu changed the subject.

"Well, I asked her, and she said that their team leader would not approve their leave, saying that they were too far away. It would take half a month to go back and forth, which would delay their work." Speaking of this topic, Aunt Chen sighed again.

Jianshu just felt that she sighed more today than in a normal month.

"I asked you to help buy these things this time because I wanted to use them to build good relationships with people and see if I can get a home visit leave approved by the end of this year. It doesn't matter if the time is short. At least she can come back and let us see her to see whether she has gained weight or lost weight, so we can feel at ease." It has been several years, and she hasn't even seen her shadow. How can she feel at ease?

It was a remote place, there was no photo studio in the commune, and the county was far away, so it was impossible for her to take a photo and bring it back.

"Is this enough? If not, I have some more. Bring them to you and send them to Sister Banxia."

"No need, you keep it for yourself. These are enough. Any more won't be good." Aunt Chen refused.

If it works, these are more than enough. If it doesn't work, no matter how much more you have, it will be useless and will only benefit others.

"It's not a good idea to keep going like this, Auntie. You still have to find a way to get Sister Banxia back to the city. Even if the work is hard and tiring, it doesn't matter. Just come back first and we can change jobs later if there's a chance."

There were two main ways for educated youth to return to the city: one was to retire due to illness, for example, if they became seriously ill while in the countryside, they could return. Many exploited this by creating false certificates, but this risked detection. More ruthless individuals would actually become seriously ill, such as by breaking their legs. While this allowed them to return to the city, they also became disabled. One wonders if they would regret it many years later.

Another method is normal job transfer. What was the reason for the educated youth to go to the countryside? Isn't it because the urban population is too large and there are not enough jobs to support them, so they can only go to the countryside to work and support themselves.

If I had a job and could support myself, it would be easy to return to the city.

However, although this method is good, it is not that easy. After all, if jobs were so easy to find, why would so many people go to the countryside?

There is one job for each person, and there will be no changes except for the addition of new positions.

Therefore, in order to allow their children to return to the city, many parents choose to retire and give their jobs to their children.

As for being recommended to attend the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University or to join the army, Jianshu has never considered it at all. It is simply impossible.

"I thought so too, but it's hard to find a job now. The only jobs I can find are temporary ones. It's impossible to get a job without a regular one. I even considered working at the slaughterhouse, but it didn't work out. In recent years, the major factories haven't recruited openly. Occasionally, there are one or two positions, but they have already been taken internally, so it's never our turn." Aunt Chen sighed again.

It's not that she hasn't thought about spending money to buy it, but no one is stupid. Even if it's only twenty yuan a month, it will be two or three hundred yuan a year. Over ten or twenty years, it will be a huge sum.

Not to mention, this job is a stable one that can be passed down from generation to generation. Only a fool would sell it if something happened at home.

And how many people in a year are forced to sell their jobs because of a real family crisis? Plus, these kinds of things are hard to make public, so they never get out. People always turn to acquaintances to find a solution.

By the time they heard the news, it was too late.

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