Huang Jianguo's concerns were not unfounded. In fact, as early as the beginning of this year, when Huang Qinqin finished high school, the street office had already visited the Huang family to ask which child they wanted to sign up for the rural educated youth program.
However, the trip to the countryside was scheduled for July of this year, but the Huang family declined to submit the list, citing that the arrangements had not yet been finalized.
The original plan was for the two brothers, Huang Jianguo and Huang Jianjun, to discuss and decide which one of them would go to the countryside.
But who could have predicted that Huang Qinqin would successfully obtain two jobs on her own and then unhesitatingly transfer these two valuable opportunities to them?
Although Huang Qinqin said it was because working in the factory was too hard and she couldn't endure it, everyone in the Huang family knew that Huang Qinqin just didn't want them to go to the countryside, which is why she gave them jobs one after another.
Huang Qinqin and Huang Jianjun listened to Huang Jianguo's words to Chen Zhaodi, keeping their heads down and not daring to utter a sound, trying to minimize their presence.
Chen Zhaodi agreed with Huang Jianguo's words and waved her hand, saying, "Alright, everyone, go back to your rooms and rest. We'll be getting ready to start work soon."
After saying this, Chen Zhaodi turned and walked towards her room, with Huang Ermin following her. This left Huang Qinqin and Huang Jianjun looking relieved.
They exchanged a glance, both letting out a sigh of relief. Huang Jianguo, however, acted as if nothing had happened; at least, his face remained expressionless.
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After Huang Ermin and Chen Zhaodi returned to their room, Chen Zhaodi lay on the kang (a heated brick bed) tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, feeling that something was not quite right.
But she couldn't quite put her finger on what the problem was. Just as she was feeling frustrated, she suddenly seemed to remember something, sat up abruptly, and slapped her thigh hard!
"Ouch!" The sudden slap made Huang Ermin, who was fast asleep, yell loudly, the sound echoing throughout the room.
Chen Zhaodi was clearly not prepared for Huang Ermin's sudden shout and was quite frightened by it. She couldn't help but scold him angrily, "Are you trying to kill me?! Why did you suddenly shout so loudly?! You're trying to scare me to death!"
After saying that, he gently touched his chest, trying to calm his heart, which was pounding wildly from fright.
Huang Ermin grimaced in pain, rubbing his thighs incessantly with both hands, muttering, "Ouch, I haven't even asked you yet, why did you suddenly slap my thigh? And with such force!"
As he rubbed her, he stole glances at Chen Zhaodi, thinking to himself, "This woman is really ruthless."
Hearing Huang Ermin's complaints, Chen Zhaodi finally came to her senses and said somewhat embarrassedly, "No wonder it didn't hurt when you hit me so loudly, haha."
Then she realized what was happening, gently nudged Huang Ermin, and said, "Honey, do you think I was just fooled by the eldest brother? Is there any conflict between finding a job for Qinqin and him looking for someone?"
Didn't we just agree a few days ago that if I hadn't found or bought a suitable job before the application deadline, I would give my job to Qinqin?!
As he spoke, he patted the pillow on the kang (a heated brick bed).
Seeing her excited expression, Huang Ermin quietly shifted his position, afraid of being accidentally hurt by Chen Zhaodi again.
Then she whispered, "Keep your voice down, our daughter is still sleeping in the next room. Besides, you know our eldest son, if he doesn't want to go on the blind date, you can't just force him to go, can you?"
Seeing that Chen Zhaodi's expression was getting worse, Huang Ermin continued, "Think about it, now everyone in our family except our daughter is a worker, and our two sons won't have trouble finding partners."
Moreover, many of the people rushing to find partners these days are those who don't want to move to the countryside and are eager to get married and stay in the city. If my eldest son liked someone and wanted to get married quickly, I would be happy, but it seems he doesn't have any particular ideas.
It's unclear whether Chen Zhaodi listened or not, but her expression wasn't as bad as before.
He threw down the words, "Do whatever you want, my son is a debt collector!" and then lay down with his back to Huang Ermin, closed his eyes, and went to sleep.
Seeing that Chen Zhaodi was no longer troubled, Huang Ermin quickly lay down to take a nap. The lunch break was only a short time, and if he didn't sleep, he wouldn't have the energy to go to work in the afternoon.
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Huang Qinqin stretched, yawned widely, and then slowly sat up. She looked a little dazed from just waking up, her eyes listless, and it took her a while to come to her senses.
Huang Qinqin walked out of the room. The house was quiet. Everyone else had gone to work, and she didn't know where her second brother, Huang Jianjun, had gone.
She looked up outside and figured it was still early, so she decided to go out and wander around the vicinity of the supply and marketing cooperative, hoping to try her luck and see if there was anything good there.
Huang Qinqin went back to her room, took the small handbag that Chen Zhaodi had made for her, locked the door, and prepared to leave.
Aunt Li, who was sitting by the door chatting with someone, greeted Huang Qinqin warmly when she saw her come out: "Qin'er, going out?"
Huang Qinqin nodded and replied, "Good afternoon, Aunt Li. I'm a little bored at home, so I'm going out for a stroll."
Before Aunt Li could speak, Aunt Wang, who was chatting with her, sneered and said in a sarcastic tone, "Some people have nice-sounding names, but they're incredibly lazy and do absolutely nothing at home."
He even said he was bored and went out for a walk. People who didn't know him would think he was a father, not a daughter!
Seeing that things were not going well, Aunt Li quickly stood up and said to Huang Qinqin, "Qin'er, if you want to go out, you should go out quickly, otherwise it will be late soon."
Then she leaned close to Huang Qinqin's ear and whispered, "Don't take it personally. She's just jealous that your second brother got into the steel factory, and that's why she's upset."
"Ignore her, just pretend you didn't hear it." He patted Huang Qinqin's hand again.
Seeing that it was indeed getting late, Huang Qinqin didn't bother arguing with Aunt Wang and said to Aunt Li, "Okay, I'll go out now. Goodbye, Aunt Li."
Supply and Marketing Cooperative
Huang Qinqin wandered aimlessly around the supply and marketing cooperative. She didn't actually want to buy anything; she just wanted to try her luck and see if there were any defective fabrics for sale.
After all, you need coupons to buy things nowadays. If you don't have cloth coupons, you can't buy cloth even if you have money.
Defective fabric is different; it doesn't require cloth coupons. However, it's usually consumed by employees within the supply and marketing cooperative or by inviting relatives and friends to buy it.
Thinking of this, Huang Qinqin couldn't help but slap her forehead: That's right, flawed fabrics are usually not displayed for sale, it would be a miracle if she could buy one by just wandering around like this.
Then Huang Qinqin looked at the fabric counter. There weren't many people there, so she decided to go over and ask the salesperson.
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