Upon receiving the news, Captain Huang of the Dongfeng Brigade rushed to a house and knocked on the door.
The door creaked open, revealing a middle-aged woman with a weathered face and an unyielding sorrow in her eyes.
Upon seeing Captain Huang, most of his sorrow dissipated, and a hint of joy appeared on his face.
“Hey, folks, I’m letting you know you passed the exam. The food factory wants you to start work in a couple of days.”
Cai Shuzhen covered her mouth with joy, her eyes instantly filling with tears.
"Captain, thank you, that's great, that's great."
Captain Huang knew how she felt, and sighed, saying, "It'll be alright in a while. Don't cry anymore. Go inside now, I need to hurry and notify the others."
After finishing his sentence, Captain Huang quickly turned and left, unable to resist the woman's tears.
Besides, quite a few people from their brigade passed the food factory interview this time, and he still has to notify them one by one.
Although the job was quite troublesome, Captain Huang did it with great pleasure.
Like a harbinger of good news, it knocked on doors to notify every household in the brigade.
This is great news; everyone who hears it is overjoyed.
Old Huang likes to bring good news to people.
Back home, he remarked with emotion, "The food factory has truly benefited us all."
After Cai Shufen announced that she had been accepted by the food factory, the whole family in Huang Xianmin's family was overjoyed.
While happy, Huang Xianmin also felt guilty: "The road to the food factory is not short, so you'll have to work hard from now on."
If he hadn't lost a leg in an accident years ago, he would be the one supporting the family now.
Knowing her husband's feelings, Cai Shufen patted his hand and said, "We're all family. You've done your part at home, haven't you?"
Their three children also comforted their father, saying, "Yes, Dad, you're very useful too."
The eldest daughter, Huang Chunlin, said with anticipation, "In the future, we will earn money by picking fruit in the brigade, Dad will work at home, and Mom will go to work in the food factory. Our family will get better and better in the future."
Hearing her words, Huang Xianmin and his wife were all smiles.
"Yes, we will have a good life in the future."
In fact, their family's life had improved since the brigade started delivering fruit to the food factory.
With the money they earned from selling fruit, their family no longer went hungry.
However, Huang Xianmin still suffers from the aftereffects of his injuries and needs to take medication from time to time to relieve them.
They certainly don't have enough money to buy medicine.
In addition, there are two children in school. If the children go to junior high or high school and need to go to the county town, that will require an additional amount of money.
The eldest daughter, Huang Chunlin, originally had excellent grades, but her family was too poor in those years, so she stopped studying after finishing elementary school.
Now that Mom has a job, what makes her happiest is that "my younger brother and sister can all go to school in the county town."
Her younger brother and sister are twins, and thanks to their mother's income, they are both able to attend junior high school.
The people Cai Shuzhen and her husband felt most sorry for were their eldest daughter.
"Chunlin, your parents have wronged you all these years."
Seeing the joy on her face when she talked about going to school broke the hearts of her parents.
If it weren't for the family being too poor, the father being unable to work, and the children feeling sorry for their mother supporting the family alone.
She wouldn't give up her studies so early.
Now, every household in the brigade has a higher income, and many children have been sent to junior high school in the county town.
Only Huang Chunlin was left behind because of his family situation.
Huang Chunlin comforted his parents: "I know you've worked very hard, but there's nothing we can do about it. We have to look forward, things will get better in the future."
With the mother's income and the dividends distributed by the brigade, the children could go to school and the father could afford medicine.
Huang Chunlin puts his family first.
She was happy thinking that her family would be happy in the future.
As for the regret of not being able to go to school, she thought, perhaps this is her fate.
In the brigade, there were other children like her who couldn't go to school.
At least her parents loved her and never beat or scolded her.
She grew up happily and didn't harbor much resentment.
The younger siblings were chattering about going to school, but they only remembered when they heard their parents and older sister talking.
My older sister originally had excellent grades, but she gave up going to school for the sake of the family.
The two of them each grabbed one of Huang Chunlin's hands, saying, "Sister, we'll come back and teach you when we get to junior high school."
Since my older sister couldn't go to school, they told her everything the teacher taught.
Huang Chunlin patted their heads: "Okay, then you must listen carefully and tell me about it when you get home."
Children from poor families mature early, and these two children, though young, are already quite sensible.
They cherish the opportunity to attend school and always study very diligently.
Because at that time they always thought they would be like their sister.
He stopped studying after finishing elementary school.
Now that they suddenly have the opportunity to go to junior high school, Huang Chunlin is worried that they will become arrogant.
The two children earnestly promised their older sister that they would study hard in junior high school so they could teach their sister when they got home.
The three of them huddled together with smiles, and Huang Xianmin and Cai Shuzhen felt very gratified.
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Their family may not have money, but they have a lot of love.
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At the food factory, the latest batch of employees will soon be on the job.
They need to undergo three days of training and supervision before being assigned to different positions.
Zhang Bing was in charge of overall planning. First, he processed their onboarding, and then he scattered them to different workshops for rotation.
Training on the job is the fastest way to see results.
Cai Shuzhen and the other selected members of the brigade followed Captain Huang to Lianhua Brigade.
Then I saw what people often call a food factory.
Thanks to this food factory, their brigade has been living a good life today.
But she had never actually been here before.
The Dongfeng Brigade is not close to here, and the roads are all mountainous and difficult to travel.
Because there were no able-bodied men in her family, she had to support the family by herself, and she couldn't spare any time for the production team.
Now that I'm out here, I realize how big a food factory is.
The roads inside are paved, flat, dust-free, and very clean.
The area was so spacious that it was comparable to half of their brigade.
If it weren't for Zhang, the educated youth, leading the way, Cai Shuzhen felt she would have gotten lost.
Captain Huang dropped them off and left. When it came time to write their employment forms, Cai Shuzhen panicked.
She can't write, what should we do?
Just then, a little girl asked her, "Auntie, do you not know how to write? Let me help you write."
Cai Shuzhen was as grateful as if she had grasped a lifeline: "That's great, you can help your aunt write it."
Then she gave her name, age, and address.
The little girl lowered her head to help her write, and her posture with the pen looked very skilled.
Cai Shuzhen stared blankly, her mind filled with thoughts of Huang Chunlin.
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