Ever since Hongying was born, she has been drinking the milk powder distributed by the street office. Wang Yan's milk had disappeared long ago, and she had no milk to feed the child.
Although Wang Yan felt sorry for Zhou Ni, she couldn't help much. She had to go to work every day and Chu Yan was the one taking care of the children at home. Aunt Gao and Zhou Ni didn't dare to disturb Chu Yan if anything happened.
However, there were crying sounds coming from their house every day. These were the noises coming from when they were doing things. Chu Yan was afraid of scaring his daughter, so he carried her outside every day and never came home all day long.
Zhou Nier felt sad and wanted to complain to Wang Yan, but Wang Yan went to work every day, and Chu Yan was also at home when she came home from get off work at night. She didn't dare to go over, and she was about to go crazy.
When Gao Ming was buried, the conflict between Zhou Ni and Aunt Gao broke out completely.
Zhou Nier wanted that job to earn money. First, she could earn money to support her son. Second, she didn't have to look at Aunt Gao's face at home every day. Third, she envied workers like Wang Yan and insisted on asking Aunt Gao for that job.
Aunt Gao, however, felt that Zhou Ni'er had killed her son and that she was a jinx. She would never give the quota to Zhou Ni'er. The two of them even had a fierce fight over this, and even the women's director of the street office came to mediate.
The neighborhood office felt that Zhou Nier’s consideration was indeed reasonable. After all, there were several people in the family, so they must have some income, and it was impossible for two adults to just sit at home doing nothing. That was impossible.
I advised Aunt Gao to let Zhou Nier go to work.
Only then did I realize that Aunt Gao was worried that Zhou Nier would get a job and remarry, taking her child and job with her, and then her family would be left with nothing.
When the director of the women's department heard this, she felt that what Aunt Gao said made sense. The job belonged to the Gao family, and this kind of thing did happen.
Finally, under the mediation of the women's director, the job was given to Zhou Nier. However, they also signed an agreement at the factory that as long as Gao Nier wanted to remarry, the job must be returned to Gao Yang.
If Zhou Nier does not remarry, this job quota must be returned to Gao Yang when he turns 18.
This was a win-win solution, and in the end both of them were satisfied.
This matter has been a big deal for half a month, and finally it has come to an end.
After hearing that the problem was solved, the villagers still felt a little unsatisfied.
Yes, I don’t know how the news was reported back, but the villagers knew the latest developments every day. Not only did they know the content of their conversations, they even knew the name of the women’s director who went to mediate.
What's more, what they say is so vivid and convincing, just like a real story.
Tian Tian was sitting at home listening to what Chen Guihua was broadcasting back, and she began to wonder if they were crawling under someone else's kang to listen.
When the matter was over, everyone started to talk about others behind their backs.
Before Gao Ming died, everyone was talking about how Zhou Ni had a bad life. She had finally married a city man and gave birth to a big fat boy. She was sure that she would enjoy a happy life in the future, but the man in her family died, so there was no hope for her in the future.
Now that they know Zhou Ni'er has become a worker in the city, everyone's attitude has changed and they start to say that Zhou Ni'er is lucky.
Of course, these words were said in private, and in front of the person, they would still express their praise.
These things have nothing to do with Tian Tian. She has heard them and will not express any opinions on the matter, nor will she make any comments about their people.
Because there is something more important to Tian Tian. It is already August and she is about to go to school.
Before going to school, she decided to catch more cicadas and exchange them for money from Li Jiuniang.
So in the month before school started, she basically spent every day in the river catching crickets to exchange for money with Li Jiuniang.
Although the money earned from cicadas is not as much as that from toads, it is still not a small amount per pound, and Tian Tian is very satisfied with this.
Today is Tian Tian’s last time to go to the river to pick crickets. After today, she has to pack her things to take to school. There are also some things she doesn’t have at home, so she has to go buy them.
Tian Tian carried the last cicada to the back of the firewood pile and waited for Li Jiuniang. After Li Jiuniang came over, Tian Tian handed the cicada to him and said, "I will go to school in a few days, so I can't help you catch cicadas anymore."
Li Jiuniang took the cricket and nodded. She had known for a long time that Tian Tian was going to school. "Then I'll calculate today's money for you. It may not be accurate, but I'll give you an estimate."
Tian Tian had no objection to this. She caught very few crickets today, only about two or three pounds, and could only earn one or two yuan.
Li Jiuniang directly took out five yuan and handed it to Tian Tian, in addition to a pound of food coupons.
"If your previous food coupons are about to expire, you can exchange them with me for the most recent ones when you come back from vacation," said Li Jiuniang.
The food coupons she gave to Tian Tian were all exchanged with the system. Even if they were expired, they could be directly recycled in the system, so there would be no loss to her.
Tian Tian didn’t know that Li Jiuniang had a system. She just thought that Li Jiuniang had connections, so she didn’t say much and agreed.
"By the way, aren't you going to school? I have prepared a gift for you." Li Jiuniang took out a long box from his pocket, opened it and showed it to Li Jiuniang. There was a pen inside.
"Give it to me?" Tian Tian took the pen with some surprise, and then she realized it was a Hero brand pen, which was considered a luxury among pens and was very expensive. "I can't take it, it's too expensive."
Tian Tian closed the box and handed it back.
She actually has a pen at home, but it's not a brand, it's just the cheapest one sold in the supply and marketing cooperative. However, the original owner took good care of it, and now, although the pen looks a little old, it's still a very useful pen.
"You take it!" Li Jiuniang pushed Tian Tian's hand back. "It's a happy thing for a girl to go to school."
This Hero brand fountain pen was also exchanged by Li Jiuniang in the points mall. The points required were not low, but Tian Tian had earned a lot of points during this period of time, so buying this fountain pen was a piece of cake.
"Besides, aren't we friends?" Li Jiuniang winked at Tian Tian playfully.
It was the first time that Tian Tian saw Li Jiuniang so playful, and she couldn't help but smile. She thought that Tian Tian and Li Jiuniang would hang out almost every day, and they could indeed be considered friends. Sometimes when they met outside, they would greet each other without hesitation.
"Then I won't be polite. Don't worry, I will study hard with this pen." Tian Tian smiled and took back the pen. "Thank you, I like it very much."
This Hero brand fountain pen feels different from the original owner's pen when you hold it in your hand. It's heavy and cool, beautifully made, and black. Tian Tian likes it very much.
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