Chapter 177
Chen Guifeng went to Ye Fuyue's room, took a look, and said, "Is she gone?"
"Um."
"What did she say to you?" Chen Guifeng asked.
Ye Fuyue did not hide it and said, "She wants me or Shen Yao to arrange a job for her."
Chen Guifeng rolled her eyes speechlessly. "She's from the city herself, and she knows how hard it is to find a job these days. How dare she ask you and Shen Yao to arrange a job for her? How could she even ask!"
Chen Guifeng was speechless and angry, and walked away shaking her head.
That night, after work, Chen Kang did not go home, but went to the guesthouse to find Zhu Qiaoting.
The two of them went to a state-owned restaurant and ordered a bowl of shredded chicken noodles and a stir-fried dish.
After eating and drinking her fill, Zhu Qiaoting rubbed the edge of the bowl with her hands and said, "I went to your house today, but your mother still didn't like me. I wanted to talk to her about our marriage, but she didn't want to talk to me. So I talked to Fu Yue and wanted her or your brother to arrange a job for me here."
Shen Kang had heard about this matter from his mother at noon. Of course, his mother said it in a sarcastic tone.
"It's so hard to find a job now. My brother doesn't have the ability. Factory No. 1 hasn't recruited for a long time. Fu Yue is even less capable. She even lost her job at the furniture factory." Shen Kang said.
Zhu Qiaoting lowered her eyes. "What about our marriage? I was thinking that if your family could arrange a job for me here, you'd have less pressure after we get married."
Chen Kang put down his chopsticks and said solemnly, "I've thought about this matter carefully over the past two days. I've been working in the countryside and have just taken over my mother's job. I don't have much money. Even if we get married, we'll still be living in poverty. I'm thinking, Qiaoting, can you wait for me for half a year? During this time, I'll save some money. When the time comes, whether my mother agrees or not, I'll marry you and we'll move out and live on our own."
Last night, Shen Kang tossed and turned, thinking about Shen Yao's words.
Now Chen Guifeng doesn't agree to their marriage. Even if he marries Zhu Qiaoting despite her opposition, he has no money, and Zhu Qiaoting has no money either, so he can't move out and can only live at home. His mother doesn't like Zhu Qiaoting so much, and she will inevitably be angry with her, and Zhu Qiaoting's life will not be easy. He also doesn't want his mother and Shen Yao to help him too much.
Instead of this, it would be better to postpone the marriage. Once he has money, he and Zhu Qiaoting can make their own decisions.
"Wait for you for half...a year?" Zhu Qiaoting said with difficulty.
Shen Kang nodded heavily. "My mom now asks me to pay seven yuan for household expenses every month, and my brother pays ten yuan a month. My mom helps them take care of the kids, and they give her an extra seven yuan, which means they give her seventeen yuan a month. After I pay the monthly household expenses, I can save ten yuan. In six months, I'll have sixty yuan. This money should be enough for us to move out and live on our own."
Zhu Qiaoting understood what Chen Kang said, but she still felt sad.
She came back with Shen Kang this time because she was afraid that the trip would be in vain and she would not be able to marry Shen Kang.
Now, the worst result has happened.
Half a year...
Half a year is such a long time. Who can predict what will happen in these six months, and what will happen after six months.
"We don't have to move out, we can just live in your house! You have a house!" Zhu Qiaoting said.
"But my mother doesn't agree with our marriage. I'm afraid that if I marry you despite her opposition, you'll have a hard time in my house." Shen Kang explained gently.
"I'm not afraid. No matter how hard life is, it can't be worse than when I was in the countryside," said Zhu Qiaoting.
Chen Kang was silent for a while, then said, "But we have no money. If we get married and live at home, we will definitely have to rely on our family for support. My mother is unemployed now, and Chen Shun is still in school. How can I bear to ask her to help us?"
"You have already paid the household allowance. At worst, you and Shen Yao can pay the same amount. What's there to be embarrassed about? Doesn't Ye Fuyue have a job too?" Zhu Qiaoting said with some excitement.
"How can I compare to my brother's earnings?" Chen Kang smiled bitterly. "Although Ye Fuyue is no longer cooperating with the furniture factory, she still earns dozens of yuan every month."
"To put it bluntly, you just dislike that I don't have a job." Zhu Qiaoting laughed self-deprecatingly.
"Qiao Ting." Shen Kang called her name disapprovingly: "No one dislikes you, but we do have to consider some realities."
Zhu Qiaoting felt disheartened.
She knew that Shen Kang had made up his mind, otherwise he wouldn't have said this to her.
Shen Kang was just like that, very soft-hearted. She had seen this in the beginning, which was why she was able to be with Shen Kang. Now, she had also fallen into this same trap.
“Half a year…” Zhu Qiaoting looked at Chen Kang: “You said you would wait for you for half a year, and you must marry me after half a year!”
Shen Kang’s eyes flashed with determination: “I will do what I say.”
In this way, Zhu Qiaoting returned to the place where they went to the countryside with Chen Kang's promise and a disheartened heart.
This place was very remote. She first took a train, then a bus, and then walked for two hours before reaching the brigade.
As soon as she entered the village, she met the educated youth who had returned from work.
When the educated youth saw her, they looked at her with mockery.
"Isn't this Zhu Qiaoting who went back to the city with Shen Zhiqing? Why are you back again? You didn't stay in the city with Shen Zhiqing!"
When Zhu Qiaoting and Shen Kang returned to the city together, they did not tell anyone that they were going back to get married. They only said that Shen Kang wanted to take her back to meet his mother.
Fortunately, she did not release the news of her marriage to Shen Kang, otherwise, everyone would mock her even more harshly now.
Zhu Qiaoting smiled at everyone and said, "I don't have a job in the city, and my organizational relationship is still here, so of course I have to come back."
"Chen Zhiqing has a job in the city. If you are dating him, you can ask him to marry you, and then you can stay in the city and don't have to come back here! Could it be that Shen Zhiqing's mother doesn't like you?" The person who spoke had a tone of watching a good show.
Zhu Qiaoting had long anticipated that the educated youth would laugh at her when she returned to the village.
She brought out the words she had prepared long ago: "Auntie likes me very much, but Chen Kang has just returned to the city and has not yet established himself. Now is not the time to get married. Look, these things are all prepared for me by Auntie."
Zhu Qiaoting gestured to the various net bags and cloth bags she was carrying. They were filled with food, but not prepared by Chen Guifeng, but by Shen Kang.
Zhu Qiaoting gave each educated youth a piece of the fruit candy that Chen Kang bought for her at the supply and marketing cooperative.
One female educated youth received some candy and sarcastically said, "Zhu Zhiqing's girlfriend has returned to the city now. Even Zhu Zhiqing has changed. He can now share candy with everyone."
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