Chapter 61 What are your plans after this?
After Cen Yan explained it this way, Aunt Tang and the other women immediately understood. No wonder she could become the wife of the regimental commander. Cen Yan's arrangements and ideas were far superior to theirs!
If it were them, with such a large piece of land, they would have been planting vegetables and fertilizing it long ago. They wouldn't care whether their husbands would invite people over for a small gathering, or whether their neighbors would feel comfortable visiting.
"Wow! Sister-in-law Cen, your tea is so delicious! I've never had tea like this before!"
Suddenly! A woman exclaimed, looking pitifully at Cen Yan, "Can I have another drink?"
Cen Yan chuckled: "Tea is plentiful! This is rose tea, which is good for women's beauty and health, and it doesn't taste bitter or astringent. Look, that patch in the corner is full of edible roses. Once they bloom and we've had our fill of admiring them, we can pick them and make them into flower tea, which we can use for everyday interactions."
"Flowers can be made into tea?" The women looked at the tea in their hands, then at Cen Yan, and exclaimed in amazement. As expected of a woman from Shanghai, she is really capable!
The flowers we grow are not only beautiful to look at, but also drinkable.
Cen Yan was also generous, saying, "If any of you ladies are interested, I have some edible rose seeds in my house. You can take some with you when you leave and plant them in flowerpots at home. Once you have the harvest, I'll teach you how to make rose tea."
"Let's forget about it. We can't handle such delicate things. If you want a drink, just come to your house and ask for one," Aunt Tang said with a smile.
Then I led all the women in doing needlework.
Cen Yan didn't understand these things, nor did she want to learn them; it hurt quite a bit to prick her finger with a needle.
Just then, Aunt Tang suddenly asked, "Cen Yan, what are your plans after this? After Commander Qi returns to the army, don't you plan to find something to do? I heard that the library on the island is hiring recently, and the nursery is also looking for teachers. If you want to go, ask Commander Qi to give you a heads-up in advance, and the job will be a sure thing."
“This is not the old society. Women can hold up half the sky. Of course, they have to work. We can’t let Jingchuan support the family alone.”
She didn't want to flaunt her wealth. Although she had a lot of money in her spatial storage, Cen Yan needed a legitimate reason to spend it. This was also her original intention in asking Qi Jingchuan to help her arrange a job.
“But library and daycare teacher positions are not within my consideration. Library work, though simple, is tedious, requiring organization and cleaning, which I cannot handle with such meticulousness. Daycare teacher positions are even less suitable. Children are at a stage where they are learning things, and if someone with my temperament were to teach them, wouldn't I be misleading them?”
Cen Yan could clearly feel that many of the women around her breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
That's true. These military wives are usually quite idle. Besides taking care of their children, they always have something to do of their own.
The jobs of library and daycare teachers are respectable and easy. After all, they spend their time at home taking care of children, cleaning, and organizing things anyway, so they also want this job opportunity.
If Cen Yan wanted to go, Qi Jingchuan could easily persuade her to take the job.
Now that Cen Yan says she can't do it, the opportunity still lies among their group, so shouldn't they breathe a sigh of relief?
Cen Yan understood all these principles.
Aunt Tang exclaimed, "You look down on jobs as a librarian or nursery teacher? Do you want to work at a radio station or newspaper? I heard the requirements are quite high. Besides needing standard Mandarin, you also need a high school diploma."
“The radio station and newspaper are indeed under consideration, but I asked Qi Jingchuan to go to the health center to inquire first. If they are short-staffed, I will go to the health center to be assessed by the leaders. If I pass, I will officially start working as a nurse. If not, then I will go to the radio station and newspaper.”
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