Chapter 232 Lu Xiaolan's Choice
The next day, Tao Peisheng went to the commune to find Su Mo and said that Lu Changzheng was attending a very important training session and he didn't know when he would be back.
He had already reported the situation to the division commander and said that the division commander would be waiting for her call in the office today.
This matter could not be delayed, so during lunch break, Su Mo took the phone number written by Tao Peisheng and went to the post office to call the division commander.
After the call was connected, Su Mo told the division commander about her needs and asked if he could make some concessions and arrange for her to accompany the army in advance.
"Comrade Su Mo, this is no problem. The army has already arranged Comrade Changzheng's housing. I'll have someone go through the formalities. But you haven't found a suitable job yet. If you don't get the job, you may have to wait for the army to arrange one."
Lu Changzheng is very picky. Before, he asked his wife to help in the canteen, but she disagreed, saying that she works in an office.
Before, he thought that the boy was bragging, but now that he has passed the first round of the job at the Foreign Trade Center, it seems that he is indeed capable. Letting him work in the canteen is really a waste of talent.
"Okay, thank you, commander. I'll wait for your notification. If I don't pass the exam, I'll wait for the army to arrange for me, and I'll do whatever work is arranged." Su Mo thanked the commander and gave him the phone numbers of the commune office and the Lujia Village Brigade.
Su Mo was relieved that it was settled. After hanging up the phone, she thought about going to the supply and marketing cooperative to see if there was any meat for sale.
The supply and marketing cooperative of Hongqi Commune usually delivers meat every three days except holidays, and today happened to have meat.
The two little ones are more than eight months old, and they can walk. They are exercising a lot, eating more, and growing taller, so nutrition must keep up.
As soon as I arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, I saw Yang Jingming standing next to Lu Xiaolan's counter again. He wanted to say something but didn't dare to, looking pitiful and abandoned.
Su Mo frowned.
Years later, Yang Jingming got the news from somewhere that Lu Changzheng had been transferred. Without Lu Changzheng's pressure, Yang Jingming began to pester Lu Xiaolan.
Every day when he had free time, he would come to the supply and marketing cooperative.
At first, he wanted to chat with Lu Xiaolan, but Lu Xiaolan ignored him and just stood aside and watched with resentment, which was really annoying.
Lu Xiaolan would scold him to leave at first, but when she scolded him, he would go shopping, so he couldn't scold her anymore.
Moreover, Yang Jingming seemed to have bribed Lu Xiaolan's colleagues. Every day, someone would persuade Lu Xiaolan to remarry him. Lu Xiaolan was really annoyed.
If Yang Jingming did something extreme, she could still sue him for being a hooligan, but Yang Jingming just watched or followed from a distance, and since he didn't do anything, she couldn't do anything to him. When
Yang Jingming saw Su Mo coming to buy something, he didn't stay there and turned and left.
Su Mo went to the meat shop first and bought a pound of meat.
She didn't dare to buy more. After the two children ate complementary foods, they had to buy meat every time they came. Lu Changzheng hadn't sent any tickets since he went to Guangzhou, and the meat tickets she had collected before were almost all used up.
After buying the meat, Su Mo came to Lu Xiaolan and whispered, "How about we find a time to secretly beat Yang Jingming up?" Otherwise, it would be very annoying if it was like this every day.
The two of them have been practicing for a while. To beat up that weakling Yang Jingming, Su Mo doesn't even need to do anything. Lu Xiaolan is enough.
Lu Xiaolan waved her hands and said, "Forget it, Third Sister-in-law, I'll just treat him as a piece of wood and ignore him."
If Fang Chunfang knew that they beat up her precious son, she would definitely come to the house to make trouble. She is not afraid of her making trouble, but she doesn't want Third Sister-in-law to get into trouble.
Su Mo thinks this is not a solution. If he does this every day, wouldn't it cut off Lu Xiaolan's chance of remarriage?
In this era, it is not easy to find a second marriage, and with an ex-husband who is always pestering her, no one dares to provoke her.
We still have to think of a way.
Either let Yang Jingming change his target; or threaten him so that he dare not pester Lu Xiaolan again.
Before Su Mo could come up with a good way to deal with Yang Jingming, new troubles came to the Lu family.
For several days in a row, someone came to Li Yue'e's house and said that they wanted to find a match for Lu Xiaolan. Some were from the brigade, and some were from Li Yue'e's family.
This made Li Yue'e very angry, and she rejected them all.
The people from the brigade, because of the branch secretary Lu Qing'an, dared not say anything in person and could only grumble behind her back.
But the one from Li Yue'e's family, who thought she was Li Yue'e's cousin, put on airs.
First, she belittled Lu Xiaolan as worthless, and then, as if she was reluctantly agreeing to marry Lu Xiaolan to the nephew of her wife's deceased wife.
Li Yue'e was so angry that she immediately took a broom and beat the man out of the house.
Her cousin's wife immediately started to curse Li Yue'e at the door of Lu's house, saying very unpleasant things, such as Lu Xiaolan was infertile, did not know how to live, had problems with her work style, and was still flirting with her ex-husband after the divorce.
Li Yue'e was so angry that she had a fight with her, which added a lot of topics and jokes to the team.
Lu Xiaolan came back from work and heard the news from the gossiping aunties in the village. She was very sad and made a decision secretly.
She could bear it herself, but it was too unfilial to cause trouble to her parents to this extent.
Before going to bed at night, Lu Xiaolan said to Su Mo, "Third sister-in-law, I want to go to Yangcheng with you and help you take care of the children. You just need to provide me with food. Do you think it's okay?"
Su Mo was surprised and sat up directly, "Have you thought it through? Have you discussed it with my parents?"
Lu Xiaolan nodded and said firmly, "I have thought it through. If I am still here, Yang Jingming will not resign, and those busybodies in the village will not stop. If I leave, the source will no longer be there, and things will stop."
"I will explain it clearly to my parents. I will stay in Yangcheng for a few years and come back then."
"I have also thought about the work clearly. Let my eldest sister-in-law do the work first, and pay 10 yuan to my parents every month as her compensation for the work."
"Third sister-in-law, if you agree, I will go to Yangcheng with you."
"Of course I agree. I'm just afraid of delaying you."
After all, the two children are still young, and she is not particularly relieved to send them to the nursery. With small arms and legs, no matter how smart they are, they can't beat big children.
She originally planned to see if it was convenient for her mother to bring the children to work in Guangzhou. If it was convenient, she would send the children to her place and let her take care of them until they grow up. When
Lu Xiaolan was willing to take care of the children for her, she really raised her hands in approval. Not only did she provide meals, but she also paid a salary.
"No delay, no delay, Third Sister-in-law, thank you so much." Lu Xiaolan breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Su Mo agreed, it would be fine.
"Will my parents agree?" It was so far away, Su Mo estimated that Li Yue'e might not agree.
"I will convince them."
The next day, Lu Xiaolan got up early and went back to Lu's house to talk to her parents.
Li Yue'e really disagreed as Su Mo guessed, but Lu Xiaolan knew her mother and appealed to her emotions and reasoned with her. Then the two children talked about the incident she heard from her colleagues about the older children beating the younger children in the nursery. Li Yue'e was shocked. Thinking that the
two grandchildren might also be beaten, she thought that what Lu Xiaolan said was actually reasonable, so she agreed reluctantly.
After Li Yue'e was dealt with, Lu Qing'an was easily dealt with, and it was done in no time.
Lu Xiaolan went to talk to Lu Boming again. Lu Boming was in favor of his children and grandchildren going out to see the world when they had the chance, so he naturally did not stop them.
However, he made some suggestions on Lu Xiaolan's way of handling the work.
"Don't tell them who you will give your job to directly. Just sell it directly. Call both of them over, and give it to whoever pays."
"According to the current market price, your job can be sold for four or five hundred, so just sell it at the market price."
"But, if I sell the job, what should I do when I come back in the future?" Lu Xiaolan was a little hesitant.
Lu Bo Ming waved his hand, "You are babysitting the children of your third brother and his wife. Do you think that considering their character, if you want to come back, they will find you a job?"
Lu Xiaolan thought about it and said, "Okay, then I'll do as you say."