Chapter 23: Some things she just has to wait and see

"You know how hard they work. They are the only ones in our family who have a salary. We both rely on your father and your brother for support. Life is tight. Don't think about meat every day. When you get a job, you can eat as much as you want."

"But mom, when will dad transfer my hukou? How can I find a job without a city hukou?"

"You think it's so easy to transfer your household registration? It costs money to find someone to do it, and in the end you don't know if it can be done. It's so frustrating..."

Listening to the two people's tone, Dai Qing turned around, unexpectedly meeting her mother-in-law and sister-in-law from her previous life here.

At this time, Liu Min stood beside Liu's mother with an unhappy look on her face, listening to her mumbling.

Both mother and daughter have rural household registration. It is said that Liu's father was an educated youth sent to the countryside, and he had no choice but to marry Liu's mother. Later, when the educated youth returned to the city, he brought Liu's mother back with him.

But not only was the process of converting a rural household registration to an urban one complicated, it also required money. At the time, they already had three children and were living a tight life, so they had not yet completed the household registration process.

Later, I used my connections to register my two sons, which emptied my family savings. Only the mother and daughter's household registration had not been completed, and the process kept dragging on, but the cost of transferring the household registration kept getting higher and higher.

In her previous life, she had not yet obtained her sister-in-law's household registration until she married Liu Ming. Later, she found a partner, but the man's parents disliked her because she was from a rural area and refused to agree to the marriage. Later, the Liu family set their eyes on her house, and Liu Min used her two rooms as a dowry, which made the man's parents relent and agree to their marriage.

"Comrade, now that the fish is cleaned, take it home and stew it with tofu. Add a few drops of sesame oil before it comes out of the pot. It will definitely be fragrant."

The master strung the fish with a straw rope and handed it to her, saying something casually.

Dai Qing came to her senses and carried the fish home. Liu Min's pleading voice could be heard again behind her.

"Mom, if you don't want to buy meat, then buy a fish and stew it at home. I haven't had fish soup for a long time. People say that drinking fish soup is good for the skin. You also hope that I can find a good partner, right?"

"Eat, eat, eat. I don't know why you are so greedy. You don't even consider our family's conditions. If you don't want to stay in the city, go back to your grandmother's house."

"I'm not going back. The countryside is so dirty."

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Walking a long way, you can still hear the unhappy arguments between the mother and daughter. Dai Qing curled her lips. Her mother-in-law favors boys over girls and always sticks to her son. The sister-in-law is lazy and greedy. In her previous life, she was the unlucky one in front of her. The mother and daughter teamed up to bully her. The mother is kind and the daughter is filial.

She wanted to see whether the mother and daughter would still be as close without her as a free babysitter.

When you get home, fry the crucian carp on both sides until golden brown, add tofu cubes, pour in boiling water and simmer. Remove from the pot after half an hour. Sprinkle a pinch of chopped green onions and two drops of sesame oil, and the delicious crucian carp and tofu soup is ready.

Add some celery and serve with rice for a delicious meal.

She got up late in the morning and skipped the lunch break. She spent the whole afternoon reading in the yard.

After dinner, I continued to practice the mental method. After completing a small cycle, it was already 9:30 in the evening.

There were still two hours before the night shift. Dai Qing lay in bed, dozing off with her eyes closed, until the alarm rang, then she got up to go to work.

On a summer night, the stars are shining, the street lights are dim, there are not even any cars on the road, and it is very quiet.

Walking into the workshop and completing the shift handover is another eight hours of work.

Compared to the day and afternoon shifts, the night shift workers were much quieter, especially the mechanics and security guards, who took advantage of the free time to take a nap in the corners.