"Yes, yes, you're right. Oh my, look at my memory! I even brought a bottle of good wine today. Since you're not in a hurry to go back today, let's have a couple of drinks to satisfy our cravings."
Master Zhang rubbed his hands together. He hadn't even smelled alcohol in days, and he was struggling to make ends meet. Who could afford to spend money on this? "Then let's try it?"
"Try it, it's been a while since I've had a drink, let's have a couple of drinks together today," the deputy factory manager said with a constant smile. Zhang Shifu didn't think much of it in front of such a person and started drinking one glass after another.
When Qian Xiao heard the door across the room open and close, she glanced at her watch and it was almost eight o'clock. Had Master Zhang gone to a banquet? It took so long; a normal meal wouldn't take this long.
However, she didn't think much of it and just lay down to sleep. The guesthouse at the textile factory was quite clean, and she wasn't being pretentious, so she fell asleep soon after lying down.
The next morning, Qian Xiao followed Master Zhang onto the train back to the city. This time, he only bought one train ticket, and the textile factory covered the rest of the tickets. He also had to return the remaining money.
"Xiaoxiao, over here."
Master Zhang chuckled: "This kid even knows to come pick me up from the station. Did you tell him when he's coming back?"
Qian shook her head with a smile: "I don't even know when we'll be back." She couldn't very well say that Shuangdan had told her.
Master Zhang waved his hand: "Alright, you can rest today and go back to pack up properly. I'm going straight home too. We can go to work tomorrow."
"Okay, then I'll be going now, Uncle Zhang."
"Let's go, let's go."
Qian Xiao quickly walked up to Sun Kaicheng and asked, "Didn't you go back to the village yesterday? Why are you back so soon? Didn't you stay home for a couple of days to keep Grandpa Zhou and the others company?"
"No, I came back the same day. Did you have a smooth trip this time?"
"Don't even mention it..." Qian laughed and complained to Sun Kaicheng about the whole thing.
"My goodness, you didn't see that foreman in their factory. He looked at me like I was a class enemy, as if I was so eager to help. I'm not going next time something like this happens."
"How about you transfer here to be my assistant?" He didn't want Erdan to go out and suffer this humiliation.
"I'm not going. I'm not a researcher, what could I do there? My current job is pretty good." She complained, but she didn't plan to change jobs. She was quite happy with her job.
"By the way, did you tell my second uncle and the others when you went back this time?"
Sun Kaicheng looked around and said, "We'll talk about it when we get back."
Qian smiled and nodded. It was not a good thing to talk about this outside. If someone with ulterior motives heard about it, it would cause a lot of trouble.
Qian Xiao opened her front door, waiting for Sun Kaicheng to come in first. When she turned around, she found that he had gone straight back to his own house. She didn't think much of it, figuring he probably had something to do at home first. She didn't lock the door and went into the yard.
Just as I put down my small bag, I saw Sun Kaicheng come out from the backyard: "Wait, didn't you go back to the village yesterday? How come the back gate was done so quickly?"
Sun Kaicheng didn't rush to answer. He went to the gate and bolted it shut. "How much trouble could that wall cause? I dug out a door with just a few light knocks. It's just that the door isn't finished yet. It will take another day or two to complete."
Qian Xiao curiously ran to the backyard, and lo and behold, there was a hole cut out of the wall separating the two houses. It was an irregular hole, and it was more than just missing a door!
"You're really something."
"I was thinking that this way it would be more convenient for us to talk and eat. I was thinking that we could leave first, and then we could take care of the rest later."
You can dream?
"No, but I can figure it out just by thinking about it, so it's not much different from actually being able to do it."
Thinking about the house in his space, it seemed that this guy created it with his mind. If he could make a house, then making a door would be no problem for him.
"Tell me quickly, how's that thing with my third uncle and the others going?"
“When I mentioned it to my second uncle, he suggested that my third uncle come instead. But in the end, it was Grandma Qian who decided to let both of them try, saying that this opportunity was too rare. So I sent them to the commune's armed forces department for training. We have connections there, so this kind of thing can be done.”
"But we told people that your family had found you a house and that your second and third uncles would come over to help you tidy it up. They asked for leave from the village because it would take some time."
Qian Xiao nodded. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to get such a long leave. It's best not to tell anyone before this matter is settled.
"What will happen to the tractors in the village?" Both of my uncles are tractor drivers. If they leave, won't there be no one to drive the tractors?
“It’s not the busy farming season now, so it’s not time to use tractors yet. Besides, the village chief’s child has learned a bit from them, so it shouldn’t be a problem to handle an emergency.”
Qian smiled and nodded: "That's good. Don't let things not go wrong here and cause problems there as well."
"Do you think this can work out? A driver! What a great job! There are so many unemployed young people in our factory, do you think it'll be our turn?"
"We'll see when the time comes. Whether it works or not, we've learned the skills. Opportunities are for those who are prepared. If it doesn't work this time, we'll have a better chance of finding another job later."
“You’re right. Things are a bit better now. There aren’t many educated youth going to the countryside. Many people don’t realize the seriousness of the situation and won’t do everything they can to get jobs for their children.”
"I don't even want to think about that job in two years. I don't know if the factory will require people to have a city household registration when they recruit this time."
The difficulty for rural people to find jobs is due to the issue of household registration. Most factories prioritize hiring their own employees' children and also require urban household registration, leaving rural people with no chance at all.
"I'll go to the factory manager's house tonight to find out the details." This is indeed a matter; I should find out more carefully first.
"Okay, do you want me to go with you?" It's not good to always let Sun Kaicheng take the lead because of his two uncles.
"No need, I can go by myself. It's not good for you to go before this news has spread."
"How's things at home?" She hadn't been back to visit for almost a month.
"Everything is fine. The rains have been good this year. According to my grandfather, the harvest won't be too bad, so we can have some time to recover. I noticed that the area at the foot of the mountain isn't so barren anymore. The grain we planted will come in very handy. Anyway, no one in our village has starved to death yet."
"That's good. I've been thinking about this too, but I forgot to ask when I got back. Who found out?"
"It was discovered by the village children. They were starving and went up the mountain to find food. They found it by accident, and once they heard about it, everyone in the village knew about it."
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