"You're not going to touch anything. Your Uncle Yu has gone into the mountains with the exploration team. He won't be back for several months. Damao, go get that can of food and break it open so you can share it with your sister Yuling."
"Goodbye, goodbye. It's not a festival, and you're not sick. Why eat canned food? Damao, come back. Save it for Uncle Yu to eat when he comes back for a reunion. Be good and go read comic books with your brother."
"Ah? Oh!"
The excitement on Damao's face disappeared in an instant and was replaced by frustration.
"Look at this kid, listen to your mother and go get it. Your dad will buy it when he comes."
"Ah~" Damao somersaulted on the spot and almost kicked over the table. Before his mother could look at him, he ran to rummage through the cabinets.
"Sister Yuling, wait for me to pry it open."
"Hey, bring it here quickly. You broke it for me, but I still need the bottle." Wang Yimei snatched the can from her son's hand and turned it upside down into the bowl of hot water she had just poured.
When you twist it again, it opens with a "bang".
"Don't rush, go sit down, I'll pour it for your sister Yuling first."
"Auntie, a little less, a little less, one piece is enough." Seeing that half of it was almost poured into her bowl, Qiu Yuling said nothing and insisted on giving her two more pieces.
"Da Mao, Er Mao, do you remember what your sister told you last time?" There were only five apple slices in total. There was one slice left in Qiu Yuling's bowl, and the two brothers had two slices in their bowls respectively.
Even so, I'm still thinking about canned water.
"I'll just drink some canned water, you guys can eat quickly."
Qiu Yuling said nothing, but just looked at the two brothers intently.
Ermao was smarter than Damao. He realized the taste immediately and raised his bowl, insisting that his mother eat a piece. Seeing this, Damao remembered that his mother was sick because of lack of sugar and nutrition, so he also followed suit and raised his bowl.
The two brothers insisted that their mother have a bite. Wang Yimei couldn't refuse, so they each took a bite before giving up.
"You're still good at teaching your kids. Before, the two boys couldn't even eat enough themselves, so how could they even think about whether their father and I had eaten."
Qiu Yuling smiled, "Da Mao and Er Mao are good kids to begin with. It's you and uncle who didn't tell them that adults need things too. You always save the good things for the kids. They don't understand and are used to it."
Wang Yimei wanted to pour her some canned water again, but Qiu Yuling refused and told her to drink it herself. "The flesh is more fragrant. I eat the meat, and you should drink the soup."
"By the way, Ermao Factory is hiring next month. They've expanded two production lines, so they'll need a lot of workers. You asked me to keep an eye on the news for you, and I was wondering how I could notify you if you didn't come."
"Really? What are the requirements? Is it an exam, a recommendation, or an assignment?"
"I think there are all of them. For two production lines, we need machine maintenance workers, spinning workers, foremen, team leaders... Each position is different."
"Aunt, my brother only has an elementary school education. Is he okay at the factory? He was recommended by the brigade to join the maintenance team. I wonder if he's good enough to qualify?"
"It's enough to be literate, but having skills is what matters. Isn't your brother back home? It's not easy to do this across the city. Especially for farmers, they have to be released by the production team or the commune. Besides, there are plenty of people who can be recruited in the rural areas around Lan City. It's not easy for you to do this."
To release someone, you have to have a place that wants the person, and someone who wants the person has to have very impressive skills. Her brother's operation is indeed not easy.
Since there was nothing to worry about at the moment, she didn't want to be distracted in front of others. Qiu Yuling was concentrating on chatting with her, and Aunt Yu felt that her daughter was a good picker.
It was almost afternoon when they finished the meal. Wang Yimei tried to persuade Qiu Yuling to stay overnight and make some celery dumplings for dinner, but Qiu Yuling refused to agree no matter what she said.
Wang Yimei took Damao and Ermao with her and sent her to the main road before they parted ways.
Qiu Yuling really wants to overcome her picky nature, but she simply can't.
The fish just now had a bit of fishy smell and it was low in oil and ingredients, so how could it be delicious?
She didn't eat much, but she took a few more chopsticks of tofu. Although Aunt Yu kept urging her to eat more, she didn't think about anything else.
I just thought it was her first time to prepare dinner at home and she felt uncomfortable eating, or maybe she was saving a bite for the two brothers, Da Mao and Er Mao.
Qiu Yuling glanced at the sun, which was still high in the sky, and estimated the time. She thought she should still have time to catch up with the next place.
She found a secluded place and exchanged a pound of vermicelli, more than two pounds of dried alfalfa and other things, and took them to see the newly harvested dried alfalfa.
When she arrived at the gear factory, it was just after work. Qiu Yuling didn't rush to the front, but waited until most of the workers had left before going in and knocking on the guard's window.
"Yuling, what brought you here? Haven't you eaten yet? Come in quickly. I've been eating a lot, and I'm too old to eat."
The person who spoke was the janitor of the gear factory, Old Li, and he was not someone he intended to make friends with.
When Qiu Yuling was planning to sell the Cistanche deserticola sent by her sister-in-law to a Chinese medicine hospital, she happened to meet Old Li.
She had hidden some contraband in it, and it was of quite good quality.
At that time, I was spotted by Old Li who was buying herbs at the hospital. He offered a high price, 5 cents more per pound than the Chinese medicine hospital, and sometimes even 10 cents. But I couldn't resist his high demands and was very picky.
One moment they said their drying method was wrong, saying the softer ones dug in autumn and winter were called Cistanche deserticola and should be kept sealed...
Since she met someone who knew the business, Qiu Yuling naturally listened attentively.
But when the old man saw that the child was so eager to learn, he stopped talking. Sometimes he said his arm hurt, and sometimes his legs were inconvenient. Qiu Yuling was the one who was best at pampering rich old men.
Without saying a word, he carried it up and took it home.
But Old Li had just said so much not to ask the little girl to do hard labor. Even if he was old, he had no intention of asking a half-grown child to carry things for him.
He just wanted to tell the little girl not to save it in the future, but to dig it up and sell it right away. He would pay for the postage and send it to her.
Qiu Yuling said she knew about it. She had certainly looked up the storage and preparation methods herself, but her sister-in-law didn't know when she dug it up, and she sent it to her after drying it.
If it weren't for the receipt from the hospital, she wouldn't have gone through all the trouble. But the old man not only bought up all the goods at once, but also raised the price per pound.
It was obvious that he was someone she could get along with. She pretended not to understand the hidden meaning behind his words and listened to him talk attentively while delivering the things to the old man.
When we sent him to his destination, we found out that the old man lived in the staff quarters of the gear factory. Although he didn't move into an apartment building, it was a bungalow with a separate courtyard. How could an ordinary person live there?
Either you have the ability, or your children have the ability.
But Qiu Yuling was just a young female student at that time. In the eyes of the old man, how could she understand this?
Seeing that the girl was not annoyed by his nagging at all and was even sweating from exhaustion, he felt bad for her and forced an apple into her hand.
My goodness, not to mention that it wasn’t a festival, it was not long after school started and the weather hadn’t thawed yet. In their place, how could anyone who could eat apples be an ordinary person?
It was intentional but after a few interactions, they became friends.
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