Chapter 84 Waiting for the Rabbit
The next morning, Jiang Baocheng came to Zhao's house.
"Wow, Baocheng, you, you're here so early? What's the matter?" Xu Fengni, who got up early in the morning to open the door, was startled by Jiang Baocheng standing at the door.
Jiang Baocheng smiled embarrassedly and said, "Auntie, I'm sorry to scare you. I need to find Xiaolan urgently. Could you please call her for me?"
"It's quite urgent, it's so early." Xu Fengni muttered softly, "Well, Baocheng, you come in and sit first, I'll go call Xinlan."
"No need, auntie. I'll just stand at the door and wait." Jiang Baocheng said as he looked inside anxiously and paced back and forth on the ground.
Seeing him like this, Xu Fengni was shocked. Why was he so anxious? Could something have happened to his in-laws?
"Xinlan, Xinlan, Yita, wake up, Baocheng is outside and has something urgent to talk to you about!" Xu Fengni gently knocked on her third son's door.
Jiang Xinlan had a light sleep in the third trimester of pregnancy, so she opened her eyes immediately when her mother-in-law called her. She listened carefully and realized it was her third brother who was looking for her. She reached out and pushed her husband beside her, "Yitai, get up, your third brother is here."
"Hmm? Do you want to go to the bathroom?" Zhao Yita opened his eyes drowsily, stood up and sat up, then reached out his hand to help his wife get up.
"No, it's Third Brother who's here. I guess it's about the work I talked about last night. Help me up quickly, don't let Third Brother wait anxiously." Jiang Xinlan was also anxious. Third Brother came so early, something must have gone wrong.
Jiang Xinlan put on her clothes, opened the door and immediately trotted towards the door, causing Zhao Yitai's heart to beat fast as he followed behind her. "Xiaolan, be careful, slow down, don't rush."
Jiang Baocheng, who heard the noise, also turned around and supported Jiang Xinlan, whispering, "Be careful, don't talk, go get your ID now, and you two follow me."
"Go? Where to?" Zhao Yita looked confused.
"Of course I'm going to hand over the work. Oh, I'll tell you the details later. Let me get my things first." If Jiang Baocheng wasn't in a hurry, he wouldn't have come so early.
Seeing her youngest son going back to his room to get something, Xu Fengni walked over with some concern and asked, "Xinlan, what happened? Is there something wrong with your parents? Just tell us what's going on. We're all family..."
"Mom, that's not the case." Jiang Xin knew her mother-in-law was wrong when she heard what she said, and then she whispered, "Mom, don't tell anyone yet. My third brother found a job for me. I'll go take a look now."
"Oh, okay," Xu Fengni's eyes lit up when she looked at Jiang Baocheng when she heard it was about work. OK, this Third Brother Xinlan is a good guy. He is really caring and still looking for a job for his sister even after she gets married.
Zhao Yitai walked out quickly with a bag on his back, "Everything is ready, are we leaving now?"
"Let's go. I'll ride my bike with Xiaolan and you can walk by yourself." Jiang Baocheng nodded at Xu Fengni and helped Jiang Xinlan walk downstairs.
"Mom, what are you looking at? By the way, where is Xinlan? Why can't I see her? I see no one in her room." Xia Ju suddenly spoke up.
"Wow, I was so scared. You suddenly spoke out and really frightened me. Third brother Xinlan had something to ask her, so the couple followed her." Xu Fengni retracted her gaze and replied.
"What's the hurry, so early in the morning?"
"Why do you care about her? Just wash up and make breakfast. Your father will be getting up soon." After changing the subject, Xu Fengni started to give orders to her eldest daughter-in-law.
Jiang Xinlan followed Jiang Baocheng to the entrance of the cannery, and several people were waiting at the door.
"Xinlan, are you tired? By the way, you haven't had breakfast yet. Yita, go to the state-owned restaurant and buy some meat buns. I'll treat you." Jiang Baocheng said as he handed Zhao Yita a few food coupons and some money.
"No need, Third Brother, I have money and food coupons, I'll buy it right away." After saying that, Zhao Yita ran directly to the left.
"Third brother, what are we doing waiting at the cannery gate?" Jiang Xinlan finally had time to ask Jiang Baocheng.
Jiang Baocheng leaned against a tree, staring at the gate, and replied, "Yesterday I took the money from your house and asked Qianqian to take me to Aunt Zhang's house. We agreed that the work would be handed over immediately after paying the money today. You don't know, there were people at her house when we went there, but because we couldn't reach an agreement on the money, we went in as soon as they left. We didn't dare to pay back a penny of the 700 yuan."
"So many people want this job that pays 700 yuan?" Jiang Xinlan murmured. It turns out everyone is so rich!
"Well, basically no one is selling jobs now. It's rare to find one. You need it urgently, so buy it!" Jiang Baocheng has actually observed that many people are looking for jobs everywhere during this period. A large part of the reason is that they don't want to go to the countryside. Under the current situation, if Xiaolan doesn't buy this job, she may not have another chance for a long time.
"Then there's no need to come so early, right?"
"Well, I'm just afraid that someone else will snatch the job away. This is called waiting for the rabbit to come to you." Although Jiang Baocheng had already made an agreement with Aunt Zhang, there was no guarantee that someone else would snatch the job away. After all, the money was not paid and the job still belonged to someone else.
The word "intercept" left a deep impression on Jiang Xinlan. After all, her younger sister Jiang Xinbai's job was obtained by intercepting someone else, and she didn't want to be intercepted by someone else.
"Hoo, hoo, here they come, Xiaolan, Third Brother, come and eat, these big meat buns are freshly steamed, they smell so good!" Zhao Yita handed an oil paper bag to the two of them, two big meat buns were just right for each person.
You know what, Jiang Xinlan was really hungry. She picked up a bun and started to bite into it. She nodded as she ate and said, "If there was meat and white flour, I would really like to steam buns at home and eat as much as I want at once."
"Oh, you're really imagining that. Which one of flour and pork doesn't require a ticket? During the Chinese New Year, we have to count the dumplings we eat! Besides, there are so many people in your family. If everyone eats as much as they want, I guess your family's food supply for two or three months will be gone."
Jiang Baocheng had money but no tickets, so he didn't dare to say that he could eat as many meat buns as he wanted in one go.
Jiang Xinlan just talked about it, how could she eat as much as she wanted, she would just add a meal for herself when she went out for a walk, go to the state-owned restaurant to eat a bowl of shredded pork noodles, or go to Xiaobai to order braised pork, anyway, she would try anything delicious. Just like Xiaobai said, after the baby is born, she may not be willing to spend money on herself.
"Oh, by the way, Third Brother, didn't you say before that you wanted to buy a house? How is it going? Have you bought it?"
If I and Yitai could have our own house, then we could eat as many meat buns as we want at once. After all, it's just the two of us, and we don't have to take care of the whole family of my husband's family. What a pity, by the time Yitai gets his share of the house, the kids will probably be grown up. There's so much time to wait!
"No, we were going to buy one, but then Qianqian's dad told us to just live at home. It would be really eye-catching for them to live in such a big house, so we can just move in after we get married. I thought about it and it was a good idea. Anyway, their house is big and we have room to live in it. The yard I saw before was a little small and shabby, so I decided to forget it after thinking about it."
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