It's just an abandoned brick factory, dilapidated and run-down. What kind of work can you do there to make money?
The sewing machine inside was quite loud, and there were many loose threads and dust kicked up by the fabric scattered in the air.
Jin Yin stood outside, frowning as she looked at the clothes being dragged out one after another. She felt that the clothes looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen them before.
Zhou Yanzhu came out very quickly.
The woman's hair was messy, but her face was full of smiles, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes looked like fish tails. When Jin Yin saw this, she just assumed that the woman was too happy to be back.
"Mom, I'm home."
Zhou Yanzhu looked Jin Yin up and down and nodded repeatedly.
"You look beautiful, Mom almost didn't recognize you! How are you? Are you feeling better?"
"Not yet, but there shouldn't be any major problems."
"That's good. Your father and I have been worried sick about you these past few days."
As she spoke, she reached out to grab Jin Yin's hand, but instead grabbed nothing; Jin Yin had already put her hand into her pocket.
"Look how tired you are. You only earn a few cents a day. Who will take care of you if you ruin your health?"
"Not tired at all, not tired at all. What's tiring about working for your own family!"
"How many days are you staying this time? Mom will tidy up your room."
"No, Jin Shu is back, so I won't stay. She doesn't seem to like me much. I guess she still can't accept life here. I won't stay and get in her way."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yanzhu immediately shook her head, her tone firm.
“Jin Shu isn’t that kind of person. She has a good temper. How could she not like you? Besides, she’s been living at the factory lately. You have plenty of room. We just built a brick house. When you come back for the New Year, there will be even more room for you!”
As Zhou Yanzhu spoke, the smile on her lips never faded. Her joy and excitement were clearly genuine and infectious, but they left Jin Yin completely bewildered.
"Mom, why do they all say this factory belongs to our family? What does that mean? And where did our family get the money to build a brick house?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yanzhu's smile deepened.
"Oh right, you don't know this? This factory belongs to our family. Jin Shu owns it. I'm working there as a supervisor right now. Your dad is carrying clothes, and your two younger brothers are helping out!"
To Jin Yin, Zhou Yanzhu's words sounded like she was talking in her sleep. Her face was filled with shock and confusion, and her mind was a mess, with only Zhou Yanzhu's words remaining.
The factory owned by Jin Shu.
Did she drive it?
What a joke!
Compared to this, Jin Yin would rather believe that the factory was owned by Jin Baosheng.
"Sister Zhu! Come and see, one shipment has been completed!"
"Hey! They're here!"
Zhou Yanzhu patted Jin Yin's arm.
"Would you like to come in and wait a bit? I'll go back as soon as I finish my day shift."
Jin Yin looked at her busy and lively appearance, and she almost didn't recognize her. The woman in front of her, who was full of smiles and confidence, was actually the old farmer who had been burdened by poverty and hardship.
Jin Yin frowned, instinctively resisting the factory in front of her.
"I'm not going. What's there to see? Look how tired you are. Didn't I tell you to rest more? Is it worth ruining your health for a few cents?"
Zhou Yanzhu looked at her and smiled helplessly.
“If I don’t work, my family will eat and use whatever they need. I know you care about me, kid.”
“Isn’t my dad still at home? Besides, I can take care of you when I get into university. It’s all just a matter of time. You’re always making trouble for yourself. I don’t know what you’re worrying about all day long.”
Jin Yin didn't understand. She had clearly said that she would help her family if she got into university and found a good job, but Zhou Yanzhu was still working herself to the bone every day.
Are you so stingy with every penny? Do you think your family will starve if you lose that little bit of money?
"Stop doing this. Let's talk. How much money can you earn after working yourself to the bone all day?"
"What are you saying? Your dad and I each get a dollar a day! Even your brother and the others get eighty cents a day! Our whole family relies on Jin Shu. We can eat, dress, and use everything well for a month, and we still have sixty or seventy cents left over!"
Where else can you earn this kind of money? Even the big bosses in the city wouldn't pay that much!
Jin Yin found her words inexplicably funny.
"Do you think money falls from the sky? One yuan a day? My parents teach in the city, and they only make a little over eighty yuan a month combined. How can you guys make so much money in this crappy factory?"
Jin Yin didn't believe it, not even a single word.
“What’s wrong with teachers in the city? They only get a fixed salary. Even though we’re from the countryside, Jin Shu is right. As long as we work hard, we can make a lot of money.”
"Never mind, I'm not talking to you anymore. It's almost the end of the day. If I leave early, who's going to supervise the work? If you're in a hurry, you can go home first. After the grain is sold, I'll take Jinshu to register for school, and I'll come see you then."
"Register? What time is it and you're still thinking about registering?"
Jin Yin found it amusing to see Zhou Yanzhu seemingly bewitched, praising Jin Shu and saying how amazing she was, even though she had come all this way and was now trying to kick her out.
Zhou Yanzhu didn't have time to say much to her. Someone inside called her name, so she quickly turned around and went back, hurriedly leaving behind a sentence.
"Come in and rest for a while. Stay for dinner tonight."
Jin Yin stood outside with a tense expression, glancing at the factory from a distance.
It's ridiculous that Jin Shu has opened a factory.
She wanted to see what kind of factory Jin Shu could open.
Jin Yin lifted her skirt and walked in. In the empty brick factory, there were more than a dozen sewing machines, and next to each sewing machine was a stack of clothes. The female workers were wearing hats and gloves and working hard. Their focused expressions and serious attitudes made Jin Yin not distracted at all when she walked by.
Looking at the clothes they made, Jin Yin suddenly remembered why they looked familiar. Wasn't this the most popular outfit in the city recently?
Many of her classmates wore the same outfit, and they all cut their hair short like Sachiko's. Walking together, they looked fashionable and good-looking.
Jin Yin also wanted to buy one, but when she went to the clothing store to ask the price, it cost fifteen yuan!
Fifteen yuan, that's a month's food expenses for the family.
Moreover, since she had just arrived at this family, in order to get her new parents to accept her as soon as possible, Jin Yin could not possibly ask her parents for fifteen yuan right away.
Seeing that all the girls in the class were wearing Sachiko outfits, and that the class was even going to hold a drama activity, one of the performances was a clip from a TV series.
When asked why she didn't buy one, Jin Yin simply said that she didn't like following the crowd.
In fact, she also envied the people around her who could wear the same clothes as TV stars. In that instant, it felt as if she had become a star herself and would soon encounter a magnificent love story.
Unfortunately, her parents in the countryside didn't give her any money, and she was short of cash. She was so angry that she begged Chu Dong to drive her back in his own car.
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