Chapter 564 Human Touch
"Right, Mom?"
Li Banxia nodded.
Zhao Tan's eyes welled up with tears, and his nose stung. It was as if he had found someone to lean on; an overwhelming sense of grievance and sorrow surged into his heart, and his voice choked with emotion, "Aunt Li, Brother Su..."
He doesn't understand, doesn't comprehend, doesn't realize that his mother hasn't done enough or done enough.
Twenty years! You've worked like an old ox, supporting your family!
How could those people bully his mother like that?
How could that beast Zhao Ronghui kick his sister, who was always so good to him, down the stairs?!
"It's alright, your sister's life has been saved, we're not afraid of anything else now." Seeing him like this, Su Laosan sighed inwardly, thinking that he was only eighteen or nineteen years old.
Zhao Tan nodded emphatically and said, "I've thought about it carefully on my way back. I don't want the job over there. If I can be transferred back to Beijing, I will. If not, I'll find a job in a private company in Beijing. I heard that private companies pay higher salaries. My mother's job has been given to someone else, so I have to earn money to support this family."
Old Su frowned, glanced at the dark circles under his eyes, and shook his head. "Private companies do pay more, but if you work your way up from the grassroots level in a township, you'll have a better chance of moving up. If you give it up, you can't go back. You should think about it again. Don't worry about the money, we've got you covered."
Zhao Tan shook his head. "I've thought it through. I don't know when I'll get ahead in politics. My mother and sister can't wait. Besides, my sister needs money to recover. It's already a great favor that you've helped us out of our predicament. We can't let you keep giving us money and effort. What kind of people would we be?"
"You little rascal..."
Su Laosan sighed and glanced at Li Banxia, who gently shook his head at him.
The three parted ways, and Su Laosan and Li Banxia took a taxi and left.
On the way, Su Laosan asked Li Banxia, "Mom, didn't Aunt Liu say her son wants to go into politics? Private companies can't get into municipal government, so why didn't you let me continue to persuade him?"
"Getting into politics isn't that easy. He has no connections and no money. If he does well at the grassroots level, that's expected. If he doesn't, he'll have to take the blame for others. When will he ever get ahead?"
Li Banxia sighed, "Private companies pay higher wages, which can improve the current predicament of your Aunt Liu and the others. What he said was also his heartfelt opinion after thinking about it for a long time."
After saying that, he raised an eyebrow and glanced at Su Laosan.
Su Laosan blinked in confusion, "Mom?"
“Didn’t you always say your grocery store is short-staffed? Check him out and see if he’s suitable,” Li Banxia said.
Su Laosan, "..."
He was stunned for a moment, then delighted. That's right, this Zhao Tan is a genuine graduate of Renmin University, and he seems to be a reliable person.
It's better to use what you know than what you don't.
It's not unreasonable to bring people over to work with him.
"Mom, what else do I need to investigate about him?" Su Laosan leaned closer to Li Banxia.
Li Banxia glanced at him, then closed her eyes to rest. "Go ask your eldest brother and your second brother."
Upon arriving home, the mother and son enjoyed a hearty meal, took a shower, and slept soundly.
A few days later, Zhao Tan started working with Su Laosan, and he stopped considering transferring back to his previous job and resigned directly.
Liu Mingcui took some time to go back to the neighborhood to pack up her and her two children's belongings. She ran into the factory manager, who asked her, "How is Zhao Yue doing?"
Hearing from Liu Mingcui that she had survived, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"...Logically speaking, this house was allocated to Zhao Jiancheng by the factory. Since he's in prison, the factory should take it back. But since this happened within the factory, our leadership team, after discussion, unanimously decided that you can continue living in the house, or you can choose a humanitarian subsidy, which is money. It's not much, just a thousand yuan. What do you think..."
Liu Mingcui was somewhat surprised, but glad that there was still a human touch in the factory.
"We're not staying in this house anymore. We're choosing money. Our child's hospitalization will require a lot of expenses. Thank you to the factory leaders for their timely help."
The leader nodded, handed over the prepared envelope, glanced at the messy room, and asked, "Should I have someone come and collect the house in a few days?"
"Okay, I'll move all of my and my daughter's things out in the next couple of days."
The leader offered Liu Mingcui a few words of comfort and then left.
No sooner had he left than the woman downstairs came up with her daughter, Xiaoyan, and knocked on the door.
When Liu Mingcui saw them, she nodded, turned back to continue packing, and said to the woman as she packed, "I need to pack my things in the next couple of days. The day after tomorrow morning, take Xiaoyan and wait for me at the entrance of the Municipal Central Hospital. I will come directly from the Municipal People's Hospital."
Xiaoyan's eyes lit up, she grabbed the woman's arm and excitedly called out, "Mom!"
The woman breathed a slight sigh of relief and patted her daughter's hand to comfort her.
"Do you need my help?"
"Need not."
Liu Mingcui didn't even turn her head. "Just go on time. I need to rush back to the hospital to take care of my daughter. I don't have much time to waste on this."
"Okay, let's go then."
Liu Mingcui agreed and listened as the door opened and closed, as she busily tidied up.
After tidying everything up, put it all into the tattered bed sheet and tie a knot.
She got one pack, A-Yue got one pack, and Xiao-Tan got one pack.
After twenty years, the three of them, mother and daughter, had very little to their name.
She thought it would take two days to clean up.
Looking out the window, it was still light out. The balcony door outside the living room was open, and the wind was banging against the loosely fastened glass.
Liu Mingcui stared blankly at the balcony, but ultimately didn't dare to go over.
She couldn't carry it all by herself, so she had to make several trips, like ants, to move it to the small courtyard her son had just rented.
The courtyard was rented together; they rented two rooms, one for their son and one for her and A-Yue.
She asks for nothing now but for her Yue to get better soon, to be able to speak, get out of bed, walk, and start a new life.
Her fiancé's family came several times, wanting to see A-Yue, but A-Yue refused, asking them to calculate the value of the money they had spent on her and the gifts they had given her, so she could repay them later.
Her fiancé and his parents didn't agree. Her fiancé said he would wait for her, and his parents didn't say anything.
The other person is already twenty-four. Even if I wait, how many more years can I wait? Once the affection is exhausted, we'll be strangers.
Liu Mingcui wanted to persuade her daughter, but A Yue was determined, feeling that she didn't know how badly she could recover, so why delay her daughter's recovery?
Liu Mingcui felt a pang of heartache.
On the morning of the third day, Liu Mingcui settled her daughter in, gave instructions to the nurse, and rushed to the Municipal Central Hospital. She went downstairs to complete the formalities with the woman and her daughter Xiaoyan, transferred the job to Xiaoyan, and then she had nothing left.
As she left the hospital, Liu Mingcui looked up at the sun and gave a self-deprecating laugh.
She's worked hard for most of her life, and now she's ended up in this mess—she truly has only herself to blame!
She should have woken up long ago when her first paycheck was swindled away by Old Lady Zhao. She should have divorced that bastard Zhao Jiancheng and stayed away from that bunch of beasts in the Zhao family!
"Liu Mingcui! Why are you walking so fast?"
The woman strode out and grabbed Liu Mingcui's hand, saying, "This is for you."
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