"Mom, if you are short of people, you might as well call the fourth child back. He is in poor health and cannot do heavy work here. He works himself to death but doesn't make much money a month." said the third child Li Hongqiang.
Chen Xiaoying thought of her youngest son, Li Honggang. Li Honggang had been weak since childhood. He would get sick if he was not careful. He had no strength at all. It was only after he grew up that he got better.
It is for this reason that Li Pingwang, as a father, favors his youngest son.
Chen Xiaoying was far away on the other end of the phone, and she really couldn't control the third brother Li Hongqiang. Thinking of the fourth brother, she hesitated. To be honest, she had neglected the fourth brother Li Honggang the most in recent years.
Because the fourth son's wife, Yang Xiaohui, was a shrewd and calculating person. Except for the bulk of the family's benefits which were cheated away by the eldest daughter Li Hongyan, the rest was cheated away by Yang Xiaohui.
The fourth child's life is much better than those of the second and third children.
The fourth son works diligently and conscientiously outside, and sends his salary back home to his wife every month.
As a mother, he has less to worry about.
Chen Xiaoying thought about it and said, "Then let Lao Si come back first."
The third brother, Li Hongqiang, didn't listen to her, and she was afraid that even if she took a train to the sawmill, she wouldn't be able to bring him back.
From what he said, the fourth son couldn't bear to work in the sawmill any longer. They were all her sons, and she couldn't just watch the fourth son, Li Honggang, suffer.
When it was the fourth child, Li Honggang, who answered the phone, Chen Xiaoying hadn't said a few words when she heard Li Honggang, the fourth child, say with a strong nasal voice, "Well, Mom, I'll go back after I get my salary this month."
Chen Xiaoying's eyes also turned red, showing that he had really suffered: "Okay."
This time, Chen Xiaoying's original intention was to call back the third brother, Li Hongqiang, who was the most likely to cause trouble. Unexpectedly, the one she called back was the fourth brother, who gave her the least worries.
Plans cannot keep up with changes.
As the saying goes, "Raising a child for a hundred years means worrying about him for ninety-nine years."
Chen Xiaoying had this thought in her mind. Looking back at the two breakfast shops she had opened, she suddenly wondered if she had taken the wrong step when buying the house in the first place.
Should she develop her career first and then buy a house?
After thinking about it carefully, she shook her head again. She had to buy a house, otherwise where would she live? The house for the breakfast shop was also rented at the beginning, and the rent alone was not small a year.
She was a little worried and complained to her cousin Su Wanping.
Su Wanping talked about Li Hongxia: "Do you still want that job?"
Chen Xiaoying then remembered that she had asked Su Wanping to help find a job for Li Hongli, and hurriedly said, "Oh, how could I have forgotten about this? Yes, yes, why don't you want to do it?"
"Or give it to Hongli?" Su Wanping asked tentatively.
Chen Xiaoying sneered: "Give it to her? That's like throwing meat buns at a dog, it's gone forever. Besides, if you give it to her, you don't know who you're giving it to."
At this point, she suddenly asked, "Are there a lot of people competing for this position now? What's the saying? How much do they want?"
This is how it is in small places. Social skills come first, followed by personal ability.
Su Wanping just gave a number, and Chen Xiaoying started to worry: "It's not a small amount."
She also wants to open another store at the train station.
Su Wanping nodded: "Working in the library is easy, with good benefits, so many people are eager to work for it."
Chen Xiaoying said, "Okay, I'll talk to Hongxia right away."
Now, her cousin Su Wanping helps her with the accounting in this store. She was afraid that she was overwhelmed and one of the employees quit because of something, so she asked her youngest daughter Li Hongxia to come here to work.
Chen Xiaoying called Li Hongxia outside and told her about the job.
Li Hongxia was willing: "Mom, is it possible?"
My family is a small peasant family, three generations of poor farmers, and I have no connections at all. The most capable person is my cousin Su Wanping, but she has already retired and has little chance of having a say.
"Let's try it first to see if it works," said Chen Xiaoying.
The youngest daughter, Li Hongxia, nodded and said, "Okay, I do."
She didn't want to become a burden to her family after graduating from college.
Su Wanping went to the office to look for acquaintances that day, and also brought Li Hongxia with her to recognize their faces first.
Li Hongxia waited in the office hall for a while, feeling a little awkward. A young woman walked by, walked over, and quickly stepped back: "Li Hongli, what are you doing here?"
Li Hongxia was stunned for a moment, looked at the person in front of her, frowned, and didn't know him.
But she had encountered this situation many times before: "I am not Li Hongli, I am Li Hongxia."
She and her second sister are twins and look very similar. It was only after Li Hongli permed her hair and loved dressing up that people were able to tell them apart.
Now, some people actually mistake her for her second sister despite her plain appearance. Maybe it’s because her second sister hasn’t dressed up during this period?
The girl in front of her realized that she had recognized the wrong person. This was Li Hongli's sister Li Hongxia, so she said indifferently: "Oh, you are her sister, then what are you doing here?"
Her attitude was bad and Li Hongxia didn't want to pay attention to her.
The girl was not willing to give in: "I'm talking to you, why don't you say anything? Why don't you have any manners at all?"
Li Hongxia frowned. She came here to find a job and didn't want to quarrel with others, so she whispered, "I don't know you, and I have nothing to say to you."
After saying that, she wanted to change places.
The girl laughed sarcastically: "Humph, you are just like your second sister, both of you are uneducated."
That's unpleasant to hear.
Li Hongxia was annoyed, but after looking at the place, she managed to suppress her anger. Just then, Su Wanping called her, so she simply shook her head off and hurried over.
The girl chased after her in confusion, and was stunned when she saw her enter the office she had just entered.
Sister Wang, who is sitting in this office, is the leader in charge of this recruitment. What is Li Hongxia doing here? Is she also looking for a job?
Thinking of this, she hurried back to her home.
The house was still as messy as before, but she yelled at Li Hongli, who was sitting on a chair eating melon seeds, "Do you have any sense of being a daughter-in-law? The yard is such a mess, and you don't know how to clean it up?"
Although Li Hongli was pregnant, her mother-in-law also controlled her and did not allow her to perm her hair or wear makeup. She wore clothes that covered her belly and tried her best to dress herself nicely. That's why her sister-in-law Xu Cuicui mistook her for her twin sister Li Hongxia.
Li Hongli was feeling depressed. After she married Xu Xiaodong, her mother-in-law ordered her to sweep the floor and wipe the table that very night.
She refused to do it and complained to Xu Xiaodong, but Xu Xiaodong ignored her at all.
After a few words, he actually left her and went to work in the province or city with her uncle, leaving her alone to face her already vicious mother-in-law. That was not all, his younger sister, who was sent to his eldest uncle's house to be raised as a daughter when she was a child, actually ran back to live at home.
She said that her parents there were patriarchal and treated her badly, so she wanted to come back to live with her biological mother.
But her mother-in-law Ma Xiufen was so happy. The girl was raised by someone else and even attended high school. How could she not be happy that she got a good deal for free?