Lin Xiaoyu went home with the report card. Li Shuping was very happy when she saw her daughter's report card.
From the top 20 in the grade to second in the grade, this improvement can be said to be like riding a rocket.
"You did very well in the exam this time. Tell me what reward you want."
Lin Xiaoyu shook her head, "I don't want a reward."
For her, her mother's happy smile is the best reward.
"Really not wanting to?" Li Shuping asked with some surprise.
Lin Xiaoyu nodded and said, "I study for myself, not for you, mom. Why do I need you to reward me?"
Li Shuping touched her daughter's head with a look of relief. Her daughter Xiaoyu was really sensible.
Unlike Lin Jianshe, who got a red flower in kindergarten and would ask her for a reward when he got home.
"It's getting hot. Tomorrow Mom will take you to the state-owned store to buy you a pair of sandals."
Lin Xiaoyu looked down at the sneakers on her feet and nodded.
Wearing white sneakers now does make my feet feel a bit stuffy.
The next afternoon, Li Shuping took Xiaoyu to the state-owned store.
When they got to the shoe counter, Li Shuping selected a style and asked the salesperson to give it to Lin Xiaoyu to try.
After trying them on, Lin Xiaoyu chose a pair of red plastic sandals with black soles.
Li Shuping also chose a pair of black black-soled sandals for herself.
After buying the sandals, the mother and daughter went shopping in a state-owned store and bought some daily necessities.
"Li Shuping?"
Just after leaving the state-owned store, Li Shuping met a colleague from the garment factory.
"Ms. Gong?"
Gong Meili looked at Li Shuping in surprise. In the past, she had always been the most plain and least fond of dressing up in the factory. How come she became younger and more fashionable after transferring her work to her child in advance?
"Oh Shuping, you are so beautiful now. I can hardly recognize you when you walk on the street."
Li Shuping pursed her lips and smiled, "Xiaoyu calls Aunt Gong."
"Aunt Gong." Lin Xiaoyu called someone.
Gong Meili also looked at Lin Xiaoyu and said, "This is your daughter. She is so pretty. Is she still studying?"
Li Shuping nodded, "I'll be in my second year of high school next semester."
"That's quite interesting. You've got a high score." Not everyone can get a high score these days.
Faced with the praise, Lin Xiaoyu smiled shyly.
"Shuping, you are still the best. Your husband has a high salary, and you transferred the work to your son. Your life is more comfortable now." Gong Meili said to Li Shuping with envy.
"Unlike me, my job was transferred to my eldest son, and my eldest daughter-in-law left the house. I still have two children at home who are still studying. Now I live a very tight life relying on my husband's salary. In the summer, I dare not even buy a pair of sandals."
Gong Meili looked at the sandals wrapped in paper in Li Shuping's hand, her tone somewhat sour.
"I'm already divorced." said Li Shuping.
"What?" Gong Meili thought she had heard it wrong.
Li Shuping repeated: "I'm already divorced."
She knew that once this old colleague knew about her divorce, he would inevitably spread the news everywhere, and her divorce would cause all kinds of speculation and criticism.
But compared to all these, she didn't want people to think that she, Li Shuping, was living such a good life now because of Lin Yongnian.
"Why, why did you get divorced?" Gong Meili stuttered.
Li Shuping said: "Life is too miserable. I don't want to live in such a miserable state anymore. I'm getting a divorce."
"So now you..."
Gong Meili looked at her current glamorous appearance and thought, she is divorced, could she have found a rich old man?
Li Shuping: "I am now self-employed and have opened a dumpling shop. It is on Changning Street and business is pretty good. Whenever you are free, you can come to my shop and have a seat."
Gong Meili was even more surprised. She didn't expect that she could do something else.
Although many people have started to work as individuals, people still feel that working as an individual is not decent.
Especially those working in the catering industry have to smile in front of others and serve tea and water, which is even more undignified.
"I didn't expect you to be able to do this."
Li Shuping just smiled, knowing that the other party felt that doing this was not decent.
"Isn't the country supporting unemployed young people to start their own businesses? I am responding to the country's call and following the party's lead."
"That's right." Gong Meili nodded. "By the way, did you know that Master Huang is in the hospital?"
Master Huang is an old master in the garment factory. When Li Shuping first joined the factory, it was Master Huang who taught her and took good care of her. He has been retired for more than ten years.
"What happened to her?" Li Shuping asked.
Gong Meili said: "They said there was a tumor in her uterus, so she had her uterus removed."
That's pretty serious.
"Which hospital is she in?" Li Shuping asked.
As an apprentice of Master Huang, I knew she was sick, so I had to go visit her.
"People's Hospital, I don't know which ward it is."
Li Shuping nodded. "I have something else to do in the store, so I'll leave first. We can talk another day."
After saying that, Li Shuping took Lin Xiaoyu away.
Gong Meili looked at the backs of the mother and daughter as they left and said, "Li Shuping, who has always been good-tempered, actually divorced without saying anything. This is really unexpected. She is so old, isn't it embarrassing?"
The next day, news of Li Shuping's divorce spread throughout the garment factory.
Many people went to ask Lin Jianshe’s mother why she wanted to divorce?
Lin Jianshe: "It was because she quarreled with my dad and my dad slapped her. She quarreled with my dad and wanted a divorce. She didn't want the family anymore and didn't even care about her grandchildren."
"Why did she quarrel with your dad?" someone asked.
"It's just some trivial matters." Lin Jianshe was vague and didn't dare to tell the whole story.
"They've been married for more than 20 years and have grandchildren. How can they get divorced? That's too irresponsible."
"Yes, didn't you as children try to persuade them?"
Lin Jianshe sighed, "Why didn't I persuade her? Not only did she not listen, she even disowned me and my brother. She transferred the job to me and asked me for 800 yuan."
"Oh my, how did Li Shuping become like this? She seemed to be doing well in the factory before."
"Yes, she wants money for transferring the job to her own son. What kind of mother is that?"
"Isn't it..."
Hearing that everyone was talking about his mother, Lin Jianshe raised his eyebrows and continued to cut the threads of his clothes.
"Lin Jianshe, your wife called." The workshop director shouted while standing at the railing on the second floor.
Why is Qinqin calling at this time?
Lin Jianshe went upstairs with doubts.
"Hey, Qinqin..."
As soon as I answered the phone, Liu Qin on the other end of the phone hurriedly said: "My dad was beaten up, and the other party is now blocking my house and beating my parents. Please take leave and go to my house."
"Okay, I'll ask for leave right away."
After Lin Jianshe hung up the phone, he asked for leave from the workshop director, borrowed a bicycle from a colleague in the factory, and rode to Liu's house.
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