The next day, Zhou Weiguang got up and left refreshed, leaving Qin Hanshu in bed to recover.

Zhou Weiguang didn't go to school on the weekend, and before leaving he told Gu Yan not to disturb her, as she stayed in bed until eight o'clock.

Zhou Sheng is three years old and very naughty. When she opened the door, she saw the little kid dragging a big sack in from outside. The little kid walked tremblingly, as if he was about to be swallowed by the sack.

When I saw her, I yelled, "Mom, when I grow up I want to pick up trash!"

Qin Hanshu: "...you were going to be a pilot a few days ago."

Zhou Sheng opened the sack like a treasure. Inside were several used batteries, some broken wires, and a tattered aluminum lunch box.

"Aunt Fan said these can be sold for money!"

Qin Hanshu criticized him, "They are just a few pieces of broken wire. They can't even be weighed. They can't be sold for money."

Zhou Sheng said, "I'll sell the extras I have saved! Mom, when I get rich, I'll buy you some delicious food."

Qin Hanshu was touched by these words and said with a smile, "Okay, then mom will be waiting."

At this time, Zhou Xi came out of the house and said, "You should study hard and learn more knowledge so that you can make a lot of money."

Zhou Qi is already in the third grade of elementary school, but he is short and thin, even shorter than Pepe of the same age. Compared with his classmates who are older than him, he is even smaller.

Qin Hanshu did not lack nutrition for him, and she often smuggled water from the space for household use. However, Zhou Qi still did not grow taller, which made her a little worried.

Qin Hanshu said: "Zhou Xie, you should not only study, but also pay attention to physical exercise and develop some sports hobbies, so that you can grow taller."

Zhou Qi said quietly, "What's the point of growing taller? Just grow your brain."

Qin Hanshu: "...Growing taller will make girls like you."

Zhou Xi was puzzled and asked, "Why do you want to please girls?"

Qin Hanshu: "...Forget it, do whatever you want."

This child has very strong ideas and she has been unable to control him since he was young.

"Mom, I'm growing taller!" Zhou Qi shouted.

This child is only three years old and he already knows how to say nice things to please adults.

Gu Yan came over and said, "Sister Shu, I want to take a day off in a while."

Qin Hanshu nodded: "Okay, I'll arrange the specific date in advance."

Gu Yan said, and then explained: "My brother was admitted to a university in Jiangcheng, and I wanted to go see him."

Qin Hanshu was surprised: "Why haven't I heard you say that? The university in Jiangcheng has been in session for a long time, you should have gone there a long time ago!"

Gu Yan smiled innocently, "He contacted me after he arrived at school, and the letter from home just arrived not long ago."

Qin Hanshu asked: "Which school did he apply to?"

Gu Yan said, "He said it was a university of finance and economics. Jiangcheng is far from our hometown, and he applied to come here specifically for me."

The University of Finance and Economics is the result of the merger of the former School of Accounting and School of Finance and Economics. The campus was expanded on the basis of the School of Accounting and can be reached by crossing the back mountain.

In the past two years, the family member that Gu Yan mentioned most often was her younger brother. It can be seen that although her family favors boys over girls, she still has a good relationship with her younger brother.

"Okay, why don't you go visit him during the National Day holiday? I'll give you two days off and you can take him out to play. You can also ask him to come to your house for dinner to improve his diet. It's very convenient for him to come over anyway."

Gu Yan hurriedly shook her head: "One day is enough! He doesn't come home anymore. You pay me such a high salary, how can I let him come and eat for free?"

Qin Hanshu said a few words but failed to convince her, so he just let her go.

Qin Hanshu stayed at home for the whole morning. After lunch, he took his two children to Liu Ercui's house.

Liu Ercui was also on her day off today, but when Qin Hanshu arrived home she was not there. Only her eldest son Minyong and Peipei were at home.

Qin Hanshu asked Zhou Xie and Zhou Sheng to go play with Peipei, and asked Zhang Minyong: "Where's your mother?"

Zhang Minyong already looked like an adult. He lowered his head and said, "She went to work for Grandpa Li's family."

Liu Ercui's salary as a salesperson, plus the alimony from Zhang Lei, is enough to support a family of three.

But she thought long-term. She thought about her two children's education, her son's future marriage, and her daughter's dowry, so she felt that she had to save more money.

So she did odd jobs in her free time after work.

For example, there are several lonely elderly people in this building who can't move, so they save up their housework and wait for Liu Ercui to do it when she is free.

The income is meager, but it is at least some extra money besides the salary.

"Aunt Qin," Zhang Minyong whispered, "Why don't you tell my mom that I won't repeat my studies and I want to work."

Zhang Minyong also took the college entrance examination this year, but failed and is now repeating his grade.

Zhang Minyong's academic performance was always mediocre, and he felt sorry for his mother, so he said he didn't want to study anymore as early as his first year in high school. He wanted to go to work to reduce the burden on his family.

But Liu Ercui wouldn't allow it and insisted that he take the college entrance examination. When the first try didn't work, she asked him to try again.

Qin Hanshu watched from the sidelines and said that Zhang Minyong was very hardworking, but he lacked talent in studying.

But she couldn't persuade Liu Ercui to say that her son was not cut out for it and shouldn't let him repeat the grade.

After thinking for a while, Qin Hanshu said: "Since it has already started, you should try your best for another year. If it doesn't work, you can try again next year."

Zhang Minyong sighed, nodded, and went to read and study.

Qin Hanshu waited for more than half an hour before Liu Ercui came back.

"Hey, why are you here?"

Qin Hanshu said, "It's okay to rest at home, so I brought the kids to see you. Zhou Qi also misses Peipei."

A few children were playing nearby. When Peipei heard them, he smiled and asked Zhou Chi: "Little Chi, did you miss me?"

Zhou Qi'er shook his head expressionlessly, "My mother is just teasing you."

No one noticed that the tips of his ears turned red.

Pepe pouted in disappointment when she heard this, but she was a broad-minded person and soon became happy again.

Qin Hanshu ignored the children and pulled Liu Ercui aside to talk.

"Are you doing your job well now?"

Liu Ercui nodded, "Nothing is wrong."

Qin Hanshu hesitated for a moment and said, "If I ask you to quit your job and go to my brother's store, would you be willing?"

The monthly income of a salesperson in Qin Feiyang's store is more than twice that of a salesperson in a department store. Liu Ercui also knows this.

But after Qin Hanshu brought it up, Liu Ercui was a little hesitant, not for any other reason, but because she didn't want to owe Qin Hanshu any more favors.

After her divorce, she would never have been able to gain a foothold in Jiangcheng without Qin Hanshu's help, and she didn't know what life would be like if she returned to her hometown.

After thinking it over, Liu Ercui refused. "Forget it. It's good in the department store."

Qin Hanshu felt it was a pity, but it was not easy to force Liu Ercui.

In order to change the subject, Liu Ercui talked about something else.

"I have a sister who wants to come to Jiangcheng to work. She heard from me that your nanny earns so much money, so she also wants to come here to be a nanny. I have found a good family for her, and she will come next month."

Qin Hanshu: "This is a good thing. There are not many people with such courage nowadays."

People in rural areas rarely think of leaving their hometown to work unless they really can't make a living.

But in this era, once you take this step, it means you have one more opportunity to get rich than others.

"She got divorced, too. She got divorced last year." Liu Ercui was a little depressed. "She was beaten since the first day she got married. She hasn't had a good day in these years. When she heard that I was divorced, she had the idea, but it took her several years to get a divorce."

"In fact, very few women in the countryside live well."

Liu Ercui has lived in the city for so many years and has seen so much that she has come to the conclusion that the reason why women in the city live better than women in the countryside is because they can make money.

With a job and income, you will have confidence, and you don’t have to live under the control of a man after getting married.

Country women can't earn much money, so no matter what they do, they have to keep their hands up, and naturally they are as humble as a maid.

In the past two years, Liu Ercui had instilled a lot of such ideas into that sister, and also cited examples of how well the women around her were living. This led to that sister's determination to go to the city to work.

"Rural women do have more helplessness..." Qin Hanshu's heart moved as he spoke, "Sister Er Cui, have you ever thought about being an intermediary?"