Is it that easy to get a hukou?" Zhao Ximei also knew that her daughter had been rejected for jobs over the past six months, half of which was due to hukou issues.
"How can I find a job without a hukou?"
"It's not possible to work in a factory. I can only look for temporary work or something like that."
"Mom, I can't go to the grain station to carry grain anymore! It's too tiring, really! I'm a woman, working with men all day long, how can I say this!" Zhang Yulian said.
Besides, carrying food is not a long-term job.
How can it be possible to have work today and no work every day?
"What else can we do?" Zhao Ximei had no idea. "You can't solve your household registration problem, and you can't find a formal job."
"Forget it, let's not talk about this. Mom, go take a shower and go to bed."
"Okay." Zhao Ximei washed her feet and lay down on the bed, recalling the delicious food she had eaten tonight. She couldn't help but sigh, "If I hadn't taken the wrong path, my life today would be the same as your aunt's."
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"Mom, do you regret it?"
"I regret it! I regret it so much! So, I really don't want you to go the wrong way!"
"Mom." Zhang Yulian turned over and faced Zhao Ximei. "I have always had a question."
"What's the question?"
"Haven't you noticed that your aunt's family eats and wears better than other families?"
Many families in the same courtyard also earn wages, but no family can compare with my aunt's family.
My aunt's family has no worries about food and drink, but other families still have to plan.
Let’s not talk about anything else, just talk about the eggs at my aunt’s house, she cracks several of them every day.
Sister-in-law Ye Li only eats two eggs a day.
Others eat at least one egg a day, which is a huge consumption.
"Found it." How could Zhao Ximei not find it?
After living a hard life for half her life, she now lives with her sister, with free food and accommodation, and she is very content.
As the saying goes: A horse cannot grow fat without night grass.
To be able to live like this, he must have some hidden income.
These days, those who can have enough to eat either have high salaries or have external income.
She knew all these, but her sister Zhao Xingmei didn't mention them to her, which meant that she didn't want her to know.
She was conscious of this and knew not to ask questions that she shouldn't.
"Mom, before the New Year, I found that my sister-in-law stuffed a stack of money into Sui Sui's pocket. It felt like they were all large bills, and it seemed like a lot."
"What's the harm if you saw it? Yulian, it's enough for you to know about this, but don't go out and tell others about it. Do you understand?"
"Mom, I know. I'm just telling you. What kind of work do you think my sister-in-law does outside? If my sister-in-law is willing to take me with her, do you think I can save the trouble of finding a job?"
When Zhao Ximei heard her daughter say this, she jumped up and said, "Don't mess around. I don't agree with you going to say that."
"Why?"
"Do you know that doing private work outside is not allowed? If you go outside to trade things, that is speculation! If people get to know about this, how will your sister-in-law be able to survive?" Zhao Ximei said.
"Mom, let me try to ask..."
"Don't ask. There are some things you shouldn't ask."
"What if I can't find a job and just live in my aunt's house? You think it's bad for me to ask about other people's jobs, but we just live in someone else's house for free without taking a penny, is that okay?"
This was the first time Zhang Yulian spoke to her mother in this tone.
Zhao Ximei was stunned.
Zhang Yulian realized that her tone had upset her mother, so she quickly softened her tone and said, "I'm anxious too. I want to make money quickly so that we can move out and live. Then I'll honor you and let you live a comfortable life."
Zhao Ximei felt that what her daughter said made sense.
After a long silence, she agreed: "Okay, then go and ask in a roundabout way first! Don't be too direct."
"Okay, I understand." Zhang Yulian agreed.
The day after Fang Ning got married, she returned home early.
There were not many people at her mother's house, so she had lunch with Jiang Xi, sat for a while and then came back.
When passing by the supply and marketing cooperative, he saw someone selling soda, so he asked Jiang Xi to buy a few bottles of soda.
"You bought so many bottles of soda, can you drink them all?"
"Is it a lot?" Fang Ning asked as she saw him holding the six bottles of soda.
"It's a lot!" Jiang Xi said, "You can't finish it today."
"Who said I drank it alone? Let's drink it together, you and me, together with my sister-in-law, my aunt, and Yulian. There's also one bottle left for Miaomiao. She can drink it when she gets home from school."
"Oh, my wife is right! I didn't think of that myself!"
"How selfish!" Fang Ning smiled and glared at him, "But it doesn't matter. If you do these things a few more times in the future, you will start to worry about other people."
"My wife is so nice." Jiang Xi said with emotion.
If it were the Hu Jingjing of the past, she would have wanted to move all the things into her own room.
During the years that he lived with Hu Jingjing, he learned everything from her without realizing it.
Now, it was Fang Ning's turn, and he couldn't get used to it for a while.
"It's all about putting yourself in other people's shoes! Only if you treat others well, they will treat you well. Mom and sister-in-law are both very good people. We can't be petty."
"Got it, wife."
The young couple returned to the courtyard with the sodas. Hu Jingjing took out two bottles from her pocket and said, "My sister-in-law and I will go sit for a while. You can distribute the rest."
"Okay." Jiang Xi agreed happily.
When Fang Ning knocked on the door, Ye Li was doing some accounting on his notebook.
Hearing a knock on the door, she closed her notebook, got up and went to open the door.
"Sister-in-law." Fang Ning handed a bottle of soda to her as soon as he came in. "Here, please have a drink."
"Thank you." Ye Li took the soda, "Come in and sit down."
"Okay." Fang Ning sat down and saw books and notebooks on Ye Li's desk. He walked over and opened them. "Sister-in-law, you are already several months pregnant. Are you still studying?"
When her eyes swept across the strings of numbers on the notebook, her heart skipped a beat.
She is an accountant and of course she knows what these numbers mean.
"I'm sorry, sister-in-law." She hurriedly closed the notebook and tried to pretend that she knew nothing, but it was too late. Her expression had already betrayed her, "I...I shouldn't have opened it."
Ye Li smiled and said, "It's okay. Since you've seen it, I won't hide it from you. There's something wrong with my account. I've been calculating it these past few days, but I can't figure out where the problem is. I'm worried. Since you're here, please help me take a look."
Fang Ning was a smart man, and he knew what Ye Li meant after hearing what she said.
"Sister-in-law, do you have any wild tricks?" she asked.
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