With the addition of five roommates, Shen Anning felt a lot more relaxed. However, considering that the ratio of male to female students was somewhat unbalanced, she also recruited three male teachers. One of them was the monitor of Xu Hongxia's class - Qin Fei, who was also from Northeast China and the top scorer in the college entrance examination in Ji City. However, it was his first year taking the exam and he was not sure how he would do. His first choice was Renmin University.
The other two were Liu Ming and Su Tong from Shen Anning's class. It wasn't that Shen Anning didn't want to look for anyone else, but as soon as she told them about it, they both readily agreed. Shen Anning had originally planned to ask them to help introduce male classmates who could teach, but her words of persuasion were of no use at all.
Early in the morning on Sunday, Shen Anning rode her bicycle out of the house without even having breakfast. Shen's father and mother knew what their daughter was doing. The two of them had a simple idea. As long as their daughter did not do anything harmful to the world, they would support her.
Arriving at the courtyard near Peking University, Cao Jingheng was already cleaning. When he heard the sound of the door opening, he put down the rag in his hand and came out. Seeing Shen Anning carrying the bicycle over the threshold, he hurried to greet her, "Anning, give me the bicycle. I bought you soy milk, fried dough sticks and beef buns on the table. They are all your favorites. Go quickly."
Shen Anning didn't rush into the house, but took Cao Jingheng's arm and said, "Oh, I really have a life of luxury. My partner is so good and hardworking that it seems I am useless."
Cao Jingheng took Shen Anning’s hand and said, “Ningning, if you agree to marry me earlier, you can enjoy more happiness.”
Seeing the man's eyes, Shen An Ning twisted the soft flesh on his waist. Don't think that she doesn't know because she is young. Even if you haven't eaten pork in two lifetimes, you will always see pigs running.
Seeing that Shen Anning was angry, Cao Jingheng didn't dare to say much. He parked his bicycle obediently and continued to work with a rag.
After breakfast, Shen Anning began to organize the teaching materials. This courtyard was larger than the one at the Normal University and had two more rooms, so Shen Anning specially opened up one room as a teacher's office and rest area. "By the way, Brother Heng, do you have any comrades whose families are in Beijing?"
"What's wrong?"
"Classes here start early and end late in the evening, so I thought of hiring an aunt to come over and cook dinner and clean the house. Otherwise, it would be too much trouble for us to do it every day. We can go to work at 4 pm, prepare dinner, boil water, and then leave work. Then come back in the morning to clean up."
Cao Jingheng immediately understood what Shen Anning meant. He thought for a moment and said, "I do have someone suitable here. I had a comrade in the army before. He was from Hebei. He was injured on the battlefield and lost a hand. After he was demobilized, he was assigned to the Logistics Management Office of the Military Region here. He only has his parents and a younger sister at home. His mother is young and doesn't have a job. She does some manual labor on the street at home. I've seen her. She's very hardworking and likes to be clean."
"Then go call your comrades right now and tell them. If I have any old sisters I get along well with, ask them to come over too. It just so happens that the Normal University and this place are both in the same area. How about a salary of 20 yuan a month?"
"Twenty dollars is a lot. Take a break. I'll make a phone call and ask my aunt to come over and try it later."
Cao Jingheng was also very happy that his partner could think of them, the families of soldiers serving in the army. Isn't this considered loving the whole family?
Yes, it must be.
Sure enough, Qi Yuan received a call from his own team leader. He was overjoyed to hear that he had found a job for his mother. Although he was currently working for 58.5 yuan a month and his father was also doing part-time work outside, there were four people in the family, his sister was still in school, and he himself was not married yet. His parents were under great pressure. Thinking of how he had begged his parents to come to Beijing to live with him and how worried they were, he choked up a little when he thought of that scene. "Captain, thank you for still thinking of me today."
"What are you talking about? Auntie is so kind to me. I used to eat a lot of the dates and sesame candies she sent you."
"By the way, please give the street where you live a call. If your aunt is not busy, please come over today to see you. You will officially start work tomorrow."
Aunt Qi came very quickly. She was afraid that Cao Jingheng and Shen Anning would be waiting, so the two of them even paid to take the bus here.
"Is anyone there?"
"Hey, Aunt Qi, you're here so soon. Come in and sit down and rest."
Aunt Qi brought another aunt who looked about the same age as her into the house. The two of them were a little reserved when they first arrived. Shen Anning smiled and handed over two glasses of water. "Hello, two aunts. I will have to work hard for you in the future."
Aunt Qi is also a cheerful person. She looked at Shen Anning and praised her, "Hello, Anning. Jingheng is so lucky to have such an outstanding partner. This is my neighbor who lives in the same compound. Her youngest son is also a soldier. Like me, he usually does handicrafts at home to supplement the family income. You can just call her Aunt Liu in the future."
With the help of the two aunts, the cleaning went quickly and before eleven o'clock, the yard was tidy and clean.
"Aunt Qi, Aunt Liu, it's almost noon, let's have lunch together."
As soon as Shen Anning said this, the two aunts quickly waved their hands to refuse, "No, no, we are here for a trial job, Anning, please don't be polite with your aunt, we will go back now and come to work tomorrow."
Shen Anning gave Cao Jingheng a look and said, "Okay, Auntie, I won't force you to stay. So, Auntie, wait for me and I'll give you the keys to the two courtyards."
"Aunt Qi, Aunt Liu, we have two courtyards. You two should discuss how to arrange it. The work salary is the same. Currently, we need to prepare dinner and midnight snacks for twelve people before 5:30 pm here. The same is true for the Normal University. You can go back when the meal is ready and the teachers come. Just come early the next day to clean up. Rice, flour, grain and oil are all in the kitchen. The teachers have a heavy workload at night, so you should use more oil and water when cooking. I will put the vegetables in the kitchen in advance every day."
Both Aunt Qi and Aunt Liu were very happy. To be honest, this job was quite easy. They only had to work for a few hours a day and could earn twenty yuan a month.
"Okay, An Ning, don't worry. The aunties promise you that this place will be clean every day and the teachers will have enough to eat."
When Shen Anning sent the two aunts out, Cao Jingheng handed over two oil paper bags, "Aunt Qi and Aunt Liu, if you don't eat here, we won't stay. Here are some buns I bought. Take them back to add a meal to your family."
After seeing the two people off, Shen Anning and Cao Jingheng didn't stay in the courtyard for long. Now that they had some time to rest, the young couple must find a place to cultivate their relationship.
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