"Jiao Juan, are you only 21 this year?"

"yes."

Auntie Pang looked regretful. If she waited another four years, Chen Xiangyang would be 29 years old by then. That would be fine.

"That's unfortunate."

Wang Juan told Wang Fen bits and pieces of what she had heard, as if it were gossip. Wang Fen slowly stopped beating the blanket.

"Jejuan, why are you telling me this?"

"Nothing, just what the fat lady in the yard told you, I'm telling you something new."

Wang Fen was silent for a while, then started moving again and said softly, "Juan, I know what you want to say to me.

But don't worry, 놖, 놖 I never dared to think so.

She is a city dweller, working in a rural area, and she is unmarried. How can a married country girl be worthy of him? "

Wang Juan was shocked and pulled Wang Fen over. She found that she was wiping away tears. "Sister, why do you say that to yourself?"

She pointed to the carpet in Wang Juan's hand and said, "This carpet only costs 18 yuan when it is hung in the store.

You can weave one piece a week and earn 20 to 30 yuan a month, which is no different from working in the city.

How can we compare with others? "

Wang Fen burst into laughter and wiped her tears with her handkerchief. She carefully put the blanket aside to avoid getting it dirty. "Yes, I was wrong."

"Besides, you have something that others don't have."

"what?"

Wang Juan looked proud and patted her chest, "Sister, I am a sister who can make a lot of money and buy you a house.

Sister, when you get married, I will buy you an apartment and arrange all the necessary things for you.

놊, now it is popular in the city to give away 108 legs, I will buy them all for you when the time comes!"

Wang Fen was touched, but after she came to her senses, she shook her head and said, "How can I buy so many things from you? You should keep your own money for yourself."

"Yes, who can see that? Marry someone."

"Sister, you are still young, you have met the right person who treats you well, and I will support you.

Just remember one thing, we are looking for someone who is good to you, we will leave immediately and I will support you."

Wang Fen looked at her sister with tears in her eyes. She opened her mouth but in the end she couldn't say thank you.

She and her sister never need to say such things to each other.

…

After a year, the store's business returned to its previous state.

Seeing that the employees in the store had no time to rest, Jiang Li asked Wang Juan to hire another person.

After the job announcement is posted, many people will apply.

The clothing store has high commissions, good benefits, and a friendly boss, and it has long been known in this area.

Some of the applicants are even junior high school students, all of whom have returned to the city but have not yet secured a job.

Wang Juan looked at them, made up her mind, and went to Jiang Li for advice.

"Is anyone here?"

The glass door was pushed open, and the snow and wind blew in. A tall woman wearing a red headscarf and with a red face walked in.

She seemed to be walking in the snow for a long time. The clothing store was warm. As soon as she entered, the snow on her shoulders and legs melted, flowed down her clothes, and turned into muddy water on the floor.

"How dare you make this place dirty. There are job advertisements on your heads. Are you here to..."

Before she could even utter the word "apply", the dark-skinned woman opposite her pulled down her headscarf and asked, "Jiang Li?"

"Eri, is that you?"

Jiang Li frowned and looked at the person opposite her. "Who are you?"

"That's Ding Yu. We used to be in the same brigade. She used to be the accountant in Dashuping Brigade..."

The woman opposite was talking a lot, and Jiang Li looked at her and only then vaguely recalled some of it.

She remembered that it seemed to be the one who married Chang Jinguang.

"I now remember it was you. Nice to meet you."

She turned to Wang Juan and said, "Pour her a cup of hot tea."

"Okay, boss."

Taking the hot teacup, Ding Yu carefully touched the flower pattern on the forehead, "Are you coming to Haicheng to study at university?

How did you open such a big store? It's really grand."

"Why did you come to Haicheng?"

Speaking of this, Ding Yu's expression suddenly became lonely, "I'm here to look for someone.

Jin Guang is Chang Zhiqing, a man.

After returning to the city, I started writing to you and the children, but suddenly there has been no news for the past few months.

I was anxious, so I came here. "

Ding Yu actually still held on to a glimmer of hope, thinking that maybe he was too busy or sick, so he had no time to write to her.

Although everyone in her family said that Chang Jinguang must be pretending to be Chen Shimei and marrying another woman in Haicheng, she didn't believe it.

Unless, unless she saw it with her own eyes.

Her family had no choice but to scrape together some money to buy her a ticket and left the child with her mother and uncle to take care of her while she packed her luggage and boarded the train.

"I came here according to the address that 놛 wrote to 놖, but when I got there, I found that this person was not there.

I had a lot of money when I came out, but even if I tried to save it, I still couldn't spend it all.

I saw that there was a job opening here, so I came here with courage. I am good at accounting, very brave, and can do anything. ”

Ding Yu has not been able to find much work these days, but they are all doing odd jobs.

When she met Jiang Li, she was like grabbing a life-saving straw and tried her best to promote herself in order to get the job.

But Jiang Li still refused, "You're sorry, maybe you're too suitable. We need long-term employees here, preferably locals."

If you hire someone for a short period of time, it’s easy to train them, but they’ll leave again. If you hire someone again, it’ll take a lot of time and energy.”

Ding Yu's eyebrows suddenly became lonely, but she still nodded. She could understand.

"Okay, I understand."

She picked up the bag on the ground, and when she pushed the door open, she hesitated for a moment, turned back, and asked hopefully, "Jiang Li, do you know anything about Chang Jin Guang?"

Jiang Li hesitated for a moment, and she really asked the right person.

But the truth may not be so easy to accept, "No, it's up to one person to decide."

"Sun Yulian."

Ding Yuyu's eyes widened. It was obvious that she knew Sun Yulian. Her voice was trembling as she spoke, "Are you two together? Are you together?"

Jiang Li shook her head, and Ding Yuyu's tense heartstrings relaxed.

"This is very clear to me. Sun Yulian is a student at the University of Hong Kong. She has seen Chang Jinguang write letters to her.

I'll give you her home address, go look for her, I'm sure you'll get some information."

Holding the address written by Jiang Li, Ding Yu couldn't help shaking. The heat from the cup of tea he had just drunk disappeared without a trace, and his body felt as cold as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

For some reason, she had a feeling that Chang Jinguang must have betrayed her.

"Thank you, it's you, and you still know how to turn around like a headless fly."