Hearing Su Hua say this, Yun Qiao was stunned for a moment: "So fast?"
"Yeah." Su Hua smiled bitterly: "Who would have thought."
"The previous letter encouraged me to be strong and face difficulties alone, and to look forward to a family reunion in the future. But in the next letter, he said he had met someone in western Sichuan who was compatible with him and wanted to start a family with him."
"What can I say? I can only say I respect your decision."
"After all, he didn't write to ask for my opinion, he just wanted to inform me. Even if I disagree, he won't listen to me."
Su Hua lowered his eyes, and his long eyelashes hid the sadness in his eyes.
Yun Qiao patted her shoulder and silently comforted her.
Su Hua raised his head and smiled at her: "It's okay, I'm not sad. He has been bad to me since I was a child. It doesn't make any difference to me whether he is there or not."
Yun Qiao put his arm around her shoulders, hugged her, and asked softly, "So, does he not give you living expenses now?"
Su Hua smiled casually: "I can make money on my own now."
Yun Qiao patted her head: "You are so sensible."
Children who are too sensible will not get any candy.
"It's not that I'm sensible, it's mainly because I'm too hopeless. I was neglected by my parents when I was little, and I thought everyone was like that. But now that I've left home and entered society, I realize that everyone out there is a good person."
Su Hua said, "Sister Yun Qiao, do you know how I got my current job?"
"How did it come about?" Yun Qiao asked cooperatively.
"It was the educated youth office official who was in charge of persuading people to go to the countryside who helped. Didn't expect that?"
Su Hua said, "I graduated from junior high school in Beijing. According to policy, if you can't find a job in the city after graduating from junior high or high school, you have to go to the countryside. The staff of the Youth League Office came to my house to do some research on me, but when they saw me, they thought I was too thin and too young for a 14-year-old girl. I probably wouldn't be able to do farm work in the countryside. Not only would I not be able to support rural development, but I would increase the burden on my fellow villagers and waste the food of the production team. So they reported this to the leaders of the Youth League Office, and they approved my permission to stay in the city and arranged for me to work in the production group of the street."
Yun Qiao glanced at Su Hua's pointed little face and said, "You are indeed too thin."
"I have gained a lot of weight this day. I earn my own salary now, and I exchange all the egg coupons every month for eggs and eat them all." Su Hua said with a smile.
In the past, even when her parents were around, she didn't eat eggs every few days like she does now.
Even though the monthly egg tickets were based on the weight of the head, her mother, Wang Chunqi, kept the tickets and distributed the eggs, so most of the time she didn't get any. Occasionally, she would be brave enough to take a few more eggs, but would be scolded by her mother, who would say she was a starving ghost's agent.
It’s not as good as it is now. You can eat whatever you want whenever you want, and no one will care if you eat two at a meal.
Anyway, Su Hua feels that her life now is great, much better than her life at home before.
As he spoke, Su Hua stretched out his trouser legs to show Yun Qiao: "When I was young, I was only 1.3 meters tall, but today I've grown to 1.42 meters. I've grown a full 12 centimeters. My trousers are a bit too short. I later bought some cloth to fill them up."
Su Hua's tone was cheerful, but Yun Qiao felt sad when he heard it.
When she graduated from junior high school, she was only 1.3 meters tall, still a child. No wonder even the Youth League officials who were trying to persuade people to go to the countryside couldn't bear it and took the initiative to approve her to stay in the city.
With such a small body, if you go to the countryside, you can't do farm work, you can't earn work points, and you may not be able to come back alive.
Yun Qiao looked at Su Hua's smiling face and felt that she had finally come to the end of her suffering.
Being away from her terrible original family was actually a good thing for her.
"Eating well and getting enough nutrition, you'll naturally grow taller." Yun Qiao smiled and continued, "But a kitten can grow twelve centimeters taller, which is really amazing. When I was your age, the fastest-growing kitten only grew eight centimeters."
"Yeah, I think I'm pretty good too. It seems I'm quite talented at taking care of myself." Su Hua smiled. "My mother-in-law who works with me at the market said that I'm in my twenties and I shouldn't skimp on food, or I won't grow well and might not be able to have children in the future, or I might die young. That scared me a lot, so I rarely buy anything else now. Basically, all my salary goes into my stomach."
"She's right. You're in your twenties, a period of growth. You really can't skimp on food. You have to keep up with your nutrition."
Long-term malnutrition will definitely affect life expectancy.
Yun Qiao asked her, "Xiaohua, are you having your period now?"
It was the first time someone talked about this private topic with Su Hua. Su Hua was not used to it and shook his head shyly: "No."
"You're ten years old now, and it's time for your period." Yun Qiao said, "It hasn't come yet. It might be because you've been too weak in the past few days. Eat more good food to replenish your body. If it doesn't come after you're ten, you'll need to see a doctor."
Su Hua nodded: "Okay Sister Yun Qiao, I understand."
Yun Qiao patted her head and said with a smile, "Where were we just now? The subdistrict office arranged for you to work in the production team, so why are you going to the vegetable market now?"
"Because I arrived too late, all the good and easy jobs were taken. When I got there, I could only do the work that no one else wanted to do."
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