When we arrived at the house rented by the Ye family, Li Qiu was sitting at the door of the main hall picking vegetables.
Yun Qiao walked over and handed her the lunch box containing the braised pork: "Aunt, I bought a portion of braised pork to add to your table."
"You're here just like that, why do you need to buy anything? Our family has enough meat coupons now, so why should we spend your money? If you want to eat, we can buy it ourselves." Li Qiuqiu didn't want Yun Qiao to spend money.
Yun Qiao smiled and said, "We also had braised pork for lunch, so we packed a portion. It's nothing."
At this time, Ye Yuanzhang walked out of the room and said with a smile: "Yun Qiao, Ting Jun. You are here, come in and sit down."
Ye Yuanzhang was wearing a half-worn cannery uniform that was a little too big for him, but his brows were relaxed, his eyes were gentle, and he looked much better than when he was in the Sanhe Camp.
After entering the house, Li Qiu took out the brown sugar that was specially used at home to entertain guests, made two cups of brown sugar water and handed them to Yun Qiao and the others.
Yun Qiao told Ye Yuanzhang and Li Qiu the good news that she and He Tingjun had obtained their marriage certificate, and both of them were very happy for them.
Ye Yuanzhang asked, "We've got the marriage certificate. When are we planning on having the wedding?"
"Any time is fine with me, July or August, or even later in September or October. It mainly depends on the schedule of Tingjun's uncle and aunt." Yun Qiao looked at He Tingjun.
He Tingjun explained, "It's mainly because they didn't come when Yunqiao and I got engaged, and we felt really bad about it, so we said we had to come. It's just that they're both busy with work, and wanting to come to the wedding, they need to coordinate their schedule. I only know they can spare two days in August, but the specific time, whether it's early or late August, is still uncertain."
Li Qiu comforted him, "It's okay, don't rush. It's only the end of August, and there are still more than two months until August. There's still time to coordinate."
He Tingjun said 'hmm'.
Ye Yuanzhang looked at Yun Qiao and asked her, "Once you get the certificate, you can go through the formalities of joining the army. Yun Qiao, when are you planning to join the army?"
"I'm not sure about that. Let's have a banquet first." Yun Qiao said, "I'm mainly thinking about work. When I was living in the family compound before, I heard my sister-in-law there say that there are too few jobs at the station. There are more jobs than vacancies. Many family members who have been here for a year or two are still waiting in line to be arranged for work. I just arrived. Can I get a job?"
"Don't worry about a job," He Tingjun explained. "Most of the military wives waiting in line for job placements are from rural areas. They don't have urban hukou or formal jobs. Some are even illiterate, so they can only wait for placements. You're different. You're an educated youth sent to the countryside, a company guard, and earning a first-class employee salary on the farm. People like you who already have a job are assigned to the army. The only difference is the quality of the position. There's no way they wouldn't find you a job."
"The difference between a good position and a bad one is huge. Whether you're assigned to an office or doing odd jobs, the difference is huge." Li Qiuqiu said, "Tingjun, you must have gotten your marriage certificate by now. After you get back, go to your unit's personnel department and ask around for a few days. Maybe there's still room for choice."
He Tingjun agreed: "Okay, I'll ask as soon as I get back."
After chatting for over half an hour, just as Yun Qiao and the others were about to say goodbye, Ye Yuanzhang winked at Li Qiqiu, who then quietly pulled Yun Qiao aside and whispered to her, "Yun Qiao, there's something your uncle and I have thought about, and we feel we need to tell you."
"What's the matter? So mysterious?" Yun Qiao asked.
"It's about Ye Lin." That is Su Lin. After she returned to Shanghai, her household registration was moved back to the Ye family, and she also changed her surname from "Su" back to "Ye".
Li Qiuqiu said, "She got married when she was one. A few days ago, your uncle and I received a letter from her saying that she wanted to take back the house as her wedding home and not rent it out anymore."
"She got married?" Yun Qiao was a little surprised: "To whom?"
"With a guy named Pan," Li Qiu said. "She grew up in the Railway Bureau's family compound, and the guy also grew up there. They were childhood sweethearts."
"That's good."
As for Pan Zhiyuan, in his two lives, the cheating man and the mistress can be said to have finally gotten together.
The scumbag and the bitch must be locked up!
"As for the house... you are my blood relatives, so you can decide for yourself. There's no need to ask me. I have no right to express my opinion."
Yun Qiao thought for a moment and added, "However, I must remind you that the current tenant, Gao Xiaoping, has renewed her lease for an additional year and paid a full year's rent in one go. Her lease doesn't expire until the end of October this year. If you cancel the contract early and don't rent the house to her, you'll have to pay her liquidated damages."
"Your uncle and I both know this, and we have no intention of giving the house to her as a wedding house."
At this point, Li Qiu's face showed a self-deprecating arc, and he smiled bitterly, "I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but I dare not give this house to her as a wedding house. Your uncle and I have nothing now, only these few rooms left by your grandmother. Ye Lin is my eldest brother's only daughter, so she should have half of this house. We are willing to marry her, but I don't trust her.
Even though we're blood relatives, we've never met her, and people are always greedy. She's just saying nice things now, but she just wants to stay for a few years because she has nowhere to live after getting married. Since we're still in the Great Northern Wilderness and we're not going to live there ourselves, why not let her move in first? No one knows if she'll be willing to move out again in the future.
"What if we have the chance to return to Shanghai in the future, but she occupies the house and is unwilling to leave? What should we do then?" Li Qiu felt a pang of bitterness in his heart, and a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes.
She looked at Yun Qiao, "Yun Qiao, can you understand me? I don't really want to think too badly of her, it's just... it's just that human nature is too complicated. We have no way out now, so we really don't dare to take the risk."
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