Wang Chunting forced a smile and pretended she knew nothing.
She put the money carefully in her pocket and said, "Okay, I'll go handle the handover procedures today and I'll definitely bring it to you."
Originally, the two wanted to change it back on June 1st, so that they could calculate their salary for the whole month and avoid any hassles.
But there was a sudden funeral in Aunt Qi's family, and Aunt Qi, as the daughter-in-law, had to go to observe the seventh day of mourning. She reluctantly went to work yesterday afternoon, but she couldn't delay it today, so she had to hand over the work in advance.
An You breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, please help me with the favor, sister-in-law."
Wang Chunting forced a smile and went home with Xiang Liguo.
She is the youngest in the family, and her oldest nephew is only seven or eight years old, far younger than Xiang Mianmian.
There are no young people of marriageable age in the family, so I have always kept my distance from my sister-in-law and brother-in-law.
But Xiang Lili is such a popular girl that so many people like her that Zhang Jidi, who is on high alert, cannot get through, and Xiang Lili, who is not very smart, cannot be impressed either. Naturally, someone will find another way.
Aunt Qi is one of them.
Her son is one year older than Xiang Lili, and they fell in love at first sight when they met by chance.
Let’s look at Lili’s sister Xiang Meimei. After Chen Wei proposed to her, Xiang Meimei helped her husband become a leader. If the elder sister is so successful, the younger sister will not be much worse.
Aunt Qi's son also wanted a wife who would bring good luck to him, so he told Aunt Qi that he only liked Xiang Lili.
He wanted to pursue someone, but when he was pursuing her, Xiang Lidang was always picking her up and dropping her off, leaving him no room to exploit.
Ask a matchmaker to arrange a marriage for you, but even if you run your legs thin, Zhang Jidi won't agree.
It just so happened that Aunt Qi and Wang Chunting were good colleagues, so she wanted to ask her sister-in-law Wang Chunting to help her with this matter. If it succeeded, the relationship between the two would be closer.
Although Aunt Qi has retired, her husband is the logistics director of the coal factory and an official of some sort.
Since Wang Chunting could make this happen, the Qi family would naturally benefit from her.
Unfortunately, An You didn't accept the challenge.
Wang Chunting handed over the work data to the haggard Aunt Qi. After both parties confirmed that it was correct, she took out 10 yuan and gave it to Aunt Qi.
"Aunt Qi, this is a gift from your sister-in-law to your old man. Please take it back."
When she heard this number, Aunt Qi sighed.
"You still haven't agreed? I don't know what kind of perfect match your sister-in-law is looking for."
There was a sour note in her tone.
Women will get married sooner or later, and her Qi family is not a den of wolves or tigers. Can't Xiang Lili look at the conditions of the Qi family and let her family marry her?
Wang Chunting pretended she hadn't understood the meaning: "She's still young and hasn't figured it out yet. Anyway, we have to observe a year of mourning for the old man. We can talk about it when we have time."
Aunt Qi, with sackcloth tied around her arm, shook her head, looking haggard. "I don't care. It depends on his own luck."
She has no time to take care of her son now.
Just over a year after my mother-in-law passed away, my grandfather also passed away. He passed away quietly after taking a nap at noon.
It was only when the little grandson at home went to make a fuss and wanted to eat some candy that he discovered that the old man was already dead.
Because he passed away in a hurry and left no will, the family property was so much that the brothers of the Qi family almost fought over it and had no time to take care of their son's marriage.
After Aunt Qi finished her instructions, she wanted to go back to the mourning hall, but suddenly she thought of something and turned around and said, "I forgot to tell you that the leader is retiring at the end of this month, and Qiao Dazui has been promoted to leader."
"Ah?! Why is it her!" Wang Chunting exclaimed in shock, her face bitter.
Giving her a sympathetic look, Aunt Qi was helpless: "She has the longest service in the group, so it's natural for her to be promoted when the leader retires."
"It's over. There are no good days left."
It was almost common knowledge that she and Qiao Dazui were at odds. Wang Chunting had a headache and didn't want to go to work before she even started.
The two of them went home, worrying about their own problems.
Xiang Mianmian was also in trouble.
As a 12-year-old girl, she never worried about her marriage.
Because in the minds of modern people, this is just the age of elementary school graduates, and regardless of whether they agree or not, the minimum sentence is three years and the maximum penalty is death penalty.
But it was different in the 1960s. People had to go to the countryside at the age of 16, and starting to talk about marriage at the age of 12 didn’t seem so early.
...Bullshit!
In the corner of the school's backyard, Xiang Mianmian blatantly rejected the confession of a young boy who was still harboring romantic feelings for her, and lay on the desk with a headache.
Qin Wanwan, her good friend, also lay on the desk and faced her: "What are you doing? Why are you so depressed? Your mother won't let you go out to play during the summer vacation?"
"No, I'm just tired and want to lie down."
Qin Wanwan blinked and asked curiously, "Okay, lie down for a while. Which school do you want to apply to? Do you want to go to a technical secondary school like your sister?"
Generally, children start first grade at the age of 6, graduate from five years of primary school at the age of 11, and most people graduate from junior high school at the age of 13.
Xiang Mianmian had never thought about this. She always thought that she could get rid of her schooling career starting from 1966. After being told by the system about the parallel universe, she never thought about which school to apply to.
There are only two schools in the county, a technical secondary school and a high school. What else do you want?
"Just study in whichever one you get admitted to." Xiang Mianmian moved the pen on his desk.
Although she wanted to take a rest, academic qualifications were still very important in this society. She decided to continue her studies if she could. After all, she could pass the exam and her family could afford it.
Qin Wanwan rested his head on his arm unhappily. "You know, Li Xue, Qiao Qin, and Chen Xinxin all don't plan to continue their studies. It's just us and Hu Ying taking the high school entrance exam."
When she heard it, she was shocked.
Xiang Mianmian was even more surprised than she was when she received the confession. She sat up straight and said, "No way, there are six girls in our class, and half of them are dropping out?"
Despite the current propaganda that women hold up half the sky, in fact, most resources are still tilted towards men, but it is more hidden.
The three years of famine had already broken the fragile balance.
In this class, the ratio of boys to girls was barely half and half in elementary school, but as they dropped out one after another, the class gradually became more than 30 boys and six golden flowers.
But now it has to be shortened. Isn’t the high school entrance exam coming soon? Can’t we wait even half a year?
Qin Wanwan was also very sad: "There's a high probability that her score won't allow her to get into a technical secondary school. Everyone says that going to high school is useless. Her family is burdened with heavy expenses, so she went home to take care of her younger siblings."
Just like Xiang Meimei, who graduated from junior high school and stayed at home to take care of a whole family.
Technical secondary schools were not as unpopular as they would be in the future, or even considered a gathering place for gangsters and girls. At that time, technical secondary schools were specifically for learning skills and were very popular in various factories and departments.
As long as technical secondary school graduates study hard and have decent skills, they can basically get a letter of introduction and directly find a job that matches their major.
It’s different in high school. You still have to find a job by yourself when you graduate. At most, you have a few more advantages than junior high school graduates. Why study for two more years?
Isn't this a waste of household resources?
Xiang Lili had a letter of introduction from the school and could have directly joined the methane plant, but she was worried that someone would say she got the job through Chen Wei's connections, so she simply went to take the on-site exam.
She was admitted without taking the entrance exam and also wanted to see the testing process of the methane plant so as not to be left behind by others.
If you can’t get into a technical secondary school and learn a skill, high school is indeed relatively inferior, and girls will have no education to go to.
Unlike boys, even if they fail to get into technical secondary school, their families will support them to go to high school and give them priority in admission in order to find a job.
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