The next day, while her daughter and son-in-law were at work and her granddaughter was in daycare, Ming Erni took Xiang Youzhi in a walker and strolled to Zhao's house.
Fortunately, the two houses were not far from each other, so I just took a walk along the way.
She let the child play under her nose, took out a sweater from her bag and chatted with her old sister for a long time before getting to the point: "Is your little girl an accountant at the coal factory?"
This old sister's surname is Zhao. She is the eldest in the family and everyone calls her Aunt Zhao.
Aunt Zhao found a husband with the same surname as her. She always thought this was the best. The child she gave birth to would have the same surname as her, so she would feel closer to him.
Aunt Zhao was also knitting briskly. Unguarded by the older sisters, she casually said, "Yeah, you know that, don't you? It's like you've just met me for the first time."
The two have similar experiences. When they were young, they were both tellers in department stores. When their grandchildren grew up, they asked their grandchildren to take over. Now they are unemployed and earn some pocket money at home.
Ming Erni tugged at the thread, smiled, and asked curiously, "Is the person she's talking about the head of the textile factory?"
When talking about this, Aunt Zhao was both happy and worried: "Alas, what leader? He's just a team leader. I don't know what's wrong with this child that she insists on marrying him."
"We are so far away from the textile factory. It takes two or three hours to get there. Will the young couple live apart in the future?"
Aunt Zhao sighed. She didn't want to agree either. It was not good to marry too far away. But the man was good in every way and was much better than the other potential marriage candidates living nearby.
She made a mistake in knitting a stitch and returned the wrong one: "Children are debts, why bother with them? You are still lucky. You have three children by your side. I envy you so much."
Ming Erni remained silent, only laughing in agreement: "Look at what you said, your daughter marrying a leader, what a blessing! I don't even envy you!"
Aunt Zhao really enjoyed her flattery.
Although my youngest daughter is not very smart and insists on marrying into a textile factory, we are living a happy life together. It doesn't matter if it's far away. At worst, I can go to see her even if I am old.
Aunt Zhao was a little worried when she thought about the distance between the two families. "The wedding is in two months, and they are still in different places. It would be great if there was a job at the textile factory."
Ming Erni was delighted and quickly said, "I heard the textile factory has received a lot of orders and they may be too busy to handle it and need to hire workers. Why don't you let your youngest daughter go and take a look?"
She said happily, "Sister, is this true? Then I'll ask my future son-in-law!"
The topic ended here, and the two began to chat happily about other family matters.
The next day, Ming Erni received a definite answer: the textile factory was indeed recruiting workers!
Aunt Zhao's face was full of joy: "Oh, it's all good. As long as Xiaoling passes the exam, she can marry him. Old sister, this news is very timely!"
Also for the sake of her children, Ming Erni understood her and said many auspicious words to flatter Aunt Zhao.
In the following conversation, Aunt Zhao spoke vaguely, but her words revealed that her son-in-law's family was quite wealthy and her daughter would definitely be able to work in a textile factory.
Ming Erni smiled from ear to ear the whole day, as if she was happier than her own daughter who had passed the exam.
When she returned home, she was relieved and happy to see her daughter, whose eyelids were drooping with fatigue but still curling the ball of yarn with her hands.
After settling Xiang Youzhi down first, Ming Erni sat down next to her daughter and whispered, "There's news from the Zhao family. Their youngest daughter is going to the textile factory!"
Wang Chunting immediately perked up, her eyes sparkling, and she lowered her voice, "So what's her position?"
"You're the accountant at the coal factory, Zhao Ling. You're also doing a lot of math, just like an accountant. Hurry up and study hard to get ready for the exam."
Oh my god, it’s so different!
Wang Chunting's eyes dimmed instantly. "No, I don't know how to do accounting. I'll just record the coal volume in and out. Accounting is definitely hard to do sitting in an office!"
Her mother gave her a look of disdain: "What's your brain? If you don't know how to do it, learn it! Act like you can do this job the minute you get started!"
When people first come into contact with financial knowledge, they are a little confused. It took Wang Chunting several painful months to understand the inventory in and out.
She thought about the torment and overtime she had to endure when she first started working, and shuddered a little timidly: "Mom, my children are already two. What should I learn and how can I learn?"
"You're talking as if you're in charge of these two kids! Stop the nonsense, are you going to learn or not?"
Seeing her mother's stern expression, Wang Chunting recalled the time when her mother stood behind her with a cane to "encourage her to study" when she was a child. Her aversion to studying vanished, and she quickly raised her hands in surrender:
"Learn, learn, learn. Can't I learn it?"
She thought about her network of contacts and realized she didn't have a single accountant. How could she learn?
Ming Erni had already considered this problem: "Go find your youngest sister. She has a library card at the technical secondary school. You can go to the Xinhua Bookstore to borrow books."
Library cards are a benefit provided by the county to technical secondary school students. Other people can only buy books at Xinhua Bookstore, but library cards allow them to bring books back for free and read them with a deposit.
It is equivalent to the function of a library.
Wang Chunting gave her mother a thumbs-up, full of admiration: "Mom, you're so thoughtful! You even knew my youngest sister has a library card? That's amazing!"
She didn't even know this as a junior high school graduate, but my mom, who only went to school for a few years, knew it all. That's amazing.
Ming Erni didn't want to say anything to her daughter: "Do you really think I just hang out every day? Stop talking nonsense. Tomorrow weekend, I'll prepare something nice to send to your little sister."
Anyone who heard about this time management would have to applaud Ming Erni's plan, it was just right!
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