"I won't lend it to you. I was just talking nonsense."
Qiao Jiangxin sensed Sister Hong's nervousness and quickly comforted her, "It's okay, it's okay. It's fate that we can work together. If you have any difficulties, just tell me directly."
Seeing that Qiao Jiangxin was not angry, Sister Hong calmed down a little and said in a nonchalant tone, "I, I just know that my family's rent is about to expire. I just started working and I don't have any money. My mother-in-law even asked me for money a long time ago..."
Qiao Jiangxin was a little surprised, "Don't you live with your family?"
Sister Hong nodded, "Yes, I live with my family."
Qiao Jiangxin asked again, "Aren't your husband's family locals?"
Sister Hong didn't know why Qiao Jiangxin asked this, so she nodded honestly, "Ben, local."
Liu Xinyan was also curious, "Are you and your man planning to move out?"
Sister Hong shook her head repeatedly, "No, we are not planning to move out."
Qiao Jiangxin and Liu Xinyan looked at each other with a strange look in their eyes. "Didn't you say before that your husband's salary was already paid? And you still have to pay rent?"
Sister Hong quickly explained, "No, no, it's just me...it's just me. My husband is a family member, and my mother-in-law won't collect it. It's my rent."
Hong Jie's husband Li Dayong was an educated youth who went to the countryside in 1976. He was just 18 years old at that time. One decade after he went to the countryside, the country resumed the college entrance examination, but Li Dayong did not pass. In the next two decades, the country adjusted the policy on educated youth who went to the countryside, allowing them to return to the city through recruitment, university enrollment, recruitment as civil servants, etc.
But Li Dayong failed to get into university. He had no connections and his family had no means of getting him into university. Until August 1, when almost everyone had left, he had not yet left the city.
The disheartened Li Dayong and Hong Jie got together, but just a few months after their marriage, the last two educated youth left in the village also left. Like Li Dayong, they failed to get into college and had no connections or means.
Before leaving, they told Li Dayong that many of their classmates and friends went to the city first and then looked for opportunities abroad. As long as they went to the city, they would have more opportunities than waiting in the countryside.
Just then, a classmate of Li Dayong who was playing together also sent him a letter. The letter mentioned that he had found a better way out and was going to sell his temporary job in a shoe factory. He asked Li Dayong if he wanted it. Li Dayong was tempted.
After discussing with Sister Hong, Li Dayong asked his father-in-law, mother-in-law and several brothers-in-law to raise money. In the autumn of that year, Li Dayong came with Sister Hong.
After moving to the city, Li Dayong worked as a temporary worker in a shoe factory. The couple lived at home and sent 18 yuan of food expenses to their family every month. Later, when the child was able to eat, he sent 20 yuan a month, and the amount increased to 22 yuan in a month.
Sister Hong doesn't have a job and is taking care of the whole family at home, because Li Dayong's grandmother is still alive, and he has a brother-in-law and sister-in-law who are still in school, while her parents-in-law both have to go to work.
Now Sister Hong's son can go to school, and her husband's salary is mostly used for living expenses. He also has to raise the child and pay for tuition. Money is really tight. Her rent has also increased, so Sister Hong has to go out and find a job.
Just now, my brother-in-law's girlfriend is getting ready to get married, and the family needs money, so my mother-in-law asked Sister Hong to pay half of the rent in one go.
After hearing Sister Hong's description, not to mention Qiao Jiangxin, even Liu Xinyan was stunned.
"Most of your husband's salary goes to the family for living expenses. You manage the household, and you have to pay your own rent?"
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