Tang Cuihong didn't even have a chance to react to Cao Xiaoyang before waving goodbye and leaving.
The moment Cao Xiaoyang bent down and opened the cloth bag, he immediately gasped and even instinctively covered the bag with his hand.
When he opened it again in shock and saw all those colorful banknotes, he still couldn't believe that such a windfall would fall from the sky onto his family.
He quickly found a secluded spot, roughly counted the money, and found it totaled a thousand yuan!
"So much money, just given away like that? Did they give us all the compensation the Liu family gave them?"
Cao Xiaoyang was about to chase after him to return the money when he pulled out a piece of paper inside.
Upon opening it, I stopped in my tracks.
“This money is for you, take it. We have more, we got it all from Liu Hongtao.”
Listen carefully to the underlying meaning; it's very clear from between the lines that they don't need him to return the money.
Actually, you can't blame Tang Cuihong for being stingy, only giving them a thousand yuan as compensation.
The main concern was that if she gave too much, people would become suspicious of her; a thousand is an astronomical figure for ordinary people.
But for the Cao family, this should be considered a normal amount squeezed out of Liu Hongtao; this proportion of money was something Cuihong had carefully considered.
A thousand yuan isn't much, but it's not a small amount either. For an average farming family, saving a hundred yuan from the beginning to the end of the year is already quite an achievement.
This thousand is enough for an ordinary person to live on for more than ten years. Even for a well-off family like the Cao family, it could last for four or five years, right?
If we have the chance to meet again in the future, it's not too late to make it up to each other.
The reason for not returning the gold, silver, and jewelry was that they couldn't explain the origin of these items.
They simply converted all the cash into cash and gave it to the Cao family.
If the Cao family girl had given birth to the child, she wouldn't have been able to plunder the Liu family so thoroughly.
They were just unlucky to have caused the death of the girl and her unborn child, resulting in a tragic ending of two lives lost. How could she let them get away with it?
Only when their family runs out of money will they stop trying to harm other people's daughters.
She disguised herself as a man when she withdrew the money, and given her naturally deep voice, no one would suspect her.
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"Sister Lian, would you be interested in changing jobs?"
In the middle of the process, Nurse Mei came to change Tang Cuilian's dressing and suddenly asked this question. Cuilian looked up at her with a curious expression.
"Change jobs? What do you mean?"
Nurse Mei bluntly stated, "My sister-in-law is a train attendant on the railway. She's never home, always traveling all over the country. She can't even take care of her children at home, who cry for their mother every day. My sister-in-law feels sorry for them, so she discussed with her family about changing jobs. You are all permanent employees, so it's not difficult to change jobs."
Tang Cuilian stared wide-eyed at Nurse Mei: "But I'm just an ordinary worker at the winery. Isn't your sister-in-law's job as a train conductor more comfortable than mine?"
"The winery's benefits aren't bad, and it's close to my home. Besides, train attendants need to do training every few days and also sell things, so it's not easy. The salary is about the same, though. I was thinking you might be interested, Sister Lian."
Y County is located on the Longhai Railway line. Although it is a small station, the line and station were opened as early as the Qing Dynasty. The train fare from Y County to Luoyang City is only 50 cents. However, the train station is a bit far from the school, so most people would rather choose to take a bus.
Nurse Mei continued, "Sister Lian can discuss it with her family. There's no need for any extra money. As long as she brings valid identification from both parties, she can directly apply for these two jobs."
Nurse Mei left after she finished speaking. In the evening, when Zhao Lingli and Tang Cuihua came over, they talked about this matter.
Everyone unanimously agreed that this was a job tailor-made for her—what good luck!
"Although you and Liu Hongtao are not entirely at fault, people will focus more on the woman's reputation."
Furthermore, I'm worried that the Liu family might retaliate against you, so I think it would be better if you could change jobs.
Tang Cuihua also said, "Compared to development potential, train attendants are obviously better. Training and learning are difficult for married women, but for us unmarried people, the most suitable time to learn is to learn. The more you learn, the more beneficial it will be for you in the future."
"Besides, there's a reason they asked you to come here. You can only do factory work, while they have a high school diploma and might even get an office job in the future. What they're after is being close to home so they can take care of their families. The wages are about the same, so neither of us loses out. It's a good deal. Let's switch!"
Tang Cuilian thought about it all night, and the next day she decisively proposed to Nurse Mei that they exchange jobs.
"Okay, then let's each inform our respective units. We'll hand over the duties at the end of October. By then, your injury should be almost healed. If my sister-in-law comes back, I'll have her come over and tell you about the work of a train attendant. You can exchange information with each other."
Because train attendants are involved in business trips, they can only go home once every three to five days or even longer.
But they would take a few days off each time they came back, and it was precisely because of this instability that they chose to give up the job.
Tang Cuilian was not married, so she didn't have this pressure. Besides, her older sister was right; every turning point might bring new opportunities.
For Sister Mei, the job of a train conductor meant she couldn't stay at home, which put a lot of pressure on her. But for her, being able to travel to different cities with the train each time was an opportunity, wasn't it?
Five days after being hospitalized, Tang Cuilian returned to the factory and submitted her first application to hand over her work. Only then did they realize that Cuilian had already found a replacement and changed jobs.
"Just because of Liu Hongtao? Oh dear, you don't have to be like this. Although he didn't commit a fundamental error this time, his mother and sister were ordered to pay you a total of one hundred yuan for emotional distress, hospitalization, and nutrition expenses. He didn't pay that?"
Cuilian shook her head, "No, I didn't even go."
"Wait, that shouldn't be the case. Didn't he agree so readily back then? It's okay, he can't renege on his promise this time. If he doesn't give it to you, we'll just deduct it from his salary and give it to you."
Only a hundred yuan in compensation?
Tang Cuilian sneered, said nothing, and went back to work at the factory. It wasn't until she returned to her dormitory that evening that Zhao Lingli came to talk to her.
"Liu Hongtao said his house had been burgled and he had already reported it to the police. He also said that he couldn't come up with the 100 yuan for the time being, but he would give it to us and asked us to wait a while."
"He tells the story as if it were the truth, but nobody believes him. Everyone says he's deliberately making excuses and trying to avoid giving it to them. Everyone knows his family is rich. Even the deceased Cao family girl came from a very well-off family. After she passed away, he embezzled her dowry. The Cao family came to make trouble several times, but they refused to give it back. Now he's saying his house was robbed. How could it be stolen at such a convenient time? Who would believe that?"
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