Liu Lu exchanged a few greetings, put down the wild eggs she had gathered from the mountain, and prepared to go out with the village chief.
Zhang Yuan called out to Liu Lu repeatedly, "Young lady, I don't know your name yet? You are my savior. If you hadn't helped me find people, I might have frozen or starved to death, or I might have been bitten to death by wild animals. If there's anything I can do to help, please let me know. I will definitely do my best to help."
Liu Lu smiled and said, "My name is Liu Lu. No need for thanks. After all, anyone would help with this kind of thing. Just like the village chief said, when you're away from home, you'll lend a hand to anyone in trouble."
Zhang Yuan said sincerely, "Sister Liu, I can't thank you enough. Look, I'm from a factory in town, and I'm here to recruit workers in the village. If you're interested, I'll reserve a spot for you."
The village chief became interested: "Which factory are you introducing?"
Zhang Yuan said, "The Hongxing Machinery Factory in town specializes in producing that kind of equipment."
Upon hearing this, Liu Lu's heart stirred. She knew there was a Red Star Machinery Factory in the town, but she had heard that the minimum requirement was a junior high school diploma.
If she can get a job at the factory this time, her and Liu Bei's lives will be much easier.
The village chief asked, "I heard that the Red Star Machinery Factory requires a junior high school education. Liu Lu has never been to school. What should we do?"
Liu Lu also pricked up her ears to listen carefully.
Although in modern times she learned martial arts from her master on the mountain since childhood, Liu Lu actually finished high school in the town at the foot of the mountain. It was just that she had an accident during her last summer vacation in high school and traveled to this place. Otherwise, she would be in college now.
Unfortunately, the original owner had no parents from a young age, and her uncle would never pay for her to go to school, so the original owner never received any formal education.
"Well, that's a bit troublesome. The requirement is that you must have a junior high school education to be eligible for a technical position, and that's exactly the kind of technical position I'm recruiting for. But I can keep an eye out for other non-technical positions for you."
Zhang Yuan hesitated for a moment, but quickly came up with a solution.
Liu Lu immediately replied, "Then I'll trouble Brother Zhang to keep an eye out for me."
After all, who wouldn't want to live a good life?
Zhang Yuan smiled with relief and said, "Since Sister Liu is willing to go to the factory to take a look, then I'll keep an eye out for this for you."
Knowing that Liu Lu was willing to ask him for help finding a job, Zhang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the favor of being saved was too great, and it was better to repay the favor in advance than to ask him for help when there were more troublesome things to do in the future.
After saying goodbye to Zhang Yuan, Liu Lu and her daughter left the village clinic with the village chief. Liu Lu then led Liu Bei and the village chief back to the small house at the foot of the mountain.
The mother and daughter didn't seem to be acting strangely. After all, it would be best if there were job openings, but if not, they would just live their lives as usual.
However, unexpectedly, the recruitment story spread like wildfire through the village, becoming increasingly bizarre. It was said that Liu Lu had saved the factory manager in the town, and the manager had promised to give Liu Lu a position in the factory.
That evening, just after Liu Lu and her daughter finished dinner, Old Mrs. Liu and Old Mr. Liu brought Liu Bao to Liu Lu's house.
Not long after the family split up, Liu Lu was a little surprised to see Old Mrs. Liu and Old Mr. Liu coming over together, but that didn't stop her from greeting them.
"Is there something you two wanted to do here today?"
Liu Lu asked the question rather politely, after all, she didn't want to suddenly resort to harsh words before she understood the reason.
"Um, it's nothing important," Old Man Li mumbled. "It's just that Liu Bao misses his mother a bit, so I brought him to see you."
"Really?" Liu Lu was also skeptical. She looked at Liu Bao, who was cowering behind Old Lady Liu. She couldn't see any sign that he missed her. Moreover, based on her understanding of Liu Bao, he would never say that he missed his mother.
It seemed there was something else that had come knocking, but Liu Lu couldn't think of anything else that would make the elderly couple come knocking so late at night.
Seeing that Old Man Liu had gone around in circles and still hadn't explained things clearly, Old Woman Liu couldn't help but interject, "Well, Liu Lu, I heard you're going to work at the factory in town soon."
Liu Lu paused for a moment, then said, "It's still uncertain. I'm just asking around to see if there's a suitable position for me. If there is, that would be great. If not, there's nothing I can do."
Old Mrs. Liu curled her lip in disdain: "Why are you still lying to us? It's all over the village. They're saying that the person you saved is the factory director in town, and that he's going to give you a position in the factory."
"Really? I didn't know there was such a thing." Liu Lu smiled faintly, but a sense of unease crept into her eyes as she looked at the elderly couple.
Old Mrs. Liu didn't notice anything unusual about Liu Lu and kept nagging, "Go and tell that person to find your father another factory job, one that pays well and is easy."
Liu Lu was so angry at Old Lady Liu that he laughed.
"I only helped out when they were in trouble. And they only helped me keep an eye out for jobs; they couldn't actually find me a suitable one."
"What you're saying sounds like a game of make-believe, that whatever you say goes, whatever job you say you'll give you, whatever money you say you'll pay you, that's how it sounds."
Old Mrs. Liu jumped up: "You've really grown wings now, huh? You're not even willing to listen to us after being away from us for a few days."
Liu Lu stared at the elderly couple and slowly said, "Even if I hadn't left, there are some things you're saying that I don't want to hear. Do you want to relive those days when we separated from the family?"
Old Mrs. Liu suddenly remembered what it was like to be tied to a pillar, and instantly felt pain in her wrists, her mouth filled with the stench of a rag.
When Old Liu saw that the talks were about to fall apart, he quickly tried to smooth things over.
"Oh, these are all minor matters. The main reason I brought Liu Bao here today is to visit you."
“Work is not the most important thing. After you have a job, do you think you can forget Liu Bao and us old folks?”
Liu Lu looked coldly at Old Man Liu.
“Since we’ve separated, my household registration has been removed from yours, which proves that we are now two separate families. If you still want to use Liu Bao to threaten me, then I can talk to the village chief and have Liu Bao transferred directly from your household registration to mine.”
Old Mrs. Liu jumped up again: "You dare!"
Liu Lu said, "Do you think I dare or not!" As she spoke, she suddenly stood up, walked to Liu's wife, and grabbed Liu Bao's arm.
"Ah, you bad woman, let me go! Grandma and Grandpa, save me, save me! This jinx has grabbed me, please save me!"
Liu Bao struggled violently, not expecting Liu Lu, who had just spoken, to suddenly grab his arm.
He tried to pull his arm out of Liu Lu's grasp, but it felt like his arm was stuck in an iron clamp, and he couldn't break free no matter what he did. He was so anxious that snot and tears streamed down his face, and he gripped Liu's old woman's cotton coat tightly with his other hand.
Old Man Liu and Old Woman Liu were also taken aback, never expecting Liu Lu to act so suddenly.
"Let go of my grandson."
Old Mrs. Liu grabbed Liu Bao's arm from the other side and pulled hard, but she didn't budge as if she were holding onto a tree rooted in the ground.
Just as Old Mrs. Liu was about to grab Liu Lu's face, Old Mr. Liu stepped forward and blocked her hand, saying to Liu Lu, "Oh, Liu Lu, we just brought Liu Bao here to see you and mentioned this job thing. If you could find us a job, that would be great, but if we can't, we can't. We're not forcing you."
Seeing that Old Man Liu finally softened, Liu Lu let go of his hand and ignored Liu Bao, who was crying and hiding behind Old Woman Liu.
As expected, Liu Bao was the lifeline of this couple. By dealing with him, most of their needs could be met.
Liu Lu patted her clothes. Without even glancing at the three people, she pointed to the door and said, "Get out."
Seeing that Liu Lu was completely unyielding, Old Lady Liu wanted nothing more than to tear him apart, but there was nothing she could do. Circumstances forced her to grit her teeth, grab Liu Bao's hand, and slam the door as she walked out of the house.
Old Liu was also helpless.
This trip has been a complete disaster, losing both my wife and my army.
Not only did the job situation remain unresolved, but it also strained the relationship between the two parties even further.
He didn't say anything, silently stood up and followed Liu's wife out of the house.
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