In the afternoon, Liu Yun returned to the textile factory to take the exam. Sure enough, there weren't many people there; they were probably all people with connections.
I also saw the girl I met in the park, who was cheering herself up.
Liu Yun was no longer so nervous. Whether she passed the exam or not was up to fate. She also wanted to see if the plot was really that compelling.
After the exam, everyone was comparing answers. Some were happy, some were dejected, but none of that mattered to Liu Yun. She knew she would go home once the results came out the next morning.
The next morning, Liu Yun went to the entrance of the textile factory early in the morning. Unexpectedly, there were already many people there. Liu Yun squeezed to the front and saw that a total of six people were being recruited this time, and Liu Yun was the sixth person in line.
A sense of "I knew it" crept into my heart. Then I looked at the girl's name again: Wu Yingying, ranked tenth.
Looking further into the crowd, I found her crying in a small corner, being comforted by her partner.
Since she had benefited from their kindness, she felt she should reciprocate. With that thought, Liu Yun walked towards the two of them.
"Hello, comrade, my name is Liu Yun. Do you want to buy a job? I passed the exam, but for some reasons I want to sell this job."
Upon hearing this, Wu Yingying forgot about crying and hurriedly asked, "Really? Are you sure you want to sell this job, or are you playing me?"
"It's true, so do you want it?"
"Wait for me a moment, I'll go back to find my dad right away, okay?"
"Okay, how about we meet here again at eleven o'clock?"
"Okay, I'll go back to find my dad right away." "Yingying, I'll go find my mom too, I'll come later." After saying that, the boy immediately ran back.
When they returned to the textile factory at 11 o'clock, all four people were already there: the young couple, the girl's father, and the boy's mother, who was also the head of the textile factory's labor union.
As soon as Wu's father saw Liu Yun, he greeted her warmly, "Comrade Liu, have you made up your mind? Let's talk inside."
“Okay.” The five of them went to the union director’s office.
Are you sure you want to take this job?
"Yes."
"Comrade Liu, to avoid unnecessary trouble in the future, we'll buy out this job directly, and we won't interfere with each other anymore. It'll be five hundred yuan plus twenty-five industrial coupons, twenty jin of grain coupons, and ten jin of meat coupons. The coupons are valid until the end of the year. Is that okay with you? But when we post the notice, we'll just put Yingying's name on it. Is that okay with you?"
Liu Yun thought the price was fair, "Okay, no problem. You don't need so many grain coupons, I need cloth coupons."
"Can."
The union director completed Wu Yingying's onboarding procedures in just a few minutes.
After taking the money and putting it into their schoolbags, the five of them left through the small gate of the textile factory.
What Liu Yun didn't know was that as soon as she left, Wu Yingying copied her exam paper. After the head teacher graded it, he tore up both Liu Yun's and Wu Yingying's original exam papers.
When I got home, no one was home. It was Saturday, so school was closed. Students didn't have to eat lunch, and those who worked ate at the cafeteria.
I went back to my room and put the money and tickets into the metal box on the shelf in my space. Finally, my savings exceeded one hundred, and I felt much less pressure.
When no one was home in the afternoon, I secretly started boiling eggs.
In the past six months, ever since the chickens and ducks she fed started laying eggs, Liu Yun has been trying to eat two eggs a day. In modern times, this would be unthinkable, as she would be afraid she would vomit.
But after eating here for more than half a year, I still haven't gotten tired of the food. Since I stopped going hungry, I've started to gain some weight. Although I'm still too thin and not in a healthy state, at least I'm not just skin and bones anymore.
While waiting, I went to the area where wild vegetables were planted, picked two baskets of tender ferns, and then left the space to process them. I blanched them before cooking rice, otherwise I would definitely get scolded when my mother came back and saw that the coal stove had been used.
My luck has been incredible lately. I found a supply and marketing cooperative that had iron pots, which was a rare opportunity. I bought one and finally I can eat meat freely. The chickens and ducks in my space have also started to suffer. You know, for the past year and a half, my stomach has hardly had any oil or fat.
Now I have a thermos, lunchbox, pot, ceramic cup, ceramic basin, and I even bought a hoe.
It's heartbreaking to think about this. You know, when I first came here, I had to dig the holes for planting potatoes and sweet potatoes by hand. Later, I earned some money from Liu's mother and bought a wooden shovel. Now I finally have a hoe, but I've used up all my industrial ration coupons.
The atmosphere at the Liu family home was not good. The atmosphere was getting worse every day. At mealtimes, apart from Liu Aidang occasionally making a few jokes, almost no one spoke at the table. Liu Aiguo looked indifferent, as if everything was handled by his mother. Meanwhile, Liu Jing's complexion was visibly getting worse.
Even though most families don't have much money these days and still need to find wives for their sons, most families with daughters can fill the gap left by their daughters when their sons get married.
No matter how much Liu's mother doted on Liu Jing, it was all done without infringing on the interests of her two sons.
Liu Jing will fill the gap left by Liu Aiguo's marriage, while Liu Yun will fill the gap left by Liu Aidang's marriage. Therefore, Liu's mother is not really worried about the money for her sons' weddings.
This is how most families are these days. Actually, this place is considered relatively good. You know, in some places it's called a "girls' bank" because girls can exchange their dowry money when they grow up.
Talking about betrothal gifts is polite in a way, but it's really just talking about buying and selling.
To the Xu family, Xu Hongxing was like an object, something to be bought and sold, with an exorbitantly high price.
As for the Liu family, Liu's mother still has some feelings for Liu Jing, and she wouldn't ask for an exorbitant price like the Xu family.
After a month of back and forth, Liu Aiguo and Liu Jing's marriage was finally settled. Liu Jing would get married after finishing her exams in June. The Xiao family gave a bride price of 188 yuan and a sewing plane ticket.
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