Chapter 406: Debt
When Ma Guilan heard that Liu Yinyin wanted to sell her job, it was impossible not to be tempted.
She is idle at home, and if she has a job, it can also reduce the burden on her man.
"Yin Yin, how much do you plan to sell it for?"
Ma Guilan was interested, but...her family conditions were not very good.
Tian Pinggui’s salary subsidy was not much, but he had to support a family of four.
I have to send half of the money back home every month.
Over the years, our family hasn't saved much money.
If it really doesn't work, Ma Guilan wants to borrow some money from someone.
Opportunities are rare, and she doesn't want to miss such a good job opportunity.
Liu Yinyin thought for a moment and said, "About a thousand yuan."
At that time, Zheng Qiangwei sold her job to Yang Liu for one thousand yuan.
Upon hearing this, Ma Guilan thought to herself that one thousand yuan for a job was not expensive at all.
However, her family really couldn't come up with a thousand yuan right now...
Ma Guilan did not reply immediately, but no matter what, she still had to go back and discuss it with Tian Pinggui first.
Liu Yinyin was not worried either. She knew that a job that paid one thousand yuan would definitely not be sold.
If Ma Guilan was willing to buy a job, Liu Yinyin would definitely give it to her first.
They went to the supply and marketing cooperative together, and Ma Guilan queued up to buy vegetables.
Liu Yinyin was busy selling things, and if other counters were short-staffed, she would go over to help.
It's inconvenient to do other things with a big belly, but I can still help count the money.
When she was almost done with work, Liu Yinyin was just about to go back for lunch. Before she left the house, she saw Jiang Cuihua coming in with two lunch boxes in her hands.
Liu Yinyin asked in surprise: "Mom, why are you here?"
Jiang Cuihua smiled and said, "I didn't expect the weather on the island to be so hot. It would be hard for you to eat with such a big belly. So I brought you some food."
"Don't worry about Yanyan. I'll pick him up for dinner later."
After Jiang Cuihua finished speaking, she handed the lunch box to Liu Yinyin and left in a hurry.
Liu Yinyin: “…”
"Yin Yin, who is she?"
After Jiang Cuihua left, Aunt Wang came up out of curiosity.
Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "It's my mother. She came to the island to see me."
"No wonder." Just as Aunt Wang guessed, if it were the mother-in-law, she wouldn't necessarily be so nice to her daughter-in-law.
"Auntie." Liu Yinyin glanced at the fish shop and said to Auntie Wang, "Please leave two larger Spanish mackerels for me. I will buy them and make fish balls."
There has been no pork available these few days, so we have to eat something else.
Fortunately, there is no shortage of fish on the island.
"Okay, I'll keep it for you."
Jiang Cuihua really can't sit still. When she's at home, she cleans the house inside and out.
Liu Yinyin no longer needs to worry about the chickens and ducks at home.
Jiang Cuihua still felt it was not enough: "Well, everything on the island is good, except that I can't farm. I have nothing to do at home."
She was destined to be a hard worker, and whenever she had some free time, she would feel itchy all over.
Liu Yinyin: "Mom, I bought Spanish mackerel. Shall we make fish balls for dinner?"
Cook some noodles and that’ll be our dinner.
"Okay." Jiang Cuihua nodded. She was quite good at making fish balls.
Liu Yinyin was helping out, and was busy when Ma Guilan arrived...
"Yinyin," Ma Guilan said angrily, "What you said this morning about selling your job, is that true?"
She had been thinking about this matter all day, and discussed it with Tian Pinggui at noon. Both husband and wife agreed to spend money to buy a job.
So, Ma Guilan took out all the money in the family.
Unfortunately, over the years, the family has only saved about 360 yuan.
Ma Guilan borrowed another 140 yuan from someone and made up a total of 500 yuan.
It was still not enough, so she thought about owing Liu Yinyin some money first, and then paying her back every month after her salary was paid.
Liu Yinyin nodded: "Of course it's true, sister-in-law, do you want to buy a job?"
It was definitely not a spur-of-the-moment decision; she considered it for a long time before making up her mind to sell her job.
"Of course I do." Ma Guilan said honestly, "Who wouldn't want such a good job?"
She was so anxious because she was worried that Liu Yinyin would sell the job to someone else.
Liu Yinyin said, "Sister-in-law, if you are interested, I can sell the job to you, but... I won't charge you more money, just like Rose, I will sell the job to you for 1,000 yuan?"
Ma Guilan was so happy that she calmed down and said, "I know you are taking care of us. One thousand yuan is not expensive, Yinyin..."
After a pause, Ma Guilan said rather unnaturally: "You know the conditions of my sister-in-law's family. We have several mothers, as well as my parents-in-law in my hometown, all of whom are supported by Pinggui alone."
"We didn't save much money at home. I borrowed more than 100 yuan from others and only managed to get 500 yuan."
"Yinyin, this is what I want to say. I want to give you 500 yuan first, and when you get paid in the future, I will give you 25 yuan a month."
Ma Guilan had calculated that she still owed Liu Yinyin 500 yuan. She would pay 25 yuan a month, which would take exactly 20 months, or just over a year...
It's still a good deal.
Once she pays back the money, the job will be hers.
Liu Yinyin agreed without thinking: "Okay, sister-in-law..."
The two hit it off and agreed to buy and sell the job.
The work was not handed over immediately. Liu Yinyin had discussed it with Ma Guilan.
Liu Yinyin will continue to work this month, and Ma Guilan will take over from her next month.
"Yin Yin, are you going to sell your job?"
Jiang Cuihua heard the conversation between the two just now in the kitchen.
She had never heard of a lady selling her job before...
Liu Yinyin explained: "Yes, mother, when the month is a little bit later, it will be inconvenient for me to go to work, so I might as well sell my job."
Jiang Cuihua rolled her eyes and said, "One thousand yuan for that female lesbian?"
Liu Yinyin nodded: "She is also from the family courtyard. I have known her for a long time."
After a moment of silence, Jiang Cuihua continued to ask: "One thousand yuan, is it too little?"
It's not that she looked down on the one thousand yuan. In the countryside, no family could afford a thousand yuan.
But, the girl sold her job at the supply and marketing cooperative, which paid her more than 30 yuan a month.
Liu Yinyin didn't care much: "I got this job because we are military dependents. Now that I have to sell my job, I should take care of the people in the family home."
Explain it to Jiang Cuihua so that she won’t think too much.
If it was an ordinary job, Liu Yinyin could sell it to someone in the Liu family.
But the job in the supply and marketing cooperative was originally assigned to her because she was a military wife.
Selling it to the Liu family...is not appropriate.
Jiang Cuihua understood: "That's the truth."
As for the daughter having to sell her job, there is nothing she can do about it now that she is pregnant with twins.