Chapter 35 Chapter 35 Broken Hand

Meng Yufei led Xia Qinqin to the front door of her house and saw Mrs. Zhang picking vegetables in the vegetable garden in the yard next door.

"Sister-in-law, why are you taking care of the vegetable garden at this time?" Meng Yufei asked curiously, "Have you had lunch yet?"

When Mrs. Zhang heard Meng Yufei's voice, she looked up and smiled, "I haven't eaten yet. There's vegetables stewing in the pot in the house. I'll go to the vegetable garden and pick two green onions."

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "At first I didn't realize that this piece of land was planted with onions."

Mrs. Zhang said, "Sister, you are from the city, you probably have never seen these vegetables growing in the field."

Meng Yufei said: "By the way, sister-in-law, have you checked the new notice posted on the bulletin board?"

Mrs. Zhang shook her head and said, "I didn't go to see it. What's the notice?"

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, congratulations, you have been confirmed to be employed as a childcare worker."

"Really?"

"Of course it's true. The notice is posted on the notification board. You can check it out when you have time."

Mrs. Zhang was holding the green onions, looking a little overwhelmed with joy. She said with a smile, "I didn't expect that I would be chosen. I saw so many people registering that day, and I thought I wouldn't be chosen..."

Meng Yufei said: "I guess someone from the personnel department will come to inform you in person this afternoon. Sister-in-law, you can wait at home this afternoon."

"Okay," Mrs. Zhang nodded repeatedly, "I'll stay at home this afternoon."

After returning home, Meng Yufei put down her bag and lunch box.

Thinking of her daughter going to kindergarten, Meng Yufei asked her, "Qinqin, you are going to school soon, do you want to carry a schoolbag?"

When Xia Qinqin was in kindergarten in Haishi, she had a small backpack made by Meng Mu. Unfortunately, she didn't bring it with her.

Thinking of her small schoolbag, Xia Qinqin hurriedly said loudly: "Yes, yes!"

Her small school bag is used to carry candies and cookies.

Meng Yufei said, "On our weekend, let's go to the department store in the city and Mom will buy you a new schoolbag, okay?"

Xia Qinqin tilted her head and asked, "Don't you need my little schoolbag anymore?"

Meng Yufei explained: "That schoolbag was lost in Haishi. Can we use a new one here?"

"Ah...but I miss my little schoolbag so much..." Xia Qinqin pouted unhappily.

Xia Junshan came back at this time. Seeing his daughter's distressed expression, he smiled and asked, "What's wrong? Our Qinqin's mouth is full of soy sauce. Why are you unhappy today?"

Meng Yufei said: "She wants her old schoolbag."

Xia Junshan walked over, squatted in front of his daughter and said, "What kind of schoolbag do you want? Daddy will buy you the same one, okay?"

Xia Qinqin said: "My little schoolbag was made for me by my grandma. It's a backpack."

"Ah, so that's it..." Xia Junshan thought for a moment and said, "Then wait a moment."

Then he turned around and went to his room, opened the closet, and took out a new army green shoulder bag from the bottom.

"Qinqin, can Dad ask someone to turn this into a backpack?" He held the bag in front of his daughter to show her.

Xia Qinqin glanced at Meng Yufei's half-worn shoulder bag placed on the sofa, "This is the same as my mother's."

Xia Junshan nodded and said, "Yes, Dad has one too. When the time comes, we will carry them together and others will know that we are a family."

Xia Qinqin then nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, Qinqin wants this as a small schoolbag."

Xia Junshan smiled and kissed his daughter on the cheek, praising her: "Our Qinqin is so well behaved."

Meng Yufei had already placed the dishes and chopsticks on the dining table and said to the father and daughter, "Come and eat."

"Okay, I'm here," Xia Junshan picked up his daughter, put her on a chair, and asked, "Is Qinqin's hand better?"

Xia Qinqin raised her right hand, the scab on it darkened, "It doesn't hurt anymore."

"Well, the recovery is good. It will be fine in a few days."

Xia Junshan picked up his daughter's small rice bowl and said, "Let Dad feed you today. What would you like to eat?"

Xia Qinqin sat on a chair, pointing at the fried hairtail on the table and said, "I want to eat that."

"Okay, Dad will pick it up for you." Xia Junshan picked up a piece of hairtail with chopsticks and carefully picked out the fish meat with the chopsticks, making sure there were no bones on it before putting it into his daughter's mouth.

The trimmed hairtail had a crispy and fragrant skin and tender fish meat inside. Xia Qinqin ate it with satisfaction and nodded her head.

“I want to eat fish.”

"Okay, Dad will give it to you."

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Mrs. Zhang was in a very good mood after hearing from Meng Yufei that she had got the job as a child care worker. She couldn't help but smile as she was arranging the dishes on the dining table.

Several children who came back from school rushed into the house, put down their schoolbags and shouted that they were hungry and wanted to eat.

"The steamed buns in the pot are ready. Weidong, go take out the steamer. Be careful not to burn them."

"Oh, okay."

Ma Weimei noticed the smile on Mrs. Zhang's face and asked curiously, "Mom, is there something good today? Why are you so happy?"

The youngest son, Ma Weiliang, ran to the table and took a look at the dishes on it. He shook his head and said, "Just look at the dishes today and you'll know. It's definitely not good."

Mrs. Zhang patted him on the shoulder and said unhappily, "You only know how to eat. Have you gone to wash your hands?"

"I have washed my hands! When I got to the yard, my second sister forced me to wash my hands. She wouldn't let me into the house if I didn't!"

"Your second sister is right. You should let her teach you a lesson."

Ma Weimei glared at her brother, "You're a snitch!"

When Captain Ma returned home, he saw his second daughter and youngest son glaring at each other. "What's going on again? Why do you two have so many arguments every day?"

"Dad, Wei Liang doesn't wash his hands!"

Ma Weiliang: “…” Who is the snitch?

At the dinner table, Mrs. Zhang announced, "Xiao Meng from next door just told me that I was hired for the job of childcare."

"Really?" Ma Weimei said happily, "That's great, Mom, you get to go to work and you'll be a worker in the future."

Being a worker in this era is a great honor.

Mrs. Zhang asked, "A nursery teacher is also considered a worker?"

"Of course!" Ma Weimei nodded and said, "Look at what kindergarten staff are called? Teaching staff, Mom, you are not a teacher this time, you are a staff position, why are you not considered a worker?"

Ma Weidong took a big bite of the steamed bun and said, "No matter what your status is, this job is a half-iron rice bowl."

Captain Ma was not very happy after hearing the good news from Mrs. Zhang. He just ate the steamed bun in his hand in silence.

After a while, after finishing a steamed bun, Captain Ma reached out to take another one, and Mrs. Zhang next to him handed him a steamed bun.

"Why, you don't want me to go to work?"

Ma Weimei hurriedly said, "Dad, didn't we agree before that Mom could go to work?"

Captain Ma took the steamed bread from Mrs. Zhang's hand and said in a muffled voice, "I didn't say I disagree. If you want to go, go ahead."

Ma Weimei smiled and said, "Wow, Dad, you are so open-minded. Now we are a dual-employee family!"

Captain Ma asked Mrs. Zhang, "Does Xiao Meng work in the logistics department?"

Mrs. Zhang nodded. "Yes, she works in the Finance Department. She was the one who solved the problem with the vouchers."

Captain Ma said, "You were chosen for this job. I guess they helped you. Find a chance to thank them."

Mrs. Zhang nodded and said, "You are right. How about I go buy some things this afternoon and send them over?"

Ma Weimei said, "Mom, please don't! Aunt Meng didn't mention this because she didn't want to take credit in front of you. We should just keep this favor in mind and repay it slowly when we have the chance. Besides, if you just got a job and immediately bought something as a gift for Aunt Meng, what would she say if she saw it?"

After hearing what his daughter said, Captain Ma nodded in agreement and said to Mrs. Zhang, "Why don't you steam a pot of flower rolls and send them to the neighbors tonight to celebrate your job. We are neighbors, so we should visit each other more often."

"Yeah, okay."

Ma Weidong suggested: "Mom, I want to eat the scallion oil rolls you made. Can you make more?"

Ma Weiliang also shouted: "I want to eat too!"

"Okay," Mrs. Zhang nodded, "We have just enough flour at home to steam two pots of dumplings."

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After reading the notice board, Qi Huiying ran straight home in anger without even going to the cafeteria to get food.

When Deputy Captain Chen got home from get off work, he found no one in the living room. He pushed open the bedroom door and saw Qi Huiying lying on the bed sulking.

"What is this?"

The person on the bed didn't respond.

Deputy Head Chen said, "On my way back just now, I heard that the kindergarten has announced a job opening. It's on the notice board. Have you checked it out?"

When Qi Huiying heard what he said, she jumped up from the bed and said, "Who wants to work in a kindergarten? What's the point of being a nanny for a bunch of naughty kids?"

Deputy Head Chen retorted: "What you said is wrong. Aren't they recruiting teachers in kindergartens? Why are they recruiting nannies?"

Seeing Qi Huiying's unhappy face, he asked, "They didn't choose you? That shouldn't be the case. After all, you have a high school diploma, which is enough for you to be a kindergarten teacher."

Qi Huiying snorted coldly and said, "What do you mean by open recruitment? It's just that they have already reserved it in advance!"

After hearing this, Deputy Head Chen's face darkened and he said, "Are you saying that someone used a backdoor? Then I will go to the Logistics Department to find Director Fu and ask him why you were dismissed." Then he turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute!" Qi Huiying shouted hurriedly.

"What's wrong?" Deputy Head Chen turned around and asked.

Qi Huiying's eyes were a little evasive, and she said dryly, "Well, they're off work now, and I won't be able to find anyone there. Besides, I don't want this job, so forget it."

Deputy Head Chen frowned and said, "We can't just let it go like this. We have to ask you for an explanation! Now that we're off work, I'll go over this afternoon. I want to ask you if the person who was chosen has a higher education than you."

Qi Huiying insisted: "Forget it, just ignore it and pretend I never said anything."

Her sudden change in attitude left Deputy Head Chen a little confused. "Weren't you very angry just now? Don't worry about causing trouble for me. We are right and we are not afraid!"

"Oh! Are you annoyed?" Qi Huiying stamped her feet impatiently, "Didn't I tell you that you don't need to care? And, can you please stop asking me to come and go when you have a say? You're so unfashionable!"

Seeing that she was indeed reluctant to go to the logistics department, Deputy Head Chen said, "Okay, if you say you don't want to go, then don't go."

But I secretly made up my mind to find out what was going on...

In the afternoon, Meng Yufei brought Xia Qinqin to work. They had not been sitting in the office for a while when Section Chief Chen from next door came over.

"Director Meng, the director asked us to go to the homes of several newly recruited faculty members this afternoon and inform them to come over tomorrow to handle the formalities. Xiao Wu and I will go to inform Sister Tian, ​​Zhou Wenqian, and Tang Jiayi. Please, Xiao Zhang and you will go to inform Wei Shufang, Zhang Laifeng, and Yin Guixiang."

Meng Yufei nodded in agreement, "Okay, I understand."

After Section Chief Chen finished speaking, he left. Xiao Zhang said, "I was just about to ask Section Chief Chen if we could go to Wen Qian's house to inform her, but she turned around and left. She's so busy."

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "We have recently recruited a few new people and there are a lot of formalities to go through. The HR department must be very busy now that you are no longer in the department."

Xiao Zhang thought of Section Chief Ma in the Personnel Department who drank tea and read newspapers, and Xiao Wu who was only focused on sweeping the floor and pouring tea. Haha, the only one who did serious work was Section Chief Chen, so he must be very busy.

"Then their Personnel Department can't always order our Finance Department around. Really." Xiao Zhang complained. He now completely regarded himself as a member of the Finance Department.

Meng Yufei got up to pack her things. When she heard Xiao Zhang's words, she smiled and said, "Hurry up and pack your things and go. We don't have anything to do this afternoon. After notifying them, we'll leave work early."

"That's great!" Xiao Zhang happily packed up when he heard that he could leave work early.

Meng Yufei said to her daughter who was reading a book nearby: "Qinqin, put the book away, we are going out."

"Oh, okay. Mom, where are we going?"

"How about we go to a few aunts' homes first, and then go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some fruit?"

"Okay! I want to eat pineapple."

After leaving the logistics department, they first went to the homes of Wei Shufang and Zhang Dasao, who were the closest to the house. The two houses were next to each other.

Seeing the gate of her own house, Xia Qinqin looked up and asked, "Mom, are we going home?" Didn't we say we were going to buy some fruit?

Meng Yufei smiled and pointed at Mrs. Zhang's house next door and said, "I'm not going home, I'm going to Aunt Zhang's house to tell her the good news."

Mrs. Zhang was bending over and pulling weeds in the vegetable garden. Meng Yufei had already told Mrs. Zhang about her admission at noon. She stood at the gate and shouted through the half-person-high fence, "Sister-in-law, you are pulling weeds at home. We have good news for you."

When Mrs. Zhang heard Meng Yufei's voice, she straightened up and saw two people outside the gate. She quickly dropped the grass in her hand, ran over to open the gate, and looked down to see that there was a little man following them.

"Hello, Aunt Zhang. Mom, Aunt Zhang and I have good news for you." Xia Qinqin said with a smile.

"Hey, you're here. Come on, come in and sit down."

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, Section Chief Chen asked us to inform you to report to the Logistics Department tomorrow morning and bring your identity documents with you."

Mrs. Zhang nodded and said, "Okay, I got it. I will definitely go there tomorrow. Don't stand at the gate anymore. Come in and sit for a while."

Meng Yufei waved her hands and said, "No, sister-in-law, we still have to notify other people."

"Come in and have a drink of water before you leave."

"No, you stay home and do your work. We are leaving now."

"Goodbye, Aunt Zhang."

"Hey, okay, take your time."

After leaving Zhang Dasao's house, the two passed by Captain Han's house, and his gate was closed.

Xiao Zhang asked: "This is Qi Huiying's house, right?"

Meng Yufei nodded, "Yes."

Xiao Zhang whispered, "When I was eating in the cafeteria at noon, I heard someone say that she was on the bulletin board. I don't know why, but she got really angry."

What happened just happened at noon, and Xiao Zhang heard it immediately in the cafeteria. The news spread really fast in this affiliated hospital.

Meng Yufei said, "Didn't she apply for the position of kindergarten principal? In the end, she was not chosen and Sister Tian was chosen. She might be unhappy."

Xiao Zhang's eyes widened in surprise, "She wants to compete with Sister Tian for the position of the headmaster? She is overestimating herself! Sister Tian has no qualifications at all. I wonder how the logistics department was able to hire her this time."

As he spoke, Xiao Zhang shook his head and said, "You said Qi Huiying is still a high school student. If she honestly applies for a teaching position, wouldn't it be a sure thing for her to get it?"

Meng Yufei said: "I suggested it to her when she signed up, but she looked down on the kindergarten teacher."

"...She really deserves it." After thinking for a while, Xiao Zhang smiled and said, "However, fortunately she didn't apply for the teaching position. The position will be left vacant for Wen Qian."

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "Yes, she indirectly did a good thing, otherwise I really wouldn't feel comfortable leaving Qinqin to such a teacher."

As they were talking, they walked to the door of Wei Shufang's house, and Xiao Zhang went forward and knocked on the gate.

It was Han Jianhong who opened the door. When she saw the person outside, she was surprised and asked, "Aunt Meng, why are you here?"

Xia Qinqin went up and hugged Han Jianhong's waist, "Sister~"

Han Jianhong touched Xia Qinqin's braid and said with a smile, "Hello, Qinqin."

Meng Yufei asked her: "Jianhong, is your Aunt Fang at home?"

Han Jianhong shook his head. "She sent my younger brother to the kindergarten in town and hasn't come back yet. Why don't you come to her house and sit for a while? She should be back soon."

Xiao Zhang was in a hurry to get off work, so he said, "Then please tell her when she comes back that she should go to the Personnel Section of the Logistics Department with her ID documents tomorrow morning to get her employment documents as a kindergarten teacher."

Meng Yufei said: "She is a little kid and can't understand the situation. Let me come back later."

Xiao Zhang looked at Han Jianhong, who was taller than him, and blinked. Is this still a child?

Han Jianhong said, "No need, Aunt Meng, I have remembered what you just said. I will tell her when she comes back."

Seeing her say this, Meng Yufei said, "Well, we still have to go to the next house to notify them, you stay at home." She said to Xia Qinqin who was holding Han Jianhong, "Qinqin, we are leaving. Come and play with your sister next time."

"Oh, sister, goodbye~"

Yin Guixiang went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a can of maltose, preparing to take it home to feed her little daughter. Since the old woman came, her little daughter's daily steamed eggs had been withheld, and she only drank rice porridge.

As soon as I approached the door of my house, I heard the old woman cursing from inside, "You dead girl, you are so useless. You can even break a bowl while washing it. Do you know how valuable this bowl is? You cheap girl, you are not worth much even if you sell it. If this happened in my hometown, I would beat your skin to pieces..."

Yin Guixiang felt a surge of anger in her heart as she listened. She pushed open the door abruptly and rushed into the house in two or three steps.

In the kitchen, Daya was squatting on the ground, crying and picking up broken pieces of food. Erya was hiding beside her sister and crying loudly, while the old woman was standing at the kitchen door, cursing loudly.

Seeing this scene, Yin Guixiang burst into tears. She rushed into the kitchen and pulled up her two daughters one by one. "What's so good about these broken bowls? Mom will clean them up later."

Seeing their mother coming back, Daya and Erya felt even more aggrieved. They burst into tears and hugged Yin Guixiang refusing to let go.

Old Mrs. Xue was still muttering outside: "The little girl just loves to cry. She cries like a funeral everyday. It's very unlucky."

Yin Guixiang glared at Old Lady Xue fiercely, as if she wanted to eat her alive.

Old Mrs. Xue frowned and asked, "What's that look in your eyes? Why, are you going to hit me again?"

Yin Guixiang gritted her teeth and said, "Da Ya is only five years old. Not only did you ask her to wash the dishes, but you also scolded her like that. How can you be so cruel? Isn't she your granddaughter?"

Old Lady Xue drooped her eyes, stared at him with her bright little eyes, and shouted: "What do you mean I am cruel? Girls of her age in our village are all good at washing clothes, cooking and feeding chickens. Only the girls you are used to can't even wash dishes. They are useless..."

"That's enough!" Yin Guixiang finally couldn't help but yelled, "Stop talking about your village every day. This is a family compound. If you still want to use your tricks, just go back to the village!"

The Xue mother-in-law jumped up in anger and cursed: "Oh my God, you, a wicked woman, want to drive your mother-in-law away? It's unfair. If anyone should leave, it should be you. This is my son's home!"

While the old woman was saying this, she reached out to grab Yin Guixiang and tried to drive her out. The two children were so scared that they burst into tears. Yin Guixiang protected the children while arguing with old woman Xue.

When Meng Yufei and Xiao Zhang came over, they saw that her door was wide open, and they could hear yelling and a child crying from inside.

Xiao Zhang whispered, "Sister Meng, there is a quarrel in this room, can we go in now?"

Meng Yufei recognized that the cursing in the room was the same as that heard at the Women's Committee meeting that day; it was from Yin Guixiang's mother-in-law.

"Come in, try to stop the quarrel. The adults can't get the children involved in the quarrel. If they keep crying like this, their throats will get damaged."

When the two entered the house, they saw Mrs. Xue pulling Yin Guixiang's hair and cursing at her. Yin Guixiang was squatting on the ground, tightly protecting the two crying children in her arms.

"What are you doing?" Xiao Zhang shouted, and walked over to grab Old Lady Xue's hand and said, "How can you hit someone? Let go!"

Old Lady Xue glanced at Xiao Zhang who had appeared out of nowhere, still holding her hair tightly and not letting go, "This is a mother-in-law beating her daughter-in-law, it's only natural, why do you have to mind your own business?"

Meng Yufei told her daughter: "Qinqin, stand at the door obediently and don't come in, okay?"

Seeing her daughter nod obediently, she walked into the room and came to Old Lady Xue's side. She reached out and grasped her wrist, and gently pressed on the acupoint.

"Ouch! It hurts!"

Old Mrs. Xue screamed in pain and loosened her hands that were pulling her hair.

Meng Yufei gently shook off Old Lady Xue's hand, and Old Lady Xue staggered back several steps.

Xiao Zhang quickly bent down and helped Yin Guixiang up from the ground, and asked, "Hurry up, are you okay?"

Old Lady Xue pointed at Meng Yufei and said angrily: "Whose bastard are you from? How dare you come to my house and make trouble? Just wait, I'm going to tear your mouth apart..."

She cursed fiercely, but she stamped her feet on the spot and dared not move forward. It was obvious that the pain in her hand was still reminding her of how powerful the woman in front of her was.

Meng Yufei looked at the sassy old woman Xue with an expressionless face, and said in a cold voice: "You ask who I am? I'm telling you today that I'm the financial director of the logistics department and a member of the national cadre. Did you just call me a bitch? Well, you're scolding national cadres for no reason. Let's go find the army leader now to see how to deal with your behavior!"

For such an unreasonable person, you have to use your power to put pressure on her, so that she will listen to what others say.

Mrs. Xue was frightened by Meng Yufei, and indeed a trace of guilt appeared on her face. She then continued to lie: "What nonsense are you talking about? When did I scold you? Who heard it? Don't try to wrongly accuse me. I won't admit it even if you sue me to God!"

Meng Yufei sneered, took two steps forward, grabbed Old Lady Xue's wrist, and applied a little force, causing Old Lady Xue to wail in pain again.

"Ouch! Oh my god, it hurts so much!"

"Auntie, tell me, if your hand is accidentally broken later, what should we say when others ask about it? Xiao Zhang and I saw it. You beat your daughter-in-law too hard and broke her hand."

Old Lady Xue stared at Meng Yufei with eyes wide open in disbelief, and angrily said, "You...you are talking nonsense. When did I hit her? My hand is clearly fine now."

"It's fine now, but it may not be the case in a while." Meng Yufei applied a little force with her hand, causing Mrs. Xue to scream even louder in pain.

"You're talking nonsense. Even if my hand was broken, it was you who did it! Don't think you can beat anyone up just because you're an officer. I'm going to sue you!"

Meng Yufei smiled, "Sue me? Do you have evidence? Who among those present can testify for you?"

Xiao Zhang was very happy to see Old Lady Xue screaming in pain. He said with a smile, "When I came in, I saw this old lady beating someone up. She even broke her hand by accident. She deserved it!"

As he spoke, he pulled Yin Guixiang next to him and winked at her, "How do you think your mother-in-law's hand was broken?"

Yin Guixiang's hair was disheveled at the moment, and there were red marks on her face from being beaten. She looked at Old Lady Xue with resentment in her eyes and gritted her teeth and said, "She broke it herself by beating me."

After hearing this, Meng Yufei turned to Old Lady Xue and smiled, "Look, even your daughter-in-law testified for me. Auntie, will anyone believe the lies you told others about me breaking your leg?"

Old Lady Xue looked at the beautiful smile in front of her, not knowing whether she was angry or scared, the corners of her mouth could not help but tremble...

This woman is confusing right and wrong!

The pain in my hand is getting more intense, is it really going to break?