"If nothing unexpected happens, I should be able to complete the onboarding procedures after the New Year."
The two whispered for a while, and Su Qingci roughly figured it out through Shen Chuntao's revelation and her own imagination.
Aunt Mei, who was sold to Shen Chuntao for work, had a husband named Uncle Yongsheng, who was a disabled veteran who had retired from the battlefield.
Thanks to the favors of his superiors and his own military achievements, the government arranged a job for his wife at a grain depot.
The couple never had children in their lives. Now that they are old, Uncle Yongsheng has lost an arm and a leg when he was young, and he also suffers from various hidden illnesses, so he spends half the year in bed.
Although the couple receives some government subsidies every month, in this era where having enough to eat is a blessing, it's not easy to get good things to nourish the body.
Aunt Mei also has to take care of her husband at home from time to time, and it's not easy for her to take leave from the grain station every few days.
So she was constantly running between the grain station and her home, and this took a toll on her health.
The two met by chance at the black market, where Shen Chuntao said she had helped Aunt Mei get a batch of food.
Aunt Mei also happened to want to retire, and the two of them were mutually attracted.
The deal was quickly reached, with Shen Chuntao paying an additional four hundred yuan to buy the job from Aunt Mei.
Su Qingci's eyes flashed with understanding. No wonder Shen Chuntao had brought her sausages and cured meat with an empty basket not long after she finished her transaction with her.
Working at the grain depot is indeed a good job, but the salary is not high in this remote town.
Adding the price of that basket of grain on the black market to the four hundred dollars, Shen Chuntao has worked for nothing for at least three years.
The advantage was that the job at that time was like the imperial throne in ancient times, it was hereditary, and could not only be passed on to descendants, but also to different families.
In Shen Chuntao's eyes, she had actually gotten a great deal. If it weren't for Aunt Mei's desire for over a hundred catties of fine grains and meat, she wouldn't have gotten six hundred yuan, let alone four hundred.
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