Chapter 158 Professional Matching
Xia Wu greeted him and didn't say much. She was just being polite and didn't really want to know where she and Ji Yunzhou were going.
Yu Guoqing, however, was still embarrassed. He pointed at his youngest son who was running away and said, "I don't want him to go and catch snails. It's dangerous to go down the river."
Before he came back, Yu Chong made money to support his family by catching snails and did all kinds of work. At that time, he never thought about how he would make a living with two little boys. Why would he think about the danger of children going into the river now?
This thought went through his mind for a while, and Xia Wu still said politely: "Yu Chong grew up in the village and knows what to do and what not to do. There will be no problem. If Uncle Yu is worried, why not go with him and watch over him."
"Okay, I'll go and watch."
Yu Guoqing followed Yu Chong and left.
Xia Wu looked at his back and shook his head, "I don't know what he's thinking."
"The child died and he started to breastfeed."
Ji Yunzhou chuckled and ruffled her hair: "There are too many people in this world who are stubborn and refuse to change. Maybe he suddenly realized the mistakes he made in the past and wants to make amends."
"Can you make amends?"
Ji Yunzhou thought for a moment and said, "No."
Hurt is hurt, and it cannot be undone by just apologizing.
Just like his second uncle, who was possessed by the devil and did such a thing. Now he regrets it very much. He originally wanted to fight for the power of the Ji family, but he didn't want it. Instead, he tried desperately to force it on Ji Yunzhou.
Do you regret it?
Ji Yunzhou could see that his second uncle was very regretful. If time could go back, his second uncle, without the memory of this incident, would still do such a thing and then fall into regret again.
People always make the same mistakes.
Unfortunately, time cannot be reversed, and the damage caused by the wrong things done by those above has already caused real harm to people.
Talking about making up and forgiveness, how is that possible?
Yu Guoqing seemed determined to stay at home. No matter how much the three family members disliked him, he lived alone in the pile of junk in the yard, never going home for food or shelter. He went to the well to buy steamed buns every day, and asked for water from anyone's house. He lived like this every day.
At night, Ji Yunzhou went to take a bath. Xia Wu held Dasheng and fed him buffalo milk. The little monkey lay obediently in her arms, holding the bottle with his paws and drinking with relish. When Ji Yunzhou came out, Dasheng had already drunk 30 milliliters of milk and was still lying there smacking his lips, with an intoxicated expression and looking drowsy, as if he wanted to sleep a little.
Xia Wu looked down at the Great Sage and said to Ji Yunzhou with a smile, "After raising the Great Sage, I can now understand mothers who post photos of their children online. I also want to post photos of the Great Sage online to seek recognition. He is really adorable~"
Ji Yunzhou sat beside it and poked the Monkey King's cheek with his finger. "Little naughty monkey, you have been occupying my wife for so long. If it wasn't so cute, I would have beaten it up long ago."
Xia Wu looked at him unhappily. What kind of person was he? He was jealous of the little monkey.
Xia Wu took many photos of the Monkey King, and on a whim, she found a bow hairpin from home and put it on the Monkey King's head, as if he was dressing up as a child.
She posted a photo of the Monkey King on the forum and actually showed off her baby monkey.
Xia Xia: [Please help me, can my child be a child model?]
As soon as the post was published, many netizens heard about it and came to read it. After seeing the title, some even thought that they had lost their minds because of eating mushrooms.
Xia Wu has a child? So soon?
Are you old enough to be a child model?
Xia Xia: [Picture] [Picture] [Picture]
Xia Xia: Isn’t my baby cute?
When people went in and saw many photos of little monkeys, they burst out laughing and started to play memes with Xia Wu.
1L: I’m a child star dream maker. I think your child can be a child model. You only need to pay 5,600 yuan, and you can see your child’s photo in Times Square. This is my QR code, transfer the money!
2L: I was shocked. I thought Xia Xia was going to have a baby so soon. But Xia Xia is so pretty. She must find a handsome husband so that the baby she gives birth to can be guaranteed to be good-looking!
3L: How did Xia Xia manage to catch a little monkey? Was it left behind by the monkey group? Are the monkeys still causing trouble?
Xia Wu lay on the bed, shaking her calves and replying to netizens' replies.
It’s strange to say, the monkey group that lost the little monkey just returned to the mountains and didn’t come out to make trouble again. Could it be that they were scared by the dogs in the village?
It seems that Weifeng has done a great job. I will buy it two big bones as a reward tomorrow.
The two dangling little feet were caught by someone, and the little monkey squatting on Xia Wu's back was caught and sent back to the grass nest under the table. Xia Wu looked back and saw Ji Yunzhou pressing down on her and protecting her.
The heavy and hot breathing filled the air between the two of them, and Xia Wu understood Ji Yunzhou's thoughts.
Ever since they adopted the Great Sage, their world of two has been destroyed.
Are we going to have meat today?
The Great Sage screamed and ran out of the grass nest, limping towards the bed.
Ji Yunzhou's face darkened instantly, and Xia Wu chuckled, "Alright, just wait until the Great Sage grows up a bit."
Ji Yunzhou fell to the side weakly, watching the Great Sage run onto the bed, throw himself on the corner of Xia Wu's clothes, grabbing her clothes pitifully, looking like a little kid who was afraid of being abandoned.
Who can stand this!
Xia Wu couldn't stand it anyway.
"When we have children in the future, we must let it sleep in another room."
Ji Yunzhou gritted his teeth and said.
Xia Wu's eyes widened and she patted him: "What are you thinking? The child is so young, what will happen if he sleeps in another room?"
Ji Yunzhou looked at Xia Wu pitifully, "Wife."
He also felt that he had gone too far, because that was his and Xia Wu's child.
Early the next morning, Xia Wu had already woken up, but the little monkey and Ji Yunzhou were still sleeping.
Xia Wu's biological clock is like this, so he gets up very early every day, and the morning mist outside has not yet dissipated.
The rolling mountains in the distance were submerged in thick fog, vague and not very clear. The entire Zi Mu Mountain seemed to be in a palace in the clouds. Take a deep breath and you will feel refreshed.
The temperature difference between day and night is large on the mountain. It is very cool at night and in the early morning. You need to wear a shirt, otherwise you will get goose bumps on your arms.
Xia Wu looked back and saw that the Great Sage was afraid of the cold, so he snuggled up to Ji Yunzhou. The man and the monkey were sleeping soundly.
She closed the door quietly and rode her bike for a stroll up the mountain.
As expected, the monkeys did not come again. The village workers had already gotten up and went up the mountain to pick vegetables early in the morning. They then sent the picked vegetables with dew to the courtyard by the well. After the dew was dried by the sun, they trimmed them one by one, weighed them, bagged them, and packed them for shipment.
This is how it happens every day, and the employees have become very skilled at it.
Seeing Xia Wu's figure breaking through the mist and appearing on the mountain, Qiu Lan straightened up and greeted her, "Xiao Wu, you're up so early."
"I'm used to it. I'm here to see if there are any more monkeys coming down the mountain. If I see any, I'll have to send the Great Sage back."
After all, the Monkey King is a wild monkey. Sooner or later he will have to return to the mountains and rejoin the monkey group. How can he live with her like this forever?
"Oh, I haven't seen any monkeys in the past two days. I guess they're scared."
The vegetables on the mountain are not inexhaustible. Every time after picking a large area, we have to continue planting seeds to ensure the supply.
So everyone has a lot of tasks to do.
Xia Wu chatted with everyone for a few more words and planned to continue walking up the mountain to see if there was any situation at the top of the mountain.
The development and use of Yantou Mountain are concentrated on the mountainside and below. It seems to be colder as you go higher. The good news is that Xia Wu still hasn't found any trace of the monkeys.
She added some spiritual spring water to Brother Snake and sat on a rock to enjoy the rare leisure time. After a while, Brother Snake's huge figure swam over from not far away, like a ghost in the thick fog of the early morning.
The familiar big snake was close at hand, but Xia Wu was not afraid. Brother Snake began to drink the spiritual spring water, and she could even reach out and touch Brother Snake's cold body.
The snake drank the water very slowly. When it had almost finished drinking, the sun came out, breaking through the thick fog. The golden light illuminated the mountain, and the vision became much clearer.
Xia Wu talked a lot with Brother Snake, and before leaving, he reminded Brother Snake again: "If you find a group of monkeys, remember to let them take the child away."
She didn't know if Brother Snake could understand it, maybe he really could. She always felt that Brother Snake was very smart. If he was fed with spiritual spring water for decades, would he become a spirit?
How long is the lifespan of the king snake?
Xia Wu returned to the courtyard with the well. The old people had also arrived and life returned to its normal peace. They talked about Lao Yu's family again. These days, the return of Lao Yu's son was the most discussed topic.
Breakfast consisted of buffalo milk steamed buns, soy milk, and pickles made by the employees themselves. After Xia Wu finished eating, she packed up the steamed buns and soy milk and took them to the wooden house. Ji Yunzhou had already gotten up and was working on the computer.
"Where have you been?"
"Just take a walk in the mountains."
Xia Wu leaned over to look at his computer. On it were a bunch of data charts similar to those of the stock market, so densely packed that he couldn't understand them.
"Let's have breakfast, where's the Great Sage?"
"When you weren't home, it barked and seemed a little afraid of me, hiding in its grass nest and not coming out."
Xia Wu went over to take a look and saw that the Great Sage was indeed hiding in his den, looking timid. After seeing her, he sat on his injured leg and opened his arms for Xia Wu to hold him.
"Hey, you, shouldn't you go change the dressing on your wound?"
After Ji Yunzhou finished his meal, the two of them took the Great Sage to find Ji Xun and changed the medicine on the Great Sage's wounds.
People from the Forestry Bureau came in the morning. Rare plants were discovered on Zimu Mountain. Now a group of monkeys have arrived. The ecology has improved and wild animals have returned. People from the Forestry Bureau came to discuss with the village. They want to build an inspection station in the village and find a suitable person to patrol the mountain, occasionally make some records, and supervise to prevent poachers from harming animals and plants.
This is a good job, at least for the villagers of Yanggou Village living at the foot of the mountain, it is a great thing.
Working for the government means you get a pension, although the current salary is a bit low, only 3,000 yuan. However, you can work near home and get free food and accommodation, so it's a good job.
There is one thing. Many people in the village are now working for Xia Wu. The conditions and benefits are better than those offered by the Forestry Bureau. Patrolling the mountains definitely requires young and strong laborers who are familiar with the mountains. These two factors combined make it quite difficult.
Yang Guofeng took on the job and was worried about who to find to do it.
Yu Guoqing went to the door and recommended himself.
He wanted to ask the village secretary to find him a job.
He has been back for a week. He eats simple meals every day and has no place to live. He sleeps in the open air. It is summer now, so there are just a few more mosquitoes, which is not too hard. But if he waits a little longer, it will snow. It snows in their place in winter, and it is quite cold. How is he going to survive then?
Everyone in the village can find a job, but Yu Guoqing hasn't been back for many years, and she feels embarrassed to ask Xia Wu, who is not short of manpower, to vacate a job for him, as she doesn't owe her anything.
In fact, if he could be thick-skinned enough to ask Xia Wu for help, maybe Xia Wu would really find him a job.
After all, Xia Wu can find jobs for college students who come looking for summer jobs.
"I was just embarrassed, so I came to you. Please think of a solution for me."
Yu Guoqing still looked the same, rubbing his hands, feeling very embarrassed and ashamed.
Looking at him like this, he doesn't look like the kind of person who has ignored his father and son for decades. I don't know what has gone wrong with him that he could do such a thing.
Yang Guofeng did not help him, nor did he persuade Yu Quanyou to forgive Yu Guoqing, because he couldn't figure it out either.
"National Day, aren't you planning to go out?"
"Hey, why are you still going out? You haven't made any progress in all these years. I want to stay at home for the rest of my life and make up for my mistakes in the past. Oh, I really made you laugh."
He sounded quite sincere. Yang Guofeng couldn't help but ask curiously, "Guoqing, what have you been doing outside these years? Why don't you come back?"
Yu Guoqing looked embarrassed, but after thinking about it, he decided to tell everything.
Yu Quanyou was an upright man. He taught his son to be an upright person since he was young. He himself lived a poor life and did not allow his son to show off by relying on his achievements.
Yu Quanyou had a son in his old age. Yu Guoqing was a well-behaved child, but after entering adolescence, he began to become rebellious. He did not want to devote everything to the path set by his father, nor did he want to devote everything and then be willing to live in obscurity like his father.
Just like an old ox that works hard and never complains.
Yu Guoqing wanted to make a living for himself, so he refused to join the army. Out of confusion and emptiness, he hung out with some young people from society. Being called "brother" was a great psychological satisfaction for him.
He was immersed in such a childish relationship full of chivalry and became boyfriend and girlfriend with a girl from an unfortunate family. They were young and ignorant, and one of them got pregnant unexpectedly. Yu Guoqing planned to take responsibility and start a family with the girl.
However, he had no ability to make money, and he and the girl ate instant noodles in a shabby rental house until the baby was five or six months old. The girl could not hold on any longer and was afraid that she would give birth in the rental house.
Yu Guoqing had no choice but to take her home.
He went home and was beaten, but the problem was solved. He got married and had his first child, but his old father looked down on him even more. He despised him all day long and thought he was a good-for-nothing who could not do anything useful.
His wife also dislikes him.
Yu Guoqing really didn't want to stay at home, so he left his child to his father and took his wife south to work.
He didn't work very well. He just earned enough to eat and then work again. If he didn't save enough money, he naturally couldn't send it back home. Yu Guoqing always wanted to get rich, to make a lot of money, so that he could bring it all back to Yu Quanyou to see and praise him for being capable.
Unfortunately, he didn't make any money and his wife got pregnant again. They got together when they were young, but it was too early. When they got older and saw too much of the outside world, Yu Guoqing no longer had any advantages.
He and his wife were always arguing, and the argument led to her becoming pregnant and giving birth to his second child. Then they parted ways completely in that damp rental house, leaving Yu Guoqing holding his still-breastfeeding child, not knowing where to go.
In the end, he went home and left his youngest son at home. Not daring to look at his old father's disgusted eyes, he turned around and ran away again.
After staying in the south for many years, Yu Guoqing also went abroad and spent a few years at sea. Later, he met some friends in China and followed them to do the timber business. He spent seven or eight months a year in the mountains. He earned some money, at least hundreds of thousands, but times have changed. Back then, a person with an annual income of 10,000 yuan could be considered a tycoon in the village.
He has hundreds of thousands of yuan in his pocket, which is not even enough for a down payment in a first-tier city now.
Even those hundreds of thousands, Yu Guoqing was unable to keep them, because they were arrested for trafficking in timber, and they were told that the timber contained nationally protected plants, of which there were only a few thousand in the country.
After investigation, it was discovered that Yu Guoqing was just an assistant. He had no idea that his so-called friend was actually a smuggler who mixed high-quality timber that was not allowed to be exported from the country with ordinary timber and smuggled it abroad.
After completing a business deal, he could earn one million yuan, but Yu Guoqing would get less than ten thousand yuan at most.
Even so, Yu Guoqing was imprisoned for several years. The hundreds of thousands of dollars he worked hard to earn were confiscated before he could send them home.
He has just been released from prison and has come back to his senses. He has come to realize that he was indeed wrong. If he had listened to his father earlier in his life, perhaps he would not be like this now.
When he reached middle age, he not only achieved nothing but also ended up in jail.
Yu Guoqing suddenly realized the truth and wanted to come back to atone for his sins.
Besides, he had nowhere else to go.
He has no education, has been in prison, and can only do the lowest-level physical work, but no one wants him.
After hearing this, Yang Guofeng didn't know what to say. Yu Guoqing is such a confused person!
Not a single good move!
"You're the type who won't turn back until you hit the wall, and won't give up until you see the Yellow River. Now you regret it, but what were you doing earlier?"
Yu Guoqing rubbed his hands, feeling very embarrassed.
"I know I was wrong, but I'm back now, right?"
"Oh, I really don't know what to say to you!"
Yang Guofeng felt very disappointed with Yu Quanyou and could understand to some extent why Yu Quanyou was unwilling to acknowledge his son.
It's really embarrassing.
However, Yu Guoqing is still a villager after all, and not a vicious person. If he wants to reform and start a new life, he must be given a chance. Otherwise, if he becomes disappointed with life and does something against the law, it will be bad.
Yang Guofeng thought about it and felt that there was no one more suitable for patrolling the mountains than Yu Guoqing.
Yu Guoqing is almost 40 years old this year and is in his prime. He used to be in the timber business and is familiar with the situation in the mountains. Some time ago, a group of monkeys came down to cause trouble, and he guessed that it was monkeys just by looking at the traces.
Furthermore, after the ordeal of imprisonment, Yu Guoqing should have become much more mature and would not embezzle money from his employer.
However, to ensure safety, Yang Guofeng still asked him cautiously: "You are not stealing from the company, are you?"
Yu Guoqing's face flushed red, and he waved his hand, saying, "I won't do anything like that again!"
Yang Guofeng nodded and said, "Okay, I'll talk to the county and see if I can arrange for you to take up the position."
"But don't be too happy. I can't guarantee it's you. After all, you've been in jail before, and it was for this."
Yu Guoqing understood and said, "Okay, thank you whether it works or not."
Because of his words, when reporting to the county forestry bureau, Yang Guofeng repeatedly assured that he would keep an eye on Yu Guoqing and make sure he didn't make any mistakes. He was really worried about this, and finally the forestry bureau agreed to let Yu Guoqing take up the post.
The job of a forest ranger is not difficult. You patrol every day, record the safety of rare plants, check for poachers, report rare animals in a timely manner, and ensure your own safety.
The monthly salary is 2,800 yuan, and five insurances and one fund are paid. I am considered an outsourced employee.
It was a great fortune for Yu Guoqing to be able to find such a job after returning from prison.
Yang Guofeng informed everyone that Yu Guoqing had become the village ranger. Only then did Yu Quanyou and his two grandsons know that the useless guy in the family had actually found a job for himself right at his doorstep!
After working diligently for three days, Yu Quanyou shamelessly asked the county for an advance of one month's salary.
Two thousand eight hundred a month is not much money, and it doesn’t even feel heavy in the hand, but this is the money Yu Guoqing earned honestly after returning to the right path.
As soon as he got the money, he found Xia Wu and said he wanted to buy two chickens raised in the mountains, no matter how much they cost.
Just because Xia Wu had cooked pork ribs with potatoes not long ago, his youngest son told the children in the village that it would definitely taste better if potatoes were cooked with chicken.
He secretly kept it in mind and decided to buy a chicken for his son when he had money.
Of course, one or two chickens cannot make up for past mistakes, but if you do nothing, then isn't there any possibility of forgiveness?
Xia Wu agreed to sell him two chickens, which weighed less than ten pounds in total, for more than three hundred yuan. Yu Guoqing paid the money happily, bought some potatoes and green peppers from the mountain, went back and killed a chicken, and stewed the meat for lunch.
There was also a chicken that he was not going to eat for the time being, so he kept it next to the shed where he slept.
Yu Quanyou, his grandfather and his grandson should have eaten the chicken. After eating the meat, they certainly did not forgive Yu Guoqing. It was just that after a rain in the village, the villagers found that Yu Guoqing, who had been living in a shack, seemed to have moved into the house.
"We're all family. Even if we break bones, we're still connected by tendons. How can we just say no?"
"Yeah, after all, he's a strong laborer. He can help out at home if there's anything he can do. People need to make peace with themselves and be open-minded!"
Life is like this, it is always imperfect.
Time cannot really go back. Be it gratitude or resentment, it will eventually become much dimmer after being worn down by time.
The entire Donghua Town is going to have roads built. I heard that someone donated at least 10 million yuan, and they want to completely renovate the roads in the entire town within the next six months.
When this good news reached Yanggou Village, Yang Guofeng was spitting all over the place when he told the villagers.
"Especially the road from our village to town, it needs to be repaired and widened! With this, our village will definitely get better and better!"
Zhou Hui and his roommates were ready to go, their eyes lighting up. They said, "Looking for a job? So, aren't we here to work?"
They are all majoring in civil engineering, so their majors are a good match!
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