Chapter 100 100 She doesn’t have a job yet, why should she give money to the township…
Ding family, Ding Nianjun really wished she had never come back. How could she be so unlucky that she ran into relatives from her father's hometown and they even relied on her.
Huang Meihua was also quite good at judging people by their status. She scolded Yue Hongmei happily, but when she saw the two main characters, she was afraid of the status and position of the Pan family, so she didn't throw dirty words at Ding Nianjun and Pan Dingfeng, but she didn't want to miss this opportunity either.
When her sister-in-law asked her for help before, she boasted to her about how successful the man Nianjun was dating was. His father was a high-ranking official, and they lived in a small two-story house. His family was very powerful.
With such a capable person, it shouldn't be difficult to help Ding Tao find a job in Fengning, right? So it was natural for her to make the request, but Ding Nianjun's face suddenly turned bad, and she reacted fiercely: "Second Aunt, you think too simply. You have been living in the countryside for many years and don't know how rare it is to have a job in the city. Work is not easy, how can it be as easy as you say?"
The Pan family's connections can be used on her, and on the things or people she wants to use, but these things and people do not include people from her hometown.
These people are of no help to her, so why waste resources on them?
Besides, she doesn't have a job yet, so why should she arrange jobs for these peasants from the countryside?
No wonder my mother used to say that it was a good thing that this place was far from her hometown, otherwise she would have to worry about people from her hometown coming to take advantage of her every day. For so many years, everything had been peaceful, and she thought that the people in my father's hometown were quite considerate. Unexpectedly, the autumn wind came late.
Ding Nianjun had been sitting on the train for more than a day and felt nauseous all day. He was in a very bad mood and had no patience. He said impatiently: "Besides, Dingfeng is from the capital. How can he arrange the work here!"
Ding Zhigang was relieved to see Ding Nianjun and Pan Dingfeng coming back, thinking that it would be a bit difficult for him to arrange a job for Ding Tao. But it was different for Dingfeng. Although his father was demoted, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. The Pan family has more than just Qi Guangming's relationship here. Pan Dingfeng himself has several retired comrades-in-arms in Fengning and surrounding counties. It would only take a few words for him to help find a temporary job, and he could help him solve the problem.
But as a father-in-law, and with Nianjun's awkward status, he couldn't take the initiative to talk to this son-in-law. Let Huang Meihua make a fuss, and Nianjun and Dingfeng should take the initiative to help. But unexpectedly, this daughter refused as straightforwardly as the eldest daughter, and was even more impatient than the eldest daughter.
He could understand and accept his eldest daughter's refusal. After all, he didn't raise her much, so it was not easy to force her to give in such a matter. But Ding Nianjun was different. He raised her meticulously since she was a child, and this was how she repaid him?
Just as Ding Zhigang was about to speak, Huang Meihua became unhappy: "Your mother told me before that your husband's connections are very strong. He has connections all over the country, including in Fengning. Can't you arrange work here now? If you don't want to help, just say so. Don't lie here."
Ding Nianjun's face flushed instantly. He looked speechlessly at Yue Hongmei who was avoiding him, and said angrily, "Mom——"
Her mother's habit of showing off has caused the family to get into embarrassing situations several times.
Yue Hongmei also felt aggrieved.
At that time, she contacted Huang Meihua frequently and asked Huang Meihua to help her find a female comrade with good conditions to marry Nianjun and move to the capital. While talking on the phone, she couldn't help but show off the strength of her son-in-law's family.
Who would have thought that what I said at that time would become the knife stabbing Nianjun today.
As they were talking, Ding Xiang and Ding Jiandang came back from school. When they opened the door, they were stunned to see a room full of people. Yue Hongmei saw that her youngest daughter and son had returned. Thinking that the house was noisy, she was afraid that they would scare the two children, so she hurriedly said, "Xiang Xiang, Jiandang, go to your classmate's house to do your homework. Mom will come to call you later."
Seeing the solemn atmosphere at home, the two younger ones didn't even bother to say hello to Ding Nianjun who had returned. They left quickly and went to their classmate's house.
Negotiations continued in the room.
Huang Meihua knew very well that she had fallen out with her uncle's family today, and had offended even this occupier and her husband. If she didn't get the job done this time, she would have no hope in this life. So she looked directly at Pan Dingfeng. Although she was nervous, she still said with a stiff upper lip: "Niece-in-law, your mother asked me to help your brother find a wife in the village..."
Pan Dingfeng's scalp suddenly went numb. What he couldn't bear to hear the most was this incident, which was also the beginning of a series of troubles at home. Therefore, he quickly interrupted Huang Meihua and said, "That incident is in the past, so don't mention it."
He didn't know the grievances that Huang Meihua had suffered because of this matter, and thought that this rural aunt was trying to use this matter to get close to him, and even frowned in displeasure, showing his impatience. But he immediately heard Huang Meihua's sharp sarcasm: "It's over? Who said it's over? You are using people to move forward, not to move people backward. When you asked me for help, you said it better than the actors on the stage. I ran around and made an agreement with others, but you said it was not possible. I was criticized every day in the village, and one of you was hiding in Fengning, and the other was staying in the capital. You can't hear those gossips..."
Yue Hongmei hurriedly said, "Second Aunt, can you stop talking about this issue over and over again? Didn't you say you wanted to find a job for Ding Tao? Then talk about the job. These two kids have come all the way from the capital, and they haven't even had a chance to catch their breath yet, and you're just going on and on like this."
At this moment, Yue Hongmei actually didn't even want to talk about the work of the second family. She just wanted to get rid of the people first and have a good talk with Nianjun.
There was an unpleasantness on the wedding day. I don't know if her mother-in-law made things difficult for Junjun after they left. I also don't know if Junjun's job has been settled. Does he need to apply for a food allowance when he comes back?
These things worried her more than the affairs of the second wife's family.
Besides, she didn't want her son-in-law to continue to see the miserable situation at home, so she quickly said, "You guys go stay at the guesthouse first. I'll go back and discuss it with Lao Ding and the two children. We'll talk about it tomorrow."
Huang Meihua is not as knowledgeable as Yue Hongmei, but she is not stupid. How could she not see that Yue Hongmei wanted to get rid of her?
"Why stay in a guesthouse? We can't afford a guesthouse. This house is quite spacious, and the living room is more than enough for three people to sleep. We'll just move in with them." Huang Meihua snorted coldly.
Yue Hongmei was furious and asked, "How can we live in this house?"
"The kid's father and I sleep on the floor, and Ding Tao sleeps on the sofa. How can we not make room for him?" Huang Meihua rolled her eyes, looking calculating.
Ding Zhigang also wanted to talk to Ding Nianjun and Pan Dingfeng, and said unhappily: "It's cold now, the ground is cold, and if you get sick, you should go to the guesthouse. I'll pay for your stay!"
Huang Meihua responded: "Okay, we'll go to the guesthouse after dinner." She looked at Yue Hongmei, "Sister-in-law, it's a rare opportunity for us to come to your house, we can't go without even a meal. In previous years when you went back to your hometown, I never let you go hungry..."
Ding Zhigang held his breath, looked at Yue Hongmei and said, "Go cook!"
It’s just time for dinner.
Yue Hongmei almost vomited blood.
He came to her house and made a scene from noon to night, causing chaos and beating her. She still had to cook for the whole family.
But what could she do? She really didn't want to be scolded anymore, so she stood up and went to the kitchen, biting her teeth.
In the corner, Lu Xiaomei, who had returned to her small bedroom since she came back from the hospital, came out quietly, squeezed into the kitchen, and helped her mother-in-law cook.
Ding Nianjun also followed him to the kitchen. After she entered the room, she was scolded before she could fully understand the situation. She had to ask why her second aunt and her family suddenly came to the city.
Pan Dingfeng gritted his teeth and sat down with his father-in-law to greet Ding Zhige and the others. He was going to have a serious analysis with this family, let them face the reality that work is not so easy to arrange, and they should quickly return to their hometown.
In the kitchen, Ding Nianjun whispered, "Mom, why did Second Aunt and the others come to our house suddenly? They also need your help to arrange work."
Yue Hongmei got angry when she mentioned this: "It's all because of that troublemaker Ding Guo. She found a job for Ding Dayong and made him a regular employee. Ding Dayong went back to get food. Your second aunt was jealous and came here to make trouble."
Ding Nianjun's expression instantly cracked, and he couldn't help but exclaimed: "How could Ding Dayong be promoted?"
It is so difficult for a temporary worker to be converted to a regular employee. There was a temporary worker in her previous textile factory who had not been converted to a regular employee for four or five years. Why could Ding Dayong, a peasant, become a regular employee?
Ding Nianjun felt a burning pain in her heart, and her face was distorted with jealousy.
Until now, she didn't want to admit that Ding Guo could actually arrange a job for Ding Dayong in the city. After the first job was ruined by her mother, she didn't expect Ding Guo to have connections and arranged another one. Is a job easy for her? How could it be so easy?
She doesn't have that ability. How could Ding Guo, an educated youth who just returned to the city, have such good luck?
Now, Ding Dayong has actually been converted to a regular worker, which makes her even more dissatisfied.
She did not have a direct hatred between herself and Ding Dayong, but because Ding Dayong was brought up by Ding Guo and had come to laugh at her on the Mid-Autumn Festival, she also disliked Ding Dayong very much and did not wish him well. She wished that Ding Dayong would go back to the countryside in disgrace and be a farmer all his life.
Yue Hongmei was also vomiting, Ding Dayong's promotion to a regular employee was simply a slap in her face.
At the beginning, she spent money to ruin Ding Dayong's job, hoping that he would go back to his hometown, but that troublemaker turned out to arrange another one for her, and now he has been made a full-time employee. Just thinking about it makes her depressed to the point of vomiting blood.
Ding Nianjun rolled his eyes and said, "Mom, since my eldest sister has this ability, why don't you help my second aunt find a job? We are all family. My eldest sister must have been taken care of by my second aunt when she was a child, right? My eldest sister was also raised by my second uncle and aunt."
Yue Hongmei suddenly looked a little embarrassed.
Although she didn't know the details of the relationship between the Second House and Ding Guo, based on her understanding of the Second House, it was impossible to take care of them, and it was good enough if they didn't bully them.
With Huang Meihua's personality, if Ding Guo had ever taken advantage of her family, he would not be able to get away with it today. Huang Meihua didn't even dare to mention it, which showed that she was short of breath.
Yue Hongmei: "That family came here under the pretext of asking for compensation. You don't know what happened back then..."
She whispered it again, and Ding Nianjun felt a headache, and thought the second room was a bit stupid. Since their ultimate goal was to work, why should they be so particular about whose compensation should be paid? Wouldn't it be good to have another channel to obtain compensation? They could go to the door of Ding Guo's unit and force Ding Guo to help.
It's so stupid!
He curled his lips and just expressed his disdain for Huang Meihua's family, when he heard a high-pitched voice coming from the living room: "Uncle, if you don't arrange a job for my Ding Tao, I will go to your factory gate every day to make trouble!"
Ding Nianjun was so angry that he closed his eyes and took a breath.
The Ding family's dinner was held in a tense and awkward atmosphere. Everyone had their own thoughts, so much so that no one even forgot that several people were missing from the table.
In the hospital, Ding Jianguo immediately held down the twisting Ding Jianshe. The doctor came over and took a look at his movements and said that he was dreaming. He woke Ding Jianshe up and asked him about it. After asking him questions, he learned that he really had a nightmare. Ding Jianguo quickly breathed a sigh of relief.
He was really scared and broke out in a cold sweat just now.
But a new problem arose. For some unknown reason, Ding Jianshe had a sore throat. Sometimes he could speak, and sometimes he couldn't. The doctor examined him but couldn't find any problems. The injury on his coccyx didn't get worse, it just hurt a little more, and Ding Jianshe had to suffer more.
Because of the nightmare, Ding Jianshe didn't dare to sleep. After his voice returned to normal, he kept talking to Ding Jianguo, mostly saying bad things about the second house and Ding Guo.
As time passed, the brothers' stomachs gradually began to protest and growled with hunger.
"Brother, can you go buy something to eat?" Ding Jianshe said, "I'm hungry!"
Ding Jianguo didn't have any money or tickets with him, and his mother forgot to give him some when she left, so he was so hungry that his stomach was aching. "Wait a little longer, mom will probably be here to bring you food soon."
Another hour passed before Lu Xiaomei finally arrived.
When she met two pairs of hungry green eyes, a guilty look flashed across her face.
Lu Xiaomei even forgot about the man who was accompanying her in the hospital, let alone her brother-in-law.
After everyone finished their meal, they sent Ding Zhige's family to the guesthouse. When Yue Hongmei was about to talk to her Junjun for a while, she suddenly remembered that there were still two people in the hospital who had not eaten yet.
There was no leftover from dinner, which was made in a hurry. The noodles were boiled and two eggs were beaten and brought over in a hurry.
Ding Jianguo no longer cared about the fact that there was only noodles but no vegetables. He ate it up and then said, "Nianjun and Dingfeng are back, right?"
He was still hoping that his mother would ask Dingfeng to take over his shift so that he could go back and have a rest.
Lu Xiaomei was surprised: "How do you know?"
Ding Jianguo: "My elder sister said this when she came to see Jianshe..."
Before he finished speaking, Ding Jianshe on the other side exploded: "Why is she so arrogant? Who wants that troublemaker to come to see me! Brother, next time she comes over, kick her out. Life wouldn't be this bad without her."
The last time he was injured like that, Ding Guo came to see him and brought a bag of broken snacks, which was simply an insult to him.
Ding Jianguo glared at him and said, "Okay, eat your meal." He turned to Lu Xiaomei and said, "Go back and ask Dingfeng to replace me. I've been moving things around the factory all day and I'm so tired. I'm afraid I'll sleep too hard at night and won't hear Jianshe calling me."
It was difficult to find someone to arrange this kind of thing in the past, but it is different now. He is a legitimate son-in-law of the family, and it is his duty to help his father-in-law and take care of his brother-in-law.
After all, I won't be back often in the future, so this is a rare trip and I should show my appreciation.
Like him, he would go to his father-in-law's house to help move coal on weekends.
Lu Xiaomei: "Okay, I'll go back and talk later." She looked at Ding Jianguo and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Jianguo, come here..."
After saying that, he turned and walked out.
The commotion at her husband's house this afternoon opened her eyes, and seeing the country relatives who came to ask for work also gave her some ideas.
Combined with what she heard from her colleagues at the factory these past two days about someone secretly trading houses with someone else, she felt a little excited.
When they reached the corridor, Lu Xiaomei said, "Jianguo, I, I'm pregnant."
Ding Jianguo was stunned for a moment, then showed great surprise on his face: "Xiaomei, are you serious?"
Lu Xiaomei glared at him: "Silly, of course it's true."
Otherwise, except for the time I went over there to pull Yue Hongmei this afternoon, I tried to hide in the corners the rest of the time, for fear that someone would fight with someone else and accidentally hurt her again.
"Does mom know? Why don't we get a checkup..." Ding Jianguo was so happy that he didn't know what to do. His excitement was dampened by Lu Xiaomei's cold water. "To be honest, I don't plan to have this child."
Ding Jianguo's expression froze: "Why? This is my Ding family's child, why don't you want it?"
Lu Xiaomei's eyes turned red as she questioned, "Where will we let the baby live after it's born? Will we be able to accommodate another baby in such a small place like ours? Will we let the baby squeeze into that small bed with us?"
Ding Jianguo hesitated: "That can't be rejected!"
Lu Xiaomei held Ding Jianguo's hand and said, "Jianguo, for the sake of our child, can you talk to our parents and ask around? If there is a suitable house, we can buy it... or change it?"
Ding Jianguo was used to living with his parents. He had meals to eat when he returned home, his mother washed his clothes, and he could talk to his father about anything he was unhappy about at work. He had never lived alone and was a little hesitant.
"Jianguo, Jianshe is not young anymore. Although he doesn't have a partner now, he may get married when he finds one. At that time, our house will be even smaller. If Jianshe asks for a house at that time, do you think your parents will help him? He asked for it first. If we ask for it later, wouldn't it be a bit immature? It's better to make plans early. If he wants to live at home, he can live there. If he wants to live in our own house, he can live in our own house. At least we have more choices. What do you think?"
Relatives from my hometown have started to come to me for money. Even if my parents-in-law don’t arrange jobs for me, they will definitely give me some other compensation.
This poor relative comes, and that poor relative comes. If we don’t fight for it, all the money in our family will be used to support them. How much will they have left in the future?
Ding Jianguo was somewhat moved. He said, "This is not a small matter. I will go back and discuss it with my parents."
Lu Xiaomei also knew that she couldn't rush it, but as long as her man had this idea and knew how to fight for it, it would be fine. She said, "Then I'll go back first and let my brother-in-law take your place."
If you find an opportunity in the evening, strike while the iron is hot and talk to your in-laws about it.
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