Chapter 101 Host, the house is in Zaohua Lane, a few miles from where you are now...
When Lu Xiaomei got home, there was a "discussion" going on in the living room. To be precise, Ding Zhigang directly proposed that Pan Dingfeng solve Ding Tao's work problem.
Ding Zhigang didn't want to appear so anxious, but Nianjun and Dingfeng just said that they would return to the capital tomorrow after completing the formalities, and didn't mention helping at all. Even Pan Dingfeng was still analyzing how difficult it was to arrange the work. How could Ding Zhigang not know how difficult it was to arrange it? If it wasn't so difficult, the second brother's family wouldn't be so embarrassed that they wanted to hide under the table.
——Except for the fact that the eldest daughter arranged a job for Dayong, maybe Ding Guo was lucky at that time, and she happened to run into one of the two or three job vacancies that finally came out.
Anyway, he has no channels to create a job out of thin air now.
The Pan family is in this situation now, and the two families are not happy. Many of his previous fantasies are impossible to achieve, and he can't take advantage of this. But he has supported Ding Nianjun for twenty years, provided her with food and drink, funded her education, and helped her find a job. Now that she is married, he can't not help the family at all, right?
But the two of them didn't have this awareness. Not only did they not take the initiative to help, Pan Dingfeng was still telling him that it was difficult to arrange work and analyzing the current social situation...
So, knowing that the couple was going to return to the capital tomorrow, he didn't hesitate any more and directly interrupted Pan Dingfeng, asking him to use his connections here to arrange a job for Ding Tao. He didn't ask for a formal employee, just a temporary one would be fine.
Pan Dingfeng felt a little uncomfortable.
Ding Nianjun also felt uncomfortable. Why?
She felt unwilling, but she couldn't say anything. She looked at Yue Hongmei for help, but Yue Hongmei looked away uncomfortably.
She didn't want to make things difficult for the young couple, but she had no say now. Besides, the second family was able to get close to them because they helped Brother Pan Dingfeng find a wife.
Even though the matter didn't work out, she still owed a favor and caused trouble. She didn't have the ability to solve it, but she couldn't really let the second wife's family ruin Lao Ding's job, right?
The father-in-law brought it up openly, and Pan Dingfeng couldn't refuse no matter how unhappy he was. He thought about the connections he could use and said, "Dad, I'll go out and try my luck tomorrow after Nianjun and I finish the paperwork to see if I can find a job for my cousin."
I can't use my family connections this time, so I can only try contacting his comrades.
So, when Lu Xiaomei came back and asked Pan Dingfeng to go to the hospital to replace Ding Jianguo, Yue Hongmei hurriedly stopped him and said, "Nianjun and Dingfeng have been on the train for a whole day, and they have to go out to make connections tomorrow. They can't get a bad rest. Let Jianguo stay there for one night."
Lu Xiaomei felt a little depressed by her mother-in-law's impolite rejection. She was friends with Ding Nianjun and naturally knew how much her mother-in-law loved Nianjun. She was very happy for her friend in the past, but after she got married and saw all these scenes, she felt how biased her mother-in-law was and her heart gradually became unbalanced.
After all, Ding Nianjun was just an adopted child, and Jianguo is his biological son. She doesn't love her biological child but loves the one outside her. This mother-in-law... is simply mentally ill.
Although he was complaining in his heart, he still maintained a decent smile on his face and asked Ding Nianjun and Pan Dingfeng to go to the guesthouse to rest.
Yue Hongmei turned to Ding Nianjun and smiled warmly: "You two come over for dinner tomorrow morning. Mom will steam some vegetable pythons and make dumpling soup for you."
"I know, mom!"
Ding Nianjun and Pan Dingfeng left the Ding family and borrowed Ding Zhigang's bicycle.
Originally, they wanted to stay at the guesthouse near the steel plant, but Ding Zhige's family was arranged to move in at night. Ding Nianjun didn't want to see that family, so she acted coquettishly with Pan Dingfeng: "Let's go to the guesthouse on Dingxing Road."
Pan Dingfeng: "No problem, it's just a little far. I have to get up early tomorrow morning to eat."
When I turned onto Dingxing Road, I saw someone running towards me from a distance, and several people behind him were shouting and chasing him: "Stop, where are you running to?"
The person running in front flashed by and went to a small alley nearby, but Ding Nianjun recognized the man with her sharp eyes: Zhao Jinbao, her high school classmate.
Those few people also chased after him and turned into the alley.
Pan Dingfeng glanced at them and said to Ding Nianjun casually, "From the joint defense team!"
The joint defense team will not arrest people at random. The person in front either did something bad in the street, or was discovered for speculation.
Ding Nianjun was also aware of the twists and turns here. She turned her head, looked at the alley where there was no one, and fell into deep thought.
Ding Guo received a call from Pei Che while at work, and he told Ding Guo on the phone that Pan Dingfeng wanted to rent a house from him, but he had refused.
Ding Guo was curious: "Why did you reject him?"
Pei Che's ears turned red on the other end of the phone, and he said softly, "I told him that it was my wedding room, and I was going to use it for my wedding."
Ding Guo didn't feel embarrassed, and she didn't think much about it. It was just an excuse to refuse. She smiled and said, "Then he didn't continue to pester you, right?"
Pei Che: "No, he went to the old man's house first. The old man said that the house was mine and he couldn't make the decision for me, so he called the army..."
Ding Guo smiled and praised: "That's a good rejection, Comrade Pei Che deserves praise."
Pei Che whispered, "Comrade Ding Guo, it's not enough to just be praised, isn't there any reward?"
Ding Guo rolled his eyes and thought for a long time, then said, "I'm preparing to pickle some radishes. I'll send some to you when I'm done."
Aunt San asked Ding Guo to bring too many radishes, so he planned to keep a few for making soup or cooking, and pickle the rest to make several different flavors of radish pickles, which he would then mail to Comrade Xiao Pei to try as a reward for his rejection of Pan Dingfeng's request to rent a house.
Pei Che held the microphone in silence for a while. He didn't want to eat any dried radish. He wanted to hear Guo Guo say something nice, or seriously discuss the topic of marriage with him, but Guo Guo didn't seem to be moved.
Because there were colleagues from the factory around him, Ding Guo didn't talk for too long. He hung up the phone after a few words.
Back in the workshop, Ding Guo continued to work.
The work progress is gratifying. In the past few days, she and several colleagues have imitated butterfly cakes, almond cakes and wedding cakes of one flavor. The people who participated in the exchange last time worked together to improve the recipe of peach cakes and added black sesame seeds. Ding Guo also suggested improving the packaging and proposed adding gift boxes. The factory is still studying and discussing it.
The current work is to prepare to add new products "Walnut Bad" and "Sandwich Biscuits". Ding Guo continues to adjust the formula ratio with his colleagues and prepares to make another batch of samples.
She was still thinking about going back home to watch the fun in the evening, but she didn't expect Ding Tao to come to find her in the afternoon.
Looking at Ding Guo coming out of the factory, Ding Tao was full of envy and a little uncomfortable.
"My parents are going back. They're taking the evening train..."
Ding Guo was shocked. The Second House’s family was defeated already?
There’s nothing exciting to watch!
Because she didn't help Yue Hongmei yesterday and was just watching the fun from the side, the whole family was very dissatisfied with her and kept swiping the screen frantically in her backstage. Ding Nianjun and Pan Dingfeng also swiped the screen together. Ding Jianshe even jumped around for a while afterwards. She gained a lot.
Ding Tao raised her chin slightly: "Pan Dingfeng said that he has found a job. The paper mill wants to recruit a temporary worker and asked me to report tomorrow. I can stay in the city in the future."
It was not difficult to replace the letter of introduction for Ding Nianjun, and he had already made arrangements with his connections here before coming here, so it did not take much time. After finishing this matter, Pan Dingfeng went to the post office to make a few phone calls and visited a few comrades, and soon got the news.
Ding Guo was shocked. After all, he had the aura of a male protagonist and was very efficient in doing things.
Pan Dingfeng worked efficiently, but he failed to please his father-in-law. Ding Zhigang felt very upset when he heard the news.
He was relieved that his son-in-law helped him solve the problem, but he also felt complicated that his son-in-law solved it so easily... Since he could get a job just by talking, why didn't he take the initiative yesterday? Why did he have to lose face and ask for help?
Ding Guo didn't know that her cheap father wanted both, and continued to say to Ding Tao: "Then congratulations, you came here just to tell me this?"
Ding Tao had other things to do, but she also wanted to show off. But when she saw Ding Guo walking out in high spirits just now, she suddenly felt that she had nothing to show off. Ding Guo was a regular employee, and she was just a temporary worker. It was not certain whether she could be converted to a regular employee. What was the point of showing off?
"Of course not. My parents said they were worried that you and Dayong might be worried, so they asked me to tell you..."
Her parents asked her to get along well with Ding Guo.
Although she had a job, she had offended her uncle's family. Her parents were worried that her aunt would bully her and no one would help her. Ding Guo obviously had a bad relationship with her family. If she could build a good relationship with Ding Guo and Ding Dayong, she would have someone to help her in the future.
But she just felt awkward being with Ding Guo. They had a bad relationship when they were young, and she looked down on Ding Guo from the bottom of her heart. He bullied her a lot back then. Now that she was asked to cling to Ding Guo, she felt a little embarrassed.
Ding Guo raised his eyebrows: "Okay, I'll tell Dayong later. Is there anything else? It's okay, I'm going back to work."
Ding Tao: "Also... I will be living in the steel plant's staff quarters from now on. If you need to find me for something, just go back to the staff quarters. That's all. I'm leaving now."
After saying that, he turned around and left in a hurry. The sound of a mouse just happened to ring in Ding Guo's mind. He stood there for a while before returning to the workshop with a smile.
With the addition of Ding Tao, the staff quarters will be even more crowded. Unlike her, she has a house in the capital and rented a small courtyard here, and now... she has also bought a house in Fengning.
Haozi: "Host, the house is in Zaohua Lane, not far from where you live now, separated by two main streets."
Ding Guo: "I know. I'll go check it out after work."
In the guesthouse, Pan Dingfeng looked at his wife in surprise: "You're not going back to the capital?"
Ding Nianjun took his arm and said coquettishly, "It's not that I won't go back to the capital, I'll just go back a few days later. My parents are unhappy about what happened to my second uncle's family. In the future, Ding Tao will live at home again. Not only will my sister-in-law be unhappy, but my brothers and sisters will definitely be unhappy too. My mother has been upset these two days, and I want to stay at home with them."
Pan Dingfeng thought for a moment and sighed, "There are no dormitories for temporary workers. Not to mention temporary workers, even regular workers who have just joined the factory cannot apply for dormitories. There is nothing we can do about it." He frowned and said, "Is your elder sister really not willing to help at all?"
Although I don’t know what kind of house she rented, it is at least more spacious than my home. Can’t I let Ding Tao live there?
Ding Nianjun smiled and said, "Let my parents do some ideological work on my eldest sister later."
However, Pan Dingfeng understood that his wife wanted to stay in Fengning for a few more days. He said with some guilt: "I have to go back to work tomorrow, so I can't accompany you. I can't have dinner with my parents tonight. Please tell my mother for me. You can stay here and return to the capital when my mother is calm."
His parents have been very dissatisfied with him during this period. This time he came back to change Nianjun's letter of introduction, and he didn't have to go with him. He was just worried about Nianjun's health, so he asked for leave to accompany him. For this, he was scolded by his father, and his mother was also a little unhappy. In any case, he had to rush back to work tomorrow.
"I know, you just work hard, I will be back in two days." Ding Nianjun hugged him, the two of them were affectionate for a while, and then she sent Pan Dingfeng to the station.
Ding Nianjun did not give up the house in the guesthouse. Now that Ding Tao has moved into her house, she doesn't want to go back and squeeze in. Besides, it's not convenient to live in the staff quarters.
After returning from the station, Ding Nianjun saw that there was still some time, so she took the city bus to People's Park. She had made an appointment with Zhao Jinbao to meet at People's Park.
When Pan Dingfeng went to the post office in the morning, Ding Nianjun went to Zhao Jinbao's house. Seeing Zhao Jinbao at home, she knew that he was not caught by those people last night. She called him out and chatted with him for a few words, and quickly got the information she wanted.
Zhao Jinbao had always had a crush on Ding Nianjun, but she thought Zhao Jinbao was not good-looking and not very tall, so she did not agree. However, they became good friends and gradually lost contact after graduation.
After graduation, Zhao Jinbao's family could not find a job for him, so he had to go to the countryside. His family was reluctant to let him go too far, so they used their connections to arrange for him to live in a rural area in the Xiatou Commune of Fengning, which was close to home and easy to take care of.
As winter approached, there was less work in the village, so Zhao Jinbao teamed up with two other educated youth to move things to the city and conducted several black market deals.
Ding Nianjun was very excited after learning about it.
Unable to find a job for the time being and her in-laws' attitude towards her made Ding Nianjun feel extremely insecure.
Even though she had saved all her previous salary and still had the betrothal gift from the Pan family, and Yue Hongmei also secretly gave her some money when she got married, she was richer than most people, but Ding Nianjun still wanted more money.
Last night, she accidentally ran into Zhao Jinbao who was being chased by someone, so she wanted to find him to find out what was going on. If it was really as she thought, she wanted to see if she could make some money by following him.
Now I'm going to talk to Zhao Jinbao about joining the gang.
She has the capital, but now she is pregnant and her identity is restricted, so it is difficult for her to enter and exit the black market. She can only invest money and let others do the work while she waits for dividends.
Zhao Jinbao liked Ding Nianjun before. Ding Nianjun was his white moonlight. Although Bai Yueguang was married, it could not stop his affection for her. When Bai Yueguang asked, he did not refuse. He even forgot that he had two partners and forgot that he should ask for their opinions. He agreed without hesitation.
"It's just... we're just doing small things, secretly collecting some grain, cabbage, radish and other things from the villagers. Occasionally, we get some game from the villagers, but it's rare and not common... I'm responsible for selling in the city, because my relative is a cadre of the local commune, so it's easier to get a letter of introduction. The other two are responsible for collecting things secretly..." Zhao Jinbao chattered to Ding Nianjun about their cooperation model.
Ding Nianjun said: "I will pay a part of the money, and also give some industrial coupons, national food coupons and cloth coupons. Later I will find a way to help you get some defective cloth from the textile factory. This is my sincerity in joining the partnership..."
Zhao Jinbao was overjoyed: "That's great. The local villagers are short of various tickets, and defective cloth is also hard currency."
Ding Nianjun has such ability that the two partners have nothing to say. After all, they still have to rely on those two to collect things, which is hard work, and they can't let them be unhappy.
"Thank you, Jinbao. I'll treat you to dinner tonight."
Zhao Jinbao smiled like a fool: "I'm treating you, how can I ask a female comrade to pay for it?"
Ding Nianjun smiled and did not refuse, and happily went to the restaurant with Zhao Jinbao.
But the Ding family was not happy.
Ding Jianguo stayed in the hospital all night last night to take care of his patient. He didn't wait for the person to replace him. He hurried to the unit in the morning and worked a day. He was so tired that he didn't even have the energy to eat. He went back to his room and fell asleep.
Because her husband did not come back, Lu Xiaomei did not find her parents-in-law to talk about buying a house last night. She planned to talk about it tonight, but Ding Jiandang became unhappy and made a fuss because Ding Tao stayed at home and the bedroom bed needed to be adjusted.
"Why should my second brother and I live in the living room?" Ding Jiandang shouted, "Can't you just kick that country bumpkin out?"
Yue Hongmei went to the hospital to take care of her second son during the day, and came back in the afternoon to cook for the whole family. She was unhappy at the moment and said, "What should we do? You can't let your cousin sleep in the living room, right? She's such a big girl. Be obedient, wait for your second brother to be discharged from the hospital, you and your second brother will sleep in the living room, and let Ding Tao and Ding Xiang live in the bedroom."
Yue Hongmei just wanted the children in the family to hate Ding Tao, to be disgusted with Ding Tao, and it would be best if she couldn't live at home anymore.
Dingxiang was also unhappy. Although she didn't like living in the same room with her parents, she also didn't like living in the same room with a country bumpkin, someone she didn't even know.
"I don't agree, I don't agree anyway!" Ding Jiandang sat on the sofa angrily.
Ding Zhigang was not at home at the moment. He and Ding Tao went to the train station to see off the second brother's family.
Therefore, Yue Hongmei also spoke firmly: "If you are angry, don't take it out on me, tell your father, this is a relative of your old Ding family, your last name is also Ding..."
Yue Hongmei looked at the mess in the room and felt that she had to talk about buying a house.
She entered the bedroom and pushed Ding Jianguo, who was sleeping soundly.
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