Chapter 111 (Edited and new content added at the end, for those who have read it...
Ding Nianjun was uneasy the whole morning; Ding Guo's change was so drastic that she was caught off guard.
But the attitude of the Pan family...
At this moment, Ding Nianjun regretted that his parents were just ordinary workers and his family had no power, influence or background.
Although their family was the envy of many families in the steel plant, with five workers, their life was better than anyone else's.
But when she met Pan Dingfeng, entered the military compound, and saw a real high-ranking official family, she realized how weak her own family was and how huge the gap was.
Are you going to give up?
But whenever she thought about breaking up with Pan Dingfeng, she felt like her heart was being stabbed by a knife, and her eyes were sore from the pain.
"No, we can't give up!"
As for replacing her, she could probably find a girl from a poor family who was hardworking and capable, but she didn't want to.
Ding Guo is a thorn in her heart. If she wants to remove this thorn in her heart, she must keep Ding Guo under her feet and make her unable to raise her head for the rest of her life.
But now things were out of control, making her extremely irritated and distracted from her work.
Ding Guo felt so conflicted that it was reflected in his backstage comments.
At this time, Ding Guo had already visited the Youth League Office and submitted the materials to the Grain Bureau.
Next, we will wait for these units to review and transfer the grain relations.
When she was at the Youth League Office, she vaguely remembered that the office was also responsible for the employment of the educated youth after they returned to the city, so she asked about it. The other party rolled his eyes and said, "Those who returned the year before last are still waiting for jobs. Don't always rely on the organization. You should also think of ways on your own and ask your family to help you."
After saying that, he muttered quietly: "Everyone is counting on us to arrange jobs for them, but there are not so many jobs available!"
The book said that it was particularly difficult to arrange work during this period. Now that she had the approval from the organization, she... could naturally continue to live off her parents and feed those two old bastards to death!
So, she is the chosen one to live off the elderly?
"Ha ha!"
Ding Guo stopped laughing and stood in front of a barber shop called "People's Barber Shop".
These days barber shops are also state-owned.
The low price made Ding Guo's eyes light up.
After all, she is used to spending thirty or forty on a wash, cut and blow-dry, and over a hundred or even several thousand on a perm and dye. She only wore it for one day, so the impact of the price difference is quite obvious.
A haircut without washing costs 1.5 cents, while a haircut, wash, and blow-dry costs 2.3 cents. You can also use "bath tickets" to exchange for a haircut, wash, and blow-dry.
If I had known earlier, I would have asked Yue Hongmei for a bath ticket and saved two or three cents.
Someone was getting a haircut in the barber shop. Ding Guo was waiting beside him and saw the bulky hair dryers of that era.
She even found it interesting. It was interesting that these objects that were not specifically mentioned in the book actually appeared before her vividly according to the characteristics of this era.
Including the barber's flexible, flying hands, and the passerby sitting on the chair.
This seems like a real living world. The author only described the framework of a small corner of it. In fact, this world is more exciting and vivid than she imagined.
The waiting was boring, so she glanced at the backstage and immediately raised her eyebrows.
Ding Nianjun actually contributed so much internal friction to her.
"Come on, Junjun! Whether I can ride the 28-inch bicycle depends on you."
Just as she was daydreaming, it was her turn.
The old barber raised his eyelids and asked, "Just a haircut or a wash-blow-cut?"
"Wash, blow and cut, help me cut it shorter."
"Don't you feel bad about cutting your hair so long?"
Ding Guo smiled and said, "It's just like dead grass. There's no need to feel bad about it. Just cut it and take good care of it. It will keep you cool."
She instructed the master to trim her hair above the ears and push the back of her head upwards. The master said: "If it's any shorter, it will become a boy's hair."
Ding Guo looked at himself in the mirror. His small face with distinct features and slightly dark, yellow and rough skin raised his lips and smiled: "That's it, I'll grow my hair back when it's grown well."
The old master picked up the heavy hair dryer and started to blow dry her.
Ding Guo closed his eyes, listening to the hum of the hair dryer in his ears, and his heart gradually settled down.
No matter what book it is, no matter whether it is a fictional world or not, as long as she is here, this world is real!
After leaving the barber shop, Ding Guo found an empty corner and entered the space.
There were a lot of broken hair on his clothes wet with sweat. He went into the space to take a shower and wash clothes, then sat on a lounge chair in the pavilion and drank the cool spring water. After his hair dried naturally, he opened the viewing window, took a look, and slipped out.
It was impossible for her to go out so quickly in such hot weather, so she went to the department store instead.
As soon as I entered, my eyes widened.
Because the clothes hanging in the department store are exactly the same as those in the system mall.
Ding Guo nodded with satisfaction.
The system does a good job in this detail.
After shopping in the department store, Ding Guo went to experience the "good" service attitude of the state-owned restaurant. He walked out without buying anything, found a place to hide, and entered the space.
I went in just to see the prices and understand how many food coupons I had to give. I also got a cold shoulder from the waiter, but it was also a way to experience the unique customs and practices of that era.
At this moment, with the aftereffect of the white eye from the waiter at the state-owned restaurant, she opened the mall and started ordering food.
She is going to have a big meal at noon today.
But when Yue Hongmei got home from get off work, she almost exploded with anger.
The empty bowls from the morning were scattered on the table, the floor hadn't been swept, and there was no smell of food.
"Ding Guo, Ding Guo——"
After shouting inside and outside, she found that no one was in the living room or the bedroom. Yue Hongmei got angry at Ding Zhigang who came in and said, "Look at me, look at yourself. This morning, she asked me to give her money to buy clothes and shoes, but she didn't even wash the dishes."
Ding Zhigang also frowned, feeling somewhat dissatisfied with his eldest daughter's behavior. "She's still angry. Okay, we usually clean up after we come back. If you really don't want to do it, I'll go back to the factory cafeteria and buy some ready-made food."
"I don't know why she's so angry. We've already given in and paid her the money, so we should give her what she deserves..."
After she said this, she felt a little empty for no reason. Ding Zhigang was also silent for a moment. She really deserved it.
He didn't raise her, and now he wants her to sacrifice herself for Junjun and their Ding family. Isn't this what she deserves?
Yue Hongmei stopped talking, turned around, cleaned up the mess, and went to the kitchen to cook.
Ding Zhigang came in to help, and after thinking for a while he advised: "She must have suffered a lot in the countryside, and it's normal for her to have a temper when she comes back to see Nianjun looking so glamorous. Since we want her to cooperate with us to complete that task, we have to endure it."
Yue Hongmei's anger had mostly subsided, but she was still a little upset: "I just can't understand how such an honest person could have turned into a scoundrel."
Especially when she thinks about there being such an idle person at home, and she has to come back from get off work to serve him, what a waste.
Not only she couldn't figure it out, but Ding Zhigang also couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried.
On the other side, Ding Nianjun didn't even have time to eat lunch. He went to the post office after work and called Pan Dingfeng's office.
In the General Office of the Capital Government, Pan Dingfeng was writing a speech for his leader when he heard the phone ring and picked up it.
"Top, it's me!"
Hearing the voice from the other side, Pan Dingfeng's eyebrows softened: "Nianjun!"
"Top..." Hearing the voice of the person he had been thinking about day and night, all the grievances Ding Nianjun had suffered last night came flooding back to his mind, and his voice choked with sobs.
On the other end of the phone, Pan Dingfeng frowned: "What's wrong? What happened?"
Ding Nianjun didn't want Pan Dingfeng to know about the Ding family's weird attitude towards her last night. She sniffed and said, "My eldest sister came back yesterday, but she seemed a little hostile to me. What we talked about before may be ruined."
"How could it be?" Pan Dingfeng was shocked. "I remember you told Auntie that your eldest sister is honest and obedient. This matter is a sure thing."
Ding Nianjun: "That was the case originally, but I don't know what happened to her in the countryside. She became a completely different person. She ruined the reunion dinner last night."
Pan Dingfeng hesitated for two seconds and said, "Nianjun, that proposal is hard for anyone to accept at first. Ask your aunt to wait until your elder sister calms down and then have a good talk with her. I can compensate her."
Ding Nianjun bit her lip. She didn't want to compensate Ding Guo at all.
It is the greatest blessing in Ding Guo's life that she can marry into a high-ranking official's family with her help. Shouldn't I ask her to be grateful, but should I compensate her?
If she really gave him compensation, the nature of the matter would be different. It would become that Ding Nianjun owed Ding Guo. Why should she owe Ding Guo? Wouldn't she be inferior to her for the rest of her life?
But she didn't want to refute Dingfeng, and didn't want to make Dingfeng unhappy, so she endured the unhappiness in her heart and said: "Then I'll let my parents talk to her again."
Pan Dingfeng: "Okay, my brother is not born stupid, he just broke his brain when he was a child, so it shouldn't affect the next generation. It's not a bad thing for her to marry here, my mother will definitely compensate her... I won't tell you now, I have something to do here."
After hanging up the phone, Ding Nianjun paid the phone bill and walked out of the post office.
What does it matter whether the silly brother of Dingfeng family is born stupid or not?
She just didn't want Ding Guo to be too comfortable.
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In the space, Ding Guo spent 4 points of internal consumption value to buy two taels of pure meat dumplings, a portion of Mushu pork worth 10 points of internal consumption value, and a pound of apples. Seeing there were rice dumplings, he also bought two.
The original body was too thin, and it was obvious that he was malnourished. He needed to be well taken care of.
After dinner, I took a bus around the city in the afternoon before returning to the staff quarters.
When she stepped onto the dirt road in front of the door, she had a brand new army green crossbody bag on her body. The bag was bulging with the clothes and shoes she had 'bought' today.
She was wearing brand new plastic sandals.
As he walked onto the dirt road, Ding Guo instantly attracted a lot of attention.
She didn't pretend to be too shy. She recognized a few familiar faces with the help of her original memory, calling them "Auntie", "Auntie" or "Grandma".
Everyone responded to her in a friendly manner, but there was a hint of strangeness in their eyes.
At noon, the son/daughter-in-law came back for lunch and mentioned the eldest daughter of the Ding family.
The cause was that Yue Hongmei complained to everyone in the factory in the morning, saying that she and Lao Ding felt sorry for their eldest daughter suffering in the countryside, and they had gone to great lengths to bring her back, but in the end they brought back a female gangster who beat her brothers and scolded her younger sisters. Neither she nor Lao Ding dared to educate her, saying that for every word Ding said, she had ten words waiting for her, and she was so angry that her heart ached.
Everyone found it unbelievable, so when they looked at Ding Guo, they were more curious.
"Daniel has changed a lot. She has become a grown-up girl. I barely dared to recognize you yesterday."
"You must have suffered a lot in the country, right? Look at how skinny you are."
"No wonder your parents are worried about you. They almost broke their legs trying to get you back to the city some time ago. Now that you are back, you must be filial to them and help your mother with more work."
"You are the eldest sister, you can't use violence to control your younger siblings, Dani'er, you used to be such an obedient child..."
Ding Guo paused and raised his eyebrows.
This doesn't sound right!
Then she was not in a hurry to go home, and walked towards the group of aunts and aunts.
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