So she hesitated for a moment before saying, "Life at home is tight right now, so from now on, I'll just give you 10 jin of sweet potatoes and 1 jin of coarse cornmeal every week."
Shihua found a temporary job in the county, earning a little over two yuan a month. Her family won't accept the money; they can keep it themselves. Is that alright?
After she finished speaking, she glanced at Liu Weisong again, her eyes showing dissatisfaction. She had already compromised so much; they should know when to stop.
But Liu Shixi didn't care about that and continued, "What about their tuition? Mom, you're not really not going to pay it, are you? They're still young. Who knows if Shihua can keep her temporary job after the harvest season?"
That makes perfect sense. Grain depots are incredibly busy during the busy farming season, and while they are busy at other times, the regular workers can manage to get the work done.
Therefore, Liu Shile's temporary job was not secure, but Zhang Sumei directly designated it as a long-term job, and she would receive about ten kilograms of grain every week to get by.
As for anything else, she has no intention of giving anything, not even a penny of money. And if the temporary worker's income stops in the future, she won't care.
Hearing her boss's words, Zhang Sumei felt her heart ache. What did this have to do with Liu Shixi?
Why is she working so hard to fight for those two's interests? If she weren't her own daughter, she would want to beat her to death; she's just dragging her down!
Zhang Sumei glared at her, annoyed, and said, "You don't want your brother to have a good life, do you? He just started working, and you're already cursing him to lose his job?"
Liu Shixi was dumbfounded. How could she have cursed her brother to lose his job? She was clearly trying to get tuition fees for them!
But Zhang Sumei didn't want to hear anything more from her, so she simply waved her hand and said, "Alright, hurry up and go do your laundry, or you'll get a tan in the sun."
This made perfect sense, which shut Liu Shixi, who was about to say something, and she skipped out the door.
Meanwhile, on Zhang Shoujun's side, the woman who had glanced at Liu Shile a couple of times saw him and immediately asked cheerfully, "Xiaojun, do you know that girl from earlier?"
Her tone was full of curiosity. Indeed, she had seen Xiaojun talking to that girl from afar. The girl was pretty, no wonder Xiaojun didn't like the other girls.
Her gossipy manner made Zhang Shoujun's scalp tingle. "Auntie, don't overthink it. That girl was thanking me on behalf of her sister."
Aunt Zhang became even more curious upon hearing this, "Why are you thanking me? What did you do for that girl?"
After saying that, she immediately thought of how her nephew looked when he came back yesterday. "Is it related to how your mouth looked yesterday?"
Being too smart by his aunt isn't always a good thing. Zhang Shoujun was speechless and wanted to say, "Auntie, please stop rubbing salt into my wounds."
Unfortunately, he couldn't say anything yet, so he could only nod sheepishly, "Yes, I saw a girl who had been bitten by a snake yesterday, and I was in a hurry to help her, so..."
"You actually used your mouth to suck out the venomous snake?" Aunt Zhang's voice immediately rose several decibels, startling Zhang Shoujun.
Aunt Zhang was both anxious and angry. Why was this child so kind-hearted? If something happened to her, wouldn't her elderly parents be furious with her?
This kid is usually so kind, but is snake venom so easy to suck out? He could have been killed in a heartbeat!
Upon seeing this, Zhang Shoujun immediately regretted his quick tongue and realized that it was much better to admit that he knew the girl than to say something wrong!
So she quickly said, "Auntie, please don't tell the family about this. Grandpa and Grandma are old and can't handle being frightened. Auntie, you see I'm fine, right?"
As he spoke, he gave his aunt a silly grin, afraid that she would tell the rest of the family, and then the whole family would worry.
Aunt Zhang rolled her eyes at her nephew. "Then tell me, which family does that girl belong to? Judging from her appearance, she should be from our town, but I don't think I've seen her before."
It's not that she hadn't seen her before, but Liu Shile looks very different now than before, and she hadn't paid attention to her before, so naturally she didn't remember her.
Zhang Shoujun knew that if he didn't say anything today, his whole family would probably know what he had done yesterday, so he could only say sullenly, "I only know that her surname is Liu, I don't know anything else."
Well, it's not that he doesn't know anything else, but he doesn't plan to tell his aunt, since she's currently focused on finding him a good wife.
To be honest, he has no plans to get married yet, but his family is worried that he is getting old and they are anxious, so they asked his aunt to find him a girl in town.
Zhang Shoujun, who thought he had successfully concealed the truth, had no idea that his aunt had already figured it out as soon as she heard it, but she didn't tell him.
She simply led him home and generously prepared a delicious meal to entertain him. It was only because Aunt Zhang had a good standing in her husband's family that she could do this.
As for Liu Shile, she leisurely went out with a basket on her back, found a secluded spot, entered the farm, worked there for a while, and then came out with a basket of hay.
Although the appearance of this pasture grass is slightly different from the cattle grass here, the difference is not too great. The only drawback is that it is too neat.
Liu Shile naturally wouldn't leave such a big loophole. In no time, she messed up the neatly arranged hay into a mess that was unbearable to look at, before carrying it home.
When she got home, the meal was already prepared. She laid out the hay, washed up, and was then invited to eat.
During the meal, Zhang Sumei once again played the good guy, explaining that her previous harsh words were just a moment of anxiety.
She then pointed to the grain in the corner and told her not to forget to take it with her after she finished eating, while also complaining about her troubles.
It means that the family was so poor that they couldn't even afford to eat, but they still managed to send their two children to school. It's as if they were the only two children in the family who went to school.
Liu Shile didn't mind, she just ate in silence, nodding occasionally to let people know she was listening.
Zhang Sumei hadn't expected her to react this way. She thought she would try to persuade her again like last time, but this time she remained silent. But that was fine, it saved Zhang Sumei the trouble of talking.
Today, Liu Shiping was very well-behaved and didn't make a fuss. She only hummed occasionally, but no one paid any attention to it.
He was angry, but also scared, especially when his second sister was there. His hand still hurt; it was the spot where his second sister had hit him yesterday.
However, there wasn't a trace of it there. Last night, he was in so much pain that he couldn't sleep. He complained to his mother but was scolded by his father.
Therefore, he dared not say anything more today, only groaning twice, and dared not complain again, because he could not prove that his hand hurt.
Only after his second sister left the house with her things, and his mother no longer stayed in the house with his father, did he run to her again, complaining that his hand hurt.
Looking at her son's fair and tender hands, Zhang Sumei didn't believe him at all. She just patiently coaxed him, but in her heart she thought her son was trying to poison that brat's mind.
She had no idea that her precious little one's hand was really in excruciating pain.
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