Before Liu Hongsheng finished speaking, Ji Yong and his wife's faces darkened.

"I want to be philanthropic and consider the people in the company. However, the manager has seen my current situation. I owe more than 10,000 yuan in foreign debt for my head craniotomy. No matter how poor the conditions are for the people in our agricultural machinery family compound, they won't owe as much foreign debt as I do, right?"

Liu Hongsheng frowned, "Hey, Dayong, why didn't you report this to the company? In this case, I really can't let you suffer any more losses. So how about this, the factory will buy out your job, and I will personally make up the difference between the company's family members and their families."

Who are you taking for a fool?

You are a good person, but you act like we are greedy.

Xu Fang couldn't bear it any longer. "Manager Liu, please don't make things difficult for my old Ji. He has negotiated with someone and collected the deposit. He came here today to handle the formalities. If we change our mind, we have to pay double the deposit, which is a full three thousand yuan. We can't let you take the loss as well."

Liu Hongsheng paused, the smile on his face slowly fading, "Is that so? Fine then, you can go to the finance department to handle the formalities."

Ji Yong thanked him and left with his wife.

The couple went outside and called the young man who wanted to buy a job to go to the finance department together. After completing the formalities there, the three of them came out and exchanged a few polite words before parting.

On the way back, Xu Fang didn't say a word.

Ji Yong said, "Don't worry. Liu Hongsheng is a petty person. I'm not working there now, so he can't make things difficult for me. As for the family compound, don't think about anything else. Once I get my business up and running, we'll move out."

Her husband had thought of every aspect, and Xu Fang didn't say anything else. She still had to go to work, so she went straight to the department store.

The next evening, Ji Ling returned to the capital and went to the Zhu family compound first.

This time, I finally saw my mother-in-law’s true face.

Kong Siya was very happy when she saw the local specialties her daughter-in-law brought back. She stewed the dried vegetables directly in the evening.

The three brothers of the Zhu family were all there. The Zhu family had a good living condition, so it was boring to eat dried vegetables suddenly at night. The dried vegetables were stewed by Ji Ling. She soaked dried eggplants in water, stewed them with more lard, put potatoes in, and sprinkled a pinch of baking soda. After stewing, the vegetables were sticky and had a strong eggplant flavor.

The three brothers of the Zhu family all ate this mixed with rice.

During the meal, Ji Ling also told her about what happened in the past two days. Hearing the interaction between her son and daughter-in-law, Kong Siya smiled but said nothing. It was only when Ji Ling went upstairs to rest in the evening that she showed her anxiety.

I called the old house that night.

It was too late, and Zhu Yaowu had to get up to answer the phone.

He was about to shout in annoyance, but when he heard Kong Siya's voice, he immediately calmed down.

"Your eldest brother and your sister-in-law are together. Don't you create more opportunities for them to be alone together?"

"Why not? Didn't your sister-in-law tell you about her heroic rescue?"

Kong Siya immediately perked up, "How could your sister-in-law tell me that?"

Zhu Yaowu also became excited and smiled as he recounted in detail how the boy who was pursuing his sister-in-law was jealous of his elder brother and threw bottles into the yard, and how his elder brother was finally caught. While reciting these things, Zhu Yaowu acted like a storyteller.

On the other end of the phone, the three Zhu brothers crowded around Kong Siya and listened.

"Xiaoling is fine." After hearing that her daughter-in-law rescued her son and the two hugged each other on the street, Kong Siya felt relieved.

Afterwards, Zhu Weiyue snatched the phone away and asked for details. After hearing them, he felt very regretful and said, "If I had known, I would have gone back with him."

It wasn't very lively.

Zhu Yaowu asked, "Just keep an eye on it."

"Don't worry, I'm watching."

Ji Ling originally wanted to go downstairs to get some water to drink, but when she heard these words at the entrance of the building, she dared not go down any more.

These brothers-in-law were more lively than each other, and what they were talking about now was still about her suitors. Ji Ling felt embarrassed listening to them.

The next day, after breakfast, Ji Ling told her mother-in-law about going back to her own place, "My friend is staying there, and I want to go back and take a look."

After hearing that they were from the same village, Kong Siya told her to bring people to visit her home next time. She did not blame her for bringing her friends to live at home. Her mother-in-law was open-minded, and Ji Ling felt more relaxed after arriving at the Zhu family.

She took the bus back by herself. When she left the compound, she met Chang Ya, who greeted her with a smile and asked Ji Ling why she looked so dark.

Ji Ling smiled and said, "Go back to see Zhu Weidong, maybe he got tanned."

Satisfied with the smile frozen on Chang Ya's face, Ji Ling walked away.

Chang Ya is good at playing the green tea role, but Ji Ling is even better at it than her.

When she returned home, Wang Sanmei was already there. The house was very clean, as if no one lived there.

She was very happy to see Ji Ling come back.

Ji Ling told her about family matters and how Tian Jing married Liu Zilii. At this point, she remembered to call her eldest brother. The factory had already installed a telephone, so Ji Ling called and Ji Jianhua picked up the phone immediately.

Hearing what happened after the wedding, Ji Ling laughed and said, "He reaped the fruits of his own actions, so he can't blame others."

After hanging up the phone, Ji Ling had to talk to Wang Sanmei again. Wang Sanmei said, "The Liu family must have offended someone so badly that they asked someone to take revenge on them during the wedding."

Ji Ling nodded, "Yes, who would do that otherwise?"

She did not say that Liu Zili was beaten by her elder brother. She took out a few books and materials from her bag and placed them in front of Wang Sanmei. "These are the college entrance examination review materials. Take a look at them first and prepare for the college entrance examination next year."

"Me?" Wang Sanmei didn't touch the information on the table. "Ji Ling, I'm already very grateful that you took me in. I can't trouble you anymore. I'll apply for the exam myself when I make some money in the future."

"Who knows what the college entrance examination policy will be like in the future? People should learn to seize the opportunities in front of them. That's it. Any money you spend now will be deducted from your salary. Do you agree with this?"

Wang Sanmei nodded, "I agree, but I'm doing this to make you suffer."

"Why are you at a disadvantage? If you can get into university and get a job after graduation, you can pay me back if you have a salary. If you fail, you won't have any regrets in the future. You can work for me and earn a salary, and I will pay back your expenses bit by bit." Ji Ling explained to her so that she would not feel guilty.

In fact, Ji Ling did not tell her that one of the exercise books was compiled by her during her time at school. She herself took part in the 1984 college entrance examination, so she naturally knew what the test content was, but she could not reveal it too obviously, so she compiled many other types of questions in it.

Wang Sanmei's eyes finally turned red. She held Ji Ling's hand for a long time without saying anything.

After a day of rest at home, Ji Ling went to school early the next morning. She went directly to the education department. Miao Man and Tang Meng were very happy to see her. Li Jia asked her why she seemed to have lost weight. Did she not eat well these days? Miao Man said, "It must be very restrictive to stay with your mother-in-law?"

After saying that, he turned around and looked at Gao Jing. Gao Jing returned to the dormitory yesterday with half of her face swollen. She lay there for a whole day and night without saying a word.

(End of this chapter)