This day was just like any other. Tao Xiaoxi fed Manman and braided Beibei's hair. Then the mother and daughter sat at the table, each on their sides, to eat. Halfway through their meal, Damao and Ermao approached from a distance. As always, their voices were heard before their presence, telling Beibei to hurry up and eat so they could go to school.
Beibei's attitude towards study was serious, so serious that Tao Xiaoxi once thought that if the entrance exams were based on attitude, there would be no university that her Beibei couldn't go to. Unfortunately, the entrance exams were not based on attitude. Beibei quickly finished the porridge in his bowl, wiped his mouth, put down the bowl, and went to get his schoolbag and leave.
"Beibei, take the steamed bun and eat it on the way." Tao Xiaoxi handed over half a steamed bun in time, and Beibei happily took it and left.
Tao Xiaoxi stood at the door holding a bowl, watching Beibei and the other two go to school together, until their backs disappeared from her sight.
She simply didn't return to the table, instead pulling over a low stool and sitting by the door to eat. Wangcai lay at her feet, still taking a nap. Outside, people were already moving back and forth: village women washing clothes by the river, farmers working in the fields. Everyone was busy, each doing their own job.
Tao Xiaoxi held the bowl in one hand and half a steamed bun in the other, eating it noisily, just like a real farmer.
"Xiao Xi, I'm eating." Uncle Qi Zi from the village greeted her and walked over.
"Xiao Xi, I'll make dumplings at noon and serve you some later." Aunt Wang from next door said with a smile.
"Xiao Xi, do you want to take anything with you? I'm going to the countryside."
Xiaoxi Xiaoxi, I don’t know from which day on, but everyone in Mantou Village got to know Tao Xiaoxi again and came to say hello to her.
"Xiao Xi, there are not enough medicinal seedlings today. Are there any more in the medicine shed?" This is the eldest brother.
"Yes, yes, big brother, wait a minute, I'll go after I finish this sip." Tao Xiaoxi poured all the porridge into his mouth in a daze, stuffed the last bite of steamed bun into his mouth, and went to work.
Almost half of the people in the village came to grow medicinal herbs. The supply of medicinal seedlings was indeed in short supply. Tao Xiaoxi started to work night shifts to get the medicinal seedlings from the space. But on the other hand, she also began to cultivate the medicinal seedlings seriously. She always felt that the pie in the sky from the space came for no reason and might also go away inexplicably. She had to be prepared for both situations.
On the other hand, there were people coming to ask for medicine one after another. Tao Xiaoxi was too busy to handle it all by herself, so she wanted to find an assistant. However, this position was very important and not everyone could do it. Bi Ru's sister-in-law wanted to do it, but Tao Xiaoxi felt that she was not suitable, so she posted a recruitment notice on the big locust tree in Mantou Village. Anyone who wanted to apply for the position of assistant had to be on trial for three days first, and only if they passed the test could they take the position.
At this point, the unmarried girls in the village, the idle young wives at home, and even the old ladies who were too weak to do any work were all eager to work. The salary offered to Tao Xiaoxi was really not low, 40 yuan a month as a minimum, and the salary could be increased if the work was done well.
Tao Xiaoxi was seeing stars at this moment. She looked at the team and saw that there were still five or six people. She picked up the enamel pot, opened the lid and wanted to drink some water, but when she tilted her neck back, the water was gone.
"Xiao Xi, it's my turn now, right?" The matchmaker from the Qing family sat forward and said with an attentive smile.
Tao Xiaoxi subconsciously shrank back, "Qing family matchmaker? What are you doing here?"
"Oh, I'm not here to join in the fun. I'm here to apply for the job sincerely."
"You earn as much as this as a matchmaker." Tao Xiaoxi said truthfully.
The Qing family matchmaker grimaced. "It was okay before, but not anymore. Everyone's trying to be scientific. Our business has become illegal. Tell me, where's the justice?"
The matchmaker of the Qing family is a double-edged sword, she used to be very powerful, but even the best feng shui will eventually fade away. Now she dares not hold her head high when she walks on the street, for fear of being beaten as the first to stand out.
Tao Xiaoxi smiled. Although she felt sympathy, she could do nothing to help. The next few people were just filling in the numbers, so Tao Xiaoxi sent them all away.
Tao Xiaoxi spent a whole day interviewing, and her back and waist ached at the end. She looked at the notes in the notebook, weighed the pros and cons, and still felt that the pockmarked girl from the old branch secretary's family was the most suitable.
But if they don't get along, can they really get along? Tao Xiaoxi hesitated.
"Xiao Xi, if there is no suitable one, why don't you use your sister-in-law?" The sister-in-law who had been standing by saw Xiao Xi was in deep thought and hinted at it.
"She's the one!" Tao Xiaoxi decided. "Sister-in-law, please tell Miss Mazi to come to work on time at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning."
"Ah, you really want to use her?" The sister-in-law was a little surprised.
"Starting tomorrow, you and she will both undergo a trial. I'll see whoever is more suitable in the end. Sister-in-law, please don't blame me for being ruthless. Matters like dispensing medicine cannot be taken lightly. If something goes wrong, it's a big deal. Can you understand me?"
"I understand, sister-in-law. I know that you gave me this trial opportunity as an exception. I am satisfied." The sister-in-law said insincerely and left.
Tao Xiaoxi was not soft-hearted this time. She had her own arrangements and plans.
When the eldest sister-in-law went to the old Party Secretary's house, the pockmarked girl was shearing the rabbit's fur. When she heard the eldest sister-in-law's story, she was stunned on the spot. "That's impossible? Can Tao Xiaoxi really use me?"
"Child, why not? Everyone in the village knows that Doctor Xiaoxi is a very generous man." The mother of the pockmarked girl said hurriedly and stopped her daughter from continuing.
"Believe it or not, I'm telling you, tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock, don't be late. But if you really have something to do, it's okay if you're late." The sister-in-law was scheming. If she was late the first day, the job would definitely be hers, right?
But she regretted it the moment she said it. Would doing something so immoral shorten her life? Oh, forget it, never mind, it would be a shortened life. She had no hope in this life.
"Be there on time." My sister-in-law said this and left.
When the pockmarked girl's mother brought out water, her sister-in-law had disappeared.
"Mom, do you think that the eldest sister-in-law of the Li family is using me to play the cymbals?" The girl with pockmarks still didn't believe it.
"That's impossible, right? Anyway, you can go and check it out early tomorrow morning. You'll know tomorrow if it's true or not."
The pockmarked girl nodded. If this was true, then she really underestimated Tao Xiaoxi.
Originally, she had not planned to apply for the job this time. It was her father who said a lot of nice things and angry words to her to give it a try, so she went. During the interview, she only said a few words. One was "I can read and write." The other was "My father asked me to come here today. You don't have to give my father face. He has retired anyway." She couldn't remember what else he said.
Did she expect to be chosen like this? Did Tao Xiaoxi choose by drawing lots? Or was it a deliberate attempt to humiliate her?
The pockmarked girl felt a little itchy.
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