In the previous cases involving the large-scale return of educated youth to the cities, due to the severe shortage of jobs in the cities, more and more educated youth became so-called "blind migrants" after returning to the cities. At this time, their parents began to cause all sorts of trouble.
Some sent-down youths would have their youngest daughters give up the jobs they had worked so hard to get to their brothers who had just returned to the city; others would return to the city after marrying and having children in the countryside, only to have their wives and children come knocking on their door. Such cases were countless...
Every day, all sorts of people come to Ms. Wen, the women's director, to mediate various matters. They even come to her home after get off work, wanting her help.
Wen's mother felt like she was being overwhelmed by these things every day, and finally one day, after working overtime for a long time, she fell ill from exhaustion.
This also drew extreme attention from Wen's father. After much discussion, the two concluded that health was the most important thing, so they arranged for Wen's mother to take early retirement.
Today marks the first day that she has completed all the retirement procedures.
Since Wen Ruan went abroad and Song Yan was transferred to a neighboring province for work, the small courtyard house has been almost deserted, and Song Yan only comes back once a month at most.
So, Wen's mother and Song's mother discussed it and decided that although their two children weren't home, they should still keep the house safe for them. They asked Song Yan for the keys and arranged to come over whenever they had free time to help clean the house...
They had originally planned to meet on Sunday, but coincidentally, Mrs. Song and Mrs. Wen had just finished their retirement procedures, and as Mrs. Song put it, they wanted to celebrate properly. So, the two of them went out for roast duck for lunch before returning home, and since they passed by the small courtyard house, they thought they'd drop by and take a look...
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