Chapter 379: Concepts Have Not Changed
"Sister Mei, Tiantian, where have you been?" When Qiao Mo saw Lin Mei and Feng Tiantian coming, he greeted them with a smile.
"I accompanied Sister Mei to the street office, but unfortunately nothing was done. Qiao Mo, you slept so soundly that even such a loud noise in the dormitory didn't wake you up." Feng Tiantian teased her.
"The exams during this period have drained all my energy. I need a good sleep to replenish my energy." Qiao Mo said with a smile, "Tiantian, Sister Mei, don't you guys miss it?"
"I still have some things to do, I'll go tomorrow." Feng Tiantian nodded. Her home is in Zhejiang Province, not far away, so she will definitely go tomorrow.
"There's no place for me at home. I'd rather live in the dormitory than be looked down upon." Lin Mei shook her head. "Qiao Mo, do you have any acquaintances in the street office?"
"No, my godmother handled all the street office matters. I didn't tell them anything." Qiao Mo shook his head. "Is there something wrong?"
"I just want to get some cardboard paste, but when I went to ask them today, they refused because I am not a resident of this street. I wonder if you can help me get some if you know someone." Lin Mei said embarrassedly.
"Aren't residents of this street not allowed to take on tasks?" The smile on Yang Hongyu's face froze. She used to think that anyone could get the cardboard box, and she even made this the most important alternative. She didn't expect that she was not even qualified.
"Well, they said that the task of pasting those paper boxes was obtained by the street from the manufacturers in order to take care of local residents, and it is only open to residents of this street." Lin Mei nodded affirmatively. She could indeed get paper boxes from their street, but they could only be registered in her mother's name, and then the income would not belong to her.
"I don't have any acquaintances in the street, and even if I did, it might be difficult to do this. Sister Mei, can you make clothes?" Qiao Mo knew that making paper boxes was a benefit given by the street to residents, and no one else could get it.
"Yes, I have been learning to make clothes from my grandmother since I was a child." Lin Mei nodded. Her grandmother was a tailor who worked in the tailoring shop of the street office and also secretly took some private jobs at home. She started learning to sew buttons and buttonholes at the age of five, and later she started sewing clothes. She started learning to cut clothes at the age of twelve and went to the countryside at the age of sixteen.
"During the winter vacation, a friend of mine wants to hire someone to make clothes. If Sister Mei is interested, please come to my house every afternoon." When Qiao Mo heard that she had learned to make clothes from her grandmother when she was a child, he knew that her craftsmanship must be good.
"Hey, I'll come to you tomorrow."
"Qiao Mo, do you still need someone? I can also make clothes." Yang Hongyu asked embarrassedly.
"Why don't you try to find a tutor first?" Qiao Mo knew that she could make clothes and her skills were pretty good, but what she wanted most was to be a tutor, so he didn't take the initiative to invite her.
"It's so hard to find a tutor. Parents all want students from Tunghai University or Yi Normal College, saying foreign languages are useless." Yang Hongyu sighed. "We didn't get into university based on foreign languages. We also studied foreign languages at a key university. How come we're not as good as them?"
"It's not that we are not as good as them, it's that people's concepts have not changed yet." Lin Mei said helplessly. She had also thought about being a tutor, but changed her mind after hitting a wall a few times. Moreover, she was in urgent need of money, so she hurried to the street to collect cardboard boxes.
"It takes time to change their mindset. Once they see the importance of learning a foreign language, they will know what they have missed. Hongyu, if you are willing, come and see me with Sister Lin Mei next afternoon." Qiao Mo nodded.
"Thank you, Qiao Mo." The two people thanked her in unison.
"You're welcome. You need work and my friend needs people. We just get what we need." Qiao Mo waved to them and started packing up.
She packed up her clothes, quilts, and other things, stuffed her books and exercise books into her schoolbag, and put basins, thermoses, and other items into the net bag.
"Qiao Mo, are you going home now?" Lin Mei asked when she saw her putting on her backpack and preparing to leave.
"Well, come back soon, so my godmother and the others won't worry."
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