The next day, Zhang Weifang took Hu Zi back to her parents' home. When they arrived at the new place, Hu Zi was very happy and kept shouting and looking around excitedly along the way.
As soon as Zhang Weifang walked to the door, he saw his younger brothers and sisters playing under the black date tree.
"Weicun, Weifen, what are you doing?"
"Sister, you're back? Did you bring me any candy?" The 10-year-old girl with two pigtails looked at Zhang Weifang with a smile on her face.
"I brought it. Come home quickly. Why are there only two of you at home? Where is the maintenance?"
"He went to the fields with his mother." Zhang Weifen answered crisply.
Zhang Weibao is only 8 years old. He is a boy who doesn’t talk much but is very sensible. He helps his family with some housework within his ability every day.
Both Zhang Weicun and Zhang Weifen are rather lazy and don't like to work. They just think about eating, drinking and having fun every day.
"Why don't you go to school?"
"Sister, why go to school? Or is it more fun at home?" Zhang Weicun put the candy into his mouth and said vaguely.
At noon, everyone came back and Zhang Weifang had already prepared the meal. Everyone washed their hands and started eating.
"Mom and Dad, why don't my brothers and sisters go to school?"
"Oh, these troublemakers, I can't control them, they don't want to go." Zhang Jiuyun said casually. In fact, he didn't care whether the children went to school or not.
"Dad, that's not right. There's a literacy campaign going on all over the country right now. How can they not go to school when they're so young? They won't even be able to write their names when they go out, and they'll be easily deceived."
"Okay, I'll let them go tomorrow." Zhang Jiuyun still valued his eldest daughter very much, so he decided to listen to her.
Zhang Weiren is now a 15-year-old boy. He is not tall, only 165cm, but he is very stylish. He glanced at his younger siblings lazily and said seriously:
"Sister, this is a hopeless situation. I've told them many times, but it's no use. They just want to eat now."
"No matter what, you must at least finish junior high school and not be illiterate."
The three younger ones wanted to raise some issues, but were suppressed by Zhang Weifang:
"It's okay if you don't want to go to school. You have to earn your own food in the future and you can't eat and drink for free at home."
Rather than farming, they would rather go to school because school offers more freedom.
After dinner, Zhang Weifang explained his purpose:
"Mom and Dad, I have to go to work at the Women's Federation. There's no one to take care of Hu Zi, so I want Wei Shuang to come to my house and help take care of the child."
"Go to work? Sister, you have a job? That's awesome! Leave Hu Zi to me!" Zhang Weishuang firmly supported her sister's decision.
"Weifang, will Hongru agree to let Weishuang go see the child? What about your parents-in-law?" Zhang Qiaona was still a little worried that her son-in-law would have an opinion.
"My relationship with my parents-in-law is not good, so I didn't want them to see it. I feel relieved if Wei Shuang went, and Hong Ru also agreed."
Zhang Qiaona also knew that her daughter's relationship with her in-laws was not good, but she didn't expect it to be so bad. She didn't want to get involved in other people's family affairs, so she just reminded them:
"Weifang, it doesn't matter whether your parents-in-law are good or not, but you still have to save face and not let people say you are unfilial."
"Mom, I know."
Zhang Weifang stayed at home for a day. The next morning, he got a letter of introduction and took Weishuang into the city.
Before leaving, he gave Zhang Weiren 20 yuan and asked him to buy some books for himself.
Zhang Weiren is about to take the entrance exam from junior high school to high school, and Zhang Weifang still hopes that he can get good grades.
The high school entrance exam in this era is very difficult for most people, especially those who want to take the technical secondary school entrance exam, which is extremely difficult. However, Zhang Weiren is very confident in himself and he believes that he can pass.
The technical secondary school entrance exam is in June, and the high school entrance exam is a little later. If you are admitted to a technical secondary school, the notification letter will be issued directly by the police station to avoid being admitted to both a technical secondary school and a high school at the same time.
After returning home, Zhang Weifang asked her sister to take care of Hu Zi for a few days to adapt before she felt at ease to report to the neighborhood committee.
The neighborhood committee directly issued a certificate to Zhang Weifang and asked her to take her belongings to the Women's Federation to register.
The previous Women's Federation was not perfect and did not have much work to do. At most, it went to the village to promote literacy among women and advocated that boys should not be favored over girls.
In the past two years, things have become chaotic and the Women's Federation's tasks have become heavier. Now they not only have to go to the village to carry out propaganda, but also have to mediate family conflicts. They are also responsible for some cases that people are unwilling to go to the police station.
There are many tasks but not enough manpower, so the Women's Federation began to recruit people. In order to better respond to the national call and better promote the rights and interests of women and children, the people recruited by the Women's Federation this time are all highly educated.
Zhang Weifang and another girl who graduated from high school last year were warmly welcomed by everyone.
The director of the Women's Federation is Liu Hongjun, an old party member, about 50 years old. He is the top leader in the unit and the only male comrade.
The deputy director is Hu Lanhua, a serious middle-aged woman who is conscientious in her work and has a spirit of dedication to her job.
There are four young clerks left. Tang Chunfang and Zhao Dani are both around 30 years old and are also veterans among the staff.
Zhang Weifang and Zhai Tingting are two newcomers.
Director Liu asked everyone to introduce themselves to each other and then left. Hu Lanhua stayed to assign tasks to everyone:
"Xiao Zhang and Xiao Zhai should first take a look at the documents and study with Chunfang and Dani for a few days before starting work."
Zhang Weifang had no objection. After all, newcomers had to learn first. Zhai Tingting was a little unhappy. She had finally arranged a job for her and was ready to show her skills, but why was she just asked to read documents?
But she was smart enough not to say anything. With a job, she could find a good partner, which was her main goal.
There was nothing to do on the first day of work. After get off work at noon, Zhang Weifang rushed home in a hurry. She was still a little worried about Hu Zi.
Hu Zi adapted well, but he missed his mother very much after not seeing her for the whole morning, so he held Zhang Weifang tightly.
The meal was cooked by Li Hongru. Zhang Weishuang's cooking skills were just as average as her sister's, so normally she would not be asked to cook.
After several years of learning and improvement, Li Hongru's cooking skills have improved significantly. He can make noodles, stir-fries, and soups.
"Sister, how is your work going?" Zhang Weishuang asked with concern.
"I didn't do anything when I first went there. I just looked at some information."
"Sister, is the salary high?"
"It's not high, 30 yuan a month, three tickets, no meal allowance."
"Sister, you just went there, and your salary will increase in the future."
"Well, don't worry, there's enough for you."
After dinner, Zhang Weifang took Hu Zi to sleep for a while and then went to work. The afternoon work was still to read documents, which was simple and boring.
Three days passed like this, and what I thought was a dull job was suddenly interrupted by a visitor.
One day, Zhang Weifang was sitting in his office in a daze when he heard someone shout:
"Is anyone here? Is the leader of the Women's Federation here?"
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