When Song Qing got up the next day, she could already hear Tian Qiaozhu making breakfast outside.
"You guys eat first, Mom's going to work."
With her work hours fast approaching, she quickly told her son-in-law and granddaughter to sit down and eat before leaving. Song Hai also had to leave early today because of work commitments.
"Dad, go and wake Mom up for breakfast."
As a child who is often taken care of by her maternal grandmother, An'an strictly follows the rule of eating breakfast on time and quickly instructed her father to wake her mother up.
Lu Yang touched his nose, ladled out some porridge for her, and then went to Song Qing's room.
"woke up?"
Song Qing tried to speak, but found her voice hoarse and unable to utter a sound. Lu Yang quickly poured her a glass of warm water.
"Shall we have breakfast now?"
Lu Yang spoke gently and kindly. He had indeed tormented her a lot yesterday. Seeing that Song Qing was about to get dressed, he even fawned over her by placing all the clothes beside her.
"Go and see An'an, I can manage on my own." It's not like I've lost an arm or a leg. Besides, he's being so attentive today because he knows I caused too much trouble yesterday.
"Mom, Grandma made sugar cakes."
An'an, with something still stuffed in her mouth, looked at Song Qing happily, then suddenly tilted her head in confusion.
"Mom, are you hot?" she asked, patting her cheeks as she spoke.
Song Qing glared at Lu Yang secretly, blaming him for saying some irrelevant things when he came out.
"It's not hot. Can you hand Mom a sweet cake?"
Lu Yang smiled and handed the breakfast to her.
It was almost noon when they returned to the Lu family home. He Shuyue had already gone to work, and only Lu Ronghui was at home.
After the commotion in the factory office that day, Bai Xiangdong delivered the money the next day. Lu Yang thought that if the money stayed with his mother, it might still go to the Bai family, so it was better to put it in Lu Ronghui's hands.
He Shuyue naturally disagreed; she was about to vomit.
She refused to accept the money from the Bai family no matter what, but her own children wanted to break ties with the Bai family, and even Bai Xiangdong was determined to return the money.
In her opinion, even if the money were returned, it should be used to find Rong Jun a job, since it was originally her money.
But her son took Lu Ronghui to open a savings account and deposited the money in her name. Even Lu Weiguo started managing the family's money, and the whole family treated her like a thief.
She's had a terrible few days. Not only is the atmosphere at home and the factory strange, but Rong Jun has also been coming to her crying these past few days.
"Brother, someone's calling you."
Lu Ronghui had been keeping a close eye on He Shuyue these past few days, not wanting her to use her connections to help Bai Rongjun. It was only then that she began to secretly observe her sister-in-law.
Things are really different between them now. When they came back, the older brother was holding An'an in his arms, and he said something that made his sister-in-law glare at him.
Why is it completely different from the previous life? My sister-in-law didn't go to Ancheng; instead, she started to get along better with my older brother.
She had considered whether Song Qing was also reborn like her, but if Song Qing was reborn, she would probably divorce her older brother.
What exactly did the Bai family do? Why was the eldest sister-in-law so angry?
Lu Ronghui felt a slight pang in her heart. She knew her elder brother liked his sister-in-law very much, and she could tell his happiness just now was genuine. She didn't want them to divorce, but what would they do if the Bai family's affairs came to light?
Song Qing also noticed Lu Ronghui's gaze, but she didn't pay any attention to it.
Rong Hui will eventually discover that she was reborn; let's just keep it as a little secret between them.
"Ronghui, look at this fabric, isn't it pretty? It would make a great dress."
My cousin sent me a piece of light blue cotton fabric with small white floral patterns. It was a bit stiff and would look great as a dress.
There are some areas where the color is uneven, but that's okay. You can embroider something on the surface.
"Thank you, sister-in-law."
Lu Ronghui felt a bit conflicted. She had never owned such a beautiful and youthful fabric before; she had only ever seen Bai Rongjun have it.
The older brother is a rough man; he'll give her money and tickets, but he won't go out of his way to find her nice fabrics.
Song Qing breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, she liked it.
She wasn't close to the Lu family before, and she didn't know that she was living such a life at home. Now that she thinks about it, it really hurts her.
His mother favored her adopted daughter, who was a year older than him, and even named her after her adopted daughter.
An'an likes her aunt and has been pestering Lu Ronghui to turn on the radio for her to listen to storytelling.
He Shuyue originally planned to come back at noon and wait for her son at home, but she didn't expect to see Bai Rongjun as soon as she stepped out of the factory gate.
Several days have passed since "Aunt He" appeared, and not only has Aunt He failed to find her a job, she hasn't even agreed to work for her. Bai Rongjun is terrified.
"Aunt Rongjun is trying to find a solution, so don't worry." He Shuyue also had her own unspoken grievances.
She used to be such a sensible and considerate girl, but now I can't see her difficulties at all.
"Aunt He, the notice for sending educated youth to the countryside will be released in two days."
"What? It's not until June?"
Bai Rongjun shook her head. Her mother had connections in the educated youth office, so she was able to go to the countryside earlier this year.
The atmosphere at the Bai family has been unusually heavy these past few days. Bai Xiangdong has always only cared about himself and his son. In his view, all the money in the family should be left to his son. This time, he spent nearly two thousand yuan to save face, and he asked Chen Hongxia to make up for the money as soon as possible.
Chen Hongxia carried a lot of gold bars and jewelry back then, but in order to conceal her identity, she gave some to Zhou Qi, the director of the Revolutionary Committee, and Bai Xiangdong also took some. She only had some left for herself, and the rest of the jewelry was hidden at home, which she planned to leave to her daughter.
They didn't dare exchange those gold bars for money; they hid them outside.
Chen Hongxia didn't dare to go out and get the gold bars now, nor did she want to touch the jewelry, so she could only keep giving Bai Xiangdong the runaround.
Zhou Qi had connections in the educated youth office, and Chen Hongxia wanted to use his connections to tamper with Lu Ronghui's assignment to the countryside. However, she didn't expect that as soon as she arrived, Zhou Qi told her that the notice would be issued in a few days.
"Why the rush?"
"Now is the time when there is a shortage of manpower for spring plowing, otherwise those communes and brigades would not be willing to take in these educated youth."
Chen Hongxia panicked. She didn't have time to do anything to Lu Ronghui. All she could think about was her daughter's future.
There's no way to get her a job, so let's arrange for her to go to the south.
"You're late. The deals are basically finalized. All the good places are highly sought after, so you're not going to get a chance." Zhou Qi was getting impatient. Chen Hongxia hadn't given him any benefits in the past few years, so he probably didn't have much money left.
"Director Zhou, you must have a way. I only have one daughter."
Zhou Qi looked at her, then held out his hand to indicate, "This number."
"Eight hundred?!"
A job now only costs 800 yuan, but a quota for educated youth actually costs 800 yuan?!
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