The Gong family left Kyoto by plane on the morning of the 12th day of the first lunar month. Except for Gong Linglong and her mother and two children, everyone else saw them off to the airport and watched them board the plane before returning.
Xu Jiayu came that morning. Shui Meirong brought her here on her bicycle. The mother and daughter obviously got along better than before.
The others hadn't returned yet, so Gong Linglong came over and opened the door for them. "Aunt Shui, Jiayu, come in quickly."
"Linglong, go back to the bedroom quickly. It's windy outside and you can't be blown by the wind."
Shui Meirong quickly pushed her into the house and asked her while moving things: "Linglong, did your mother and the others go to the airport to see Uncle Gong and the others off?"
"Yes, they've all gone. They shouldn't be back for about half an hour."
Xu Jiayu originally had very little luggage, but Shui Meirong took her to buy a lot of things yesterday. She bought her two new sets of clothes before the New Year, and two more sets yesterday. She also bought her new bedding and daily necessities, and packed several bags with miscellaneous things.
"Jia Yu, there are empty rooms upstairs and one downstairs. Do you live upstairs or downstairs?" Gong Linglong asked her.
"Linglong, I'll just live downstairs."
Xu Jiayu didn't want to live upstairs, as she felt it would be more convenient to live downstairs so that she could help take care of the children.
Gong Linglong took the mother and daughter to the empty room downstairs. The room was very tidy and clean. Gong Kaizhou had lived here before, and now it was vacant for her to live in.
"Linglong, go back to your room and lie down. We will clean up ourselves." Shui Meirong didn't want her to worry.
"Okay. Jiayu, just tell me if you're missing anything. We have everything at home and you don't need to buy anything outside." After saying that, Gong Linglong went back to her room to teach her three treasures.
The mother and daughter quickly packed up, and Xu Jiayu quickly got back to work, coming over and asking, "Linglong, what do I need to do now?"
"You don't need to do anything right now. You can take a rest first. Later when the babies need milk, you can help me make milk powder and feed them."
Xu Jiayu nodded. Seeing that there was no need to do anything right now, she said, "Linglong, I have some books at a classmate's house. I'll go get them now and be back in half an hour at most."
"Jiayu, go do your thing. Don't be too hasty. The road is slippery, so ride your bike slowly."
"Okay." Xu Jiayu smiled shyly and said to Shui Meirong, "Mom, I'll go get the book first."
"Ride slowly and put on your hat and scarf. Don't catch a cold."
Shui Meirong walked her to the door, watched her leave, then closed the door and went back into the house. When she came to talk to Gong Linglong, she looked excited: "Linglong, Jiayu's attitude towards me has become much better. She doesn't reject me as much anymore."
"That's good."
Gong Linglong moved a stool for her to sit on, poured her a cup of hot water, and asked, "Aunt Shui, have you investigated Jiayu's case?"
"She has a sensitive personality, and we were afraid that a hasty investigation might upset her, so we didn't make any private inquiries."
"After you helped to enlighten her the day before yesterday, we talked to her later. Yesterday, I took her shopping, went to the movies and had dinner with her, and asked her some tentative questions."
"She doesn't want to talk about the Xu family, not even her father. It must be that Xu Yuanzhi did something that made her very disappointed and she doesn't even want to mention him."
"She went to the disaster area as a volunteer last time, with her classmates. The Xu family didn't know about it at first, until she was assigned a job and the brewery called the Xu family. That's when they found out."
"Because she only has a high school diploma, the brewery arranged a job for her as an inspector. The job is well-paid and easy, and she really wanted to go."
"But the job was later snatched away by Xu Yuanzhi's family. Two old men snatched it away, gave it to their grandson, and gave Jiayu three hundred yuan to get rid of her."
"The three hundred yuan wasn't given directly to Jiayu. It was given to Xu Yuanzhi, and half of it was taken away by his current woman. Jiayu only got one hundred and fifty yuan."
"The 150 yuan wasn't even warm to the touch when her aunt started asking her for rent and other things. Jiayu finally gave her 100 yuan and moved out with the remaining 50 yuan."
Gong Linglong's face darkened as she listened. "I think they should just change their surname. Instead of Xu, change it to Zhou. The whole family should be called Zhou Baopi."
"I was blind to marry into such a family. I harmed myself and my daughter."
Shui Meirong felt hatred just thinking about it. When she first met Xu Yuanzhi, he was gentle, polite, hardworking and motivated. She believed that he was a man worthy of entrusting her life to, so she married him without hesitation.
As a result, because she gave birth to a daughter and not a son to carry on the Xu family's family line, the whole family looked down on her. When dealing with family conflicts, he always advised her to be tolerant and accommodating to the elders.
In the end, she was completely disappointed and heartbroken, and no longer had any feelings for him, so she divorced him without hesitation.
At that time, she proposed to take her daughter away, but the Xu family refused to agree for the sake of face. They also repeatedly assured her parents that they would not treat Jiayu badly, so they raised her together later.
"Aunt Shui, are they really going to get such a good job?" Gong Linglong asked her.
“It won’t be easy for them.”
"I've already discussed this with Jiayu. She didn't know before that she could go to the civil affairs department to file a claim. Now that she knows, she doesn't want to let Xu Tao get away with it."
"She needs to be there in person for this matter. I plan to take her there today, so I'll have to ask you for an hour or two off."
Seeing that they were going to deal with this matter, Gong Linglong stood up without saying a word, took out a phone book from the cabinet, and said, "Aunt Shui, Secretary Yan of the Seoul Civil Affairs Bureau was transferred to Kyoto a long time ago and is now working at the Ministry of Civil Affairs. I'll call him and tell him about this matter and ask him to help deal with it. You can go directly to him this afternoon."
"Linglong, thank you so much." Shui Meirong was very grateful.
"I'm just about to bring something to Secretary Yan. Aunt Shui, please take it over for me." After saying that, Gong Linglong went to the living room to make a phone call.
When Xu Jiayu returned, her work had already been completed. She was delighted to learn that she only needed to bring her identity and household registration information for confirmation. "Linglong, thank you."
"Jia Yu, I've already asked. If the situation is true, you can continue to go back to work at the brewery. Do you want to go back?" Gong Linglong asked her.
"No, I'm not going."
Xu Jiayu shook her head. She had already agreed to help here and would not go back on her word. She continued talking about her plans, "I talked to my grandparents the day before yesterday. They said that the college entrance examination should be resumed this year. My grandfather is working on it now. He suggested that I take the college entrance examination. I also want to go to university."
"If you are going to take the college entrance examination, you should start preparing now. When you are free, you can read and review, and we will prepare for the exam together." Gong Linglong supported her.
"Okay." Xu Jiayu's smile deepened.
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