Chapter 95: Chapter 95
Grandma and Grandpa were overjoyed to hear that their youngest son could get a job in the city, they couldn’t stop smiling, and their blood pressure even went up.
Their biggest concern right now is their youngest son, who is already twenty-two and still unmarried. They’ve introduced him to two girls, but the girls disliked the hardships of their family life and refused.
The couple worried endlessly day and night, asking people to play matchmaker and tightening their belts to save up a little more money so their son could marry.
"Xiao Xue! Did you arrange all this? Did your dad and uncle go with you?" Grandpa Wang asked, both happy and curious.
"Yes, Grandpa! The elderly lady I saved arranged three job quotas for me!" Bai Ruxue patiently explained to the old man.
"Good, good!" Grandpa Wang happily slapped his thigh. Now, both his son-in-law and son could work in the city, and the two children he worried about the most were finally okay. He suddenly felt the air was fresh.
"Xiao Xue, don’t send refined grains in the future. You kids eat them yourself, your mom and the little ones also need to eat well," Li Xiuying said, smiling as she held the ten catties of rice and white flour Bai Ruxue brought. "We old folks can eat anything, and now that your uncle can earn money working in the city, you focus on your own families!"
"Grandma, we have enough food at home. Just eat what we bring to you. It’s mom’s way of making up for not being able to take care of you all these years! Besides, it will take two months before uncle gets his first pay. You need to eat well during that time too, right?" Bai Ruxue adored her grandma and grandpa, and in front of them, she was like a real sixteen-year-old girl.
"This child, grandma can’t argue with you!" Li Xiuying took the grains outside and returned to grab the third bag Bai Ruxue brought over. "Wow, where did you get so many chickens from? You only brought two for the New Year, why more now?" Li Xiuying looked at the two chickens in the bag, grateful for Bai Ruxue’s thoughtfulness in cleaning them up.
"Grandma, I bought them. Pork is hard to sell, but chickens can still be bought. You and Grandpa should eat these to nourish your bodies!" Bai Ruxue initially considered getting some pork but thought there was so much chicken in the store—whole chickens, chicken legs, wings, necks, and many chicken innards—why not eat them?
Pork sells well, and it would be hard to explain why she bought chicken instead, so she decided to just enjoy the chicken.
"By the way, Grandpa, if you run out of tea, let me know! I’ll buy more for you!" Bai Ruxue changed the topic before Grandma could nag further.
Li Xiuying knew the child wouldn’t take the food back even if she asked, so she quickly took the two chickens to the storeroom to freeze them.
The temperatures in the mornings and evenings were still cold, and it still froze at midnight.
"Xiao Xue girl, Grandpa doesn’t usually drink tea, we farmers don’t bother with such things. We only drink it during holidays and such. The tea leaves you sent are enough for me to drink for two more years!" Grandpa Wang said, gratified.
"Grandpa, drink it if you like it, and let me know when you run out! Don’t save it!" Bai Ruxue said.
"Okay, okay! My granddaughter is amazing, and Grandpa is benefiting from it! Your uncle is especially benefiting from it! His whole life has changed!" Grandpa Wang felt radiant today, as if he had become a few years younger.
"Oh Xiao Xue, how much will your uncle earn a month? Grandma just remembered to ask!" Li Xiuying’s question caught the attention of the father and son. New ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄhapters are published on novelꜰire.net
"The first three months will be twenty yuan. After the three-month probation period, his salary will be thirty-five yuan a month, along with twenty jin of food stamps. The distribution of fabric and industrial stamps, and meat stamps depends on the factory’s situation," Bai Ruxue replied, having asked Chen Danian in advance.
"Wow, that’s a lot! He’ll also get stamps? That means Yongsheng will be living off commercial grain!" Li Xiuying exclaimed in surprise.
"Right? Maybe he’ll bring home a city bride later!" Bai Ruxue joked.
Wang Yongsheng lowered his head and said nothing, his eyes full of hope.
But only he knew that the light in his eyes was just for one person!
He was smitten with a girl from the Niu Family in the village, and the two had been seeing each other for half a year. But Grandpa Niu refused to let his daughter marry him, saying his family was poor and he didn’t want her to suffer.
In anger, he stopped seeing Niu Yingying, but Yingying was stubborn and still found ways to sneak over to see him despite her parents’ disapproval.
He knew his family couldn’t afford a bride price and didn’t want to delay his beloved, aware that Yingying would suffer hardships with him, so he reluctantly refused to see her.
They hadn’t seen each other in a month, and he heard that her family was introducing her to other suitors.
If... if his salary was that high, would he have a chance? Thinking of this, he couldn’t sit still.
"Xiao Xue, Mom, Dad, I’m going to get things stamped by the team! Mom, can you pack my things?"
With that, he got up and rushed out.
"This child, he’s going to be a worker but is still this restless, tell him to be more steady when he returns!" Li Xiuying chuckled, heading to the east room to pack for Wang Yongsheng.
Bai Ruxue didn’t stay for dinner, saying she had things to do at home, then bicycled back.
In the morning, Zhang Yuan had gone into the space, but she was fighting with old Grandma Bai at that time and couldn’t go in. By now, he must have been on the train for days, and she couldn’t see him, which infuriated her.
Wang Yongsheng quickly took his job application form to the team leader for signing, then rushed to the commune.
He was drenched in sweat by the time he finished everything, eager to see Yingying as soon as possible.
But when he arrived at Yingying’s house, he hadn’t even entered the yard before being stopped by her sister-in-law.
"Isn’t this Wang Yongsheng? What are you here for again?" Yingying’s sister-in-law said unkindly right off the bat.
"Sister-in-law, I’m here to see Yingying..." Wang Yongsheng began but was interrupted.
"Don’t call me sister-in-law, I’m not your sister-in-law, didn’t you two stop contacting each other? What are you here for? Go back! Yingying doesn’t want to see you!"
Her disdain was evident, clearly telling Wang Yongsheng that they looked down on him for being poor.
"Sister-in-law, I..."
"Yongsheng? You came?" Before he could say more to her sister-in-law, Niu Yingying’s voice, filled with joy, rang from the courtyard, and she hurried out.
"Yingying!" Wang Yongsheng was equally excited to see the girl he hadn’t met in a month.
"Yingying, let me tell you, you’re marrying a poor guy like Wang Yongsheng, and you’ll starve to death! The family I introduced you to is doing well..."
"Yingying, look at this!" Wang Yongsheng didn’t wait for her sister-in-law to finish, pulling out the job quota to show Niu Yingying.
He wasn’t good at beating around the bush, couldn’t take a roundabout approach; their problem was that they loved each other, but her parents disliked his poverty and wouldn’t agree to the marriage.
So he directly showed the job quota, telling them straightforwardly that Wang Yongsheng could support a wife, and with this, their obstacle would disappear. He believed in his judgment; a girl willing to be with him when he was poor wouldn’t be wrong.