Chapter 1238: Handling the Work Handover

An Xiaojing hardly spoke the whole time; she was angry about the coincidence of her great-grandmother's death anniversary and her son's birthday, but feared others would speak ill of her son, so she held her anger inside, stuck between rising and falling.

All the way home, she kept a frowning face.

However, since today was the day the old lady was buried, no bad words were spoken along the way back to the village, so this expression seemed normal.

Qiu Mu carried her little grandson into the room, disregarding everything else, and first took An's gift money to the main room.

She didn't know what others thought, but at least it was better to lose less face than having no gift money at all.

Seeing her mother-in-law come out, Xia Qiu thought the matter of work couldn't be hidden: "Mom, I have something I want to tell you."

Qiu Mu saw her acting mysteriously: "What is it?"

It was supposed to be a happy thing, but given today's date, Xia Qiu couldn't show too much emotion: "My sister arranged a job for me in the city; I probably won't be able to stay home for long. I originally came back to tell you this and to transfer my household registration, but I didn't expect the great-grandmother's matter to come up, so I didn't say it."

Hearing "job," Qiu Mu paused briefly, then said: "This is good news, but if you go to the city to work, what about the child?"

Qiu Mu knew that if her daughter-in-law went to the city, the grandson's household registration would follow his mother, and he would then be able to receive the rationed grain; this was good news.

As for her son, at worst he could just go to the city often when he had time.

Besides, her sister-in-law and her husband were capable people; who knows, maybe one day they could help their own son, and then he could also go to the city and get a secure iron rice bowl job.

Hearing Xia Qiu say: "I'll take the child to the city for now; let's see if my mother can help look after him for a while. When Junjun gets a bit older, the factory has a nursery class, and then I can just drop him there when I go to work."

Seeing that her daughter-in-law had thought it all through, Qiu Mu smiled: "It's still my Junjun who has good fortune; at such a young age, he'll already be eating commodity grain."

Realizing she couldn't miss this opportunity, she coughed lightly and said: "This job opportunity is rare and can't have any mishaps. Today isn't possible, but tomorrow afternoon let Qiu Shaofeng take you to the city. As for your household transfer procedures, in a moment let Qiu Shaofeng accompany you to the brigade office for a visit."

Xia Qiu didn't expect her mother-in-law to agree so readily; her face was full of gratitude.

In fact, she had been afraid her mother-in-law would oppose it and make her give up the job.

She had already decided in her heart that if such a thing really happened, she certainly wouldn't compromise; yet her mother-in-law had agreed just like that.

However, Qiu Mu still quietly added a reminder: "Don't tell the family about this yet; it's not too late to tell them after your procedures are completed."

Xia Qiu nodded: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

On the other side, Liu Chuxue arrived at the factory entrance and saw Section Chief Li waiting there with the person changing jobs.

Liu Chuxue explained her older sister's situation; the other party was very reasonable: "It's fine; it's the same if she comes to handle the procedures after she finishes her family matters."

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the group headed into the factory.

However, to avoid causing trouble for the Section Chief, Liu Chuxue didn't let him accompany them to the Personnel Section.

When Clerk Xu received the meaning conveyed by the factory director's secretary and ran to the Finance Section to find Liu Chuxue, he actually found no one there.

The others were unaware, and the knowledgeable Section Chief happened not to be at his post, causing him to miss the best moment to know the truth.

Meanwhile, at the Personnel Section, upon hearing that Liu Chuxue had come to hand over her work, the staff member was momentarily stunned: "Accountant Xiao, you just achieved such a great merit; how come you're leaving?"

Liu Chuxue didn't want to explain too much, so she smiled: "My husband's application to join the army has been approved; I'm going to join him."

Hearing the reason, the Personnel Section quickly processed the procedures.

When Clerk Xu found the Finance Section again and learned that Liu Chuxue had already resigned, he stood there completely stunned: "What, resigned?"