Chapter 288

Qin Huairu, unaware that Jia Zhangshi had been swindled out of 1,500, wanted to take this money from Jia Zhangshi's hands—whether to give it as a gift or keep it for herself, Qin Huairu would decide, and Qin Huairu would no longer have to watch Jia Zhangshi's face.

Taking advantage of the moment when Bangeng took Xiao Dang out to play.

Qin Huairu spoke to Jia Zhangshi.

"Mom."

For the sake of the money.

Wanting to get this money readily.

Qin Huairu's cry of "Mom" was full of genuine feeling.

"My situation, you surely know; before I get off work today, our team leader told me this: let me transfer to another workshop, but other workshops dislike my skills and don't want me; if there's no place that will accept me, I think I'll be fired by Yagangchang."

In order to force Jia Zhangshi to take out the money.

Qin Huairu deliberately made the situation sound very serious.

She knows how much Jia Zhangshi values this job at Yagangchang, having said this to Qin Huairu more than once: in the future, when Bangeng grows up, let Bangeng take over Qin Huairu's position, enter Yagangchang as a worker, and the Jia family's job will return to the Jia family's hands; Bangeng, who will hold the Yagangchang rice bowl, can then find a decent partner.

If, for some reason, the Jia family's job is lost, the one who will be anxious is Jia Zhangshi.

Even if Bangeng grows up, Bangeng cannot take over the position and enter the factory.

No job.

How to marry a city girl as a wife.

It is highly likely that the person will follow in the footsteps of the birth father Jia Dongxu and go to the countryside to find a partner.

Jia Zhangshi has suffered from Qin Huairu's ways; if Bangeng then marries a girl similar to Qin Huairu, the Jia family would likely become a family of cuckolds.

Must not.

Jia Zhangshi was frightened and froze on the spot.

"Qin Huairu, what are you saying?"

"I say I will be fired."

"Isn't it not allowed to fire people casually?"

"If no workshop wants me, can Yagangchang still pay my wages? Can they let me occupy a toilet without defecating?"

"What's wrong with you? This is the Jia family's job."

"It is your Jia family's job, I also don't deny that, but I am going to be fired, I am going to be fired, can this job still be the Jia family's job?"

Jia Zhangshi was anxious, jumping up and down.

Bangeng taking over the position and entering the factory is Jia Zhangshi's sole spiritual reliance.

"There is still room for remedy." Qin Huairu looked at Jia Zhangshi, "If I want to avoid being fired, I must find a workshop willing to take me and gradually improve my skills."

"Then you go find it?"

"I told you, no workshop wants me; if I want to find a workshop that will take me, I have to give gifts."

Qin Huairu's hand.

Reached out toward Jia Zhangshi.

"Huaihua's upkeep expenses total 1,500; I don't want much, give me 1,000, I'll buy some gifts and use connections; you just said this is your Jia family's job, for your Jia family's job, you can't be unwilling to spend this money, right? Bangeng will grow up and still need to take over the position."

Jia Zhangshi secretly groaned.

Where would I get money?

The money has been completely swindled away by con artists.

These days.

Using the pretext of helping the street sell brooms, Jia Zhangshi roams the streets every day, hoping to one day catch those swindlers.

Jia Zhangshi has no money in hand.

Even if there were.

It would be only three or four kuai earned from odd jobs.

Using three or four kuai to give gifts would be better not to give at all.

But not giving gifts is also not acceptable; the Jia family's job is important, if because of this they lose the livelihood at Yagangchang, the Jia family would not even have the right to reside in the Siheyuan.

"Must we give gifts?"

"Not giving is fine; if the Jia family's job is gone, don't blame me, Qin Huairu, if we are evicted from our current home, don't hold a grudge against me."

After Qin Huairu dropped these harsh words.

Qin Huairu turned and went back to the room to lie down.

Qin Huairu believed Jia Zhangshi could distinguish importance.

Did not want to be without work.

This money must be taken out.

The main idea is that Qin Huairu always believed this money was still in Jia Zhangshi's hands, without considering that Jia Zhangshi had foolishly been swindled out of all her money.

Qin Huairu lay on the bed.

The sound of Jia Zhangshi stepping away and the door of next door Liu Haizhong's house being pulled entered Qin Huairu's ears; she guessed Jia Zhangshi went to Liu Haizhong for confirmation.

As expected.

Upon hearing that Qin Huairu might be fired, Jia Zhangshi wanted to use money to pull strings, so anxious that she didn't even tidy up her bowl, and went straight to Liu Haizhong's home.

Liu Haizhong was also eating.

On the table were several steamed buns, plus a fried egg, and a bottle of white liquor almost empty; Liu Haizhong took a bite of egg, a bite of bun, a sip of liquor.

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu stared at the egg, drooling, almost dying of hunger.

Inwardly, they couldn't help but give a cold chuckle.

Liu Haizhong really is a beast, eating the egg himself and refusing to give it to his two sons no matter what.

He is the eldest uncle.

Asking for help.

One must have the attitude of asking for help.

Jia Zhangshi lowered her posture as much as possible.

Anything?

It's not a big deal; just now our Huairu mentioned to me that she's having a hard time at the Yagangchang, and I told her that there's an eldest uncle around—if she runs into trouble, she should go to him.

Liu Haizhong didn't follow up on Jia Zhangshi's remark.

The abacus calculation is not bad.

But trying to trap him, Liu Haizhong still seems a bit short.

He's not Yi Zhonghai, trying to scheme the Jia Family into helping with elder care and burial; he has a son, and the Jia Family is just a bunch of despised, annoying people.

Naturally, he didn't want to deal with it.

Jia Zhangshi, don't try to flatter me; I don't buy that. Is your family's Huairu facing a problem? She's run into a huge obstacle. I don't know if Huairu told you, but her workshop section chief gave her a one-month deadline to find a place to take her in as much as possible; after a month, even if Huairu doesn't leave, the section chief will find a way to kick her out.

Jia Zhangshi's heart skipped a beat.

From Liu Haizhong's tone, Qin Huairu wasn't lying to her.

Work can't be lost.

She won't spend money either.

No money.

The matter of being deceived also has to be kept from Qin Huairu.

Eldest uncle, we've been neighbors in the courtyard for so many years; you really ought to help our Huairu and help our Jia Family.

How to help?

Eldest uncle, if you can't manage it, talk to your section chief and have Huairu transferred to your workshop; with you around, she won't suffer, and I'll rest easy.

Jia Zhangshi, let me be frank: no workshop in the entire Yagangchang will take Qin Huairu. Liu Haizhong, speaking to this point, deliberately let out a big sigh, then added, "It's not that there are no workshops willing; the Cleaning Section should be fine."

Even Jia Zhangshi isn't that stupid.

She also knows what kind of place the Cleaning Section is.

Either she's cleaning toilets, or she's on her way to do so.

Those people in the Cleaning Section.

They reek of feces.

In the future, if Bangeng takes over Huairu's position, when he goes on a matchmaking date and the girl asks what he does, he can't very well say he specializes in cleaning toilets at the Yagangchang.

Making a living cleaning toilets delays the grown-up Bangeng from finding a partner.

Jia Zhangshi was momentarily at a loss.

She didn't know how to respond.