Chapter 427: Yan Jie Di's request for help

Shazhu wanted to see how the Jia family would respond to Bangeng being sent to the countryside, since Yi Zhonghai had died, losing their biggest backer, and it was unclear whether he would help; could the Jia family still, as in the previous life, find Bangeng a rural posting near the Capital City with not-too-harsh conditions, and could Bangeng then return to drive for the leaders?

He was very much looking forward to it.

Bangeng's wife in his previous life was named Tang Yanling; she agreed to go out with him, actually because she valued his job driving for the leaders.

Without such a high-end job, relying on Bangeng sweeping the streets every day, whether he could find a partner was truly uncertain.

No livelihood.

Where does Bangeng's expenses come from?

The Jia family's finances have been drained these years; if Bangeng continues to be unpromising and spends all day with those street loafers, he is very likely to meet a ruinous end.

By then.

Then the Jia family would completely cut off its incense line!

This is exactly the result Shazhu most wants to see.

"Huh!"

He let out a long sigh from his mouth.

Yu Li probably saw that Shazhu was in a bad mood and offered a few words of comfort.

Marry a virtuous wife.

This wife.

Truly worthwhile!

Shazhu turned his head and gave Yu Li a gentle smile.

Suddenly.

The door was pushed open, and an eighteen-year-old girl with braids poked her head in from outside.

It was Yan Fugui's eldest daughter, Yan Jie Di.

Not knowing what had happened, the girl's face was filled with utter embarrassment, as if the sky had fallen and the earth split.

When He Daqing fled to Baocheng, Yushui was six and Yan Jie Di three; Shazhu worked at the scrap yard and tried to distance himself as much as possible from Yi Zhonghai and his wife; since Yushui was too young for school, after Shazhu went to work he would go to Yan Fugui's house to play with Yan Jie Di.

Stemming from that relationship.

Shazhu also treated Yan Jie Di well; sometimes when the family ate something rare, they would call the little girl over to share; when Yu Li was busy with work and the girl had nothing to do, she would help look after the child.

Regarding Yan Jie Di's purpose, Shazhu had a rough guess.

Besides being sent to the countryside.

He figured there was no other explanation.

Yu Li hadn't considered this factor and greeted Yan Jie Di with a sentence.

"Si Ni Zi, what's wrong with you? Who in your family bullied you?"

"Sister-in-law, I'm looking for Uncle He!"

Shazhu was truly helpless.

The couple, Yan Jie Di calls Shazhu's wife Yu Li "sister-in-law," but calls Shazhu "uncle."

How many times have I told the little girl?

She doesn't remember a bit.

How she should address them, she still gets it wrong.

Shazhu no longer holds any hope.

He lifted his head to look at Yan Jie Di, whose face was full of childish charm and youthful vigor, and he sighed a little; the little girl was really angry, her pouted little mouth could hang an oil bottle, the picture of a put-upon person.

Thinking about it, that makes sense.

There's still the third brother ahead; even if we go by order, it wouldn't be the youngest, Yan Jie Di's turn to go to the countryside.

Such a pretty girl, going down there would truly be like a lamb entering a tiger's den—one goes in, three don't come out.

He made a mud puddle.

"Si Ni Zi, what do you want from me? Speaking plainly, Uncle He, you are now just a scrap custodian, with only a little authority over scrap."

Si Ni Zi is Shazhu's nickname for Yan Jie Di.

To prevent Yan Jie Di from directly asking him for work like Jia Zhangshi did, Shazhu had already found a fallback for himself; his situation is known to everyone in the compound.

There's no intentional making things difficult.

"Just now Jia Zhangshi's words, Si Ni Zi, you must have heard them—Uncle He is now a featherless phoenix, worth less than an old hen that lays eggs."

"Uncle He, I just heard inside the house, my father even scolded Jia Zhangshi for being shameless, yet he could say such things about work, and I'm not here to ask you to help me find work." Yan Jie Di said angrily, "Isn't there another batch of people going to the countryside to do assistance construction? Our family also received the notice; either I or my third brother must go. The Jia family's Bangeng, the Second Elder's Liu Guangfu, and several others in our compound all have to go."

Shazhu nodded.

He knew a little about this.

The policy of sending people to the countryside has been carried out for many years; everyone is very familiar with it. Junior high and senior high graduates who haven't gotten into school and have no job, in order to ease urban pressure, must go to the countryside to help with construction. In principle, each family keeps only one child without a job, while the other children must go to the countryside to support and assist.

The main reason is that there are simply too few jobs available, while every family has several children; they can't just not eat.

No way.

They can only go to the countryside to help and explain.

That's just the big environment; there's nothing to say about it, blaming heaven and earth is useless.

Just thinking about these problems.

Shazhu's heart faintly felt a bit of relief; fortunately he married late, otherwise he would have to worry about children like Qin Huairu does.

In another five years.

It will be over.

Weiguo and them have also grown up.

The timing is just right.

Qin Huairu's family's Bangeng has no job; he must leave, unless Qin Huairu gives her job to Bangeng. The problem is whether Bangeng can bear the hardship of cleaning toilets.

One year ago.

Qin Huairu made a mistake, and now she is again responsible for cleaning toilets.

I reckon Qin Huairu also doesn't want Bangeng to get the reputation of a toilet cleaner, so she won't hand over the job to Bangeng.

Liu Haizhong's son Liu Guangtian got married last year, Liu Guangfu just graduated this year; because of the disgusting things Liu Haizhong did earlier, they won't give him a job even if he had one, let alone now that he has none—going to the countryside is the only option.

Yan Bugui's family has four children; the eldest has always been away, the second has his own job, married and moved out, leaving only the third son Yan Jiekuang and the fourth daughter Yan Jie Di at home, and both happen to have no job.

Yu Li asked a puzzled follow‑up question.

"Si Ni Zi, you're a girl; hasn't your third brother let you have your way? Even if going to the countryside, he should let you go and keep you at home! You're a girl; if you go to the countryside and something happens, it won't be good."

Everyone knows that rural life is hard, working day and night in the fields, and all year round they barely manage to get enough to eat and wear.

These are merely physical fatigue; the main issue is that young women who have not received social education and have not been beaten are prone to accidents, ending up marrying educated youths or villagers.

Given the Yan Family's situation, the best is to let the third son Yan Jiekuang go to the countryside and keep the fourth daughter Yan Jie Di in the siheyuan; at least her safety can be preserved.

Normal people all have this kind of thinking ability.

Yan Jie Di came to find Shazhu, which also stems from this consideration.

On one hand, rural life is hard.

On the other hand, there is worry.

If Yan Jie Di were a bit uglier, she wouldn't have this concern; the key is that she is not ugly.