"Aren’t you preparing for the exams too? Eat more to get so nutrition." Madam Chen said with a smile.
The pig offal has run out these past few days, so when cooking, she also cut a few slices of at into the dishes, and the at-enhanced flavor made the dishes much better than before.
"Thanks, grandma." Seeing Madam Chen’s eager eyes, Xu Mumu still ate the egg.
The living conditions of this family haven’t improved much, just a few more slices of at in the dishes. Although everyone at ho seems quite content, Xu Mumu is not satisfied.
She knows the direction of the future and knows which way to head in life. Even though she doesn’t know how to do business, isn’t there soone at ho who does? At least Xu Mumu feels that Xu Minghui and her parents have this ability.
Doing business can’t be rushed; it has to wait until the current events are over, which is soon. It’s already 1976, and in two or three more years, buying and selling will be free, then will be the best chance.
Now, thinking about making money, Xu Mumu almost has a plan.
Her brother is too idle. Over this period, she has been cramming a lot of knowledge into him as if force-feeding ducks.
Doing this naturally has her purpose; she plans to send her brother to the factory to get so training, at least to learn so skills.
But in the county’s factories, the only person she knows is Du Yu. If she goes through Du Yu to get into the shoe factory, Xu Mumu isn’t planning to do that. Favors are sothing that should be used at critical tis.
For Xu Minghui, she plans to wait until there’s so free ti, then wander around the factories in the county to see where there are job openings, and then send Xu Minghui over. As long as he passes the exam and gets into the factory, even as a temporary worker, Mumu believes that with Xu Minghui’s abilities, he’ll definitely rise up.
On Saturday, after explaining so key points to Du Yu, she didn’t continue.
"Why did you stop?" He was eagerly listening when Mumu suddenly stopped. The closer it gets to the mid-term exams, the more anxious he becos, wanting to see how much he has improved.
"I’ve covered almost everything that needed to be covered. The rest is up to your mory and understanding." Xu Mumu calmly said, "Oh, by the way, let ask you sothing."
"What is it?" Du Yu put down the notebook in his hand and looked at Mumu curiously.
"What factories are there nearby that are hiring?"
"Why? Are you looking to work in a factory? No way, it’s much more comfortable to study, working in a factory is tiring." Du Yu’s eyebrows twitched, looking at Mumu, wondering if she’s having second thoughts. His dad did say that policies might change in the next few years, and he still wants Mumu to go for the college entrance exam.
"Not for , I see my brother being too idle and plan to send him to work in a factory." Mumu said calmly. After all, at ho, Xu Minghui is always slacking off; he might as well be sent to the factory.
"If it’s for your brother, I could speak to my dad, and he can just co to the shoe factory, enter any departnt easily." Du Yu sighed in relief and enthusiastically started recomnding to Mumu.
"No need, I don’t want my brother to climb the ladder using our connections. I plan to put him in a new place where he can really hone his skills." Mumu stated calmly.
"Tsk tsk, you’re so hard on your brother, does he know?" Du Yu burst into laughter, indeed, Mumu is still the sa Mumu.
"Just don’t tell him, right? And tell about the situation in the county’s factories." Mumu remained calm, believing that even if Minghui knows it’s a trap, he’ll still fall into it.
"In our county, there are only five factories in total: our shoe factory, and others like the cotton spinning factory, the brick factory, the steel factory, and a small furniture factory."
"The shoe factory doesn’t need people for now, my dad is even planning on laying off so, the factory’s efficiency isn’t great, the steel factory is big and hard to get into, but they are hiring."
"The cotton spinning factory hires more won, for n they want movers, and I haven’t heard of them hiring lately. I’ll ask my mom tonight, she would know."
"As for the furniture factory, it’s just a small one and isn’t hiring, neither is the brick factory."
"So, aning the only factory to possibly get into is the steel factory and maybe the cotton spinning factory." Mumu thought for a mont, silently calculating in her mind.
"My grandaunt works at the cotton spinning factory, I’ll have my mom ask about it for you." Du Yu said with a grin.
"Alright, I’ll trouble you then." Mumu said with a smile; compared to the steel factory, the cotton spinning factory would surely be less tiring to work at.
According to Mumu’s plan, it seems better to choose the cotton spinning factory, the work is relatively easier, and if he can be transferred to the sales departnt, that would be even better.
The steel factory would be laborious, though the pay is higher, the entry threshold is also higher.
"No worries, given our relationship, my mom would be happy to help." Du Yu patted Mumu’s shoulder, actually feeling quite happy that Mumu asked him for help. At least this makes their relationship even better.
Even though he has moved on from liking Mumu, he has few friends and wants to be friends with her.
Mumu felt a little embarrassed inside; this matter really needed Du Yu’s help, his family is in the county and knows more about the situation than she does.
Used to relying on herself for everything in the post-apocalyptic world, suddenly needing others’ help feels a bit uncomfortable for Mumu.
On the way back, Mumu didn’t ntion finding a job for Minghui in the county; she just listened to him talk about what happened today.
In the afternoon, when Minghui went up the mountain, he caught a rabbit in a trap, and when he ca to pick Mumu up, he sold the rabbit.
"Brother, next ti we catch any ga, let’s keep it for ourselves." Mumu said to Minghui.
"There’s still at at ho, it’s better to exchange it for money." Minghui said with a smile, having secretly saved two dollars while the rest could be kept by mom.
"Eventually the at at ho will run out." Mumu pursed her lips slightly; Li Caixia and Madam Chen are both reluctant to put at in the dishes when cooking, only a few slices are added each ti, and each person getting two slices is considered very good. It’s all because of poverty.
"Don’t worry, I know, as it gets warr, in a few days, I’ll catch so fish to make fish soup." Minghui patted Mumu’s head, realizing that his sister also considers the family’s well-being.
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