"You’ve worked hard." Xu Mumu smiled and touched Xu Jiaojiao’s hair.
Perhaps life has been a bit better recently; the little girl’s hair isn’t as dry and yellow as before.
This ti, the people from the third house ca back, but they didn’t bring Dongbao with them. Xu Mumu was curious about what the reason for coming back was this ti.
"Brother, what’s going on with our third uncle and aunt over here?" Xu Mumu asked curiously.
"Who knows? They didn’t say, but they did bring quite a lot of stuff back." Xu Minghui said nonchalantly.
"Where are Mom and Dad? Didn’t they ask?" Xu Mumu asked.
"Asked, didn’t say."
"Alright then, let’s go. You kids, we’re going to study." Xu Mumu directly put the matter behind her, leading the younger ones towards her room.
As she was about to reach her room, Xu Mumu glanced in the direction of the second house; the people from the second house have been quite low-key recently.
What is Xu Xue up to again? Xu Mumu wondered about what Xu Xue was planning.
At dinner, Xu Mumu found out what the people from the third house ca back for.
Because the people from the third house had to hurry to return to the county in the evening, they ate dinner relatively early.
"Mumu, we bought so dresses for you; see if you like them." Lin Juan took out the dresses she had prepared earlier, the styles were quite trendy.
"Third Aunt, my mom has already bought fabric and will be sewing dresses for ." Xu Mumu said blandly, not taking the dress Lin Juan offered.
"How can that be the sa, this is a gesture from your third uncle and ." Lin Juan’s face stiffened, feeling sowhat annoyed; Xu Mumu completely disregarded her. If they weren’t trying to ask her for help, they wouldn’t have co in such a humble manner.
"Exactly, exactly, Mumu, hurry and take it; your third uncle and aunt are so fond of you, don’t waste their heartfelt gesture." Li Caixia urged Xu Mumu, eager to snatch the dress from Lin Juan’s hands.
"Third Uncle, Third Aunt, is there anything you need this ti you ca back?" Xu Mumu didn’t take the dress hand from Lin Juan, instead looking at Lin Juan and Xu He.
A few days ago, Du Yu told her that the third uncle wanted to give gifts to Du Zhen; these two were talking in the factory about the ties between Xu Mumu and him so that people knew their relationship with the factory manager’s family.
They wanted to use public pressure to have their positions in the factory converted to regular employnt.
Du Yu had asked about Xu Mumu’s intentions regarding this matter; as long as Xu Mumu agreed, converting them to regular employnt was entirely possible, considering there were several regular employnt slots available each year in the factory.
However, Xu Mumu rejected it. She didn’t want to be entangled with the people from the third house any longer; it was enough to consider them ordinary relatives. Previously, they had taken advantage of the Old Xu family, and now they wanted to climb up using her connections, as if it were that easy.
With Xu Mumu’s stance, rumors in the factory quickly dissipated. As for the couple, they could still only work as temporary workers, and they were even warned that if they caused any more trouble, their temporary positions would be stripped entirely.
The couple also behaved for a few days, swallowing their pride and not wanting to let go. Here they were, coming back to find soone to intervene and hoping Xu Mumu would personally step in.
"What would we have to do, just ca back to check on your grandparents. Only when your grandparents are healthy, can we be at ease." Lin Juan said with a smile.
"The third house has a heart." Old Xu said lightly, but his gaze was on Xu Mumu. He understood his son well; he still wanted to see what his granddaughter planned to do.
"Third Uncle and Aunt rarely ca ho even once in half a year before, now divided into families, you’ve beco more frequent visitors." Xu Mumu said casually.
"Before, there were matters in the factory." Xu He’s face turned red, clearly embarrassed. He didn’t expect Xu Mumu would lay it all out, not even giving him as an uncle any face.
"So Third Uncle and Aunt have so free ti now? Lost your temporary work position?" Xu Mumu raised her eyebrows slightly; these two wanted to play the emotion card, but she refused to play along, inevitably steering the topic towards the main point.
"How could that be possible, what are you talking about, girl?" Lin Juan’s face showed displeasure, carrying nurous debts, no house secured; they wanted Xu Mumu to help convert them to regular employees, increasing their wages, making paying off debts a bit easier.
"Since you both have jobs, I heard from Du Yu there’s a big order at the shoe factory, couldn’t possibly be this idle, yet you still have ti to co back." Xu Mumu said with a smile.
"Coming back to see parents, isn’t it?" Xu He replied awkwardly, suddenly realizing he didn’t dare to et his niece’s eyes directly.
"You’re so concerned about grandpa and grandma, did you buy anything for them? Have you paid attention to their health?" Xu Mumu said calmly. Ever since she ca back, she heard the talking in the main room; most of the ti, it was Xu He talking about how difficult life was in the county, ntioning debts; in summary, they returned to show their struggles.
As for the things they bought back, a small bag of rock sugar, and the dress they wanted to give Xu Mumu. Other than the dress, which likely pinched their wallets a bit.
Their expressions grew more rigid, and the main room fell into silence, especially Old Xu and Madam Chen.
They had guessed the third house had so matters, but they were still happy their son could return.
"I don’t feel like beating around the bush with you, you might as well stop thinking about asking Mr. Du for anything, I won’t assist." Xu Mumu said flatly, then turned to leave the main room.
Such indulgence, did they really think I had a good temper? On the contrary, my temper wasn’t great; I was petty, held grudges, especially towards the third house, compared to the second house.
The people in the second house were still wrangling within their little garden, not bothering the main house much; as for Xu Xue’s tricks, she barely paid them any mind.
As for the couple from the third house, Xu Mumu found them utterly off-putting, they simply didn’t have any self-awareness, believing she should help them.
"Mumu, how can you be like this, we’re still your uncle and aunt." Lin Juan couldn’t hold her pretense anymore, anger flashing as she looked at Xu Mumu.
"Try to provoke once more, and see if I won’t take away your temporary work positions." Xu Mumu looked at the two, sneering, see, couldn’t keep up the act, could they? She had seen plenty of this kind of person in the post-apocalyptic world, even worse ones too.
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