Yao Ying not only didn’t want to help them, but also told Zhang Yu to be careful and not to be fooled by them.
"Mom, don’t worry, I’m just a small intellectual youth. The rice I brought back is just for the family to eat."
"Mom, I’m telling you, this porridge is really delicious, and there’s the rice oil." Yes, how could I forget the rice oil, "it’s really nourishing."
"The elderly in the neighboring village often drink rice oil. Although it uses so coal, it’s really good for the body."
"By the way, it’s also good for the stomach, just suitable for our dad." When Zhang Wei is busy, he really can’t take care of everything, so his stomach isn’t very good.
Now that we have such good rice, it’s perfect for nourishing the stomach, "By the way, I’m worried the rice will have bugs in the sumr, so I bought a hundred pounds of millet."
"An extra three pounds of rice." It’s considered a loss, Zhang Yu really thinks this farm is nice.
Yao Ying originally thought they were all rice, but when arranging it, she found one bag was actually millet. She thought it was just sothing thrown in, but it was her daughter who specifically requested it.
Also, millet is better than rice for preventing insects, but the key issue is, the farm has machines to process the millet, whereas there’s no place in the city to process it.
We can’t process it by hand, can we? She wouldn’t know how.
"The grain bureau can process it for a processing fee." Zhang Yu only thought of doing this after knowing there was equipnt, otherwise she definitely would’ve chosen rice.
Even though it might get bugs, it’s better than having no place to process rice.
Upon hearing there’s a place to process rice, Yao Ying imdiately felt relieved, "That’s good, I’ll give so to your grandparents on both sides..." She looked up at Zhang Wei.
Actually, if possible, she didn’t want to send the new rice over, but with so many children returning, many bringing rice, if they didn’t send so over, the old folks would definitely complain, just thinking about it gives one a headache.
"Ten pounds to each family." Zhang Wei thought for a mont, "It’s just that my stomach isn’t good, so our daughter specially got this rice for , so I can drink rice oil."
"As for them, if they have any complaints, there’s nothing I can do about it."
"Besides, our elder brother’s family has children going to be intellectual youth, don’t they grow rice? Even if they can’t co back for the New Year, can’t they mail so rice back?" Zhang Wei knew the Yue family wouldn’t make a fuss.
The Yue family is traditional; they wouldn’t expect their married daughter to return and benefit at their expense, nor would they demand much of a married daughter, just standard familial interaction.
As for the Zhang Family, Zhang Wei knew his father favored his eldest brother, being the eldest son, and his mother favored the youngest, as he’s sweet-talking and makes her happy.
As for himself, the middle child, he’s treated with indifference. No matter how dutiful he is, in their eyes, it’s not as good as their cherished sons’ filial piety.
If that’s the case, a decent-looking gift will suffice.
Yao Ying also felt relieved at giving ten pounds, "That’s good."
Even though they communicated regularly, the Zhang family of three still asked Zhang Yu a lot of questions, like whether anyone bullied her at the farm and so on.
Zhang Yu knew they were worried, thinking she might only report the good news and not the bad, so she shared the amusing incidents from the farm with Yao Ying and the rest.
As parents, it was only natural for them to worry, "Each person is given a task every day, and once we get there, we work. After completing the task, soone checks it, and if there’s no issue, we’re dismissed."
"Even when it’s not harvest season, there’s still a lot to do. It could be quite exhausting; once we get to the dormitory, we just want to rest quickly, there’s no ti for drama."
"Of course not everything’s completely safe, where there are people, there’ll be drama, but relatively less. Going to the countryside as an intellectual youth, there’s plenty to keep busy with, like tending to the young intellectuals’ private land, collecting firewood up the mountain, cooking, etc."
"After work, we just wait to eat, though we could cook ourselves, but cooking demands buying vegetables from nearby villages or buying from the farm staff, both of which require money."
"It’s really just more convenient to eat at the canteen." After so in the dorm got stoves and planned to cook for themselves, they changed their minds after cooking a single al.
Even though the taste aligns better with personal preferences compared to canteen food, doing so demands more effort after work, and it’s truly exhausting.
"We only improve our als on weekends." So did cook on weekends, but it was few. Just getting a pot required a good bit of money.
"Since there’s a canteen, just eat at the canteen, don’t exhaust yourself." Yao Ying also felt Zhang Yu should stick to the canteen als.
Zhang Yu agreed and turned to Zhang Jie, "Little brother, have you changed positions?"
Zhang Jie nodded, "I’m now in the cost departnt, busy from the end of the month to the beginning." Sigh, I always knew the cost departnt was busy, but didn’t realize it was this hectic.
Seeing Zhang Jie’s helpless expression, Zhang Yu smiled, "Brother, being in the cost departnt is good. It ans the bosses above value you, planning to train you."
Zhang Yu had worked in finance and understood the importance of cost accounting, especially in a factory, where it’s crucial in the finance departnt.
Did Zhang Jie know that? Of course, he knew. Although it was a bit hectic, he realized his prospects in the factory were promising.
Seeing the siblings chatting and laughing, Yao Ying and Zhang Wei also breathed a sigh of relief. After New Year’s, the finance departnt had made so internal adjustnts, moving Zhang Jie to cost accounting, making Yao Ying delighted.
Before retiring, she had worked in cost accounting, knowing that after retirent, her son wouldn’t easily get placed in cost accounting.
Just as she thought, Zhang Jie shifted to reimbursent review after starting his job. Though it was easier, he didn’t learn much.
Yao Ying had planned on finding the finance director a year into Zhang Jie’s tenure to see if he could switch to cost accounting.
However, before she could take action, Zhang Jie moved to the cost group on his own rit, making Yao Ying ecstatic.
Despite her joy, she worried that Zhang Yu might not take the news well, so she delayed ntioning it in letters.
Seeing Zhang Yu express joy for Zhang Jie, Yao Ying finally relaxed, checked the ti, "It’s getting late, ti to rest early."
They still had work tomorrow; if they didn’t rest soon, they’d lack energy for work.
Zhang Yu, of course, listened to her mom and expressed the need to rest imdiately, knowing she’d be back to her plans tomorrow, busy fishing by the river. If she didn’t rest well today, it would hinder her performance tomorrow.
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