Volume 1: Reborn in the 1980s, selling lunch boxes with my mother Chapter 106 The Aunts' Sense of Crisis
Jiang Tian knew that Mr. He and his wife would definitely not want to live in their house.
However, since she had promised to take care of Mr. He and his wife in their old age in front of Xiang Jun's father's grave, she certainly couldn't let Mr. He and his wife stay in the countryside forever.
Fortunately, Mr. and Mrs. He are not too old and are still in good health.
Jiang Tian's plan is to wait for another two years, when she has saved enough money, to build a few more houses along the provincial road, with the front used as a storefront and the back for living.
In her previous life, she vaguely heard someone say that it was actually possible to apply for a tobacco license in the 1980s.
If their family wanted to do it themselves, Jiang Tian would definitely not be able to ask for it. But if they wanted to get a tobacco license for Mr. and Mrs. He and open a small store or something, they could look for Xiang Jun's father's old comrades-in-arms. At least there would be a way, and they could help ask the tobacco company what procedures or documents were needed.
She will sort it out and report it. If one year doesn't work, then two years will do. As long as they can get the tobacco license, the old couple can open a small store. The money they earn in a year will definitely be much more than farming in the countryside.
One advantage of opening your own shop is that you don’t have to run around. As long as your grandparents can still look after the shop, the income will not be interrupted.
In fact, they don’t have to hold on that long. As long as they wait until Jiang Tian grows up and can run her own business, Mr. and Mrs. He won’t have to worry about their retirement anymore.
Apart from anything else, she is quite confident in her cooking skills.
At least, the two aunts were almost moved to tears after eating the dishes she cooked.
He Aiqing, the younger aunt, even said on the spot that if Jiang Tian really couldn't continue her studies, she should come to her after getting her junior high school diploma. She couldn't guarantee a job in other departments of the company, but the cafeteria would definitely be able to arrange a job for her.
Jiang Tian was startled.
This is not the case decades later, when I was embarrassed to tell my relatives that I was working in a cafeteria.
In the 1980s, being able to work in the company cafeteria was very popular, right? If someone in a family worked in the company cafeteria, they could brag about it for a long time when visiting relatives during the Chinese New Year!
After all, many ordinary people’s families are short of oil and water nowadays, and the canteen at the unit is the place where there is least shortage of food and drink. The fact that her aunt was able to arrange for her to go to the canteen at the unit shows that the young couple has worked hard for many years and has some say in the unit.
But Jiang Tian had no intention of just hanging out in the company cafeteria.
Besides, what will happen to grandparents if they are all gone?
It would be fine to let them live near the provincial road, after all, they are still in the local area. But let them go to Province S, thousands of miles away from home? What would they do when they come back every year to visit their son's grave?
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The He family never expected that Tiantian’s mother was so capable. A widow with two children could actually build four such spacious houses on the side of the provincial road!
What they didn't expect the most was that Hu Qiongfang actually opened a small restaurant selling boxed lunches, and they heard that the business was pretty good.
Thinking that such a virtuous and capable woman almost became their brother's wife, the two sisters of the He family couldn't help but hate the eldest brother of the Jiang family half to death in their hearts .
If Jiang Leping hadn't intercepted me, I would have married such a virtuous and capable wife, and had a daughter as smart as Tiantian. How wonderful our family's life would have been.
When they heard that Tiantian's younger brother was also very good at studying and always ranked first in the school, the two sisters became even angrier.
Jiang Cheng should have been their child!
If I could have a pair of children like this, to put it bluntly, even if I really died on the battlefield, I would have someone to carry on my legacy... It's all the Jiang family's fault!
You said you really like Hu Qiongfang? That's fine, if you marry her, you should cherish her.
The eldest son of the Jiang family was so good. He tricked Hu Qiongfang back and made her work like a slave for their family. As soon as she got home, she had to support the elderly and serve her brother-in-law. The eldest son of the Jiang family was so good that he just patted his butt and went out to make money.
The He sisters are both working women of this era. They know better than anyone that behind every capable woman, there is a group of messy family members who hold her back.
There are so many girls in the factory who, before they get married, are the focus of training by the organization.
After you get married, you will encounter in-laws who hold you back and don't let you work overtime. They ask you to go home to cook and take care of the children. When you get a promotion and a raise, they complain that the company does not take good care of women.
No, when everyone is staying up late and working overtime to meet deadlines, you run home to take care of the children, wash clothes and cook for the elderly. You don’t care about your own future, and you still expect the company to promote you as an exception?
Even the children of leaders don’t get this treatment, who do you think you are?
Although the two sisters of the He family have developed well in the unit, only they know how many tears they have shed and how much suffering they have endured behind the scenes.
Especially when their younger brothers are martyrs who sacrificed their lives heroically saving others, they must not tarnish their younger brothers' image at work. They rush to do the hardest and most tiring work, and are no worse than men.
Of course, this is also inseparable from the support of the two elderly people.
He Aiping and her husband are supporting the border areas. Due to the difficult conditions there, her children are still staying with their grandparents to go to school. This time when she came back, she didn’t have time to see her children because she only took a few days off.
He Aiqing and her husband went to help build a new factory. They were so busy that they wanted to sleep in the office. Their child was left in their hometown, and their parents helped take care of him. It was not until a few years ago that the factory allocated a house and built a primary school for the children, and then they brought their child to live with them.
Because they have experienced hardships themselves, they can better understand the difficulties Hu Qiongfang has gone through over the years.
I also feel deeply that it's not worth it for her.
Did she think that she would be rewarded with love in return for betraying her family?
But she never thought that the eldest brother of the Jiang family might have been attracted by her virtuous and obedient nature from the very beginning and wanted to trick her home to be a nanny for his whole family.
Think about it, if Hu Qiongfang had not eloped with the eldest son of the Jiang family, but had listened to her family's arrangements and gone on blind dates honestly, no matter what, with the love the Hu family elders had for their youngest daughter, they would at least find a family of equal status and reliable parents-in-law for her, right?
Many girls, before getting married, naively believe that marriage is a matter between two people.
Only after getting married will you know what kind of nightmare an unreliable in-law family who tries hard to hold you back, and a weak husband who doesn't dare to protect you in front of his parents can bring to a woman.
Thinking of this, the two sisters looked at each other in shock.
Both sisters gave birth to sons. Because they were too busy with work, they had no time to have a second child. So , Tiantian is actually the only girl in their He family?
We can’t let the cabbages in our garden be eaten by wild boars that come from outside from nowhere!
Before leaving, the two sisters copied their work unit's phone number and address to Jiang Tian.
Tell her to call them or write to them if she encounters any problems.
The two sisters had never seen Hu Qiongfang, but the thought that she was a love-brained person gave the two aunts a headache.
I made up my mind that no matter how busy I was when I returned, I would squeeze out time to communicate regularly with my niece.
At the same time, another person was also writing a letter to his "pen pal"...
