Volume 1: Reborn in the 80s, selling lunch boxes with my mother Chapter 77: Sugar-coated bullets hit us
The four words "grow up safely" really touched Mr. He's heart.
He no longer refused Director Lin's kindness. He only had this precious granddaughter now, and he really couldn't afford to gamble.
When it was almost time for dinner, as people who looked like cadres walked into the restaurant, the brothers Hu Jianguo and Hu Jianjun looked at each other in surprise.
I couldn't believe my eyes.
I didn’t expect that Mr. He and his wife, who seemed to be inconspicuous in the village, actually knew so many county officials!
Nowadays, if a family has a relative working in the county government, wouldn’t the relatives in the village be so proud of him?
Mr. and Mrs. He have such a huge network of relationships, but they don't show off at all. They still work honestly farming in the countryside!
It seems that my mother has a sharp eye.
Grandma Hu was right when she said that Mr. He and his wife were kind people.
If Mr. He and his wife really wanted to do something bad, they wouldn't have to do it themselves. They could just complain to their son's comrades-in-arms. The family of the woman who was saved by He Xiangjun but showed no gratitude at all would probably be in big trouble.
Let’s take a look at the cadres from which departments are here today?
Lin from the Public Security Bureau, Zhou from the Traffic Police, Wang from the Justice Bureau, Ding from the Finance Bureau, Zhao from the Agriculture Bureau...
My second uncle felt very depressed when he heard Director Lin introducing the positions and names of the leaders one by one like he was calling out the names of dishes.
He originally thought that after his sister returned to her parents' home with her child, he and his elder brother would be her greatest support for the rest of her life.
Unexpectedly, the girl's money was managed by her daughter.
The girl’s happiness for the rest of her life is about to fall on Tiantian.
It's easy to tell that with such a group of uncles and aunts who are cadres, and her niece who has officially changed her name to "He Tiantian", as long as she doesn't do anything stupid and maintains this relationship well, Tiantian's future will not be difficult, given that she is nominally the only daughter of He Xiangjun.
Just as Director Lin said to Mr. He, as long as they do not leave the county, as long as their comrades are still in this position, they will not watch He Xiangjun's only daughter being bullied.
Sure enough, before Mr. He could even open his mouth, a group of uncles and aunts heard that He Tiantian had dropped out of school in the first grade of junior high school. They were even more anxious than the old man.
How could He Xiangjun’s daughter drop out of school?
"Uncle He, is there any difficulty at home? Is it because the tuition is not enough, or is the school too far from home? How about this, I will pay for Tiantian's tuition in the future."
"I do know Director Zhang from the Education Bureau. The teaching level of the township middle schools is limited. How about we ask Director Zhang to help get Tiantian into the county middle school?"
"I think it's okay. My home is very close to the county center, just separated by a wall. I can let Tiantian live at my home and go back on Sunday."
"Thank you for your hard work, sister-in-law. Let's give her some living expenses. I'll ask you to buy more meat for Tiantian. Look how skinny she is!"
A bunch of old men were chattering.
Old Master He waved his hand and said, "I know what you mean. Don't worry. We don't have any other expenses now. After Xiang Jun's death, the organization has always cared about us two old guys. If nothing else, we can definitely get the money for Tiantian's schooling."
"I didn't intend to disturb you today. It was Xiaolin who said to let Tiantian come to meet the uncles and aunts. Xiangjun's mother and I are indeed old, and we don't know when we will go down to look for Xiangjun. Since we have adopted Tiantian for Xiangjun, we can only be thick-skinned and ask you to help take care of her."
"Xiao Lin", Director Lin, briefly explained Jiang Tian's origins.
Everyone suddenly realized.
It was said that out of the blue, the old man suddenly found such a grown-up daughter for Xiang Jun. It turned out that the two families had such a connection.
Looking at He Tiantian, who was sitting next to Old Man He in a gentle and refined manner and had a delicate and pretty appearance that did not look like a country boy at all, several comrades could not help but feel regretful.
Looking at this girl's appearance, you can tell that her mother must have been a beauty when she was young. If Xiang Jun had really become a couple with that girl back then, perhaps this girl would really be Xiang Jun's biological daughter.
Since this concerns the future retirement of the elderly couple of the He family, several comrades-in-arms tacitly began to find topics to talk to He Tiantian on purpose, wanting to see what kind of character this girl has.
"Tiantian, do you want to come to the county to study? If you do, just tell your uncle and I will help you find a way."
"The teaching level of county middle schools is much better than that of township middle schools, and the admission rate of students from junior high school to high school is also high."
"There is a library, a children's palace, and a stadium in the county town. We can also take you to the zoo on weekends."
One sugar-coated bullet after another came flying towards us.
If He Tiantian was really a rural girl in her teens, she would probably not be able to withstand these sugar-coated bullets.
However, Jiang Tian, who has lived a second life, knows better than anyone that having something by herself is not as good as having it by her parents.
No matter how much her parents love her, they will grow old one day.
No matter how good her uncles and aunts are to her, they are still someone else's parents after all.
Not to mention that she is not He Xiangjun's biological daughter at all. Even if she is, she cannot rely on the comradeship between He Xiangjun and his comrades-in-arms in the past to enjoy the benefits brought by other people's parents openly.
Besides, these uncles were willing to take care of her because she was now the nominal daughter of their old comrade-in-arms.
But he may not be willing to take care of Hu Qiongfang and Jiang Cheng.
Her mother and brother are the people she wants to take care of most in this life.
He Tiantian stood up holding the soda in the cup, toasted several uncles and aunts generously, put down the cup, and then began to briefly explain the situation at home.
Her current situation is a bit like "shouldering two houses at the same time".
After being adopted by the He family, he will definitely take care of Mr. He and his wife in their old age and see them to the end of their lives, and burn paper money and visit He Xiangjun's grave.
But she is still Hu Qiongfang's biological daughter. Even if she is adopted out, she can't just watch Hu Qiongfang and her widow suffer, right?
"Here's what I'm thinking. I'll take a year off to consolidate the knowledge I learned in the first year of junior high school. Then, when I go back to school next year, I'll be able to keep up with the rest of the class."
"With this year, I can also help my mother build the house and open the noodle shop."
"My family is small now. We used to have three people in the family. Now I am adopted by Xiang Jun's father, so there are only my mom and my brother at home. As long as the noodle shop can continue to do business, my mom and my brother can make money to support the family, and I can go to school without worry."
Section Chief Ding from the Finance Bureau looked at He Tiantian in surprise and couldn't help asking her, "Opening a noodle shop on the provincial highway? How did you come up with this idea?"
He Tiantian answered honestly: " I counted them by myself while squatting on the side of the road."
"Uncle Ding, I looked at my watch and counted. From 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m., there were more than a hundred trucks, buses, and cars going back and forth on the provincial highway every hour."
"If ten cars can stop here and eat noodles at my noodle shop, I can sell a hundred bowls of noodles for lunch and dinner if I'm lucky."
"My family is going to make two kinds of noodles: vegetarian noodles and meat noodles. A bowl of vegetarian noodles costs 50 cents, and a bowl of meat noodles costs one dollar. If you want to eat better, you can pay more and add some other toppings."
"If I can sell a hundred bowls of noodles a day, after deducting the cost, I can at least make thirty yuan, right?"
Section Chief Ding smiled and said, "30 yuan a day, if you don't take a break for a month, you can make 900 yuan. This business is almost the same as what we make at work."
Section Chief Ding’s current monthly salary is exactly 967 yuan.
However, they are public institutions with a wide range of welfare benefits and various hidden incomes, which are incomparable to self-employed individuals.
