Chapter 15

“Thank you, comrade. My name is Du Yimeng and I’m a worker in the machinery factory. If you still have wild grapes, I’d like to take them all.” Du Yimeng said to Zhou Mei with a smile. It was the first time she had met such an approachable salesperson.

Her eyes subconsciously fell on the big red words on the wall, which read “No beating of customers without reason” .

“I know you. I heard about you from my brother. My brother also works in the machinery factory. His name is Zhou Song and he works in workshop 1.” Zhou Mei said happily, with admiration in her eyes.

The reason why she cared so much about Du Yimeng was that she had never heard of a female comrade working as a technician. Maybe there were some in other places, but definitely not in their county.

And her brother said that this technician improved all the machine tools and equipment in the factory as soon as he came to the machinery factory. In short, he is very powerful.

Du Yidonggang on the side raised his eyebrows in surprise. It turned out that this was Zhou Song’s sister. Didn’t Zhou Song say that his sister was very gentle?

His eyeballs are almost rolling up to the sky, is this what you call gentleness?

Du Yimeng smiled but didn’t say anything. The workshop was so big, how could she not know who Zhou Song was?

Moreover, in this age where looking at the opposite sex a few more times would be considered hooliganism, she didn’t dare to ask more.

“Comrade Du, if there are any wild grapes, I will definitely inform you.” Du Yimeng walked several meters away, and Zhou Mei said to her back.

These words made Du Yidong unable to help but turn around and glare at Zhou Mei fiercely, and the latter also glared at him fiercely without any fear.

Du Yidong: …

He wanted to ask if he could find someone else to play the role?

These grapes are nothing but skin and seeds, and they are so sour that they are completely inedible. He would rather starve than eat these wild grapes.

The more you eat this thing, the hungrier you get…

He felt his sister was crazy…

…

The brother and sister had just walked a few steps into the family compound when Lao Wu came to meet them. It should be said that since Du Yimeng started working, Lao Wu’s only expectation was when his sister got off work.

It’s summer vacation now, and he really wants to play, but he has endless matchboxes to paste every day, and his mother won’t let him eat if he doesn’t do it.

Poor thing, he missed his teacher…

“Sister, what did you buy? Why are there so many things?” The fifth brother saw that his sister was carrying a lot of things and his second brother was carrying a backpack. His eyes sparkled.

He took the things from his sister’s hand very tactfully, because he knew that if he pleased his parents in this family, at most he would get less beatings and scoldings, but if he pleased his sister, there would definitely be a lot of delicious food waiting for him.

“It’s delicious. Did you help mom make matchboxes today?” Du Yimeng asked with a smile. It was the third day since she came back, and this kid actually went to the river to fish with others, under the pretext of catching fish for her to eat.

In fact, it’s bullshit. Even if he caught it, it wouldn’t be enough for him to eat.

Besides, with Lao Wu’s swimming ability, it’s not certain who will be the dominant one between him and the fish!

So she asked her mother to find something for the fifth child to do, so that he wouldn’t run out and play wildly and lose his life.

“I spent the whole day at home making matchboxes and didn’t even leave the family compound. My mother and my third and fourth brothers can testify to this.” The fifth brother’s eyes lit up at first, then he puffed out his chest and said proudly.

“Lao Wu is awesome!” Du Yimeng praised him generously. Her words made Lao Wu straighten his back even more.

Du Yidonggang twitched the corners of his mouth. Lao Wu, who used to like to play wildly, gradually got lost in his sister’s sweet words. It turned out that women are the most terrifying animals, especially those with sweet words.

When they returned to the Du family, Du’s mother saw that the siblings had bought so many things, and she felt so distressed that the muscles on her face twitched violently, almost distorting her face.

Especially when she saw the basket of wild grapes, she was lucky that she immediately looked away, otherwise she couldn’t guarantee whether she would take action, even if the person in front of her was her most beloved daughter.

Knowing that her daughter had been hired as a permanent employee, she was so happy that she had been waiting for her daughter to come back soon so that she could be with her. But who knew that this would happen to her?

What should I do if my daughter is such a spendthrift?

Then she thought of the several families in the staff compound who wanted to marry into the Du family. Those families were only average in terms of economic conditions and they certainly couldn’t afford to squander their money on her daughter.

She directly crossed those families off the list of in-laws in her mind.

“Da Meng, where did this meat come from?” Du’s mother was puzzled. She remembered that Dameng didn’t have any meat tickets!

“Director Yu rewarded me with two kilograms of meat coupons.” Du Yidong explained.

“Oh, that’s great, Director Yu is such a good man!” Du’s mother’s face immediately turned from cloudy to bright, and she smiled so hard that her teeth were showing. Not only did her daughter get a permanent job, her salary also increased to 55 yuan, and the director also rewarded her with two meat tickets.

All the good things go to her. Isn’t that infuriating?

Her daughter is so capable, so what if she spends a little money?

“Mom, can we make this piece of pork belly into braised pork?” When Lao Wu mentioned the braised pork, he swallowed subconsciously.

He had only eaten braised pork a few times in his life, and it tasted delicious.

“Mom, let’s cook all the meat, otherwise it will go bad.” Du Yi dreamed that her mother took a deep breath. She immediately spoke first before her mother could curse.

Except for Lao Wu who was still dreaming about the braised pork, everyone else looked at Du Yimeng with gratitude. In this family, the only person who could keep Du’s mother from getting angry was not Du Weihai, but Du Yimeng.

“What kind of family eats two kilograms of meat in one meal?” Du’s mother complained with a painful look on her face, but did not refute.

To be honest, she is not a stingy person. She has two older brothers. She has suffered from her brothers since she was a child, but she has never suffered from them.

She didn’t know when she became such a stingy person.

When she was little, she often said that her mother was stingy. Unexpectedly, she became the same person as her mother when she grew up.

“The factory wants to expand production and needs a group of temporary workers. Director Yu gave me two places.” Du Yimeng saw her mother’s painful look on her face, and smiled as she took out the two letters of introduction from her pocket.

I don’t know if these two letters of introduction can comfort her mother’s wounded heart?

“What the hell?” Du Weihai, who had been sitting calmly in the hall, stood up suddenly and was about to take the letter of introduction, but was intercepted the next second.

Du Weihai: He is the head of the family…

Meeting the threatening look from his wife, he silently withdrew his hand.

Du’s mother looked at the two letters of introduction with excitement. These were not just two pieces of paper, but two heavy jobs. Even if it was a temporary job, as long as she said that she would get a job for 400 yuan, her door would be trampled down.

Of course, she didn’t plan to sell both of them. Selling both jobs now would at most allow the family to have a little more financial comfort temporarily, but having a job meant having a stable job.

Her eyes fell on the third child, Du Yinan. The third child would graduate from junior high school in a year. What if he couldn’t find a job by then?

It would be better to drop out of school and start working early.