Chapter 25

Inside the house, the rest of the Lu family hadn’t gotten off work yet, only Lu Mu and Lu Hongmei were home.

Lu Mu was still busy in the kitchen, Lu Hongmei pulled Shen Man to the dining table, she served her tea and water, massaged her shoulders and patted her back.

“Second sister-in-law, see if this pressure is okay, I’ve been helping Mom massage her shoulders since I was little, my skills are no worse than those outside.”

“If you like, I’ll massage you tomorrow too.”

Shen Man avoided her hand, she didn’t take the tea she offered either, she got up and wanted to go back to her room, “No need to bother.”

She knew exactly what this woman was up to.

“Second sister-in-law, it’s not a bother, not a bother at all, you’ve worked hard today, it’s what I should do.”

Lu Hongmei pulled Shen Man back down.

When she saw Lu Zhengguo coming in, she immediately winked, “Second brother, you have to be good to your sister-in-law in the future, such a beautiful and outstanding woman like your sister-in-law, you should be happy to have married her.”

“If you’re not good to your sister-in-law, I’ll be the first one to spare you.”

She said, Lu Hongmei leaned close to Shen Man, “Sister-in-law, if my second brother is not good to you, just tell me, I’ll definitely have Dad and Mom talk to him.”

Shen Man glanced at the man sitting beside her, “Really, I remember you wanted your brother to divorce me the other day.”

At that time, Lu Hongmei was banging on her door, making the whole family restless.

She also said that if she didn’t give her job back, she would make Lu Zhengguo divorce her.

She heard these words clearly.

Lu Hongmei shook Shen Man’s hand and acted cute, “Sister-in-law, I… I was just joking, don’t mind me.”

Shen Man didn’t say anything, she was unmoved by her coquettishness.

Lu Zhengguo warned his sister, Lu Hongmei gave him a dry smile, she finally calmed down a little.

Soon, Lu Mu made the food.

Lu Fu and Zhang Fengxia and her husband came back from work.

As soon as they came back, they saw that there was meat and eggs on the table, they were eating like it was a New Year or a festival.

“Mom, what’s the good day today, why did you make so much delicious food?” Zhang Fengxia looked at the table full of food and couldn’t help but swallow.

Lu Fu also looked at Lu Mu, he thought for a long time, he couldn’t figure out what day it was, could it be that Hongmei’s boyfriend was coming over?

But he remembered that the boyfriend had backed out, hadn’t he?

Lu Mu subconsciously looked at Shen Man, seeing that her face was calm and there was nothing unusual, her heart relaxed a little.

She was about to explain, Lu Zhengguo frowned slightly, he interrupted her first, “Mom, let’s eat first.”

Lu Hongmei was unhappy, she glared at Lu Zhengguo, then excitedly explained to Lu Fu and the others.

“Dad, Big Brother, Big Sister-in-law, I have a job, I don’t have to go to the countryside, and it’s an office job, a clerk.”

“Mom specially made a whole table of food today to celebrate me finding a job.”

Zhang Fengxia was stunned, “What job, no, Hongmei, explain yourself, how did you get a job?”

Jobs are scarce now, it’s as hard as climbing to heaven to find one, otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many young people going to the countryside.

It’s not cheap to buy a job either, it costs at least three or four hundred, and some even cost over a thousand, ordinary families can’t afford that much money.

Last time, her in-laws wanted to spend five hundred yuan to buy a job for her younger sister-in-law, she was against it.

Lu Fu and Lu Zhengbing were also shocked, they quickly looked at Lu Mu for confirmation.

Lu Mu nodded to them.

Hongmei came back and said that Shen Man promised her the position.

Lu Hongmei raised her chin, “Of course it’s my second sister-in-law…”

She had only said half of it when Shen Man immediately stood up and interrupted her.

“First, the recruitment results haven’t been announced yet, it’s not certain if this position is mine or not.”

“Second, if I’m really hired, I will give my job at the textile factory to my Mom.”

“After all, my job at the textile factory was bought for me by my Mom, it has nothing to do with anyone else.”

“Third, eat slowly, I’m going.”

Shen Man finished speaking, she didn’t care about the reactions of the others in the Lu family, she went straight back to her room, took her work uniform and some necessary things, she pushed the door open and went out.

Lu Zhengguo’s face turned cold, he didn’t say anything, he got up and followed her.

The Lu family was stunned, they quickly looked at Lu Hongmei, “Hongmei, what’s going on?”

Looking at Shen Man’s expression, it didn’t seem like she was going to give up the position.

Not only were the others in the Lu family confused.

Even Lu Hongmei was confused, she looked at their backs as they left and muttered, “She clearly promised me that she would give me the job.”

Zhang Fengxia rolled her eyes and helped herself to an egg, “Mom, Hongmei is being ridiculous, why are you being ridiculous too, is Shen Man the kind of selfless person, you’re just thinking too much.”

If she were her, she wouldn’t be willing either.

Lu Hongmei stomped her feet, she was so angry that it hurt all over, “I don’t care, anyway, Shen Man said it, the propaganda department clerk position is mine, she said she would give it to me.”

As she spoke, she sat down on the ground and rolled around, crying.

“Dad, Mom, you have to stand up for me, if I still don’t have a job tomorrow, I’ll have to go to the countryside the day after tomorrow, you can’t just watch me die.”

This operation made Lu Zhengbing, who was standing beside her, speechless, he quickly stepped forward and pulled her up.

“Hongmei, you’re a big girl now, why are you rolling on the ground, what if someone sees you, they’ll laugh at you.”

“Also, don’t talk about going to the countryside and dying, don’t say that, what if someone with ulterior motives hears you, not only you, but our whole family will suffer.”

Zhang Fengxia heard her husband’s words and quickly said, “Dad, Mom, how did you teach Hongmei, listen to what she’s saying, if someone with ulterior motives hears it, not to mention Hongmei, our whole family will be implicated.”

There was a family in their compound who said some wrong things.

They finished talking at home in the morning, and in the afternoon, a group of people wearing red armbands rushed in and smashed the whole house.

The whole family, regardless of age or gender, was sent to work in the countryside, they heard that they lived in cowsheds in the countryside, they had no food, they had to starve and freeze, and they were criticized.

The two elderly people in the family died a few days after they were sent down, and then the children died too.

Lu Fu and Lu Mu were terrified, they also thought of this, they quickly covered Lu Hongmei’s mouth.

“You little rascal, why don’t you use your brain when you speak, you dare to say anything.”

By then, forget about the job, the whole family might suffer because of her.

Lu Hongmei’s face instantly turned pale, she became quiet.