radicalducati Chapter 316 Li Xia
Chapter 316 Li Xia
Xu Sui returned home with her two children, where Du Mei had already prepared the meal.
Du Mei was supposed to pick up the two children from school today, but Xu Sui got off work early, so she went by herself.
"Sister-in-law, you're back from get off work. Dinner is ready, let's eat."
"Yan Yan, Yao Yao, put down your schoolbags and go wash your hands and eat." Du Mei put the food on the table and greeted the two children with a smile.
A few days ago, her marriage to Zheng Wu was arranged, and they will get married in a month.
Zheng Wu gave her a bride price of 300 yuan and also got her a sewing machine.
Xu Sui took her two children to wash their hands, then looked around the house.
"Where's Grandma? Did she go out visiting other people again?"
Du Mei finished serving the rice, then blinked. "No, sister-in-law, guess what Grandma went to do."
Xu Sui paused slightly, then thought for a moment, "Aren't we going to visit someone?"
The old lady doesn't seem to have any other hobbies besides visiting neighbors and chatting with people. This isn't Beijing, so there aren't many places to go.
"No, that's not it. Think about it again."
Xu Sui shook her head, thinking for a long time but still couldn't figure it out.
Du Mei smiled and said, "She went to work as a teacher, sister-in-law, you didn't expect that, did you?"
"I was shocked when my grandma told me about this."
Xu Sui was stunned for a moment, not reacting immediately. "A teacher?"
"Yes, as a teacher, we're going to hold a literacy class in our residential compound, mainly for the women and elderly people in the compound who can't read."
"While you were away today, someone came to register, wanting to find a few literate people to be teachers at the family hospital, and they're even offering to pay them a salary, although it's not much, only 5 yuan a month, but 5 yuan is still money."
"I also signed up, but I wasn't selected. I never expected that my grandma would be selected."
Xu Sui was somewhat surprised. "Really?"
She remembered that when the old lady was in Beijing, she studied with her old friends for a while. She never expected that after coming to the army, she would become a teacher in a literacy class and find a job again by relying on the skills she had learned before.
"Of course it's true. When the military selects teachers for literacy classes, they don't just look at academic qualifications. They mainly look at ability and whether the lessons can be understood by everyone."
"Sister-in-law, you know what, when Grandma stood on that platform and gave a lecture, she really looked like a retired teacher. The people listening to the lecture didn't dare to make any small movements."
Du Mei actually admires Old Lady Qin quite a bit. She is the most fashionable old lady in the entire family compound. Even Old Lady Zhou, who had a fight with Old Lady Qin before, has become her old sister.
Although the two still bicker and argue frequently, it's clear that they're just joking around, unlike when they first fought, when they really wanted to kill each other.
Speaking of which, that old lady Zhou is actually Commander Zhou's mother. Looking at it this way, it seems the old lady knows quite a few impressive people.
Xu Sui nodded, somewhat impressed, "Grandma is really amazing."
"Xiaomei, remember to save some food for Grandma."
From her hometown to Beijing, and then to the military, perhaps the biggest change has been in the old lady's life.
If my in-laws back home saw this, they would probably be shocked.
Du Mei placed a piece of braised pork rib into Xu Sui's bowl. "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I've already saved some."
This was brought back by my sister-in-law from the factory; it's just as good as what the chefs at those state-run restaurants make.
Although the family is not poor, they can't eat meat every day. It's a rare treat, and the two children are very happy to have it.
As night deepened, the neighbor...
Lu Xiaoya got home from get off work and prepared dinner early, waiting for Gu Shu to come home.
However, the food grew cold, completely cold, and the man still didn't return.
Just then, a knock sounded at the door. Thinking it was Gu Shu returning, her eyes lit up, and she quickly got up and ran to open the door.
However, when the door opened, a strange woman was standing there.
A hint of disappointment flashed in Lu Xiaoya's eyes. "May I ask who you are?"
Li Xia looked Lu Xiaoya up and down, smiled, and said, "You must be Commander Gu's wife. My name is Li Xia, and I'm a teacher at the military primary school."
"I have something I'd like to discuss with you. Would it be convenient for me to come in and have a seat?"
Lu Xiaoya was taken aback, wondering why this person wanted to see her, but considering that she had just moved here and didn't want to offend anyone in the military, she simply let her in.
After entering the house, the two sat down, and Lu Xiaoya poured Li Xia a glass of water.
Li Xia took the water and smiled politely. She looked up and surveyed the entire house. Seeing that two rooms seemed to be occupied, she had a general idea of what was going on.
"You and Commander Gu are sleeping in separate rooms now, right? Your relationship must be strained, or maybe he has another woman in his heart and doesn't want to sleep in the same room with you at all."
Upon hearing this, Lu Xiaoya's face turned pale. She gripped the cup tightly in her hand, almost crushing it.
"What...what do you mean by this?"
"If this is what you came here to say, I'm sorry, you're not welcome in my home. Please leave."
Li Xia's gaze lingered on Lu Xiaoya's pale face for a moment, and she immediately sighed.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. I was just feeling indignant on your behalf."
"After all, I'm a woman too, I can understand you."
"Actually, it's not difficult to win over Commander Gu's heart. I can help you, as long as you listen to me."
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Xu Sui was very busy with work. She originally wanted to find out who that Teacher Li was, but she didn't have time.
I can only ask the old lady for help inquiring. She has a wide network of connections and will definitely be able to find out the truth.
The next morning, she had to prepare for her business trip.
Before leaving, she had to go to the factory. This was a business trip paid for by the company, and the factory would give her some money. She had to go and collect the money.
It wasn't much, but it was still money.
However, as soon as they arrived at the factory, Ma Honghua hurriedly called Xu Sui over.
"Technician Xu, Technician Xu, no, I should be calling you Factory Director Xu soon."
Xu Sui: "Honghua, don't call me that."
Although Director Hao had said that once she had successfully completed the factory's business, he would make her the deputy director, it was just talk.
Even she herself didn't take it to heart.
Ma Honghua quickly shook her head and pulled Xu Sui into the factory director's office.
"You're not mistaken. Something happened to Director Hao's family, so he retired early. He handed over the directorship to you, and now you are the director of our machinery factory."
"Hurry up, hurry up! The county magistrate knows about this and has come to our factory. He's waiting for you in the factory manager's office. If you can't become the factory manager, our factory will have to be shut down."
Their factory was never profitable to begin with, and sometimes they couldn't even pay their workers' wages.
The county had wanted to shut down their machinery factory for a long time, but it was because of Director Hao's connections that their dilapidated little factory was able to keep going until now.
But now that Director Hao is gone, the county will hardly keep their factory, which loses money every year.