Chapter 37

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“Nannan, your little sister Xu ling is looking for you.”

Xu Nannan and Xu Xiaoman were sitting outside the dormitory for breakfast. After she was busy, she returned with her food to eat with Xiaoman. Cornmeal steamed buns, millet porridge, plus two eggs she cooked herself.

Hearing the voice of Wei Guobing, Xu Nannan stood up and took a look, and she saw Wei Guobing was holding Xu Ling’s little hand walking here. Seeing that Xu Nannan saw it, he didn’t come over either. He said a few words to Xu Ling and asked her to come by herself, then turned and left.

“Thank you Uncle Wei.” Xu Ling yelled and ran towards Xu Nannan.

“Wuya, why are you here?” Xu Xiaoman was very happy, and went to hold Xu Ling’s hand to take her to eat together.

Xu Ling had not finished eating the corn buns in her hand. She took two bites and said with her cheeks bulging, “Sister, Mom wants get rid of you again. She wants the second aunt to do your job.”

When Xu Nannan heard this, she raised her eyebrows, “What’s the matter?” Seeing that Xu Ling hadn’t swallowed it for a long time, she quickly gave Xu Ling her millet porridge to drink.

Xu Ling took a big sip and immediately told what she had heard at home.

“Sister, that’s what mom said, and I heard it all.” Xu Ling ate the steamed buns and drank the millet porridge Xu Nannan gave her, and said vaguely what she had heard at home.

Xu Nannan didn’t expect Li Jing to have such thoughts. To actually feel that her job can be at the mercy of her? Who does she think she is?

“Wuya, good work, if you know anything else in the future, you will run to the cafeteria to find me, and I will give you delicious food.” Xu Nannan smiled and touched Xu Ling’s head.

Unlike Xiaoman’s honest and introverted temperament, this kid is very clever.

Xu Ling said, “Sister, what if Dad agrees?”

“It’s okay, they don’t even have the ability to eat eggs.” Xu Nannan peeled an egg to her.

Xu Ling’s eyes lit up and she took a bite with her mouth open. “At home, only Longlong and Leizi can eat eggs, while Big Sister Hong and Third Sister Meizi can’t eat eggs.”

“From now on, Wuya will also eat one every day. You will come here secretly and don’t let the family know. Otherwise, you will be beaten again.” Xu Nannan asked.

Xu Xiaoman smiled and said, “Wuya, I will give you anything you need in the future, you just ask, even this simple eggs.”

“I don’t want all of it, I’ll just eat one. If I eat it all, you won’t grow taller. Sister, you have to grow taller, taller than them. So you can help me beat them in the future.” The face is very serious. She dreams that one day she can beat the people who hurt her.

Xu Nannan smiled, “From now on, we will grow taller every day. Xiaoman, you have to work hard, or Xiaoling will be taller than you in no time.”

Speaking of Xu Xiaoman’s height, Xu Nannan was really worried. Before the original owner was eight years old, she still had a few bites to eat, but when Xu Xiaoman returned to the village at the age of two, she never had a good day and was often not full and starving. In her memory, when the child was three years old, the road was unsteady.

Since she came, Xu Xiaoman has been able to eat a full meal. From time to time, she can eat meat and eggs. Her face now is longer and rounder, but her body is still skinny, it needs more meat in her body.

She still has to buy more milk from Taobao. Drinking milk should be able to help her grow taller. Anyway, it’s not that she can’t afford it, she just can’t drink it openly.

After eating, Xu Ling was not happy to go back. There was no one at home to accompany her and play with her, and she would have to be beaten when she went back. It’s better to play with Xiaoman in the dormitory.

Xu Nannan also went to the cafeteria to help cook lunch, and let the two children play by themselves.

As for what Xu Ling said, she was not worried.

Although she is a temporary worker, she also came in through the back door… ahem, anyway, since the mine manager Li had arranged for her to go to the mine, she would not let the job be snatched away so easily.

In the canteen, Master Du was instructing everyone to chop and wash vegetables. Xu Nannan was going to help, but was called by Master Du to be his assistant.

Jiang Lili was unhappy and said, “Master Du, everyone is busy, so why can she learn things? Now is not the time to learn things.”

Master Du smiled and glanced at her, “Jiang Lili, I can see something in the morning. We work in the cafeteria to provide food for the workers in the mine. We want them to eat well. Eat well. What did you do in the morning, was that porridge for people? I feel embarrassed when I saw it.”

“Then what does this matter have to do with Xu Nannan? Why can she not work like the rest of us and follow you instead? To study recipe? And why I have to wash and chop vegetables? ” Jiang Lili bit her mouth and pouted.

Master Du laughed, “It’s okay, If I teach Xu Nannan, does it have anything to do with you? If you are not convinced, let’s ask everyone, I let Xu Nannan be my assistant, who among you is not convinced?”

“I’m convinced, Xu Nannan has quick hands and feet, and she is suitable for this job.”

“I agree, also it is rare for someone to be approved by Master Du, I have no opinion for her to be his little apprentice considering he likes her work ethics.”

Others quickly replied. It’s a joke, Master Du’s face still has to be given. Besides, being able to watch Jiang Lili deflate is also a very happy thing.

And Xu Nannan is just a child, so she can’t do heavy work, so she chooses vegetables and chopping work instead. This is not bad at all.

Seeing everyone is expressing their views, Master Du smiled and said, “You see, everyone agrees, we are still very democratic. Now, let’s go back to cooking.”

Jiang Lili’s heart fluctuated. Her eyes fixed on Xu Nannan’s back.

Xu Nannan also felt that someone was staring at her, but she ignored it, a villain like Jiang Lili, the more you care about her, the more energy and attention she gets.

“Nannan, this big pot of rice is not easy to cook, so we must pay attention to strength. With a big pot, how many seasonings, must be remembered clearly? These are all years of experience. I also think about it by myself, you see and learn as much as you can learn.”

Master Du spoke slowly, and Xu Nannan listened carefully. She doesn’t think these are useless things, who knows how to use them anytime, so she doesn’t have enough skills.

On the personnel department, Xu Jiansheng is talking about Xu Nannan’s work here.

Xu Jiansheng thought about it and decided to let Xu Nannan go back to her hometown.

Just like what Li Jing said, there are many people in the mine, and her own daughter is of a bad temper. When the time comes, she will really get into trouble, and no one can help it. It’s better to let her stay in the country in peace.

“Director Xu, there is no way to change people. We have already appointed the person, and Xu Nannan just came. It is too unnatural to let people go back now.” The little officer was a little embarrassed.

Xu Jiansheng said, “It’ll be good and she will say it as well, so I will replace her with her second aunt to come instead, and there will be no one else for the cafeteria.”

The little officer smiled, “Dir. Xu, it’s not the case. How can it be possible to send someone else in the cafeteria? Just with Xu Nannan’s position, look how many people are staring at it. This is because the top mine managers have spoken, and this is their decision. By having Xu Nannan, we have the ability to also reject other people’s ideas. If you change, how can we explain it to others?”

As he said, he felt strange, what did Director Xu think, the work in the cafeteria was good and easy, even if it was just for a temporary worker, it was not that bad and hard, so why did he still want to change for someone else?

Hearing what the little secretary said, Xu Jiansheng also knew that this matter was not easy to handle, so he nodded and left.

When others saw Xu Jiansheng leaving, they asked, “Mr.Liu, why is Director Xu asking his daughter to go back. Is it possible that those rumors are true? Director Xu is at odds with her daughter?”

Mr. Liu Gu, who was just talking to Xu Jiansheng, said, “Who knows the truth or not, anyway, if you really are the father, you will definitely not do this.”

Everyone covered their mouths in secret.

When Xu Jiansheng returned home, Li Jing came to him to ask the result. When it didn’t work, Li Jing was immediately unhappy, frowning. “How can they do it like this? It’s not that no one takes the job, doesn’t everyone do the same? Isn’t Liu Qiao doing better than Nannan?”

“That was arranged by the mine manager and others, and no one was moving.” Xu Jiansheng’s expression was also not very good. Things were beyond his control, making him realize that the children really seemed to be getting farther and farther away from him. He really can’t control his child.

Regardless of Xu Jiansheng’s melancholy, Li Jing bit her lip, “I don’t care, she has to go back anyway. Otherwise, I don’t know what she will do to us in the future.”

When Xu Jiansheng saw that she was still reluctant and upset, “If you want, you can do it yourself, do whatever you like, I don’t care anymore. Just don’t do anything too much”

“It doesn’t matter, I will take care of it myself.” Li Jing snorted at him and then went out the door.

There are more people in the canteen at noon than in the morning.

The food in the canteen is cheap and there are many choices. Even if you can’t eat much meat, you can still eat.

Xu Nannan continued to dominate at noon because of her good performance in the morning.

After cooking food for a while, Xu Nannan’s arm was also a little tired. Fortunately, there are fewer and fewer people in the line, and you will be able to rest after a while. Xu Nannan was squeezing her arm while she was free, and a middle-aged woman with shoulder-length hair and short bangs came over with a rice bowl.

“You’re Nannan, I know your parents and I’m an old neighbors of theirs for so many years.” The middle-aged woman smiled very kindly.

Handing the rice bowl to Xu Nannan, she whispered, “Nannan, look at your aunt’s family, can you take care of it? Your uncle’s salary is not high, and it is not easy to feed one family.” Looking at the bowl of meat dishes, she said, “It’s been a long time since our house opened meat dishes.”

Xu Nannan looked at the meal ticket, two tickets for two servings of rice dishes?

“Auntie, I’m sorry, we are counting according to the amount of tickets, and there are counts on each dish.” She doesn’t mind working publicly, but she has to have a moral integrity. Even if you are my relative, she still needs to do the right thing.

“I told you kid, why don’t you know how to work around? It’s not something you can’t do. Your parents and I are old acquaintances. I just talked to your mother, ” said the woman.

When Xu Nannan heard it, her ears moved, “She asked you to come over.”

“No, let me talk to you and get more dishes.”

That’s it, that’s your plan.

“Auntie, I really can’t help it. I really can’t do this kind of thing, or we will be punished.” Xu Nannan said embarrassed.

“What kind of punishment? People can do this, so why can’t you? I say something bad, why don’t you listen? Do we have to find your mother?” This woman’s face is already a little ugly, and somewhat threatening. Li Jing asked her to come, can this little girl be obedient?

When Xu Nannan heard it, her eyes turned red and she began to wipe tears. “I really can’t do this, it will break the rules.” Presumably, the voice is louder because of the excitement.

The other workers in the cafeteria heard it and everyone looked over. Seeing that she was crying, they thought she was making trouble.

Master Du walked over with his hands behind his back, “Nannan, what’s wrong?”

“This aunt said that my mother asked her to come to me and let me serve her more food. I refused. She said she wanted to tell my mother. Master Du, this doesn’t fit the rules of our cafeteria.” Xu Nannan said honestly.

Master Du didn’t look so good when he heard that this was the case. These acquaintances do mean things just to take more food, but such a blatant threat is not the case.

“From the Jiao family, you are not authentic.” Master Du said with his hands behind his back.

Sister-in-law Jiao didn’t expect Xu Nannan to cry, and she was still making trouble, so she waved her hand quickly, “I, I didn’t want to come to her, her mother Li Jing asked me to come and said her daughter was working here and let me come to her for more food, I have no selfish intentions.”

“How can you prove that she let you come?” Xu Nannan looked at her distrustfully, and said with some seriousness, “Auntie, you are selfish in doing this, you can’t hide the little tail of capitalism. “

“Oh, I was really wronged. Someone can prove that when Li Jing was with me, sister-in-law Liu was there. She went back to get a rice bowl and hasn’t come back yet.”

“Who knows which Liu family it belongs to?” Xu Nannan looked unbelievable.

“Liu Guixiang. Just the one in my back room.” Jiao’s sister-in-law said in an angry voice. If you just want to order more food, you are like a criminal in the mine.

Xu Nannan didn’t speak, but looked at Master Du.

Master Du frowned, “Okay, you go back first, you can’t do this in the future, this canteen is not privately opened by your family.”

“Okay,” Jiao’s sister-in-law was so embarrassed that the cheapness was not accounted for.

When the people are gone, Master Du comforted, “Nannan, it’s okay. If you encounter this again in the future, just tell me, I will help you.” In fact, there are people like Sister Jiao, and the other people who are responsible for cooking are all elderly people, no one is special. People who are acquainted will not open this mouth. This time, it’s not that Nannan is a newcomer, and she is still young.

Xu Nannan nodded, and then said very firmly, “Master Du, I resolutely resist these selfish thoughts and concentrate on preparing food and vegetables for the mine, so that the comrades in the mine will eat well and be full. Guaranteed. I will be fair and just!”

Master Du felt that the child was really authentic.

After leaving work at noon, Xu Nannan took the food and went to the dormitory. Taking advantage of Xu Xiaoman’s meal break, she took Xu Xiaoman’s homework pen and notebook and wrote an anonymous report letter.

The mine is still very democratic, with a whistleblower box, and usually collects some workers’ dissatisfaction with their work.

Xu Nannan took advantage of the absence of no one and threw the report letter in. Then she clapped her hands and continued to work in the cafeteria.

In the afternoon, all the letters in the suggestion/whistleblower box were taken away by the secretary of the mining committee.

“Auntie, what happened to Erya?”

Xu Hong asked curiously while eating dinner.

Since Xu Nannan came to the city, she has been thinking about Xu Nannan’s side. After all, the Erya she knew, who she had always thought that was going to stay in the village, suddenly flew on a branch and turned into a phoenix, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.

Xu Jiansheng drank a little wine without speaking.

Li Jing said flatly, “Don’t ask me, this girl is just a scumbag.”

Today she is also going to let sister-in-law Jiao, who has always loved to take advantage, go to Xu Nannan to get more food. Xu Nannan was young, and sister-in-law Jiao was the kind of faceless person. When Mrs. Jiao was grinding Nannan to serve her more food, there will be consequences. If she did give too much food, then Sister-in-law Jiao will run out to report Xu Nannan’s conduct. Although this kind of thing is not a big deal in the cafeteria, others keep one eye open, but if you want to make a big fuss, this thing is too hot to handle.

Her face was turned cold, when she sees her daughter came to be a temporary worker, even though she is the child’s mother. Who would suspect things to be her plan? At that time, others will defend herself and even say that she is righteous and can’t destroy her own child, and she has a high level of mental consciousness.

As for Sister-in-law Jiao, she is even less worried. How can she harm herself? When two words are said, who will they believe, Her who has moral integrity or sister-in-law Jiao, who has a bad reputation?

For this matter, she deliberately waited for sister-in-law Jiao to return on the way to the cafeteria at noon today, but when she saw it, there was nothing. Instead, she was stabbed with words by the surname Jiao.

It’s such a big mess.

Xu Hong cocked her mouth when she heard that things were not progressing, she was a little unhappy. Xu Meizi also bit her lip and persuaded, “Auntie, don’t forget, you can’t take out grandma but you also can’t take out that troublemaker.”

“Who said I didn’t do anything, she was born to me, can I still be afraid of her?” Li Jing said unhappily.

Xu Meizi immediately lowered her head, with an honest look.

Seeing her reaction, Li Jing was extremely satisfied. If all the children listened to her like this, it would be nice to be afraid of her. Just like an old lady, when she is old, she will always be the same at home. She remembered her two parents who hadn’t been in contact for many years. A face of slavery, wimpy, a lifetime of a slave is not enough, and they have to run with their master.

After finishing the work early and prepared things for tomorrow morning service, Xu Nannan went to Master Du and asked for a leave.

Asking for leave for tomorrow is definitely not good, but Xu Nannan also has her own reasons. She has to send her sister tomorrow morning to the school to sign up. Otherwise, it will be delayed, and the school will have winter vacation, and it will be the beginning of the new year. Xu Nannan didn’t want to wait for a new year to send Xiaoman, but wanted to let Xiaoman adapt for a while.

Children’s education is still very important. Master Du didn’t say anything, he waved his hand and just said go early and return early.

So the next morning, Xu Nannan led Xu Xiaoman to the Workers’ Children Primary School run by Nanjiang City Iron Mine.

On the way, Xu Nannan was thinking about the report letter yesterday, wondering if it was useful. After thinking for a while, it seemed that there was nothing to think about. Anyway, she is a scheming one and doing something smoothly. If it can be done, Li Jing will look disgusting, but if it can’t be done,it won’t hinder her for the time being.

She accepted her thoughts and seriously told Xu Xiaoman to study hard and love her classmates in school. “Xiaoman, you have to memorize eight words in school.”

“What?”

That is to”Study Hard And Make Progress Every Single Day.” Xu Nannan said with a deep look. Back then, these eight-character brain washed her for many years. Looking back at elementary school, what she thought was the teacher or classmate who helped her, but it turned out to be the mantra of the eight-character posted on the blackboard from the first day of her school year to her elementary graduation.

It’s rare for Xu Xiaoman to see her instructing so seriously, so she pursed her mouth, and nodded seriously, “Sister, I must remember.”

“Good girl.” Xu Nannan touched her head. She took out some sweets from her pocket. “Come, put it in your pocket, if you meet a kid who is friendly to you, give someone one.” This is also the experience and lesson Xu Nannan has summed up in her previous life. She was hit by this sugar-coated shell when she was a child. Children are the simplest ones, and whoever has candy, everyone will be nice and friendly to them. She was worried that Xu Xiaoman’s temperament would be difficult to make friends, so she took out some “weapons” to see if she could hit a few cute and innocent children.

Xu Xiaoman put it in her pocket obediently. After swallowing one, she couldn’t take the rest out to eat. Sister said, this is for other children, so she can’t steal it.

With the proof that the mine was opened, Xu Xiaoman went to school very well. However, because she is temporary student, it is necessary to pay more for temporary students.

Because she is just entering the school, the school has to let her adjust to the first grade temporarily. When the final exam is due, they can look at the test results and maybe she can skip the next year. After paying the tuition, Xu Xiaoman was taken away by the teacher.

Seeing the child looking back three steps at a time, Xu Nannan felt a little melancholic. She now understands a little bit about the mood of those mothers wandering outside the school when their child first went to school.

When she left school, it was not yet noon, and Xu Nannan was not in a hurry to go back to work. Anyway, she asked for a leave, so she simply went to the night school in the mine without stopping.

When the mines were opened, most of the workers were not well-educated. In order to better carry out the work, the mine has set up this evening school. And because of the great influence of Nanjiang City Iron Mine in Nanjiang City, later this evening school was no longer just for iron ore workers, but also recruited students. At this time, there are a lot of night school students.

Xu Nannan plans to apply for a secondary school accounting major. She doesn’t look at it as a secondary school. At this time, a secondary school has a higher gold content knowledge than a high school one. Recruiting units generally recruit secondary school students.

As for college students, Xu Nannan dare not think about it. She just wants to work in the mine honestly, not go to college. You know, in another four years or so, the university will be suspended. If she were to go to college, it would be time to catch up. By that time, she hadn’t graduated and the school was closed again. What awaited her was.. .going to the mountains and going to the countryside.

“Little girl, I am quite confident. This major is not easy to learn.” The female teacher in charge of enrollment reminded Xu Nannan to fill in the major.

“I think a comrade in our mine studied this major, and I heard it’s pretty good.”

“What kind of education did you have before?”

“I didn’t have time to graduate from junior high school.” Xu Nannan lied. “There are so many children in the family and the burden is heavy. I have to raise a younger sister, but I also want to learn knowledge. When I learn the knowledge, I will better contribute to socialism.”

The female teacher nodded in relief, “This is a good idea, study hard, this major is not too difficult, just ask if you don’t understand.”

After signing up and holding the textbook, Xu Nannan was beaming. One step further away from her goal.

She used to take an accountant exam for a part-time job. Just go back and read the book by yourself. She will get her graduation certificate when she is fighting for the final exam, and she will be able to take the exam when she is ready for the recruitment exam in the first year. When she was admitted to a formal job, she will transfer her household registration to the city and went to buy a house.

What is the housing price at this time? The money in her hand doesn’t seem to be enough. Xu Nannan suddenly realized that she hadn’t collected the money for buying a house yet.

The money in the Taobao account is enough for her to eat and drink, and she can also buy things in exchange for money. It just doesn’t seem to be enough to get some things out again and again. And she has to figure out a way to make her money come in an upright way. After all, she is so old, and many people in the mine are clear about it.

TL Note: That end of chapter 37

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