novelraw Chapter 9 Transferring Mother's Job to Gu Yanting
Chapter 9 Transferring Mother's Job to Gu Yanting
Across from the twins lived the second child, Yuyao, and the fifth child, Yuhan, in the room in front of their parents. This side was about a meter wider than the other side, so it was divided into two rooms, each about eight or nine square meters in size.
The courtyard is a narrow L-shape, with the gate on the right and the kitchen next to it. The kitchen is about a foot shorter than the main house in front and has a small window about two feet square, facing the path outside.
The room connected to the kitchen is Tong Yuheng's room. It was built by the whole family with the father's help, and it encloses half of the small courtyard.
At that time, Xiaoqi was only a little over one year old and slept with her parents. Yuyao lived in one room with the twins, and she lived in another room with her fifth and sixth children.
My maternal grandparents sometimes live in the front room of my parents' house. When they come to visit, they bring the two youngest children with them.
As the children grew older, there wasn't enough room for them, so Tong Linsheng built a room in the courtyard for his eldest son, Tong Yuheng, to live in.
This is the largest room, about twelve or thirteen square meters.
Besides her single bed, small wardrobe, a table with drawers, a folding round table, and a large stack of round stools, the room contained a single bed, a small wardrobe, a table with drawers, a folding round table, and a large stack of round stools.
So this space is not only her bedroom, but also the dining room and reception room of the house.
Her father installed a curtain over her section, which she could pull closed to keep her personal belongings private.
The Tong sisters were all taught to be very well-behaved and would not rummage through the other sisters' things. Of course, there was no shortage of noisy children.
My parents always say, "It's lucky we have seven daughters. If we had seven sons, they would have caused a huge commotion!"
In the original owner's memory, the elders of the Tong family were all very kind.
My uncle's family lives in another city and doesn't come back often. Whenever they do come back, they go to my maternal grandfather's house with my parents.
The little girls were playing and laughing with their cousin in that small courtyard with a jujube tree and two persimmon trees.
My cousin Tong Yuchen is the same age as Xiao Liu, but a few months older. People often dress him up as a girl and play house with him.
My aunt wasn't too happy about this, but she was gentle by nature. She just told everyone not to joke with my cousin like that, and not to dress him up as a girl, so as not to cause him to have a gender confusion. She also taught my little cousin to be a strong and upright man.
Now, my maternal grandfather and my uncle's family have been labeled as "five black categories," and my uncle has also been labeled as someone who opposes academic authority.
My uncle wanted to divorce my aunt so that she could keep her job and take care of their son. But my usually gentle aunt refused; she wanted to take my little cousin with her to be sent to the countryside.
My aunt knew they were reported by one of my uncle's colleagues because she had been threatened that if he didn't submit to that person, he would harm my uncle.
My aunt, of course, wouldn't agree, and as a result, my uncle was actually reported. If my aunt left my uncle at this point, she and my cousin wouldn't be able to make a living either, so it was better for the family to stay together, even in death!
Tong Yuheng: Such a wonderful family! How could the original author bear to write them as cannon fodder?! It's outrageous! I'll show you how to change it! Change it! Change it!
Next are two and a half days of final exams, followed by graduation exams for some students. Results will be released in three days, and then winter break will begin.
Those who are not planning to take the early graduation exam can enjoy a two-day holiday, while those who are going to take the graduation exam are asked by the teacher to come to the classroom on the afternoon after the final exam so that the teacher can draw "key points" for them. This shows how worried the teacher is that they will fail the exam!
Tong Yuheng felt it was unnecessary, but she went anyway. She was very happy these past two days because Fan Yaqing had a high fever and was too weak to even enter the examination room!
Haha, now even if she just wants to get a diploma and take the job exam, she'll have to wait another six months to officially graduate! How awesome!
Because school ended early in the afternoon, she simply took the bus to the home of her father's comrade-in-arms, Gu Zhitao, since her mother's job transfer hadn't been finalized yet.
"Aunt Liu, Uncle Gu, you're both home!"
"It's Yuheng! Come in quickly! Didn't your mother come over?" Aunt Liu looked back and saw that she was alone.
At this moment, their daughter, Gu Yanting, had already poured a glass of warm water and placed it in her hand.
"Sister Yanting is here too. I happen to have something to tell you..."
The Gu family also has two children, both daughters. The older sister, Xiuting, passed the recruitment exam last year and is already working.
Yanting, who is half a year older than her, is the second child. She graduated from high school more than half a year ago and has not been able to find a job. She will be going to the countryside in the spring!
Upon hearing Tong Yuheng's plan, the family immediately objected, telling them to think it over carefully. They pointed out that the family consisted of eight women, and life in the countryside wouldn't be easy for them.
"Uncle Gu, Aunt Liu, you two have taken good care of our family over the years. If it weren't for your help, I don't know what kind of miserable situation my grandpa and the others would be in."
"I came here for two reasons. First, I want to transfer my mother's job to Sister Yanting. Second, I want to ask Uncle Gu to assign our whole family to my maternal grandfather's village..."
"Did your mother really make this decision? She's so carefree, letting you, her only child, handle such an important matter?"
Aunt Liu sighed and continued, "I'm going to see Jia Hui tomorrow; I need to talk to her in person!"
"Sure, Aunt Liu welcomes you to my house. Why don't you and your family come over for dinner tonight? We won't prepare anything special for you."
"Okay, we'll go tomorrow night!"
After Tong Yuheng left, the Gu family of three started discussing it. They were certain that Tong Jiahui was in trouble, and they would ask her about it the next day to see if they could help.
Although they wanted to find jobs for their daughters, they didn't want Tong Jiahui to take her seven beautiful daughters to the countryside. The city was a complicated place; was the countryside really that simple?
The graduation exam on the second day was indeed very simple, consisting of basic questions, and half of them were even the "key points" that the teacher had mentioned the day before.
If they still fail the test, we should really crack open their brains and see if they're filled with shit.
The exams are Chinese and Math in the morning, and Politics and Physics in the afternoon. Tomorrow morning the exams are Geography and Chemistry, and afternoon the exams are History and Biology.
After that, it's just a matter of waiting for the grades and graduation certificate. Once they have the graduation certificate, they can arrange the next steps!
This process will take about a week. There is less than a month left before the Chinese New Year. She plans to go to the countryside to make arrangements after the matter is confirmed. The family needs to have a place to stay first, and then she will go to see her maternal grandfather's family.
In the evening, Gu Zhitao and his family came to the Tong family's house, bringing a lot of food. After a simple meal, Tong Jiahui sent the children to her room to study, leaving Gu Zhitao and his family to talk quietly with Tong Yuheng in the room.
"Jiahui, are you really going to send all the children to the countryside? The work there is so hard. If you lose your job, how will you survive?"