Chapter 276 Chen Shuning recruits Guo Junyue to Chenjia Village
Chapter 276 Chen Shuning recruits Guo Junyue to Chenjia Village
Chen Shuning came out of the room carrying a pot of flowers and went into the main house.
In the corner, Liu Xianghua was pedaling a sewing machine. A tapping sound was heard, and a hair flower made of thin red sand gradually took shape.
Yang Fengxia sat in front of the eight-immortals table, took a glue stick and heated it over a candle. The milky white glue dripped onto the hairpin. She picked up a plastic flower and stuck it on it.
Zhao Fengping craned her neck to look at it, squinting her eyes and saying, "Sister-in-law, you're really skillful. You put just the right amount of glue. Look, I put too much. This hairpin looks really ugly."
Chen Shuning placed the basin on the eight-immortals table, sat down, picked up the hairpin and continued working.
Looking up, she found Zhao Fengping looking a little depressed, so she smiled and comforted her, "Don't be discouraged, Auntie. You've only been doing this for two days and haven't figured it out yet! Once you become proficient, you'll be no worse than us."
"I just feel bad about things." Zhao Fengping said with a bitter face: "Shuning, look, I've ruined so many things."
"Auntie, please pass it to me and I'll fix it."
Chen Shuning took the hairpin and gently removed the excess glue with a knife. She was very careful not to scratch it.
Yang Fengxia came over, watched Zhao Fengping's movements, and reminded her: "Fengping, you put too much glue, use less."
Zhao Fengping lightly touched it, pasted the plastic flower, and said with a smile: "This is okay, but the speed is too slow."
"You'll catch up in a few days." Yang Fengxia said with a smile, "You can't use too much glue when doing this. Just be gentle and you'll be able to do it well.
Your son Guzi is a good student. I think he is a good candidate for education. Fengping, you have to work hard and make money so that Guzi can continue his studies.
When talking about Chen Guzi, Zhao Fengping smiled: "Guzi is sensible. I come here to work while he does his homework at home. I don't have to worry about his studies.
I cook after finishing my homework so I can have a ready meal when I get home. It’s a pity his father is not here. If our head of the family were still alive, he would be so proud to see the millet.
After she finished speaking, there was a trace of loneliness on Zhao Fengping's face and tears flashed in her eyes.
Chen Shuning sorted out the hairpins and put them into Zhao Fengping's box. She said, "Aunt, difficulties are temporary. You are diligent and Guzi is sensible. Sooner or later, you and your son will be able to live a good life."
Chen Xue walked in with a shoulder bag, put down the can of water, and sat next to Chen Shuning.
"I worked too late yesterday and overslept at noon." Chen Xue took off her shoulder bag, picked up her box, and filled it with half a box of hairpins.
"Shuning, are you still hiring?" Chen Xue asked, "Erya asked me to ask you, if you are hiring, she also wants to come and work."
Chen Shuning put on the hairpin and said softly, "Well, when the weather cools down a bit, I'll go find Erya. I've completed the procedures for my small workshop and can start hiring."
"Really?" Chen Xue's eyes flashed with excitement, and she said happily, "That's great! I'll save more money this year and start a small business next year."
Chen Xue lowered her voice and whispered, "I see Aunt Gao Ye has been making a lot of tofu these days. Er Laizi pushes his cart to Zhenshan every day to sell tofu. I heard that the debt for the stone mill has been paid off."
"The money to pay off the debt wasn't earned from selling tofu," Yang Fengxia explained in a low voice. "My blind mother-in-law sold her dowry and used that money to pay off the debt."
"Dowry?" Chen Shuning asked in surprise, "Blind mother-in-law has a dowry?"
Li Zhen came out of the house and said with a smile, "When she was young, she worked as a maid in a wealthy family. The eldest daughter she served gave her a pair of earrings."
Li Zhen stretched out her little finger, pinched her fingertips and gestured, "Such a big jade earring, the color is emerald green. Ye Zi's father broke his leg that year, and the blind mother-in-law sold the earrings.
I thought she'd sold both, but I didn't expect she'd kept one. She'd been through such hard times in the past few years, but she never sold it. I didn't expect she'd sold it now."
Chen Feng put on his shoes, sat on the bench and continued weaving the basket, smiling and saying, "Er Laizi has changed his ways and become a new man. He is very kind to Ye Zi and the blind mother-in-law.
"The blind old woman is so old, why does she keep those things? She will give them to Gao Ye sooner or later, and it's better to give them to her sooner rather than later."
"Grandpa, who dared to take it out a few years ago?" Chen Shuning retorted without raising his head: "Although Secretary Lin asked his relatives to help Uncle Er Lai make a stone mill, the price is cheaper than buying a ready-made one.
But Uncle Erlai is poor. He has no money and has children to support. If the blind mother-in-law doesn't help, Uncle Erlai will have to live a hard life!
Cicadas were buzzing. Chen Shuning frowned and said, "Cicadas are really annoying. They're giving me a headache."
Chen Xue looked up and stretched her neck to look outside. She asked curiously, "Hey, Shu Ning, your father is back. Why is there someone following him?"
Chen Aiguo put his bicycle away and shouted excitedly, "Dad, Mom! Come out and see, our distinguished guests have arrived!"
Li Zhen walked to the door, squinted his eyes and looked carefully, thinking: Who are these two people? I have never seen them before.
Chen Feng put down the willow branch in his hand and walked out in a hurry.
Liu Xianghua finished making the hair ornament in her hand, threw it into the cardboard box next to her, stood up and walked out.
Qi Panqiu and Guo Junyue walked into the yard and saw Chen Feng and Li Zhen. They said enthusiastically, "Comrade Chen Aiguo, these are my uncle and aunt, right?"
Guo Junyue smiled and said politely, "Hello, Grandpa and Grandma. My name is Guo Junyue."
"Guo Junyue?"
Chen Shuning squeezed over and saw the face that looked somewhat similar to Guo Junshan. She said enthusiastically, "Are you Sister Junyue? I'm Chen Shuning."
Chen Shuning turned her head slightly to look at Qi Panqiu and said with a smile, "Hello, Auntie!"
Chen Feng reacted and said with a smile: "It's for the father-in-law and daughter-in-law! Oh, you came all the way here without telling me in advance. If I had known you were coming, I would have definitely gone to the train station to pick you up."
Liu Xianghua smiled and said, "Big sister, hurry up and come in! It's not a short journey from Beijing. You must be exhausted, right?"
Guo Junyue affectionately took Chen Shuning's hand and said, "Shuning, we finally meet! You're even prettier than in the photo. Look at your eyes, so black, big, and beautiful."
"Sister, you are prettier than me." Chen Shuning said sincerely, "You are like a peony, even more beautiful than what Brother Guo said!"
Chen Shuning pulled Guo Junyue and followed the elders into the house.
"Sister, wait a minute, I'll clean up the living room."
Chen Shuning rushed into the house, gathered the cardboard boxes on the floor, and said to Chen Xue, "Go to my second brother's room to work. We have guests at home."
Chen Xue packed up her things and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll go over first. Aunt, please hurry up."
After wiping the eight-immortals table clean and bringing over two cups of brown sugar water, Chen Shuning sat down next to Guo Junyue with a smile on his face.
Guo Junyue yawned, her eyelids twitching, and she looked listless. Chen Shuning asked in a low voice, "Sister Junyue, are you sleepy?"
Guo Junyue nodded and said, "Yeah, the train was too noisy and I didn't sleep at all."
Liu Xianghua waved her hand and said, "It's okay if you feel sleepy. Junyue, go to Shuning's room and take a nap. Don't be so formal. This is your home. Do whatever you want."
Qi Panqiu was embarrassed and whispered, "We just arrived, Junyue, please sit for a while before going to sleep."
"Auntie, please don't be polite with us." Chen Shuning took Guo Junyue's hand and led her out: "I clean my room every day. My room is very clean. Sister, come with me."
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