nucmednet Chapter 169 Wu Guixiang
Chapter 169 Wu Guixiang
The woman at the back of the line hurried forward, took the account book handed over by Lin Yiyan, and quickly looked at her monthly salary slip.
She was from the next village and was employed as a keeper in the cowshed. Her daily job was to prepare feed for the cows and clean the cowshed. Every time she prepared the ingredients, she would sigh that the cows ate better than her family.
Employee’s name: Wu Guixiang.
Basic monthly allowance: three hundred and fifty coins.
Days in service: 30 days, 15 cents for full attendance.
Overtime allowance: 20 cents (helping out at both banquets).
Substitute: one day (Lin Keke), twelve cents.
Living allowance: Zero (food and lodging on the farm).
Monthly salary to be deducted: zero.
Actual monthly salary: 397 coins.
After she confirmed that everything was correct, she signed, dipped her thumb in the ink and stamped her name on it. She took the purse from Lin Dadan with a big smile on her face, stepped aside and began to count the money in the purse with her back to the crowd.
Listening to Lin Jiaojiao calling the next person, she counted the money clearly and made sure not a penny was missing. After thanking her, she gave up her seat and walked to the table full of New Year's goods.
When Zhou Xiaofeng handed her the small wooden box with her name on it, her face was full of disbelief. After all, she was from another village, and it was not her turn to get these things. But she didn't expect that she, an outsider, could get them!
She was shocked all the way as she received a bag of ten kilograms of rice and two kilograms of pork, as well as two large oil-paper bags, one of which she knew contained pastries and fortune biscuits, after all, they had discussed it before.
She now had her hands full of things and was walking quickly back to her dormitory in the cowshed under everyone's envious gazes. She had to pack up everything and take it home.
They are on holiday now, but she has applied not to go home for the New Year. After all, her salary for these seven days is three times as much, and many people do not want to go back and want to stay and continue working.
Unfortunately, apart from the livestock, who had to be left behind to watch over and feed them, no one else was allowed to stay. Even those who had managed to stay had to eat in the small kitchen in the dormitory.
She hasn't been home for three months. Usually, her husband brings the children to see her. She heard about the recruitment and came to try. Unexpectedly, she was actually hired. However, it should be because she was chosen because she had raised cattle before, after all, her family's cattle were sold to this farm.
She put all the things into the backpack and then carried it on her back. She first checked that the cows were resting in the shed, then locked the door and hurried back to her village.
After walking for less than half an hour, she saw her husband waiting for her at the gate of her house with the child in his arms. She smiled and quickened her pace.
"I am back."
Mr. Wu was holding the child and coaxing him. When he saw someone coming not far away, he shouted into the house in surprise and hurried forward to greet him.
"Mom, Dad, Guixiang is back."
Wu's mother and father, who were also sitting and waiting in the room, also ran out, saw Wu Guixiang who had already taken the child in her arms, and went forward to greet her.
"You kid, when Xiaoyan came back yesterday, she said you wouldn't come back for the New Year. Daddy wasn't saying anything to you. It's been so long since you came back, but you finally can come back for the New Year, and you're not coming back again."
Wu Guilan smiled and said nothing about her father's complaints. She carried the child and led the group back to the main room.
"Why can't I see Meimei?"
Mr. Wu took the child in his arms, watched her take down the basket, and explained, "Meimei went to the river with Dahong and the others to look for fish. She said she wanted to catch a fish for you."
She lowered her head, smiled, and took out the things in the basket one by one, saying this happily in her heart.
"She's still so naughty in the middle of winter. We should send her to school in the spring. Linjia Village has produced a scholar. Our Meimei is so smart. She can also pass the exam and become a scholar. Then I can be his mother."
Mother Wu didn't care and even joked, "Back then I also thought you were a good student, but what happened?"
Seeing that her mother was so disrespectful, she quickened her hands to hide her embarrassment. After taking out everything in the basket, Wu's father first saw the things in the cloth bag on the table and opened it to take a look.
"We still have rice at home... Why should we buy refined rice? We can buy as much coarse rice as we want."
Seeing her father's distressed look, she proudly introduced: "These are all New Year's goods given by the boss. How can I bear to return home for the New Year with such a generous boss? I have to earn more quickly, otherwise I will have no chance later."
Father Wu opened the oil paper bag again and found that it contained biscuits and the like. Occasionally, when he and Mr. Wu brought the children to visit her, she would give them some bread, biscuits and the like, but he was reluctant to eat them and saved them for the children.
He took out another bag of dried fish with confusion. He had never seen such fish before. There were also two small oil paper bags with words written on them.
"Dried clams can be fried or cooked into porridge after being soaked."
“Dried mussels are delicious when soaked and cooked in soup or porridge.”
Mr. Wu held the child and took a bite of the fortune cookie that Wu Guixiang handed to him. The crust was thin and the inside was full of fillings. He suddenly wanted to go to work on the farm.
"This fish should be the fried sea fish we had last time at the Dong family's banquet, right? It tastes so delicious."
They only went to one of the two wedding banquets. After all, it was impossible for Wu Guixiang to run home to inform them during work hours. They happened to encounter the wedding banquet when they went there. They still remember that banquet.
Especially when Wu's mother came back, she asked everyone she met, "How did you know I went to Linjia Village to attend a wedding?"
Wu Guixiang held the child over again and motioned to her husband to open the small wooden box. He picked up the small wooden box on the table and slowly opened it. His eyes widened and then he looked up at her in disbelief.
"It's pearls! So beautiful."
Father Wu also came over and looked at the crystal clear bead in the small wooden box.
"Isn't this also a gift from the boss?"
"Yes, and not everyone has it. Only those who perform well have it. Xiaoyan, you keep it. It will look beautiful when stuck on your hairpin."
Seeing her smug look, Wu's mother sighed and said, "I didn't expect that you are not good at studying, but you are diligent at work. It's good. It was a wise decision not to come back for the New Year this time. Keep working hard and you can become a cowshed manager in the future."
Wu Fulang hesitated for a moment and said, "Forget it, let's just sell this. It should be able to fetch a few dozen coins."
Father Wu advised, "Take it, Xiaoyan. Guixiang has not been home for many years. You have been in charge of the house. This is what you deserve."
"Yes, just take it..."
Before Wu's mother finished speaking, she heard the cheerful voices of children coming from outside the main room.
"Grandma and Grandpa, Dad, I'm back."
Then a girl about eight years old came in. She had two braids and wore a gray cotton jacket. In her hand was hanging a large fish weighing one pound that was frozen solid on a straw rope.
She looked at the person standing at the door with great surprise, and immediately ran over and hugged the person's thighs.
"Mom, you're back!"