Chapter 92: Chapter 92: Enter the City to Find Someone
“Fine, since you’re in a hurry, I’ll help you out tomorrow, happy now?” Xia Chuyi was too lazy to argue with Xia Mei and casually agreed.
After getting Xia Chuyi’s agreement, Xia Mei reluctantly nodded, “I’m telling you, Xia Chuyi, you’d better get this sorted out quickly! If you don’t secure a job for me before the New Year, I’ll hold you accountable!”
Lazily, Xia Chuyi said, “Got it… But, Xia Mei, I’ll find you a job, but if you can’t handle that job or if anything goes wrong, it’s not on me.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?” Xia Mei looked at her discontentedly, “If my brother can handle a job, why wouldn’t I be able to?”
Xia Chuyi shook her head.
Xia Mei could have chosen any example, but Xia Chengzu? He was fired from the factory eventually.
“You’re not going to play any tricks when finding me a job, are you?” Xia Mei suddenly asked.
“What do you think?” Xia Chuyi responded indifferently, her voice emotionless.
“You wouldn’t dare!” Xia Mei scoffed, “In any case, you better have this settled before the New Year!”
After this warning, Xia Mei left.
After Xia Mei left, Xia Chuyi slowly jogged back home.
The reason she agreed to Xia Mei wasn’t because she feared her persistence, but because it was about time for her to start making preparations to move to the city.
The next day, after informing her uncle and aunt, she rejected Uncle Xia’s suggestion to seek Qian Wei’s help and took the shuttle bus into the city.
Once in the city, she headed straight for the Mining Chief’s family compound, and by memory found a light gray building.
A five-story building was quite something back then, and those allocated apartments there were all influential figures in the mining factory.
She looked up at the location of apartment 2 on the third floor,
That was the home of Zhang Chengzhi, the current factory chief of Ling County Mine.
Zhang Chengzhi, who was the main culprit behind the later Ling County mine collapse for accepting bribes and arbitrarily hiring many unqualified persons.
It was just at the time of the crackdown; Zhang Chengzhi was not only shot, but his case was publicized for a long time.
Thus, even though she was not in Ling County at that time, she gradually learned quite a bit about his case.
Allegedly, Zhang Chengzhi was someone who would accept any bribe, but the deal would go through only if the goods were good.
The reason Xia Chuyi didn’t ask Uncle Xia to help and was confident about the matter was because she knew about such a man.
Yet, later, most of the people who were associated with him were purged and laid off.
That’s why she agreed to Xia Mei so readily.
Of course, she wasn’t setting Xia Mei up; it was merely because Xia Mei was too aggressive.
If it were genuinely a good job, why would she give it to Xia Mei? Why not go for it herself, or get it for her cousin?
It was just typical of the Xia Family to take advantage of situations without much second thought.
However, if someone were earnest and hardworking, they wouldn’t be laid off or fired in the end; it was always those who were deceitful and sneaky.
But in those times, those who had connections and got into the factory were generally deceitful characters.
Whether to stay or go would ultimately be up to Xia Mei.
And for Xia Chuyi, using such a job to distance herself from the Xia Family was well worth it.
Having thought through each aspect, Xia Chuyi prepared to go upstairs.
Just as she was stepping up, a woman rushed down the stairs hectically, bumping into her; she could hardly avoid it, her shoulder ached painfully, but she managed not to fall.
Just as she was about to protest,
The woman began speaking first: “You country bumpkin, don’t you have eyes to see where you’re going?”