With the matter settled, Xiaocui began working on the fourth day of the lunar new year.
Madam Liu was very happy, but she didn’t dare share the news with others, fearing they would be jealous and steal her daughter’s job.
When she came back in the afternoon, she ran into Shen Jianhua standing at the doorway. She mentioned to him that she was thankful for Shen Mianmian finding Xiaocui a job.
Shen Jianhua responded with a smile, but he felt a bit uncomfortable inside.
As soon as Madam Liu left, he called Shen Mianmian out of the house.
"Mianmian, did you find Xiaocui a job?"
So that was what this was about.
Now that Shen Mianmian understood the situation, she seriously explained, "Dad, I took Xiaocui to a classmate’s home to play. They thought Xiaocui was the right age and asked her to work there."
"Siyu also wanted to go, why didn’t you take Siyu?" Shen Jianhua frowned.
Shouldn’t one think of one’s own family first in these situations?
With an innocent face, Shen Mianmian replied, "They were looking for someone who could help for a long time, mainly considering what would happen after I start school. If Siyu stopped going to school, I could take her too, but would Siyu be willing?"
Turns out they were looking for someone long-term.
Realizing he had misjudged his daughter, he felt somewhat embarrassed.
"If they are looking for someone on a long-term basis, then let it be."
He glanced at the sky, "I’ll go and call your mother back to cook dumplings. You should go inside; it’s cold out here."
Watching Shen Jianhua walk away, Shen Mianmian gave a wry smile.
See, just mention not letting Siyu go to school, and that’s how Dad reacts. Orıginal content can be found at 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝~𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖~𝕟𝕖𝕥
When all is said and done, the college student he most wants to hold high is still Siyu.
On the second day of the new year, everyone went to visit their uncle and grandmother. Shen Mianmian, who usually disliked going, did not go this year either.
Shen Jianhua took Zhou Lanfang and Zhou Siyu on a bike ride there.
They were gone the entire day, and when they returned in the evening, Shen Jianhua was drunk and reeking of alcohol.
In fact, it’s only been the last two years that the Zhou family started taking Shen Jianhua seriously.
Before Shen Jianhua had a job at the brick kiln, the Zhou family looked down on him.
Zhou Lanfang was quite good to Shen Jianhua, though she liked to quarrel normally, if Shen Jianhua really drank too much, she would wash his face and feet and take care of him.
Starting from the fourth day, Shen Mianmian and Lu Siyuan ran back and forth between the city home and the country home.
Drinking malted milk and having good lunches at the Lu Family’s, her little face began to fill out and she grew a little taller.
Lu Siyuan had heard that drinking bone soup could promote growth and he would buy some every day to make soup.
Shen Mianmian felt she hadn’t grown much, but Lu Siyuan had grown quite a bit, the most obvious sign being the shoes that fit fine before the new year now pinched his feet.
Time flew by and soon it was the Lantern Festival. Shen Mianmian calculated that together she and Lu Siyuan had earned over eleven hundred yuan before and after the new year.
After discussing, they decided to split the one thousand yuan and kept the other hundred-plus as working capital.
Lu Siyuan gave two hundred of his earnings to Grandpa Lu, and saved the remaining three hundred for himself.
He wanted to do big business in the future and needed to save some seed money.
Shen Mianmian, who left the Lu Family with money, started to worry.
The largest denomination of RMB was only fifty, and all their earnings from small businesses were in change. Five hundred yuan amounted to a large bundle.
Being young, she couldn’t open a savings account, and if she didn’t hide the money well, it would be easy for Zhou Siyu to find it.