Father's Land Mother's River

Chapter 108 Sisters
Not long after school started, Liu Xiaonan called Meng Xiangxiang out of the classroom early this morning and told her to go home immediately.

Recently, the textile factory has retired a large number of workers, and the number of post operators has been greatly reduced. They are preparing to recruit the second batch of farmer rotation workers in rural towns.When Liu Xiaonan heard the news, thinking that Meng Xiangxiang still had a younger sister, she went into the factory to find the chief of labor and management, and got a job opening.

Although Yue Xuelian expressed her appreciation for funding Meng Xiangxiang, she was too close and enthusiastic, and she would inevitably have criticisms in her heart.If Meng Xiangxiang's younger sister can work in the textile factory, the two sisters can rely on each other, and there will be no problem in solving the source of living expenses, and they can gradually let go in the future.

When Meng Xiangxiang heard this, he almost jumped up with joy. Being able to find a formal job for his sister in the city was even happier than her being admitted to university.Moreover, we are in the same factory with elder sister Xiao Yun, so my sister will get better care.

She didn't know how to express the happiness in her heart for a while, so she bowed to Liu Xiaonan and said excitedly: "Thank you, senior brother. Otherwise, I will always feel guilty towards my sister."

Liu Xiaonan was also very happy, urging: "You silly boy, why are you being polite to me. Stop talking, go home and bring your sister here."

Meng Xiangxiang was careful: "What procedures do I need to go through, and what should I bring?"

Liu Xiaonan said: "You don't need to go through any formalities, just bring your household registration and junior high school graduation certificate. I have made arrangements here. After your sister comes, she will temporarily live in your sister Xiaoyun's dormitory. She has a Zhang Empty bed. Wait until the training is over, go to the workshop and leave the work group, and then change the dormitory according to the shift. Go home and explain clearly to your parents and sister that the nature of my work is the same as mine back then. Workers get equal pay for equal work. After a month of training in the factory, they will officially start working, and they can earn 300 yuan a month.”

Meng Xiangxiang ran to the dormitory in a hurry, stopped after running a few steps, and wanted to ask the teacher for leave.Liu Xiaonan told her to stabilize her emotions, the number of job openings was guaranteed, and there would be no mishaps along the way.Go home steadily, and he will ask for leave for her.

Meng Xiangxiang didn't change his clothes, but took a little money and quickly returned to his hometown.

After sending Meng Xiangxiang away, Liu Xiaonan found Yue Xuelian to ask for leave for Meng Xiangxiang.After hearing this, Yue Xuelian smiled and said nothing, the expression on her face was rich and ever-changing.

Liu Xiaonan said: "Mr. Xiaoyue, please speak up if you have something to say, it is easy to cause misunderstanding."

Yue Xuelian said: "I'm so happy, I have another younger sister. I just found out, are you the reincarnation of Jia Baoyu?"

Liu Xiaonan said: "Mr. Xiaoyue, I solemnly remind you that by doing this, I have helped two rural girls become self-reliant. After that, Meng Xiangxiang no longer has to bear the double pressure of mental and financial pressure, and he can work hard all over his body. I can concentrate on learning. I don’t need to distract myself from this anymore, and I can concentrate on receiving the training from Teacher Xiaoyue.”

Yue Xuelian also thought about the same reason, feeling a little uneasy about revealing her heart, she said: "You think farther than I do."

Liu Xiaonan said: "It's a rare opportunity. Maybe the two sisters are phoenixes in the mountains. One day, you will feel honored to be a sister-in-law and a teacher. If I was not a farmer's rotation worker back then, you would be lucky enough to be in the editorial department." Do you know me? Can you say something as philosophical as 'playing the qin to a cow, the sad thing is not the cow, but the person who plays the qin'?"

Yue Xuelian couldn't laugh or cry: "I'm not wrong at all, you are very good at holding grudges, why can't you remember a little better?"

Liu Xiaonan moved her face closer and said, "I also remember the benefits, Teacher Xiaoyue's training for me was very successful."

Yue Xuelian dodged and threw a book on Liu Xiaonan's body: "This is in the teacher's office, please pay attention to the occasion."

Five days later, Meng Xiangxiang took his sister to Bincheng.The younger sister went to work at the beach again. She went to her sister to explain the situation, took her to take a shower and cut her hair, which was delayed for a day.

Meng Xiangxiang's younger sister is called Meng Duoduo. She is similar in figure and appearance to her elder sister, except that her dark eyes are more wild, and there seems to be nothing to be afraid of.Seeing Liu Xiaonan, he didn't feel shy about calling him big brother.

After arranging the accommodation, Liu Xiaonan asked Meng Xiangxiang to go back to school, and he brought Meng Duoduo into the factory to go through the relevant procedures.Filled out the form for physical examination, signed a five-year labor contract, and took her to visit the spinning workshop and weaving workshop by the way.

Just like when Liu Xiaonan entered the factory, Meng Duoduo's eyes widened and he felt that it was not enough.The machines in the factory and the female textile workers made her breathless and unable to wait and see, and there was dissatisfaction in her envious eyes.

Walking out of the gate of the textile factory, Liu Xiaonan said to Meng Duoduo: "Working in shifts is very hard, but it's better than doing odd jobs around. After all, it is a state-owned enterprise, and benefits and wages are guaranteed. Although it is a five-year contract, Do it first, and make another plan after the contract expires."

Meng Duoduo said: "Five years is enough time. By then my sister will have graduated from university. Can I really earn 300 yuan a month?"

"Of course. The factory implements piecework wages. If the skills are excellent, plus night shift wages, there may be more."

"I will definitely not be inferior to others, and I have the ability to support my sister through college."

"Your sister is lucky to have a good sister like you."

"That's not true, the eldest brother is the nobleman of my sister and me."

"Don't say that, I can't bear it. We all came from the countryside, and it is right to support and help each other. You have to go on your own in the future."

Liu Xiaonan felt that it was necessary to pour some cold water on Meng Duoduo. This little girl was not like her elder sister, but her black and thin eyes were burning, and there was something inexplicable but worrisome about her body.It was almost time for lunch, so he decided to invite Meng Duoduo to eat his first meal after entering the city, and then kept a certain distance.

Liu Xiaonan led Meng Duoduo into the staff canteen of the textile factory, taught her how to exchange meal tickets, and asked her whether to eat rice or steamed buns.Meng Duoduo said that she loves steamed buns.

He brought two lunch boxes, one with a vegetarian dish, the other with two meat dishes, and bought six steamed buns.It is the first time for a rural person to go to the city, and both men and women have a particularly big appetite. If she eats two, the remaining four should be enough for her.

Liu Xiaonan put the lunch box with meat and vegetables in front of Meng Duoduo, and ate the vegetarian dish by herself, deliberately eating slowly, talking to the people next to her while eating, waiting for Meng Duoduo.

After eating a steamed bun, he turned his head and saw that there was only one steamed bun left on the lid of the lunch box, and the steamed bun in Meng Duoduo's hand could not eat a few mouthfuls.He quietly bought back two steamed buns.

Good guy, after eating six steamed buns, there was not a single drop of vegetable soup left in the lunch box, so Meng Duoduo raised his head and looked at Liu Xiaonan contentedly.

Liu Xiaonan recalled that at this time last year, Meng Xiangxiang was invited to eat scallions and fried pork in the school cafeteria, which made him feel infinitely sad.And the little girl in front of him is also Yun from his hometown, and also a relative from afar, but he can't find that feeling no matter what.

Liu Xiaonan was afraid that the little girl would lose her appetite, so she put away the lunch box and said, "That's all if I'm full or not. I will work hard in the future, and I will have white steamed buns to eat."

There was no hiccup.Meng Duoduo stood up, looked around the cafeteria and said, "Don't worry, big brother, I will work hard."

Liu Xiaonan sent Meng Duoduo back to her dormitory, let her take a nap and have a good rest, and then just eat, take a bath, go to work and follow the big sisters in the same room.Guan Xiaoyun was not in the dormitory, and the sisters in the same room reassured Liu Xiaonan that they would take good care of Meng Duoduo.

Liu Xiaonan returned to school and told Meng Xiangxiang that everything about her sister was settled, so don't worry.Leave her the bike and let her visit her sister after school and take her for a walk.

Meng Xiangxiang took the bicycle key and said, "Brother, help me through the most difficult period, so don't worry about me in the future."

One meal can eat six steamed buns and two servings of meat and vegetables. If she likes to dress up in the future because of the change of the environment, I'm afraid I won't have much money left in a month, so I can't completely count on her sister.He said: "Your sister should also have her own life. I will pay the tuition and living expenses for you. You can just study with peace of mind."

Meng Xiangxiang asked carefully: "Did my sister do something to disappoint the elder brother?"

"Nothing, don't think too much."

Liu Xiaonan just has a feeling that the two sisters are two absolutely different types of people, one is admired by people, the other is avoided by people; one is understanding, and the other only cares about her own feelings.

He regretted bringing the two sisters together. Meng Duoduo might interfere with Meng Xiangxiang's future study and life.

After school, Meng Xiangxiang rode a bicycle and hurriedly went to the textile factory to visit his sister.She faintly noticed that the big brother didn't say some words and kept them in his stomach.The younger sister is used to it from Xiaoye, and she is very courageous, so she must have said something inappropriate, which made the elder brother have other thoughts in his mind.

As soon as I rode into the factory area of ​​the textile factory, I saw my sister standing alone in front of the staff club, looking around and wandering around.Meng Xiangxiang rode all the way to his sister before jumping off the bicycle.

Meng Duoduo exclaimed in surprise: "Sister, you can ride a bicycle now? Did you buy the bicycle?"

Meng Xiangxiang said, "I don't have the money to buy a bicycle. I borrowed it from the elder brother. Have you eaten yet?"

Meng Duoduo said that he ate too much at noon and didn't want to eat at night.Hearing that his sister ate six steamed buns for lunch, Meng Xiangxiang hugged her and smiled.It must be these six steamed buns that made the elder brother have doubts, she can explain it clearly to the elder brother.

When I was working at the seaside, I lived in a simple house by the seaside and ate pig food.If you want to eat something good, buy it yourself.After a hard day's work, after peeling off layers of skins, I got less than ten yuan.If you want to eat something good, don't even think about saving tuition fees. The stomachs of the two sisters are empty.

She felt sorry for her sister and wanted to buy some pancake mats for her to cushion her stomach.My sister won't let her spend money recklessly, and after my sister graduates from university and has a job, I will treat her to a good meal, and I must take care of enough steamed buns and meat.

My sister's wish is simple and far away.She hugged her younger sister and made a promise, keeping it firmly in her heart, and she never expected to satisfy the senior brother in advance.

Meng Xiangxiang quietly asked his sister, "Is your stomach not bloated?"

Meng Duoduo said: "Xiao, I have made up for the oil and water owed in the past few years."

Meng Xiangxiang put away his bicycle and wanted to spend more time with his sister to eat and drink, but Meng Duoduo wanted to watch a movie.Meng Xiangxiang hadn't seen a movie yet, thinking that his sister would be working soon, so he bought two movie tickets cruelly.The movie is a Hong Kong and Taiwan martial arts movie. I finished watching it with relish, and it was already very late.

Meng Xiangxiang sent his younger sister back to the dormitory, telling her along the way that the factory is different from home, and she dare not go out in the wild anymore, and must obey the masters in a proper manner. This job is hard-won.

She seemed to see a bright future. The two sisters would live in this city in the future, with someone who loved her and a small home of her own.

Walking to a place where no one was around, Meng Duoduo hugged Meng Xiangxiang's arm and whispered, "Sister, that big brother is a good man. If you can marry him, you will be very beautiful in the future."

Meng Xiangxiang was taken aback. My sister really dared to think, and her heart was pounding with fright.She said: "People say that we are his distant relatives, and that is to help us. We can't think that way, let alone look at the height of the mountain. We have to remember who we are and where we come from."

Meng Duoduo was not convinced: "Good things have to be snatched. Didn't my sister recognize my aunt? Go to her more often to please her. Auntie's words are more effective than your own."

Meng Xiangxiang suddenly realized how terrible her sister's thoughts were, and she warned her: "Duo Duo, you just walked into the city, how dare you have such thoughts? You don't know, big brother can recruit you into the factory, and he can If you are expelled from the factory, you don't dare to provoke senior brother."

Meng Duoduo fell silent.Meng Xiangxiang further said: "You don't know big brother, he is jealous. For our school teacher Yue, he fought with others and went to the police station, and now he and teacher Yue are like husband and wife. There is nothing important, so don't bother you Senior brother, he has to study and write at the same time, he is very tired. For our sisters, what else has he not done?"

With a hint of worry, Meng Xiangxiang sent his sister back to the dormitory.Walking out of the gate of the textile factory dormitory, she looked up at the window of the senior brother's dormitory.The lights were dark there, and the eldest brother went to Teacher Yue's house again?
Liu Xiaonan was really at Yue Xuelian's house.

Liu Xiaonan and Yue Xuelian had dinner in the school cafeteria, and walked around the campus side by side.The two didn't want to hide it, and the teachers and students in the school soon knew about their relationship, so they took it easy.

After the relationship was made public, Yue Xuelian suddenly felt that cooking and eating at home alone was too boring, so she stayed by Liu Xiaonan's side after school.After evening self-study, Liu Xiaonan sent her home, or stayed, or returned to the dormitory of the textile factory.

The draft of "Longitude and Latitude" has been kept in Yue Xuelian's hands. She has repeatedly polished and revised it, and brought back to school with different ideas to discuss with Liu Xiaonan.After discussing the results, go home and revise together until the consensus is satisfied.

The progress of the revision was very slow. The two of them set a goal, and through the precipitation of time, polished an extraordinary novel.

Today's topic is about Meng Xiangxiang and her sisters.Yue Xuelian saw that Liu Xiaonan had been inactive and silent all the time, so she asked, "Why can't you look happy when you have an extra sister?"

Liu Xiaonan said, "Have you ever seen a little girl who can eat six steamed buns and two servings of meat?"

"Really?" Yue Xuelian was very surprised, and then thought of another layer: "Maybe it has something to do with her personal experience. Don't you think this is a little girl with personality? She gave up studying for her sister and worked around to save her sister's tuition. , which in itself is not simple."

"When Meng Xiangxiang comes back, I'll find out after asking."

"I suddenly had an idea. This little girl is also a representative character. If you add it to your novel, won't it be more three-dimensional and more attractive?"

Liu Xiaonan said it made sense, and the two returned to Yue Xuelian's residence and discussed it until late at night.Adding a character to the novel requires reconception and layout, which is tantamount to overturning and starting over.

(End of this chapter)