Chapter 2

Drip, drip, drip.The alarm clock rang at six o'clock on time, interrupting Lan Xiaoruo's thoughts.It was another night of waiting, I don't know why Lan Xiaoruo always thinks about the past, maybe he is getting old, Lang Xiaoruo thought to himself.

Lan Xiaoruo got up and went into the kitchen to prepare breakfast for her daughter Yaya.

Cough, cough, cough, it is the voice of the father-in-law. "Dad, you're up."

"Well, what was your name in the middle of the night last night? We old people don't sleep much, and we can't sleep well at all. You were still yelling in the room."The father-in-law was very dissatisfied and said to Xiao Ruo
"I heard you scolding Ah Yong again. Ah Yong has worked very hard outside, and you still scold him." The mother-in-law also came out and echoed.

"Mom, Ayong is massaging outside and never comes home from get off work on time, can't I just say a few words?" Xiao Ruo felt aggrieved

"He's a man, so there must be social affairs that he can't push away outside, can't you be considerate of him? This family is supported by Ayong alone, really." The father-in-law reprimanded Xiao Ruo loudly.Xiao Ruo didn't make another sound and turned around to wake her daughter up
"Early in the morning, I don't know who to show my face to. If it weren't for us, Ayong, would you have stayed in Shanghai?" The mother-in-law was still preaching to Xiao Ruo.Lan Xiaoruo knew that if she was making noise, she would not be quiet this morning.

"Mom." Yaya heard her grandparents talking about mom again, and hugged her sensiblely.

"Hey, mom is fine, mom will dress Yaya, and mom will take you to kindergarten later." In the past few years, the only gratifying thing is that she has a well-behaved daughter. Whenever Xiao Ruo is sad, she just touches her. For her daughter's face, Xiao Ruo felt that anything could be resolved.

Congestion, traffic jams, Shanghai is always like this in the morning, isn’t it the financial crisis, why the number of private cars in Shanghai is increasing unabated, Lan Xiaoruo thinks in the crowded bus, the car has not moved for 10 minutes.It seems that I must be late today, and the perfect attendance award has been forfeited.

At 08:30, Xiao Ruo trotted all the way to the unit.Xiao Ruo panted and thought that luckily she was not late.Xiao Ruo feels that the atmosphere in the unit is obviously not right today.

"Sister Lan, Sister Lan, the director just said that the unit might lay off staff." My colleague Xiao Liu ran over and said nervously.What, Lan Xiaoruo's head seemed to explode.

"Didn't the factory receive orders recently?
"Hey, it blows." Xiao Liu said very dejectedly

After graduating, Xiao Ruo has no chance to stay in Shanghai and wants to go back to the Northeast. Xiao Ruo actually wants to go back to the Northeast so that she can take care of her mother, but You Yong asked his uncle to find a job for Xiao Ruo. stayed in Shanghai.Xiao Ruo works as a cashier in a factory that manufactures parts for cargo ships.This factory is state-owned. In the early years of the state-planned economy, the state still had tasks for this factory, and it has also flourished for many years. However, in recent years, the country has started a market economy, allowing enterprises to be responsible for their own profits and losses. The leaders of the factory have no sense of urgency. There are fewer and fewer orders, so layoffs are certain.

Lan Xiaoruo was in a panic all day long, what would happen to his younger brother if he was laid off, Xiao Ruo's father passed away when Xiao Ruo was going to college.My mother is an elementary school teacher. When my father fell ill, he spent the savings of the family, but his father asked his mother to pay for Xiaoruo to go to college when he was dying.It is already difficult to provide for her to study.There was nothing I could do for my younger brother to go to college.The younger brother was very frustrated and said that he would give up, but Xiao Ruodang just patted his brother on the shoulder and said, there is a sister.In this way, Xiao Ruo shouldered the tuition fees for his younger brother to go to college.Xiao Ruo was a junior in college at the time. In fact, after several years of part-time work and You Yong's support, Xiao Ruo also had some savings in his hands.My younger brother is currently studying as a graduate student and will graduate in one year.

"Oh, I'm so annoying." Xiao Ruo was afraid that this bad luck would befall her.

(End of this chapter)

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