After sending Huo Jianfeng away, Qi Shufang suppressed her excitement and asked her father-in-law to keep it secret for the time being, and if the matter was not officially decided, she couldn't tell anyone, so as not to make people laugh at her behind her back if she didn't succeed in the end.

Waiting for Old Man He to leave, Qi Shufang struck his right fist to his left palm, happily circling in the room.

She originally planned to wait for the farm to find a way out, but it was not a long-term solution to stay in the countryside before the college entrance examination, and doing nothing was not her ideal in life. Who knew that Huo Jianfeng actually sent a good pillow to himself who was dozing off, this pillow came very well, and it was a pillow made of hot and fragrant meat pies.

Qi Shufang remembered that there seemed to be a document signed by a state leader, which contained regulations on this aspect, strictly prohibiting peasants from entering the cities, and that the vast majority of intellectuals from the rural areas had returned to their hometowns to work as farmers, or they were assigned to work in extremely difficult places.

Now all the government agencies, factories and other places in the city are recruiting, and one of the recruitment conditions is that nine out of ten require that the person who applies for the examination must have an urban hukou, and Old Man Huo must have put a lot of effort into getting this indicator for her.

Therefore, Qi Shufang, the Huo family's great favor, is unsettled.

Qi Shufang didn't think about what to do if she got pregnant in the future and how to take care of the child, she just wanted to seize this opportunity now.

She arranged the affairs of the family, quietly sent some food to Professor Jin and others, and removed the weeds from her own land and the land in the mountains.

Before it was time to go to work, Huo Jianfeng and Zhou Guohong were both at home, and they were very enthusiastic when they saw Qi Shufang, especially Zhou Guohong, she was still annoyed that her husband went to He's house with gifts a few days ago, but now when she saw the two pheasants and two wild ducks brought by Qi Shufang, most of her anger disappeared unconsciously, and she smiled, "Oh, Shufang, you just need to come, why do you still bring so many things." ”

While Old Man Huo complained that Qi Shufang was too polite, he had a smile on his face.

Qi Shufang hurriedly smiled: "I fought in the mountains by myself, it didn't cost money, and it wasn't a rare thing, but I sent it to everyone to try it." "Huo Jianfeng's gift yesterday was not light, how could she come empty-handed.

Hearing this, Zhou Guohong felt a little uncomfortable.

On the one hand, she was very jealous of Qi Shufang's appearance, on the other hand, she was proud of her background and work, on the one hand, she was dissatisfied with her father-in-law's husband's behavior of attaching importance to He Jianguo, and on the other hand, she liked the game that Qi Shufang sent to her door.

Qi Shufang will send a little game to their family every time she exchanges game for food, sometimes pheasants, sometimes wild ducks, which is really rare. The ten catties of rice and ten catties of noodles they gave to the He family were worth two or three yuan, and Qi Shufang gave them no less than ten yuan of game.

Thinking of the joy of his son and daughter when they ate game, Zhou Guohong didn't want to refuse at all, and accepted it calmly, no matter what, his family arranged a job for Qi Shufang!

She wanted to ask her father-in-law to come to her cousin Zhou Guoqing, who had just turned fifteen, but her father-in-law categorically refused, although Zhou Guohong was unhappy, but she didn't dare to disobey her father-in-law's wishes.

"Shufang, you have to behave well, in order to get this indicator, my father-in-law spent a lot of thought. ”

Qi Shufang looked at Zhou Guohong gratefully, "Sister-in-law, I know Uncle Huo's hard work, and I will definitely show it seriously." "I didn't give the indicator to my relatives and friends, but gave it to her, which shows that Old Man Huo and Huo Jianfeng are really good to He Jianguo.

Huo Jianfeng and his father Old Man Huo didn't have as much thought as Zhou Guohong, so they invited Qi Shufang to enter the door, especially Old Man Huo smiled amiably when he saw Qi Shufang for the first time, "Don't talk about this." Shufang really came early enough, have you eaten?" Hearing her say that she came over after dinner, the old man Huo, who specially asked for a day off, immediately said that he would go out to do errands now, the county seat is still some distance away from the Municipal Railway Bureau, and when they arrive at the Railway Bureau, Director Wu should also go to work, apply for the exam early and settle things down as soon as possible.

Qi Shufang had no objections.

Under the leadership of Old Man Huo, Qi Shufang went to the Railway Bureau and found Director Wu who was preparing to post a notice.

"Uncle Huo, is this comrade?" After receiving Old Man Huo's affirmation, Director Wu turned his head to look at Qi Shufang, Qi Shufang hurriedly stepped forward to say hello, and was generous and not a little cramped.

Director Wu has a fat head and big ears, a red face, and a round general's belly, which is equivalent to the size of two Qi Shufangs, he saw that Qi Shufang is not only slender, but also has black and shiny hair, skin is as white as snow, speaks crisply and beautifully, and dresses cleanly and well, not at all like being born in the countryside, such an image is very suitable for being a passenger conductor.

"Comrade Qi, hello, hello. Director Wu expressed his satisfaction, drew a form and handed it to Old Man Huo, "Uncle Huo, look at it, this is the recruitment form, Comrade Qi will go back and wait for the news after filling out this form." ”

Old man Huo smiled: "You still have to wait for news?"

"No, no, of course not, uncle, can you still believe me? Comrade Qi's name will definitely appear on the list of hires, but you have to read the notice yourself, and if there are not enough people, you will not be notified one by one. ”

Qi Shufang took the form, looked at it carefully, picked up the pen she brought with her and filled it out on the table, there were a lot of things that needed to be filled in, basic information such as name, age, gender, home address and cultural history, and the most important thing was the composition, you must fill in your own family composition, she quickly filled in the word poor peasant.

After filling it out, check it and hand it over to Director Wu.

Director Wu read it carefully, "This character is well written, well, the ingredients are also good, and the roots are good." ”

Qi Shufang lowered her head and smiled, in order not to make people suspicious, she imitated the original owner's handwriting to send letters to He Jianguo at first, but fortunately, she had strong mental power, and the original owner's calligraphy was not very good, so she fooled the past. Later, when He Jianguo went home on vacation, she practiced calligraphy in front of He Jianguo, and slowly revealed her original handwriting, which was actually ordinary, that is, neat and beautiful.

"Okay, I'll take it, you can go back and wait for the letter. Director Wu put the form in the drawer, "I'll post the recruitment notice in a while, and the recruitment notice will be posted in seven or eight days, don't forget to come over when the time comes, I'll arrange a job for you." ”

Qi Shufang said happily: "Thank you, Director Wu." ”

Old man Huo also said: "Xiao Wu, you have to arrange a good job for my nephew and daughter-in-law." He was afraid that Director Wu would dislike Qi Shufang for not having the spirit of hardship and hard work, so he didn't directly say that he would arrange a light job.

"Don't worry, don't worry, uncle, you can rest assured, I will definitely not let Comrade Qi clean the train clean. Director Wu smiled like Maitreya Buddha, and when he saw that Old Man Huo was still a little uneasy, he lowered his voice and said, "I arranged for Comrade Qi to be a broadcaster or a waiter in a dining car, how about Uncle?"

"Good, good, good. ”

As soon as he heard that it was a broadcaster or a dining car waiter, Old Man Huo was relieved, he was afraid that Director Wu would arrange cleaning work for Qi Shufang, and the sanitation in the train was not easy to clean, especially the toilet, which was dirty and smelly.

"Xiao Wu, you have to decide which day to post the notice, whether it is seven days or eight days? My nephew and daughter-in-law are far away, and the family is busy with farming, so I will go to work before dawn, and I can only get off work when it is dark. ”

Director Wu patted his head, "Seven days, seven days later." ”

Old man Huo remembered it in his heart.

After leaving the railway bureau, Old Man Huo pushed the bicycle and asked Qi Shufang what his plans were next.

"Plans?" Qi Shufang was stunned.

Old man Huo felt that she had lived in the countryside since she was a child, and she definitely didn't know the situation in the city, so she said gently: "It only takes me half an hour to ride a bicycle from the county seat to the railway bureau, and I will help you pay attention to the notice of the railway bureau, and I will go to sue you when I get the news." Xiao Wu's family lives in the county seat, I will send some game to his family at night, thank him for his help, you don't have to worry about this. However, you have to think about housing. Housing in the city is very tight, have you been to Shanghai and seen the housing situation there?"

Seeing Qi Shufang nodding, he explained carefully: "Although the housing in our urban area is not as tight as Shanghai, a large family lives in a small room with a corner, but it is not much better, I don't know how many employees are waiting for the unit to be divided." Even if you are hired and your hukou is moved to the city, the railway bureau will not arrange housing for you for a while. ”

"Uncle, if my junior is hired, how will the working hours be arranged?" Qi Shufang did not answer directly, and chose to ask clearly.

"Let me think about what Xiao Wu said. Oh, yes, the crew on the train is two shifts of people working in turns, which means that you can rest after running one round trip with the car, and the rest time is the time spent on the back and forth of the train, and the other group of people running with the car, after running a round trip, when they are resting, you go to work again. ”

"I can go home during my break and go into town before I go to work. "The train from here is certainly not too close to the terminal, it is usually a long-distance train, and the rest time must be more than a day, so you can go home without renting a house.

Housing in the city is tight, and renting is also not easy, Qi Shufang thinks.

Old man Huo hesitated: "If you go home, it will take two hours to ride a bicycle from the city to your house, and I don't know which train you will be with at that time, if you get off work in the middle of the night, will you go back in the middle of the night?"

In the middle of the night?

Qi Shufang was also worried, she definitely couldn't go home in the dark after getting off work in the middle of the night.

"I think, when the work is arranged, if you get off work during the day, it doesn't matter if you rent a house or not, if you get off work at night, I will ask someone to find a house for you to rent. Old man Huo made a decision.

Qi Shufang agreed, went home and waited for news.

The recruitment of the railway bureau has nothing to do with the countryside, except for the old man He, no one knows the reason why Qi Shufang entered the city, the He Lou brigade is as busy as before, Shen Erdan arranged for some people to stay on the site for threshing and drying, and the others are busy in the field, taking advantage of the fact that the water in the field has not completely evaporated, plowing the field and making ridges, preparing to plant cotton, corn, peanuts and soybeans and other crops.

Qi Shufang remembered that she was a little absent-minded when she was working, and when she got off work, she suddenly heard Wang Chunling say that Zhan Renhuai spent 100 yuan to buy a beautiful yellow flower girl as she wished, and couldn't help but be surprised.

"Qi Mazi is back?" "Do the math, it's time to come back, it's been almost a month."

"Came back the day before yesterday. Zhan Renhuai brought someone back yesterday, but unfortunately we all went to work, and we didn't see what kind of woman it was. Zhan Renhuai is willing to spend a hundred yuan, she must be a beautiful yellow flower girl. Let's go, let's go to Zhan Renhuai's house and ask them when they will get married, why do they have to have a form to live. ”

After Wang Chunling finished speaking, she pulled her, called Zhang Cuihua, and went to see Zhan Renhuai's wife together, but as soon as they arrived at the door of Zhan Renhuai's house, they were stopped by Zhan Renhuai's mother with an embarrassed smile on her face.

"Chunling, Cuihua, Shufang, it's dark, you come over Ming'er to see it again, this kid just came to us, he is not familiar with it, and he doesn't want to see people now. Zhan's mother told them, "Renhuai and I feel that it is not easy to marry this daughter-in-law, and we want to be nice to her, so we can only hide in the house by her, Renhuai is talking to her, and when we are familiar, we will take her to recognize her relatives." ”

"Yo, so shy?" Wang Chunling and Zhang Cuihua both smiled and asked where they were from, "Did Qi Mazi go to Sichuan and Guizhou again?"

"I'm not from Sichuan, I don't know where it is, I look more handsome than Cuifang!"

Qi Shufang carefully observed Zhan Mu's words and deeds and expression, and suddenly became suspicious, if she was like Zhong Cuifang, how could she not want to meet people?

On the bed, Zhan Renhuai pouted his buttocks, pressing on a young girl in her twenties, the girl was tied hands and feet, her mouth was stuffed with rags, her haggard face couldn't hide her beautiful facial features, her face was full of tears, her face was full of hatred, her face was full of despair, there were two red slap marks on her white and tender cheeks, and the corners of her mouth were bloodshot.

This is......

Qi Shufang stopped, turned around and wanted to rush over, but after taking two steps, she stopped.

Don't act recklessly!

Zhan Renhuai is really disgusting! Zhan Renhuai's mother, who guards her son and lets him bully weak women, is also disgusting!

This girl was forced and must be rescued!

Qi Shufang couldn't watch this girl being ravaged, she was almost sure that this girl was not voluntary, so the next day she took leave, didn't even go out of work, lurking near Zhan Renhuai's house, who knew that before she could take action, she saw Zhan's mother come over with Zhong Cuifang, "Cuifang, you have to persuade her, when you come to us, you can live a good life with my family." ”