When Zhou Damei heard Wu Aiguo's promise, she immediately said to Wu Aiguo: "Patriotism! You don't need to send the food to our house, tomorrow evening, I will wait for you outside the alley, and then I will take our big girl to the alley to get it, which will save you a lot of trouble. ”

When Wu Aiguo heard Zhou Damei's words, he immediately understood what the trouble in Zhou Damei's mouth meant, thinking of the actual situation of the Zheng family, Wu Aiguo's mind suddenly had an idea, and he asked Zhou Damei: "Eldest sister, aunt!" Is the big girl sixteen years old this year? ”

When Zhou Damei heard Wu Aiguo suddenly ask about her eldest daughter, she was obviously stunned, and asked Wu Aiguo with a puzzled face: "Patriotism!" Our eldest girl is exactly sixteen years old this year, but how can you suddenly care about the age of the eldest girl, do you want to give our eldest girl a partner? ”

Wu Aiguo heard Zhou Damei's inquiry, thought of the canteen that the unit was creating, and introduced Zhou Damei with a smile: "Eldest sister! If the eldest girl is already 16 years old, I can find a way to get the eldest girl to work as an apprentice in the canteen, with a monthly salary of 17 yuan, and if she does a good job, she will be able to become a regular worker after three years. ”

"Patriotic! On behalf of our family, I thank you! When Zhou Damei learned that Wu Aiguo was going to introduce the work to the eldest girl, her legs bent, and she planned to kneel down to thank Wu Aiguo.

Wu Aiguo saw that Sister Zhou's legs were bent, so he guessed what Sister Zhou was going to do, and hurriedly reached out to support Sister Zhou, and said to Sister Zhou with a smile: "Auntie! We've been neighbors for many years, so don't be so polite to me. ”

Arranging a job is a gesture for Wu Aiguo, but for the Zheng family, it is a great grace to save lives.

When Zhou Damei heard Wu Aiguo's answer, thinking of her husband, tears immediately flowed out of her eyes, and she choked up and said to Wu Aiguo: "Patriotic!" To tell you the truth, your Uncle Zheng can't do manual work anymore in this life because of a waist injury, which is like a catastrophe for our family, and now you introduce work to our eldest girl, that is, to save our whole family. ”

"Sister Zhou! You are a patriotic elder, you can't kneel for him. Chen Shuying saw that Zhou Damei tried to kneel down for Wu Aiguo again, and hurriedly stepped forward to support Zhou Damei and persuaded her.

When Zhou Damei heard Chen Shuying's reminder, she realized that her behavior was a little inappropriate, thinking that her eldest girl would be able to have a job immediately, Zhou Damei thanked Chen Shuying and others with tears on her face: "Aunt Shuying! Patriotic! On behalf of our whole family, thank you. ”

Wu Aiguo heard Sister Zhou's thanks, felt the other party's mood at this moment, and did not forget to tell Sister Zhou: "Auntie! I believe you should know how difficult it is to find a job now, so you must not tell anyone in the yard about the job I arranged for your eldest girl. ”

Zhou Damei has lived in this courtyard for ten years, and she almost understands the character of the courtyard residents, and in the face of Wu Aiguo's advice, Zhou Damei nodded and replied: "Patriotic!" The aunt is not an unreasonable person, although you can rest assured about this matter, the aunt will definitely not tell anyone. ”

Wu Aiguo heard Zhou's promise, thought of the method she mentioned before, and said to Zhou's eldest sister with a smile: "Eldest sister! The letter of introduction of the eldest girl, I will hand it to you when I come back tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, you can let the eldest girl take the letter of introduction and report to our unit. ”

When Zhou Damei heard Wu Aiguo's advice, she first wiped the tears on her face with the sleeve of her clothes, then nodded, and thanked Wu Aiguo again: "Patriotic!" Thank you, auntie! ”

Chen Shuying heard Sister Zhou's thanks, lifted the grain bag that Sister Zhou put on the ground, and said to Sister Zhou with a smile: "Sister Zhou! It's not early, you hurry home with the food and cook dinner for the children. ”

When Sister Zhou heard Chen Shuying's words, she remembered that the Wu family was already preparing for dinner, so she hurriedly took the grain bag from Chen Shuying's hand and said gratefully: "Aunt Shuying! Thank you! Then I won't disturb you eating. ”

After Zhou Damei thanked the Wu family for her kindness, she happily walked out of the Wu family with the grain bag and walked in the direction of her house.

"Big sister! Where are you going to come back? "An aunt cooked dinner and was about to deliver food to the deaf old lady in the backyard, when she just walked out of the house, she saw Sister Zhou holding a grain bag in her hand, and instinctively greeted the other party.

When Zhou Damei saw that an aunt took the initiative to greet her, she remembered that Yi Zhonghai had repeatedly asked Wu Aiguo for trouble, and replied: "Aunt Yi! The family is out of food, and I just went to the patriotic house to borrow some food, and you are holding a bowl, are you going to go to the backyard to deliver food to the old lady? ”

When an aunt heard Zhou Damei mention the word borrowed food, her face changed slightly, and she directly changed the topic and said: "Zhu's daughter-in-law is hospitalized in the hospital, and the old lady's rice is not cooked, so I will send the old lady some food." ”

When Sister Zhou heard Aunt Yi's answer, she coping and said, "Aunt Yi! I'm going to go home and cook for the kids, so I won't talk to you much. ”

"Daddy! My mother came back with a big bag of food. When he saw the grain bag in Zhou's hand, he ran back to the house excitedly, and shouted to Zheng Lao Er, who was pasting matchboxes.

When Zheng Lao Er heard the shouts of his youngest son, his face suddenly sank, and when he saw Zhou Damei walking into the house with a grain bag, he asked Zhou Damei with dissatisfaction: "Big sister! I just asked you to go to the Wu family and ask, can you ask Aiguo to help buy some cheap grain, how can you borrow grain from the Wu family? ”

Thinking of the days spent at home during this time, Zhou Damei did not tell Zheng Lao Er the good news as soon as possible, but asked Zheng Lao Er very dissatisfied: "Zheng Lao Er!" What do you mean by that? If you have the ability, you can conjure up a little food, so that our three children can fill their stomachs, who am I borrowing food for, not for our family? ”

The reason why Zheng Lao Er was reluctant to find someone to borrow food was entirely because of machismo, facing his wife's questioning, thinking of the fact that his family had been out of food for three days, Zheng Lao Er's face immediately showed a guilty expression, and then picked up the materials on the table and silently pasted the matchbox.

Seeing Zheng Laoer's reaction, Zhou Damei also realized that what she had just said was a bit excessive, so she hurriedly put the grain bag in her hand on the table, and shouted to the eldest daughter who was helping to paste the matchbox: "Big girl! Hurry up and take the grain and cook, I have something to say to your father. ”

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