Xiao He was washing dishes in the kitchen. When she heard their voices, she ran out immediately, smiling shyly: "Sister Luo, Bing Qing, you are here. Have you eaten yet?"

"I have eaten. Have you eaten?" Ji Bingqing asked her.

“We’ve eaten it, too.”

Xiaohe immediately moved a stool for them to sit on and gave them some fried peas that her aunt had brought over.

After Ji Luo exchanged a few simple pleasantries with them, he explained his purpose: "Uncle Feng, Xiaohe should have told you before that she wants to go to Yangcheng with me to work and earn money. I can arrange a job for her, but I have to leave the day after tomorrow. You haven't fully recovered yet, and Xiaoping may not be able to take care of you at home alone. I came here to discuss with you. How about Xiaohe go later, when you are better?"

"Sister Luo, are you leaving so soon?" Xiao He thought they would stay for a few more days.

"Brother Yan has to go back to Kyoto for something, and Zhifeng and I also have some work to deal with. We will go there after attending my niece's hundred-day banquet tomorrow."

The work of others has been arranged, only Xiaohe's has not been completely finalized. Ji Luo came to her specifically to talk about this, "Xiaohe, when we had a meeting the night before last, I didn't tell you about your work arrangements in detail in front of others. I didn't plan to arrange for you to work in the shoe factory. I wanted you to work in the wholesale warehouse."

"The goods my dad and his team usually sell are all shipped from my wholesale warehouse. The warehouse is now managed by my sister-in-law. There are 20 to 30 people working in the warehouse. I want you to go over and help count the data and organize the goods."

"There is a sister in the warehouse who is handling this matter. Now the business is getting bigger and bigger, and she can't handle it alone. You are also educated. I remember that you are very good at math and you are serious, down-to-earth and careful in your work. It would be most suitable for you to help her. I wonder if you are willing to go?"

Xiao He was not picky about any job as long as she could make money. She nodded repeatedly, "Sister Luo, I am willing to go. I can do whatever you ask me to do. I promise to do it well."

"Xiao He, working in a warehouse may be more tiring than working in a shoe factory. In a shoe factory, people sit at their workstations to do their work, and it's basically just handwork. You have to walk back and forth in the warehouse, count the goods and statistics, and there are a lot of chores, but there are not so many restrictions. You can sit down and rest after you're done, and you basically don't have to work overtime at night. The same is true for food and accommodation, three meals a day, and two days off every month."

Ji Luo explained these to her first, and then told them what they were most concerned about, "The salary of a warehouse assistant is about the same as that of a shoe factory, 80 yuan per month, without overtime pay. New Year gifts are also given during festivals, and the warehouse distributes uniform work clothes and shoes."

"Ji Luo, you have done a great favor to our family. Xiaohe doesn't have any skills, so there's no need to pay her so much. Twenty or thirty yuan will be enough." Uncle Feng said.

"Yes, yes, Sister Luo, you don't have to give so much, thirty yuan is enough."

Xiao He didn't even dare to think about a salary of 80 yuan. Before her father got into trouble, he probably only earned that much in the whole year. She had no skills at all, and she always felt uneasy about earning so much money in a month.

"Uncle Feng, Xiaohe, this job can offer a salary of 80 yuan, which means that the things you have to deal with every day are worth so much money. Working in a warehouse, although you don't have to be exposed to the sun and rain, there are many things to do. It is not easy to handle everything well without making mistakes. It is a great test of personal ability."

"I thought Xiaohe's personality was suitable for this job, so I arranged for her to work in the warehouse."

"As for the kindness you mentioned, there's no need to mention it. We're all neighbors who know each other well. Xiaohe and I both grew up in hardship. Now I've finally made it through, and I hope that my former sisters can live a good life. I'm willing to help you. As long as you can recover as soon as possible, I've done a good thing and accumulated merit for myself."

When Aunt Wang heard her say this, her wrinkled face was somewhat moved, and she sighed and said, "You will be blessed in the future."

"Lend your blessings."

Ji Luo smiled faintly and continued to talk about business: "Xiao He, we are bringing a lot of people this time. I will take half of them and leave the day after tomorrow. Zhifeng and Bingqing will leave the day after tomorrow. Why don't you stay at home for a while longer, and wait until Uncle Feng is fully recovered and can get up and walk around, then you can come over?"

"Sister Luo, I've never traveled far and I don't know how to take a car." Xiao He didn't dare to go out alone, not even to the county town alone.

"Uncle Yang also has to go to the construction company to work. He has to help the team pay the public grain before coming here. You can go with him. It will only take about half a month. By then, Uncle Feng should have recovered almost completely."

Xiao He was just hesitating when Aunt Wang said, "Xiao He, you should go to Yangcheng with Ji Luo and the others and go make money early. Now that the old man is gone, your cousin is an ungrateful person. She will not recognize us after she gets married. We have raised her in vain. It is boring for an old woman like you to live alone at home. I will move here to live with you. Just go to Yangcheng without worry. I will take good care of Mu Feng and Xiao Ping and make sure they have hot meals."

The fact that her aunt was willing to come and live here, and that she could take care of her father and brother, was really a great help to her. Xiao He responded repeatedly, "Okay, aunt, I'll go with Sister Luo and the others. I will definitely work hard and send money back as soon as I get paid."

"You have to take good care of yourself when you are out and do your work diligently."

Aunt Wang loved the three of them the most, but had a very ordinary relationship with her other nephews and seldom interacted with them.

Seeing that she had arranged her family affairs and decided to go to Yangcheng together the day after tomorrow, Ji Luo took out a hundred yuan from his pocket and gave it to Xiaohe, "Xiaohe, I will give you one month's salary in advance, and the other twenty yuan will be used for Xiaoping's tuition."

Xiao He returned twenty to her, "Sister Luo, I'll pay one month's salary in advance. It's enough for the family and for my brother's tuition."

"Here, take him to buy a new school bag tomorrow, buy him some more stationery, and weigh some meat for them to eat."

Ji Luo stuffed it into her hand and said, "Xiaoping is very smart and studies hard. Let him study hard and go to high school or university in the future. For ordinary farmers like us, the only way to change our fate is to study. Our family conditions are not good now. As long as your family works together and strives to make progress, we will be able to change the current situation sooner or later."

After chatting with them briefly and explaining some things, the two sisters of the Ji family went back first.

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