My Siheyuan Shelter

Chapter 369

In a blink of an eye, more than half a month has passed.

When the time came to the end of June, the flu epidemic was finally coming to an end. Although it was still difficult to find a bed in the hospital, the number of new severe cases had dropped by [-]% to [-]%.

Compared with last year, this round of epidemic has weakened the degree of harm, but it still caused a lot of losses.

Take the people around Xu Dong as an example:
Fortunately, the old Xu family was safe and sound;
In the Security Section, a colleague died of illness;
Among all relatives, only Father Yang and a cousin passed away due to illness;
Among the group members in the rotation training class, 3 people did not make it through, plus 15 people who died from the epidemic and accidents last year.

In addition, some familiar faces have disappeared forever, including some celebrities and business leaders, which is really embarrassing!
October 6th, Thursday.

Early in the morning, Ma Lingling took her friend Jiang Jing to ask for a day off. Today happened to be the day to fill in the application form, and it had been half a month since she was out, so she went home to have a look.

Yesterday, both of them checked the results of the college entrance examination.

Ma Lingling got a score of 645 in the test, and Xia Qing University was stable. She spent most of the morning yesterday answering the phone, especially at her grandfather's house, where she chatted for more than half an hour.

Jiang Jing's grades are also good, with 602 points in the test, 6 points more than the estimated score, 23 points higher than the undergraduate admission line, and the university is also stable.

The two went back to take the same subway.

At 10:[-] in the morning, the two separated at the subway exit, but they made an appointment to go to school together in the afternoon to fill in volunteers.

Knowing that her daughter was coming back today, Xu Ting took another day off and started to work after waking up, preparing to make up for the child.

"Mom, I'm back."

Xu Ting pulled her daughter over, looked up and down carefully, and couldn't help but feel distressed and said:

"Why did you lose so much weight?"

"I think it's okay, there was some baby fat before, but now it's just right!" Ma Lingling said carelessly.

"It's better to be fatter!"

This is the current public aesthetics, fat means health and good fortune.

"Mom, don't worry, when I go to college, I promise to grow back in two or three months."

Thinking of her grandmother's cooking skills, Ma Lingling couldn't help drooling.

Xu Ting thought it was the same, so she stopped entangled in this topic.

"How is work? Is it going well?"

"Didn't I tell you, I work in logistics, the office has air conditioning, my colleagues are very friendly to me, and I'm not tired at all.

On the contrary, Jiang Jing chose to be a front-line production worker, and in order to get more wages, she worked overtime every day, fell asleep as soon as she came back, and even had no interest in surfing the Internet. "

Xu Ting sighed: "Children from poor families are already in charge of the family, you think they are all like you! When you get paid, remember to buy a gift for your grandparents, don't forget."

"Remember, the factory pays wages on the 10th of next month. I can get 4000 yuan this month. Jiang Jing is more than me, and it should be 7000 yuan."

"This kid is too hardworking." Xu Ting sighed, no wonder he fell asleep right away.

Ma Lingling suddenly opened the backpack.

"Mom, I brought you a present."

"what gift?"

Xu Ting was very curious, her daughter hadn't paid her salary yet, what gift could she bring back, could it be from her grandmother?
"Dangdangdangdangdang... this is it!"

"Isn't it just bread crumbs? I thought it was something good!" Xu Ting said angrily.

Ma Lingling handed a large bag of bread crumbs to her mother, which she had accumulated in half a month, and it weighed about seven or eight catties in total.

Originally, she wanted to give the bread crumbs to a friend.

But Jiang Jing refused to accept it no matter what. Before, there were no conditions, but now there are conditions. Jiang Jing's self-esteem does not allow her to do so.

"Mom, don't look down on these bread crumbs. At the gate of our factory, there are two dealers who come to collect bread crumbs every day. A catty is more than 200. My bag is worth 2000 yuan less!"

"Then keep it for yourself!"

Xu Ting waved her hand, their family is not short of this food, and the bread crumbs have been stored for half a month, who knows if eating will cause diarrhea.

Ma Lingling didn't take it seriously: "Mom, if you don't want it, I'll send it to grandpa in the afternoon, and grandpa will definitely praise me for my filial piety."

"It's up to you, you can send it if you want!"

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At the same time, Jiang Jing also arrived home.

There is no one at home except Jiang's father who is paralyzed in bed. Jiang's mother has gone to work, and her two younger brothers are still in school.

"Honey, why did you get off work so early today?"

Father Jiang's voice came from the bedroom.

"Dad, it's me."

"Xiao Jing? Didn't you go to Yanjing to work, why did you come back?"

Jiang Jing came to her parents' bedroom with her schoolbag on her back.

"Today the school fills in the volunteers. I asked for leave and came back to fill in the volunteers."

Father Jiang was ecstatic when he heard this: "Xiao Jing, have you been admitted to university?"

"Well, the score checked yesterday is 602 points, and the undergraduate admission line is 579 points." Jiang Jing replied calmly.

"Okay, that's great, more promising than your father..."

Jiang Jing looked at her father who was so skinny that she burst into tears instantly.

Father Jiang panicked immediately: "What's wrong? It's obviously a happy thing, why are you still crying?"

"I'm fine." Jiang Jing wiped her tears, then opened her backpack, "Dad, are you hungry? I brought you bread."

For the past half month, Jiang Jing ate only bread crumbs, and she brought back all the saved bread. Although she had a falling out with her mother, the family is still family.

"Where did you get the bread?"

Father Jiang looked at the bread in front of him and swallowed unconsciously.

The last time I ate was at noon yesterday.

He ate a total of two potatoes, and from last night to now, they have not touched a drop of water.

If he didn't want to share more rations, he, a useless person, would have killed himself long ago, so as not to drag his family down.

"I work in a bakery, and the bakery can get about half a catty of bread crumbs every day. I save the bread crumbs and replace them with bread."

"Xiao Jing, you can do this job!"

Father Jiang couldn't help but praise.

Jiang's mother is a sanitation worker who sweeps the streets and earns more than 3000 yuan a month. This wage is put on the black market, and she can't even buy ten catties of grain.

Jiang Jing nodded: "My deskmate helped me find the job. The factory belongs to her grandfather's family. The leaders in the factory take special care of me. Now I can get 10,000 yuan a month."

"Ah... this..."

Father Jiang was so surprised that he was almost speechless.

Jiang Jing poured a glass of water for her father, and then fed the bread.

Father Jiang finally came to his senses, looked at the bread beside his mouth and shook his head: "Dad is not hungry, leave the bread for your mother and your brothers!"

"Dad, before school starts, I can earn at least 5000 more than 45 yuan, and I have [-] catties of bread. From now on, our family's life will gradually get better." Jiang Jing persuaded.

"You still have to go to college..."

Jiang Jing interrupted: "It's okay to go to school. I've made an agreement with the leader of the factory. From now on, I only have free time. I can come to work part-time at any time. After a month, I can get two to three thousand yuan."

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