the days are still long

Chapter 44 Indifference
"You don't understand." Zhao Bonian smiled mysteriously, and then concluded, "Her personality is suitable for being a secretary." She is neither arrogant nor impatient, careful and calm, and he just lacks such talents around him.

"Well," Lao Huang nodded while blowing the tea foam in the tea mug, and continued after taking a sip of tea, "That's true. It's better to have a calm personality than bluff, and you have a good education."

Zhao Bonian didn't continue this topic, and tapped his fingers on the desk unconsciously, as if thinking about something, and said after a few seconds, "Let her stay in the workshop for now, I want to observe for a while."

Lao Huang didn't say anything more, nodded in agreement, and continued drinking tea.

Su Mei's work in the factory went smoothly, and the speed of making clothes has improved a lot in just a few days, and she gets along well with her colleagues, except of course, the troublesome elder sister.

Every day when she came home from get off work, Duan Yaning would ask her 'are you tired' with concern, or go back to the supermarket, Su Mei always smiled and said 'not tired'.

In fact, working is never tiring. I work nearly nine hours a day in front of the machine. Although the factory stipulates a lunch break of more than one hour, in order to earn more money, the workers start working again after eating.

Su Mei is of course like other workers, starting work after dinner, and she hasn't been to work for more than ten years, and she is about [-] years old. After a few days, her cervical spine, lumbar spine, and eyes are a little bit unbearable.

But Su Mei was able to overcome it, because this job was hard-won for her, so she had to persevere.

Soon it was summer vacation, and Su Mei was also working in the garment factory for almost a month. Duan Yaning came back from get off work yesterday and brought back half a month's salary for her work in the supermarket, which was more than 1000.

It just so happened that I had an extra night shift last night and had a rest today. After breakfast, Su Mei had no time to catch up on sleep, so she called her daughter Lin Tingting, and wanted to use her first salary after getting a new life to buy her some gifts.

Lin Tingting's reaction was very cold, saying that she would not be able to come out until she had finished her lessons.

Regarding her daughter, Su Mei couldn't describe her inner feelings. She complained and felt sad, but she was her daughter after all, and a mother couldn't help but care about her.

Knowing that her daughter disliked her, Su Mei specially dressed up before going out, and came to the place where Lin Tingting made up lessons ahead of time. Standing in the shade of a tree across the street, looking at the residential building with various cram school advertising slogans, she suddenly felt that , In fact, a person is quite good.

At least she doesn't have to rush home to cook, and she doesn't have to worry about what to eat tomorrow, what kind of clothes to wear for Lin Zuo to the company
Instinctively lowering her eyes, Su Mei smiled.

Laugh yourself silly.

For more than ten years, he has devoted himself to housework and taken care of the father and daughter, but in the hearts of the father and daughter, there is nothing good.

If God hadn't given her this chance of rebirth, she wouldn't even have the courage to ask for a divorce.

When it was time for get out of class to end, the students who made up classes came out of the building one after another. Su Mei saw her daughter Lin Tingting at a glance, with her schoolbag hanging on her shoulders, and the unfinished papers hugging her chest, surrounded by her classmates. Desk Xia Yuzhe, the two walked down the marble steps talking and laughing.

Su Mei didn't greet Lin Tingting because she saw some students get into their parents' cars and leave.

Children in their teens are at the age when they like to compare everything. In order not to be blamed, Su Mei didn't speak.

Xia Yuzhe was the one who saw Su Mei first. He walked down the marble steps with Lin Tingting and stopped to look at Su Mei across the street. "Lin Tingting, the aunt under the tree seems to be your mother."

Only then did Lin Tingting follow Xuan Yuzhe's point and looked across the street.

This is the first time the mother and daughter have met since the supermarket. Su Mei is an old day shift and only has time at night, while Lin Tingting has to do her homework at night.
In fact, to put it bluntly, Lin Tingting didn't want to see Su Mei.

Of course, Su Mei knew that if the supermarket hadn't paid her wages, Su Mei wouldn't have come to see her daughter.

After all, it was the first salary in more than ten years. Although it was not much, Su Mei wanted to find someone to share the joy.

Seeing Su Mei, Lin Tingting didn't see joy on her face, and even the smile on her face disappeared.

Holding the paper in his arms, he looked at Su Mei across the street, but didn't respond.

Xia Yuzhe looked at Su Mei who was waving her hand towards him, then at Lin Tingting, moved his lips to say something, but didn't say it, and finally said, "Lin Tingting, see you tomorrow, I'm going home first .”

Lin Tingting turned her head to see Xia Yuzhe's figure walking a certain distance before walking towards Su Mei holding the paper.

"Mom, how long have you been here?"

Lin Tingting came to Su Mei with the paper in her arms.

Su Mei looked at her daughter. It seemed that she had grown taller after not seeing her for twenty days, and her ponytail had grown a lot.

She wanted to touch her daughter's head, but she was worried that she was on the street, with many vehicles and pedestrians passing by, and her daughter would be unhappy, so Su Mei's raised hand turned to pick up the test paper that Lin Tingting held on her chest.

"It didn't take long. I stood here for a while and you came out."

Su Mei said casually, took Lin Tingting's test paper and the schoolbag on her shoulder, raised her knees to support the school bag as usual, and put the test paper in it.

"Let's go, let's have lunch first, and then go shopping to see your grandparents."

Su Mei naturally hung her schoolbag on her shoulders.

Su Mei used to not let her daughter carry her schoolbag when picking her up every day. It was too heavy, and she was worried that it would crush her and delay her growth.

Lin Tingting followed Su Mei step by step, hesitated for a while before asking, "Mom, do you have money?"

The next day, after Lin Zuo and Bai Mina went to the supermarket to 'ask for an explanation' and came back, Lin Tingting overheard their chatting, saying that Su Mei had lost her job and wanted to see how she lived.

That's why Lin Tingting was worried.

Su Mei turned to look at her daughter, "Mom has found a job again."

After Su Mei finished speaking, Lin Tingting immediately showed joy in her eyes, "Mom, you found a job again? Do you work in the company like Dad?"

As a child who has just entered the first grade of junior high school, his thinking is still very naive, and he knows that it is very face-saving to drive a car to work in the company every day like his father Lin Zuo.

Su Mei smiled, a forced smile.

She didn't want her daughter to be disappointed, but she couldn't cheat, so she told the truth.

"No, Mom works in a factory."

Hearing that Su Mei works in a factory, Lin Tingting unconsciously imagined those parents who ride a small electric donkey to pick up and drop off their children in ordinary clothes every day.

The joyful mood disappeared and was replaced by disappointment. Lin Tingting let out an 'oh', dispirited.

Su Mei was disappointed by her daughter's reaction, but no matter how bad it was, she was her own daughter. She breathed a sigh of relief, and Su Mei patiently comforted her, "Mom has stayed at home for more than ten years, and she has derailed from society. Once you have a certain amount of work experience, you can find a new job.”

(End of this chapter)