Send me to the countryside? Turn around and make you homeless!

When I think of those words, my heart feels like being pricked by needles.

But whether in front of her family or in front of Luo Linlin's mother Li Aihua, Tian Cuiying was unwilling to show it.

She smiled to hide her inner emotions: "Aunt, I came back last night and now I plan to go to my uncle's house. I have food coupons on me, so I can just go to the state-owned restaurant to buy something to eat. I won't bother you."

At the same time, she dug into her pocket and took out the pocket money her mother had given her last night. "The brigade is busy, and Linlin can't leave even if she wants to come back. She asked me to bring this back for you. She also told you not to get too tired at home, and that she would come back to see you when she's free."

Li Aihua, who originally didn't want Tian Cuiying's money, reached out to take the money when she heard that the money was brought back by Luo Linlin.

"Linlin has been obedient and filial since she was young. Is she doing well in the brigade? Auntie can't read either, so when you go back, please tell her to work hard in the brigade and get married if she finds the right one. Don't delay yourself or be too picky, or you'll end up as an old maid."

While speaking, Li Aihua was thinking about her daughter. She felt bad and wiped away tears with her rough hands.

She held the money tightly in her hand, knowing that Linlin was a soft-hearted girl. If she was willing to bring money home, it meant that she had forgiven her useless mother.

She is still young and ignorant now, but when she grows up, gets married and has her own children, she will understand my good intentions.

She understood her own helplessness. She was a widow who remarried and her husband had his own children. It was already very difficult for her to raise Luo Linlin. If she didn't let her go to the countryside, would she let her husband's biological son go?

It's not easy to be a stepmother. If she really dares to do this, she will be criticized by others and won't be able to hold her head up wherever she goes. That brat won't be willing to go either.

As for Luo Linlin, she's a girl and will eventually get married. It would be great if she could find a good family in the countryside to marry into...

Li Aihua has a kind heart. In her eyes, I have tried my best.

Tian Cuiying saw this and felt that Li Aihua was missing Luo Linlin, which made her feel sad. At the same time, she hoped that Luo Linlin could understand and forgive Li Aihua as soon as possible. After all, they were family, so there was no room for overnight hatred.

The Tian family has always had a good family atmosphere. She took the samples from the tofu factory and said that they were produced in their brigade factory and she was also a worker there. Of course, when mentioning this, Tian Cuiying appropriately beautified her status in the Huaiyin Brigade.

In Tian Cuiying's mouth, she suddenly became the prospective team leader of the sales department of the dried tofu factory. Of course, prospective means that it has not been decided yet. As long as she can get the order this time, it will be a sure thing.

Tian Cuiying's grandparents and uncle were overjoyed when they heard this. Tian Cuiying had no choice but to go to the countryside at the beginning, and they could not help her. Now that she has such an opportunity in Huaiyin Brigade, they have to support her and let her take the position of team leader.

Thanks to the efforts of Tian Cuiying's grandfather and uncle, they received a reply within just one day, saying that the factory's welfare benefits this year would be ordered from their team.

There are more than 500 people in the factory, and each person has a gift box, which means about 500 boxes. Such a large order is not small for the Huaiyin Brigade.

Adding the orders that her uncle helped to bring in, as well as those from her parents and brother, Tian Cuiying can be said to have returned with a full load.

What made her happiest was that she did not tell her family about the benefits of getting orders from the factory, and her family did not ask a single question. In this way, the money exchanged for work points all belonged to her.

Tian Cuiying was holding several orders in her hands, and her heart was filled with joy. She was full of vigor and vitality. She thought that since she had brought back so many orders this time, the factory might really give her the position of team leader of the sales department.

The other female educated youth was not so lucky. Her family said that the factory wanted to use them to get orders.

Asking these educated youth to find ways to get orders—isn't that just trying to exploit their connections? And then the rewards are so stingy, using work points to redeem them. How much can they get, one or two yuan?

The brigade was probably making fun of these educated youth. What else could they say about her? She was sold and still helped people count the money? If it weren't for the problem of not reimbursing travel expenses because there were no orders, I'm afraid they wouldn't even help her with this order.

How can this be the loving family that I imagined?

It has changed, everything has changed. In just a few years, my family is no longer the same as it used to be. Even the room I used to have at home has become my nephew's. When I return home, I can only set up a bunk bed on the balcony.

The two people's moods were completely opposite whether they left or came back.

Tan Yuan and Accountant Zhang looked at the several orders with red official seals on the table. They didn't show it on their faces, but they were very happy in their hearts. They thought it was a great achievement for each of them to take home one, but they didn't expect them to be so successful.

"You all did a great job. You don't have to go to the factory to work today. Go back and have a good rest."

But this is only for this afternoon, and I still have to go to work tomorrow.

After personally escorting the two people out of the tofu factory's gate, Tan Yuan hurried back to the tofu factory. Now there was not much time left before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the orders had all been received, so people had to be in place quickly. There were also orders brought back by Luo Linlin and others. Those places were farther away, so they had to be shipped first.

Recruiting people was urgent, and even Tan Yuan herself joined the factory to help make tofu.

Looking at the orders one after another, Accountant Zhang's eyes narrowed into slits with joy. These were not just orders, but clearly bills of solidarity. With this money, the team could have a good New Year this year.

When there was a shortage of manpower, not only Tan Yuan had to go into the factory to help, but even Accountant Zhang and the team leader's parents were temporarily called over to help in the factory.

Even the team leader's daughter, who was originally studying at Secretary Qian's house in the commune to prepare for the nursing school entrance exam, was no exception.

Zhou Zhigang was the odd one out. As the village party secretary of Huaiyin Brigade, he was the only village cadre who did not go into the factory to help.

As a newcomer, he still needs time to understand the specific situation of the brigade.

The tofu factory is going to start recruiting again, and the news has already spread in Huaiyin Brigade.

This time is different from the last recruitment. Last time, the old educated youth were arguing, and when they learned that Tan Yuan had become the youth team leader, they were all dissatisfied. In their eyes, in terms of seniority, age and ability, it would never be Tan Yuan's turn to be the youth team leader.

But that person is her...