Liu Dongmei hurriedly came out and opened the door: "Brother, why don't you go to work?"
In fact, she should go to work. She saw Sun Ximei acting like this these past two days, so she took leave and stayed home.
Liu Dongsheng walked in and said, "I talked to the military commander, and he said that my mother can go to the factory to assemble walkie-talkies, live in the factory's dormitory, and have three meals a day. The salary is based on the piece."
Liu Dongmei smiled: "Oh, this is great."
The key is to give Sun Ximei an income, which will straighten her waist.
Sun Ximei looked hesitant: "It's not good. I don't know anything, so don't delay the work in the factory."
Liu Dongsheng said: "No. People who work in the factory don't know anything at the beginning and learn slowly. As long as you are willing to learn, you are not afraid of being slow. Director Li never says anything. Think about me , when I started, I didn’t know anything except driving.”
Sun Ximei shook her head: "That's what I said. But you are all young people. I am almost fifty, and I haven't gone to any school. How can I learn it? Besides, my eyesight and energy are not good."
Liu Dongsheng said: "Don't be afraid. The factory director said that if you don't want to assemble walkie-talkies, just see if there is any work in the factory that you like."
Liu Dongmei said: "Yes, Mom. You still don't know what you are afraid of, Commander Jun...Besides, wages are calculated on a piece-by-piece basis. If you can't do it well, you won't waste his money. Just give it a try."
Sun Ximei said hesitantly: "Then give it a try." The key point was that she heard that there was a dormitory, which was better than living here at Li Wenyong's house. This is the best way now, there is no other way out.
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Liu Dongsheng took Sun Ximei around the factory. Finally, Sun Ximei pointed to the jade workshop and said, "Let me help polish this jade. This does not require skills or good eyesight."
Liu Dongsheng hesitated upon hearing this: "This is Tao Guangming's workshop."
Tao Guangming was inside watching them carving jade. When he heard people talking outside, he hurriedly came out: "Hey, Aunt Sun."
Liu Dongsheng hesitated to speak.
Tao Guangming said with a smile: "Aunt Sun, you came at the right time. I have a lot of work recently, and I am short of someone to polish the finished products. No one in the factory has the time to help, and I am worried about recruiting new people from outside. Are you willing to help?"
When Sun Ximei heard this, she clapped her hands: "Oh, great, what a coincidence. This is what I wanted to do."
Tao Guangming winked at Liu Dongsheng quietly and helped Sun Ximei in.
Zhao Lin saw Liu Dongsheng upstairs and hurriedly took a key down and handed it to him: "This is the key to Aunt Sun's dormitory, single room. I'm afraid it will be too noisy for her to live with young girls."
Liu Dongsheng's eyes were red, as if there was a piece of cotton stuck in his throat. It took him a while before he said, "Thank you for causing trouble to everyone."
Zhao Lin patted his arm: "Hi. What's the matter? Who doesn't have times when they are anxious and embarrassed? Just say something if you have something, don't hold it in yourself. I told Director Zhou to add Aunt Sun to the three meals. Put it on the list. Just let her go directly to the cafeteria to eat."
Zhou Liguo is now helping Li Wenjun manage logistics because Zhao Lin is too busy to take care of it.
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Liu Dongsheng simply went back to get Sun Ximei and her clothes and personal belongings when he got off work in the afternoon.
Liu Jiefang was completely panicked now and held on to Liu Dongsheng.
Liu Dongsheng opened his fingers and walked away.
Liu Jiefang rolled around again and found that no one even came to see him. It was really boring, so he got up by himself, leaned on the sofa and sighed.
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Liu Dongmei was a little worried when she saw that Sun Ximei had been taken out by Liu Dongsheng for a day and didn't come back for lunch. She was thinking about calling the factory to ask, but Liu Dongsheng knocked on the door.
Liu Dongsheng said with a smile: "Dongmei, my mother is staying in the factory. Comrade Tao Guangming's place happens to be short of a jade polisher. I saw that my mother worked all day and did a pretty good job. She was in charge of someone in the factory all day. You don’t have to worry about three meals a day and living in a dormitory. She will come see you when she is free."
When Liu Dongmei heard this, she smiled and her eyes turned red: "Oh, that's great."
Li Wenyong listened inside and sighed secretly: How could there be so many coincidences? It must have been something Li Wenjun said to Tao Guangming.
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Sun Ximei was a little uneasy and shy at first, but then she felt relieved when she discovered that the youngest jade masters here in Tao Guangming were in their forties, and she was not too old either.
Tao Guangming specially asked the oldest and patient master to teach Sun Ximei.
Sun Ximei was used to doing trivial housework, and now she didn't find it boring to do jade polishing. Instead, she spent the day chatting and laughing with several masters.
Liu Dongsheng came to ask her to eat when the time came.
There is a small bathhouse in the factory, and clothes can be hung to dry in the corridor of the dormitory.
She doesn't have to cook every day, she only needs to wash her clothes, and her life is much more comfortable than before.
Tao Guangming gave her ten yuan in advance so that she would have money to buy anything if she needed it.
When Sun Ximei received the money she earned for the first time, she burst into tears and sighed: "It turns out that I can also make money. I should have known why I would suffer from that bastard's anger. I have been beaten for decades in vain."
When she first came here, she was very depressed. She was always embarrassed to see people in the factory area. She walked around like a mouse crossing the street with her head lowered.
Later, everyone learned about her experience and often took the initiative to talk to her and ask her for help.
Now when Sun Ximei sees someone, she greets them from afar, her face flushed and her eyes bright.
Liu Dongmei said: "My mother really feels like she has come back to life again. It's great."
When she is in a good mood, what needs to be solved is solved, and small problems become no problem.
Everyone is happy.
Only Liu Jiefang was unhappy.
He was now a joke throughout the mining community.
"Tsk tsk, he's dozens of years old. His wife ran away and his children ignore him. How pitiful."
"Isn't that what he deserves? Who wants him to beat his wife? How well his wife and daughter took care of him before. The arm was injured in the fall and recovered as if it was not injured."
"Yes, this is self-inflicted."
But there are also people from the older generation who scold Liu Dongmei and the others.
"There must be something wrong with Sun Ximei's style. She ran away from home with just one slap. This means she was beaten too little. If I were Liu Jiefang, I would catch her and beat her to death."
"That's right! Children don't help their biological father, and they help their mother run away from home. What kind of bastards are these?! They want to be beaten to death just like me."
"The key point is that Li Wenjun still dares to take him in. Isn't this just to keep the world in peace and to meddle in other people's business?"
Li Wenjun heard this and was not angry. He posted a notice at the factory gate with a smile: "From today on, our factory will provide free accommodation, three meals a day, lawyer assistance, and free police calls to gays and lesbians who suffer from domestic violence. Work can be solved if necessary.”
The mine suddenly became quiet, and no one dared to say another word.
Anyone can be provoked, but not Li Wenjun.
When this guy makes up his mind to mess with someone, he can make life worse than death.
