Chapter 36
Chapter 36
Someone in the house made the first move, and anyway, the two of them woke up very late the next day.
Su Fei and Ningning both felt sore all over their bodies. They glanced at each other, not knowing what to say.
It didn’t feel as natural as yesterday, but “silence is better than words.” Although they had finished eating, the two of them still tidied up and then started to cook something to eat.
Luckily, there were plenty of ingredients left in the kitchen, including meat, vegetables, and noodles.
Su Fei continued to sit on a small stool and started the fire. Thinking about something that seemed to have happened yesterday, but she seemed to have forgotten.
“Did Village Chief Ning say something yesterday? I can’t remember.”
Ningning thought for a moment and remembered it was about the exam scores. “Yesterday, the village chief went to check the scores. It seems like you did well. Let’s go ask later. I wonder how Liang Hao did.”
“Okay, let’s go ask after eating.” Su Fei replied while tending to the fire. Yesterday, she had only thought about the bridal chamber and hadn’t thought about anything else.
Ningning nodded calmly and quickly prepared the meal.
“Alright, let’s eat. You go and set the table.” Ningning said to Su Fei, who obediently went to set the table and chairs.
As they ate, the two of them talked about some gossip in the village. It was the same as usual, simple yet warm.
“Take some meat to the village chief. We can’t eat all of it.” Ningning packed up and thought it would be better to bring some meat when visiting neighbors because Su Fei had bought too much meat.
“Oh, I’ll get it right away.” Su Fei immediately went to the kitchen and took some pieces of chopped meat, including a particularly fatty piece.
For the people in the village now, the fattier the meat they bought, the better, because fattier meat was more fragrant, and people could also render the fat into lard, which was cooked oil. When there were no vegetables, a little pork fat with soy sauce made a very fragrant meal.
“Su Fei and Ningning, did you have a good time last night, hehe…” The villagers saw the newlyweds and couldn’t help teasing them.
Su Fei and Ningning didn’t mind. These people were just talkative.
Some people were quite envious that Su Fei could go to university, especially a prestigious one like Beijing University.
“Su Fei is going to college, then who do you want to give your job to? We’re all family…” Some people were quick-witted and took the opportunity to talk to Su Fei and Ningning. It was just a matter of speaking; who knew if it might work out.
“I can’t make decisions about this. The village chief will arrange it properly.” Su Fei didn’t want to entertain such talk. These people were like vultures.
“How can you say that? If the village chief says a word, and we’ll succeed. Don’t worry, as long as your sister becomes a teacher, she won’t mistreat you.” Ningning’s cousin felt more and more reasonable as he spoke, and his eyes became more and more wrong.
Now he felt that Su Fei and Ningning were being unfair to his family by not giving this job to his child.
“If it’s really for you then it will yours! If this job works out for you, you’ll give me an extra thousand yuan. If not, stop talking nonsense.” Su Fei couldn’t stand this kind of thing.
Now, it was necessary to force this person a little.
“Well… who knows if you can handle this matter? We’re family afterall, do you want to hand this job over to someone else?” The cousin was a bit afraid in her heart, and she really couldn’t come up with more than a thousand yuan.
“Don’t talk about feelings, talk about money! Otherwise, why are we waste our energy talking for you for nothing? If it were up to you, would you be willing?” Su Fei directly retorted, wondering how shameless one could be.
“I… I really can’t explain this kind of thing to you.” The cousin didn’t know what to say.
“Ningning, tell me, we’re all family here. Su Fei has already got into university. She’ll be leaving you alone in the village, won’t your siblings the only one can support you in the future? If you don’t help your cousin now, don’t come to us for help if you get bullied later!”
“Cousin, I remember your child didn’t even able to graduated from elementary school yet, and you want her to be a primary school teacher? You really don’t take the job of a teacher seriously.” Ningning said bluntly, “For this job, who should I give it to? I’ll leave it to the village chief to distribute fairly. It’s no use talking to us.”
“Also who said I’ll be leaving Ningning alone in this village? We’ll going together, okay? Don’t come to me for help in the future. I won’t agree.” Su Fei was now speaking tough.
“I… I…” The cousin realized this wasn’t going well.
There would definitely be other times when they would have to ask Su Fei and Ningning for help in the future. Any discerning person could see that Su Fei’s family was about to take off.
“Let’s go quickly.” Su Fei grabbed Ningning and hurried away.
After seeing Village Chief Ning, Su Fei quickly told her about what had just happened and asked her to make a decision.
“Alright, I’ll take care of this matter. Do you really have no one you want to recommend?” Village Chief Ning thought for a moment and said, in this era, all jobs could be arranged.
“How’s Liang Hao’s exam results? If she did well, I’ll recommend her so she has some living expenses and can continue studying next year.” Su Fei thought for a moment and said.
“The scores were quite high. She should have no problem getting into a technical college.” Village Chief Ning said excitedly because Su Fei’s scores were particularly high.
Apart from her, there were also two others who got into a technical college and a vocational college. Especially now, with such a low admission rate, it was great that three out of ten people could get into university.
“No problem, just give it to whoever you think is suitable.” Su Fei said and then thought for a moment.
“Chief, I can’t stay here any longer, and Su Fei and I are planning to leave together. Please take care of our house.” After they finished discussing official business, Ningning thought about the things at home and the new house. He didn’t want others to ruin it.
“Sure, no problem. Don’t worry, there aren’t that many annoying people in our village.” Village Chief Ning took charge of this matter. “Your TV set, you must keep it safe. It would be heartbreaking if it got stolen!”
“It’s not a new TV, it’s a second-hand one. It’s relatively cheap, only 300 yuan.” Su Fei said nonchalantly.
“Well, since you’re leaving it with me, I can pay the original price. How much did you buy it for? I’ll give you that much.” Village Chief Ning also wanted to buy the TV set they kept at home for the village.
It was a TV set that was sixty percent new, so it was quite cheap. Nowadays, TVs cost over a thousand yuan.
“If you keep it, Chief, it’ll become a third-hand TV. I can’t sell it to you at the original price. If you want it, 200 yuan will do.” Su Fei was directly cut by over a hundred yuan.
“Okay, I’ll take it. I’ll give it to my eldest granddaughter. I want them to be able to watch TV in the county town too.” Village Chief Ning rubbed her hands.
She didn’t want to see her granddaughter’s longing eyes anymore. After staying here for two days and watching TV for two days, she didn’t want to leave anymore.
The scores came out, and in a few days, admission notices came one after another.