Chapter Fourteen: Resolution

“Impossible.” Qin Jiuhong couldn’t care less about reputation. Whatever Old Madam Su could think of, she could think of as well. As for the ten yuan pension money, Old Madam Su was really dreaming!

“I’m not discussing this with you. Your father and I will talk to the third brother tonight,” Old Madam Su snorted coldly.

“It doesn’t matter who you talk to about this,” Qin Jiuhong said, then went straight back to her room.

As for dinner, she had no intention of helping with that.

The bright side was that their family would soon move into the city and start eating commercial grain. Plus, they would have a stable income.

...

After returning to the city, Gao Changming immediately called Director Cai of Caihua Street.

“Director Cai, this is Old Gao from the machinery factory.”

On the other end, Director Cai laughed, “Old Gao, you’re the kind who only shows up when you need something! What’s the matter this time?”

They had served in the same unit years ago—old comrades.

Gao Changming briefly explained his situation and then said, “Old Cai, do you have any vacancies now? I can exchange a formal worker’s quota from our factory.”

“What a coincidence! We actually have an opening, so I can trade with you,” Director Cai chuckled.

...

“That works,” Gao Changming quickly agreed since he happened to have several quotas on hand.

After Gao agreed, Director Cai added, “Old Gao, one more thing—our street office isn’t as well-funded as your factory. The housing for the new person will have to be arranged on your side; we really have no available housing here.”

Gao frowned upon hearing there was no housing but still said, “Alright, I’ll handle the housing issue.”

...

After nightfall, Su Dawei returned home, as did Su Yanchu, though Yanchu came back a bit later than usual.

“Dawei, Yanchu, I have good news for you,” Qin Jiuhong said happily to the two.

“What is it, dear?” Su Dawei, exhausted, asked.

Because the county town was too far from home, they had to eat lunch at the factory cafeteria but always returned home at night.

“Husband, do you remember the person we rescued a few days ago?” Qin Jiuhong asked Su Dawei first.

“Yeah, I remember,” Su Dawei replied.

“Who did you save?” Su Yanchu hadn’t heard their conversation before, as he had been studying late for exams recently.

“We happened to save someone on the road,” Qin Jiuhong explained, then added, “Anyway, the person is very influential. When I talked to him about the housing issue, he said he could solve it and even promised me a position at the street office.”

“What’s his surname? Which factory does he work at?” Su Dawei had sharp insight; anyone who rode in a sedan and dressed so well certainly wasn’t ordinary.

“His name is Gao Changming. He said he has a say at the machinery factory. Husband, do you have any leaders named Gao at your factory?” Qin Jiuhong honestly shared Gao Changming’s situation.

“That’s our Factory Director Gao!” Su Dawei had been working at the factory for several days and hadn’t expected that he and Qin Jiuhong would coincidentally have saved him.

“Then our housing problem will definitely be solved one hundred percent!” Qin Jiuhong said.

Finally, they could move out, leave this miserable place, and no longer have to work in the fields every day.

“Yeah, that’s almost certain. Director Gao said he would arrange work for you too?”

“Yes,” Qin Jiuhong replied.

“Director Gao seems like a really decent man,” Su Dawei smiled.

Now the problems troubling their family were finally resolved.