Bai Xiujuan was sitting in the office, knitting a small blue sweater in her hands.
She has been playing for a long time, and now it has begun to take shape, and the main body can be seen.
At this moment, there was a large stainless steel thermos cup in front of her. The lid was now open, and the whole office was filled with the smell of traditional Chinese medicine.
I wouldn't say it smells bad, but it's definitely not pleasant either.
Fortunately, I had repeatedly emphasized to my colleagues that it was for health care. Although everyone was not used to the smell, they still didn't say anything.
But there is always some small friction in a unit.
Sister Li from the same unit curled her lips and asked casually:
"Xiujuan, you've started to wear sweaters again in this summer. I don't think this size is for your old man."
She lives across from Bai Xiujuan and is well-informed. This woman dresses up brightly every day and doesn’t even buy new clothes for her children for the New Year. These parents seem to have had some trouble with Lao Ding because of some child matter some time ago.
The eldest sister even broke down...
child?
Take another look at Bai Xiujuan, who is either wearing a sweater or tiger-toe shoes these days...
She, Li Xiaoyun, couldn't stand it.
…
Bai Xiujuan smiled: "Isn't this just a matter of idleness? I'm giving a sweater to my relatives' children."
Old employees in the company like them basically have nothing to do nowadays. They usually just write notes and so on, and they are really free.
"oh."
Sister Li smiled half-heartedly:
"I saw you wearing a little tiger head hat a while ago."
"Are you so kind to your relatives' children?"
She cooks traditional Chinese medicine at home every day, and there are only a few kinds of medicine that can nourish a woman's body. Bai Xiujuan is cheerful every day, and she doesn't look sick at all. Instead, she is as energetic as Lao Ding, as if she has great hope for life...
Sister Li has a bold guess in her mind.
Bai Xiujuan sighed:
"Children are so cute and lovable. They are so idle anyway."
As he spoke, he started laughing, as if he had already seen the child.
Sister Li was about to say something, but she saw Sister Xiaoqin from the next table coming over: "Xiujuan, I see that you have been drinking Chinese medicine every day recently. Are you taking care of your body?"
She took leave for a trip a while ago, and now she smelled this Chinese medicinal smell when she came back.
Bai Xiujuan looked nervous for a while, but then relaxed again:
"Yes, the doctor said that my qi and blood are a little weak."
…
In fact, she usually takes good care of herself, her qi and blood are very good, and the old doctor didn't find anything wrong with her.
However, if you want to have a child and have just received the ring, it is always better to take more precautions.
So I took both Chinese and Western medicine.
Sister Xiaoqin heard her answer and said quickly: "Well, do you think this medicine will be effective?"
Bai Xiujuan nodded: "It works, of course it works. Look at the makeup I applied recently, my face is very red."
That's not true. When customers are rushing to spend money, the old Chinese doctor can add safflower ginseng to it. The qi and blood will be a bit too strong.
Bai Xiujuan has had several big blisters on her back this week.
Sister Xiaoqin quickly said: "Then where were you watching? I'll go there too!"
Bai Xiujuan was so nervous. After all, the matter of having a second child was not considered by the people and not by the officials.
If she introduces Sister Xiaoqin, what if the doctor leaks...
So he asked without leaving any trace: "Do you also want to take care of your body?"
Sister Xiaoqin sighed: "Oh, where is it me? It's my daughter."
She is five or six years older than Bai Xiujuan, and her daughter is also two or three years older.
I started working as early as last year, working in a bank in a coastal city, and currently I am still a contract worker.
The salary is quite good, five to six thousand a month, but the tasks are also heavy.
Pulling in deposits, selling financial management, and there are fixed tasks every month.
It's so far away that even friends and relatives who have money can't go there. I often lose a lot of hair at night, and I'm so stressed that I can't sleep all night long.
No, I heard that there are Chinese medicine doctors who are good at recuperating the body, so I wanted to wait for my daughter to come back and take her there to have a look.
Sister Li sighed next to her: "Oh, this kind of bank employee who has not yet been established is very tiring to work. I heard that you have to stand in the lobby all day long, and you have to wear high heels."
Sister Xiaoqin also sighed: "That's right, her father and I are extremely worried."
"Let the child come back. She doesn't want to. She said that she can finally see things outside. If she grits her teeth and perseveres, she can develop in a big city in the future."
I couldn't help complaining again: "This child doesn't know how to be stubborn. I asked her to come back and work in our unit, but she refused. She said that she wouldn't be hiring this year anyway, and she would wait until the recruitment time to see the situation before deciding to come back.
If you don’t come back... just tell me!"
Bai Xiujuan laughed.
"Sister Xiaoqin, if you care, you will become confused."
"I'm telling you, it's not that hard to go to work. Look, we talk every day, drink some tea, and wear sweaters when we have nothing to do. Haven't we been here for the past few decades?"
"Every girl is so stubborn, sooner or later she will suffer."
"She has never suffered as a child, so she calls like that. Just leave her alone and come back when she feels she can't stand it anymore."
After saying this, Sister Xiaoqin's face didn't look good.
——Emotions are not your daughter, don’t you feel bad!
Let’s not talk about those in big cities, let’s just talk about bank contract workers in our city. It’s not that easy to do.
After thinking about it, he said in a weird voice: "Yes, my daughter's abilities are mediocre, but she can't compare to my daughter who got admitted to Ming Dynasty and has a bright future in the future, right?"
Bai Xiujuan is in a good mood every day now. She doesn't care about her sour words at all. Instead, she sighs a little worriedly:
"I'm worried too. What's the use of Weiwei going to school so far away? The old couple won't be able to count on it."
"Whenever something happens at home... and something happens, I won't be able to call you back."
She frowned: "But I'm thinking that when she graduates and our unit happens to be recruiting, she can just come in."
Sister Li pouted again.
"The child is so promising, why don't you let her try her luck in a big city?"
Bai Xiujuan shook her head: "What are you getting into? Girls are all good, just stay at home. If you wander outside, you will become wild."
"Let me tell you, if a girl is too stubborn and wants to run away, she will no longer be a person in life. Once she gets married, her husband's family will definitely dislike her."
Sister Xiaoqin's face looked very bad.
Sister Li snorted from her nose, and then looked at the thermos cup that she kept in her hand recently. She thought of something at this moment and asked tentatively:
"It's okay for my children to come back to work. Children from our work unit can definitely get in. There is a quota for each family, which is just right."
Bai Xiujuan's heart skipped a beat.
"One quota per family? Aren't all employees with children eligible? Then there are quite a few people with two children in our unit."
"You also said it was back then."
Sister Li seemed to have grasped some information at this moment, and smiled meaningfully: "That group of employees are all older than us, and the children have already entered the unit."
"But our batch is all planned family planning. Who can have two children? There must be one quota for each family."
"If there are too many places for a family, will we have to arrange a job for our relatives once their household registration is added?"
Bai Xiujuan's men made a mistake and the sweater couldn't be beaten anymore.
She leaned forward and asked with concern: "Will this policy change in the future?"
"This policy has been around for several years, and it will definitely not change!"
"And haven't you noticed that there are more and more machines in the company now?"
Seeing her anxious look, Sister Li felt happy.
Even Sister Xiaoqin, who was choking on her words just now, although she didn't know why Bai Xiujuan was so anxious, looking at her, she felt that she was in a good mood.
"... When all the work is done by machines, there won't be so many people doing the work. There will definitely be fewer and fewer people joining the company."
As she said that, she also leaned forward:
"I heard that the next time the company wants to recruit workers, it will be once every five years."
Bai Xiujuan felt nervous. She was holding the thermos cup and wondered what she was thinking.
