All the members are good people, only the host is a pervert

Chapter 154 The Young Widow 5

The day after the separation, Lin Cuilan once again requested leave. The neighborhood office leader, understanding that she had just lost her promising second son, gave her a week off so she could have a good rest. Lin Cuilan didn't refuse, thanked them, and left the office.

Now she was completely focused on finding jobs for her third and fourth children, Chen Jianjun and Chen Lihong. She knew that without jobs, the third and fourth children would still have to share the same household registration with her, which wouldn't be a real split. She would then have to take care of both.

This is also why the money from the division of the family property between the third and fourth sons is still in Lin Cuilan's hands - doesn't finding a job cost money? Forget about paying favors, that's what Lin Cuilan deserves. She's unlucky, having raised so many ungrateful people. But spending money is absolutely unacceptable. After all, the only money that was divided was Lao Chen's pension. That was his son and daughter, so it was divided. But she wouldn't spend a penny of her own money on ungrateful people!

Thinking about how they shamelessly asked her how to divide the money last night, Lin Cuilan got angry! Although she had scolded them to death yesterday, she was still angry!

Lin Cuilan first went to high school to get them both early graduation, earning them their diplomas. Then, she took Chen Lihong to a textile factory. Temporary work at a textile factory is tough and tiring. Most of the workers there are parents who don't want their children to go to the countryside and want a temporary job. Once they find better jobs for their children, they sell the temporary jobs.

Lin Cuilan patiently asked around the textile factory for much of the day, and her efforts paid off. She finally found someone looking to sell a job. Initially, the man asked for a high price. Lin Cuilan, with only the 200 yuan she'd received from Chen Lihong's family, couldn't afford such a high price. So, she began to negotiate, explaining her family's financial difficulties and how much her children needed the job. After some intense bargaining, she finally secured the position for 180 yuan.

When Chen Lihong heard the news, her face didn't show much joy. Instead, she frowned and said with disdain: "This is the job, hard and tiring, and it's a temporary job. How can this be considered a good job? And it costs so much money. I really don't know what you are thinking, Mom."

After hearing this, Lin Cuilan sneered in her heart: I don’t care whether you are tired or suffering, as long as you give me your pension money.

Thinking this in her heart, she cursed, "If you don't work, you'll go to the countryside!" That one sentence silenced Chen Lihong. Seeing that Chen Lihong had stopped talking, Lin Cuilan quickly dragged Chen Lihong to the job application process. When she started working, she took out Chen Lihong's separation agreement, which included 5 yuan for her pension and 1 yuan for her rent. These were all directly deducted from her salary when she was paid, without Chen Lihong's hands at all.

As a temporary worker, she only earned 16 yuan a month, and with 6 yuan deducted each month, she was left with only 3 yuan. Chen Lihong thought she could eat at home without worrying, and instead felt that having a few yuan in pocket money every month was quite good.

She didn't even think about the fact that Lin Cuilan had divided up the kitchen, so how could she cook at home?

After settling Chen Lihong, Lin Cuilan didn't have time to rest as she busied herself with finding a job for Chen Jianjun. Luckily, Lin's father and Old Chen had connections at the steel mill. Lin Cuilan approached the mill's management and pleaded with them, begging them to help find suitable positions. Remembering their past friendship, the management agreed to help.

After three days of waiting, the steel mill finally announced a position for a steel rolling mill worker. The work wasn't easy; it was backbreaking, and it was part-time. The pay wasn't high, only 20 yuan per month. But since it was a male position, the price was 500 yuan.

Paying 500 yuan for a temporary worker was definitely a loss. But there was no other way. These days, more people don't want their sons to go to the countryside than their daughters, so the price naturally goes up. Besides, temporary women workers in textile factories rarely have a chance of becoming permanent employees, while steel mill workers do. Lin Cuilan didn't bargain. After all, as long as it didn't exceed 650 yuan, it wasn't her money; she'd pay whatever they asked for.

Seeing that Lin Cuilan was so straightforward, the steel plant leader privately told Lin Cuilan when she was applying for employment that she would be able to become a regular employee by the end of next year or the beginning of the year after, so this price was not a disadvantage.

After Lin Cuilan took Chen Jianjun to the company, she not only asked the finance department to transfer his pension and the 3 cents rent every month, but also changed the amount of her eldest son Chen Jianhua's to 5 yuan per month.

After everything was done, she took Chen Jianjun out of the steel mill. After walking for a while, Chen Jianjun frowned and said reluctantly, "Mom, this job is too tiring and the salary is so low. I don't want to go."

Lin Cuilan glared at him and shouted, "Tired? Are you tired of going to the countryside? If you're tired, save up some money and find an easier job! I, your mother, can only find this job for you. You don't care about using connections or favors, and all you do is complain about being tired. It's useless!"

Chen Jianjun shrank his neck and didn't dare to say anything more.

After all this, Lin Cuilan was exhausted. It was already late when she got home. She had just sat down to rest when Chen Jianhua came home from get off work. Seeing his mother's exhausted face, he didn't show any concern. Instead, he said sarcastically, "Mom, you're so anxious to separate us all. You've already arranged jobs for the third and fourth children in just three days."

Lin Cuilan rolled her eyes, thinking he was just barking, and ignored him. Chen Jianhua felt like he had punched a cotton ball and returned to his room in shame.

Lin Cuilan sat on a chair, rubbing her temples, feeling helpless and exhausted. At this moment, Lin Ruan brought a bowl of hot water from the kitchen and said softly, "Mom, don't get angry and hurt yourself. Drink some water and take a break."

Lin Cuilan took the water and looked at Lin Ruan, her eyes full of relief. "Ruan Ruan is so thoughtful. Mom is not afraid of being tired. She's only been tired for two days. Have you completed the job application process? When will you start work? Tomorrow, Mom will go out to see if there are any unrented houses nearby. We'll try to move out in the next two days so that we can divide the house completely. I've really had enough of living with them."

In this era of housing shortage, it is not uncommon for one house to have multiple certificates. Many people have separated from their families and have no other houses, so they can only divide the house into one certificate for the bedroom and one for the second bedroom. However, they can only divide it according to the original architectural structure of the certificate. For people like them who have separated the second bedroom into two rooms, they cannot have two certificated houses and still count it as one second bedroom.

She hadn't been allocated a room yet because she was afraid that after she was allocated a room, she wouldn't be able to use the kitchen and bathroom if she hadn't found a new place to live. Lin Cuilan was relieved that the ungrateful boss wouldn't do such a thing.

After he left, she wouldn't care even if those three beat their brains out.

Lin Ruan did find one she liked, but she wasn't looking to rent it; she was looking to sell it. The house was right next to Lin Cuilan's old house, and she was asking a thousand, which Lin Ruan thought was a good buy.

However, Lin Cuilan still had to make this happen. These days, houses couldn't be bought privately. Their current house was purchased by Lin's father from the steel mill, and then registered with the neighborhood office with proof of ownership. Now that Lin Ruan wanted to buy a house, he couldn't hide it from Lin Cuilan, who worked at the neighborhood office.

It can even be said that this matter would be more convenient if handled by Lin Cuilan.

Lin Ruan whispered this to Lin Cuilan. She was not talking about buying the house, but only said that the owner wanted to sell it and the new owner was willing to sell it to her. However, the transfer of the house was still uncertain, not to mention that the house had to be transferred twice in a row.

Lin Ruan whispered, "Mom, although it's troublesome to transfer the house twice, it's safer. This way, no one except Wu Ning in the countryside will know that I bought this house. I can just say that I rented it."

Lin Cuilan didn't feel embarrassed after hearing this. She just said that she would take care of the matter. Tomorrow she would go to the street office to work and ask Lin Ruan to bring the homeowner over to transfer the house.

Lin Ruan continued, "Can the original and new owners, Wu Ning, go over and transfer ownership tomorrow? I won't go, as I'm afraid the crowds might see something. I'll leave all the documents with you, and you can just do it for me tomorrow."

Lin Cuilan also nodded in agreement.

As they were talking, a commotion erupted outside. It turned out Chen Lihong and Chen Jianjun were arguing again about work. Chen Lihong felt her temporary job wasn't as good as Chen Jianjun's steel mill job, and she felt aggrieved. Chen Jianjun, on the other hand, felt that since they were both temporary workers, finding a job on his own would cost more money but be more tiring, and he felt unhappy about it.

Lin Cuilan listened to the noise outside, rolled her eyes, went out and went straight to the kitchen to cook, without paying any attention to the two of them arguing.

Lin Cuilan was busy in the kitchen, thinking that after she finished the house transfer tomorrow and moved out with Lin Ruan, she would no longer have to see or be bothered by him.

At this time, Chen Jianhua walked out of the room and saw Chen Lihong and Chen Jianjun still arguing. Instead of trying to stop them, he added fuel to the fire. "Stop arguing, both of you. Instead of arguing, you might as well think about how to make more money instead of complaining all day long." This time, the war between the two of them directly burned to Chen Jianhua, and the three of them quarreled.

Lin Cuilan cooked the meal, put it on the table, and shouted, "Stop arguing and eat!" But the three of them continued to argue. Lin Cuilan was so angry that she threw her chopsticks and said, "Stop eating! I'm going to divide the house tomorrow. You can make as much noise as you want, but don't hang around in front of me." The three of them finally calmed down, hung their heads, and dared not say anything.

Lin Ruan also came out of the room and helped set the table. The family reluctantly began to eat, the silence at the table somewhat oppressive. Lin Cuilan was thinking about tomorrow, hoping to successfully settle the house and start a new life.