Shen Yuan Chao could also feel that Yi Da Ma genuinely loved him. He thought of the original plot and knew that when he grew up, he would find a way to make Yi Da Ma get a divorce!
It was only 1952, and Yi Da Ma was only forty years old. Although she was older, she could still have children.
She could have her own children.
Shen You Chu and Shen You Tian eagerly lowered their heads and started to kiss Shen Yuan Chao.
“Mom, will our brother not be taken away?”
Liu Hui Zhen: “No, Yuan Chao is your brother, forever!”
“That’s great, we have a brother! Mom, go to work, we can watch over our brother!”
It is said that poor children become responsible at an early age, and it is true!
Although Shen You Chu and Shen You Tian were only three years old, they were already very sensible.
At noon, Liu Hui Zhen prepared a meal for Shen You Chu and Shen You Tian, and then boiled a bowl of rice porridge for Shen Yuan Chao with ABC Mickey Mouse candies. She fed Shen Yuan Chao until he finished eating.
Then she said to Shen You Chu, “Chu Chu, Tian Tian, stay home and watch your brother. If anything happens, one of you watches your brother, and the other goes to call Yi Da Ma, okay?”
“Liu Auntie, go ahead, I’ll help take care of Yuan Chao!”
He Yu Shui put on the cotton-padded jacket that Liu Hui Zhen had altered for her, and the whole person looked much more energetic.
Only her hair was still messy.
Liu Hui Zhen deftly helped He Yu Shui braid her hair into two pigtails and said with a smile: "Then I’ll leave him in your care, Yu Shui. This is your Mickey Mouse candy wrapper. I washed it clean, and you can put it in your book.”
He Yu Shui carefully tucked the candy wrapper into her pocket and began to watch Shen Yuan Chao with Shen You Chu and Shen You Tian.
The more they looked, the more they adored him. They couldn't help but pinch his little hands and feet, kiss his little cheeks.
Shen Yuan Chao's face became darker and darker.
He felt dirty.
He hadn’t even learned to crawl yet, and his first kiss was gone. He had been thoroughly inspected from head to toe.
Liu Hui Zhen arrived at the Street Committee Office. She first handed in her letter of introduction and applied for employment. Even though it was a temporary position, it was still a legitimate job.
In 1950, the city government established the Unemployed Workers Relief Committee to register unemployed workers, unemployed specialists, and unemployed intellectuals, helping them change their living conditions through employment.
From the spring of 1952, under the leadership of the Public Health Bureau in each district, more than 4,000 people participated in work-for-relief programs.
Secondly, they organized production units for family members of revolutionary martyrs and impoverished people to engage in handicrafts and small-scale industrial production.
From the implementation situation, at that time, they mainly organized the impoverished and family members of martyrs and soldiers to engage in handicrafts, such as mending clothes and making shoes. The government played a role in organizing production and helping provide sales channels.
At the same time, they also divided private merchants into five categories: law-abiding, basically law-abiding, semi-law-abiding, semi-law-abiding and semi-violating, mainly violating, and completely violating.
The so-called Wu Fan was actually about cracking down on illegal capitalists. In industry and commerce, they generally conducted a campaign to educate people about operating legally.
To help the impoverished people produce and save themselves, they also adopted the method of issuing small loans.
However, besides these people, there were also extremely impoverished households who were helpless, old, weak, disabled, handicapped, widowed, orphaned, and alone. These people could only be helped and adopted by the Street Committee Office, which established relief stations.
The Guang Nan Luo Gu Xiang Street Committee Office alone adopted over 300 such people and over 100 infants.
These people needed care for their daily living, including eating, drinking, defecating, and urinating!
Liu Hui Zhen's job was to do this work.
After completing her registration, the person responsible for guiding Liu Hui Zhen was a little-footed old lady from Nan Luo Gu Xiang, surnamed Guo, whom people called Guo Da Niang.
“Hui Zhen, you’re here for the first day, so get familiar with things. If you don’t know anything, just ask me. We have a lot of laundry to wash these days, and we need to wash all of this!
Also, make meals for these elderly people!”
Liu Hui Zhen: “Okay, Guo Da Niang, I understand!”
Soon, Liu Hui Zhen became familiar with things and began working. She cherished this hard-earned job opportunity. Even though the well water was cold, she wasn’t afraid.
She skillfully washed the clothes, and soon a mountain of clean clothes piled up around her.
There were professional old ladies who helped with drying the clothes. They were too old to do laundry and could only do light work.
A responsible person came to the backyard. Seeing Liu Hui Zhen working so diligently, his eyes lit up: "This is the person Wang Director found?”
Wang Director smiled and said, “Yes, what do you think?”
“Good. She has done the work of three people. I secretly looked at the clothes just now, and they were washed clean and didn’t have any damage. It’s clear she put her heart into it.
Wang Director, you have a good eye for talent!”
Wang Director smiled and nodded. The person she recruited was a good worker. Not only did it look good on her face, but it would also be her achievement in the future.
After washing the clothes, Liu Hui Zhen was supposed to leave, but she saw that the people in charge of cooking were busy and went to help with washing and chopping vegetables. The chef was much more relaxed thanks to Liu Hui Zhen’s help.
“Little Sister, wait here for a while, I’ll spare you some food!”
Liu Hui Zhen: “No, Wang Big Brother, this is my duty. I can’t take anything!”
Wang Director: “Hui Zhen, take it. You guys who cook work late and can’t take care of your families. It’s allowed by policy. Wang Chef, lend Hui Zhen a lunch box later!”
“Okay!”
Liu Hui Zhen received unanimous praise for her hard work and diligence on her first day of work. Wang Chef specially packed a lunch box of braised cabbage with vermicelli and two steamed buns for her.
These meals would have been enough for Liu Hui Zhen and her daughters for three days in the past.
Moreover, there were slices of meat in the braised cabbage with vermicelli.
Liu Hui Zhen quickly thanked him. Guo Da Niang smiled and said: "Come on, Hui Zhen, your home is on the same way as mine, let’s go home together!”
“Okay!”
Guo Da Niang was in a good mood and smiled, “Hui Zhen, do you read newspapers? Our War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Battle of Shangganling was a victory!”
Liu Hui Zhen: “Guo Da Niang, can you still read? I can only write my name.”
In the past, Liu Hui Zhen’s family couldn’t even afford enough to eat, let alone have the energy to attend literacy classes!
“Oh, Hui Zhen, that won’t do. This April, someone in our new country invented a crash literacy method. If illiterate people use this method to teach, they can learn to recognize 1,000 to 2,000 characters in 150 hours!
I heard Wang Director say that our new country is just being established, and we have a lot to do. It is a time when we need people who know how to read. If you can read, you will have a better chance of becoming a permanent employee in the future!
Let me tell you, my son attended a literacy class, learned to read many characters, and was assigned to the Si Jiu Cheng Machinery Factory. They eat steamed buns and rice every day, they have new dormitories, and the factory has new machinery, they are all very happy!
You are still young, I think you should attend a literacy class after work to learn some characters!”
Guo Da Niang’s words stirred Liu Hui Zhen’s heart. When she named Shen Yuan Chao, she realized the drawbacks of being illiterate. Now, there were free literacy classes, and she might as well consider learning!
If she could become a permanent employee like Guo Da Niang, she could earn money to support Yuan Chao, marry him a wife, and raise grandchildren in the future.
Liu Hui Zhen: “Guo Da Niang, thank you. I will go and inquire about the literacy class!”