Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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Ye Ning’s college entrance examination results were not ideal, but she passed the junior college level.
The class teacher also called her to the office to do ideological work, “This score is enough to enter a junior college normal school. Now the tuition for normal school is free and there is a living allowance. You can start working in two and a half years. Although the job at Everbright Pharmaceuticals is also good, but I personally suggest you continue school. Graduating from college is still different.”
“I’m sorry, teacher, I still hope to be able to work as soon as possible.” Ye Ning didn’t say the reason. It couldn’t be said that she had already gone to college and could predict the future, right? It would be strange not to be regarded as a lunatic.
Teacher Zhang thought that Ye Ning was worried about her younger siblings, so she sighed and stopped trying to persuade her, “Are you sure you can pass the interview? If you can’t get in, I’ll help you find a way out.”
Although she was only a high school teacher, she still had a lot of connections. There were some things that could not be done in the city, but there were no problems in the township schools below. If Ye Ning was willing to work hard, she could become a full-time student in two years, and she could live a stable life in the future.
“I don’t know yet. I have passed the written test. I asked around and they said that everyone who took the exam this time can pass the interview. I am afraid that good positions may not be available. But it doesn’t matter. As long as I have a job, I will work hard.”
Ye Ning didn’t say anything in detail, and there were some things that were hard to say.
“It’s good if you think so. By the way, I have already said hello to my friends in the second primary school. When school is about to start, you can come to me to get a letter of introduction. Then you can take your brother to the second primary school to register.” Teacher Zhang smiled.
“Thank you, teacher.” Ye Ning didn’t expect Teacher Zhang to be so concerned about her affairs, and she didn’t know how to thank her.
“It’s nothing. You work hard. There are no obstacles that you can’t overcome.”
Ye Ning returned to the dormitory. It was empty. The other people had already gone home with their report cards. Wu Jing was not there either. She didn’t know where she went. She put the transcript under her pillow and planned to wash the clothes.
“What did Teacher Zhang want from you?” Ye Ning had just picked up the basin when she saw Wang Yao walking in.
“You didn’t go home? It’s nothing. She just wanted to persuade me to continue going to college. I just graduated from a junior college teacher’s college. I will be assigned to be a teacher in an elementary school. If it doesn’t matter, I can’t even get into the school in the city. I might as well go to the pharmaceutical factory as soon as possible.”
Teachers’ benefits would be good in the future, but their current benefits were really poor, with low wages, few benefits, and some towns and villages often even delayed wages.
Wang Yao: “I originally planned to go back, but there is good news I haven’t told you yet. I had dinner at my uncle’s house yesterday and asked him specifically. He said that your position has been confirmed. You don’t have to leave the workshop, you can just stay in the office.”
“What position?” Ye Ning asked quickly.
“I’m not sure about this. Maybe there’s no specific allocation yet.” Wang Yao asked, but her uncle didn’t tell her.
No matter what, the job was finally settled, “Wang Yao, thank you so much. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t even be qualified to take the exam, let alone pass the interview. Can I treat you to lunch at noon?”
“Not at noon. My parents are waiting for me to go back for lunch at home. Let’s wait until you get paid before treating me.” Wang Yao said with a smile.
Not long after Wang Yao left, Wu Jing came back with her transcript. She glanced at Ye Ning and sat on her bed without saying a word. After a long time, she suddenly said: “I’m going to college, and I want to change my destiny.”
Ye Ning said, “Very good!” But why was she telling her this?
“I think you should continue to go to college. The job at Everbright Pharmaceuticals is good, but how can you compare with college students? You have to work hard for a few years and you will be fine after graduation.” Wu Jing looked at Ye Ning like a fool, “What brother and sister, don’t be stupid. When they grow up and have their own family, they won’t remember how much you, as their sister, sacrificed for them. If they become famous in the future, I’m afraid they will still dislike you as an eyesore.”
Ye Ning did not expect that Wu Jing would suddenly say such words, “Of course I have my own reasons for not going to college. My younger siblings are not the main reason.”
She had Ye Qingshan’s compensation, not to mention two and a half years, that was okay to study for four or five years. The main reason was that she didn’t want to study anymore. She would make this clear to Ye Lan and Ye Gu in the future, so that they would not always feel that they owed her.
“What a fool. You will regret not going to college.” Wu Jing sneered.
If she hadn’t gone to college before, she might have regrets in retrospect, but she had already experienced it once. She had gone to school enough and really didn’t want to go to school again.
Wu Jing returned to her hometown, and Ye Ning was the only one left in the dormitory. Originally, Ye Ning had graduated and she could not continue to live in the dormitory. The head teacher specifically told the school about Ye Ning’s situation and helped her buy some time, but the school certainly could not let her continue to live there after the summer vacation, she had to make progress on the house over there.
Ye Ning kept Teacher Zhang’s friendship in mind, went back to pay her salary, and made sure to buy something to visit Teacher Zhang.
The master hired by the landlord came quickly and demolished the collapsed house next to it in one day. The next day they pulled out the weeds in the front and back yards, and several people were moving debris from the house. After the move was completed, repairs would need to be done. Ye Ning would clean it and it would be ready for people to live in.
“How is it, not bad?” the landlord asked with a smile.
His family used to be a wealthy family in the county. They owned several properties and shops. However, they were confiscated in those years and the family was broken up because of this. More than ten years later, only he and his wife were left. Their only son went abroad. He went there, but there had been no news so far. The houses and shops that were taken back were all lying empty. This house was originally intended to be used as a dowry for his sister, but unfortunately his sister was not lucky enough to survive.
“Not bad.” Ye Ning felt that it would still be a big project to clear it out for habitation.
When cleaning up the clutter, Ye Ning found that there was a lot of furniture inside. She was worrying about beds and cabinets. She would definitely not be able to afford the ones in the county and couldn’t make them in time. Now these could be washed and used again.
“Can you leave these for me?” Ye Ning pointed to the bed and cabinets.
“Okay.” The landlord nodded cheerfully. Many of these things were smashed, with arms or legs missing. Even if he took them away, they would only be burned as firewood.
They picked two beds that were still usable, a table that was usable, and a few chairs with missing legs. The legs of the chairs were still there. They could still be used if they were nailed together. There was nothing else valuable.
Ye Ning asked people to move the tables and chairs to the yard and rinsed them with water first. They had left them there for too long, so she rubbed them for a long time before washing them clean.
After working all afternoon, she washed out the two beds. The cabinets, tables and chairs were not moved. She first put the bed boards and other things against the wall to dry, and she would do the rest tomorrow.
“Girl, I really didn’t know you were so capable.” The landlord originally thought that Ye Ning was a girl who kept her fingers crossed, but she didn’t expect that she was quite neat at work. “Don’t wash anything else. The master will come to repair the roof tomorrow, the ashes will fall and everything will have to be washed again.”
Ye Ning looked back at the landlord in disbelief, “Then why didn’t you stop me from washing the bed?”
“I see you were working so hard, so I didn’t want to stop you.” Seeing Ye Ning’s face turning red, the landlord smiled and said: “I’m kidding you, the collapsed house has been cleared out. There is a straw shed there, but I didn’t let it be demolished. The firewood was stored there. I will let the Master, help carry it over there later.”
“Thank you.”
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