Chapter 156: Restarting your Career

　　After dinner and moving, she moved into the master bedroom of the courtyard and lay on the soft kang. On the kang cabinet at the end of the kang stood a pot of ginger and red date tea that Fu Shaohua had brought before leaving. Her life was so comfortable that even a god would not change it.

　　She lay on the kang with her legs crossed and started reading the contents of book No. 17.

　　Yang Yuexia is now 21 years old. In her previous life, she married Lin Youcheng, the man her parents chose, at the age of 18. However, she had a very bad life after marriage. Lin Youcheng liked to beat his wife, and Yang Yuexia was beaten so hard that she miscarried two children. After finally giving birth to a daughter, she was disliked by her in-laws because she was a daughter.

　　Giving birth after two miscarriages caused great damage to her body. She did not get pregnant until her daughter was six years old. So, with the help of her parents-in-law, she adopted the son of Lin Youcheng's younger brother.

　　Throughout her life, she worked like a workhorse, raising her own daughter and nephew, and taking care of the entire Lin family, young and old, making them feel comfortable.

　　But when she got old, no one remembered her kindness.

　　When Lin Youcheng got old, he wanted to divorce her and live with the widow he had been with for decades. The nephew he had raised with great difficulty only recognized his biological mother and not her. His daughter felt that she favored boys over girls and was biased, and treated her worse than her adopted son.

　　She was driven away, no one stood by her side to help her. Even her family said she was incompetent.

　　When she was desperate and wanted to jump into the water, she was saved by her cousin, who left her family when she was young and went to the capital to work as a nanny. She eventually married the son of the master's family.

　　When she was young, she had a good relationship with her cousin. Her cousin felt sorry for her situation and took her to the capital.

　　Her cousin's mother-in-law has been paralyzed for more than 30 years. Over the years, it has become increasingly difficult for her to take care of her. Yang Yuexia was brought to the capital mainly to help her take care of her mother-in-law.

　　Yang Yuexia was an honest, down-to-earth and hard-working person. She took good care of the old woman and freed her cousin from the busy nursing work, so she began to have fun.

　　She and her old sisters go square dancing today, and go on an outing tomorrow. They go out early and come back late all day and are often not at home.

　　Her children also had their own jobs and did not live in the old house. Gradually, she, the old woman and her cousin-in-law Xiao Chengping were the only ones at home.

　　Later, Yang Yuexia's cousin had an accident while traveling. After struggling in the hospital for two months, she died.

　　Yang Yuexia served her for the last days of her life. After she died, Yang Yuexia did not go back, but continued to work for the Xiao family.

　　Xiao Chengping is a retired officer and the director of a public security bureau. He is in his prime and has been living with a woman of the same age for a long time. Over time, the atmosphere between the two has become more and more ambiguous.

　　After knowing that Yang Yuexia could not read, he took the initiative to teach Yang Yuexia how to read.

　　In the second half of their lives, the two accompanied each other, and before her death, Yang Yuexia finally got a marriage certificate with Xiao Chengping.

　　After Yang Yuexia died, she suddenly found herself reborn at the age of eighteen. This time, after hesitating for a while, she convinced her family and asked her parents to go to the brigade to get a certificate. She went to the capital alone and came to the vicinity of the Xiao family to find a job. Finally, she successfully became the Xiao family's nanny.

　　The Xiao family is not peaceful now. Xiao Chengping is the third child of the Xiao family. He is still serving in the army and can only go home twice a month. It is harder than climbing to the sky for Yang Yuexia to see him. Not only that, he also has a fiancée who is well-matched with him.

　　Yang Yuexia had been working as a nanny in his home for two years, and her relationship with him had only improved a little.

　　It was not until the fifth year when Yang Yuexia worked as a nanny in the Xiao family and Xiao Chengping retired and returned to the local army that their relationship rapidly heated up.

　　At this time, the entire Xiao family opposed the relationship between the two. Even Old Mrs. Xiao, whom Yang Yuexia had been taking care of, changed.

　　After a series of physically and mentally abusive stories, the Xiao family finally changed their minds about Yang Yuexia and agreed to their marriage, but more than ten years had passed. Yang Yuexia was in her thirties, and Xiao Chengping was already a second-married man with a pair of six-year-old twin sons.

　　Yang Yuexia became Xiao Chengping's legitimate wife, but her life after marrying Xiao Chengping was not much different from her life before marrying Xiao's family. She still had to take care of the bad-tempered old lady Xiao, and also look after Xiao Chengping's two naughty sons who never did good things but only did bad things.

　　She didn't dare to intervene too deeply. If she did, everyone from the Xiao family or outside would say that she was an unkind stepmother. Especially the mother of the twins who was divorced from Xiao Chengping but often came to the Xiao family to show off.

　　Counting the days, Yang Yuexia has been working as a nanny in the Xiao family for three years. She has also developed feelings for Xiao Chengping.

　　After seeing this, Jiang Youtao no longer had the desire to read on.

　　This is another story of an old ox. She just don't know if she, the old ox, is the same as Zhang Linxi. If she is the same as Zhang Linxi, then she has no choice but to respect, bless, and lock it up.

　　Jiang Youtao drank too much water, so she got up from the kang, opened the door and went straight into the bathroom. When she came out of the toilet, she felt refreshed.

　　She walked into the living room, which was empty without even a decent piece of furniture. Just as she was wondering if she had enough money to buy furniture, someone knocked on the door.

　　Jiang Youtao went out to open the door, and the person who came was Xiao He.

　　Xiao He smiled at Jiang Youtao: "Comrade Jiang, our leaders know that you have moved to a new house and sent you some furniture."

　　Jiang Youtao looked outside and saw a small military truck loaded with mahogany furniture.

　　This solved Jiang Youtao's urgent problem. She stepped aside to make room for him. "Thank you, thank you. I was just worrying about where to buy good furniture. Please help me go back and thank your boss."

　　Xiao He asked the young men who came with them to lift the furniture down.

　　A wooden sofa, a wooden coffee table, a shelf wardrobe and a bed - everything was available. After delivering the furniture and arranging them, they left.

　　When Gu Nianwei came to look for Jiang Youtao, she saw them and frowned: "Taotao, did you buy furniture?"

　　Jiang Youtao nodded. Xiao He was very enthusiastic about Gu Nianwei and said directly to her, "Comrade, do you want to buy furniture too? If you want to buy furniture, you must go to our state-owned furniture store. We have all kinds of furniture with good quality and new styles."

　　Xiao He used to patrol the school security department every day, and Gu Nianwei also knew him: "I know you, aren't you from our school security department? Why are you selling furniture now?"

　　Xiao He had already thought of an excuse: "The security department only pays a fixed salary, which is not enough to support my family, so I found this job. Although this job is a bit tiring, I can earn hard-earned money by helping to deliver goods to customers' homes."

　　Xiao He left after saying this.

　　The weather in the capital was already very hot at noon in June, and the back of Xiao He's army green short-sleeved shirt was already soaked with sweat.

　　Gu Nianwei looked at his back, not knowing whether she believed what Xiao He said.

　　Jiang Youtao was also unsure, and the two looked at each other. Gu Nianwei said, "Originally, I came here to discuss whether to buy furniture with you. Since you have already bought it, I will buy one myself."

　　Jiang Youtao nodded: "Okay."

　　Gu Nianwei dropped the topic and didn't continue. She went into Jiang Youtao's yard and discussed what to eat in the evening with Xu Manqiu who was woken up by Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei.

　　It gets dark very late in the capital in summer, and it is still light at around seven o'clock. The three of them took advantage of the cool weather and went out.

　　They walked around to digest their food, and then returned to their respective homes.

　　Xu Manqiu lived in the east wing of Jiang Youtao's house.

　　Fu Shaohua came early the next morning and brought Jiang Youtao and the others some special delicacies of the capital, including fried liver, fried dough rings and hand-pulled pancakes.

　　After dinner, Xu Manqiu returned to school. This summer, many people did not go home and continued to study at school. Xu Manqiu did not plan to live in Jiang Youtao's house permanently.

　　After Xu Manqiu left, Jiang Youtao stayed with Fu Shaohua for a while, then she remembered the many melon seeds in her system backpack, so she decided to go out and continue her melon seed selling business.

　　Like before, she decided to look for a distributor, and her first choice was Xu Qingqing, who sold cold noodles at the entrance of the alley.

　　As soon as Fu Shaohua returned home, Jiang Youtao went to the back house, packed a few pounds of melon seeds and went to the alley entrance.

　　Xu Qingqing is mixing cold noodles. Cold noodles are a traditional noodle dish in her area. She has been learning how to make them from her grandmother and mother since she was a child, and her skills are quite good.

　　When summer comes, the cold noodles she makes in the evening will be sold out in no time.

　　It's already 1978, and the management of street vendors is no longer as strict as before.

　　Xu Qingqing's cold noodle stall was there, but no one came to take care of it.

　　When Jiang Youtao arrived, Xu Qingqing was busy.

　　She cut the translucent cold skin into thumb-sized pieces, put them in a yellow enamel bowl, added fried peanuts, finely chopped cucumber, green chopped green onion and coriander, then began to add seasonings: a little sesame oil, a small spoonful of sesame paste, salt, MSG, soy sauce, vinegar, garlic water and a spoonful of chili oil.

　　After stirring vigorously for a while, the chili oil coated the cold noodles with a layer of red, and the green cucumber shreds, chopped green onions and coriander dotted it. The cold noodles with a fresh cucumber fragrance were ready.

　　Xu Qingqing charged 20 cents for this serving of cold noodles.

　　In this hot summer, residents around here are willing to spend a few cents to experience this cool feeling.

　　Aunt Yang came out holding Jiao Baoer. She was going to take Jiao Baoer to pick up her grandson from school.

　　Seeing Jiang Youtao, she quickly greeted her.

　　After her son Xing Daxin finished decorating the house for Jiang Youtao, he took on the big project of the Han family under the introduction of Jiang Youtao and others. Aunt Yang looked at Jiang Youtao as if she were the God of Wealth.

　　Her son has no shortage of work this year. He can earn day's wages for every day's work. Aunt Yang is very happy.

　　"Xiao Jiang, are you here to buy some Liangpi?" Without waiting for Jiang Youtao to reply, Aunt Yang continued, "Tell me, kid, if you want to eat Liangpi, just tell me directly. I'll send it to you as soon as it's ready. You can't walk a few steps from the street in front or the street behind. Why are you waiting here? It's very hot today. The hot wind is almost melting you."

　　Xu Qingqing quickly packed up a portion of cold noodles and continued to mix another one: "Yes, yes, my aunt is right, why don't you just tell us you want some and we'll deliver it to you?"

　　Jiang Youtao saw that Xu Qingqing's business was indeed good and she was too busy to handle it, so she turned her attention to someone who was eloquent and a local.

　　"It's okay. It's noon, so it's okay to go out for a walk. Qingqing, make three portions. Pack one separately and pack the other two together. I'll come back and get them later." After Jiang Youtao finished talking to Xu Qingqing, she waved to Jiao Baoer at Aunt Yang's feet: "Jiao Baoer, come here, Aunt Tao will hug you."

　　Jiao Baoer pursed her lips and smiled, then ran towards Jiang Youtao. Jiang Youtao picked her up and walked towards the nursery in this area.

　　Jiao Baoer had gained a lot of weight, her body was clean and she smelled of soap, her big eyes blinked, and she was very cute. Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei would hug her every time they saw her, and gave her lots of candies and biscuits.

　　When they were a little further away from the crowd, Jiang Youtao moved closer to Aunt Yang and asked, "Aunt, do you want to start a small business?"

　　Aunt Yang looked around and lowered her voice: "Of course I want to, of course I want to. Isn't this business better than making matchboxes? I only make ten cents a day making matchboxes with Jiao Baoer and Xiao Guang."

　　"Sometimes I can't even get them." Aunt Yang has wanted to start a small business for a long time, but she just didn't have the connections. She looked at Jiang Youtao and said, "What's up, Tao'er? Do you have any good connections for me?"

　　Jiang Youtao took out some melon seeds from her pocket and said, "Aunt, do you want to sell melon seeds? I'll give you four cents per ounce. It's up to you how much you can sell it for."

　　The price of four cents per ounce of melon seeds was too high. Aunt Yang did not rush to refute, but looked at the melon seeds in her hand. She grabbed a few and cracked them, then decided: "I'll do this business."

　　Aunt Yang is a woman of determination. If she didn't have that much determination, her home would have become a slum long ago.

　　Jiang Youtao gave Aunt Yang a thumbs up and said, "I always say that Aunt Yang is a courageous person. Come with me to my house in a while. I will weigh as many melon seeds as you want."

　　"Your family Qingqing has already set up a stall at the door, so there is already a flow of customers. If you put some melon seeds on the side, you will definitely have no problem selling them, and you won't have to delay taking care of the children. How great."

　　Aunt Yang was so happy because of Jiang Youtao's words "your family Qingqing". She liked Xu Qingqing and had wanted to bring the two of them together, but she couldn't figure out what the two of them meant, which really made her anxious.

　　"Okay, I'll bring you some cold noodles later, and then we can weigh the melon seeds."

　　The two separated at the entrance of the next alley. Not long after she returned home, Aunt Yang arrive, carrying cold noodles and a small basket.

　　She was quite bold and ordered five kilograms of melon seeds of one flavor. In the end, she left carrying the sack. After all, when she came, she didn't know that Jiang Youtao's melon seeds had so many flavors.

　　Jiang Youtao sent her out the door and just happened to see a group of people entering the next door. Not long after, a sound was heard from the next yard.

　　"Yang Yuexia, how do you take care of my mother? It's so hot, why don't you take her outside to get some fresh air? Look, the mattress is wet. She's going to get bedsores soon."

　　"That's right. Why are you feeding noodles to my mother on such a hot day? Clear porridge with pickles and steamed buns is the best way to cool down. Look at what you are serving! Only my third brother is blind to fall for someone like you."

　　"I don't know what tricks you, a vixen, used. It's really unlucky. If it weren't for my third brother who wouldn't let you go, I would have kicked you out long ago."