Courtyard House: They all say I'm a good person

Chapter 14 Rejecting the Virgin Mary

Looking at the note stamped with the official seal, Yu Li finally breathed a sigh of relief, but soon felt guilty and uneasy about her distrust of Shen Zhishou.

Seeing Yu Li's uneasy look, Shen Zhishou simply hugged her and kissed her twice.

"Good wife, don't overthink it!"

"With such a wonderful wife like you, how could I possibly go astray?"

"I still want to grow old with you!"

Shen Zhishou showed no dissatisfaction whatsoever.

If Yu Li didn't care about him, she wouldn't care at all how he got his money.

Dinner was naturally a very enjoyable meal.

Yu Li stewed cabbage and tofu, and made cornbread in the pot; the taste was just so-so.

But in this day and age, being able to fill your stomach is already considered very lucky.

What's more, Shen Zhishou also brought back meat buns.

With meat, vegetables, and even soda, what more could you ask for in a meal like this?

Back in the village, even having enough to eat was a luxury for Shen Zhishou.

After dinner, Shen Zhishou and Yu Li went to the Intermediate People's Court to wash the dishes.

After Yu Li finished washing the dishes, Shen Zhishou brought back a bucket of water. He watched as Yu Li washed the pot and boiled half a pot of water, saying that Shen Zhishou should take a simple bath that evening.

Shen Zhishou naturally wouldn't refuse.

If this were in the village, he would go to the reservoir at night to take a good bath.

But in the city, you can only take a quick rinse at home.

As for bathhouses?

Shen Zhishou has not been there yet.

The bathhouses of that era were nothing like those of later generations.

If you get it at the wrong time, the water in the bathhouse is really...unpredictable.

"Honey, why don't you take a shower too?"

When it was time to rinse, Shen Zhishou pulled Yu Li over as well.

Then, naturally, it's a win-win situation for everyone.

……

Lying on the bed, Yu Li leaned weakly against Shen Zhishou and told him about what had happened during the day.

She also got a job at the neighborhood office today, helping to clean up some substandard garments at a clothing factory. She worked all day and earned one yuan.

"After a while, I'll see if I can help you find a stable job!"

Shen Zhishou gently patted Yu Li's hand.

"real?"

"Will it work?"

Yu Li was instantly excited.

She also graduated from high school and had been waiting for the neighborhood committee to assign her a job, but she never got one.

Shen Zhishou smiled and said, "No problem!"

In this day and age, a permanent employee position is not so easy to obtain.

But, how should I put it?

As long as you have the connections, it's really not a difficult thing.

Shen Zhishou currently has no connections, after all, he has only just entered the city.

But where there's a will, there's a way.

Upon hearing Shen Zhishou's reply, Yu Li gave a soft cheer and then flipped over to sit on Shen Zhishou's lap.

"Don't move, I'll take care of you!"

……

The next day, Shen Zhishou and Yu Li woke up at almost the same time.

When Yu Li woke up and saw Shen Zhishou, her face instantly turned red. She quickly got up and went to make breakfast.

A large bowl of congee, plus leftover meat buns from yesterday, and two boiled eggs.

Shen Zhishou went to the Intermediate Court again and brought back a bucket of water.

For once, Qin Huairu, the laundry girl, wasn't busy at the tap today, and correspondingly, Sha Zhu wasn't brushing his teeth by the tap either.

After breakfast, Shen Zhishou went to work.

Yu Li locked the door from the inside and went back to sleep.

Shen Zhishou, with his long legs, quickly arrived at the grain station.

The grain station director, Su Fuying, was a woman in her forties who wore black-rimmed glasses and always had a stern face, as if everyone owed her a lot of money.

Deputy Director Li Man looked older than Su Fuying. He was quite stout and always had a smile on his face, like a smiling Buddha.

As for the other colleagues, they were mostly around thirty years old, both men and women, and regardless of whether they wore glasses or not, they all appeared to be refined and cultured.

Generally speaking, the staff at the grain depot were all weaklings who couldn't lift a finger or carry anything heavy.

As it turns out, Shen Zhishou's judgment was entirely correct.

Shen Zhishou was basically in charge of any work that required even a little physical effort.

People come to the grain station to buy grain every day, and Shen Zhishou basically has to go to the back warehouse to move grain every hour.

As a porter at the grain depot, Shen Zhishou felt that his job was really boring and tasteless.

However, the lunch at the grain depot was quite good.

A balanced diet of meat and vegetables, with white flour steamed buns.

The key is that it tastes good, and the chef's skill level is probably about the same as Sha Zhu's.

The main reason was that there weren't many staff at the grain depot, so the dishes prepared by the cooks were like those cooked in a small kitchen, rather than the large batches of food served in factories, and the taste was naturally much better.

The benefits for employees at the grain depot were also very good.

For example, you can get food from the cafeteria and take it home to eat.

The grain depot closes later than regular factories, so it provides a dinner, but most people take their meals home to eat.

Shen Zhishou naturally wouldn't miss out on this perk, and when he got off work that evening, he specially ordered two meat dishes.

Because Shen Zhishou was indeed quite capable, he was accepted by his colleagues at the grain station in just one day, and naturally learned some little-known, unspoken secrets.

For example, staff at grain depots can actually buy a certain amount of discounted grain.

Of course, these discounted grains all have a few minor issues.

For example, it might contain too much sand, or it might be infested with insects...

Although Shen Zhishou is new, he also has a quota.

He was considering whether or not to reveal this situation to Jia Dongxu.

Although this is a well-known little secret, it could cause serious trouble if it gets leaked.

As our ancestors said, "If secrets are not kept, disaster will ensue!"

Shen Zhishou truly didn't understand what kind of person Jia Dongxu was.

And Jia Zhangshi?

Thinking about the necromancer's role in the story, Shen Zhishou took a deep breath and made a decision: he couldn't tell Jia Dongxu about this.

A saintly heart is unacceptable!

As for whether Jia Dongxu will get into trouble again in the future, Shen Zhishou has no say in that.

He didn't want to put himself and his colleagues at the grain station in danger because of his momentary kindness.

When she got home, Yu Li had already prepared dinner.

"Look what I brought back!"

Shen Zhishou chuckled and handed the lunchbox to Yu Li. "The grain station provides dinner tonight, so I just brought back two dishes!"

"It has meat!"

Hearing Shen Zhishou say this, Yu Li's bright eyes shone even brighter.

At this moment, Yu Li felt incredibly happy.

Originally, she was confused about the future after divorcing Yan Jiecheng, and her marriage to Shen Zhishou was also a bit of a blur. But the good life she is living now is something she never dared to dream of.