Chapter 369: Filling Out the Application Form

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In the blink of an eye, more than half a month has passed.

At the end of June, the flu epidemic is finally coming to an end. Although it is still difficult to find a bed in the hospital, the number of new severe cases has dropped by 70% to 80%.

Compared with last year, the harm of this round of epidemic has been reduced, but it still caused considerable losses.

Take the people around Xu Dong as an example:

Fortunately, the old Xu family is safe and sound;

In the security department, a colleague died of illness;

Among all the relatives, only Yang's father and a cousin died of illness;

Among the group members of the rotation training class, 3 people did not make it, and with the 15 people who died of the epidemic and accidents last year, the number of group members has just reached 340.

In addition, some familiar faces have disappeared forever, including some celebrities and business leaders, which is really sad!

Thursday, June 26th.

Early in the morning, Ma Lingling and her good friend Jiang Jing took a day off. Today was the day to fill in the application form, and they had been out for half a month, so they went home to visit.

Yesterday, both of them checked their college entrance examination results.

Ma Lingling scored 645 points, so Xia Qing was sure to go to college. She spent most of the morning yesterday answering calls, especially at her grandfather's house, where they chatted for more than half an hour.

Jiang Jing's grades were also good, with 602 points, 6 points more than the estimated score and 23 points higher than the undergraduate admission line, so she was also sure to go to college.

They both took the subway back home.

At 10:30 in the morning, they separated at the subway exit, but agreed to go to school together in the afternoon to fill in the application form.

Knowing that her daughter would be back today, Xu Ting took another day off. After getting up, she started to get busy and prepared to make up for her child.

"Mom, I'm back."

Xu Ting pulled her daughter over and looked her up and down carefully. She couldn't help but say with heartache:

"Why have you lost so much weight?"

"I think it's okay. I had some baby fat before, but now it's just right!" Ma Lingling said carelessly.

"It's better to be a little fatter!"

This is the current public aesthetic. Fat means health and blessing.

"Mom, don't worry. When I go to college, I promise I can grow back in two or three months."

When Ma Lingling thought of her grandmother's cooking skills, she couldn't help drooling.

Xu Ting thought so too, so she stopped entangled in this topic.

"How is your work? Is it going well?"

"Didn't I tell you? I work in logistics. There is air conditioning in the office. My colleagues are very friendly to me and I don't feel tired at all.

On the contrary, Jiang Jing chose to be a front-line production worker. In order to get more salary, she works overtime every day. When she comes back, she falls asleep and has no interest in surfing the Internet."

Xu Ting sighed: "Children from poor families grow up early. Do you think they are all like you? When you get paid, remember to buy a gift for your grandparents. Don't forget it."

"Remember, the factory will pay wages on the 10th of next month. I can get 4,000 yuan this month. Jiang Jing will get more than me, about 7,000 yuan."

"This child works too hard." Xu Ting sighed. No wonder she can fall asleep as soon as she falls asleep.

Ma Lingling suddenly opened her backpack.

"Mom, I brought you a gift."

"What gift?"

Xu Ting was very curious. Her daughter hadn't received her salary yet. What gift could she bring back? Could it be from her grandmother?

"Ding ding ding ding... That's it!"

"It's just bread crumbs, I thought it was something good!" Xu Ting said unhappily.

Ma Lingling handed a large bag of bread crumbs to her mother. This was what she had accumulated in half a month, and it was almost seven or eight kilograms in total.

She originally wanted to give the bread crumbs to her friends.

But Jiang Jing refused to accept it no matter what. She didn't have the conditions before, but now she has the conditions. Jiang Jing's self-esteem doesn't allow her to do so.

"Mom, don't look down on these bread crumbs. There are second-hand vendors coming to the gate of our factory every day to collect bread crumbs. One kilogram costs more than two hundred yuan. My bag is worth less than two thousand yuan!"

"Then you can keep it for yourself!"

Xu Ting waved her hand. Their family didn't lack this little food, and these bread crumbs had been there for half a month. Who knows if you will have diarrhea after eating them.

Ma Lingling didn't care: "Mom, if you don't want it, then I will send it to grandpa in the afternoon. Grandpa will definitely praise me for being filial."

"It's up to you. Send it if you want!"

...

At the same time, Jiang Jing also arrived home.

There was no one at home except for Jiang's father who was paralyzed in bed. Jiang's mother went to work and his two younger brothers were still in school.

"Wife, why did you get off work so early today?"

Jiang's father's voice came from the bedroom.

"Dad, it's me."

"Xiao Jing? Didn't you go to Yanjing to work? Why are you back?"

Jiang Jing came to her parents' bedroom with her schoolbag on her back.

"The school filled in the application today, and I asked for leave to come back to fill in the application."

Jiang's father was ecstatic: "Xiao Jing, did you get into college?"

"Well, I checked the results yesterday, 602 points, and the undergraduate admission line is 579 points." Jiang Jing answered calmly.

"Good, really good, more promising than your father..."

Jiang Jing looked at his thin father, and tears suddenly flowed like a spring.

Jiang's father immediately panicked: "What's wrong? It's obviously a happy thing, why are you crying?"

"I'm fine." Jiang Jing wiped her tears and then opened her backpack. "Dad, are you hungry? I brought you some bread."

For the past half month, Jiang Jing has been eating bread crumbs. She brought back all the bread she saved. Although she had a falling out with her mother, the family is still a family.

"Where did you get the bread?"

Father Jiang looked at the bread in front of him and swallowed unconsciously.

The last time he had a meal was yesterday at noon.

He only ate two potatoes in total, and he hadn't had a drop of water since last night.

If he didn't want to get more food, he would have killed himself long ago to avoid dragging down his family.

"I work in a bakery. The bakery can get about half a pound of bread crumbs every day. I saved the bread crumbs and exchanged them for bread."

"Xiao Jing, you have a good job!"

Father Jiang couldn't help but praise.

Mother Jiang is a sanitation worker who sweeps the streets. She only makes more than 3,000 yuan a month. This salary can't even buy ten pounds of food on the black market.

Jiang Jing nodded: "My deskmate helped me find the job. The factory belongs to her grandfather. The leaders of the factory take special care of me. I can get 10,000 yuan a month now."

"Ah... this..."

Father Jiang was so surprised that he could hardly speak.

Jiang Jing poured a glass of water for his father and then fed him bread.

Father Jiang finally reacted and shook his head at the bread beside his mouth: "Dad is not hungry, leave the bread to your mother and your brothers!"

"Dad, before school starts, I can at least make more than 25,000 yuan, and 45 kilograms of bread. From now on, our family's life will gradually get better." Jiang Jing advised.

"You still have to go to college..."

Jiang Jing interrupted: "It's okay to go to school. I have made an agreement with the leaders of the factory. I can come here to work part-time anytime I have free time in the future. At least two or three thousand yuan a month."

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