CHAPTER 339: CHAPTER 339: RECRUITMENT

Gu Lingling was unaware of these things.

After she finished talking with Liu Yating on the phone that day and inexplicably listened to a few words from Yang Yunhai, she did not go out again. She spent the whole day at home either reading or knitting sweaters.

The yarn she bought with Grandma Yao last time, she didn’t know who she wanted to knit it for, but the colors looked quite nice. She learned the pattern’s knitting method after a few days, so she took on the task.

Just as Gu Lingling anticipated, Zhui Zi never returned after he left, but Yao Jingsong still brought his group of friends to help Zhui Zi inquire about his sister.

That day, Hao Lianlian came to Nanshui Village to find Gu Lingling, "After the New Year, the transformer factory will start recruiting workers, formal positions. My grandpa wants me to go, what do you think?"

In the past life, the transformer factory also recruited around this time, and Hao Lianlian joined the factory according to Old Man Hao’s arrangement. Moreover, because she had a high school education, she was assigned to a good position after entering.

It’s just that later, she eloped with Lv Guodong, and Gu Lingling didn’t really know what happened to Hao Lianlian after that.

However, she knew that by the end of the nineties, this state-run transformer factory would close down, and the iron rice bowl that everyone considered so secure turned out to be a burden, causing many people to lose their jobs.

"Did your grandpa not tell you?" Seeing Gu Lingling not speaking, Hao Lianlian cautiously asked.

After speaking, she glanced at Gu Lingling’s expression and felt relieved when she saw nothing abnormal.

"I haven’t been to Grandma’s house these days," Gu Lingling said, "Plus, I want to finish high school."

Even though studying in high school now feels like not studying at all, precisely because of this, they’re missing too many classes. With their current level, they are at best in fifth or sixth grade, and they have to learn middle school knowledge and high school subjects. Gu Lingling sincerely feels that there isn’t enough time.

And if she goes to work at the transformer factory, there will be very little time left for studying each day.

But staying at home idle without working isn’t good either.

Gu Lingling was somewhat uncertain about what to do.

"Lingling, do you think studying is really useful? I see they don’t read much, and besides..."

"Besides, this time there are very few factory positions available. If we miss this opportunity, we don’t know when we’ll have another chance," Hao Lianlian said, biting her lip after glancing at Gu Lingling.

In fact, she also wanted to study, but seeing her grandpa working so hard, she was shaken.

Both of them sat on the kang without saying a word.

"Lianlian, what if, I mean, what if someone said that in two years the college entrance exams would resume? Would you want to work now or study?" Gu Lingling asked.

"Will that day truly come?" Hao Lianlian asked while fiddling with her fingers, "If it really does happen, I’d regret not studying. But if we miss this chance, we also don’t know when the next opportunity will be."

Even though Hao Lianlian doesn’t often join them in studying and solving exercises, this girl is the real academic talent.

Gu Lingling benefitted from advantages in her past life and Mr. Zhou’s tutoring, so she learned quickly and well.

But Hao Lianlian was different. Among the three, she had the quickest thinking, particularly in science subjects, truly outperforming Gu Lingling and Liu Yating.

Therefore, Gu Lingling genuinely hopes that Hao Lianlian can persevere.

Yet she also understands Hao Lianlian’s dilemma.

If she starts working earlier, Old Man Hao can be relieved a bit.

The same goes for Gu Lingling; working would also lessen Gu Chunhai’s pressure.

Hao Lianlian originally intended to seek advice from Gu Lingling, but unexpectedly both of them started to feel troubled.

"Which departments are recruiting this time? Is there an exam?" Gu Lingling asked.