CHAPTER 1277: CHAPTER 1278: THE LITTLE WIDOW OF THE SIHEYUAN 5

"Why not? The reason is simple, Zhao Jun has passed away, and I need to support two children now."

"The books before, I bought them with my own money. After reading, I sold them to the recycling station."

"Originally, doing things this way, there wasn’t any loss, I was just transporting them back and forth."

"But every time I bought ten books, only two or three would come back."

"Previously, with Zhao Jun’s income, this loss wasn’t a big issue, so we didn’t mention it."

"But now it’s just my income, and I can’t afford it."

"If you want to read books, you can go to the recycling station to buy and sell books." Zhang Yu thought they could do the same.

Upon hearing this, the people present realized they really couldn’t make Zhang Yu continue to bring books, as after all, they’ve all taken books to some extent.

They all thought the books Zhang Yu brought back were from the recycling station and didn’t cost anything, so why shouldn’t they take them?

Nobody thought that Zhang Yu actually spent money on them.

Someone with quick thinking said, "How about Little Yu, you just help my family buy?"

"I’ll give you money."

Some people thought this was a good suggestion and proposed it one after another.

Zhang Yu shook her head, "Forget it, I won’t get involved. Otherwise, if there’s an issue with the books being too heavy or too light, nobody can explain it, since I work at the recycling station."

"If you need anything, I can gather it and put it aside, and you can buy and sell from me over there."

"I won’t handle it directly, if something goes wrong, what will happen to my family?"

"Now I’m the only one earning money at home, so I can’t afford any issues." Zhang Yu mentioned what happened in the alley before.

Everyone, being neighbors, had heard about it to some extent, and they all assured her they would never do such a thing.

Zhang Yu smiled without saying anything, but she didn’t agree either. In short, her stance was that she would absolutely not interfere.

Having worked all day, she thought about many things, like how to get along in the courtyard complex. After all, she used to be a weak person and suddenly becoming assertive made those around her find it strange.

The best way is still to show weakness, especially since she didn’t have much interaction with the people in the courtyard complex before. It was mainly Zhao Jun who communicated with them.

Now, she just continues to keep little contact with everyone and shuts her door to live her own life.

As for what the surrounding neighbors think, she doesn’t care at all. With solid roots and a family background for three generations that were either farmers or laborers, no one would make a fuss about these matters.

Seeing that she wouldn’t budge, what else could they do but mutter to themselves in their hearts.

Auntie Zhao didn’t go out; without children, whether Zhang Yu brought comic books back or not didn’t matter much to her family.

Old Master Zhao sat quietly at home eating. At work today, he pondered all day how to discuss compensation with Zhang Yu.

He had no intention of getting involved in outside matters.

Auntie Zhao watched her husband sipping alcohol slowly, "Old man, do you think this will work out?"

Old Master Zhao glanced at his wife, "What are you worried about? It’s not like you don’t know who calls the shots in their family."

"With Zhao Jun gone, aren’t they at the mercy of others?"

"Look at it, Zhang Yu has a job, Zhao Lei is only ten, how can he inherit the position?" Old Master Zhao felt that even the old master was on their side.

"But what if that girl wants to work at the machinery factory? You know the recycling station’s pay isn’t high." Auntie Zhao was really worried.

"You think she can just go into the publicity department?"

"I’m telling you, she can’t replace Zhao Jun in the publicity department, Zhao Jun got in because of his writing skills, can Zhang Yu write?"

"When I say she can only work in the workshop, do you think that girl will go?"

"No rush, no rush." Old Master Zhao expressed confidence in handling the matter, "By the way, did Zhang Yu ask you?"

Auntie Zhao nodded, "She asked in the morning, I said the factory hasn’t come out with a policy yet."

Old Master Zhao made a sound of acknowledgment, "And her reaction?"

"She just said ’oh’ and then went into her room."

Old Master Zhao thought Zhang Yu’s reaction was normal, "Who else can she rely on besides us."

"We are their neighbors and related by blood." Old Master Zhao was truly confident.

He was confident, but didn’t know someone else had already set their sights on Zhao Jun’s job. Even if they couldn’t work in the publicity department, as long as they could work at the machinery factory, it would be fine.

Those well-informed knew Zhang Yu had already gone to work at the recycling station, so of course they went to find her.

It’s not that they didn’t want to go to the courtyard to find her, but there were many machinery factory employees there, and many who had no jobs eyed Zhao Jun’s job.

They felt they had no chance if they went there, so it was better to find Zhang Yu directly at the recycling station.

Zhang Yu was bewildered when she knew their purpose, "The factory hasn’t even decided how to compensate, how can I transfer Zhao Jun’s job."

Hahaha, she had originally thought of going to the factory to find the leaders, hoping for a chance, waiting for Old Master Zhao’s action, so she kept waiting.

Unexpectedly, before Old Master Zhao took action, others came to poach, so she didn’t think too much and used this as a convenient excuse.

The other party originally thought Zhang Yu didn’t want to give them Zhao Jun’s job, but seeing her expression now, they were sure she really didn’t know.

"No one told you?" The other party confirmed with Zhang Yu again, "Zhao Gui didn’t tell you?"

Zhang Yu blankly looked at the other party, "Zhao Gui?"

"He’s the one from your courtyard, working in the factory office." The other party felt like Zhang Yu was completely clueless, every question leading to a look of confusion.

Surely, she didn’t become a fool just because her husband passed away.

"Oh, you mean Old Master Zhao," Zhang Yu suddenly realized, "We all call him Old Master Zhao, I didn’t know his name."

The other party, upon hearing this, found it reasonable, "Zhao Gui is Old Master Zhao, didn’t he really tell you the factory has already come up with a solution?"

Zhang Yu shook her head again, "I really didn’t know."

"Has a solution really been made?" Zhang Yu confirmed with the other party again.

The other party made a few sounds of acknowledgment, "Do you think I’d lie to you?"

Of course, Zhang Yu knew the other party wasn’t lying, but her face still showed disbelief, "I don’t know you."

"Old Master Zhao said the factory is still researching because my family’s situation is special." Zhang Yu looked at the other party suspiciously.

Of course, the other party knew Zhao Jun’s situation was quite unique; generally, when something like this happened, the factory would offer compensation, and then the family member would take over the job.

Zhao Jun’s wife had a job, and the child was too young to take over, so what else could be done but sell the job?

"No matter how unique, the factory must at least have a plan, it’s unreasonable to delay without any plan for so long." The other party was anxious, feeling like Zhang Yu wasn’t quick on the uptake.

Initially thinking she was easy to fool because of her simplicity, now they realized it was a problem too, as she stuck stubbornly to Old Master Zhao’s claim of no solution.

What to do now? Although they didn’t know why Zhao Gui said so, dragging the matter without handling it surely had a reason.