Marry a female star at a bargain price

Chapter 39 39. Their Dilemma
On the other side, in the car.

Lin Xiao accompanied Han Haijun for a drink in the evening, so Han Xixi was driving today.

"Take me to the high-speed rail station!" Lin Xiao suddenly said.

"what?"

Han Xixi was surprised, "Aren't we going there by car?"

Lin Xiao frowned and turned his gaze from the phone screen to the person in the driver's seat.

"us?!"

"Yeah, yeah... didn't you say I'd go with you?"

"???"

Lin Xiao was stunned for a while, then he laughed: "Your mother said that just now, and I can't refuse her bluntly. But after leaving that house, we don't have to act anymore, so you can stay at my house for the next two days, I can go back by myself!"

Han Xixi blushed and realized what he meant.

"oh oh……"

She pursed her lips, a little embarrassed.

I was so proactive just now, as if I really wanted to go back with him and play the role of daughter-in-law!
but……

He has been performing with me for more than a month, so it’s not impossible for me to perform with him…

"It's almost 9 o'clock now. Are there any high-speed rail tickets left?" Han Xixi changed the subject.

"Yes, I just bought it and will be in Anyang at 10 o'clock!"

"Oh, all right!"

Han Xixi nodded, turned right at the intersection ahead and drove towards the train station.

There was silence for two minutes.

She took the initiative to speak: "Um...my father's proposal just now, why do you look reluctant?"

Lin Xiao didn't expect her to ask this and was a little surprised.

"You mean, he used his connections to transfer me to the district organization department?"

"Ok!"

"Well, how can I put it?"

Lin Xiao smiled and said seriously, "Two reasons. First, I really don't want to go! I don't have such big aspirations. I just want to stay in my current position and live a stable life. I'm not cut out to be an official... Do you think I'm a loser after hearing this?"

Han Xixi smiled and said softly, "No! My parents are both career-oriented people. They have been busy with work for many years, especially my dad. As far as I can remember, he has been traveling back and forth across the province. I rarely see him at home."

Suddenly talking about her childhood, she looked lonely, then suddenly smiled: "I grew up in my grandmother's house, so...from my point of view, I not only understand your thoughts, but also support them!"

This attitude surprised Lin Xiao and he started laughing.

"What about the second reason?" Han Xixi asked.

"The second reason...is of course because of our contractual marriage!"

Lin Xiao smiled awkwardly, "Your parents seem to really treat me as a family member now, so they care so much about my future. They may think this is what they should do, but I can't take it for granted.

"When our contract ends, I'll slap the divorce certificate in front of the old couple. They'll definitely be sad. And when they think about all their plans for me going down the drain, they'll be even sadder!"

These words caught Han Xixi off guard.

When I think about it, I feel it makes a lot of sense.

"You are right..."

She said in a soft but serious tone, "But when our contract expires and we get the divorce certificate, I will tell my parents that it was my fault and I won't let them hate you, don't worry.

"So, you can use my parents' influence in your work for the next year... but if you don't want to, forget it!"

Lin Xiao nodded, feeling relaxed.

He was really worried that in order to earn the 20 yuan fake husband service fee, Han Haijun and Liu Liyun would bear a grudge against him.

Especially since Liu Liyun is the head of his unit, how can he live a good life in the future?
Now after hearing what Han Xixi said, he was completely relieved.

At the same time, I couldn't help but think: From the employer's perspective, this girl is very kind, so I give her a thumbs up!

……

The traffic conditions were easing at night and we soon arrived at the train station.

Lin Xiao thanked him and left after getting off the car. Han Xixi looked at his back, looking a little lost, but she herself didn't know what she was lost for.

Lin Xiao got on the high-speed train and arrived in the small county town of Anyang 23 minutes later.

He wanted to take a taxi home, but when the taxi driver heard that he lived in a village in the suburbs, he looked at him as if he was a lamb to be slaughtered, and asked for thirty or forty yuan, which was more expensive than Lin Xiao's high-speed rail ticket from Ninghai.

Although he knew he was being ripped off, Lin Xiao had no choice but to get in the car.

Smelling the stench in the taxi and riding home for twenty minutes, Lin Xiao suddenly realized that he should buy a car.

It was already half past ten in the evening when I got home.

Mother Zhou Xiuping was lying on the bed with a plaster on her face. Seeing her eldest son coming back, she couldn't help but complain: "Look at you, I just twisted my waist slightly, it's nothing serious, why did you come back all the way..."

Although he was scolding, his tone was guilty.

Lin Xiao said with a straight face: "He's lying on the bed and can't move, and he said it's nothing serious... Come with me to the hospital for an X-ray tomorrow!"

Zhou Xiuping looked horrified: "No, no, why go to the hospital for back pain!"

Lin Xiao said angrily: "It doesn't cost much to take a film, and it's covered by medical insurance. What are you afraid of? Which is more important, this hundred or eighty yuan, or your health?"

Zhou Xiuping said seriously: "Xiaoxiao, it's not that Mom is reluctant to spend money on medical treatment, it's because our factory has a rule that if you take two days off in a month, half a month's salary will be deducted.

"Your grandma sprained her ankle last week, and I've already taken two days off to take care of her. If I take another half a month off, my work will be in vain... In two days it will be November, and I will definitely go to the hospital then!"

Lin Xiao rolled his eyes: "Can I choose a day to see a doctor? No, I have to go tomorrow, even if I can't take a day off!"

Zhou Xiuping still refused to do so. She couldn't bear to see the 2000 yuan salary she had worked hard for go to waste.

Lin Xiao was also troubled.

My mother works in a steamed bun factory. She is paid on a piece-rate basis. The more you work, the more you earn, and the less you work, the less you earn. She works all year round.

Sometimes when there are few orders in the factory, workers will be given holidays.

But now that winter has arrived, orders for semi-finished steamed dumplings have surged, and the factory's assembly line has to run for more than 16 hours a day, and demand still cannot keep up with supply.

There is no possibility of taking a holiday!

Of course, the workers in the factory don't want to take a holiday either.

After all, their wages are piece-rate, and the more orders they receive, the higher their wages will be.

Last month, Zhou Xiuping excitedly called Lin Xiao and said that her salary exceeded 4000 yuan for the first time.

This is very impressive for a rural woman with only a primary school diploma.

No wonder she refuses to take a leave even though her waist is aching so badly.

Lin Xiao was helpless. He stood there with his hands on his hips, looking very angry.

Of course, this anger is not directed at my mother, but at the unscrupulous factories in these towns and villages.

As a person with higher education.

Of course Lin Xiao knew that the factory's practice of not having a year-round office and deducting half a month's salary for leave exceeding two days was in violation of the Labor Law.

But today, the marketization process is advancing rapidly.

In remote towns in Anyang County, a less developed central province, labor laws do not cover some sweatshops at all.

Of course, it is a bit of an exaggeration to call it a sweatshop.

After all, these factories provide a livelihood for many people, so these unfair terms have become a mutually beneficial conflict between bosses and workers!
But it wasn't supposed to be this way.

Uneducated middle-aged female workers like Zhou Xiuping earned their money through hard work, and they should be grateful to themselves, not the factory owners.

Naturally, their basic rights and interests should also be protected rather than ruthlessly exploited.

But no one cares about them, and they themselves don't think there is anything wrong.

In fact, Zhou Xiuping sprained her waist because she fell off her electric bike on her way home from get off work, which was definitely a work-related injury.

But she didn't realize it at all, she just felt that she was unlucky!

So in the end, Lin Xiao was the only one who was furious when he saw his mother lying on the bed screaming in pain but still insisting on going to work.

"Go to the hospital tomorrow!"

He said coldly, "I'll find someone to help you with the salary deduction!"

(End of this chapter)