Chapter 4: Why is Mom Crying?

  Days passed one by one, and before I knew it, more than a month had gone by.

  That day after school, as soon as I entered the house, I found that my mother was different from usual, with a look of loss. Seeing Zhang Yue, she said: "The food is in the pot, take your sister and Xiao Hui to eat." Then she went into the room. In a while, Uncle and Aunt rushed over, several people were discussing something in the room, and my mother's suppressed crying voice was faintly heard.

  Xiao Hui saw the scene and consciously returned home early, while Zhang Yue sat in her room, thinking carefully. Then she knew that it was the day of her mother's unit restructuring.

  Mom used to be an accountant in the unit, but during the restructuring, the leader took advantage of his power and arranged for all the financial departments to be filled with his own cronies. And mom, who relied on her hard work and didn't participate in any cliques, was naturally excluded.

  I remember that at the time, my mother cried very hard. She always thought that her diligent work, being evaluated as a model worker for many years, and even being evaluated as one of the top three "March 8th Red Flag Holders" in the province for several consecutive years, would make her the first choice no matter how the leaders selected people. But now, all her achievements have been erased, and she has become an object waiting to be selected. Of course, my mother was very sad.

  Thinking of this, Zhang Yue calmly walked into the kitchen and started preparing. She and her sister needed to eat dinner, as did her mother, uncle, and aunt. And she knew that this was a new starting point for her mother's success, a good thing, it's just that her mother couldn't see it coming like she could.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, a week later, Zhang Yue saw the door of the inner room closed again, and the sound of people talking came from inside. At this time, his father was rarely at home, but he was also locked out. He was now hovering around the door, listening secretly on one side and anxiously waiting on the other.

  Watching this scene, Zhang Yue couldn't help but laugh out loud, walking over to hug her father's neck and coquettishly saying: "Dad, I'm hungry, what delicious food are you going to make for me?"

  Dad was startled by her sudden hug and couldn't help but complain: "Go, go, you're so big now, not as good as your sister. Your mom's work hasn't even started yet, and you're already thinking about eating."

  Zhang Yue pulled her father into the kitchen and said, "Dad, you don't know that there's a saying: 'Disaster is where good fortune leans.' Who knows if something bad might turn out to have a good outcome? Besides, Mom's abilities are plain for everyone to see. Are you worried she won't have anywhere to go? With this effort, why not help them make some food instead? There are quite a few people in the house, right? I reckon they won't be able to finish talking anytime soon. You'd better get started early, and it's unlikely they'll leave soon!"

  That night, her parents talked until midnight. The next morning, Zhang Yue was called into the room and her father said to her: "Yueyue, you're a big kid now. What you said yesterday made me feel much more at ease. Your mom and I have discussed it, and from now on, we won't keep anything from you about family matters. There are only a few of us in the family, so we'll discuss everything together. About your mom's work issues, I'm sure you've heard a lot. What do you think?"

  Zhang Yue knew that from today on, her mother would completely leave the financial work and switch to running a business. Although she had experienced many setbacks and hardships, she had achieved brilliant results. It should be said that it was also a good time, after several years of hard work, her mother became a well-known figure in the city's commercial circle, which also greatly improved the family's living conditions. However, these words could not be spoken, even more so from her own mouth.

  Zhang Yue thought for a moment and said to her parents, "Actually, I don't know what mom should do either. I just feel that this is like making friends with our classmates. If we can't get along with these people and it's always frustrating and unhappy, then why not just stop playing with them and make some new friends? Maybe we'll be happier."

  Dad and mom looked at each other, and mom reached out to rub Zhang Yue's hair, saying: "Yueyue, mom always knew you were a sensible child, but really didn't know that you had grown up. Mom thought so too, it's just that if in the future mom doesn't do financial work anymore, she will start to be busy, and your dad does engineering work, often having to go on business trips for long periods of time, what about you and your little sister?"

  Digression

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