I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

He Ling looked at the ducks and asked, "Auntie, are all these chicks and ducklings yours?"

The aunt said apologetically, "I'm so sorry, we didn't take the animals with us. We've disturbed your business."

He Ling blushed upon hearing this; they were just playing around in the house and had nothing serious to discuss.

This auntie was busy making a living; she was the one doing the real work.

"Auntie, is this your house?"

“It’s my son’s. I live here, but when I heard you were coming, I moved down the mountain overnight.”

He Ling felt a pang of heartache and went over to pull the aunt's arm, saying:

"Excuse me, excuse me, we've disturbed your peace and quiet. Please come in and have a seat, take a rest."

The aunt wiped the sweat from her face: "No need, I have something to do in a hurry."

"Come in and have a cup of tea first, we'll make it for you later."

He helped the landlady into the room, introduced her to the other people in the room, and learned that the landlady's surname was Xu.

Aunt Xu sat down, gulped down a cup of tea, and said:

“Yesterday my son said he wanted to lend out the house, so I moved my things out overnight as he instructed. I was exhausted after a long night.”

The group exchanged glances, and He Ling asked, "Wasn't it supposed to be announced in advance and prepared?"

“Oh dear, my son is always so impulsive,” Aunt Xu said. “Last night he suddenly told me that someone important was coming to the house and asked me to help him move his things quickly.”

Apart from Qin Yunchu, everyone else had their own thoughts after hearing Aunt Xu's words.

They felt that Aunt Xu might be trying to show how much she valued the guests.

But listening to it, I could only sense that Aunt Xu's son was a bit of a snob.

The guests, out of politeness, didn't say anything directly, but the comments section was much less forgiving, and they were all very harsh:

"The aunt's face was purple from exhaustion. Why didn't her son go to help? He just kept ordering around his old mother."

"Celebrities think they're all important, ordering their own mothers around. People like that, haha..."

"Could you please reveal who this person is? I'd like to find out so I can avoid making friends with them in the future."

……

He Ling also guessed that the atmosphere in the live chat wouldn't be very good, so she quickly tried to salvage the situation by saying:

"Actually, Auntie, there's no need to rush like this. We're just visiting, and we're afraid of disturbing your life!"

Aunt Xu chuckled and waved her hand, saying, "No, my son is a capable man, and I just listen to him."

He Ling asked curiously, "What does your son do for a living?"

Aunt Xu paused for a moment and said, "I don't know much about it. Before he was fifteen, he would always squat at home writing and drawing, and he wouldn't let me know what he was doing."

"And what about after fifteen?"

"After I turned fifteen, I suddenly said I was going to leave home, and then I was away from home for many years," Aunt Xu said.

He Ling asked with some surprise, "Didn't he finish high school?"

“He dropped out of junior high school,” Aunt Xu said. “He said the things he learned in school were meaningless and would only waste his time.”

These words caused an uproar in the live chat.

"How could they not go to junior high school? This must be scripted by the production team. Have you ever heard of nine-year compulsory education?"

"You upstairs don't understand reality. There are countless children in rural areas who skip junior high school and truant every day. How can you possibly manage them all?"

"No wonder he's such a snob; people who haven't read many books are like that."

He Ling said somewhat awkwardly, "Then, where is the child's father?"

“The child’s father died long ago. I raised him alone. He is my only son.”

"You've worked hard," He Ling said sincerely.

The difficulties faced by a rural woman who, after the death of her husband, raises her child alone are unimaginable to city dwellers.

There aren't many ways to make money in rural areas. Even if you spend the whole year working in the fields, you can only earn a few thousand yuan.

Like Aunt Xu, raising a few chicks and ducks on a small scale only earns her a few hundred yuan a month to make ends meet.

In the event of natural disasters or man-made calamities, the family's finances may suffer a severe blow.

Therefore, you can imagine how hard she worked.

He Ling thought for a moment, then took out a business card from her pocket and said:

“Aunt Xu, if your son comes back, have him contact the number on this page. As long as the problem isn’t too serious, there are bound to be some jobs that can be introduced to him.”

Aunt Xu stared blankly at the business card for a long time before asking, "What...job?"

He Ling said, "It's hard to find a good job after graduating from junior high school, but you can always work as a security guard, right? The pay for security guards in our area is pretty good, 3000 a month plus holidays."

Wang Feng nodded in agreement. He finally understood why He Ling was so popular.

A person who helps others when they can and knows when to advance and retreat is hard to dislike.

Many comments praising the speaker also appeared in the live chat.

"Just for Teacher He's chivalrous spirit, I'll be a fan for life!"

“Teacher He is great! But I don’t think he should have made such a bold statement. As the saying goes, you can’t make a wall out of mud. If the other person really has nothing to do with it, it would be better to drag it out and it would only disappoint the aunt.”

"I think Teacher He is being very irresponsible. How can someone who couldn't even finish junior high school have the patience to protect the safety of the residents? He's disregarding the safety of the residents!"

……

Hearing He Ling's words, the aunt was not happy at all; instead, she sighed and said:

“He’s no good at being a security guard. I used to worry about him finding a job, but his second uncle, who worked in a factory, said he would take him to be a security guard, but he refused.”

"Why?" Qin Yunshang and Jiang Xinhai asked together.

He said, "Security guards can't protect anyone!"

Chapter 80 It's Hard to Be a Good Person

As soon as Aunt Xu finished speaking, the comments section started again:

"That's not right. They've already helped you, why are you still being picky?"

"It's over. It's hard to be a good person. These kinds of rural people are the most difficult to deal with. Teacher He is in deep trouble now. You'll see, he won't get away without suffering a lot."

"Sigh, there's always a reason for poverty. These days there are only lazy people, not poor people. If her son were willing to work hard, how could he possibly live in such a shabby place?"

……

Teacher He scratched his head: "This..."

For a junior high school graduate, he couldn't think of anything else besides becoming a security guard.

Aunt Xu said with a hint of disdain:

"This kid is just too stubborn. He absolutely refuses to work, no matter how many opportunities he has. He said that he would never work in his life, he'd rather starve than work!"

"Ugh."

Jiang Xinhai rubbed her head and sighed. She seemed to have a terrible headache.

Wang Feng pushed up his glasses: "We can't look down on people who work. There are a lot of girls in factories now, and working might even solve your marriage and dating problems."

Qin Yunshang waved her fist and said, "If I see him, I'll definitely teach him a lesson about what hard work and struggle really mean!"

Xu Xiangxiao couldn't reach the oranges on the table and was a little disappointed: "It depends on individual aspirations."

Qin Yun Chu, however, kept her head down, trying hard to control the expression on her face.

She really wanted to flip the table, yell at everyone, expose Chen Ya's identity, and stop them from giving her any more bad advice.

If Chen Ya really became a security guard, would there still be a chance that a world-renowned literary giant would emerge from him?

But she couldn't do it.

She could only keep it all inside. No matter how hard it was to keep it inside, she had no choice but to keep it to herself.

The others continued to worry unnecessarily about Aunt Xu's "rebellious son."

"Your son only graduated from junior high school, doesn't work, and even went far away from home at 15. How will he make a living?" He Ling turned to Wang Feng and asked, "Start a business?"

Wang Feng laughed: "Starting a business is the job that requires the most money in the world, bar none. What kind of business can you start without money?"

“Yes,” He Ling turned to Aunt Xu and asked, “So, are you still taking care of him?”

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions were just as unpleasant as the comments on the screen.

They saw how hard Aunt Xu worked. It would be shameful for a grown man, with all his limbs intact, to need his elderly mother to support him.

Aunt Xu laughed and said, "No, no, not only does he not require me to support him, he also sends me money every month, and quite a lot of it."

She pointed to the house and said, "Look, this dilapidated house was repaired with his money."

He Ling and Wang Feng exchanged a glance, both sensing that something was amiss.

What kind of work can a junior high school graduate do if he goes to a place outside his hometown without any connections?

How could someone save up so much money?

Could they be involved in some kind of illegal business?

They asked, "Did he really pay for the house repairs? How much did it cost?"

Aunt Xu looked up and thought for a moment, then said, "Hmm... it must be at least four or five hundred thousand."

After saying that, she seemed very remorseful and said:

“I told him right away that there was no need to repair it, why waste money? But he insisted on repairing it, saying that he wanted to repair the whole village and turn it into a model new rural village for the whole country.”

The more everyone listened, the more outrageous it seemed, so He Ling quickly interrupted Aunt Xu:

"Auntie, were you kidding us just now?"

"Are you kidding me? No way!"

The live stream chat also began to waver, with many questioning comments appearing:

"I didn't realize it! I almost believed it. This Aunt Xu was telling jokes to the children."

"Is she bragging about her son?"

"Oh no, could this auntie have mental problems? The production team needs to be careful! What if she suddenly goes crazy?"

He Ling was both amused and exasperated: "Auntie, are you really not joking?"

Aunt Xu waved her hand dismissively: "Why would I lie to you? Thank you so much, young man, for helping me with so much, but you really don't need to worry about me, I'm doing just fine!"

Qin Yunshang asked, "Auntie, why do you raise these chicks and ducklings?"

"Those are just pets they keep for fun when they have nothing better to do!"

Seeing the disbelieving looks on everyone's faces, Aunt Xu said:

"Really, I'm not lying to you. I need to get some work done too. I need to herd the ducks down the mountain. You can come with me to see the village chief and ask him to find out if I'm lying or not."

The group exchanged glances and unanimously agreed.

He Ling had said from the beginning that she wanted to help her aunt with chores.

However, they didn't get to do much work. Aunt Xu was quick and efficient, handling everything herself, so there was no need for them to help.

Following the mountain path, the group walked on the brand-new asphalt road and soon arrived at the village chief's house.

"Old Chen, come out here! I need to ask you some questions!"

Aunt Xu called out to a room, and after a while, an old man with gray hair slowly walked out.

"What are you doing, Xiao Xu?"

Aunt Xu pointed at the crowd and said, "They're here to film a TV show. I told them my son donated money to repair rural areas, but they just wouldn't believe me. Can you be my witness and prove that my son did donate money?"

Everyone stared at each other in disbelief.

What they meant by disbelief was that they didn't believe the aunt's son was making money to build a house.

As for the idea of ​​donating money to build new rural areas, they immediately rejected it in their hearts.