Hearing this, Wu Hua couldn't help asking, "Sister Yaqian, what's wrong? Is everything all right at home?"
Li Yaqian explained, "Things are fine at home. It's just that my cousin has come to stay with us. Five years ago, she married a bricklayer from the neighboring village, and their life used to be quite happy. The bricklayer went away to work and earn money, while she stayed home to take care of the family and her parents-in-law. Little did she expect that more than two years ago, the bricklayer became a minor foreman and found another woman in the city, and he insisted on divorcing my cousin. My cousin is a dutiful woman; for the sake of their child, she firmly refused to divorce him. In the end, the bricklayer was so furious he stopped coming home and refused to give them any money, and her parents-in-law fell ill from the anger and passed away. Later on, his brothers even came to seize the family property and drove my cousin out. Left all alone and helpless, my cousin had no choice but to take her child back to her maiden home. But my aunt's side is struggling too, and they simply can't afford to support them. Having no other option, my cousin had to leave her child in her mother's care and come to the city to find a job. But jobs are hard to find in the city, and now she's crying at my place. Wu Hua, if you know of any suitable work, could you help her find something? Her requirements aren't high—just enough to support her son!"
A thought stirred in Wu Hua's mind, an…
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