Cousin Looking for a Job
Seeing that his grandson was still confused, Grandpa Li De said, "That was back when you were both toddlers running around with your pants unbuttoned. How could you possibly remember it?!"
Nearly twenty years had passed. Anyone's memories would start to grow hazy.
The human brain was like a solid-state drive, constantly losing data as time went by.
"To be honest, I don't remember either."
Zhang Rong was just as honest and could understand Li Bai's confusion.
"Oh!"
Li Bai nodded and kept driving.
The Old Li family wasn't limited to one child per generation, nor had they popped out of a crack in a rock. It wasn't surprising for the previous generations to have lots of siblings, but by the generations after that, having only one child across three, four, or even five generations had become common. If that only child was orphaned or chose not to have children, the family line ended. That was the fault of family planning. The more developed the economy, the less ordinary people wanted to have children. To hell with it all—who cared if the world flooded after they died?
Zhang Rong called Li Bai's grandfather her granduncle and his grandmother her grandaunt. She and Li Bai were of the same generation, and their blood relationship was already more than three generations removed.
Li Bai's grandmother, Lin Manfeng, explained, "Xiao Rong graduated last year but still hasn't found a job. She's planning to come to Huxi City this year and have a look. She came along with your grandpa and me this time to get a feel for the place."
The young woman hadn't just spent the journey looking after the elderly couple and carrying their bags and luggage. She was also hoping to find a job in