One by one, we visited several other houses to give our New Year's greetings, and without exception, all these aunts and older female cousins hinted or outright asked Cheng Su to arrange jobs for their kids.
Cheng Su was so frustrated she nearly wanted to scream. She forced a smile as she turned down invitations to stay for dinner and entered the last house with a trembling heart.
This was the home of Third Uncle Cheng Shuqiang, her father's blood brother.
Third Uncle wasn't very old, just in his forties, over a decade younger than her father. In Cheng Su's memory, this uncle was somewhat rebellious when he was young, but he seemed to mellow down after getting married.
Third Uncle had two sons, both boys, named Cheng Hai and Cheng Shan. Both were in junior high.
