mtlumby2d Chapter 366
Chapter 366
"You and I are one family! If my sister-in-law lives in the workshop, Dazhuang won't have to work the night shift here. It'll just be that my sister-in-law will have to work a little harder. You can just give her the wages you originally paid to Dazhuang, right?" Sun, my eldest sister-in-law from my natal family, winked at me, as if she was saying, "I'm doing this for you."
If Li Guihua didn't know the character of her sister-in-law, she would have applauded her for her understanding.
As the two were talking here, Aunt Tian's eldest daughter-in-law happened to come over with a jar and eavesdropped. After rolling her eyes, she turned around and told Aunt Zhao what Sun had said. Aunt Zhao had a good relationship with Da Zhuang's mother, Aunt Wang, so when she heard this, she took it very seriously and turned around and told it to Aunt Wang.
Aunt Wang was so angry that someone had coveted her son's job that she went straight to Sun during lunch time.
The two men started arguing and neither would give in.
"What does this have to do with you? If you are so protective of your sister-in-law, why don't you let her do your job? Are you trying to ruin my son's job? Do you have good intentions?"
Sun was a little guilty at first, but after being teased by the people around her, she lost all shame.
"This workshop was originally opened by my sister-in-law's sister-in-law! I can let her hire whoever I want! What's it to you?!"
"You bitch! You want to ruin my son's job? Do you think I can do anything about it?"
It was clearly lunch time, but no one had any appetite and they gathered around the two men to try to stop the fight.
Aunt Wang couldn't stand this. Her son was working hard in the workshop, but someone was targeting him. If she didn't come out to protect him, who knows, her son might really be stolen away by someone one day.
Li Guihua went home to have lunch at noon, but when she was halfway through her meal, Xu Ya came running over and said that Aunt Wang and her sister-in-law had a quarrel.
She put down her bowl and hurriedly followed. Mother Zhong ate the rice in her bowl and said with a pout, "Guihua's sister-in-law is a troublemaker. She has been here for only a few months and she has already caused two different things."
Thinking about it, she called Tiedan again, "Go find your aunt and tell her that there's trouble in the workshop. This time, my daughter must be punished!"
Tiedan was reluctant to go, "Grandma, I'm still eating."
Mother Zhong glared at him, "Can't you come back to eat after you go? If not, then don't eat! When your mother comes back, I'll tell her that you went to the river to play in the water yesterday! Will she beat you up?"
When it comes to this matter, Tiedan could only wipe his mouth, put down his bowl and run away.
Only Mr. Zhong and Boss Zhong were left at the table. They ate in silence. They couldn't interfere in the conflicts among the women.
When Tiedan arrived, Zhong Ruyi and the others were also eating. The dumplings stuffed with pork and cabbage made by Chen Dongzhi had thin skin and large fillings and were very fragrant!
She was a little nonchalant, "Didn't your mother go over to handle the quarrel? Why did your grandma ask you to come over? - Are you full? Why don't you eat dumplings at your aunt's place?"
Tiedan swallowed his saliva, he wanted to eat.
Seeing that he was so greedy, Zhong Ruyi asked Chen Dongzhi to get a bowl from the pot.
"Aunt, don't you want to go and take a look? Grandma asked me to come here specifically to ask you to go and take a look." Tiedan looked at her while holding the bowl.
"Let's go check it out later. Eating is the most important thing now." Zhong Ruyi asked him, "Why did you go to the river to take a bath yesterday? And you went alone? If your uncle hadn't happened to pass by, you would have been dead!"
Yesterday, Chen Dongzhi came back dripping wet, which scared her. "What happened? Did he fall into the river?"
"No." Chen Dongzhi shook his head and wrung out his clothes. "When I went to the river to wash some baskets, I saw Tiedan in the water. He had cramps and couldn't get up, so I went down to fish him out."
Zhong Ruyi soon told Zhong's mother about this, but Li Guihua was not there at the time, so she did not say anything.
"Tiedan, you are really brave." Zhong Ruyi looked at him while eating. Seeing that he ate without even raising his head, she asked again, "There is still some in the pot. Auntie can give you some more?"
"No, auntie. I'm full." Tiedan wiped his mouth with his sleeve. He had eaten only half full to begin with, and now he was full after eating a bowl of dumplings.
After lunch, Zhong Ruyi had no plan to go to the workshop to see what happened. His sister-in-law was watching it anyway. It was nothing more than friction caused by too many people, and his sister-in-law could handle it.
My mother asked me to go over there simply because she was upset with Li Guihua's sister-in-law and wanted me to go over and slap her in the face. I might as well take a nap instead of spending this time.
Soon the next day she knew the outcome of the matter. Li Guihua asked her sister-in-law from her natal family to go back and not allow anyone to come.
The remaining Aunt Wang was fined 500 coins, and Aunt Tian's daughter-in-law who filed the complaint was also punished and had 200 coins deducted from her.
The matter was left alone. Mother Zhong did not expect Li Guihua to fire her so decisively. She was still a little dazed. Was her eldest daughter-in-law not going back to her parents' home during the New Year and other holidays?
Li Guihua waved her hands, "Just wait and see, mom. My sister-in-law is not done yet! She might even have to ask my brother and my parents to come and beg for mercy, but she really needs to be taught a lesson!"
What really made her angry was not that her sister-in-law from her natal family was quarreling in the workshop, but that someone told her that Sun sometimes chatted while working, and said insinuatingly that her sister-in-law was too strong and that the men in the family were useless, and that her sister-in-law might be divorced by the man one day.
What this means is that men should be strong and women should be weak in this world?
Besides, the couple didn't say anything and they live their life in love. Why are you, an outsider, pointing fingers and worrying about their future?
Originally, you could just keep it in your heart, but you had to say it out loud in the crowded workshop. It spread from one person to ten, and then to a hundred, and everyone thought that Li Guihua had a grudge against Zhong Ruyi.
People who think superficially would think that these were Sun's real thoughts, but people who are more suspicious would wonder if Li Guihua had talked about this privately with her sister-in-law from her natal family, and that sister-in-law must have kept it in mind, so she said it casually?
Isn't this Chunchun's attempt to sow discord between her and Zhong Ruyi?
If someone were to take these words to Zhong Ruyi, I wouldn't be able to explain myself even if I had ten mouths.
She had been holding this anger in for a long time, and finally drove her sister-in-law away during this incident.
No matter whether she asks her elder brother and parents to come over later, I will never agree to let her come back. Otherwise, this supervisor will have no authority, and this work style of letting you leave when I want you to and come back when I want you to will also be criticized.
Zhong Ruyi didn't say anything about this, just told her to handle it herself.
Later, when Li Guihua's parents came to visit, she was completely unaware and was still making cakes at home.
Chen Dongzhi suddenly wanted to eat cake, so Zhong Ruyi went into the space and made him a six-inch cake.
"How is it?" she asked expectantly. She knew he would say it was delicious but she still wanted to hear him say it himself.
Sure enough, the man started praising as soon as he opened his mouth!
Chen Dongzhi scooped a spoonful of cake into his mouth. The soft cake took up a small amount of space and formed a perfect match with the cream. There were two layers of fruit in the middle, which was sour and sweet and very refreshing.
"It's delicious, you should eat it too." He reached out and scooped a big spoonful for his wife.
The two were affectionately sharing a cake when an uninvited guest arrived outside the door.