Jiang Ruyi sneered: "Giving up a perfectly good, secure job to do this kind of work, I really don't know if you've lost your mind."
The man glanced at her and said, "What do you know? People who run this shop make a lot of money every day. They earn enough in a day to make us earn in several months."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ruyi clenched her teeth. This Jiang Ruyu was truly disgusting. How could she be so persistent? She could make people uncomfortable no matter where she was.
"Hmph, isn't this a capitalist restoration? I bet there are hired workers inside. This is exploitation of the working people!" Jiang Ruyi became more and more agitated as she spoke, as if she had found a way to strike at Jiang Ruyu.
Thinking of this, she stepped forward and pointed at Jiang Ruyu inside, saying, "Jiang Ruyu, I really can't believe you've become so depraved. You gave up a perfectly good job to start your own business and even hired a worker. You're exploiting the working people. I'm going to report you."
Jiang Ruyu looked up when she heard the voice and saw Jiang Ruyi spouting nonsense. She smiled indifferently and said, "Individual development is encouraged by the country now. If you don't understand current affairs, read more newspapers and listen to the radio. Besides, we have a business license issued by the government. And you said I hired workers? Go ask them yourself. They are all my relatives. They are here to help. We don't have an employer-employee relationship. Go do what you need to do and don't get in the way."
Jiang Ruyi's initiative gave her a chance to use it to issue those hidden warnings. Let them report it if they want; she had thought about this before opening the shop and knew she was afraid of them.
Jiang Ruyi was surprised that Jiang Ruyu was so confident. She said angrily, "You just wait, I will definitely make sure your shop goes out of business."
Jiang Ruyi's words had no effect on Jiang Ruyu, but there were quite a few people watching the drama unfold.
"Hey, Comrade Jiang, aren't you afraid someone will report you?"
Jiang Ruyu glanced at him sideways: "I'm upright and have nothing to fear. Let whoever wants to report me do so."
There were also those who spoke up for them: "That's right, they're just running a business, they rely on their own abilities, they don't steal or rob, what's there to be afraid of? They earn more than us, but why don't you mention that they pay more taxes than you do?"
"Haha, I didn't say anything."
Within a few days of this incident, the Bureau of Industry and Commerce received numerous complaint letters, not just against Jiang Ruyu's family, since she wasn't the only business owner.
The two leaders from the Industry and Commerce Bureau were initially a little worried because there were just too many complaints. However, they soon stopped worrying because they had been clearly instructed by their superiors that as long as there was no exploitation and the hygiene and food pricing were normal, they should not interfere.
After writing the complaint letter, Jiang Ruyi waited to see Jiang Ruyu make a fool of herself, but she waited and waited and did not see anyone come to inspect Jiang Ruyu's shop. Unwilling to give up, she wrote complaint letters for several more days, but they all disappeared without a trace.
Jiang Ruyi's schemes failed to achieve the desired result. In a fit of rage, she smashed tables and chairs at home, frightening her two children into trembling. Gu Changzheng returned home reeking of alcohol and witnessed Jiang Ruyi's erratic behavior.
He cursed impatiently, "Are you out of your mind? Go to the hospital if you're sick, what are you doing acting crazy here?"
Seeing Gu Changzheng return drunk again, Jiang Ruyi's resentment exploded: "Going drinking again! Can't you stop coming home drunk every day? Can't you be a little more ambitious? When are we going to move out of this tiny house? I don't want to live this suffocating life anymore!"
"Gu Changzheng, look at the life your elder brother and sister-in-law are living, and then look at yourself! I married you hoping for a better life, but I've suffered so much with you all these years. How can you face me like this?"
Gu Changzheng's eyes, which were still slightly drunk, were sobered up by Jiang Ruyi's crazy words. He looked at Jiang Ruyi with a mocking smile: "Haha, I actually fought with my family for so many years for someone like you. You've been holding these words in for a long time, and you finally couldn't help but say them now. It must have been hard for you."
As soon as Jiang Ruyi spoke, she regretted it. Saying these things now would only make Gu Changzheng more disgusted with her. However, the stark contrast between Jiang Ruyu's still radiant beauty and her own growing ugliness was too much for her to bear.
“If you hadn’t moved out of the house without permission back then, we would still be living in that Western-style building, and things wouldn’t be like this now. I don’t want to live this kind of life where I can’t think straight and have to be careful even when buying clothes.”
Gu Changzheng looked at the child's clothes, which were the wrong length, and then at Jiang Ruyi's newly bought clothes, and a more sarcastic smile appeared on his lips.
“My parents are right. You are a selfish woman. All you ever think about is using me to live a good life, yet you look down on me and think I'm useless. Haha, then you can support yourself.”
Gu Changzheng beckoned to his two daughters: "Niannian, Sisi, come here to Daddy."
The older daughter, Gu Nian, is not yet four years old, and the younger daughter, Si Si, is just two years old. The two sisters walked hand in hand towards their father. Gu Changzheng reached out and picked up his two daughters, placed them on the bamboo child seats in the car, and rode away with the two children.
Jiang Ruyi stared blankly as Gu Changzheng left with his two daughters. She blinked before she realized what was happening and ran after him, shouting, "Gu Changzheng, where are you going? You bastard, where are you going?"
Gu Nian sat in the back chair and turned to look back. She tugged at her father's clothes and asked timidly, "Dad, Mom is chasing us."
Gu Changzheng knew perfectly well, but he ignored him and didn't turn around: "Does Niannian want her mother to come with us? Dad, how about we take you to Grandpa's house? Your brother is there too, and he likes you very much."
In Gu's young mind, her parents were not normal, unlike other people's parents. Her mother did not love them, only bought things for herself, and would only let them eat after she was full.
Dad drinks every day and doesn't seem to care much for them, but he still cooks for them and buys them food, so he's a little better than Mom.
As for the grandfather her father mentioned, she didn't know her brother, but she thought it was better than facing her mother's occasional tantrums at home.
Gu Changzheng has returned home in recent years. His father will not refuse to see Jiang Ruyi, but he will not refuse to see him. His father has also made it clear that as long as he divorces Jiang Ruyi, he can come back.
Gu Changzheng didn't know what he was thinking, he just didn't want to divorce Jiang Ruyi. He always felt that if he divorced her, he would lose. However, Jiang Ruyi's words made him feel like he was a joke, and that his persistence was a joke.
Gu Wei has retired and now lives in a sanatorium. He is of a high rank and has his own courtyard in the sanatorium. Gu Changzheng's eldest son, Gu Shaoming, grew up with his grandfather. He is a very serious but silent person, and the little boy seems to never smile.
Gu Changzheng pushed his bicycle in and saw his son standing at the gatehouse waiting for him. He pursed his lips and forced a smile: "Did your grandfather send you? This is your sister, the older one is called Niannian, and the younger one is called Sisi."
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