When Chen Zhaodi heard about the news about the subsidized housing at Zhou Hongyu's workplace, she was so eager to know more that she couldn't concentrate on her work.
The next day, Zhou Hongyu had to go to the shop.
A few days ago, Chen Lijuan suggested that the warehouse at the back be slightly renovated so that it would be more convenient and safer to use in the future. She said that a few workers could easily complete the task.
Zhou Hongyu then gave Chen Lijuan the authority to take full responsibility, and she was to come today to inspect the work and settle accounts with the workers.
Zhou Hongyu successfully inspected the goods and gave Chen Lijuan a look that said she had done a good job. After settling the bill, she routinely went back to the counter to check the recent sales figures.
Chen Zhaodi appeared silently beside her, and Zhou Hongyu grabbed the account book and hit her.
"Speak your mind, or shut up!"
Chen Zhaodi, she wants to spend all her time with her customers. If she can leave her customers behind and waste time, then something must be wrong.
Chen Zhaodi looked embarrassed: "...I heard there's news about the employee housing program at your workplace?"
"Hmm." Zhou Hongyu didn't look up; she was thinking about things at the shop.
The store's performance is very good, but Chen Zhaodi's progress is slow, and she is about to be overtaken by the newcomer Chen Lijuan.
She was puzzled. Chen Zhaodi seemed to want to live in the store all day to boost sales, but according to Chen Zhaodi's reports, Chen Lijuan left on time and didn't stay a second longer. Even so, Chen Lijuan could still relentlessly pursue Chen Zhaodi. It was truly amazing.
"The employee housing provided by your company..."
"Let's not even talk about welfare housing!"
Zhou Hongyu's face darkened: "Look at your recent performance. Chen Lijuan spends less time, so how come her performance is about the same as yours? Have you tried to learn from her?"
At this point, Chen Zhaodi immediately forgot about the welfare housing and glanced at Chen Lijuan, who was smiling and greeting customers not far away.
"She's really cunning. I only just realized she's been up to no good! I build my sales record one customer at a time, while she just chats with the customers who come to the store, and then a few days later a bunch of people show up and she's already achieved her sales target for several days!"
Zhou Hongyu: "..."
sharp!
Speechless!
Zhou Hongyu looked Chen Zhaodi, who was dressed simply, up and down, and then looked at Chen Lijuan, who was dressed smartly and warmly greeting customers not far away.
Okay, this skill isn't something everyone can learn; it varies from person to person!
Zhou Hongyu closed the ledger and patted Chen Zhaodi on the shoulder: "You'd better learn from Chen Lijuan. You worked yourself to the bone to get the same performance as her. When the year-end bonuses are handed out, I don't even know who to give them to!"
"And there are big red envelopes—"
After shouting, Chen Zhaodi immediately covered her mouth and looked nervously at Chen Lijuan, who was still smiling and chatting with customers.
This was a secret tip that Zhou Hongyu had given her privately out of consideration for their years of sister-in-law relationship, so she had to keep it a closely guarded secret.
Even if Chen Lijuan might find out about this, she has to keep it a secret until a huge gap is created.
Zhou Hongyu could tell what she was thinking just by looking at her expression, and silently shook her head.
What Chen Zhaodi didn't know was that the idea was originally proposed by Chen Lijuan.
As long as she's happy, that's all that matters. Fools are often blessed!
When Zhou Hongyu left the store, Chen Zhaodi pressed Chen Lijuan for tips on improving sales performance, and Chen Lijuan listened to her rambling with a bitter face.
However, Chen Zhaodi's curiosity didn't last long.
This week, on her day off, Zhou Hongyu was going to take people to see the welfare housing allocated by her work unit. Zhou's mother, Chang's mother, and Chang Meiying had already signed up in advance.
Old Man Chang felt he had been implicated by Zhou Hongyu, and his youngest son had been ignoring him lately. He was holding his breath and refused to go!
Upon hearing about this, Chen Zhaodi quickly signed up.
She also wanted to bring Chang Hongbing along, because her son might need a wedding house when he got married in the future. She took a leave of absence to start a business with Zhou Hongyu. If they had money, she wanted to buy an apartment building if they wanted to buy a wedding house.
Chang Hongbing refused: "Dad won't go, my younger brother won't go, none of the men in the family will go, only you women can go!"
He's a thoughtful person, and if he went to look at houses with them, he probably wouldn't be able to resist offering his opinions. Zhou Hongyu and Granny Zhou are known for being domineering, and he might even become disliked, so he's not going!
However, he kept his thoughts to himself, which Chen Zhaodi didn't understand. She only knew that he didn't want to be with her.
So she got angry and said, "Go or don't go, do you think I'm begging you to go? It's all for your son's sake!"
Chang Hongbing frowned: "Yaozu is very opinionated, don't interfere in his affairs..."
If you want to go, just go. Why are you suddenly angry and dragging your son into it? This woman is unreasonable!
Chen Zhaodi retorted angrily, "If you don't want to go, then don't go. It's none of your business!"
Chang Hongbing didn't go, but Chang Huaying took a special leave to go with him.
The welfare housing allocated to the staff of the cultural center was located between the cultural center and Shuangdong Hutong, slightly closer to the cultural center.
That is, it's closer to Zhoujia Village.
This also means that compared to some bustling areas within the Second Ring Road, that area looks like the countryside.
Fortunately, the newly opened bus line passes right by the gate of the community, making transportation convenient, which is some consolation.
Chen Zhaodi peeled a chestnut, popped it into her mouth and chewed it, then turned to look around: "No wonder your unit allocated housing first, this place is so remote, you can hardly see any cats or dogs on the road!"
What she said was really an exaggeration. The area just didn't look bustling, but there were still quite a few people, although many of them lived in bungalows or clustered shantytowns, which made it very lively.
The chestnuts she's holding now were bought by Chang Huaying from the bus stop after she got off the bus. If there aren't many customers, she'll only be making a loss.
Zhou Hongyu and her two companions walked ahead, chatting and laughing, not hearing Chen Zhaodi's words. On this fine day, Zhou Hongyu simply ignored her and pretended she was talking nonsense.
Zhou Hongyu raised her eyebrows slightly, her expression turning cold.
Chang Huaying immediately tugged at her mother's sleeve, then pulled out a handful of chestnuts and stuffed them into Zhou Hongyu's palm: "Second Aunt, you eat some too!"
Chang Huaying was glad that she came; otherwise, her mother would have offended her second aunt again because of this, and she might have been punished one day.
Sigh, her mother can't have a moment's peace if she doesn't cause trouble.
Chang Huaying has been busy lately, and she didn't plan to come at first. She will definitely come when her second uncle's family moves to their new house, and it won't be too late then. She's a bit short on time right now.
But then her father came to her and said that he didn't know what he had done to upset her mother, so he insisted that she accompany her today.
They paid me back, which was the money they had paid for the chestnuts earlier.
Her father was just as greedy as her mother, so it was quite surprising that her father would spend money to please her mother.
I thought there was some irreconcilable conflict between them, but they seem fine, so I didn't think anything of it.
Zhou Hongyu took the chestnut, put her arm around Chang Huaying's shoulder, and quickly caught up with the three people walking fast ahead.
After Chen Zhaodi finished eating a few chestnuts, she looked up and found herself far behind.
She quickly stuffed the chestnuts into her pocket and chased after him, calling out, "Wait for me!"
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