The next day
He Jun officially started his job, delivering stinky tofu sauce to franchisees who lacked it.
For He Jun, who was worried about finding a job, a high salary of two thousand yuan a month was a great thing.
Although he was working for Zhou Chen, he admired Zhou Chen. At such a young age, Zhou Chen supported his family. He worked on the construction site for three years before returning to school, running the construction site canteen, and starting his own stinky tofu business. Moreover, despite being a sports student, he was able to rank among the top students in the college entrance examination. Most impressively, he won competition honors, appeared on television, and was reported by the city's television station.
Many neighbors saw the footage of Zhou Chen being interviewed by the city's television station and expressed various feelings.
It is said that a documentary about Zhou Chen will soon be broadcast on the city's television station.
He Jun put himself in Zhou Chen's shoes and realized that he could never do what Zhou Chen did. Now that Zhou Chen was offering him a job opportunity, he certainly couldn't miss it.
The stinky tofu shop in Fanjia County hired two new employees. Xu Dalong went to another city to connect with franchisees, while Li Kaile came to help in the evenings, supervising and managing the two employees. This gave Li Kaile a taste of what it's like to be a leader. Every day, he looked forward to going to the night market after school.
Zhou Chen's business has returned to normal, and all his old customers have come back.
In comparison, Zhou Ling's stall business plummeted from heaven to hell, while Zhou Chen's stinky tofu business was shrouded in rumors. Zhou Ling took the opportunity to promote her stinky tofu as authentic, causing those who were wary of Zhou Chen's stinky tofu to start choosing Zhou Ling's, resulting in Zhou Ling's daily income exceeding four hundred for several consecutive days.
But ever since the county leaders stood up for Zhou Chen, business has been getting worse day by day, until the county proved Zhou Chen's innocence and made public the smear campaign against Zhou Chuan, which naturally also mentioned Zhou Ling.
Someone discovered that Zhou Ling's stall was located in front of the train station, selling stinky tofu that imitated Zhou Chen's. This angered those who had been fooled by Zhou Ling in the past, and they all went to confront her.
This caused Zhou Ling's business to lose its reputation overnight. Some people deliberately came to make sarcastic remarks and ridicule her, while others threw rotten eggs at her stall. The worst offender was to spread an unknown, foul-smelling liquid, making the stall smell extremely unpleasant, and no one dared to buy anything from her.
It can be said that Zhou Chen's stinky tofu shop has experienced everything, and now it's her turn to experience it all.
The older woman who had been working for Zhou Ling also quit.
Zhou Ling did everything herself and had to face the malice of many people. She only lasted one day before she didn't want to set up her stall anymore.
She couldn't stand it all—not earning money, being scolded, and having things thrown at her.
Zhou Ling, suffering the backlash, attributed the reason why her business could not continue to operate entirely to Zhou Chen. If it weren't for Zhou Chen, Zhou Chuan wouldn't have smeared her, and she wouldn't have joined in the fray. All the subsequent events were Zhou Chen's fault; Zhou Chen was the culprit.
"Because of you, you jinx, everyone is shunning our family now!"
"Look at you, why did you smear people? Now look what happened, you've shot yourself in the foot. Some are in jail, some have no business, and now you have to rely on Xiao Kun to support you."
"If it weren't for the fact that you're carrying the child of our Zhao family, I would have had Xiao Kun kick you to the curb long ago."
Grandma Zhao once again unleashed her sharp tongue.
Ever since Zhao Kun started hanging out with Brother Hu and became a manager at a KTV, he drives around every day, and Old Mrs. Zhao always brags about it, telling everyone how great her son Zhao Kun is, her face full of pride and smugness.
Originally, everyone envied her for having a good son.
After the county exposed Zhou Chuan and his accomplice Zhou Ling for smearing the stinky tofu business, the words of envy immediately disappeared, and they turned into gossip behind people's backs.
Old Mrs. Zhao knew that her Zhao family had been implicated by Zhou Ling. Zhou Ling had brought shame upon her Zhao family, causing them to lose face and dignity.
This enraged Old Mrs. Zhao, who already disliked Zhou Ling, and she started causing trouble for Zhou Ling every day to vent her anger.
Zhou Ling initially tolerated the insults from Old Mrs. Zhao, who repeatedly tried to get Zhao Kun to kick her, but she could no longer bear it and immediately retaliated, leading to a heated argument with Old Mrs. Zhao.
In the end, Zhou Ling proved to be more skilled and gained the upper hand.
An angry Mrs. Zhao immediately called Zhao Kun, asking him to come back and teach Zhou Ling a lesson.
Faced with this situation, Zhao Kun would come back to mediate once or twice, but after a few times, he became too lazy to care. Whether Zhou Ling called or Grandma Zhao called, he would verbally agree but never actually come back.
He even stayed away from home for several days in a row.
The two didn't want to face the argument.
On this day, Zhao Kun rarely came home to stay, and Zhou Ling dressed herself up beautifully, but she noticed that Zhao Kun's face looked very unpleasant.
"Brother Kun, what's wrong?"
"I know you don't like me arguing with Mom, and I've stopped arguing with her. Please don't be angry with me anymore, okay?"
For several days in a row, Zhou Ling was alone in her empty room. Afraid that Zhao Kun would really abandon her, she began to show her gentle side as a woman.
There's a reason why Zhao Kun is in a bad mood.
However, it had nothing to do with Zhou Ling, but he was very satisfied to hear Zhou Ling say that, especially when he thought that Zhou Ling was carrying his child. He touched Zhou Ling's belly and said, "Wife, thank you for not arguing with Mom for my sake."
"Brother Kun, Mom said you shouldn't leave me, that's why I argued with her. Will you leave me in the future?" Zhou Ling's eyes reddened when she heard Zhao Kun's sweet words, which he hadn't spoken in a long time.
Seeing this, Zhao Kun quickly hugged Zhou Ling and comforted her, "Of course not. I am your first man, and you are the mother of my child. How could I not want you?"
"Then why do you always look unhappy, Brother Kun?" Zhou Ling asked sweetly, raising her head and gently smoothing away Zhao Kun's frown with her hand.
Mentioning this matter,
Zhao Kun's face was grim, and he said in a deep voice, "It's all because of the last time I went to Fengcheng to buy a bungalow for Brother Hu. I failed to do it. I didn't know before why Brother Hu wanted to buy a dilapidated bungalow in the countryside, even at the cost of millions. Only today did I realize that it's because that area is about to be occupied, and the developer will give a bungalow as compensation of hundreds of thousands or even millions."
What!
Zhou Ling was taken aback.
"You didn't expect this, did you? I didn't expect it either. But the problem is, these houses that were about to be occupied were bought by someone else first. If I could have bought them, Brother Hu could have made tens of millions. Do you think Brother Hu would be angry and take it out on me?"
Zhao Kun murmured.
"Who was the person who stole Brother Hu's house? How was he able to do it beforehand?"
Zhou Ling couldn't help but ask.
“You are very familiar with this person’s name. He shares the same name as your adoptive parents’ son, Zhou Chen.”
Zhao Kun snorted coldly.
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