Chapter 211 Friendship in Exchange for Opportunity
When Yan Jun walked in and saw that they were still eating, he knew that he had come at the wrong time, as it happened to be dinner time.
"We've all eaten there before, and we didn't expect it to be so unfortunate. Anyway, we came here to deliver something, and we'll leave after delivering it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Jun signaled his son and daughter-in-law to put down their things.
The two of them received the gaze and quickly put the things in their hands on the coffee table.
"Here, you just come, and you bring so much stuff. The vegetables and meat given by the villagers today are already enough. Even with this, the trunk of the car can't hold it all. You'd better take this stuff back."
Huo Yanshan didn't want the things at all, so he just walked over and returned them to the Yan family.
Facing his former playmate, Huo Yanshan didn't beat around the bush. "We have a good relationship. If you need any help in the future, just ask directly. There's no need to go through all this trouble."
Yan Jun felt embarrassed for a moment, then nodded. "My mother asked me to bring this to you. You've been sending gifts to our family for the past two years."
"I finally came back, you have to accept it no matter what."
When he heard the word "come back", Huo Yanshan's memories became clear. He seemed to have heard someone mention that Yan Jun had gone to the farm for some things before.
I guess he will be back this year.
"Okay, I'll accept it this time, but don't let it happen again. Do we really need this in our relationship?"
Huo Yanshan did not force it, but took the initiative to care about his son and daughter-in-law.
After learning that neither of them had a job, the purpose of their visit became clear.
Huo Yanshan did not agree to help at first. He just chatted for a while. When the person was about to leave, he pretended to suddenly remember something and quickly arranged a job for the person.
Yan Jun and his family left happily.
After Yan Jun's family left the house, his son Yan Haoming dared to show his emotions, and a smile was on his face.
"Dad, didn't you say that Minister Huo didn't remember you? From the look of him, it doesn't seem like he forgot, and it seems like they have a very good relationship with you."
Yan Jun's expression was not as natural and relaxed as it had been just now, and his tone of voice was less flattering.
"This is the only time. I've used my childhood friendship to buy you two jobs. You must do your job well in the future and don't embarrass me. This is just one chance."
Yan Jun knew that this was the first and last time in his life that he would ask his childhood friend for help.
From then on, they completely went from being childhood friends to just nodding acquaintances.
Yan Haoming didn't understand, "Why? Aren't you on good terms with Minister Huo? I don't think Minister Huo is such a ruthless person."
"Today is the first day of the new year. I don't want to scold you. You'd better think before you speak." Yan Jun looked at his son who had no emotional intelligence and was very worried about his future work situation.
Fortunately, now I just sit in the office and drink tea. Although my life is a little leisurely, the work is light and leisurely.
Yan Min explained, "Your father is using our childhood friendship to exchange for your future. Others can't be ruthless, and we can't be shameless either."
Now the couple understood what Yan Jun said.
The two of them made promises, "Dad, don't worry, Xiaoyan and I will work hard and will never let you down, nor will we let Minister Huo down."
"Let's go back." Yan Jun felt a little uncomfortable.
After the Yan family left, Huo Yanshan returned to his seat.
Zhao Min was the first to ask him, "Just now, it sounded like the person on the other end wasn't familiar with you, and spoke so respectfully. Are you sure that's your childhood friend?"
"Yes, we played together when we were wearing open-crotch pants. Now that I think about it, we haven't seen each other for almost twenty years."
Huo Yanshan picked up his chopsticks and started eating again. "When I was little, we went to the river to bathe in the summer. I had a leg cramp and almost drowned in the river. It was him and his older brother who saved me."
Now, Zhao Min understood why her husband agreed so readily.
It was obvious that my husband was a person who was very annoying because he abused his power for personal gain.
At the same time, on the other side of Suzhou City.
Mei Dujuan returned to the Xia family as she wished.
Just as Xia Yaoyao warned, as long as she behaved well, the Xia family wouldn't be as critical of her as before.
Mei Dujuan's belly is getting bigger day by day. She is now seven months pregnant. Her belly is so big that the doctor diagnoses that she might be pregnant with twins.
This made Li Yinshuang very happy.
In addition, the Xia family saw the changes in Mei Dujuan and treated her better than before.
On the second day of the first lunar month, Xia Yaoyao returned to her parents' home with her husband.
"Yaoyao is back?" Mei Dujuan came to greet her with her big belly, staring straight at the silver bracelet on Xia Yaoyao's hand.
While the two were alone together, Mei Dujuan did not hide the greed in her eyes at all.
"Yaoyao, look, I've been married to your family for almost a year, and you haven't prepared any jewelry for me, unlike you, who are now wearing gold and silver."
Xia Yaoyao knew that in order to keep a low profile, she deliberately did not wear the gold bracelet given by her mother-in-law today, but just picked a silver bracelet at random.
She underestimated Mei Dujuan's shamelessness. She didn't expect that this man would even be interested in a silver bracelet.
Ever since Mei Dujuan got hold of her secret, Xia Yaoyao has been blackmailed by Mei Dujuan. As time went by, she no longer liked to go back to her parents' home.
There's nothing we can do today, the second day of the Lunar New Year. If I had known it would be like this, she would not have brought anything, and it would be best if she didn't even wear clothes!
"Sister-in-law, since you came home, I don't know how my parents treat you because I'm not at home, but you know how I treat you."
The greed of the other side aroused Xia Yaoyao's anger.
"I did a rough calculation and found that you took quite a bit of jewelry from me, including a gold necklace. Adding up all that stuff, it's worth about three or four hundred yuan. Do you know what that's worth?"
Mei Dujuan just smiled and reminded Xia Yaoyao in a relaxed tone.
"Yaoyao, why are you still calculating this with me? We are all family, so what's wrong with you giving me something?"
"This is not a gift, it's blackmail." Xia Yaoyao also laughed and replied lightly without changing her tone.
When Mei Dujuan heard the blackmail, her face almost collapsed.
Mei Dujuan pretended not to understand and deliberately asked Xia Yaoyao, "Really? Which one is more serious, extortion or premeditated murder?"
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Every time Mei Dujuan couldn't win an argument, she would use this sentence to shut her up. Xia Yaoyao clenched her fists, wishing she could punch her back.
After some ideological struggle, Xia Yaoyao resigned herself to her fate and took off the bracelet on her hand and gave it to Mei Dujuan.
This scene happened to be seen by Li Yinshuang who came in.
"Yaoyao, why did you give your bracelet to your sister-in-law?"
Xia Yaoyao thought quickly, "My sister-in-law said that my bracelet is beautiful and she wants to buy one too. She asked me to lend it to her."
When Mei Dujuan heard this, her back teeth were almost broken.
"Yeah, there aren't many prints like this on the market. I asked Yaoyao where she got them made. I'll go get one someday, or maybe I'll get a pair for the kids when they're born."
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