Chapter 129 As a factory leader, one must manage...
Before Tang Mingmei became pregnant with her daughter, she was under tremendous pressure, and this pressure was excessive. As soon as the wedding was over, before she had even adjusted to her married status, she was urged to have a child as soon as possible.
She genuinely envied Tang Mingli; after so many years of marriage without having children, the Fu family still showed her tolerance and understanding.
However, what is poison to one may be honey to another.
Perhaps Tang Mingli is the most suitable daughter-in-law for the Fu family. If it were someone else, the good things the Fu family did might turn into bad things, like her in her previous life.
An outsider's perspective is often clearer; when she was in the thick of it, she perceived the Fu family's tolerance and understanding as indifference.
After she understood some of the principles, she truly felt only envy towards Tang Mingli, and no longer felt the jealousy she once did.
She even came here today hoping to comfort Tang Mingli, but it seems it was all for nothing.
After letting go of her prejudice against Tang Mingli, Tang Mingmei was able to laugh at herself with equanimity.
She had come to understand that Tang Mingli was not the kind of person who would step on someone else's pain to mock them.
Even though it was unnecessary for her to do this, Tang Mingli still expressed her gratitude sincerely.
Why do Tang Mingli's words always seem so sincere?
Tang Mingmei finally understood something today.
Perhaps it's those eyes, no matter what you say, that always look at you intently.
Seeing that her daughter didn't respond, Li Hong quickly said, "Oh, you two sisters, no need to thank me. Actually, I just wanted to relax today."
Then she recounted how Li Dazhu had been harassing her all this time.
Tang Mingli was stunned.
It was unexpected, yet not entirely unexpected.
These are things that Li Dazhu would do.
She asked, "Did Li Dazhu find out that you only had one fallopian tube removed?"
Tang Mingmei shook her head: "They probably don't know. Last time they even told me, 'Although you can't have any more children, I don't mind.' It made me so angry."
"It's really infuriating, didn't you slap him?" Putting herself in his shoes, Tang Mingli felt that she herself wanted to use violence.
Tang Mingmei shook her head and said angrily, "I really want to slap him, but that kind of person is like a leech, and I'm afraid that slapping him might bring a lot of trouble, so I choose to ignore him."
"But it's not a solution to let him keep bothering us like this."
"Indeed." Tang Mingmei was also troubled by this.
Li Hong, standing to the side, was also angry, but there was nothing she could do.
Seeing this, Tang Mingli knew that despite their usual strong demeanor, they were helpless in this kind of situation.
After thinking for a moment, she said, "How about I give it a try?"
Tang Mingmei didn't understand and asked, "Try what?"
"Try to fix this dog skin ointment."
"How do we try? Do you have any ideas?" Hope ignited in Tang Mingmei's eyes.
When asked how she would try it, Tang Mingli became a little embarrassed.
The so-called solution she came up with was nothing more than 'bullying others by taking advantage of one's power'.
Although Grandpa Fu has retired, he still has connections to some extent. It wouldn't be difficult for him to find someone to talk to the leaders of the meat processing plant and warn Li Dazhu.
Before Tang Mingmei could even say anything, Li Hong hurriedly agreed.
“Great idea, but Li Dazhu should be given a warning.”
Li Hong is Li Hong, but Tang Mingli's decision depends on Tang Mingmei's attitude. If Tang Mingmei herself feels this is wrong, then of course she won't do it.
When Tang Mingli looked at her, Tang Mingmei suddenly came to her senses and nodded vigorously: "Of course this is a good idea. I can't think of any other good idea."
She was stunned just now because she didn't expect Tang Mingli to offer to help, which moved her deeply.
In the past, when he asked Tang Mingli for help, she would either make excuses or give him a perfunctory response. Now, she actually offers to help him without him having to ask.
This shows how bad I was before.
Tang Mingmei felt increasingly ashamed as she thought about it.
If Tang Mingli hadn't been so bad in the past, she wouldn't be in this situation.
There's a reason why the Fu family likes her; she really is a very good person.
Tang Mingmei felt much more relaxed after Tang Mingli offered to help.
These past few days, I've been so annoyed by Li Dazhu's constant pestering, but I didn't know what to do. Now I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
More than an hour later, Mr. and Mrs. Fu returned from their stroll in the park.
Upon seeing Li Hong and the other two, Madam Fu was very pleased and greeted them with a smile.
Tang Mingmei felt somewhat awkward about facing her family again, having to put aside the prejudices from her past life.
Not knowing what to do, she quickly pushed her daughter out to ease the tension.
"Xin'er, quickly call Grandpa and Grandma."
Li Xin obeyed and called out "Grandpa" and "Grandma" in a childish voice, though her pronunciation wasn't perfect.
Madam Fu was instantly charmed by the baby's sweet voice and was overjoyed. "You've grown so much in the blink of an eye, and you can already call out to people."
Li Hong chimed in, "That's right. When you see other people raising children, you always feel like they grow up so quickly. But when you raise them yourself, you realize how tough it is."
"That's true." Old Madam Fu was an experienced woman herself, so she understood Li Hong's words all too well.
She looked at Li Xin, who was well-fed and plump, and couldn't help but reach out her hand to her: "Come, come to Grandma."
Li Xin was still young and a little shy. She looked at her mother and then at her grandmother.
Encouraged by his mother and grandmother, he staggered toward Old Madam Fu.
Grandma Fu happily picked her up and sat her on her lap, chatting with her about childish things.
Sitting next to Madam Fu, Mr. Fu was also delighted to see such a lovely little girl.
Even he, who is usually reserved, started teasing people without anyone noticing.
Seeing this, Tang Mingli's eyes lit up and she smiled, "Xin'er looks like her mother, so pretty and delicate. She'll definitely be a little beauty when she grows up."
Everyone agrees on this point; Li Xin's appearance does indeed resemble Tang Mingmei's.
Fortunately, she followed in Tang Mingmei's footsteps; if she had been like her father, she would probably have suffered a lot of injustices in her life.
However, it's better to keep these thoughts to yourself than to say them directly.
But Li Hong is different. She is Tang Mingmei's mother and Li Xin's maternal grandmother, and she has a lot of grievances against Li Dazhu.
Instead of saying it directly to others, she said with relief, "When Xin'er was born, the nurses praised her for being beautiful. I was secretly glad that my child didn't look like her pig-headed father."
She could say it, but others couldn't respond, so they could only smile awkwardly.
Tang Mingli didn't attack Li Dazhu's appearance, but only his behavior, saying, "He is not a responsible father. Xin'er has lived with you for so long, and you have never given a penny of child support."
Tang Mingmei said with pride, "Our family can afford to support him, and we don't care about his meager child support payments. As long as he can completely get out of our lives, I'll thank him."
Tang Mingli nodded; her uncle's family could indeed afford to support them.
But she still believes that an adult man, having created a child, should take responsibility for raising it to adulthood.
But there are many people in this world who don't raise children when they are young, but expect their children to support them when they are old.
However, she didn't bring up these things when she steered the conversation to Li Dazhu; she just wanted to take the opportunity to reveal that Li Dazhu had been harassing them.
Sure enough, upon hearing Tang Mingmei's words, the kind-hearted Old Madam Fu asked, "Doesn't he neglect his children? Why does it sound like he's still nagging you?"
“It’s not that he’s just being persistent…” Tang Mingmei glanced at Tang Mingli, and seeing that Tang Mingli didn’t object, she told her all about how Li Dazhu had repeatedly failed at blind dates and started pestering them.
Upon hearing this, Madam Fu couldn't help but curse, "He's shameless! I've never seen such a shameless man."
Taking the opportunity, Tang Mingli asked Grandpa Fu, "Grandpa, do you know any leaders at the meat processing plant?"
Grandpa Fu didn't say whether he knew him or not, but simply asked, "What's wrong?"
Tang Mingli didn't mince words and said directly, "I want the leaders of the meat processing plant to warn Li Dazhu not to be so shameless. Since you're divorced, don't keep entangled with him."
Grandpa Fu nodded, and said with a heroic air, "I'll find someone to talk to the leaders of the meat processing plant. As the leaders of a factory, they must not only manage the affairs of the factory well, but also educate the employees."
Tang Mingli nodded emphatically, "Grandpa is absolutely right."
See, this is the art of speaking.
The moment it came out of Grandpa's mouth, the perspective changed immediately, and the act of seeking out their leader no longer seemed like "bullying others by taking advantage of their power."
Not only did they stop "bullying others by taking advantage of their power," they even became somewhat self-righteous.
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After lunch, Li Hong and Tang Mingmei wanted to go back, but Li Xin was sleepy, so Madam Fu let her sleep there and go back when she woke up.
Tang Mingmei couldn't refuse, so she had to agree and stayed at the Fu family's house until after 3 p.m. before leaving.
No sooner had the three left than Grandpa Fu went to the telephone and made a call.
After a few beeps, the call was connected.
"Hey, Lao Jiang, it's Lao Fu... Yes, I really need to talk to you today... Do you know any leaders at the meat processing plant?... Yes, that's great, it's like this..."
Tang Mingli had been listening the whole time. Although she couldn't hear what the other party was saying, she could basically tell from Grandpa Fu's words that the matter was settled.
Sure enough, after hanging up the phone, Grandpa Fu said proudly, "The leaders of the meat processing plant will give Li Dazhu a good talking-to. I'm sure he won't dare to bother your cousin anymore. If he does, have your cousin tell me again, and I'll take care of it for her."
“Okay, I’ll thank Grandpa on behalf of my cousin.” Tang Mingli readily agreed, not forgetting to praise him: “Grandpa, you’re really amazing. Even the biggest troubles become small problems when they come to you. I’m so lucky to have you. What would I do without you?”
The praise eventually turned into coquetry.
Grandpa Fu was secretly pleased, but pretended to be nonchalant and said, "It's nothing, we're family, no need to be so polite."
"Don't mention it, I just thought of Grandpa as soon as I encountered difficulties."
Grandpa Fu hummed twice: "Thinking of Grandpa is the right thing to do."
If I hadn't been trying so hard to suppress it, my mouth would probably be grinning from ear to ear.
No wonder the old woman is in such a good mood every day; being relied upon by her granddaughter-in-law is truly blissful. Fortunately, this time it's finally his turn.
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Meanwhile, Li Dazhu had just finished slaughtering a pig and was about to rest for a while when a colleague told him that the factory manager wanted to see him.
He had worked at the meat processing plant for so long, but the plant manager had never once looked after him, this nobody.
What could it be?
Li Dazhu suddenly felt uneasy.
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