Chapter 154 Why don’t I beat you to death, you bastard?
As a leader, if you want to manage your staff well, you must understand the principle of combining kindness with authority.
Give employees enough incentives to make them feel valued, establish your own authority and rules, and let employees know clearly what they can and cannot do.
Know how to give employees enough attention and recognition. When employees complete a task, give them timely affirmation and praise so that they feel that their efforts have been duly rewarded.
At the same time, we should pay attention to the work and life of employees, provide them with help and support as much as possible, and enhance their sense of belonging and loyalty...
After listening to Zhou Yong's long speech, Li Caiyun pondered for a long time before she felt as if she had suddenly realized something.
"Why didn't you tell me these things earlier?"
Zhou Yong didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Didn't I tell you? I told you before that you didn't take it to heart..."
Li Caiyun blinked and recalled that Zhou Yong had indeed said these words to her.
"What should we do then?"
Zhou Yong pinched his young wife's cheek and gave her some advice: "Give her a slap and a sweet date. You have to learn how to win people's hearts..."
Li Caiyun kept nodding her head, and her eyes became sparkling.
Zhou Yong looked at her expression and couldn't help pinching her face again. Li Caiyun slapped his hand away and said, "Go on."
Zhou Yong, who was emotionally stable, continued to teach his young wife, and Li Caiyun benefited a lot.
The three children went back to the west room fighting and interrupting their conversation. Li Caiyun looked at the time with a lot of thoughts in her mind, then got up and went to the north kang to make bedding for the children.
Brothers Li Jingchu and Li Jingen sat on Zhou Yong's legs, and Zhou Kexin climbed on his back.
Zhou Yong's face was full of kindness as the three children pestered him to tell them stories.
What story should I tell?
Zhou Yong cleared his throat and slowly told them the story of Kong Rong giving away his pears.
The three children listened attentively. Li Caiyun spread the bedding and went downstairs. She looked at them and prepared water for the children to wash their feet with a smile.
After the story was told, Zhou Yong explained the meaning of the story to them, and the three children seemed to understand it.
Li Caiyun came into the house with the foot-washing water, and the three siblings rushed to wash their feet.
"Stop arguing. Yesterday, Niuniu washed her feet first. Today, Goudan will wash his feet first."
Zhou Kexin pouted and said, "Mom, Goudan's feet are smelly. I won't use his leftover foot washing water to wash my feet."
Li Caiyun was annoyed by the noise of the three children and said perfunctorily, "Mom will change the basin of water for you to wash your feet later."
Li Jingen jumped up and down when he heard it: "Mom, I want to change the basin of water to wash my feet too."
Li Caiyun nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll change the water for you to wash your feet..."
Zhou Yong sat in front of the stove and watched this scene, laughing silently.
There are so many stories about just washing feet, which shows how happy these siblings are in their daily lives.
The children washed their feet, took off their cotton coats, put on sweaters and trousers and went into bed. Li Caiyun covered them with quilts one by one, but the three little ones were not well behaved and kept moving around in the bed.
Both Zhou Yong and Li Caiyun were accustomed to this scene. The three children would not go to bed until it was time.
At seven o'clock, the children fell asleep one by one. Li Caiyun yawned and came to the south kang.
I had no dreams that night, and the next day was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Zhou Yong got up and lit the stove before dawn. The room became warmer and the three children woke up.
Li Caiyun dressed them, and the three siblings quickly went to the east room.
After folding the bedding and placing it on the quilt pile, Li Caiyun tidied up the west room and went to the outer room to cook with her mother.
With a creaking sound——
The door to the outer room was opened, and the mother and daughter looked towards the door.
What the mother and daughter didn't expect was that the visitors turned out to be Li Caixia and Wu Jun.
Li Caiyun, who was making the fire, stood up and went to greet them. A smile appeared on Zhang Guifang's face.
"Come in quickly."
Li Caixia and Wu Jun each held two gifts in their hands, and Zhang Guifang and Li Caiyun led them into the east room.
Li Baotian was sitting on the kang playing with his three children, while Zhou Yong was lighting the stove.
"Dad, look who's here?"
Li Caixia was not a rare guest, and Wu Jun could count the number of times he had been to Li Baotian's home on one hand.
Li Baotian looked towards the door with a smile on his face, but the moment he saw Wu Jun, the smile on his face gradually faded.
"Uncle San, Aunt San, I wish you and your whole family a happy new year..."
Li Baotian and Zhang Guifang responded respectively, and Wu Jun and Li Caixia placed the four gift boxes on the kang.
Li Caiyun waved to Zhou Kexin and her two siblings, and the three children came to the edge of the kang to put on their shoes.
Wu Jun looked at the three siblings with a smile and took out the New Year's money he had prepared in advance from his pocket.
He gave 50 cents to each child, which was a lot of New Year's money in 1975.
The three children did not take the New Year's money that Wu Jun handed to them, and their eyes turned to Zhou Yong and Li Caiyun at the same time.
Seeing this, Wu Jun smiled and said, "Hurry up and take the New Year's money your uncle gave you."
If Zhou Yong and Li Caiyun hadn't given the order, none of the three children would dare to accept the New Year's money.
Because Zhou Yong and Li Baotian were both village cadres, people often visited their home, so the four members of the Li family attached great importance to their children's education.
They, the siblings, are determined not to accept money that they shouldn't accept. Even if they can accept some money, they have to look at the adults' instructions before they do so.
Li Caiyun looked at Zhou Yong, asking him with her eyes whether he wanted to let his children accept the New Year's money.
Zhou Yong frowned secretly and gave Li Caiyun a look that both he and his wife could understand.
Li Caiyun smiled and pushed the New Year's money back from Wu Jun's hand: "Brother-in-law, we are all family, why give New Year's money?"
As she said this, she bent down to get shoes for the three children. The smile on Wu Jun's face froze for a moment.
Seeing this, Li Caixia snatched the money from Wu Jun's hand: "Caiyun, the New Year's money is for the children, at least it is a little gift from us..."
Li Caixia was aware of her third uncle's family situation and knew that they could afford the New Year's money. However, they had a request for Zhou Yong, and they came to visit the Li family on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Even if they were real relatives, some personal interactions could not be avoided.
Li Caiyun saw Zhou Yong again. He was standing in front of the stove with an expressionless face.
"Since Sister Xia said so, just accept the New Year's money!"
After Zhou Yong finished speaking, the three children each took the New Year's money and thanked Wu Jun and Li Caixia.
The three siblings were very polite, which made Li Caixia smile and praise them.
Wu Jun raised his eyebrows, looked at Zhou Yong, and said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, we haven't seen each other for a few years."
Zhou Yong smiled: "It's been a few years. Mainly because my brother-in-law is a busy man and has no time to go back to Huaixi Village..."
Doesn’t Wu Jun have time to go back to Huaixi Village?
No, it was because he looked down on Li Caixia's family. Even if he came to Huaixi Village occasionally, he would not visit anyone's house.
Zhou Yong's words made Wu Jun look a little unnatural. He came here because he had something to do, so he deserved to be squeezed out.
Li Baotian cleared his throat to ease Wu Jun's embarrassment. Li Caiyun took the three children and Li Caixia to the west room. Zhang Guifang looked at the time and then went to the outer room to make breakfast.
There were only three of them in the east room. Wu Jun talked about this and that for a while before getting to the point.
Yesterday, Li Hongjun and Wu Jun went to the woman's home, but the woman's family wouldn't let them talk, and the two were violently beaten out.
Zhou Yong's mouth curled up, and he thought secretly: It's all my fault, I deserve to be beaten.
Li Baotian was thinking: Why not beat you to death, you scoundrel?
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