Chapter 148 A Blessing in Disguise "Ms. Wang Ying, can you please dance...
Upon hearing that Zhao Yunsheng had sued someone, those who had spread the rumors immediately stopped. Ultimately, they were just following the crowd, joining in the fun, gossiping. No one had verified the truth of the matter, and they simply didn't take it seriously.
The person who was sued by Zhao Yunsheng and others thought the same.
"Comrade Public Security, it was just a joke, no one took it seriously. How could this great writer be so magnanimous and even sue me?"
"So, you admit that you spread rumors that damaged Comrade Zhao Yunsheng's reputation?" the police asked.
"Oh, what's a rumor? It was just a joke. I just heard someone say it and responded casually. How did it become a rumor?"
"Who told you that?" the police officer asked again.
"That guy in our unit..."
The public security comrades investigated for four days and found the source of the rumor.
The source of this information came from a cultural station, a colleague of Zhao Yunsheng's. He also enjoyed writing, and after Zhao Yunsheng published his book, he felt like he wasn't any better than Zhao Yunsheng. Zhao Yunsheng was already a writer, so surely he could be a great writer, too. So he submitted numerous manuscripts, but none of them were published, not a single one.
Half a year ago, he put aside his pride and went to ask Zhao Yunsheng how to write a novel and what submission techniques there were. Zhao Yunsheng told him that he had no techniques, only passion and the desire to keep writing.
Was he still not passionate? Hadn't he written enough? He felt Zhao Yunsheng simply refused to teach him, so he grew jealous and resentful, constantly trying to cause trouble for him, but never finding the opportunity. This time, when Dai Xiaoyun came to the station, he fabricated this rumor and had some idle, second-rate people in Beichong spread it everywhere.
He hadn't initially imagined the rumor would spread so quickly and so widely. After just a few days, when almost everyone in Beichong knew about it, he began to panic. But he was also secretly happy. Zhao Yunsheng had finally been discredited! He wondered why he was still showing off all day and gloating in front of his superiors!
But when he heard that Zhao Yunsheng had reported the crime to the emperor, he became afraid and even wanted to hide away. But where could he hide? As a result, he was arrested before he could even hide.
It turned out that it was not God who gave Zhao Yunsheng a "surprise" because he saw that he was living too well, but his colleagues who caused such a disturbance out of jealousy.
This colleague's literary talent finally came in handy. The public security comrades asked him to write an apology letter and read it to the people of the city on the radio, asking him to apologize to Zhao Yunsheng, eliminate the impact, and apologize to all citizens.
A rumor was finally quickly quelled before the New Year. Because of this rumor, people who didn't know Zhao Yunsheng before also got to know him. They knew that their Beichong had actually produced a great writer. As a result, Zhao Yunsheng's books sold more in Beichong.
Zhao Yunsheng was a bit amused when he heard the Xinhua Bookstore people talk about this. Was this a blessing in disguise for him? If his colleague knew about this, wouldn't he be furious?
That colleague had been sent to a labor camp and didn't know about this. Wang Hui, on the other hand, was a little angry when she found out that the story about Zhao Yunsheng was fake. She felt that it was a fabricated rumor, and the only person who could have been involved was Du Jianguo. Wang Hui felt that God was unfair.
At the non-staple food factory, all of this year's welfare products have been produced and packaged, but Zhou Qianjin and Shao Pengyu have a disagreement on how to distribute the welfare products.
Shao Pengyu wanted to change the way of delivering the food to various factories in previous years and instead let employees pick it up at the nearest department store or the direct store of the non-staple food factory.
Zhou Qianjin firmly disagreed, thinking that Shao Pengyu wanted to treat all the employees in the city like pigs and slaughter them. Didn't he just want the employees to consume some of their factory's products when they received welfare products?
"You can't say that. At the end of the year, every household will buy some New Year's goods. It's just a side thing. What's wrong with that?"
"Your intentions are obvious to everyone. Are any of the employees stupid?" Zhou Qianjin said. "We agreed to give out benefits, so we give out benefits. If you keep doing this, you'll only bring discredit to our food factory!"
Shao Pengyu doesn't think so. Now the country needs to carry out economic construction and reform, and his approach is to respond to the country's call.
The two of them couldn't come to a conclusion in their argument, so they went to Wang Ying to argue.
Wang Ying felt that if Shao Pengyu's idea were applied to a private enterprise in the future, there would be no problem at all. However, it was not feasible at the moment. They were state-owned enterprises, and this was a year-end benefit, so they shouldn't cause trouble for the people.
"Not everyone wants to travel all the way to a department store or one of our directly-operated stores to collect benefits," Wang Ying said. "I think Deputy Director Shao's intentions are good, for the sake of our non-staple food factory's performance, but we can't burden our employees. Deputy Director Shao, think about it: having the leader personally hand you something versus going to the salesperson to collect it yourself, does that feel the same?"
"That is to say, the leader may still say to you, comrade, you have worked hard this year; but the salesperson will only say, don't push, you will get what you deserve." Zhou Qianjin added, this Shao Pengyu is so eager to show off that he can come up with such a bad idea!
Wang Ying was also a little puzzled. Shao Pengyu had become the Minister of United Front Work in his previous life; he shouldn't have been so immature. Could it be that his astonishing growth over the next twenty years was due to the guidance of an expert? Or was he trying to set himself up to see if Wang Ying would agree? But the trap was too obvious; who would jump in?
"The director is right. I was inconsiderate. I was only thinking about our factory and not putting the employees first." Shao Pengyu admitted his mistake with great sincerity. "Thanks to Team Leader Zhou and the director for waking me up."
Shao Pengyu admitted his mistake so sincerely, but Wang Ying didn't say anything to him and told them to just do as they did in previous years.
Afterwards, Wang Ying found Zhou Qianjin and asked him not to tell anyone about Shao Pengyu's proposal.
Zhou Qianjin was a little confused: "Why? He's being stupid, and we're hiding it for him?"
Wang Ying smiled and said, "We're not hiding it for him. It's enough for us to know it among ourselves. If it gets out, who knows what will become of it."
Zhou Qianjin thought about the incident with Director Wang's wife and began to understand. Words were spreading like wildfire, and the situation might even become a problem for their workshop or even their factory.
"I understand." Zhou Qianjin said.
"Besides, he hasn't done anything particularly outrageous so far. We can't just use him as a target and attack him," Wang Ying said slowly. "What if he's a good comrade who's capable of unity? Won't he be scared off by our attacks?"
Zhou Qianjin smiled and said, "I understand. You can't hit him too hard. You have to observe him while hitting him to see how he reacts."
"Yes." Wang Ying said with a smile.
This year's welfare products were finally distributed according to the old rules. Shao Pengyu thought that Wang Ying and others would sue him, but he didn't expect that even Zhou Qianjin didn't mention the matter again, which surprised Shao Pengyu.
Zhou Qianjin, in particular, seemed to be even more polite to him than before, which made him very confused.
This year's welfare product is still the food factory's selected gift package. The category is richer than last year, and the total weight has also increased by half a catty. Basically, no one is dissatisfied with this gift package.
At the summary meeting, Director Qian praised Shao Pengyu: "Comrade Shao has done a good job."
Shao Pengyu said hurriedly, "It's all thanks to the good foundation laid by our director and the full support of Team Leader Zhou. My personal contribution was minimal, and I almost made a mistake. It was all thanks to the director and Team Leader Zhou for reminding me."
Seeing Shao Pengyu's good attitude, Wang Ying was very satisfied, and Director Qian was also very satisfied.
Two days after the welfare goods were distributed, it was Chinese New Year's Eve. This year, the festive atmosphere seemed stronger than in previous years. Red lanterns, blessing characters, and images of the Kitchen God appeared among the New Year goods again, and no one cared.
Many ordinary people are taking a wait-and-see attitude, but there are also many who are not afraid. Since it is available on the market, it can be sold. Since it can be sold, let it be posted!
This time, Chen Xiuqin was also bold enough to buy a portrait of the Kitchen God, small red lanterns, and the word "Fu". When Wang Ying and others got off work, Chen Xiuqin had already pasted and hung them all up, and the house was bustling with activity.
Zhao Yunfang and her family of three returned for New Year's Eve dinner this year, and the Zhao household was bustling with activity. Wang Ying, Chen Xiuqin, and the Zhao sisters were busy preparing the meal in the kitchen. Director Zhao and Dong Zhiyuan were watching TV in the main room.
Zhao Yunsheng carried Yueyue, Dongbao, and Mingjie as they played in the yard. Yueyue wanted to play with her older sister and brother, but she refused to walk, so she let Zhao Yunsheng hold her while they ran behind Dongbao and Mingjie. Zhao Yunsheng, a spoiled child, chased Dongbao and Mingjie around the yard with Yueyue in his arms, their laughter echoing far away.
A table of New Year's Eve dinner was prepared, and the whole family sat around it. After eating and drinking, Zhao Yunfei teased Wang Ying and his wife: "Hey, do you want to dance tonight? Do you want to look at the stars?"
When Zhao Yunfei said this, everyone at the table burst into laughter. They all remembered the incident two years ago when Wang Ying and Zhao Yunsheng were making trouble, dancing upstairs late at night and caught a cold, and the photo that happened later.
Dongbao said, "Uncle and aunt, do you want to dance? I want to dance too."
Zhao Yunfei smiled and said, "You can't jump. You'll catch a cold if you do."
"I won't dance with him tonight. I want to dance with my elder sister." Wang Ying laughed so hard that her stomach hurt.
"No, I won't dance with you. Wait until I find your brother-in-law, then I'll dance with him." Zhao Yunfei said with a smile.
"Huh? Something's wrong with my elder sister! Is she in love?" Zhao Yunfang asked, slamming the table.
"No, no, I was just kidding." Zhao Yunfei shook her head repeatedly and glanced at Dongbao secretly.
Dongbao had a smile on his face and didn't look angry. It was unclear whether he didn't understand or didn't care.
Zhao Yunfang said, "Yingzi, if you don't want to dance with Yunsheng, I'll lend you your second brother-in-law."
Chen Xiuqin hit Zhao Yunfang's hand with a chopstick: "The child is here, you are talking nonsense!"
"I was wrong, I was wrong. Second sister will dance with you. Second sister will dance with you." Zhao Yunfang said quickly.
Wang Ying chuckled and changed the subject. This kind of ethical joke between family members was particularly common among the people, but Wang Ying didn't like it. It was because she knew Zhao Yunfang's temperament that she didn't get angry.
The family had almost had enough of the quarrel, so Chen Xiuqin urged Zhao Yunfang and the others to go home.
Wang Ying and Zhao Yunsheng cleaned up the dishes downstairs with Chen Xiuqin, and then watched TV for a while. It was almost eleven o'clock before the family of three went upstairs.
Yueyue's normal routine was disrupted and she was a little fussy. Wang Ying lay on the bed and coaxed her, and Yueyue fell asleep in a short while.
After his daughter fell asleep, Zhao Yunsheng crossed his arms and said with a smile, "What do you mean, do you want to dance?"
"You still want to catch a cold." Wang Ying said with a smile.
"Let's dance at home, not outside in the cold wind." Zhao Yunsheng walked to the bedside, extended his hand toward Wang Ying, and said in a standard broadcast voice, "Miss Wang Ying, may I invite you to dance?"
Wang Ying placed her hand in Zhao Yunsheng's, and Zhao Yunsheng pulled her up from the bed, humming a tune as he and Wang Ying danced. As they danced, they ended up embracing and swaying, then fell back onto the bed, nearly waking up Yueyue who had already fallen asleep.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year this year, Wang Ying and his friends did not go back to Old Wang's house. Wang Ying and Zhao Yunsheng were both very busy, and they wanted to save their vacation for Yueyue's first birthday.
Wang Hui and her family of three returned to Old Wang's house early. Wang Hui didn't want to stay at the Du's house because Du Wenxiu was going back to her parents' home today. She didn't get along with her sister-in-law and didn't want to meet her.
"My elder sister and the others haven't arrived yet?" Wang Hui said casually after arriving.
"They are not coming back today. Your elder sister and brother-in-law are busy. Yueyue's first birthday is coming soon, so they don't have much time off." Li Fengju said.
Wang Hui rolled her eyes and muttered, "They're the only ones busy!"
Huanhuan was a little disappointed that she couldn't see her sister today.
Du Jianguo was absent-minded. After his father-in-law left, he wandered around like a headless fly for a while, then went to Wang Hui's old bed and started daydreaming.
Wang Hui and Li Fengju were talking in the kitchen. Li Fengju was busy preparing lunch and Wang Hui didn't help but just watched from the side.
"Mom, since my eldest sister isn't back, it seems like you haven't made enough food." Wang Hui said.
"There are fewer people, so shouldn't there be less food?" Li Fengju said. "If there's more, we won't be able to finish it. After you leave, we'll have to eat the leftovers for a few days."
Wang Hui was unhappy, thinking that Li Fengju's heart was now completely inclined towards her elder sister.
"Yueyue's first birthday is on the eighth day of the first lunar month, right?" Wang Hui said.
"Well, don't forget to go when the time comes." Li Fengju said.
"I don't want to go," Wang Hui said. "Every time I go there and see that my elder sister is so good at everything and I can't compare to her in any way, I feel uncomfortable."
"You can't compare with me, so you have to work hard on your own." Li Fengju said, "You have to live your own life. Didn't you make such a boast before you got married?" Li Fengju no longer cared what Wang Hui thought. She had kept such words to herself before, but now that Wang Hui and her family were living like this, Li Fengju said whatever she wanted.
"Hmph, when we become rich in the future, we will definitely be better than them," said Wang Hui.
Li Fengju said Wang Hui was just daydreaming, but she had the ambition, so she didn't discourage her. She said, "Mom also hopes you'll be successful, but whether you're successful or not isn't the most important thing. What's most important is that you live comfortably."
Wang Hui's heart felt like it was on fire every day. How could she possibly feel at ease? Every day she looked forward to the foreign TV program coming on so she could give Du Jianguo some advice and have him perform a great deed. He would then acknowledge her kindness and acknowledge her kindness.
Seeing Wang Hui remained silent, Li Fengjie asked in a low voice, "How's Jianguo doing lately?"
"That's it. Sometimes I come back a little late, but not too late," Wang Hui said. "Nothing else is a big deal."
Du Jianguo wanted to do something, but as Wang Hui said, he didn't dare to take off his pants in front of her... He saw that female classmate again. It turned out that her husband had died last year. She was a young widow, living with a son and a daughter in her parents' home, and her life was not very comfortable.
Du Jianguo felt that his classmate was much better than Wang Hui. She was obviously very pitiful, yet so strong and gentle. Ten Wang Huis couldn't catch up with her.
At this moment, Du Jianguo was lying on Wang Hui's bed, still thinking about the young widow, thinking about her calling his name tenderly and looking at him shyly...
Du Jianguo was furious, but the tools used in the crime didn't react at all, and his resentment towards Wang Hui increased.
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