Liu Yuzhen got angry at the mention of this: "Tingshen was studying at home to prepare for the college entrance exam, but because of your daughter's matter, he ran off to the countryside without even making a phone call. I was even thinking of going to you to ask him to come back!"
She had heard everything; Jiang Yumei even kicked down their door.
She hasn't settled this score with them yet!
“Father-in-law, Ting Shen went to the countryside this time to get his marriage certificate with Wen Ya. We thought they would come back after they got the certificate.” Jiang Yumei was anxious and didn’t care about Liu Yuzhen’s attitude. “But it’s been seven or eight days and we haven’t heard anything. I’m worried about them.”
“If you’re really worried, you should go to them yourself, instead of asking us.” Liu Yuzhen was growing increasingly annoyed with Jiang Yumei, and her face darkened. “As a mother-in-law, you can’t just talk the talk; you have to walk the walk.”
Actually, she was also worried. Last night, she begged Xiao Yaodong to find someone, and Xiao Yaodong sent someone to Nanping early this morning, but she did not intend to tell Liu Yuzhen and Xu Jianguo.
Why should they be allowed to reap the benefits without so much?
Just because they're shameless?
Jiang Yumei was speechless after being rebuked by Liu Yuzhen. Seeing that Xu Jianguo remained silent, she became even angrier and got up to leave, suppressing her anger.
As soon as they stepped outside, Jiang Yumei complained to Xu Jianguo, "What did you mean by not saying anything just now?"
“She’s already said that, what can I say?” Xu Jianguo found Jiang Yumei’s anger towards him somewhat inexplicable. “Do I really have to argue with her?”
"I think you just don't care about Wenya's affairs." Jiang Yumei walked ahead angrily. "I've seen through you. All you care about is your daughter."
On the surface, he was still angry with Xu Qingning, but in reality, he had already accepted her marriage proposal.
She even secretly went to the Ocean Shipping Company yesterday to inquire when Zhao Jingyu would be back; she knew all of this.
"You're being completely unreasonable." Xu Jianguo didn't want to argue with her anymore. He pushed his bicycle and quickly left the courtyard. "Hurry home, I have to go to work this afternoon!"
Most of the arguments he and she had before were because of Xu Qingning.
Now that Xu Qingning is married, he and she are arguing again about Tang Wenya, and he doesn't even know what he did wrong.
As he approached the gate, he couldn't help but stop and look in the direction of Xu Qingning's house. There were many adobe bricks on the ground, and Chen Baichuan and two young men were carrying them into the house.
"What? Want to go and help?" Jiang Yumei followed Xu Jianguo's gaze and said sarcastically, "They're happily making their bed, so don't go and annoy them. Don't forget, they didn't ask you to help."
"You go back first, I'll go check on him." Xu Jianguo pushed his bicycle over. His son-in-law wasn't home, so he had to help with this.
"Xu Jianguo, are you not going to care about Wenya's matter?" Jiang Yumei called out to him from behind, her face dark. "Take a day off this afternoon and go see her. Don't forget, you are also her father."
"You go if you want, I'm not going." Xu Jianguo didn't want to ask about Tang Wenya's affairs. He understood that no matter how good he was to Tang Wenya, in her heart, he was still an outsider.
"Xu Jianguo, you heartless bastard!" Jiang Yumei pushed her bicycle out the door, cursing under her breath. "I really misjudged you."
Upon seeing Xu Jianguo, everyone paused for a moment. Yang Yuelan wiped her sweat and hurriedly went up to greet him, "Our in-laws have arrived. Please come inside and sit down."
"Brother-in-law?" Chen Baichuan was also surprised. "What brings you here?"
"I came to take a look." Xu Jianguo was very unhappy when Chen Baichuan asked him this question. Why couldn't he come to his daughter's house?
"Oh, I helped Qingning dry some adobe bricks. They were dried a long time ago, but I only had time to deliver them today." Chen Baichuan chuckled. In his mind, his former brother-in-law was a very capable person, and he had always felt inferior to him.
Xu Jianguo had to go to work in the afternoon, so he didn't actually start moving the adobe bricks. He heard someone talking in the bedroom, knocked on the door, and went in.
Xu Qingning glanced at him but didn't say anything. She continued to speak to the man next to Liu Caixia, "Director Wang, I can agree to the salary terms you just mentioned. However, I need to tell you about the work location. I'm pregnant and can't go to work in the provincial capital. As for how to hand over the work to you, you'll have to figure that out."
She hadn't had a chance to ask Liu Caixia about the sample garment yet.
Someone from the garment factory in the provincial capital came and offered her a monthly salary of thirty yuan, plus a year-end bonus based on sales volume.
As for the design drafts, she gets a minimum of five styles per month, and extra bonuses for additional styles, which she is very satisfied with.
“These are all minor matters.” Wang Wenjian, in his forties, wore glasses, was thin and very refined. He knew about Xu Qingning’s health condition and expressed his understanding. “Anyway, our factory has a sales counter in Jiaodong Department Store. If there’s anything, we’ll contact you through them.”
Xu Jianguo overheard this and wisely withdrew.
Is Xu Qingning going to work?
Now you know, right? Staying at your in-laws' house isn't so easy either.
She only realized the value of her own family after experiencing hardship herself, and only then could she understand the difficulties he faced as a father.
“Okay, it’s settled then.” Xu Qingning readily agreed. She flipped through her stack of design drafts, counted them, and handed them to him. “These are from May, June, and July. Take a look. If you’re satisfied, consider these three months as the submissions.”
It's late May now, and the factory should be producing summer clothing.
Then in June or July, it's time to prepare for the autumn collection.
As for winter clothing, production won't start until August or September, so there's no rush.
“The factory really likes Ms. Xu’s designs, and they are also very popular in the market.” Wang Wenjian looked at them carefully and was very satisfied with each one. “To be honest, Ms. Xu, those six styles of clothing sold very well after they went into production. Don’t worry, we will settle the commission and bonuses for those six styles with you at the end of the year. The factory held a meeting and unanimously decided that I must come and sign a talent like Ms. Xu. I have lived up to their expectations.”
"I hope we have a pleasant working relationship." Xu Qingning liked dealing with straightforward people like this. She handed the signed contract to Wang Wenjian, who quickly took it, shook her hand, and said, "Pleasure working together!"
"That's great! Now we won't have to worry about selling our ready-made clothes." Liu Caixia was also very happy. "The more styles we have in the store, the more we can sell. Nowadays, people mostly make their own clothes from fabric and rarely buy ready-made clothes."
Because of this incident, she was promoted from sales clerk to sales manager, and her salary increased by five yuan.
Zhao Jingyu's wife is truly her lucky star.
"Yes, ready-made clothes are selling better in big cities now. Most of the goods from our provincial capital are shipped to big cities. But with Miss Xu here, I believe ready-made clothes will sell better and better."
Wang Wenjian put the design draft into his bag, then counted out nine large ten-yuan bills and a stack of cloth coupons, and handed them to Xu Qingning. "This is three months' salary. Take it first, and starting from August, it will be settled monthly. You can go to Director Liu to collect your salary then."
"Thank you, Director Wang, thank you, Director Liu." Xu Qingning was very happy to receive her salary. Once she received her year-end bonus, her income would be quite considerable in this era.
After seeing the two off, Xu Qingning happily returned to her room, found her account book, and wrote down the design draft she had submitted that day.
Chen Baichuan just said that he asked his cousin and he said that her household registration could be transferred to Wutong Village and the homestead could be approved, but she would have to pay money to buy it, which would cost her 100 yuan more than the villagers in the village.
Chen Baichuan and Liang Yufeng calculated for her that the land for building a house in Wutong Village would cost around 500 yuan.
Five hundred yuan was a huge sum of money in those days.
But in Xu Qingning's eyes, five hundred yuan is not much. She already has more than four hundred yuan in her hand, which is more than enough to build a house.
However, she is going to have a baby at the end of the year, which will increase her expenses.
However, with Zhao Jingyu's salary, it's more than enough.
Xu Jianguo felt awkward when he saw that Xu Qingning had returned after seeing off her guests and ignored him. He knocked on her door again and said, "Qingning, come out for a moment. I have something to tell you."
"Dad, I have nothing to say to you." Xu Qingning didn't want to go out, so she locked the door from the inside.
It has to be admitted that Xu Jianguo is quite shameless.
She had already told him she wouldn't associate with them anymore, but he still wouldn't give up.
"Qingning, things aren't as you think. Let me explain." Xu Jianguo continued knocking on the door.
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