Qu Yang, Han Meijuan and Zheng Zhaohong were all willing to work overtime, and the three of them couldn't help but look at Ge Qiuhua.
"Qiuhua, we are all working overtime, you should come too. Can't your mother-in-law help you take care of the children?"
"It should be possible. The old lady from the Jiang family looks quite friendly."
Because of her cleft lip, Han Mejuan seldom goes out, and even at home she is used to covering her face with a scarf.
But with Qiao Baozhu, all the co-workers are people who share the same suffering, and it is extremely easy for everyone to work together.
Han Mejuan quickly opened up her heart. Not only did she take off the scarf on her face, she also gradually became talkative.
A blush appeared on Ge Qiuhua's face, but because of her naturally dark skin, no one could see it.
"My mother-in-law is very good to me. She shouldn't be angry if I work overtime. I just feel embarrassed. Since I started working, she has been doing all the housework by herself. She even washed the children's clothes. I feel bad about it."
She has a crooked neck, is short, ugly and dark.
Although my husband is lame, he is fair and handsome, and his family is well off.
She gave birth to two children, one looked like the father and the other looked like the mother.
The child who looks like my husband looks like a member of the Jiang family. She has thick eyebrows, big eyes, tall and white hair, and looks particularly good with black hair.
The smaller one looks like her, short and stocky, with a square face, dark skin and freckles.
The eldest son is very popular with relatives because of his good looks, and neighbors are also full of praise. He is also popular with classmates and teachers at school, so he is very confident, cheerful and talkative.
The second child was ugly, so she was laughed at and bullied by the neighborhood kids since she was a child. Her relatives were also indifferent to her. She had no friends at school, no playmates at home, and her grandparents and father liked her brother more, so she only wanted to be close to her mother.
Ge Qiuhua was worried that working overtime at night and not having time to spend with her daughter would make her already withdrawn personality even more introverted.
She didn't want her daughter to go through the same suffering she had endured in her childhood.
Seeing that Ge Qiuhua was really in trouble, Qiao Baozhu didn't want to force it.
"Don't try to persuade me. Each family has different situations. Overtime is voluntary."
Qiao Baozhu's consideration made Ge Qiuhua feel even more guilty.
Because I look like this, my elder sister-in-law spent a lot of effort and found several companies to work for me, but none of them were willing to hire me.
Two years ago, my father-in-law found her a temporary worker at a scrap collection station. She worked there for two days and was reported by the local people.
The reason was that she was too ugly and he was scared.
Now that Boss Qiao doesn't mind her appearance and is willing to let her come over to work, how can she have the nerve to refuse to work overtime?
Her husband is still learning the craft from Boss Qiao's father. If she offends Boss Qiao, her in-laws will scold her to death.
Forget it, forget it, I won’t worry about my daughter for now.
After a whole night of psychological struggle, Ge Qiuhua waited until all his colleagues had left before he went to Qiao Baozhu to express his opinion.
"They were all here just now, so I was embarrassed to say it. I am willing to work overtime, even without pay. I was embarrassed to say it because I was afraid you would think I was forced by them."
Ge Qiuhua's face felt hot and he felt extremely embarrassed.
Qiao Baozhu didn't care. With so many orders right after the opening, she was thinking about whether to hire two more people. She didn't take Ge Qiuhua seriously at all.
"If you're willing to work overtime, just stay tomorrow. Tell Sister Hu at noon, and she'll be responsible for cooking for everyone from now on."
Qiao Baozhu locked the door while giving instructions to Ge Qiuhua.
"Oh, by the way, you said at night that you were worried that your mother-in-law would be too tired to take care of the child, right? Is your child well behaved? If she is obedient and not noisy, you can let her come over after dinner and let her do her homework in the store. Then you don't have to worry."
Qiao Baozhu made some slight changes to the layout of this house.
The original house was divided into two parts. The 60-square-meter space on the east side was a powder room and workshop, and the west side was divided into two parts. The south room was the kitchen with a large stove, which was connected to the kang in the north room.
In winter, when guests come to the noodle room to make vermicelli, they usually sit on the kang in the north room.
Qiao Baozhu kept the kitchen and the north room intact and divided the original work area into two parts, a 30-square-meter sales area and a 30-square-meter studio.
The walls of the studio are newly built, and the weather is too cold so they haven’t dried yet. Everyone working inside can smell the odor of cement.
Fortunately, technology is not very popular these days, so even bricks and cement that are not completely dry will only emit a natural damp smell and will not affect everyone's health.
The workshop is divided into two parts. There are four sewing machines on the sunny side of the south window. Everyone can bask in the sun while working during the day.
There was a huge workbench by the north window, on which were placed the fabrics and cotton threads of various colors that everyone would use. There was a row of radiators hanging on the east wall, and a bookshelf on the west wall, on which were books related to textiles, fabrics, knitting, etc. that Qiao Baozhu had collected.
The heating stove was installed in the kitchen. At first, everyone was worried that the kitchen was too far from the workshop, and the workshop would not be warm enough as there was a 30-square-meter area between them.
It was later discovered that all the worries were due to insufficient heat.
Qiao Baozhu was willing to burn coal, so she asked Qiao Changhai's eldest disciple Huang Xing to bring people to transport all the two and a half tons of coal from her farm home into the city.
Han Meijuan and others work in the workshop without even having to wear a cotton-padded jacket, just a sweater.
"Well, let me tell you, I went home and told my mom that the room where we work is warmer than home, but she didn't believe it."
“She came to pick me up from get off work the next day and made a point of touching the radiator.”
When Qu Yang was a child, he was naughty and ran to play on the ice, and fell into an ice hole. He survived, but half of his leg was amputated.
Her parents, brothers and sisters are all doctors. Her family is well-off and she is very much loved.
Therefore, Qu Yang does not have that much inferiority complex and always maintains an optimistic and positive life creed.
He has always been the little sunshine in the workshop, often making everyone laugh.
"My daughter also told me when she got home that it's warmer at mom's workplace than at home, and she wants to come to mom's workplace every day to do her homework."
Following Qiao Baozhu's advice, Ge Qiuhua called his daughter over when he worked overtime at night.
The adults were working on the sewing machines while the children were doing their homework on the workbench next to them.
Everyone was working very hard, and the little girl felt embarrassed to play around, so she devoted herself to her studies.
Hearing the children reciting the text aloud, everyone worked more enthusiastically.
Everyone worked as a team and at full capacity, but Qiao Baozhu had another problem.
She looked at the coal in the kitchen which was gradually decreasing and sighed softly.
If I had known I was going to open a store, I would not have sold those 10 tons of coal.
The price of coal on the black market remains high. Where can she buy cheap coal?
Otherwise, she would go back to the farm and ask Director Guo to help her think of a solution.
Qiao Baozhu thought to herself that if Director Guo could solve the problem of coal for this winter, she wouldn't have to buy any more. If he couldn't, she would have to buy high-priced coal from the black market to get through the winter.
Qiao Baozhu thought she had covered it up well. After entering the workshop, she pretended to be relaxed and said to everyone, "It's almost half past eight. Let's stop here for today. Everyone, pack up and get ready to go home."
After listening to Qiao Baozhu's words, some people worked faster to finish the task at hand, while others started to clean up the desk.
Qu Yang raised his right hand and waved it at Qiao Baozhu.
"Sister Qiao, Sister Qiao, when I left home this morning, my dad asked me to tell you something that I forgot to tell you during the day."
Qiao Baozhu looked puzzled, not understanding what Qu Yang's father wanted to say to her.
"Sister Qiao, my dad said that if our store doesn't have enough coal, tell him in advance."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
