Cui Yaofeng hid at home and didn't dare to go out. Han Meijuan's father came over with a shovel to help unload the truck.
Qiao Baozhu placed a thermos bottle at the door of the store and made sugar water for everyone to drive away the cold. Everyone drank the sugar water, but Han's father didn't drink a single sip.
When the work was almost finished, Han's father quietly went home carrying the shovel. The old man returned home with a shovel on his back, looking regretful, and saw his neighbor standing in his yard and talking.
"Brother Han is back. Hey, where's your coal?"
Aunt Jin stretched her neck to look behind Han's father, but didn't see the coal bag and looked disappointed.
“There’s no coal.”
Old Han threw the shovel into the corner with a muffled voice and angrily cursed: "With that troublemaker, this family will never be well!"
Aunt Jin saw that Old Han was talking incoherently, so she couldn't help but ask Han's mother, "Sister-in-law, what's wrong with Old Brother Han? He is usually the easiest person to talk to. Who made him angry?"
Aunt Han was also full of resentment at this time. She shouted angrily into the house: "Old man, don't you have the ability to buy discounted coal? I have fifty yuan here, you go back to your parents' house and get me five tons of discounted coal. It's noon now, why are you still hiding?"
Cui Yaofeng hid in the room and refused to go out, not even daring to make a sound.
Seeing no movement in her daughter-in-law's room, Aunt Han was so angry that her fists hardened. She turned around and complained loudly to Aunt Jin: "Aunt, you are not an outsider, I am not afraid of you laughing at me."
"Why is my Limin's life so miserable? He married a wife who is incompetent and always causing trouble."
"My daughter's colleague's father has a way to buy coal at a special price for their store. They want to thank Mr. Qiao for his kindness and support the clothing store. We also took advantage of Mr. Qiao. We don't need coal coupons, we can buy a ton of coal for only 23 yuan."
Aunt Jin took a deep breath and said, "Wow, 23 yuan is not cheap, but if you don't need a ticket, this price is not bad. It's such a good thing, why don't you buy it?"
Aunt Jin slapped her thigh in regret because she didn't get any credit!
Aunt Han glared at her eldest son's room fiercely and said through gritted teeth, "Why not buy it? I ordered four tons of coal last night. I gave the money to Meijuan this morning and asked her to give it to her colleague. His father took a morning off and is waiting at home for the coal to be unloaded."
"Cui Yaofeng, our eldest young lady, is so capable. She sneaked into my daughter's workplace and said that her parents bought coal at a special price of only a dozen yuan. Let's say, if your parents really have the ability to buy coal at a special price of more than ten yuan, why don't you come back and tell your family? Your family is freezing like a grandson, don't you need to buy more coal to burn?"
Aunt Jin nodded, her face solemn: "That's right, your eldest son's wife did something unkind. We buy coal with our own money, and we don't need her family to spend money, so there's really no need to hide it."
"Humph, unnecessary? She has something even more powerful. This idiot actually said in front of so many colleagues that Dr. Qu, who helped buy coal, took kickbacks. Dr. Qu's daughter was so angry that she refused to accept the coal money no matter what. Tell me, is this something a human being would do?"
"They are helping Boss Qiao. Our child works for Boss Qiao and relies on Boss Qiao's influence. Even if they charge a fee, what evidence do you have? How can you say something that has no basis?"
"Now it's good. I can't buy the coal at the special price, and I've offended people."
Only then did Aunt Jin understand why the Han family had not brought back a ton of coal despite the busy work ahead.
It turned out that Cui Yaofeng, this pig-brained man, offended people by talking nonsense. He is such a troublemaker.
"Not being able to buy discounted coal is a minor issue. At most, you can buy some more birch bark to get through the winter. But your Meijuan's job is not a permanent job. It's not even a temporary job. If you offend your boss, how can you make a living under him in the future?"
What Aunt Jin is worried about is exactly what Han Mejuan's parents are worried about.
The girl came back angrily in the morning, told her about how Cui Yaofeng had offended someone, and then ran back to the store angrily.
The old couple was so anxious that they couldn't sit still, so they called Cui Yaofeng over and asked her carefully. Cui Yaofeng knew that she was in the wrong, so she tried her best to save face in front of her parents-in-law, so she said a lot of unpleasant things.
Cui Yaofeng had been married for four or five years, and the old couple knew very well what kind of person she was.
They were worried that Cui Yaofeng had offended Qu Yang. Qu Yang's father, Qu Zhenhua, had acquaintances at the thermal power plant who could help Qiao Baozhu buy coal at a discounted price.
This is a connection that Qiao Baozhu can use. She can directly fire Han Meijuan and use this to please Qu Yang.
Han Meijuan has a cleft lip and has not been able to find a husband at the age of 23. Now that she has a job, no matter whether it is state-owned or private, as long as she has a salary, her conditions for finding a partner can be raised.
Old Han went to help Qiao Baozhu unload the truck because he wanted to please the boss on behalf of his daughter.
"Oh, evil spirit, evil spirit!"
The more Aunt Han thought about it, the angrier she became. She walked to the window of her eldest son's room, raised her hand and slapped the window frame hard.
"Cui Yaofeng, stop pretending to be deaf. I'm telling you, you can't hide away today. Go back to your mother's house and buy the coal you said you would buy for 10 yuan a ton. If you can't buy it, don't come back again."
"Also, if my daughter gets fired by her boss, you will never be able to step foot into the Han family's door again."
"We in the Han family can't afford a troublemaker like you."
Aunt Han made some harsh remarks and was obviously very angry.
Cui Yaofeng originally wanted to hide in the house, waiting for her husband to come home from get off work and say a few good words on her behalf.
She never expected that her parents-in-law would be so angry that they even wanted to divorce her for her sister-in-law.
My neighbor Aunt Jin is watching the fun outside, who knows how she'll make fun of me.
No matter how thick-skinned Cui Yaofeng was, he could not bear such a great humiliation.
She put on a cotton jacket, a hat, wrapped her face with a scarf, and ran out crying.
"Yaofeng, can your mother's family really buy coal for 10 yuan a ton? Talk to your mother and ask her to buy five tons of coal for our family? I'll give you five yuan as a reward, okay?"
Aunt Jin expressed doubts about Cui Yaofeng's family's ability to buy coal at a special price.
But who can say for sure, what if the Cui family has extraordinary abilities?
As a relative, Aunt Han knows exactly what the Cui family is capable of.
"You should give up this idea. If the Cui family really had this ability, my good daughter-in-law would have been so proud of herself."
Aunt Han had a dark face and stared at the place where Cui Yaofeng disappeared. "I will definitely teach her a lesson this time. Let her bring trouble to her parents' home first, and when the New Year is approaching, I will ask the eldest brother to take her back."
Alas, even if Cui Yaofeng lives in her mother's house forever, what's the use?
Her family still doesn't have enough fuel for the winter, and buying birch wood is much cheaper than coal.
Aunt Han felt extremely regretful, not knowing that Qiao Baozhu had already made a plan at the store.
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