Mrs. Yang felt embarrassed and after much thought, she decided to apologize to Yang Niannian. She didn't have the courage to do it alone, so she asked Yu Hongli to accompany her.
"Niannian, I'm really sorry about what happened this afternoon. I didn't mean to get the price difference back, and it wasn't me who started it. I just saw that there were so many people here, so I wanted to see what was going on."
Mrs. Yang felt a little guilty. Although she didn't want to return the money, she did suspect that Yang Niannian had made a profit from the difference.
Unexpectedly, Yang Niannian was really wronged.
Yu Hongli echoed, "Yes, in fact, this matter can't be blamed on Sister Yang. It was all Ye Meijing who messed around. I told her a long time ago that you are not that kind of person, but she didn't believe it and made such a scene. It's really embarrassing for us military wives."
Yang Niannian didn't have much contact with Yu Hongli, but she could tell that Yu Hongli was a fence-sitter.
He said bad things about Ye Meijing in front of her, and he didn't know what to say about Ye Meijing in front of her.
Don't hit someone who smiles at you, so Yang Niannian didn't make things difficult for them.
"It's all right to say it out loud. Even if Ye Meijing really bought pants cheaper than this, it's normal. After all, they are not from the same store, and the prices are not uniform. A difference of a few cents cannot prove who acted as a middleman and made money unscrupulously."
"Yes, yes." Yu Hongli agreed with a flattering face, and did not refute anything Yang Niannian said.
Even if Song Qiancheng continues to be able to surpass Lu Shishen in ten or eight years, she will not openly stand on Ye Meijing's side and go against Yang Niannian.
Thinking that she had almost finished flattering him, Yu Hongli asked with a smile, "Niannian, can you buy me a pair of ankle-length pants? I have brought the money."
"The sales of the step-on pants are so good that the store can't sell enough. The boss doesn't allow employees to sell at a lower price. You can no longer buy step-on pants at this price." Yang Niannian replied.
Yu Hongli was not stupid either. She saw that Yang Niannian was unwilling to help buy it, so she left with Mrs. Yang in a huff.
…
After An An went to bed at night, Yang Niannian went to Wang Fengjiao's house with some snacks.
Wang Fengjiao was not at home during the day because her youngest son Zhou Pingping had a rash and had a fever all night.
Early in the morning, she took the child to the town's health center for observation and did not return until dinner time in the evening.
The child's illness kept haunting her and she couldn't leave.
However, she knew exactly what happened in the family compound.
Seeing Yang Niannian coming, Wang Fengjiao was very happy. She moved two wooden stools over and pulled Yang Niannian to sit down and chat.
"Ye Meijing was beaten by Song Qiancheng. Several military wives tried to stop the fight but failed. After being beaten, she admitted that she bought the leg-skimming pants at the wholesale market for 21 yuan. She deserved to be beaten for being so mean."
The other people in the family compound were not familiar with Yang Niannian and did not chat with her. If Wang Fengjiao had not told her, she really would not have known that Ye Meijing had been beaten.
Yang Niannian said with great joy, "Sister Wang, you weren't here this afternoon. If you were, you would have felt relieved. I made Director Ding faint. I suspected she was pretending to faint, so I poured a basin of cold water on her. Later I saw that her philtrum was swollen from being pinched. It seemed she was really angry."
"I heard about it." Wang Fengjiao said excitedly, unable to suppress her excitement, "Director Ye has been praised by people in the family compound for many years. How could she not be angry when someone dared to challenge her? It has to be you. If it were someone else, they would probably just suffer in silence."
Yang Niannian blinked, "Shi Shen said, as long as I am right, I don't have to be afraid of anyone."
Wang Fengjiao joked, "I never realized before that Captain Lu really loves his wife."
Yang Niannian smiled sheepishly and changed the subject, "Those military wives who asked me to return their money will probably ask me to buy pants for them again. I don't plan to sell them to them anymore."
"Nian Nian, I like your personality. I won't sell them. Let them buy more expensive ones."
Wang Fengjiao was really happy from the bottom of her heart. For the same pair of pants, she saved 11 yuan compared to Ye Meijing, which was enough for her to eat meat for two months. If Ye Meijing knew about this, she would be even angrier.
Fortunately, she and Yang Niannian are so good friends. In the family compound, except for her and Mrs. Yang, no one else has this blessing.
…
Yang Niannian was right. Early the next morning, the three military wives came to her with flattering smiles on their faces.
"Captain Lu's wife, I'm really sorry for what happened yesterday. We were instigated by Ye Meijing. Who knew she was that kind of person? Don't take it personally. The three of us came here specially to apologize to you."
The three of them got together last night and discussed the matter all night, scolding Ye Meijing from head to toe.
Originally, you could buy a pair of pants for 15 yuan, but now it costs 21 yuan.
It’s 6 dollars more expensive.
It would have been better if I didn’t know this. Now that I know the price difference, I feel like I lost 6 dollars. I would rather not wear it than buy the 21-dollar one.
"It's okay."
Yang Niannian said with great righteousness, "I haven't got the stepped-on pants back yet, but you're going to return the money. It didn't cause any substantial impact on me, so you don't need to apologize. It's just a pity that the stepped-on pants are selling well now, and the boss is unwilling to sell them at a low price. Today, I talked to the boss for a long time and he finally agreed to sell me one pair."
When the three military wives heard this, their expressions looked worse than if they had eaten a dead rat.
Before I even mentioned asking Yang Niannian to help me get the pants, she interrupted me.
It’s all Ye Meijing’s fault. She was messing around for no reason. She should have been wearing her pants.
"I have to go to work. I won't chat with you any longer." Yang Niannian ordered them to leave.
Helplessly, the three military wives could only leave with embarrassed expressions.
In his heart, he pulled Ye Meijing back and whipped her again.
Yang Niannian spent eighty yuan, had breakfast, changed into the plaid shirt she brought back yesterday, and took An An to the wholesale market.
It wasn't too busy at the moment. When the proprietress saw Yang Niannian, she kept praising her, saying that she was as beautiful as a model and she wanted to praise her until flowers bloomed.
He kept praising Yang Niannian until she was about to leave. Seeing that she was so skinny, carrying so many goods and a child, he made a suggestion.
"Girl, you must be so tired carrying the goods around, why don't you buy a pedal tricycle?"
Yang Niannian's eyes lit up. "It must cost a lot of money to pedal a tricycle, right?"
"It's only three or four hundred. If you don't buy a car to run your business, you won't be able to move the goods in the winter."
The boss lady’s family is well-off. In her eyes, three or four hundred is nothing, and she says it with ease.
Yang Niannian pulled the corner of her mouth in embarrassment, "I don't have that much money right now."
Seeing that it was not easy for a little girl like Yang Niannian to run a business and her husband was a soldier, the boss's wife kindly gave her a reminder.
"Girl, don't be silly. You can't sell these cropped pants for less than 18 yuan a pair, otherwise, your business won't last long. There are many clothing stores in our city that sell ready-made clothes. If you sell them at too low a price, it will disrupt the market price and people will dislike you."
Knowing that the proprietress meant well, Yang Niannian nodded.
"I understand."