The sentences for Xiao Feng and Liu Yan have been announced. Xiao Feng was sentenced to 20 years and Liu Yan was sentenced to 25 years. As for why they were sentenced to 5 years more, it was because Liu Yan was also charged with child abuse.
After Xiao Feng knew that he had been sentenced for so many years, he made a big fuss in the court. In the end, he still held on to Liu Yan and pushed all the blame onto her.
Liu Yan was very calm and silently accepted the result. She looked at Xiao Feng rolling on the ground and smiled sarcastically.
When Director He got home and learned about this, he was so angry that his face turned blue!
He was not angry about Liu Yan's cheating, as he had no feelings for her anyway. He was angry about the 50,000 yuan. This money was the payment for goods to other factories. If Liu Yan had really stolen it, what would he be facing? Liu Yan knew it, and she was clearly trying to force him to death.
"He Dong, I'm sorry. It's all my fault. I misjudged you and almost hurt you." Li Cuifang said tearfully.
"Mom, do you know what I will face if Liu Yan really steals the 50,000 yuan? Either I make up the hole of 50,000 yuan, or I go to jail. You know my salary is only two or three hundred yuan a month, so I can only go to jail." He Dong was very angry, his teeth chattering, but facing his mother, he could only try hard to curb the anger in his heart.
He had said it early on that he didn't like Liu Yan, but she insisted on him marrying her, threatening to commit suicide otherwise. He was really fed up with it.
"I'm sorry, He Dong, I didn't mean it. Please forgive me, and I won't force you anymore." Seeing this, Li Cuifang felt even more guilty and her tears flowed even harder.
"He Dong, you've gone a bit too far. Aunt Cuifang is doing this for your own good." Zhang Hong couldn't bear it any more and said something.
But this sentence touched a nerve in Ho Tung, and he flew into a rage.
"For my own good? What do you mean by for my own good? When I was little, I wanted to join the army and serve my country, but my mother secretly cancelled my name, saying it was for my own good. The girl I liked was a little sick, but she actually broke off the engagement without my knowledge, saying it was for my own good. If I hadn't found out and threatened to commit suicide, I would have missed the woman I loved most in my life. And when He Yu got pregnant, my mother heard someone say it was a girl, so she gave her an abortion drug. If He Yu hadn't noticed something was wrong and only drank a little, would He Rui have been in poor health after birth? Is this all what you call for my own good? But is any of this truly for my own good?!"
After venting his anger, He Dong lay down on the sofa tiredly and closed his eyes.
"I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm sorry." Li Cuifang broke down and burst into tears. She was very strong when she was young and did a lot of wrong things. She thought her son had forgiven her, but she didn't expect that he had been holding a grudge against her for so many years.
"This..." Zhang Hong didn't know what to say for a moment, but seeing Li Cuifang's expression, she couldn't help but persuade her. "Maybe some of your mother's decisions were wrong, but she doesn't know what's in your heart. She just wants to give you what she thinks is best. There is no parent in the world who doesn't love their children. If you have a disagreement, the best way is to communicate. Haven't you ever communicated?"
He Dong thought about it. His mother was stubborn when she was young, and he was stubborn too. He found that the two of them had never had a good conversation or communicated with each other. After every quarrel, he would slam the door and leave, and would not go home for ten days or half a month.
Thinking of this, he glanced at his mother and saw that her eyes were red and her face was covered with wrinkles. The uneven wrinkles were like mottled marks on the wall, covering her face. Her temples were also stained with white. His heart softened and he sighed, "Mom, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have lost my temper with you. We should communicate properly when we have problems in the future."
"Okay, let's communicate well." Li Cuifang burst into tears of joy when she heard this. Did her son forgive her?
"That's right. There's no overnight grudge between mother and son. If there's a problem, just communicate properly. There's nothing that can't be solved." Zhang Hong smiled when she saw that the two of them were reconciled.
"Thank you too, Aunt Zhang Hong. I have checked the matter of your husband's dismissal. It was Liu Yan who made the decision on her own! Let your husband go back to work tomorrow." He Dong said.
"It turned out to be Liu Yan. No wonder. I said my husband worked diligently in the factory and never came late or left early. How could he be fired suddenly without any reason?" Zhang Hong remembered that she had a quarrel with Liu Yan before. She didn't expect that the other party would hold a grudge against her and fire her husband.
"I'm sorry, I was careless. Your husband has been working in the workshop for a long time. I think he can be a team leader."
"Really? Thank you so much." Zhang Hong didn't expect that it would be a blessing in disguise and she got a promotion. She immediately smiled happily.
"By the way, I heard that it was a female comrade named Qi Xinlan who helped us this time." He Dong asked.
"Yes, it's Xiaolan." Then Zhang Hong told He Dong the whole story.
Ho Tung felt it was fate. He had never expected that the person who saved his family would be the girl who used to sell braised meat. He remembered the taste of that braised meat; it was truly amazing! He even bought her pot.
When he is done with his work, he will definitely come to express his gratitude!
Qi Xinlan returned to the braised meat stall and saw that there was still a lot of braised meat that had not been sold. She asked curiously, "Why are there so many braised meats today?"
Normally, most of the braised meat would be sold by noon. Why are there so many left today?
"Lan Zi, I don't know either. We sell as usual, but why are there so few people today? I've asked your brother to find out, and he'll be back soon." Li Tao was also very anxious. Although the braised meat could be left out, it was not good to leave it out for too long, and the family couldn't eat so much.
After a while, Qi Xinwei came back.
"Lan Zi, Tao Zi, Huhuhu... I found out." Qi Xinwei was sweating profusely as he ran.
"Take your time to talk. Have a glass of water to quench your thirst." Li Tao poured a glass of water for Qi Xinwei and carefully wiped the sweat off his face.
"Gulp gurgle," Qi Xinwei said after taking a big sip of water. "I don't know when several braised meat shops popped up up ahead. Although they don't taste as good as ours, they're cheaper. Braised pork belly is 1.4 yuan per pound, and other pork and chicken offal is 80 cents per pound. I also bought some back. You guys can try it."
Qi Xinwei took out a few packages of braised meat from the basket, opened them and placed them in front of the two of them.
Qi Xinlan was the first to pick up a piece of meat with chopsticks and put it in her mouth to taste it. The taste was indeed incomparable to theirs.
"Bah, what is this? So salty and bitter, how could anyone buy it to eat?" Li Tao tried several of them. One of them tasted salty and bitter, and was very unpalatable. The others were barely edible, but the taste was far inferior to theirs.
"Of course there will be. If they are cheap, people will naturally want to try them." Qi Xinlan replied.
"What should we do? Should we lower the price?" Qi Xinwei asked a little worriedly.
"No price reduction." Qi Xinlan replied.
"Why?" Qi Xinwei asked puzzledly.
"I also feel that the price cannot be lowered." Li Tao said a little hesitantly.
Qi Xinlan's eyes lit up when she heard this. She looked at Li Tao and motioned for her to continue.
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