She took the bag from Chen Yuexia's hand and gave a polite smile. "Thank you very much, Dad. I will tell Beixiao when he comes back."
Chen Yuexia naturally knew that she was giving Qiaoqiao the hint to leave, and nodded with a smile, saying, "Qiaoqiao, then your aunt will go back first. Beixiao is often too busy to be home. If you need anything, just come and find your aunt and your dad. We're all family, so don't be shy."
After seeing Chen Yuexia off, Jiang Qiaoqiao drew pictures while waiting for Huo Beixiao to return.
After she opens two more clothing stores, she plans to invest in a clothing factory. So now, in her spare time, she draws clothing design sketches so that when she opens her own factory, she can make patterns and produce these clothes.
She kept drawing until midnight, and Huo Beixiao still hadn't returned.
She felt a sudden, inexplicable panic; this had never happened before.
She was just about to call Huo Beixiao when she heard a commotion coming from the courtyard.
"Something's happened! Something's happened at the factory..."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Qiaoqiao didn't even bother to call Huo Beixiao anymore and rushed out immediately.
"What happened?" someone asked.
"Zhang Gensheng's hand was severed by the conveyor belt while he was packing the bags!"
Ignoring everything else, Jiang Qiaoqiao quickly stepped forward and asked, "Where is he? Has he been taken to the hospital yet?"
The person who just spoke was wearing work clothes, and his face was covered in cement dust, making it impossible to see what he originally looked like.
They had obviously just come from the factory.
The man paused for a moment when he saw Jiang Qiaoqiao before saying, "Not yet. The factory manager told me to hurry up and notify his family so they can bring him back."
Jiang Qiaoqiao felt a surge of anger. In this situation, instead of rushing to the hospital, why did they notify the family?
What exactly is the factory doing?
She ignored everything else and rushed straight to the clinic.
"Sister-in-law, what brings you here?" Xu Yizhou was somewhat surprised to see Jiang Qiaoqiao.
"Someone's hand is broken. Grab the first-aid kit and come with me right now!" Jiang Qiaoqiao said succinctly, then grabbed Xu Yizhou and rushed into the factory.
When she arrived at the factory, she saw Huo Yuanshan wearing a coat, surrounded by a group of workers.
"What are you doing? What do you want to do? What are you all doing here? Do you still want to work here? If you don't, then get out!" Huo Yuanshan's angry voice burst out from the crowd.
Immediately, someone took off their factory uniform and threw it on the ground, saying, "Fine, I won't work here! I'm going to report you right now! There are explicit regulations that state-owned enterprises cannot reduce workers' wages when they are converted into private enterprises."
Now we're doing twice the work we used to, but only getting half the pay! We're short-handed, everyone's lying around, and you're not even taking care of us!
They're even rushing to pack and move the goods, hurrying up production! I'm going to ask them today if buying the factory means they can do whatever they want as capitalists!
After someone took the lead, all the workers surrounding Huo Yuanshan were filled with righteous indignation. They took off their work clothes and threw them on the ground, kicking up cement dust everywhere!
"Yes! Report it!"
Down with capitalism!
...
The crowd was indignant.
Although the country has been reformed and opened up in this era, most people came from that crazy era and are very familiar with things like reporting and criticizing.
Once their passion is ignited, they're capable of anything.
Huo Yuanshan was still a little shaken. "What nonsense are you talking about? I didn't say I wouldn't treat him..."
Jiang Qiaoqiao didn't care about anything else for a moment and pulled Xu Yizhou into the crowd.
Only then did they see several cement bags spread out on the ground behind Huo Yuanshan. A man with a broken arm, covered in blood, and with a deathly pale face was lying on those cement bags, groaning in pain.
Jiang Qiaoqiao disregarded everything else and quickly said to Xu Yizhou, "Dr. Xu, please provide emergency care first. The hospital staff will be here soon."
Xu Yizhou didn't dare to delay and immediately performed first aid to stop the bleeding for Zhang Gensheng.
When Huo Yuanshan saw this, it was as if he had seen a savior. He raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
He said, "Look, the doctor is here now! The hospital ambulance will be here soon too. Everyone, stop crowding around here and get back to work!"
"Pah! If you don't give me an answer about my wages today, I won't work for you for a second!"
"Yes, a raise!"
"Raise wages! Raise wages!"
...
The factory was immediately filled with deafening shouts.
Having served as a factory director for half his life, this was the first time Huo Yuanshan had faced such a situation, and he immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
He even looked to Jiang Qiaoqiao for help.
Jiang Qiaoqiao had no idea what was going on at the cement plant.
She knew that Huo Beixiao had been busy lately and probably didn't have time to manage things at the factory.
But with Huo Beixiao's abilities, even if he's busy, he can definitely send someone to manage the cement plant properly, so that it doesn't fall into Huo Yuanshan's hands and cause so much trouble.
Jiang Qiaoqiao was a little confused for a moment.
But now was not the time for her to think about these things. She spoke up, "Quiet, everyone please be quiet."
“I can understand everyone’s concern for their fellow workers, and I can understand everyone’s anger. But now that things have come to this point, if everyone actually reports it, the cement plant will either be shut down for rectification or go bankrupt.”
Regardless of the circumstances, it will directly affect everyone's income.
So why don't you all tell me your requests first, and I'll pass them on to Beixiao and try my best to meet everyone's reasonable demands.
As Jiang Qiaoqiao finished speaking...
Li Ming, who was in charge, immediately retorted with dissatisfaction: "Pah! What can a woman like you do to get anything done?"
Jiang Qiaoqiao frowned, looked at the burly man with neither servility nor arrogance, and said in a serious tone: "A great man once said that women hold up half the sky. Looking down on women is a remnant of feudalism. Comrade, you just accused Director Huo of capitalism. Aren't your own thoughts also questionable?"
“Ming-ge, she’s Huo Beixiao’s wife. My wife told me that Huo Beixiao dotes on her like she’s the apple of his eye. Why don’t we talk to her first? Maybe we can resolve this?” someone advised Li Ming.
In fact, Jiang Qiaoqiao had already realized that these workers did not actually want to make a big fuss.
Most of them rely on their wages from the cement factory to support their families.
If things escalate, the cement plant will be affected, and their lives won't be easy either.
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