Shui Qing looked at Aunt Wu, who had come to report, and frowned slightly. "Why didn't you say anything before?"
The herbal medicine shop has been open for more than two months. The workers are already very skilled and cooperate well with each other. On weekdays, Jiajia and Uncle Ding and Aunt Ding are mostly responsible for providing technical guidance, so she doesn't have to worry about it much.
Tomorrow is the first day of school in the village, so everyone is taking it very seriously. The men are busy setting up the school and tinkering with the tables, stones, and chairs to ensure their stability; the women are preparing food under the arrangement of Sister Guifen.
Shanshui Village has more than 30 households, with over 400 people, young and old, men and women. Organizing a village banquet for so many people is no easy task, especially since it is the first time it has been held.
The old village chief and other elders felt that each opportunity to participate in life was one less to be had, and they didn't know when or if they would have the chance to participate again. So they were always worried. Sister-in-law Guifen was also under a lot of pressure, afraid that things would go wrong in her hands. These past two days, she had been asking Guifen to come over and help her make decisions.
She was busy and didn't check the herbal medicine shop, but unexpectedly, something strange happened at this time!
Aunt Wu's forehead was covered in sweat as she cautiously said, "The other day it was just your mother-in-law alone. We thought that since she is her own mother and only lives alone, the food for the thirty or forty of us would be enough for her if each of us saved a little, so we didn't think to report it to her."
It was also because Sister-in-law Fan kept making a fuss, hurling insults at her morning and night, and the insults were really nasty. Shuiqing had been very busy these past few days, so they just wanted to avoid letting these troublesome things bother her.
She insisted on eating lunch, and after eating, she smiled and stopped insulting them. They thought that since they were eating her food, they were indebted to her. As long as they could shut her up and stop her from making trouble, they were willing to eat a little less and decided to bear it and not mention it.
But today, Sister-in-law Fan actually brought her eldest son and four grandsons with her!
The herbal medicine shop only cooks for about thirty people. Suddenly, there are six more people, especially five of them who are men. How can they manage? Moreover, the shortage is too big for them to handle. They can only come over to report and ask Shui Qing for a decision.
Shuiqing thought about it for a moment and understood the social dynamics involved. It was simply that the women in the village valued the job at the herbal medicine shop more. After all, it was her mother-in-law, Fan Jin's own mother. How could they stop her from eating a meal at her own son's workshop? It was just a meal, really not a big deal.
My mother-in-law has been making a lot of noise lately, and she knows that.
She reverted to her old ways of crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide. When crying and making a scene didn't work, she threatened to kill herself, using the threat of death to force Fan Jin to arrange for her eldest son's family to work in the herbal medicine shop. Fan Jin was overwhelmed by her harassment but ignored her, using the excuse of preparing for the start of the school year to avoid her.
Seeing that her mother-in-law hadn't come to cause her any trouble, she figured, let her scold if she wants, let her cry if she wants, but threatening suicide is out of the question. Anyway, she shouldn't even think about getting the Fan family to work at the herbal medicine shop. Since there was no real loss, she decided to let her be.
I never expected that my mother-in-law would go to the herbal medicine shop for a meal, and not only that she wasn't satisfied with what she ate, she also brought her husband's older brother's family over to eat!
“Aunt Wu, go and call Mancang and Manku, and have their men go and kick my brother-in-law’s family out.”
As for my mother-in-law, don't touch her. Let her eat this meal today; everyone will be attending the village feast tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, when you go to work, just lock the door of the herbal medicine shop and don't open it."
It's no big deal if she eats one more meal; even if she keeps eating like this, she can afford it. It's just that she knows her mother-in-law well; she's the type who can't be spoiled. If you let her eat one meal today, she can bring her eldest son's family over to eat. If you let her keep eating like this, she'll dare to treat the entire herbal medicine shop as her own business and interfere with the production of herbal medicines!
Later on, she will be able to take charge of her own family.
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