Chapter 550 Please Rest Assured, Director Lu
However, the old lady glanced at Lu Qiaoge's inexplicable expression and stood there without saying a word.
Lu Qiaoge asked gently, "I could hear Grandma Li's voice from far away. What's going on?"
"It's nothing, just some trivial matters at home. We didn't go to the neighborhood office to look for you, so there's no need to trouble Director Lu. Okay, okay, it's nothing. You... go ahead and get back to your work..."
Mrs. Li originally wanted to say, "You brat, get out of here! I don't need you," but she changed her words to this instead.
Sister Lin felt that Lu Qiaoge had a high reputation among the old ladies.
Lu Qiaoge didn't leave. She looked at Li Zhenhui and said, "That's fine too. You can't cook here anyway, so I'll just say a few words to Comrade Li Zhenhui. Everyone else can go about their business and don't worry about me. I'll leave after saying a few words."
Then, glancing at his watch, he said to Li Zhenguo, who was still lost in thought, "It's already 12:30. Why haven't you started cooking yet? Don't your kids go to school? Aren't you and your husband working this afternoon?"
While their children are in school, the parents also have to go to work.
Lu Qiaoge didn't look at the old lady and Huang Yujie, but looked at Li Zhenguo. Who said that cooking must be done by women? Lu Qiaoge would never give anyone a reason to criticize her in this regard.
So everyone went to see Li Zhenguo.
Li Zhenguo quickly slipped into the kitchen.
The old lady was immediately unhappy when she saw that it was her eldest son cooking, but she couldn't go in and cook right now.
So he stared intently at Huang Yujie with a gloomy look.
Huang Yujie also felt annoyed.
If Cui Min really divorces Li Zhenhui, then all the housework will fall on her shoulders.
She hurried forward and said to Lu Qiaoge, "Director Lu, may I bother you for a moment? I have something to tell you."
Lu Qiaoge was about to lead Li Zhenhui outside when she heard this, so she stopped and said with a smile, "Okay, go ahead."
Huang Yujie felt somewhat embarrassed, but things had already escalated to this point, and if she didn't explain herself, those who had been criticizing the old lady would also criticize her as a scoundrel.
"Let me make this clear to you, Director Lu: I may be lazy and prone to scheming, but I have absolutely no ill intentions towards Cui Min. In fact, I quite like her character. Apart from her bad temper, she's a very good person. You see, even someone as selfish as me can't find fault with her except for her temper. Really, she's very respectful to me, her sister-in-law, and filial to my mother-in-law. She's a whiz at both home and outside. Cui Min is a great cook, and her meals are delicious. Actually, she does a lot of work, which is my fault. I promise I'll change that bad habit and share the housework with Cui Min. Really, I promise."
Li Zhenhui looked at his sister-in-law with hostility, unaware that there were so many things about the family that he didn't know.
Huang Yujie didn't dare look at her brother-in-law, but pointed at her mother-in-law, whose expression was unpredictable and who seemed eager to hear what they were saying and wanted to go into the kitchen to see what Li Zhenguo had done: "Look at my mother-in-law, hasn't she gotten younger and younger these past few years? Among all the old ladies in this area, my mother-in-law is the youngest. It's all thanks to Cui Min. We, the Li family, should have a conscience about this. So I can go and bring Cui Min back. I will apologize to her. As for divorce, that's just the old lady being confused. How could she really force her son to divorce? It was all said in anger. It's over now, and nobody should take it to heart."
Mrs. Li: "..."
I felt uncomfortable all over.
Huang Yujie really said both good and bad things.
Just as he was about to scold his daughter-in-law in anger, a crisp sound came from the kitchen.
The bowl must have fallen to the ground.
Mrs. Li couldn't hold back any longer and rushed to the kitchen, calling out to Huang Yujie, "Come and cook! Don't you know your husband can't cook? You'll break all the dishes and bowls. Are you going to eat with your hands?"
This time, Huang Yujie didn't refute, but she also ignored the old lady. This old lady was only a bully at home; look how well-behaved she was in front of Lu Qiaoge.
Anyway, she made it clear that if they really did get divorced, it wouldn't be her problem, and her brother-in-law wouldn't hold it against her.
But recalling his brother-in-law's resentful gaze, he felt a chill run down his spine.
Lu Qiaoge then told Li Zhenhui what she had heard and what she had learned that morning.
This time, Lu Qiaoge said with a serious expression: "You and Cui Min are both technical backbones, and your work performance is good. Now is the busiest season for production. It is not worth it to let family matters affect your work. The company has trained you to become talents, and you have put in so much hard work to get to where you are today. Moreover, there will be progress in the future, so you should cherish it even more. This cherishing is not only for your work, but also for your family and children."
Li Zhenhui wiped his face and let out a long breath. He was facing Lu Qiaoge, a very unusual female cadre.
“I never thought that way. I was wrong. I was careless and took it for granted. I always thought that if Cui Min didn’t say anything, she hadn’t been wronged. But I forgot that Cui Min is open-minded and rarely cares about petty things. I only saw the good things and thought that everything about this family was good. I am willing to work harder for the family, but I cannot sacrifice Cui Min to obtain this good. I promise to handle this problem properly.”
Lu Qiaoge's expression softened, and Li Zhenhui also felt that there was nothing wrong with what he said.
Lu Qiaoge said, "Then how do you plan to handle this? After all, the problem has already arisen and is right in front of us. Continuing to drag it out will not benefit anyone."
Li Zhenhui had obviously made up his mind as well.
“As you can see, we are with our mother. There isn’t enough room, but my older brother and I have applied. It’s just that we have to wait a few months. So either the three of us will rent a place, or we will sit down and have a family meeting to rearrange the housework. My older brother and I will also help with the housework. Please rest assured, Director Lu.”
Lu Qiaoge smiled.
Li Zhenhui is a smart man.
She also noticed that there were more and more smart people in her jurisdiction, and she was putting in less and less effort.
Nobody cared about Mrs. Li's opinion; after all, she didn't do anything.
Lu Qiaoge naturally wouldn't assign any work to someone else's mother.
Those are all matters between their own family members.
She just stopped caring.
Lu Qiaoge said, "How about this, I'll go to Cui Min's workplace and have a good talk with her."
Upon hearing this, Li Zhenhui was so grateful he almost cried.
There's nothing Lu Qiaoge can't do if she takes action.
Cui Min, in particular, is very fond of Lu Qiaoge.
Lu Qiaoge didn't let Li Zhenhui come along. She told him to do whatever he was supposed to do at noon, and to pick up Cui Min from get off work in the afternoon, and then they would pick up the child together and go home.
Lu Qiaoge glanced at Old Li's bungalow. Although it wasn't among the first batch of houses to be demolished, there would definitely be changes next year.
Moving away isn't necessarily the best option.
The main reason is the demolition and relocation, which has led to a severe housing shortage.
But everyone is willing to persevere, because as long as they can see hope, they won't be anxious.
(End of this chapter)
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