Chapter 623 You harbor such deep resentment towards Lu Qiaoge?
At 9:30 p.m., Liang Min finally dragged her leaden legs home.
Unfortunately, what greeted her was not a delicious meal, but her mother-in-law's face, which was suppressing her anger, and the silence that filled the house.
The younger brother-in-law was listening to a radio program with his legs crossed, while the father-in-law was puffing on his pipe, his expression obscured by the swirling smoke.
The husband, Tian Daming, sat at the door with a gloomy face, holding his daughter in his arms and feeding her formula.
"Mom, I'm back. I was so busy today..." Liang Min explained, panting as she changed her shoes.
"Busy? No matter how busy you are, you still need to eat. People need food to live. If you don't eat for a day, you'll get hungry. Our whole family is waiting for you. Look at the time. Do you want us to starve to death?"
Old Mrs. Tian finally couldn't hold back any longer. She slammed her hand heavily on the table, her voice shrill: "Do you even care about this family anymore? Do you still want to live with my son?"
Liang Min's eyes immediately reddened.
She also longed to come back sooner.
She also wanted to cook a hot meal for her family and play with her daughter for a while.
But she is a worker in a food factory. Orders have increased and there is a batch of goods that are urgently needed. Even Director Meng and Deputy Director Zhou Li are leading the way in working overtime. How can she be given special treatment?
Glancing at the cold, uninviting kitchen, Liang Min walked inside with a sigh.
Old Mrs. Tian and Old Mr. Tian exchanged a glance. Tian Lei rubbed his stomach and complained, "Mom, we've been eating this late every day for days now. My stomach is starting to hurt from hunger. I can't take it if this keeps up."
Then she muttered under her breath, "Mom, it's not like you can't cook. Can't you make dinner? Actually, my sister-in-law has already eaten at the food factory. Can't you just cook for all of us?"
Old Mrs. Tian immediately became furious: "I can cook lunch for you all, why do you expect me to cook three meals a day? Do you all want to work me to death?"
I worked so hard to find a wife for my son, not so that he could be a slave to serve you people.
Besides, I've been picking Ranran up from daycare these past few days. After I bring her back, I still have to cook for you. If you want to cook, you do it!
Tian Lei muttered, "I...I don't know how to do it either."
"If you can't cook, then shut up!"
Old Mrs. Tian stood angrily at the kitchen door: "I'm asking you, how much longer are you going to work overtime?"
Liang Min said with difficulty, "Mom, I don't know how much longer it will take."
"Then why don't you ask Director Lu Qiaoge why she's always working overtime and doesn't care about anything at home?"
Now that Lu Qiaoge has no children, she's certainly more relaxed, but she also needs to think about the workers below her.
Old Tian heard his wife's voice was a bit loud and quickly said, "Don't keep mentioning Lu Qiaoge, keep your voice down."
Old Mrs. Tian seemed to have thought of something and immediately shut her mouth, but she glared fiercely at Liang Min, who was busy cooking.
She truly regretted letting her eldest son marry such a woman who had no parents.
Other orphans at least have their parents' property, but she had nothing and married into the Tian family empty-handed.
Then she had a daughter.
She didn't dare to discriminate against girls because the Xiangyang Subdistrict Office had been cracking down on this issue particularly strictly recently.
But I still feel uncomfortable.
Nobody cares about anything, and we have to rely on her for everything. It's so annoying.
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The following day, Lu Qiaoge came to the food factory to hold a meeting with several managers, specifically to discuss the issue of overtime work.
Lu Qiaoge: "Although this batch of goods is urgently needed, the overtime workers need to be properly arranged... Those with elderly people at home who cannot take care of themselves, or young children whose spouses are too busy with work to take care of the family, should not be arranged to work overtime."
Those sitting here have all followed Lu Qiaoge all the way.
Lu Qiaoge's meetings are usually short and quick, as she is genuinely busy right now.
This work has always been handled by Sister Zhao and Deputy Factory Director Zhou Li.
She and Lin Junan did not go to Beidu.
However, a few days ago, Lao Lin came here on a business trip and took the child to Beidu.
Therefore, Zhou Li, the current deputy factory director, is now fully committed to her work.
But she knows all too well how difficult it is for married women to juggle work and family life, especially when they have elderly parents to care for and young children to raise.
However, this mission was too urgent, so I didn't think about it that much.
So she immediately said, "Okay, after the meeting, we'll call a meeting with the workshop directors and have them do a good job of compiling statistics on the employees who have this kind of difficulty, especially some of the female employees."
Regardless of the era, it is generally accepted that women should take care of children, cook, and do housework.
Even in dual-income families today, where both spouses come home from get off work together, you'll see that in 80% of these families, it's the woman who cooks.
Even if some gay men don't earn as much as their wives, they still feel at ease waiting for their wives to cook for them, even though they are just as tired.
It becomes second nature once you get used to it.
Meng Qingshan added, "Director Zhao is right. Let's focus on the female comrades, since they spend more time cooking at home."
Lu Qiaoge was never worried about their execution ability.
So once the matter was assigned, she didn't take it to heart anymore.
Lu Qiaoge can't stay in the food factory forever.
After finishing the work here, she still had to go to the Foreign Trade Department.
Yesterday, Xiao Cangcang went to the post office with Gu Jiayan. She listened to the whole phone call Gu Jiayan made.
Then I heard this conversation.
“You are really too immature. When I left, I told you repeatedly that Lu Qiaoge is not an ordinary girl. Don’t look down on her because she is young or because of her ordinary background. You should learn from her with the utmost humility. You will learn a lot.”
This was Gu Jiayan's mother's gentle yet reproachful voice.
Then Gu Jiayan started to defend himself.
The main point of her defense was that Lu Qiaoge didn't teach her at all. She wanted to learn from Lu Qiaoge, but Lu Qiaoge was selfish and always kept things to herself. Moreover, he came and went in a hurry, so she couldn't see Lu Qiaoge's shadow at all.
Then Gu Jiayan's mother asked her in a surprised tone, "I remember you called me a few days ago and you didn't sound like this. Why are you so resentful towards Lu Qiaoge now?"
"Now tell me who you've been in frequent contact with lately? Who you've been chatting with the most, and you must tell me what the main topics of your conversations are."
Then Lu Qiaoge found out too.
In recent days, besides Deputy Section Chief Fang showing concern for Gu Jiayan, Sister Kang from the next office has also been frequently talking to her.
Judging from the content of their conversation, there seemed to be nothing between them.
However, a careful analysis reveals that Sister Kang is quite formidable. She can seize upon Gu Jiayan's vulnerabilities and amplify her existing jealousy, resentment, and even deeply hidden contempt towards Lu Qiaoge.
So no matter what others say to her, the root of the problem lies within herself.
(End of this chapter)
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