After learning that Gao Xiu Lian shortchanged everyone in her meals and caused public outrage, and was transferred to the kitchen, Zhao Feng's first reaction was - what does she want?
She saved food for the state-owned restaurant, but couldn't take it back to her home, bah! Even if they could bring it back home, does their family need this little food?
His monthly salary and allowances added up to nearly two hundred yuan. Apart from the living expenses he sent to his parents, the bulk of it was given to Gao Xiu Lian. If she took out half of this money, it would be enough to provide food and drink for their family of five. Why did she do this?
What does Gao Xiulian want?
Of course it’s to make myself happy!
Jiang Ling had just had a quarrel with her a few days ago, and he had the nerve to go to her window and ask her to get food. How could she swallow this anger without doing something?
But facing Zhao Feng's questioning, Gao Xiulian just cried and said, "I really didn't mean it. There were too many people queuing at the time, and I misjudged her and gave her less food! Just like you asked just now, the restaurant is not owned by our family, and I can't bring back the saved food. I deliberately gave her less food to give her a chance to find fault. What did I want?"
Zhao Feng was so angry because he couldn't figure it out. But now seeing Gao Xiulian crying so hard, he couldn't say the rest of the words. He just asked with a sullen face, "You really didn't deliberately give me less food?"
"Really not! I swear to God, if I don't give her enough food, please let me, let me die miserably!" Gao Xiu Lian raised her hand and swore.
Zhao Feng frowned: "Why are you saying this?"
"I just feel wronged! Tell me yourself, didn't I just get less food? Wouldn't it be fine if you explain it clearly and give her the difference? It's no big deal. But Jiang Ling insisted on making a big deal out of it, saying that it was unfair for me to get food and that I could do it as I pleased, and she refused to let me work at the window." The more Gao Xiulian spoke, the more she felt that Jiang Ling was deliberately making trouble for her.
It wasn't the first day that she had shortchanged herself in food delivery, and no one before her said anything. But she was the only one who had to make a big deal out of it. Wasn't she just holding a grudge over the argument from two days ago?
Gao Xiulian continued to cry: "I just don't understand. We have several windows for serving food in our restaurant. How would it bother her if I continued to work there? She doesn't trust me, so why not go to another window? But she insisted on not doing that. She used my mistake this time to force Director Huang to transfer me to the back kitchen."
Although Zhao Feng felt that his wife did not do her job well, after hearing her crying, he felt that Jiang Ling was exaggerating. He asked with a sullen face, "Because of a few words from her, your leader transferred you to the kitchen?"
"Of course not!" Gao Xiulian denied it immediately. "You don't know how cunning Jiang Ling is. She seized on the fact that I served less food and instigated other people who ate in our restaurant to oppose me. Those people were also the same. I used to serve them more food sometimes. Why didn't they say that I was unfair? And Director Huang, I was doing my job diligently at work, but he didn't see it. Just because everyone opposed it, he transferred me from the window to the kitchen..."
After hearing this, Zhao Feng's accumulated anger disappeared when he came back because he heard that Gao Xiu Lian was reported for shortchanging him on the weight of food. But he didn't sympathize with Gao Xiulian, saying, "The most important thing in your job is fairness. You should only get as much rice and vegetables as people give you. It's wrong to get more or less. And no matter how many people are in line, you shouldn't be so careless. Your company doesn't stipulate how long it takes to get the food. Why are you in such a hurry?"
Gao Xiulian didn't know how to explain it, so she lowered her head and said, "I... I didn't think much about it at the time."
Zhao Feng let out a long sigh, rubbed his brows and said, "Alright, let's leave it at that for now. Since you've been transferred to the kitchen, do your job well..."
Gao Xiulian was dumbfounded: "No, I didn't deliberately skip meals. Can't you talk to Director Huang and ask him to transfer me back to the counter?"
She said so much just now, not just because Zhao Feng asked her to work hard in the kitchen!
What's more, being a vegetable washer would be so embarrassing if others knew about it. If she had been assigned this job earlier, she would never have gone to work in a state-owned restaurant.
Zhao Feng was also shocked: "After something like this happened, you still dared to think about going back to the window?"
This is too disrespectful!
Gao Xiulian's face fell: "Go out and ask, who dares to guarantee that they have never made a mistake after joining the job? I have only been working in the state-owned restaurant for a month, so what's wrong with making a mistake? Why should all my efforts since joining the job be denied just because of this one mistake? No, I don't care, anyway, you have to talk to our director and ask him to transfer me back to the window, otherwise, otherwise I will not go to work!"
But Gao Xiulian obviously misjudged Zhao Feng. Seeing her threaten not to go to work, he was not in a hurry and nodded seriously: "Okay, if you don't want to go to work, then don't go."
Originally, when Gao Xiulian said she was going to work at a state-owned restaurant, he thought that once she got busy with work, she might not have time to quarrel and cause trouble.
As a result, she caused such a big mess just one month after working in the state-owned restaurant! If Director Huang hadn't suppressed the matter, if it had gotten out of hand, not only would she have lost her job, but he would have been implicated as well.
Go and discuss with Director Huang about transferring her back to the window?
Unless he is mentally ill and thinks his life is too good and his career is going too smoothly and he wants to make trouble for himself, he is unlikely to listen to Gao Xiulian's advice.
But the question is, does he look like someone with a broken brain?
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Because Zhao Feng refused to ask Director Huang to transfer her job, Gao Xiu Lian was so angry that she didn't sleep for half the night and only woke up slowly at around eight in the morning.
When she woke up and saw the bright light reflected on the curtains, her heart skipped a beat and she quickly got out of bed.
Gao Xiulian had just put on her slippers when she remembered that she had been transferred to the kitchen and became a vegetable washer working in double shifts, so she fell back onto the bed.
When Gao Xiu Lian thought about everyone's expressions when Director Huang told them about the transfer yesterday, she really didn't want to go to work.
Although vegetable washer and window waiter are actually at the same level and have the same salary and benefits, in Gao Xiu Lian's opinion, the difference between the two jobs is too great.
Getting food at the window is neat, respectable and respectable.
Anyone can be ordered to wash vegetables in the kitchen, but no one looks down on them.
But after the job transfer yesterday, Wang Qing came to flatter her and said, "When I first joined the hotel, Sister Gao, you told me that there is no distinction between high and low jobs. As long as you are diligent and hardworking and do your job well, you will shine wherever you are. I agreed with you and have been working hard since I moved to the kitchen. Now, after only one month, Director Huang has noticed my efforts and wants to transfer me to the counter."
Gao Xiu Lian really wanted to slap him at that time, thinking that it was obviously my bad luck that led to you being transferred to the window, and yet you still have the nerve to flatter yourself and say that your efforts have been noticed!
Where's the face?
But the kitchen staff had not left yet, and with so many people watching, Gao Xiulian had to hold back the words even though she wanted to vomit blood.
Wang Qing is also very good at making people angry. He knew Gao Xiulian didn't want to hear it, but he ignored her suffocating expression and continued, "Now that you have been transferred to the kitchen, I want to tell you this: there is no distinction between high and low jobs. As long as you are diligent and hardworking, gold can shine anywhere. Sister Gao, will you stick to your post, work hard, and become shining gold?"
What can Gao Xiulian say?
Of course she could only continue holding her breath, forcing a smile and saying "I will".
It can be said that Gao Xiu Lian is now in a dilemma. She has to continue doing this job whether she wants to or not! Unless her superiors take the initiative to transfer her.
If not for this, Gao Xiu Lian would not have expected Zhao Feng to ask for favors to talk to Director Huang.
For military wives like Gao Xiu Lian, whose husbands have high ranks, the biggest hurdle for them to find work after joining the army is actually the Military Family Placement Office.
In order to protect the interests of military wives whose husbands are not of high rank, and to ensure fairness and justice to the greatest extent possible, the Military Family Settlement Office considers the length of time they have been with the troops when arranging jobs for military wives, followed by the recruitment requirements put forward by the employer, and the least important is the officer's rank.
If not for this, with Zhao Feng's rank, Gao Xiu Lian would not have to follow the army for more than a year before a decent job was assigned to her, although this one was not decent, it was just Gao Xiu Lian's personal prejudice.
Once you pass the first hurdle and enter the unit, it will be easier to transfer jobs.
Moreover, Gao Xiu Lian didn't expect that Zhao Feng would ask Director Huang to promote her to a leadership position with just one word. It shouldn't be difficult for him to just resume her window work!
But Zhao Feng didn't care about the relationship between husband and wife at all and rejected her directly!
Ahhhh!
Gao Xiu Lian was so angry that she was about to die!
But no matter how angry she was, Gao Xiu Lian still had to accept her fate and go to work when it was time to go to work. Otherwise, if that bitch Wang Qing found out, there was no telling how she would frame her!
Gao Xiu Lian walked out of the house angrily and walked to the path between the Zong and Zhao families. When she saw Lin Wei and Yang Yi sitting and chatting in the yard next door, she suddenly felt relieved.
Although this job is not satisfactory, she at least still has a job, unlike Lin Wei, who still has no arrangement.
Thinking of this, Gao Xiulian forced a smile on her face and asked, "Chatting?"
Lin Wei, who was sitting in the yard, looked at Yang Yi, then turned around and asked, "Are you talking to us?"
Gao Xiulian almost couldn't help rolling her eyes, and said with a forced smile: "Look at what you said, is there anyone else here besides you two? Speaking of which, I really envy you guys. You don't have a job, you don't have to go to work when you wake up, and you are so leisurely all day long. Unlike me, I was born to work hard and can't sit still!"
Yang Yi and Lin Wei looked at each other, then turned around and said, "You envy us? There's no need."
Gao Xiulian raised her lips when she heard that. She was about to say don't worry, there will be work, blah blah blah, but before she could open her mouth, she heard Yang Yi continue: "You are born to work hard. No matter how envious you are, you can't compare to people like us who are born to enjoy life, right?"
As soon as Yang Yi finished speaking, Lin Wei continued, "Comrade Gao said she envied us, it was just a polite remark. Why did you take it seriously? Comrade Gao is a conscious person. After she was transferred to another position yesterday, she swore in front of everyone in the state-owned restaurant that she would stick to her post and do a good job of washing vegetables. How could she really envy us?" After that, she turned around and asked, "Comrade Gao, don't you think so?"
Gao Xiulian's face froze: "Where did you hear those words?"
"What?" Lin Wei pretended to be confused, and after a moment she said, "You said you swore these words? It's spread all over the family quarters, didn't you hear it? Yesterday everyone was still talking about whether you would be unhappy about the sudden transfer and whether you would find a way to transfer back, but now everyone is relieved."
Gao Xiulian blurted out, "Don't worry, what are they worried about?"
Lin Wei smiled and said, "Everyone believes that Comrade Gao will stick to his post and do a good job of washing vegetables. He will not go back to the window to get food, so we are naturally relieved."
"When did I say that I would stay at my post and not go back to the window to get food? These words are clearly..." Thinking of what Wang Qing said yesterday, Gao Xiu Lian's face suddenly changed.
Wang Qing must have done it on purpose!
She deliberately said those words in front of so many people, forced her to agree, and then exaggerated the matter and spread it everywhere, all in order to set her up and prevent her from taking the job back!
Thinking of this, Gao Xiu Lian no longer had the heart to show off her work in front of Lin Wei, and she left angrily without saying goodbye.
As soon as Gao Xiulian left, Lin Wei and Yang Yi started laughing.
After laughing, Yang Yi asked in confusion, "What do you think Gao Xiulian is thinking? She was just transferred from the window yesterday because she was short of the weight of the food. How can she still have the nerve to show off her work in front of you?"
Lin Wei pondered for a moment and said seriously: "Maybe she loves me deeply."
Yang Yi's eyes widened when she heard this, her eyes were full of "Are you okay?"
Knowing that Yang Yi didn't understand her joke, Lin Wei coughed and explained, "I was just kidding."
Yang Yi breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought so."
Lin Wei smiled and didn't say much about Gao Xiulian. She changed the subject and asked, "Seriously, aren't your mother-in-law and brother-in-law here? How did you still have time to come to see me?"
Unexpectedly, Yang Yi's face immediately fell after hearing this: "Don't mention it, I really couldn't stand staying at home, so I made an excuse to find you and wanted to come out for some fresh air."
Lin Wei looked slightly startled: "You have a bad relationship with your mother-in-law?"
She has known Yang Yi for almost three months, and through daily conversations, she has gained some understanding of her family situation.
There was nothing special about Yang Yi's family. She came from a poor peasant family with three sons and one daughter. She was the middle child. She was not valued at home, but she was not treated harshly either. When she was eighteen or nineteen years old, she met her husband Qi Tao through an introduction and they started dating.
Even though Qi Tao is now a battalion-level cadre, when they were dating, his conditions were not that good.
Although he had been promoted at that time, he was only a deputy company commander. Due to his low rank, his family members could not accompany the army, and he could only see them once every three or two years after marriage. Not to mention that his father died early, his mother is in poor health, and he has a younger brother who is about ten years old. Whoever marries him will have to serve his mother-in-law and raise his brother-in-law, which is a heavy burden.
At that time, Yang Yi's family didn't think highly of Qi Tao, but she was young at the time and only looked at useless things like body shape and appearance when looking for a man. After meeting him, she looked down on others and was determined to be with him.
Seeing her firm attitude, her parents had no choice but to agree to their marriage after dragging it out for a year.
Yang Yi's life after marriage was just as others said. She had to serve her mother-in-law and raise her brother-in-law. She had a very difficult few years.
Later, even though Qi Tao was promoted to deputy battalion commander, she waited until her brother-in-law found a job and got married before packing her bags to reunite with her husband.
Fortunately, Yang Yi’s efforts were not in vain. After joining the army, she and Qi Tao lived in love and have always been a model couple in the family area.
In daily conversations, Yang Yi never said anything bad about her mother-in-law and brother-in-law, so Lin Wei always thought they had a good relationship. But looking at Yang Yi’s attitude now, it seems that this is not the case?
"It's not that bad. It's just that my mother-in-law probably saw Qi Tao become successful and always felt that I was not worthy of him. She couldn't help but find fault with me when she saw me."
Perhaps she was too frustrated to hold it in, Yang Yi started to complain to Lin Wei: "When I cook and cook a few more dishes, she says I am wasteful and don't know how to live. When I cook a few less dishes, she says I am abusing her precious grandson. When I finish my work and rest at home, she says I am lazy and have no interest in work. When I find work to do, she says I am slow to do things and spend a whole day on a small task."
Lin Wei frowned and asked, "Did she say that to you before?"
"How could that be possible! Before my brother-in-law got married, no matter what I said or did, it was right. He always told people that he treated me like his own daughter. But as soon as my brother-in-law got married, I became a waste." Yang Yi said sarcastically, "Just this morning, she saw Liu Dan go to work, and when she came back she scolded me, saying that I was lazy and that I didn't know how to go out and find a job with my good hands and feet. I just eat and use her son all day long!"
Lin Wei asked: "She scolded you like that, but you didn't say anything and hid in my house?"
Yang Yi looked embarrassed: "I would like to say something, but isn't she old? If something bad happens during the quarrel, what should I do? After all, she is my mother-in-law."
"Even if she is your mother-in-law, she shouldn't treat you like this," Lin Wei said with a sullen face, "If she looked down on you, she should have opposed you when you were talking about marriage with her son. She didn't say anything bad about you at the time, but after you worked hard for her family and supported them, and her two sons became successful, she started to find fault with you. What kind of person is she! Does Qi Tao know about this?"
Yang Yi shook her head: "In front of him, his mother never said a bad word about me."
"You didn't tell him?"
"Why, you don't know, my mother-in-law is very good at pretending. She treats me very well in front of him. If you don't know, you will definitely think that I am his daughter and he is his son-in-law."
"What about your brother-in-law? You raised him, too. Why didn't he say anything when your mother-in-law criticized you?"
Yang Yi sighed and said, "Actually, my brother-in-law is a good guy. When my mother-in-law scolded me, he apologized to me. But my mother-in-law is used to being the boss, so his words don't really count."
Lin Wei: "...What's the point of apologizing behind your back? He is your mother-in-law's biological son. No matter how useless his words are, your mother-in-law will inevitably be hesitant after hearing them. Besides, he can't persuade your mother-in-law. Doesn't he have a mouth? Doesn't he know to tell Qi Tao about these things?"
After listening to Lin Wei's words, Yang Yi's face changed: "What do you mean?"
"What I mean is, either your uncle is an ungrateful person who apologized in front of you but secretly agreed with his mother, so he never told Qi Tao about these things. Or, Qi Tao knew everything but said nothing. You can figure out the rest yourself."
Lin Wei finally understood that the Qi family was a complete white lotus of a high level. They had raised a green tea man who played Yang Yi, the silly girl, around in circles.
I just don’t know whether Qi Tao was kept in the dark or he knew about Yang Yi’s situation but turned a blind eye.
If it's the former, it would be better. Good things come out of bad things, and Yang Yi can still rely on him a little. But if it is the latter, then this family is too terrible.
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