Chapter 243
Only after Ji Wanmei spoke did Lei Xiangshun and Lao Zhang notice.
Behind Lei Tingjun sat a young woman leisurely sipping tea.
She's quite pretty and delicate, clearly a modern city girl. I wonder what her relationship is with Lei Tingjun?
However, those clear, black-and-white eyes, which seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, made people feel strangely uncomfortable when they swept over.
Old Zhang withdrew his scrutinizing gaze, immediately frowned, and shouted, "Who are you? I've never seen you before?"
Lei Xiangshun also asked, "Xiaojun, who is she? Why did she say she wanted to take charge of recruiting workers for the brick factory?"
Lei Tingjun could overlook his two uncles' faults in other matters.
After all, in his view, those were things from his childhood. Back then, everyone was poor, and no one wanted to have an extra mouth to feed, even though his grandmother paid for those meals.
But after experiencing so much, Lei Tingjun can now, looking back, barely understand the mentality of people more than a decade ago.
Regardless of whether they are close or distant relatives, or even strangers, the need for survival outweighs kinship.
Back then, when every household was so poor that they ate cornbread every day, who would be willing to share their food with an outsider?
So more than a decade later, Lei Tingjun no longer dwells on the past, because those experiences, in any case, shaped him into who he is today.
However, whenever Ji Wanmei was involved, Lei Tingjun's attitude became less tolerant.
He would never allow anyone, including his own uncle, to speak to his sister in such a disrespectful tone.
“Meimei is my girlfriend. She paid for most of the money to buy the brick factory. She has absolute say in this brick factory,” Lei Tingjun said with a stern face.
His tone was very unpleasant, and both Lei Xiangshun and Lao Zhang were taken aback.
Ji Wanmei smiled slightly, put down her teacup, stood up, and said, "Hello, uncles. My name is Ji Wanmei, and I am Lei Tingjun's girlfriend. I am also one of the managers of our brick factory. I will be in charge of this recruitment."
After saying that, Ji Wanmei didn't give Lei Xiangshun and Lao Zhang a chance to speak, and immediately continued, "I heard that you two uncles also want to participate in our recruitment assessment this time?"
Old Zhang paused for a moment, then quickly realized, "Yes, that's right!"
Lei Xiangshun nodded: "That's true."
Ji Wanmei smiled and said, "Alright. I'll make arrangements for you two to participate in the assessment along with the other workers who came to apply for jobs."
"What? There's an assessment too?" Old Zhang exclaimed on the spot.
The workers who followed later looked at each other in bewilderment; they hadn't heard of any assessment before they came.
Old Cui also looked completely bewildered.
Previously, when recruiting workers, we would simply ask if they had worked in a brick factory before, whether they had any experience, and whether they had any health problems. That was all.
Why is there an assessment now that Ji Wanmei is here?
Seeing the slight commotion among the crowd, Lei Tingjun said to Lao Cui, "Just follow her arrangements."
Ji Wanmei asked Lao Cui to fetch some paper and pens so she could ask everyone some questions later.
Then, he was asked to go to the cave dwelling and invite the most experienced master craftsman who had worked at the brick factory the longest to come out and give them questions later.
Lei Xiangshun and Lao Zhang couldn't sit still any longer.
Old Zhang said, "You silly girl, your Uncle Xiang Shun and I are Lei Tingjun's elders. We've come to work at the brick factory, and you're going to test us? You're so disrespectful! You're Lei Tingjun's girlfriend, and you're acting like this, a woman pointing fingers at him. Do you think you'll ever be able to enter the Lei family?"
Ji Wanmei was speaking with a smile, but after hearing Lao Zhang's words, her smile gradually faded.
Lei Tingjun's eyes suddenly sharpened, and he coldly stared at Old Zhang, saying, "Uncle Zhang, it's none of your business who I, Lei Tingjun, marry. Giving you face, do you really think you're someone important?"
Old Zhang smiled awkwardly and said, "That's why your uncle is teaching this girl a lesson. Otherwise, once you marry her, she'll be all over you."
"I couldn't be happier." Lei Tingjun's last bit of patience had been completely exhausted, and he said indifferently, "Get out."
Old Zhang was speechless: "...This...I was just joking, why did you take it seriously?"
Lei Tingjun's face hardened, and he roared, "Get out!"
Old Zhang was humiliated by Lei Tingjun's outburst in front of so many people, and immediately pointed at Lei Tingjun and started cursing: "You, Lei Tingjun, are truly an ungrateful wretch! You ate and lived in our house when you were a child, and now that you think you've got some power, you turn your back on us poor relatives!"
"I'm telling you, I'm going to make your affair known to everyone in Honghe Township, so that everyone can see what kind of ingrate you, Lei Tingjun, really are!"
Ji Wanmei never imagined that there would be such a rogue and scoundrel in Honghe Township, a poor, backward, and simple place.
It is said that poor and remote areas are home to many unruly people, and this is certainly true.
She was so angry she laughed.
No wonder Lei Tingjun had that expression on his face when he heard that his two relatives had come.
Ji Wanmei stopped him: "Wait a minute, tell me, how much did Lei Tingjun eat from you back then? How much did they stay at your place? Did they owe you money or rice that they didn't pay?"
Old Zhang was momentarily speechless.
Ji Wanmei added, "But I heard that when Lei Tingjun was in middle school, during the two years he stayed at your house, Grandma Lei paid you living expenses every month."
"Since we are paying your living expenses, there is no question of you eating or living here for free."
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