"You want to take another week off? Didn't you just take two days off due to illness? Your son, Lin Guodong, took leave today for personal reasons, and you want to take leave again starting tomorrow?" The workshop manager frowned and looked a little unhappy.
Lin Yongnian: "I need to go back to my hometown to run some errands. After all, there's not much work at the factory at the end of the year, so it won't affect production. Taking leave won't deduct my salary, so it'll save the factory some money."
The workshop worker tapped the table and said, "You guys are taking leave too frequently. It's having a bad impact. Does the factory care about that little salary?"
Our factory is a large state-owned factory!
Lin Yongnian lowered his head and said, "I really have to take this leave."
The workshop manager frowned and looked at me for a while, but finally approved my leave.
As for Lin Guodong, after he settled Zhang Jiao in the hospital and had lunch, he took the bus to Zhang's house.
The weather was very cold, so the Zhang family members who were not working were all at home warming themselves by the fire.
Hearing the knock on the door, Zhang's mother glanced at her daughter-in-law who was roasting fire and eating peanuts by the stove, frowned, and got up to open the door.
This old man's daughter-in-law was originally a temporary worker in the guesthouse, responsible for washing vegetables and dishes and cleaning the kitchen. However, the chef in the kitchen wanted his relatives to do her job, so he slandered her for stealing things from the kitchen and asked the manager of the guesthouse to fire her.
Sometimes the leftovers in the kitchen would be taken home by Zhang's daughter-in-law. Although the guesthouse had a clear ban on this, everyone would secretly take the leftovers back. This was a tacit agreement, and the chef in charge of the kitchen would also turn a blind eye.
But after this hat was put on, Zhang's daughter-in-law had no way to refute it, so she was fired and sent home.
Zhang's mother opened the door and saw Lin Guodong outside. She was delighted at first, "Guodong, why are you here? It's cold outside, come in quickly."
Zhang's mother hurriedly opened the door and stepped aside to let Lin Guodong in, but when she saw his empty hands, her expression froze for a moment.
"Mom, Dad, sister-in-law?" Lin Guodong called out, but he didn't expect that his uncle's wife was also at home.
"Sister-in-law, aren't you going to work today?" Lin Guodong asked.
Before Mrs. Zhang could say anything, her mother said, "What kind of work are you doing? The guesthouse has already opened it."
Hearing this, Mrs. Zhang's face turned dark. She was already unhappy about being fired, and her mother-in-law told her sister-in-law's man directly that she was fired. Naturally, she felt even more unhappy and rolled her eyes.
"Why was he fired?" Lin Guodong said this, but in his heart he felt that the firing was just in time.
My sister-in-law was fired and didn't have to go to work, so the housework and the children were taken care of by someone else, and my mother-in-law also went to take care of Zhang Jiao.
Mother Zhang said, "The cook in the kitchen wants his niece who just returned to the city to do this job. Isn't this just a way to find a way to fire your sister-in-law?"
Lin Guodong walked to the table and sat on a stool, saying, "This job of yours isn't much to do. It's cold now, and washing and rinsing in winter would give you frostbite on your hands. It's better not to do it."
Mrs. Zhang snorted coldly, "How will you get the money if you don't work? You and Zhang Jiao are both regular employees of the factory. Naturally, you look down on this temporary job and think it's better not to do it."
Lin Guodong doesn't have any back pain even when he talks while standing.
Lin Guodong curled his lips awkwardly after being criticized. This sister-in-law is really ungrateful.
I tried to comfort her kindly, but she started to get angry.
"Guodong, why are you here today?" Father Zhang looked at Lin Guodong and asked.
Lin Guodong felt a little thirsty after walking all the way, but when he saw his mother-in-law sitting on a stool and showing no intention of pouring him some water, he swallowed his saliva.
Look, how snobbish this mother-in-law is. She won’t even give me water to drink even if I come empty-handed.
"Zhang Jiao fell last night and broke her tailbone. She needs to stay in the hospital for three days, and then she'll have to stay in bed at home for ten days. She has to go back to work, and there's no one at home to take care of her, so she's discussed it with me and asked her mother to come over and take care of her for half a month."
My sister-in-law is no longer working, and my mother-in-law is also free. Zhang Jiao is her biological daughter, so she should not refuse to take care of her own daughter, right?
Hearing this, Zhang's father and mother looked at each other. Instead of agreeing immediately, they asked with a worried look on their faces, "How could you break your tailbone when you were fine?"
Lam Kwok-tung: "It was dark, and I didn't pay attention to my steps when I walked."
"It turns out that you don't come to see me for no reason. I thought my sister was filial and came to see my father-in-law and mother-in-law." Mrs. Zhang hugged the child and said sarcastically.
Lin Guodong glanced coldly at Mrs. Zhang and ignored her.
Zhang's mother frowned and said, "Jiaojiao is too careless. Why doesn't she pay attention when she walks? She even broke her tailbone."
Lam Kwok-tung said: "She is a bit confused."
"Guodong, Jiaojiao is your daughter. She fell and was hospitalized and needs care. As a mother, you should go and take care of her."
Hearing this, Lin Guodong frowned. This is definitely still a but.
"but……"
Sure enough, but here it comes.
"I have a lot of work to do at home. I have to take care of your dad and take care of my grandson. I can't let go of these things."
"Besides, they say a daughter who's married off is like spilled water. If I leave my housework to take care of Jiaojiao, won't the other people in the family be dissatisfied?"
The first one to bear the brunt of this is the old wife, the eldest wife will probably also say something, of course, she doesn't want to take care of her daughter in vain.
If you ask her to take care of someone, you have to show some attitude.
Lin Guodong: "Then what should I do so that my family has no objections? Mom, just tell me directly."
All this talk is just about money.
Before coming here, I had already discussed with Zhang Jiao that if her mother asked for money, no matter how much, she would give it herself.
Actually, their salaries are now managed by each of them.
Zhang Jiao also said that her mother might not accept it, but if her mother came to take care of her, she would definitely give her some money so as not to let her mother spend it in vain.
Mother Zhang pondered and said, "Well, taking care of someone is hard work. You should still give her some money and then give it back to the family. Then the other people in the family will naturally have no objections."
"Jiaojiao is my daughter, so as a mother, I don't need much. Just give her ten yuan."
Lin Guodong smiled and nodded, "Okay, then Mom, you pack up and we'll go to the hospital now."
Ten yuan for half a month, and you still say you don’t want more, haha.
Zhang's mother: "...Okay."
Although the son-in-law was smiling, didn't bargain for the money she asked for, and didn't seem unhappy, she still felt that his smile was strange.
Mother Zhang packed a set of clothes, called her daughter-in-law aside, and asked her to take more care of the family. When she came back after taking care of her daughter, she would give her 10 yuan.
Zhang's mother followed Lin Guodong to the hospital. When she saw her biological mother coming, Zhang Jiao, who was a little fragile because of her injury, shed a few tears. She hugged her and acted coquettishly, and was happy that her biological mother came to take care of her.
But when she heard Lam Kwok Tung say her mother wanted ten yuan, she was no longer happy.
When she and Lam Kwok Tung had just gotten married and were in the sweet spot of each other's happiness, her mother slipped while bathing Lam's child and broke her leg.
She had taken a leave of absence for more than ten days and returned to her mother's house to take care of her son for more than ten days. Not only did she not ask her mother for a penny, she even had to pay for groceries.
But now it's her turn, and her mother actually wants money!
She wasn't the type to not pay her mother and let her take care of her for free, but her mother didn't want the money.
She wanted money to take care of her daughter, and the asking price was only 10. This was really disheartening.
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