"You're trying to drive my whole family to their deaths! I've lost my job, how are my children and I supposed to survive?" she cried, slapping her thigh.
As for her five children, apart from the youngest who was still crying along with them, the two oldest had already held on.
Because when they realized that their mother might have actually stolen something, they simply couldn't accept it.
"Are you a widow now, or did you beg every day before?" Zhao Qinglan mocked.
Liu Ying's crying stopped abruptly.
"Who are you cursing? Everyone, look at her, how can she be so vicious?"
“Ask around how many families here aren’t dual-income households. You’re a military dependent, living in a family housing building, and your husband gets a monthly allowance. Before you started working for me, you didn’t struggle to make ends meet.”
It was only after Zhao Qinglan reminded everyone of Liu Ying's identity.
Yes, she's a military dependent and can accompany her husband to the military base. Her husband must be a high-ranking officer, not an ordinary soldier.
Five children is a lot, but nowadays there are many families with even more children.
Their family's situation is already better than many other families.
Zhao Qinglan continued, "Your family is having a hard time because you are being mean to your own children and sending all the gifts to your parents' home."
"You've been stealing from my store for months. How long has it been since you bought meat and vegetables with your own money?"
"If every employee were like you, how could my shop possibly stay in business?"
“If I close down, it won’t just be you who loses your job; all of my employees at the military-civilian cooperative will lose their jobs.”
"You say you're pitiful? You're pitiful my ass."
"Stop making excuses for your shamelessness. Look at your children. Aren't you ashamed?"
Zhao Qinglan pointed it out: whether Liu Ying felt ashamed or not was unknown, but her older children did feel ashamed.
They thought that the food at home had improved recently, and that they could often eat meat, because their mother had finally decided to be more generous. Little did they know that the food they were eating was stolen by their mother.
The employees of Junminhe initially just felt that Liu Ying was acting unfairly, but after Zhao Qinglan's reminder, they suddenly hated Liu Ying.
So many of them worked hard to earn money, yet they were almost implicated and harmed by Liu Ying.
There's only one Liu Ying in the shop. What if a few more "Liu Yings" came? They might actually have to sneak the shop out of business.
Just thinking about these people is terrifying.
The military-civilian cooperation is such a good job, they can't bear to give it up.
"You're making baseless accusations! I didn't steal anything!" Liu Ying insisted, refusing to admit it.
“I can testify that this comrade did indeed steal things from the store,” a man stepped forward.
Liu Ying's face turned deathly pale as soon as she saw the other person.
"This is my work ID. You can all take a look. I am a police officer."
This was the very police officer Zhao Qinglan had pulled aside that day to witness Liu Ying admit the truth.
Zhao Qinglan is now very glad that she was careful back then.
When she left the office, she made a phone call to the police station, asking this officer for help.
When their shop was bullied, Secretary Cheng stepped forward and launched a campaign, which resulted in Zhao Qinglan being implicated in a police operation.
She went to the bureau to ask a colleague for help, and the man was quickly dispatched.
Seeing that the crowd was looking over, the policeman continued, "That day, I saw Liu Ying carry a large bag out of the Junminhe store with my own eyes. Later, she admitted that the contents of the bag were all stolen from the store."
With the police testifying, the onlookers were convinced that Liu Ying had stolen the items.
Liu Ying's eldest son and eldest daughter couldn't face this fact and got up and ran away.
Watching the two children leave, Liu Ying's already pale face turned even paler.
There was nothing else that the others didn't understand.
Unfortunately, Liu Ying is not worthy of anyone's sympathy.
"Comrade Zhao Qinglan only dismissed Liu Ying at the time, and did not ask me to arrest her and take her to the police station. I think Comrade Zhao Qinglan was already very humane."
Zhao Qinglan's humanity only served to highlight how inhuman Liu Ying was.
Everyone despises her.
"Who is this person?"
"This is simply repaying kindness with enmity."
"You still have the nerve to come and cause trouble."
"Liu Ying, you can leave now. I don't want to see you at Junminhe again. If you come back, we'll meet at the Public Security Bureau," Zhao Qinglan said coldly.
She could have asked the police to take Liu Ying away again.
However, she always seemed very humane, so taking Liu Ying away seemed a bit...unpleasant.
Anyway, the crisis of military-civilian cooperation has passed, and its reputation should be even better after this incident.
Liu Ying knew what she could do; if she continued to make a scene, she would truly be taken away, leaving her with only her other three children.
If it weren't for the children present, someone would have smashed things at her long ago.
After watching Liu Ying leave, Zhao Qinglan addressed the still-gathering crowd in front of the shop, saying, "Thank you all for speaking up for us today. We, the military and civilians, will offer a 20% discount on everything we buy today."
Junminhe's food was already delicious, and most of the people present had tried it. There were also regular customers. Now that they had a good impression of Junminhe and heard about the 20% discount, people immediately rushed into the store.
Under Wu Mei's leadership, the employees immediately got to work.
Looking at the bustling scene in the store, Zhao Qinglan smiled.
"Thank you, Comrade Fang," Zhao Qinglan said to the police officer.
"You're welcome, it's our duty. If Liu Ying comes back to cause trouble, just come to us."
"Okay, I'll definitely ask the police to help me."
After seeing the person off, Wu Mei came over as well.
"Qinglan, you were really amazing today."
Indeed, they managed to turn around a situation that was extremely unfavorable to military-civilian cooperation.
Although there was a 20% discount, Wu Mei could tell from the booming business that the store's profits today were definitely substantial.
"Take your time, sister-in-law, you'll be just as amazing someday."
"Hahaha, I just hope I can be half as good as you in the future."
Zhao Qinglan is right. The company still has few stores, so if any problems arise, she can step in and resolve them.
As the company expands and its stores grow, it's not practical for her, the big boss, to have to step in every time something happens; she'd be too busy to handle anything.
Ultimately, the company is short of people, it lacks useful talent.
However, Qin Zhaocai, the accountant, did a good job just now.
Qin Zhaocai's elders used to be accountants, and they even had an accounting office in the past. When he was a child, his family named him Zhaocai (meaning "bring wealth"), but later changed his name to Zhaocai (meaning "bring talent") due to the changing environment.
At this moment, Qin Zhaocai had already left and returned to his office to work.
Because his old colleagues have always wanted to see him fail, he's holding back his anger and wants to make a name for himself in the military-civilian joint venture.
Zhao Qinglan stayed in the shop for a while longer, and only after seeing that everything was running smoothly did she call Wu Mei to leave together.
She's been thinking a lot about what happened today, and it's time to hold a meeting to summarize things.
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