Lu Wanling turned around first and saw the person who came, and greeted them warmly with a smile on her face.
"Good afternoon, Sister Mei. My husband, Feng Haidong, said he's coming over to pick up a case of beer to take home and try it out."
Mei Yaqin laughed and said, "Oh, I see. I was wondering why Haidong would take you to work in a tricycle?"
After getting off the tricycle, Lu Wanling walked up to Mei Yaqin and said intimately, "He doesn't know where he borrowed this tricycle from."
Mei Yaqin smiled and looked at Feng Haidong, asking, "Haidong, where did you get this tricycle?"
Feng Haidong found Mei Yaqin to be very approachable and kind. If it weren't for some memories from his previous life, he really wouldn't have been able to tell that Mei Yaqin was a classic example of someone who hides a knife behind a smile.
In her past life, Mei Yaqin always took good care of Lu Wanling and had a close relationship with Feng Haidong's family.
Even the learning machine for her son was a gift from Mei Yaqin on his birthday.
Of course, as a reciprocal gesture, when Mei Yaqin's daughter had her birthday, Feng Haidong and Lu Wanling also brought their son to congratulate her and gave Mei Yaqin's daughter an exquisite watch.
Judging from these observations, the two families have a very close relationship.
His relationship with Feng Haidong was almost as close as that with Tang Anguo in the factory.
However, in her previous life, after Lu Wanling's embezzlement of public funds was exposed, Mei Yaqin turned against her without any mercy.
Later, Feng Haidong and his wife learned that the competition for the position of finance director in their unit was fierce, but Lu Wanling was favored by the unit leaders because she was younger and had a degree and diploma.
As a result, in order to obtain the position of head of the finance department, Mei Yaqin privately reported Lu Wanling's embezzlement of public funds to the leaders, prompting the unit leaders to conduct a thorough investigation of the unit's financial accounts in advance.
Originally, Lu Wanling and her brother planned to wait another week, sell their shares in the stock market, and then immediately return the money to the company.
Mei Yaqin's report caught Lu Wanling off guard, leaving her no time to settle accounts.
After the incident, Mei Yaqin abandoned her former close friendship and adopted a righteous stance, relentlessly pursuing Lu Wanling and even revealing that Lu had given birth to a daughter.
Ultimately, if it weren't for the parents of Feng Haidong and Lu Wanling pulling some strings and the two families helping to raise money to cover the public funds, Lu Wanling's case would definitely have been sent to the judicial authorities for judgment.
Later, during the bankruptcy liquidation of Lu Wanling's workplace, it was discovered that Mei Yaqin had embezzled a large amount of public funds after becoming the head of the finance department, and even deliberately falsified accounts to embezzle public funds.
However, that happened many years later.
Feng Haidong vaguely remembered hearing that Mei Yaqin used that money to send her daughter abroad.
She herself later fell seriously ill and eventually died alone.
Perhaps Mei Yaqin's actions were a case of reaping what she sowed.
Perhaps in a past life, his wife was at fault for embezzling public funds.
But Feng Haidong was still angry at Mei Yaqin for first reporting him and then constantly kicking him when he was down.
Even if I were to be reborn before the events occurred and see Mei Yaqin again...
Seeing her and his wife so close, like best friends, made Feng Haidong feel very uncomfortable.
However, although he felt uncomfortable, the two families had not yet fallen out, so Feng Haidong still had to force himself to appear kind to his wife.
Feng Haidong said with a smile, "I heard that your company got a batch of beer and that each household could get three cases, so I borrowed this tricycle from the vegetable vendor in the market in front of my house and planned to take three cases back to try."
Mei Yaqin looked at the tricycle and said with a smile, "Yours is a bit too big. The batch of beer that came was all in small bottles and the boxes weren't big either. If your tricycle is full, you can probably haul away at least ten boxes."
Upon hearing this, Feng Haidong laughed and said, "That would be great! Sister Mei, please help me get a whole cartload."
Lu Wanling quickly said, "What do you need so much for? Are you going to drink that much by yourself?"
Feng Haidong looked at his wife and said, "With Sister Mei here, what are you afraid of? Sister Mei has such a big reputation, let's take a load back and try it. Besides, we borrowed her tricycle, we should give her a thank you gift, right? Shouldn't we give the vegetable seller a box to try?"
Lu Wanling continued, "You're giving them a whole box? Do you really think you can just haul a whole truckload for free? In our unit, each person gets three boxes. If you haul a whole truckload back, who's going to pay for it?"
Feng Haidong smiled at Mei Yaqin and said, "Isn't it because Sister Mei is here?"
Lu Wanling said, "Don't cause trouble for Sister Mei, okay?"
Feng Haidong remained silent, only smiling as he looked at Mei Yaqin.
Mei Yaqin smiled and said, "It's alright, Wanling, don't be nervous. That batch of beer was originally used to pay off a debt. There's so much of it that we can't sell it. Haidong taking a few more cases back will help the company clear its inventory and also help us promote our products. We'll see if anyone at their factory is willing to buy from us."
Feng Haidong immediately chimed in, "Look, Sister Mei really has a knack for business. You're just too naive. You should learn more from Sister Mei."
Lu Wanling immediately said to Mei Yaqin, "Sister Mei, look at him, he's already getting cocky in front of you today."
Mei Yaqin smiled and said to Feng Haidong, "Feng Haidong, I'm warning you, don't go back home and get drunk and bully Wanling. If you dare to get drunk and act crazy towards Wanling, I won't let you off the hook."
Feng Haidong chuckled and replied, "How could I? I love my own wife dearly, how could I possibly act crazy with her while drunk?"
Mei Yaqin said, "I doubt you would dare."
Afterwards, Feng Haidong pushed a tricycle and followed Mei Yaqin to the warehouse with his wife.
When Feng Haidong opened the large warehouse of his wife's workplace, even though he was mentally prepared, he was still surprised to see cases of beer piled up like small mountains.
"How many boxes did you bring to settle your debt? How come there are so many?"
Lu Wanling leaned closer to her husband and whispered, "There are about 2,000 boxes in total."
Feng Haidong exclaimed in surprise, "So many?"
On second thought, Feng Haidong wondered, "How much money does the other party owe you? Is 2,000 cases of beer enough to settle the debt?"
Mei Yaqin said from the side, "It's not just these beers, there's also some baijiu (Chinese liquor)."
Lu Wanling said, "Our company was just planning to build a large liquor market, which is why we agreed to let them use these liquors to pay off their debt."
Feng Haidong does recall that his wife's workplace was indeed seeking transformation at that time.
The liquor market is indeed a key project for my wife's workplace over the next two years.
Feng Haidong was thinking to himself, if that's the case, then he should make sure his wife doesn't get into trouble. Once her workplace's liquor market is established, wouldn't it be much more convenient for him to get liquor for his business in the future?
Mei Yaqin's words interrupted Feng Haidong's calculations: "Haidong, how many boxes are you planning to take back?"
Feng Haidong snapped out of his daze and said with a smile, "Give me 20 boxes first."
Upon hearing this, not only Lu Wanling, but even Mei Yaqin was shocked.
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