Han Jianguo's younger sister, Han Ling'er, is a recent graduate of Ping'an County No. 1 Middle School. She was admitted to a university in the provincial capital with excellent grades.
To raise money for her tuition, the Han family sold all their grain and borrowed grain from other families to eat.
After borrowing from relatives and friends, they were still short more than a thousand yuan. Han's parents had no other choice but to ask Han Jianguo for help.
However, Han Jianguo was also a poor college student. He could only borrow money from his classmates. After borrowing for several days, he was still short a thousand yuan.
That night, a shooting star flashed across the night sky, and he immediately thought of his brother's tobacco and liquor store.
It's worth noting that the minimum wage at the brother store is 1,000 yuan, and last month it even reached 1,700 yuan.
He decided to give it a try and called his mother to come to the provincial capital, hoping she could work at his brother's store for a month to raise the tuition fees.
Wang Xia said softly, "Sister-in-law, Han Ling'er and I are classmates. She usually eats a steamed bun with a spicy chip in between."
Spicy chips are made by extruding and cooking flour, water, and salt. They contain a lot of food additives and are considered the worst kind of junk food.
"Boss lady, I'll only work for one month. I've farmed all my life, I can do anything," Zhao Xueqin said eagerly.
The middle-aged woman had a wrinkled face, pleading eyes, and a trembling expression, as if she was afraid that Li Mingzhu would refuse.
Li Mingzhu was in a dilemma. The store was not short of staff, but the key issue was that her husband had set a strange severance compensation standard.
The sister store is required to pay N+2 in compensation for laying off workers. If a worker resigns voluntarily, the husband is also required to pay one month's salary as compensation.
If Zhao Xueqin works for a month and then resigns voluntarily, her husband will give her an extra month's salary.
If she doesn't resign voluntarily, her husband will have to pay her two months' salary to force her to leave.
If you calculate it that way, it would be better to just donate 1,000 yuan to her.
Li Mingzhu is not short of money, and she could donate money to her right now, but she doesn't want to make the decision on her own.
After thinking it over, she said softly, "Auntie, my shop doesn't need anyone for the time being. You can go home and wait for news."
Zhao Xueqin was on the verge of tears, because she was most afraid of hearing "go home and wait for news".
Ping'an County No. 1 Middle School told her to go home and wait for news; the provincial university told her to go home and wait for news; the Ping'an County Red Cross Society also told her to go home and wait for news.
Han Jianguo sighed softly, "Thank you, sister-in-law. I know your difficulties."
"Long live understanding," Li Mingzhu said softly. "When my husband comes back, I'll ask him to come up with a solution; he should be able to."
Zhao Xueqin asked timidly, "Boss lady, what ideas could the boss possibly have?"
Li Mingzhu said, "For example, he could coordinate donations to the county's No. 1 Middle School or tuition waivers to the provincial university. In short, he should have a way."
Having said that, Zhao Xueqin had no choice but to give up and leave the tobacco and liquor store with her son.
Li Mingzhu asked Li Kefan, "Dad, where did my husband go?"
Li Kefan said, "He and Dong Lin went to your uncle's place. Dong Lin's Alto is going to be transferred to our family."
"My husband drives an Alto, and my wife drives an Audi. They're both pretty arrogant." These were her husband's exact words, and Li Mingzhu couldn't help but laugh.
"Mingzhu, weren't you planning to buy the second store? Why did you suddenly buy such an expensive car?"
Li Kefan asked doubtfully, "Has Xiaopeng become rich? Buying this car won't affect your purchase of the second store, will it?"
Li Mingzhu shook her head, guessing that the Audi was most likely related to Li Mengjiao.
Given my husband's temperament, it's unlikely he'll buy a luxury car before we get the second store.
“Dad, don’t worry, he knows what he’s doing,” Li Mingzhu said.
“Okay, I trust him to get things done.” Li Kefan nodded.
“My husband bought me a car, and my brother-in-law reimbursed my fuel and road maintenance fees for three months. What about you?” Li Mingzhu said with a smile.
Li Kefan was immediately dumbfounded. "You brat, are you trying to rip me off?"
After a moment, he said softly, "How about I reimburse you for three years of car maintenance and car washes?"
"Thank you, Dad." Li Mingzhu danced with joy and hugged his arm tightly. "I knew it, Dad loves me the most."
Li Kefan instantly transforms into "Li Kefan" (a nickname implying someone who is extremely fussy), as the maintenance costs for his luxury car are shockingly high, likely requiring two months' salary to cover.
There's no other way; this is the only daughter in the family. After we pass away, everything in the Li family will belong to her.
Li Mingzhu drove to the Fifth Traffic Police Brigade, but she wasn't in a very good mood.
"It's a pity that if my husband hadn't gotten entangled with Li Mengjiao and had given me all his love, I would be the happiest woman in the world."
"Not now, my stinky husband wants to divide his love between two people."
"That's why I'm going to fight for her. That stinky Li Mengjiao is so annoying. There are so many men in the world, why does she have to be fixated on someone else's husband?"
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Traffic Police Fifth Detachment, Vehicle Management Section.
When Dong Lin was transferring ownership of the Alto, he saw Li Mingzhu's Audi and excitedly circled the car.
“Sister-in-law, you divorce Peng and I will marry him.”
"Pah, you're disgusting!" Li Mingzhu threw a punch. This stinky man wants to steal her husband?
Dong Lin quickly circled the Audi, pleading repeatedly, "Sister-in-law, spare my life! Sister-in-law, please have mercy!"
Wang Peng was amused by him, so he kicked him in the butt and put his arm around his wife's shoulder, "Honey, what brings you here?"
"Honey, get in the car with me. There's something I need you to decide." Li Mingzhu hurriedly opened the car door.
The two got into the car, and she told Han Jianguo's story in detail.
Wang Peng felt that this person looked familiar, so he took out his memo and checked the list of donors.
It turns out that Han Jianguo had donated one yuan to him, which was indeed not much.
However, if someone treats me with respect, I will repay them tenfold; if someone donates one yuan to me, why not return a thousand?
Wang Peng said, "We'll go to the Han family tomorrow. If they are indeed in financial difficulty, we'll donate a thousand to them."
He was too lazy to bother with any tuition waiver program for impoverished students; he couldn't afford to waste his time on it.
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