Chapter 92 The Daughter of a Scoundrel
Just when she was wondering, the crying woman turned around. Su Xiaoxiao saw her face clearly and was stunned.
Isn’t this woman Li Huilan?
Then the person she just mentioned is...
Damn, she really should have checked the almanac before going out today.
She immediately covered her face with her hands and prepared to slip into the department store under the cover of the crowd of onlookers. However, she had just taken two steps when she heard an extremely enthusiastic voice behind her.
"Comrade Su, good morning! I have some dumplings here. Do you want some?"
Huang Mei had a loud voice to begin with, and when she shouted, everyone subconsciously looked over at her.
Even Li Huilan, who was crying with great concentration just now, turned around when she heard the sound.
Su Xiaoxiao wanted to ask her to speak more quietly, but it was obviously too late.
I could only respond with a slightly awkward tone: "Good morning, Mr. Huang."
Because Su Xiaoxiao helped her buy a flashlight, Huang Mei is now particularly enthusiastic towards her.
He immediately stuffed a steamed dumpling into her mouth and took her arm, saying, "It's neither too hot nor too cold, just right. Comrade Su, please try it."
Su Xiaoxiao subconsciously took a bite of the bun and had to say that it was really delicious.
Just as she swallowed the last bite of her bun, a figure rushed over to her: "Well, you, the daughter of a scoundrel, have the nerve to work in a department store?"
Upon hearing this, the people around who were watching the show immediately gathered around.
"This little girl looks pretty, could she really be the daughter of a scoundrel?"
"As the saying goes, if the top beam is crooked, the bottom beam will be crooked. I am a nobody, and this daughter is probably not a nobody either."
"This salesperson is the face of the department store. Having someone like this working here is a disgrace to the department store."
Everyone chattered and surrounded Su Xiaoxiao.
Huang Mei frowned and looked around: "What nonsense are you talking about? Comrade Su is not that kind of person."
Su Xiaoxiao didn't expect Huang Mei to protect her at this time, and she was immediately touched.
"You're protecting the daughter of a scoundrel. You're not a good person either!"
I don't know who said it, but the crowd immediately became excited again.
Su Xiaoxiao didn't want to implicate Huang Mei, so she tugged at her clothes and said, "Teacher Huang, go first. Don't worry about me. They won't do anything to me."
"No, how can I leave a little girl like you here alone? Don't worry, no one can throw dirty water on you today with me here."
As the saying goes, a friend in need is a friend indeed. Su Xiaoxiao didn't expect Huang Mei to be such a loyal person. She looked at her gratefully and walked forward.
"You, the daughter of a scoundrel, don't deserve to work in a department store. Get out!"
Li Huilan raised her voice, and the emotions of the people around her were immediately aroused. They looked at Su Xiaoxiao with condemnation in their eyes.
Su Xiaoxiao took a deep breath and looked at Li Huilan. "Auntie, the Qing Dynasty has been gone for many years. Didn't I inform you? Now it's a new society, emphasizing equality for all. Why should I bear the consequences for other people's mistakes? Are you still using the old social system of collective responsibility? You are promoting feudal ideas and hindering the people's progress."
Without waiting for Li Huilan to speak, she continued, "In this new society, people earn their living based on their own abilities. The national law doesn't declare me guilty, so why are you depriving me of my right to work? You're just practicing dictatorship and authoritarianism."
Li Huilan was dumbfounded as she was accused of one big crime after another.
She was just making a fuss as her daughter asked, wanting to make that damn girl lose her job. But... did this become dictatorship and the promotion of feudal ideas?
This will lead to criticism and even shooting.
Li Huilan's face turned pale. "You stupid girl, what are you talking about? How could I be treating you as a doctor? You are the daughter of a gangster. I'm not wrong."
"Is there any law that explicitly states that the daughter of a gangster can't work in a department store? Or that the daughter of a gangster deserves death rather than life? Why should the next generation bear the consequences of the mistakes made by the previous generation?"
Su Xiaoxiao straightened her back. This was a new society now, and there was no longer any need for a son to pay for his father's debts.
"If the law really stipulates this, I will die right now to show you. If not, you are deliberately distorting the facts and forcing an innocent girl to death."
“You, you, you…”
Li Huilan never expected that this girl could be so eloquent, and she was immediately speechless.
She looked around for help, hoping that someone would come out and speak a fair word for her.
However, the onlookers who had been instigated by her to clamor for an attack on Su Xiaoxiao had now all become cowards, and no one dared to say a word.
At this time, Xu Cuilan pushed through the crowd and came over: "It's time to go to work. What are you all doing here? Don't you want to work anymore?"
Upon hearing this, several department store employees who were mixed in the crowd immediately went into the department store in shame, not daring to say a word.
When Manager Xu speaks, no one dares to disobey.
Xu Cuilan looked up at the rest of the people and said in a deep voice, "Alright, nothing happened. Everyone, go home. Those who need to go to work should go to work, and those who need to go shopping should go shopping."
After she finished speaking, she turned her head to look at Su Xiaoxiao, reached out and patted her on the shoulder: "Comrade Su, if there is nothing else, go back to work."
Before leaving, Song Weidong repeatedly asked her to take good care of Comrade Su.
What's more, she had just listened for a while behind the crowd, and this matter had nothing to do with Comrade Su at all.
Colleague Su said something very right. Now we live in a new society where everyone is equal and there is no such thing as collective punishment.
Li Huilan hadn't expected the matter to end so easily. So what had she done all this fuss for? Was she just giving people a free ride?
She opened her mouth, and just as she was about to speak, she met Xu Cuilan's cold eyes.
After all, Xu Cuilan was the human resources manager of a department store and she was in charge of quite a few people. Naturally, the aura around her was not comparable to that of Li Huilan, a country woman.
"Ms. Li, right? If you have any complaints, you can directly raise them with our leaders or write a letter of complaint. But if you continue to make trouble at the entrance of the department store and damage its reputation, we won't sit idly by. If I remember correctly, you have a daughter who also works at our department store, right?"
Hearing her say this, Li Huilan immediately swallowed back the words that were about to come out of her mouth.
She just wanted that damn girl to lose her job, but she didn't want to ruin her daughter's career.
Zhang Dongmei hid behind the crowd and watched with anger. How could her mother be so disappointing that she was fooled away with just a few words?
And why did Teacher Huang and Manager Xu both speak up for Su Xiaoxiao? How could she, a country bumpkin and the daughter of a gangster, compare to her?
After all, she graduated from a reputable workers, peasants and soldiers university.
After the little incident in the morning, Su Xiaoxiao's mood was not affected much.
Today is the end of the training day. In the morning, Manager Xu will assign everyone a counter to be responsible for based on their performance during the training.
Zhao Lanlan poked her quietly: "Xiaoxiao, which counter do you want to be assigned to?"
The relationship between the two has become closer recently, and the way they address each other has become more familiar.
Su Xiaoxiao thought for a moment and said, "The grocery counter, maybe."
As soon as he finished speaking, a mocking voice came from behind him.
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