Perfect timing! We can use this time to find Wu Chunlan a suitable job.
After they left the hospital, Yan Junting said he was going straight back to the military base. Yun Duoduo had something she wanted to discuss with Yan Junting privately, so she planned to go back to the compound with him.
Yun Duoduo then instructed Yan Honglan, "Honglan, you go back to the factory. Your older brother and I are going back to the compound. We haven't been back to live there for a while, so we need to tidy up."
Yan Honglan nodded. It was noon, so she went back and ate lunch. She could still work in the afternoon.
Remembering that Yan Qiuting was staying here, Yun Duoduo added a special instruction, "Honglan, go back to the factory and have my second brother help with Qiuting's work. I'll go over there for dinner tonight."
Yan Honglan nodded and went to take the bus back to the factory.
Yun Duoduo and Yan Junting went back to the compound together. Yun Duoduo thought that Yan Junting should go back and rest for a while and take a shower.
As they walked to the bus stop, Yan Junting discussed with Yun Duoduo, "Duoduo, do you think it's appropriate for my mother to come out and work?"
“It’s good that your mother is willing to come out and work,” Yun Duoduo said. “Perhaps she really doesn’t know how to take care of people, so it would be good to hire someone who knows how to take care of people to look after your father.”
Regardless, Yun Duoduo still remembered the kindness Wu Chunlan had shown her before, and she didn't want to speak ill of Wu Chunlan in front of Yan Junting.
She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she felt that Wu Chunlan this time was quite different from the previous ones.
Although she had encountered a major accident, she was completely different. Before, when she was at home, Wu Chunlan was a bit lazy and didn't know how to manage a household compared to other women her age, but I felt that the relationship between her and her husband was still quite good.
Therefore, Yun Duoduo had a suspicion: during the time they were away from home, did something happen between Wu Chunlan and Yan Gusheng that they didn't know about, which led to this situation?
Or is Wu Chunlan simply selfish?
Yan Junting looked at Yun Duoduo without saying a word for a long time, also troubled by this matter.
The two walked to the bus stop and took the bus back to the compound.
As soon as she entered the courtyard, Yun Duoduo went to prepare to boil water.
We use gas at home, which makes boiling water convenient.
The water was boiling on the stove, Yun Duoduo was tidying up in the kitchen, and Yan Junting also came to help.
The two naturally also talked about finding work for Wu Chunlan. Yan Junting asked Yun Duoduo, "Does your factory have any suitable jobs for my mother?"
"Then what do you think Mother can do?" Yun Duoduo looked at Yan Junting, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
To be honest, it would be very easy for Yun Duoduo's factory, which is so big, to squeeze someone in. Besides, her factory is short-staffed and has been recruiting all the time.
But Yun Duoduo didn't want someone like Wu Chunlan to work at her factory.
Ultimately, she's my mother-in-law, and our relationship has always been pretty good. If I let her work in my factory, what if she makes a mistake at work? How can I explain that?
Besides, she's an elder, so it wouldn't be appropriate for anyone else to say anything.
Besides, Wu Chunlan wasn't a diligent person to begin with. Her desire to work was simply to escape taking care of Yan Gusheng. If she were to go to the factory, it would probably be even more distressing than giving her money for nothing.
She is not like Yan Honglan or Yan Qiuting.
But if we don't let her do any work, I think she'll have some complaints.
Because Yun Duoduo's biological mother, Song Qinglian, and her husband both work in her factory, she will accuse Yun Duoduo of favoritism.
After thinking it over, Yun Duoduo still refused. "Jun Ting, I've thought about it a lot, and I feel that it's not suitable for Mom to work at my factory. My factory can make money, but the work intensity is also high. When it's busy, we have to work overtime, and even young people are exhausted. The elderly definitely can't handle it. I can't let her come back to rest alone then. After all, it's not easy to manage a factory, right?"
“That’s true.” Yan Junting knew his mother well and directly voiced Yun Duoduo’s concerns. “Besides, my mother has never suffered much in her life and has a strong personality. Once she goes in, she’ll definitely think that this is her daughter-in-law’s factory and that she has special privileges in everything she does. She’ll definitely cause trouble for the factory.”
Yun Duoduo nodded. The couple didn't beat around the bush when they spoke; that was indeed the case.
But Yan Junting remembered how happy Wu Chunlan and he had been when he mentioned finding her work, and he couldn't bear to go back on his word.
He shook his head. "But it's not a solution if we don't find her a job. My main concern is that if she stays at home all day, she'll get bored, and my dad won't be able to live with that."
Yun Duoduo agreed with this.
If Wu Chunlan could earn money, even if it was money from her children, Yan Gusheng would feel more at ease.
If neither of them earns money and they both just sit at home, he would feel like he's a burden on the children.
When a person is under a lot of psychological stress, their body really doesn't recover well.
Yan Junting even thought that since many people set up their own stalls anyway, why not let Wu Chunlan set up a stall on their street and sell whatever she wanted?
This idea gave Yun Duoduo a solution.
She pulled Yan Junting aside and said, "Junting, I have an idea. Don't you think our neighborhood is missing a general store?"
"Isn't there a grocery store outside?" Yan Junting remembered that there was a state-owned grocery store on their street, and many people on the street bought things there.
Yun Duoduo shook her head. "That grocery store mainly sells vegetables, oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar; it has relatively few daily necessities."
"That's true." In fact, there are probably over a hundred households in their street and surrounding area, which is quite a lot of people.
However, since Yun Duoduo said that, she must have something in mind. Yan Junting raised an eyebrow and asked her, "So what do you mean?"
Yun Duoduo gave him a mysterious smile and revealed her idea, "Recently, my factory has been selling more products, and I've come into contact with quite a few sourcing channels. The prices are quite cheap, and it's convenient. I was thinking, how about we clear out a courtyard and have my parents open a general store?"
"Let them open a general store?" Yan Junting asked uncertainly. "Will it work?"
Yan Junting was unsure of himself. His family had never been involved in business before, and he always felt that this matter would be quite troublesome.
Purchasing goods and doing accounting are all very tedious tasks.
Yun Duoduo nodded immediately, "Listen to me, it will definitely work."
Yan Gusheng is educated; doing accounting is no problem for him.
Even Wu Chunlan, who attended primary school, is considered educated.
Moreover, Yun Duoduo also thought, "If we open a general store, it will be helpful after Dad is discharged from the hospital and recovers a little. Even if Dad doesn't recover very well in the future, we won't worry."
“You don’t need to go out to run a grocery store. As long as you can move around, that’s fine. For example, we can buy Dad a wheelchair so he can sell things or something.”
Upon hearing this, Yan Junting's eyes lit up; this sounded quite good.
Of course, it's a good idea to let Wu Chunlan earn money, but it would be even better if Yan Gusheng could earn money on his own.
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