Chapter 242: If you make a mistake, you must stand at attention and be beaten
Just when the atmosphere was at a stalemate, Liu Sanjin walked in with a cane. She walked up to Zhou Jiaojiao and stomped her feet, then looked at Shen Meng with grievance.
"Eldest daughter-in-law, I know that the fourth daughter-in-law helped manage the workshop for two days. You are angry, but now everyone has come to invite you. Just think of this relationship and calm down. If you still feel unhappy about the fourth and his wife, I will apologize to you and kowtow to you. I will kneel down now, I will kneel down now."
As she said this, she threw away the cane, bent her knees and was about to kneel on the ground. Everyone was shocked. How could this mother-in-law kneel down to her daughter-in-law? If she knelt down, would Shen Meng be able to go out in the future?
Liu Sanjin naturally knew that she couldn't kneel, and her butt was tilted to one side. Just when she was about to kneel on the ground, Lu Zhenping picked her up, put the stool he was carrying on the ground, and pushed her to sit on the ground.
"This is a workshop. The matter of Zhou Jiaojiao and Shen Meng has nothing to do with us. I advise you not to try this. If Shen Meng is going to fall for it, she would have agreed yesterday when the fourth brother and his wife said they would kneel down and let this matter go. It's useless to use moral kidnapping and rumors to force her to take this rotten stall. It will only make my wife feel colder. If she makes a mistake, she should just stand at attention and get beaten. Why do so many tricks?"
Lu Zhenping had been waiting since he saw Liu Sanjin coming. After so many years, he knew the old lady very well. She would definitely use the same old tricks, and she didn't let him down.
Liu Sanjin's face turned pale. His words made some people lose face. Many people stood aside with ugly faces, not daring to say a word.
Lu Debang said a little embarrassedly: "Just now, what Zhenping said just now is right. If you make a mistake, you must stand at attention and be beaten. Xiao Meng, let me express my position first. I apologize to you. I'm sorry that when we had a quarrel that day, I didn't immediately stand up to protect you. It was my fault as the village chief. I have reflected on it during this period of time. From now on, you will have full control over the workshop, and I will not care about anything. However, as long as the workshop can still use me, you can tell me at any time and I will do whatever you ask me to do."
"What the village chief said is right, that's what I mean. From now on, Shen Meng, you will have full control over the affairs of the workshop, and I will not interfere. As long as you can use me, just tell me at any time."
"It's my turn now. I was the one who selected the people to join the workshop, so I have to take the main responsibility. Xiao Meng, I'm sorry, it's Auntie who didn't set a good example. So, you can do whatever you want in the workshop in the future, and I won't care about anything. Before leaving the workshop, those who are the leaders of the trouble must also leave, otherwise this workshop can't continue."
Auntie Hua and the others have been standing at the back. They still think that there are so many people, Shen Meng will definitely return to the workshop, and then he can apologize honestly, and the work in the workshop can still be done.
Now listening to what Guo Xiuqin said, his face turned pale instantly. If he can't do this, how can he live at home in the future!
"No, Director Guo, this won't do. Can't we apologize? It's all our fault, it's all our fault. We can accept the beating and punishment, but you can't let us lose our work in the workshop!"
"Shen Meng, Shen Meng, we were wrong. We shouldn't have been so foul-mouthed and said those things. I apologize to you. You can hit me or scold me if you want. Please, can you give us a chance, just once? From now on, we will work hard and never talk nonsense again, okay? If we can't go back to the workshop, we won't have a good day in the future, Shen Meng."
"Pa pa pa"
"If you don't do it, I will do it. I will do it myself, Shen Meng. It's all my fault. I shouldn't have been so mean and said those things. I shouldn't have listened to Zhou Jiaojiao at the beginning. I thought that if I let her take the position, I would get a few cents more in salary. I didn't expect that after all these days, I have gotten nothing. Please, Shen Meng, my child is still young. I just wanted to make more money at the beginning. I was stupid and was used as a gun. From now on, I will listen to you and do whatever you tell me to do. Really, please."
One of the sisters-in-law hit herself directly in the face, and the other two aunts also hammered themselves twice and hit themselves in the face twice. They didn't care about face or bowing their heads anymore. They just wanted Shen Meng to take over the workshop so that they could still get in. Compared with making money, those things meant nothing.
Auntie Hua was stunned for a long time. When she looked up and saw Shen Meng's half-smile, her heart sank. She couldn't hit him with her hand anymore.
Zhou Jiaojiao listened to the slaps from the sisters-in-law. She was swaying and could hardly stand. The slaps seemed to hit her in the face. These were the ones who had insisted on letting her be the manager. Now Shen Meng asked them to slap her in front of her. Wasn't that embarrassing?
"Okay, stop fighting, it's as if I'm bullying you on purpose. I didn't take your words to heart. I just wanted to make everyone's life better when I set up this workshop. My husband Zhenping is a soldier, working hard at the border so that the people can live and work in peace. As his wife, I also want to do something for everyone after I get a formal job. Even if it's just a small contribution, we both think it's worth it."
"Xiao Meng, what do you mean..."
"Village chief, please wait a moment. There are some things I have been holding back. I also want to say something while everyone is here. During the Chinese New Year, I gave new clothes to several children in my family. When Mingkai came back, he said, "Mom, many children in the village envy them. They don't have new clothes. Some children are still wearing shoes with exposed toes. It's winter and it's so cold. I shivered just thinking about it. After I had the idea of setting up a workshop, I went to find Director Guo. She said, "Okay, Xiaomeng, you go and do it. I will definitely find a good person for you. Many women in the village are good at needlework. No matter how much they earn, their families can live a better life." She also talked about a few people, saying that when they were at home, they either had no men to beat them or were beaten by their husbands. My mother-in-law was nagging, saying that she wanted them to stand on their own feet. I thought she was right. I didn't interfere with the matter of finding workers. I let her find them all. You all know all this very well. It's just that it turned out to be such an ugly mess later. I was really exhausted and didn't want to care about it at all. But I still wanted the members to live a good life, so I set up a non-staple food workshop in Shenjiaji. "
Who doesn't want their children to have enough food and warm clothes? Shen Meng had a good life before, and they all envied her. Seeing their children dressed beautifully, who didn't want their children to live such a life? It's just that other people's men are hardworking and can win a good future for the whole family, but look at their own men, who can only show off their power to women and can't even earn full work points.
Now when they listen to Shen Meng's explanation of the original intention of setting up a workshop, they think the troublemaker is even more hateful.
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