Chapter 63 Chapter 63 Found another King of Volumes
The resignation procedures in a state-owned factory are not that quick. After the application is submitted, it still needs to be discussed and approved by the leaders. However, since Xu Haitang has submitted the application, he naturally will not go to work again. He left the administrative building and walked directly out of the factory.
Section Chief Yan looked in the direction Xu Haitang left and sighed, "Xiao Jia, you grew up in the factory too. We all know Xiao Xu's personality; she's not the type to play dirty. Besides, if she really liked Li Guanyu, wouldn't she have just gone out with him? Why would she marry Sun Minjun? Those people who spread rumors are completely clueless."
Jia Hong smiled and agreed twice, "That's right. I also said that they were just gossiping and talking nonsense. It made it impossible for Xiao Xu to stay in the factory."
She glanced out the window and said, "Chief, I'm going to the bathroom."
Section Chief Yan waved his hand, and Jia Hong hurried down the administrative building and turned to go to the motorcade.
The warehouse was unloading goods today, and the fleet had no work, so everyone had brought stools to sit outside in the sun. When they saw Jia Hong, someone called out, "Hey, Secretary Jia, come and have some sunflower seeds."
Jia Hong smiled and greeted them. He then said to Sun Minjun, who was sitting with his brows drooping in the crowd, "Minjun, your wife just came to the personnel department. I have something to tell you."
Sun Minjun stood up and followed her to the corner. They didn't go far, just standing where everyone could see them, but at this distance, no one else could hear what they said.
Jia Hong directly told him about Xu Haitang's resignation: "Minjun, Haitang is stubborn. She wants to resign, and I can't persuade her. What's more, she said she quit to become a restaurant manager and make a lot of money, so it's even harder for me to say anything. But since she has such a job, and you brothers need it, she just quit like this. It's too selfish. Don't worry, I'll keep this matter under control for now. You should hurry up and do your work."
Sun Minjun's face looked very ugly. He thought that Xu Haitang would be the same as before. When she was unhappy, she would go back to her parents' home to stay for a few days and wait for him to pick her up and give her a way out.
But this time, rumors were spreading like wildfire in the factory, and he felt uncomfortable, so he didn't want to bring the person back too early.
He never expected that Xu Haitang would resign directly.
He was the only one of four brothers with a formal job. He gave his monthly salary to his family, and kept the little he earned as a personal stash. Just like Jia Hong had said, if Xu Haitang really didn't want to do this anymore, wouldn't it be better to give the job to her brother?
"Sister Jia Qing, this is all thanks to you," said Sun Minjun.
Not many people in the factory knew that when Jia Hong was young, he actually dated his eldest brother Sun Minhua. However, Jia Hong was the child of a working family and he was a clerk, while his elder brother was a temporary worker with three younger brothers to support. The difference in their conditions was too great, so they had to separate in the end.
But Jia Hong has actually helped their family a lot over the years. It was she who introduced the third child to the temporary job, so Sun Minjun is really grateful to her.
"Well, I just think it's not easy for you guys." Jia Hong glanced at Sun Minjun and smiled.
After leaving the garment factory, Xu Haitang headed towards her parents' home. Her parents lived in a small, independent courtyard within a larger compound, a housing unit the garment factory had allocated them years earlier. But as soon as she turned into the alley, she was stopped.
"Xu Haitang, aren't you done with your temper yet?" Sun Minjun frowned at her. "It was just a quarrel, and it's been a few days. Are you still angry? Come back with me."
Xu Haitang was a little surprised. He glanced at his watch, then checked the hands through the cracked surface. He asked curiously, "Sun Minjun, didn't you go to work today?"
She quickly reacted: "Did someone tell you something?"
As the only formal employee in the family, Sun Minjun takes his work very seriously. He never comes in late or leaves early, and he never skips work without reason. Considering that she had just graduated from the garment factory, Xu Haitang naturally guessed that he must have known about her resignation.
Sun Minjun originally wanted to coax the person back home first and then persuade him properly, but when Xu Haitang asked him this, he immediately became angry again.
If Xu Haitang hadn't done this quietly, how could he have asked for leave and run away? When their captain heard that he wanted to ask for leave, his eyes almost popped out of his head.
The team leader was actually surprised that Sun Minjun, who never asked for leave, suddenly asked for leave, but Sun Minjun was very uneasy, fearing that the captain had something against his leave.
He is quite active in other aspects, but he has a paranoid feeling about his job and is always afraid of losing it.
Thinking about how cautious and diligent he was, and how he was always afraid of being found guilty and losing his job, yet Xu Haitang didn't cherish this job at all and wanted to quit it on his own initiative, he became more and more angry.
"Yes! Someone told me you submitted your resignation!" Sun Minjun's voice suddenly became louder, with obvious resentment. "Xu Haitang, I always thought you were a gentle, kind, and considerate girl. I didn't expect you to be so selfish. For a few dollars in severance pay, you're even unwilling to give your job to my brother!"
"Why should I give my job to your brothers? Is it because they're all sucking blood from you?" Xu Haitang smiled speechlessly. "Sun Minjun, since we got married, have you fulfilled all the promises you made before we got married, even if they're the same? You got married because you wanted to find someone to support the family with you. You've been working like a slave for this family, and you want to drag someone else into working like a slave with you?"
Xu Haitang wiped the tears that fell on her cheeks, and suddenly her heart was dead: "Sun Minjun, I didn't get married to be a slave to others."
She was a girl who grew up in the love of her parents. She knew what it was like for a couple to support each other. Soon after getting married, she became disappointed with the marriage.
But she also knew that even though the law stipulates that couples can divorce due to emotional discord, divorce these days will be gossiped about, and divorced women will not be able to hold their heads up among their neighbors.
Moreover, she has a sixteen-year-old sister. If she gets divorced, it will affect her sister's future in-law search.
Every time she went back to her parents' home in a bad mood, her neighbors would point fingers and talk about her. Some people would even "educate" her in a rude manner, saying things like "which couple doesn't quarrel? Everyone goes through this."
Xu Haitang is actually a well-behaved and honest person, but she is also very stubborn. If she owes something, she will try her best to make up for it, but if she feels that she has done nothing wrong, she will not always endure and bow her head.
In the original book, she lost her gold and silver jewelry. Although those items were her dowry, she felt that her mother-in-law was right. These items would belong to her and Sun Minjun's children in the future. She had lost their treasures. Because the items were already lost, the Sun family naturally did not ask her to give them to support her brother. Instead, they used these tactics to accuse her of being irresponsible as a mother.
In addition, she became pregnant soon after, which made Xu Haitang feel even more sorry for the child.
But the reality now is that the things are not lost, and the greedy faces of the Sun family are gradually exposed. Xu Haitang's reaction is naturally different from that in the original book.
But she still didn't dare to ask for divorce.
She has feelings for Sun Minjun, and she thinks Sun Minjun also has feelings for her, but he is just bound by that family.
But now, looking at Sun Minjun, whose face was distorted with rage, Xu Haitang suddenly had some doubts. Did Sun Minjun really have feelings for her?
"How can we be said to be working like slaves when our family supports each other? Haitang, we can't be so selfish. We can't just care about our own lives and ignore the rest of the family. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't be able to get into the garment factory, and I wouldn't have met you, right?" Sun Minjun suddenly softened his tone and coaxed her, "Give the job to your eldest brother. I'll tell Mom that we'll pay less money in the future, live a good life, have a child, and raise him well."
Xu Haitang twitched the corners of his mouth and suddenly asked, "Sun Minjun, since we met until now, have you ever asked me how I would live after losing my job?"
Sun Minjun paused and said, "Aren't you going to work in a restaurant to make a lot of money?"
Xu Haitang looked at him and said, "What if the restaurant owner is a liar? What if the restaurant goes bankrupt after just a few days? What if I get fired by the boss after just a few days?"
Sun Minjun's voice softened. "How is that possible? Didn't you find out clearly before you look for a job? If it doesn't work out, ask your dad to find a solution. It's better if you don't work in the garment factory. There won't be any gossip in the factory..."
Xu Haitang: "Sun Minjun, let's get a divorce."
After learning that she had applied for resignation, he did not persuade her not to resign, but asked her to transfer the job to his brother.
In this way, the salary that she had been holding on to could legitimately pass into the hands of his mother and brother, and they wouldn't have to argue anymore. She might even lose the courage to resist him.
If it really doesn't work, let her parents find a solution.
Oh.
Xu Haitang suddenly felt like she was in a dream, and when she woke up, only debris was left on the ground.
Liu Mianmian didn't know anything about Xu Haitang. She only knew that on the third day after the interview, Xu Haitang came to work wearing a smart suit skirt and high heels.
This dress was obviously bought from the Jingjing Clothing Store.
Liu Mianmian introduced her to the people in the restaurant, handed her a work notebook originally compiled by Manager Chen, and then sat in a window seat to bask in the sun.
Xu Haitang, holding a work notebook in traditional Chinese characters: "..."
Boss Liu said he would take care of her for a few days, is that what he is going to do?
Fortunately, she has not been idle these days. She asked her father's friend who works in a state-owned restaurant to learn about some procurement channels for high-quality ingredients. She also asked her cousin who is an accountant to give her a temporary boost in accounting knowledge. At least she knows something now.
Boss Liu had said before that if someone couldn't do the job during the one-month probation period, she would replace him directly.
But she will definitely be able to do it.
Looking at Xu Haitang who was working in a hurry, Liu Mianmian was also very pleased. Xu Haitang had evolved. Now she was no longer Xu Haitang, she was Niu Hulu Haitang.
After "supervising" in the Western restaurant for three days, Liu Mianmian went home.
Xu Haitang has a very strong learning ability and she is also very hardworking. She is the first to arrive at the restaurant and the last to leave every day. She was a little awkward in the first two days, but by the third day, she was already very proficient. If you don’t know her, you would think she has worked in a Western restaurant for at least three years.
Liu Mianmian felt like she had found another king of rolls.
Jiang Hongmei and Liu Anmin are the kings of the roll, Yu Guoliang and Wang Zhiyuan are the kings of the roll, and now there is one more, Xu Haitang.
She should go home and do something less complicated.
For example, look at the information, call the stock broker in Hong Kong City to adjust the portfolio and change stocks.
A few days later, Aunt Liu returned from the educated youth market. As soon as she entered the house, she said to Liu Mianmian, who was lying under the pomegranate tree, "Oh, Mianmian, didn't you say a few days ago that Xu Haitang became the manager of your restaurant? And did you know that she and Sun Laoer are getting a divorce?"
Liu Mianmian really didn't know.
She had always thought that Xu Haitang's decision to marry into the Sun family was a love-struck decision made when they were still dating. In fact, when Xu Haitang told her about those things that day, she almost blurted out that if she couldn't make it, she should divorce him immediately and cut her losses in time.
But in the end I didn’t say it.
Because she could see that Xu Haitang seemed to have concerns.
Considering that in the original book, she suffered so much in the Sun family but never divorced, Liu Mianmian couldn't say for sure whether she was too attached to Sun Laoer or what.
I didn't expect that she decided to divorce.
Although Aunt Liu said that they were getting a divorce, Liu Mianmian knew immediately that it was Xu Haitang who filed for divorce. After all, given the situation in the Sun family, it was almost impossible for Sun Laoer to find another woman with her conditions after he divorced Xu Haitang.
After all, there are not so many people in this world who are foolish enough to only consider feelings.
"Aunt Liu, didn't you say earlier that it was a pity for Xu Haitang to marry into their family? Isn't it a good time to get a divorce now?" Liu Mianmian said, "But the Sun family might not agree so easily."
"That's right." Aunt Liu put down the basket and pulled a stool to sit next to Liu Mianmian. "Oh, you don't know how nasty her mother-in-law says things outside. She says that her second son works so hard driving a car to earn money to support the family, but she can't stand the loneliness and flirts with other people. Now she wants to kick their Sun Minjun out. But their Sun Minjun is a lovestruck man. Even after all this, he doesn't want to divorce and still wants to win back his wife."
Aunt Liu sighed.
People of their age don't have the idea of divorce if they can't live together anymore, but when they think about the situation of the Sun family, they feel it's a pity for Xu Haitang.
Liu Mianmian thought about it and told her about the Sun family's request that the couple pay three-quarters of their salary and half of their salary, and that they also wanted to take some of Xu Haitang's dowry as a betrothal gift to their brother-in-law.
Aunt Liu was speechless when she heard this.
She has two sons of her own, but she has never thought about asking for their money. She only wants to save as much money as possible so that she can marry her sons off.
The Sun family has a heavy burden, but after all, the four men are adults now, so they should be able to support themselves, right?
The second son and his wife are a little better off, and if they are willing, they can help the family more. If they are not willing, they must still focus on their own small family.
"This Sun Laoer, everyone says he is very lively, why does he have such a personality?" Aunt Liu knows very well that the mother-in-law is definitely wrong in doing such things, but the problem lies with Sun Laoer in the final analysis. As a son, he does not fight for his own family, so how can he expect his wife to do everything?
"Oh, so it seems like you really can't marry into the Sun family!"
Originally, people said that at least Sun Lao Er was a good person. He was handsome, had a good job, and was active and good at making money.
But what’s the point if you give it all to me?
Raise a brother, raise a brother's child?
That's really confused.
"No, I have to go outside and talk." Aunt Liu quickly got up and ran out.
Liu Mianmian laughed. She told Aunt Liu about this matter just to let Aunt Liu go out and publicize it.
We cannot allow the Sun family to confuse the public and deceive the eyes of the general public.
After a while, Aunt Liu and Jiang Hongmei came back together.
"You have nothing to do at home, why don't you go to the store?" Seeing Liu Mianmian's leisurely look, Jiang Hongmei was a little speechless. There are more and more stores opening outside, and everyone is trying their best to make money, but this person looks like he is retiring.
Liu Mianmian said confidently, "I'm just an investor. I agreed to be the main provider of funds. I won't interfere in other people's affairs. This will easily lead to conflicts and disputes among shareholders."
Jiang Hongmei: "...You're really good at making excuses for yourself."
She sat down next to Liu Mianmian and said, "I came here to discuss business with you. Guangshi is planning to build a new market next to the existing wholesale market. Liu Anmin called and asked if we would like to invest in a stall."
Liu Mianmian sat up straighter and looked at her seriously: "Comrade Jiang Hongmei."
Jiang Hongmei was stunned by her expression. "Why, you don't agree? The wholesale market stalls in Guangzhou City are doing really good business. You haven't seen it, it's like they're snatching up the goods."
Liu Mianmian patted her shoulder and said, "Comrade Jiang Hongmei, what I want to say is that it is definitely not enough to invest in one stall. If we want to invest, we should invest in more." After saying that, she couldn't help laughing.
Jiang Hongmei: “…”
I was fooled by this guy.
She suddenly stood up, rushed over and tickled Liu Mianmian's waist: "How dare you play tricks on me..."
Just as his hand touched Liu Mianmian's waist, he heard someone cough behind him. The voice was clear, gentle, yet imbued with power: "Comrade Jiang Hongmei, the recliner is not very sturdy, please be careful."
Jiang Hongmei suddenly stood up straight, turned around, and saw Shen Weizhuo standing a few steps away with a briefcase.
After a few dry laughs, Jiang Hongmei said she didn't dare anymore.
Shen Weizhuo looked weak, but his aura was quite intimidating. Jiang Hongmei would not dare to act rashly in front of him anyway.
Shen Weizhou nodded at her, glanced at Liu Mianmian, and turned back to the east wing.
Jiang Hongmei lowered her voice: "Tsk, your man is so stingy, he can't even take a joke."
Liu Mianmian spread her hands innocently.
The two quickly began to discuss the stall.
At that time, the Guangzhou market was still in its early stages of development, so policies were relatively favorable and prices at wholesale market stalls were not high. However, it wasn't long before prices at these stalls became increasingly high, even reaching a point where even the most wealthy couldn't afford them.
So Liu Mianmian thought that since she had to buy them anyway, she might as well buy a few more. Whether she made them herself or sold them to others, she would not lose anything.
It just so happened that this stall did not require immediate investment, and only a partial deposit was required in the early stage. Liu Mianmian estimated that by the time it was built and the money was paid, the other projects he invested in should have made money, and the profits should be enough to buy it at that time.
The stalls were still relatively inexpensive, but once they opened wholesale stalls, they couldn't just go to other factories to get goods to sell, right? So, what was actually more expensive was that they had to open a garment factory.
Originally, Jiang Hongmei wanted to wait until she saved more money and then open a small workshop, but now that there is such a good opportunity, she knows that she must speed up the pace.
Fortunately, the cost of opening a garment factory is not too high. It mainly requires fabrics and sewing machines. The scale can be expanded from small to large. You can start with 20 or 30 machines. If the goods sell well, you can gradually add more staff and equipment.
Jiang Hongmei was thinking about it and wanted to go back quickly to call and discuss it with Liu Anmin.
But then she remembered something: "Did Ding Mingxia come to see you?"
Liu Mianmian thought for a while and said, "I seemed to hear from the neighbors that when we went to the countryside, someone who looked like her appeared." But she didn't appear again afterwards, so it was hard to confirm whether it was Ding Mingxia.
"Oh, that should be it. I heard that she wanted to come and ask you for money, but she couldn't find you. On the way back, she broke her leg. After returning home from the hospital, she never went downstairs again." Jiang Hongmei said speechlessly.
Liu Mianmian: “…”
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