Chapter 080: Meet a Middle-Aged Mediterranean Man
Rong Mei knew she was going to quit and said no more.
They helped Chen Chunlan move the things to the rented storage room and unload them.
After unloading, seeing that it was still early for the military commuter bus to return, Chen Chunlan suggested going to take a look at the shop rented by Rong Mei.
Although she had no intention of renting a shop, it did not stop her from being curious about what the shop that Rong Mei and the others rented was like.
So the three of them pushed their bicycles back to the store.
After opening the door, Rong Mei took Chen Chunlan for a walk.
Chen Chunlan was so shocked that she looked around and said, "Sister, how much is your monthly rent? With such a big room, it's enough to set up more than a dozen tables and open a big restaurant."
Rong Mei smiled and said without hiding anything, "Seventy per month, but I don't plan to open a restaurant. I don't have your cooking skills. My mother and I plan to open a clothing store."
"Opening a clothing store?!" Chen Chunlan took a breath, a trace of surprise flashed across her face, and then she sincerely admired and praised Rong Mei, "Sister, you are really brave!"
Anyway, she didn't have the courage to pay 70 yuan a month in rent to open a clothing store.
What's more, the rent is nothing. The money for purchasing goods is the biggest expense. How much money must be invested in such a big store selling all clothes? It is bigger than those clothing stalls in department stores.
However, Chen Chunlan kept all these words to herself and didn't say them out loud.
Open a clothing store?
It’s not like Rong doesn’t have the conditions. After all, a family that can afford a car doesn’t lack the money.
Well, she is different. It doesn’t matter if she has no money, but she has made a lot of money from setting up the stall these days. To put it bluntly, her status in the family has improved a lot because of this.
But even if she had the courage to invest the hard-earned money again, her family would not support her in doing so.
Looking at Liu Rong again, she had no objection at all and wholeheartedly supported her daughter-in-law's idea.
If she had such a sensible and reasonable mother-in-law, her family would definitely live a better life than it does now.
"Sister, you are so lucky." He said to Rong Mei with envy.
Rong Mei didn't notice Chen Chunlan's envy of her, and chatted with her casually about the decoration and opening of the store. She stood in the store until about 4:50 before leaving to catch the bus.
"Mom, let's go too, and look for Brother Xu."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law locked the door and went to Xu Guodong's unit.
There is a guard at the gate, not a security guard. Using the title of that era, they are called economic police. They are formal and regular staff members of a unit, but they are not on the same level as the security guards of later generations. Although they are not public security, they are also legally equipped with guns.
The economic police came out of the gatehouse and saluted Rong Mei and Liu Rong. "Hello, comrades, who are you looking for?"
Rong Mei quickly explained her purpose, and the police ignored her and did not let her in. They just asked her and Liu Rong to wait at the gate.
Rong Mei naturally had no objection, nor did she dare to have any objection. It was fortunate that Xu Guodong was not working for a confidential unit. If it was a confidential unit, Rong Mei would have been chased away as a "spy" just because of her face.
Just after five o'clock, people began to come out one after another.
Rong Mei and Liu Rong were standing at the gate, and people coming out cast their eyes and sized up Rong Mei.
Rong Mei had already gotten used to it, and Liu Rong didn't care because her eyes were now focused on finding Xu Guodong.
They didn't have to wait long. Xu Guodong soon appeared in front of them with big strides. "Aunt Liu, Comrade Rong, you must be getting impatient."
"No, no, we just arrived too." Liu Rong waved her hands happily.
Xu Guodong stopped talking nonsense and said to the two of them, "Let's go, let's go there now."
"Xiao Xu, where are you going?" After he had taken only two steps, one of Xu Guodong's colleagues came up and called Xu Guodong. Although he was greeting Xu Guodong, his eyes were staring at Rong Mei from top to bottom.
The man was a short, fat and greasy middle-aged man with a bald head and a big belly. He looked at Rong Mei with a lewd smile on his face, which made Rong Mei feel physically uncomfortable.
Xu Guodong stopped and looked at the middle-aged man with a frown on his face. He answered the middle-aged man, "Oh, Director Guo, I'll go to the guesthouse."
Liu Rong naturally felt the middle-aged man's gaze, and subconsciously stood in front of Rong Mei, blocking Rong Mei behind her.
But she was half a head shorter than Rong Mei, so she could only block the loneliness...
The man called Director Guo raised his hand and pulled at the few hairs on his head, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth stained by cigarette stains. The fat on his face trembled slightly because of his smile. "Let's go to the guesthouse. It's just right. I also want to go to see Director Huang. Let's go together."
After that, without asking Xu Guodong's opinion, he walked on and quietly asked Xu Guodong, "Where is this female comrade from? Who is she to you?"
Xu Guodong adjusted his black-framed glasses on his nose, his face expressionless, "He is not my client."
Director Guo stroked his beardless chin and narrowed his eyes suspiciously. "Customers? Where did the customers come from? I remember that our company has not had any overseas customers recently."
"She is not from abroad. She is a client who rents my store. Her husband is a soldier."
Guo Gang's intention to take advantage of Rong Mei was obvious to everyone, and it was clearly visible on his face.
This made Xu Guodong more cautious. After all, he was the one who asked Rong Mei to come find him, and he didn't expect to run into Guo Gang by chance.
As a direct subordinate, he naturally knew what kind of person Guo Gang was in the unit. Guo Gang was very lustful and secretly touched several female subordinates in the unit.
It’s just that Guo Gang has a backer, and he’s said to be quite powerful, so even though he doesn’t know anything, he was able to be transferred here to be the office director.
Therefore, although many people in the unit have many dissatisfactions with Director Guo Gang, they will not offend him openly.
Guo Gang was also a cunning person. He would never make enemies with anyone openly. Even if they were his subordinates, he would treat them warmly on the surface.
In addition, he also cleaned up the matter of touching lesbians and gave them many benefits to shut them up.
Although everyone knew it, there was no substantial evidence to report him for violating discipline or law.
In order to make Guo Gang stop worrying, Xu Guodong deliberately brought up Rong Mei's identity as a military wife.
It was because of this identity that his father Xu Liang gave him the death order.
Who made Xu Liangcai admire no one in his life but only soldiers?
I couldn't join the army, and none of my sons could either...
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