Chapter 205: No More - The Sick Young Girl's Daily Life of Eating Watermelons in the Courtyard

"Lin Qing, Lin Qing, get out here!" Zhang Mei yelled.

Lin Qing raised his head from the stove. What was going on?

She and Cen Xi looked at each other. What was going on?

“Let’s go and have a look!”

"Let's go!" Cen Xi added water to the pot and covered it with a lid.

"Sister-in-law, what are you going to do?" Lin Qing stood at the door and looked at them.

"What do you think I'm going to do? Don't you know?"

"What do I know?" Lin Qing just felt that this person was inexplicable.

"Didn't you withhold my Lin Shu's salary?" Zhang Mei asked angrily.

Lin Qing rolled his eyes and sneered, "Haha!"

"Sister-in-law, are you kidding me?"

Aunt Jiang was watching behind them, and was speechless when she heard Zhang Mei's questioning of Lin Qing.

Although she did not work in the factory, she had heard some things about the factory from her husband and son.

The payment of wages is indeed under the management of the Finance Department, but the wages are determined based on the workshop manager's record of the workshop workers' performance at work. Similarly, the wages of other departments are also determined based on the department manager's record of each worker's performance at work. Moreover, the factory has a set of regulations for increasing or decreasing wages, so it is impossible to falsify them.

Is this Mei here to make people laugh?

Even Aunt Su and Aunt Gu, who were eavesdropping in the dark, found Zhang Mei a little funny.

"If it weren't for you, why is Lin Shu's salary only a dozen yuan?"

"Sister-in-law, what nonsense are you talking about? If I had this ability, would I still need to be a small clerk in the finance office?" Lin Qing was very speechless.

"Then tell me, why does she only get such a low salary? My Lin Shu is a regular employee! How come her salary is only a dozen yuan?" Zhang Mei thought it was her fault.

As the person who checked the wages, Lin Qing certainly knew why Lin Shu's salary was so low, but Lin Qing didn't want to say it out loud.

"The factory has regulations on how to pay wages and how much to pay. Why don't you ask your daughter what she has done to deserve such a low salary?" Lin Qing directly brought the topic to Lin Shu.

Zhang Mei stood up for Lin Shu, so how could the person involved not say a word?

"Lin Shu, tell me, explain to your mother why you are paid so little." Lin Qing looked at her with clear eyes, waiting for her answer.

Zhang Mei also turned to look at Lin Shu, "Lin Shu?"

Aunt Jiang was also waiting for an explanation! She just found out that Lin Shu's salary this month was only a dozen yuan!

"I..." Lin Shu's face turned red. She saw that everyone was looking at her. She felt a little embarrassed for a moment and didn't really want to answer.

"Hurry up and tell me!" Zhang Mei said impatiently.

Lin Qing folded his arms and looked at her leisurely.

Lin Shu looked at Lin Qing with an evasive look.

"What? You don't dare to say it?" Lin Qing said lightly.

"I...I've been going to work late this month." Lin Shugu talked about other things, and it seemed as if he hadn't said anything.

Zhang Mei looked at her, "Are you serious?"

"Yeah." Lin Shu nodded.

Aunt Jiang calculated and said, "That shouldn't be the case! Didn't you start working not long after receiving your salary last month?"

After listening to this, Zhang Mei looked at Lin Shu again, "???"

Lin Shu was exposed first, so he had no choice but to tell the reason directly, "The person who paid my salary said that I didn't work for a full month and I even took a leave in the middle, so they only paid me one month's salary."

"Ask for leave? When did you ask for leave?" Zhang Mei didn't understand. It would be fine even if she took a day or two off. Why is this happening?

Lin Shu closed his eyes and said, "She said I took too long to take leave."

Lin Qing looked at them with a hint of mockery in his eyes.

"Please explain it clearly, otherwise your mother will accuse me for no reason."

"..." Zhang Mei felt so ashamed after being criticized.

"I……"

Aunt Jiang calculated again. If Lin Shu hadn't said anything, she really wouldn't have expected that Lin Shu would take such a long leave. It was really quite long. Just counting the days when she didn't go to work, it was more than a week.

Forget it, Aunt Jiang was so angry. Oh, if she had known, she would not have allowed her to take leave. So much salary was wasted in vain. What a waste!

Half a month’s salary, that’s more than ten yuan!

Aunt Jiang was heartbroken.

Even though it was agreed before that the money would not be handed over to her, she was still heartbroken.

Zhang Mei's face turned blue and white, half because of anger and half because of shame.

"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Zhang Mei said shyly.

After saying that, she didn't apologize and pulled Lin Shu back to her room.

"Sister-in-law, are you leaving now?" Lin Qing didn't expect them to escape so quickly, so she quickly raised her voice and asked, "You wronged me, shouldn't you apologize to me?"

They were walking very fast, I wonder if they heard me? They should have heard me, right? They were so close, and her voice was quite loud.

After Lin Qing finished shouting, he looked at Aunt Jiang who hadn't reacted yet, "Aunt Jiang, why are you still here? Do you want to apologize for your in-laws who ran away?"

"...Hmph!" Aunt Jiang turned around and left.

"Ha!" Still want to fight me?

Lin Qing turned around and looked up at Cen Xi proudly, "Look, I'm awesome!"

Cen Xi shook Lin Qing's hand and gave her a thumbs up, "Great!"

The two returned to the kitchen again.

Lin Qing complained to Cen Xi speechlessly, "Do you think my sister-in-law is funny? She actually thought I had the ability to decide the wages of the factory workers. She really doesn't know what she's talking about!"

Cen Xi was also speechless about this. What kind of cerebellar atrophy must one have to have to make one say such a thing?

"She might have a problem with her brain."

"Hahaha!"

Lin Qing smiled and nodded, thinking it was true. "Maybe! She always wants to blame me for everything. She used my name to ask Lin Shu for money before, and now she thinks her daughter's low salary is because of me. It's really unreasonable."

"Okay, let's not think about this speechless person anymore. The braised pork is almost ready, let's have a good meal!" Don't waste your time on such irrelevant people.

"Good! Hmm~, it smells so good!" When Lin Qing smelled the fragrance, he immediately forgot about Zhang Mei and the others.

Cen Xi couldn't help but smile when he saw Lin Qing who was immediately attracted by the food.

…

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? You made me embarrassed in front of your aunt." Zhang Mei grabbed Lin Shu's arm.

"Hiss, it hurts!" Lin Shu struggled hard.

Zhang Mei also realized that she was too strong and quickly let go.

Lin Shu moved his arm in pain.

"Why didn't you say anything just now?"

"I..." Lin Shu lowered his head, his eyes flickering, "I... wanted to say it, but you were too impatient and I didn't get to it in time."

"You..." Zhang Mei gasped angrily.

After a while, Zhang Mei came to her senses. "Okay, I won't say anything else to you. Just give me ten yuan."

"I've already said it's gone." Lin Shu said with a sour face.

"Where's the money?" Zhang Mei stared at her.