In front of the cotton mill director's office, Pei Wenping leaned forward to knock on the door, smiling ingratiatingly, "Are you busy?"

Tian Yuan raised his eyebrows and looked at Pei Wenping, his tone was emotionless, "Come in."

Pei Wenping hurriedly pulled Pei Yang into the office.

"Mr. Tian, ​​excuse me for delaying two minutes. This is my younger brother. Sigh, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me when I tell you this..."

Pei Wenping succinctly explained the difficulties of the food factory, "...Mr. Tian, ​​can you let my brother sell candy in front of the factory? My sister-in-law is pregnant now, lying in the hospital to take care of the fetus. Money is flowing out like water every day, and the workers in the factory are waiting for their wages to go home for the New Year. There is really no other way, otherwise I would not dare to bother you."

After Pei Wenping finished speaking, Pei Yang very considerately placed a bag of apple candies on Tian Yuan's desk, "Mr. Tian, ​​please try it. This is the handmade apple candy in our factory. We use the local Red Marshal apples, which are absolutely authentic."

Tian Yuan didn't look at the things on the table. He just looked Pei Yang up and down, and spoke to Pei Wenping in a neutral tone.

"You are an old employee, you should know the factory rules. I'm making an exception for you today. If you come to me tomorrow, will I be able to manage it?"

Pei Wenping picked up a bag of candy, opened it, picked up a candy and fed it to Tian Yuan.

"Try it first."

Just as Tian Yuan was about to turn his head away, Pei Wenping quickly stuffed the candy into his mouth.

Tian Yuan glared at her, chewed a few times subconsciously, and the anger on his face gradually faded away.

"How's it? Is it delicious? It's my brother-in-law's cooking. You've tasted it before."

Tian Yuan thought of something, "Oh, the one who makes mooncakes?"

"Yes, next year I'll ask my sister-in-law to send you two more boxes of mooncakes. Pick your favorite five-nut flavor, okay?"

Tian Yuan took the candy from Pei Wenping's hand, lowered his head and looked at it carefully, confirming that the production date, manufacturer's address, and production code were all complete, then he was relieved.

"Move the factory gate a little to the side, don't block the way in and out. This is just this once, and it won't happen again."

"Hey! Thank you, Mr. Tian!"

Pei Yang quickly followed suit and bowed to express his gratitude.

After the brother and sister left, Tian Yuan picked up the opened apple candy on the table, took one and put it in his mouth. It was sweet and sour, soft and chewy, with a refreshing apple fragrance. He felt so sleepy that he woke up while eating it.

Eating candy, humming a tune, and continuing to work.

…

At the entrance of the cotton mill, Pei Wenping helped to set up the stall and said to Pei Yang, "You sell it first, I will help you after work."

"Sister, goodbye. It's already an exception for Mr. Tian to let me set up a stall at the door. You don't need to come, otherwise people in the factory will gossip and it will be difficult for Mr. Tian to do his job."

Pei Wenping thought about it and felt that what her brother said made sense.

"Then I'll go back after work and deliver the meal to Mingzhu early so she won't be hungry."

Pei Yang was full of gratitude, "Sister, I am so grateful for you these past two days, otherwise I really couldn't take care of it by myself."

Pei Wenping glanced at him and said, "Alright, we are a family and we should not have different opinions. You are my only brother. It's not easy for you to get married. Now you and Mingzhu have a baby. I can't help but feel so happy and relieved."

Thinking of his wife and children, Pei Yang also felt extremely secure and happy.

After setting up the stall, Pei Wenping took some apple candies back to the office and gave a small bag to everyone in the office.

Everyone tasted it and found it tasted really good and the price was not expensive. It was sold at the factory gate, so they made an appointment to buy it together after get off work.

"I want three pounds of candy apples!"

"All right."

The cotton mill was one of the largest state-owned factories in Fengcheng, with nearly a thousand employees. Within a short while after get off work, half of Pei Yang's apple candies were sold.

…

When Pei Yang returned to the food factory after selling the sugar, Du Juan and Shen Chaobei had also returned.

The three of them calculated that they sold a total of 250 kilograms of apple candies in that afternoon, totaling 625 yuan.

"Tomorrow's wages are settled!"

After counting the money, Du Juan said happily to the two of them.

She was a kind-hearted woman, and she had been feeling uneasy about the unpaid wages for the workers. Now that she had money in hand, she finally felt relieved.

Pei Yang's next words made the couple even happier, "There are still many employees at the cotton mill who want to buy apple candies. I've made an agreement with them and will sell them tomorrow afternoon."

"Very good!"

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Pei Yang expressed his thoughts and plans, "In addition to the cotton mill, there are many other factories around. Tomorrow we will set up two sales points and sell separately. We should be able to sell several hundred kilograms before the factory closes for the holiday."

"OK!"

After discussion, Pei Yang took out a few new locks and replaced all the locks of the food factory.

He also took out the money, seals and important documents from the safe and prepared to keep them at home temporarily.

After doing all this, the three of them went to the hospital together.

The couple went to see Shen Mingzhu and picked up Daya at the same time.

When we arrived at the hospital, we found out that Qin Jinlian and Shen Jianguo had come to the city from the countryside.

Qin Jinlian was still sitting on the bench in the corridor. When she saw Pei Yang and the boss and his wife coming, she immediately started to ask about the food factory.

Qin Jinlian breathed a sigh of relief when she learned that Pei Yang and the boss and his wife sold more than 200 kilograms of apple candies in the afternoon, and then she couldn't help but complain to the three of them about Shen Mingzhu.

"...We shouldn't have let her run this factory in the first place. She doesn't have the ability to do it. Look how much trouble she has caused, and you have to clean up the mess for her..."

"mom."

Pei Yang interrupted Qin Jinlian and said, "We welcome you to visit Mingzhu, but if you are here to teach Mingzhu a lesson, forget it. A daughter who is married off is like spilled water. She is now the daughter-in-law of the Pei family. Whether she is good or bad, the Pei family will take care of her."

"You said Mingzhu is incompetent, but I don't agree with that. She is much more capable than you see. She set up a factory, led her family to prosperity, and allowed rural women to go to the city to earn money. Isn't this a good thing to bring honor to the family? If she were a son, I'm afraid you would be eager to burn incense to comfort your ancestors, right?"

"Mom, you are also a woman, you should understand women's difficulties better than me. Why can't you give Mingzhu a little more understanding and support, instead of being so harsh on her?"

Du Juan also spoke up for Shen Mingzhu: "Chaobei and I can go to the city to earn money, Daya can go to kindergarten in the city, and Xiangnan can have a job in the city, all thanks to Mingzhu."

"The factory is in trouble now, but all of us are trying to find ways to solve the problem. Even unrelated outsiders are willing to help. As a mother, you don't want to help Mingzhu, but instead blame her. It's no wonder that Mingzhu is disappointed and doesn't like you."

Shen Chaobei is even more straight: "Mom, don't go in, or you'll make my little sister unhappy."

After saying that, the three of them ignored her and went into the ward.

Qin Jinlian stood at the door of the ward, her face burning as if she had been slapped several times.

She didn't understand and felt aggrieved. As a mother, what was the big deal if she said a few words to her daughter? Why did everyone scold her?