Her husband ignored her with a cold face every day, her parents-in-law also complained about her, the leaders in the factory scolded her for no reason, and even her colleagues laughed at her behind her back.
Therefore, when he saw Shen Mingzhu, the "culprit", blocking his way, he immediately turned displeased.
"A good dog doesn't block the road!"
Shen Mingzhu replied, "A good donkey doesn't bray."
Shen Baolan's face turned even uglier. "Shen Mingzhu, are you deliberately looking for trouble?"
"Baolan, why are you so angry? I've been waiting for you here for a long time and wanted to thank you in person."
Under Shen Baolan's suspicious gaze, Shen Mingzhu grinned, "Originally, my mooncakes couldn't be sold, and I didn't want to sell them anymore. Thanks to you for promoting my mooncakes in the factory, everyone knows about my high-priced mooncakes. All the leaders in the factory want to buy some to try. I'm in short supply now, and my hands are sore from rubbing the mooncakes."
I just want to ask you if you are angry?
Shen Baolan was already angry, and when she heard Shen Mingzhu bragging like that, her face almost twisted with anger.
"Shen Mingzhu, why are you so proud? Do you really think you are so capable? It's all because of your elder sister-in-law. Without her, you are nothing! What are you so proud of? I am also an employee of the cotton mill. You are nothing. You are a housewife who relies on your husband at home and your elder sister-in-law outside. What real ability do you have? You have the nerve to show off in front of me, bah!"
"You're right. I relied on my eldest sister-in-law. I had no choice. I'm so lucky. I have to thank you for giving me such a good man like Pei Yang. I really want to thank you. Why are you still angry?"
"Shen Mingzhu, just be proud of yourself. I'm waiting to see you cry!"
"Then you won't be able to wait in this life. Even if I cry, I will never let you see it."
"Shen Mingzhu, let's ride on the donkey and watch the opera!"
"Just look at it."
After returning home, Shen Baolan cried to her mother-in-law Sufen about her grievances, trying to seek comfort. However, instead of getting comfort, Ma Sufen scolded her for asking for it. Shen Baolan was emo again.
In contrast to Shen Baolan, Shen Mingzhu was in a particularly good mood. She hummed a song all the way home, put on an apron and prepared to cook some delicious dishes to celebrate. She had earned almost twenty dollars from selling mooncakes in the past few days.
The news of the quarrel between Shen Mingzhu and Shen Baolan soon spread in the family compound, including Shen Mingzhu's words "Thank you for giving me such a good man", which became a hot topic.
After a deep investigation by the onlookers, the whole story of "selecting a son-in-law" was revealed.
Outsiders naturally don't understand Shen Baolan's train of thought. She gave up on a handsome guy with good conditions like Pei Yang and chose Zhou Shuhuan, who has a criminal record.
However, as the mother-in-law, Ma Sufen felt that Shen Baolan was a daughter-in-law with good vision and she liked her very much. She decided not to care about the trouble Shen Baolan had caused before.
Zhou Shuhuan also felt very proud. After all, he defeated Pei Yang and was no longer in a cold war with Shen Baolan.
However, Pei Wenping was very angry.
Although she looked down on Shen Baolan, she didn't know that it was Shen Baolan who looked down on her own brother.
"Bah, who does Shen Baolan think she is? How dare she look down on my Pei Yang? Are those eyes of hers meant for venting anger?"
Pei Wenping didn't know how to talk to Shen Mingzhu about this, so she could only go home and complain to her husband.
Chen Yi disagreed, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Pei Yang is excellent, but he's not at home all year round. It's normal for someone to not want to marry and stay alone in an empty house. Why are you so angry?"
After being persuaded by her husband, Pei Wenping finally came to terms with it, and at the same time she felt that Shen Mingzhu was even more rare.
"Mingzhu is still better. She is beautiful, has a good personality, and is clever. She is much better than Shen Baolan in every way. No, I have to call Pei Yang and ask him to come home more often. Don't let such a good daughter-in-law be abducted by someone else."
Chen Yi laughed, "He's at sea, he can't come back even if he wants to, just keep an eye on him."
What she was thinking was that Shen Mingzhu had something to do at home every day, so others would have no chance to seduce her.
Pei Wenping not only set targets for her husband, but also asked her brother-in-law and parents-in-law to help sell mooncakes.
When many hands make light work, Shen Mingzhu received more and more mooncake orders, and she couldn’t bake them all.
Just when she was considering whether to buy another oven, a big customer came to her door.
The other party was the manager of a food factory. He accidentally tasted Shen Mingzhu’s mooncakes and came to Shen Mingzhu to cooperate with her.
The food factory proposed two plans. One was that Shen Mingzhu would sell the mooncake recipe to the food factory at one time. The other was to cooperate with Shen Mingzhu on technology, and Shen Mingzhu would get dividends based on the profits of the four mooncakes every year.
Shen Mingzhu chose the latter without hesitation.
After completing the previous orders, Shen Mingzhu stopped baking mooncakes and instead focused on teaching the staff at the food factory to make mooncakes.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is only two days away. The food factory wants to make a batch of mooncakes before the festival to test the response. If the response is good, the production volume can be increased next year.
When the people in the family compound saw that Shen Mingzhu stopped baking mooncakes and kept running out, they all speculated that the mooncake business was going bad.
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When Shen Baolan heard the news, she was so happy that she wanted to set off firecrackers to celebrate.
So that night, after dinner, she went to see Shen Mingzhu again.
"Why don't you bake mooncakes anymore? You can't sell them, right? I've told you before that this is a one-time deal, not a long-term plan. Do you think you can rely on your sister-in-law's reputation for the rest of your life?"
Shen Mingzhu didn't let Shen Baolan in, so Shen Baolan stood at the door and ridiculed her, and couldn't wait to see Shen Mingzhu's angry look.
However, before she could finish her words, Shen Mingzhu slammed the door shut.
Fortunately, Shen Baolan dodged quickly, otherwise her nose would have been broken.
She was a little angry at first, but then she thought that Shen Mingzhu must be sulking behind closed doors, and her mood improved.
"Is this true? How can this little girl be so capable at such a young age?"
"you do not say……"
When Shen Baolan came out of the apartment building where Shen Mingzhu lived, she heard several people from the family compound gathered together, talking about something excitedly. Her first reaction was that she was the protagonist of everyone's discussion.
Among the young wives in the family compound, she is considered to be the best. She can handle both housework and cooking, take care of children and serve her parents-in-law, and she also has a stable job. No one is more capable than her.
She pretended to bend down to brush the dust off the corner of her trousers, and hesitated to listen to everyone's praises on her.
As a result, I heard everyone talking about the food factory. "You don't know, the senior chefs in the food factory all praised her craftsmanship and wanted to learn from her."
It turns out you weren't talking about her.
Shen Baolan was very disappointed, but at the same time she was very curious about who these people were talking about. She had never heard of any daughter-in-law in the staff compound working in the food factory.
Out of curiosity, Shen Baolan came over and asked, "Who are you talking about? Who works in the food factory?"
As soon as they saw her, everyone's expressions became meaningful.
(End of this chapter)