Pei Yang and Shen Hongmei were fine, after all, they only had a junior high school education, so learning was not that difficult for them.

Shen Chaobei and Du Juan had a poor cultural foundation and could not recognize many words. Shen Mingzhu used her free time at noon or in the evening to help them with their studies.

In this way, the couple made rapid progress and were at least able to keep up with the courses in the training class.

Jia Yuemei worked in a food factory. She always liked to pay close attention to Shen Mingzhu's every move. She felt uncomfortable when she saw that Shen Mingzhu not only helped Shen Chaobei and his wife to make money, but also helped them to study and improve.

They are all sisters-in-law, but Du Juan is the boss, managing thirty people in the factory and earning several hundred yuan every month.

However, she could only work as an ordinary worker, earning at most 40 or 50 yuan a month.

With such a huge gap, it would be strange if one could feel mentally balanced.

Before Jia Yuemei's pillow talk, Shen Xiangnan was quite satisfied with his current life.

He and Jia Yuemei earn a combined little over 100 yuan a month. After deducting daily expenses such as rent and food, they can save at least 60 to 70 yuan a month, which is 700 to 800 yuan a year.

In three years at most, he will be able to return to his hometown and build three beautiful bungalows.

Having another baby, having a wife and children and living in a warm bed, that would be wonderful.

But after being influenced by Jia Yuemei for so long, he gradually started to think about it.

In September, the food factory performed well and his elder brother and sister-in-law earned eight or nine hundred yuan a month. Although he was not jealous, he was still envious and wanted to try what it felt like to earn several hundred yuan a month.

"Little sister, I don't want to work anymore. I want to do business with you and big brother."

"You can't earn much money by working, you have to do business to make big money."

Shen Mingzhu was not surprised that Shen Xiangnan came to her house. Ever since she decided not to bring Shen Xiangnan to play when she ran the food factory, she had been prepared for this day to come.

Shen Mingzhu gave Shen Xiangnan two options.

One option is to pay for Shen Xiangnan to learn how to drive, and then work as a driver in a food factory after he learns.

Another option is to lend money to Shen Xiangnan to start a small business.

Shen Xiangnan was a little hurt, and said pitifully, "Little sister, why can't you take me and Yuemei with you? Just like my big brother and sister-in-law, you can be your own boss and earn your own money."

Shen Mingzhu looked at him quietly, "Second brother, do you think it's possible? The food factory was built from scratch. Over the past year, Pei Yang, my elder brother and his wife have gone through so many hardships and setbacks. Several times the factory almost couldn't survive. Now that we have finally made some money, you just open your mouth and want to take a piece of the pie. There is no such good thing in the world."

Shen Mingzhu's rejection made Shen Xiangnan very sad. That night, he dragged Shen Chaobei to a small restaurant and got drunk.

"Brother, my little sister has changed. She is only willing to take you and sister-in-law with her to make money. She is unwilling to take me with her."

“Wuwuwu…”

"I know. She must think I'm useless. I listened to her before. She asked me to divorce Yang Lizhen, and I did. She asked me to ignore Yang Lizhen, and I listened to her. What is she not satisfied with about me?"

"Brother, I feel so sad..."

Shen Chaobei has always been a man of great loyalty and righteousness, and he has an even deeper brotherly bond with Shen Xiangnan. Listening to his younger brother's cries, his heart was torn into a knot.

"Xiangnan, don't worry. I will talk to my younger sister tomorrow and ask her to agree to let you join the food factory and work with us!"

"Really? Brother, you can't lie to me."

"I won't lie to you, I promise."

The houses that Shen Chaobei and Shen Xiangnan rented were both in the same tube-shaped building, one upstairs and one downstairs.

Shen Chaobei originally wanted to take his wife with him to ask Shen Mingzhu for mercy, but Du Juan refused without even a second thought and forbade him to go to Shen Mingzhu to plead for mercy.

Shen Chaobei was very confused and even a little angry, "What's the matter? Even you are unwilling to help Xiangnan?"

"There has to be a limit to how much help we can give you. We have put in so much effort and suffered so much to build the factory into what it is today. Are you willing to let others take advantage of us for nothing?"

Shen Chaobei stiffened his neck and said, "I am happy with it! Xiangnan is my brother, I will not ignore him."

Du Juan was so angry that she almost had a heart attack. "It's your business if you are happy! Mingzhu built the factory with all her hard work. Why do you expect me to be as generous as you?"

Shen Chaobei stared at her blankly for a while, and suddenly said: "You are the same as my younger sister. You only care about money and don't care about family affection at all. You are not even willing to help your brother Xiangnan!"

"I don't care. If you don't go, I'll talk to my younger sister about this myself. I'm the eldest brother, and I won't ignore my younger brother Xiangnan no matter what."

Seeing that Shen Chaobei was being stubborn, Du Juan didn't bother to talk to him anymore and didn't even let him get into bed that night.

Fortunately, there was a folding bed at home, otherwise Shen Chaobei would have to sleep on the floor.

the next day.

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"You said last night that your elder brother would go to your younger sister today to ask for your permission to work in the food factory. Is that true or not?"

Shen Xiangnan was sitting on the bed feeling uncomfortable. When he heard his wife Jia Yuemei ask this, he was a little confused for a moment.

He drank too much last night and couldn't remember what he said to Shen Chaobei.

However, he knew his elder brother's character, and since he said he would plead for him, he would definitely help him.

With his older brother helping him, his younger sister would probably agree to let him work in the food factory.

Thinking of this, Shen Xiangnan couldn't help but feel happy, and even imagined a bright future with Jia Yuemei, "When I get a job in the food factory, I will be satisfied if I can earn two or three hundred yuan a month. After working for a year, we can go back to our hometown and build a new house."

Jia Yuemei said disparagingly, "Look at how useless you are. If you can really earn so much, we won't go back to the countryside! We'll buy a house in the city, have a baby, let the baby go to school in the city, and become city dwellers in the future."

"Okay, I'll listen to you!"

The couple was so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.

Meanwhile, upstairs in Shen Chaobei's house, the atmosphere was cold and awkward because of their quarrel. The couple ate their own breakfasts and ignored each other.

After breakfast, Du Juan sent Daya to kindergarten, while Shen Chaobei went to the factory without stopping.

Pei Yang was the first person to arrive at the food factory in the morning.

The weather turned colder, and Shen Mingzhu didn't want Xiao Guoguo's crying to affect the employees, so she stopped taking Xiao Guoguo to the food factory.

I feed her every morning before going out, and then squeeze half a bottle of milk and put it in the refrigerator. This way, she can basically last until she gets home from get off work in the afternoon.

Because of the delay in breastfeeding, Shen Mingzhu would be half an hour late for work every morning.

Shen Chaobei pulled Pei Yang into the office and told him about Shen Xiangnan, hoping that Pei Yang would help as a lobbyist.

"Brother, I will listen to Mingzhu on this matter." Pei Yang declined in a calm voice.

Shen Chaobei became anxious when he heard this, "Pei Yang, are you also worried that Xiangnan will take our money after he joins the factory?"

Pei Yang looked at him and said, "This is the truth."