Chapter 129 Support
The leaders of the bus terminal did not express any objection to Shi Xiaoai's request, but only suggested that the cost of renovating the snack shop during this period should be borne entirely by themselves, and the station would not provide any financial support.
It was also proposed that starting from the fourth year, the rent should be increased according to market conditions, with the increase not exceeding ten percent.
After hearing these requests from the leaders, Shi Xiaoai couldn't help but sigh in her heart, thinking that people nowadays are really too honest!
People in later generations would never even dream of such conditions.
Of course she couldn't object, and the two parties quickly signed an agreement.
After the agreement is signed, everything will naturally enter the process immediately.
Because he was leaving in three days, Shi Xiaoai immediately decided to go back and hold a meeting with the current small leaders of the shop, and by the way, decide on the person in charge of the new store.
Xiao Ai had previously discussed with everyone about how to operate the new store and had also established a preliminary framework.
At this point, you just need to identify the person in charge and let her recruit workers according to the requirements and train new employees.
As for the store renovation, she still plans to let Cheng Lin be responsible for it.
For the previous two construction projects, they had found the construction team introduced by Chen Min, and both parties had a good feeling about the cooperation.
The work team was a team formed by a nearby rural brigade. They would work when there was work, and farm in the village when there was no work, so the wages they asked for were not high.
And because it is not easy to find work, they are very serious when working and do not delay the construction period.
In short, Xiao Ai felt that if the other party could always maintain such quality, then they could definitely cooperate for a long time.
Cheng Lin participated in both construction projects and was familiar with several leaders of the other construction team. It would be a good idea to assign this job to him.
But if this happened, he would definitely not be able to go to Qin City with them.
Shi Xiaoai sighed and thought that there was no need to ask the boy what he meant. Those who are capable should do more work, and young people should exercise more.
Shi Xiaoai returned to the snack shop at two o'clock in the afternoon, which was exactly the time when the morning and evening shifts were changing. It could be said that this was the time when the snack shop was most staffed.
The people she called to the meeting today included Wang Xiaofeng, Cheng Lin, Song Chunyu and Li Min, who was recommended by Wang Xiaofeng before.
In fact, Li Min was her main conversation partner this time.
Everyone else arrived quickly, but Li Min was still a long way off. Shi Xiaoai glanced at her watch and asked, "What shift does Li Min have today?"
"Afternoon class. She's never been late or left early. I'll go check on her."
Wang Xiaofeng's face looked very unhappy. After all, this was the candidate she recommended, and she didn't want Li Min to fail at such a critical moment.
But who would have thought that Wang Xiaofeng would never come back.
Several people waited in the office for a long time. Finally, Xiao Ai was too lazy to wait and simply came out to find out what was going on.
As soon as she walked into the employee lounge, she saw a group of female employees gathered together, some of them were quietly wiping away tears.
Shi Xiaoai walked over and saw that Li Min's face was red and swollen from being slapped, with big palm marks on her face.
There was a big wound on her forehead. The wound was not deep, but it covered a large area. It was now covered with a blood scab and was coated with purple medicine. It looked very scary.
In addition, her right eye was bruised, her lips were swollen, and there were tears at the corners of her mouth.
Shi Xiaoai was furious when she saw this. She pushed everyone away and asked coldly, "Li Min, who hit you?"
Before Li Min could say anything, the female employees nearby started talking at once: "Who else could it be? Her man!"
"That guy is such a jerk! He eats Sister Li's food, wears Sister Li's clothes, and even beats people up like that! He's worse than an animal!"
"Hey, we have a child. If it weren't for Xiaoru, Sister Li wouldn't have to suffer this."
Shi Xiaoai is actually not very familiar with Li Min, because she is not a very expressive person.
He usually doesn't talk much and is even a little timid. When he sees her or other leaders, he wants to stay away.
If Wang Xiaofeng had not assured her that Li Min was good, performed very well in all aspects, and treated customers completely differently from when she met leaders in private, Shi Xiaoai would not even agree to choose her to be the manager of this new store.
Shi Xiaoai felt that Xiaofeng was the person in charge chosen by her, so she had to trust her vision and give opportunities to those she thought were good.
Anyway, the store has just opened and is still groping in every aspect. Even if there are wrong choices, there are still opportunities to correct them.
Therefore, she did not pay much attention to Li Min, and knew nothing about her family situation.
Now it seems that this is not the first time that Li Min has been abused at home.
"You two come with me to the office." Shi Xiaoai glanced at Wang Xiaofeng and said.
Her tone was very cold, and there was a reproach in her eyes when she looked at Wang Xiaofeng, which made both of them feel a pang of fear in their hearts.
Li Min's face immediately turned pale.
She looked at Wang Xiaofeng for help.
Wang Xiaofeng also noticed that her sister was angry, but she knew that Shi Xiaoai would definitely not be angry because she found it troublesome.
She shook her head soothingly at Li Min, signaling her not to be nervous, and then took her to the office.
When they went in, Cheng Lin and Aunt Song had already left. It was obvious that Shi Xiaoai didn't want more people to get involved in Li Min's private affairs.
As soon as Li Min entered the door, she knelt down to Shi Xiaoai.
Shi Xiaoai was so frightened that she quickly jumped aside and said to her, "Don't kneel! If you have something to say, just say it. If you keep doing this, you don't have to come tomorrow!"
Only then did Li Min hold on to the table next to her and began to cry sadly.
Seeing that she was very excited, Shi Xiaoai expressed her attitude first.
She said, "Don't overthink it. I didn't call you here to accuse you. You didn't do anything wrong in this matter. What do you have to apologize for?"
Li Min sobbed and said, "I've caused trouble for the leader."
Shi Xiaoai waved her hand: "You didn't cause us any trouble. This is why I'm angry.
It was fine before, because you didn't have a company and no one to back you up, but is it the same now? I've said before that we're a collective and need to help each other. Do you think I was just bragging?
You're facing such a big problem, shouldn't you tell us? Even if we can't help you much, we can at least give you a little scare.
This is because he hit you hard, hitting you in the face, and you can't avoid it. If it's still true what your colleagues said, that he hit you in places that outsiders can't see, are you still prepared to take it?
Are you waiting for the day when he beats you to death before you give up?"
Li Min's tears fell down, her body was shaking and she was about to fall.
Shi Xiaoai helped her sit down on a chair, poured her a glass of warm water, and then asked, "What's going on? Tell me."
It could be that Shi Xiaoai’s eyes were too gentle, or it could be that Li Min had too many things piled up in her heart and had no channel to confide in.
Now that she has met someone who is truly willing to help her, she pours out all the grievances and bitterness.
Li Min was an educated youth who went to the countryside. Her family was relatively poor. She had an older brother, an older sister, and two younger brothers.
When Li Min first went to the countryside, she already knew that she might have to stay there for the rest of her life.
After all, given her family's situation, she was the one who was abandoned, and it was impossible for anyone to worry about her returning to the city.
To her surprise, in the third year of her stay in the countryside, her family sent her a letter asking her to come back. She thought something had happened at home, so she hurried back.
As a result, her family arranged a blind date for her.
The man they introduced to Li Min was Wu Qianjin, a young man who was unemployed at the time. However, Wu Qianjin had an uncle who was the director of the Revolutionary Committee and had considerable influence.
The Wu family promised them that as long as Li Min and Wu Qianjin got married, they would transfer her back to the city and arrange a temporary job for her brother in a printing and dyeing factory.
Li Min felt something was wrong at the time. After all, she had met Wu Qianjin and thought that he was tall and well-off, had no disabilities, and came from a well-off family. She didn't understand why he was willing to offer such good conditions to marry her?
Later, she secretly asked someone to find out and found out that Wu Qianjin was just a small-time gangster and street thug who stole things on the streets every day and did no good.
But he is the only son in his family for generations. Not only his family, but also his uncle's family, there is only this one boy in both families. You can imagine how much attention he receives.
Wu Qianjin's uncle worked in the Revolutionary Committee and showed off every day, but in his heart he actually hoped that his nephew would settle down early, arrange a job for him when he was capable, and let him live a smooth life in the future.
They and Wu Qianjin proposed to find a wife for him. The man was reluctant at first, but later proposed to marry Li Min.
Because when he was in school, he knew that Li Min was the most beautiful girl in the school.
After hearing the Wu family's promise, how could the Li family disagree?
They immediately wrote a letter to Li Min asking her to come back and see them.
After knowing this situation, Li Min definitely didn't want to do it. She would rather stay in the countryside for the rest of her life than marry a street thug. She immediately packed up her things and went back to the countryside.
But somehow the news leaked out. Before Li Min even reached the train station, Wu Qianjin and a group of people kidnapped her and took her home, where they raped her.
At that time, there was a group of thugs that Wu Qianjin had found outside, so the news spread around at the speed of wind.
Li Min's parents rushed over and slapped her hard, scolding her for being immoral and shameless.
But he turned around and agreed to the marriage.
Li Min did return to the city, and the Wu family fulfilled their promise. But Wu Qianjin was a lazy man, and even with his uncle's help, he was too lazy to go to work.
In order to prevent Li Min from having any extramarital affairs, he did not allow Li Min to go out to find a job. The two of them stayed at home like this until his uncle made trouble.
The movement was over, the Revolutionary Committee no longer existed, and Wu Qianjin's uncle naturally stepped down.
The other members of the Wu family were all involved with his uncle, so they were naturally implicated as well. In short, they lost their previous jobs and the family's life suddenly fell into a difficult situation.
At this time, no one was willing to support Wu Qianjin and his small family for nothing.
At this time, Wu Qianjin and Li Min had already given birth to a daughter, Xiaoru.
Wu Qianjin, who had never worked before, was also panicked after suddenly losing his source of income, but he had relied on others all his life and never thought about relying on himself.
Since his parents and sister couldn't help him, he turned his attention to Li Min.
In the past, he was afraid that Li Min would go out and have affairs, and he was also afraid that she would dump him and run away. Now that they have a child, he is not afraid anymore, and then he forces Li Min to go out and earn money to support the family.
Li Min has done everything from sweeping the streets to taking paper boxes home, even working part-time at a coal yard and moving bricks at a construction site.
She would do any job that paid her.
Xiaoru was only four years old, and when she went out to work, Wu Qianjin had to look after her. But Wu Qianjin hated his daughter so much that he thought feeding her was a waste of food.
So, if he remembered, he would feed his child. If he didn't remember, he would go out and have fun all day without taking care of the child.
Li Min felt sorry for the child, so naturally she had to argue with him.
In the past, Li Min was imprisoned at home by him and his family. No matter how depressed and desperate she felt, the food was good and she was well-fed.
But later on, when he went out to work, and it was rough work, he naturally became very haggard.
At this time, Wu Qianjin didn't look at her as curiously as before.
I don’t know when it happened, but the two of them had a big fight and Wu Qianjin attacked Li Min.
Once you do this, you become addicted, and then the person will become more and more violent and brutal!
If Wu Qianjin had not been afraid of injuring or crippling Li Min and leaving him without support in the future, he would not know how he would treat Li Min.
This time it was because Wang Xiaofeng told Li Min that she was going to recommend her to be the store manager and asked her to perform well.
Li Min didn't want to give up this opportunity, so she was busy in the shop these days.
On the one hand, she wanted to do her job well, and on the other hand, she wanted to learn some management knowledge, so she borrowed Wang Xiaofeng's notes and copied them in the lounge.
She couldn't do something like taking notes at home; Wu Qianjin simply wouldn't give her the time.
As a result, Li Min forgot the time when she was busy, and it was already dark when she returned home yesterday.
As soon as she entered the house, she heard some shouting and knew that Wu Qianjin and his group of friends were gambling at home again.
She was so disgusted that she didn't even want to enter the house.
Li Min knew that in this situation Wu Qianjin would usually drive Xiaoru out of the house. She walked around the yard but couldn't find the child.
At this moment, Li Min suddenly heard a noise coming from the kitchen. She ran in and was almost scared to death!
She saw Xiaoru lying upside down on a large water tank with her head down and her feet up. Her upper body was immersed in the water, and only her small feet were still struggling desperately outside.
Li Min's whole body went limp.
She took the child out and tried her best to slap out the water that Xiaoru had choked on. She didn't collapse to the ground in fear until Xiaoru started crying.
When Li Min heard the child crying and complaining that he hadn't eaten anything all day and was very thirsty so he wanted to drink some water from the water tank, she went crazy!
She was no longer afraid, so she took a kitchen knife from the kitchen and rushed to the room where Wu Qianjin and the others were!
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