I Became a Vicious Supporting Role in the '70s-Chapter 218: There’s Simply No Comparison

Zhou Jiaojiao, looking at Shen Meng, who was calm and collected, could no longer maintain the smile on her face. Recently, in the village, everyone had been singing Shen Meng’s praises. But she, too, had a secure job. If it weren’t for her pregnancy, she would also be the object of everyone’s envy. And as soon as the baby was born, she would be able to go work in the county.

These days, the cooperative director was particularly impressed with Jiaxuan, entrusting him with many errands. She had connections in the textile factory and the cooperative. As long as she got in touch with the Cooperative Society, it would be set. She had already found out - it was Li Qianqian who was in charge of the head flowers, but she was in her postnatal confinement. So the matter was supposed to rest in Hu Biao’s hands.

He was a filial son; as long as his mother asked, he would definitely hand the matter over to her. Everything Shen Meng could do, she could do as well.

"If you’ve got nothing to do, hurry back home. With a belly that big, if you bump into something, they might even blame me for it. I’m not angry at all, because some people are just like vicious dogs. I feed her, and she turns around and bites me. You think I will help her again after that?"

"Big sister, how can you say such things about the fellow villagers? We’re all struggling to make a living, just trying to earn a little more money to provide for our families. We had no choice before, we could only work the fields for work points. But now things are better, with the workshop we can earn an extra income. Even if you don’t care about it now, you shouldn’t curse others like that."

Shen Meng chuckled and shook her head. She was wrong, she was really wrong. She shouldn’t have played a game of cat and mouse with her and Lu Jiaxuan - she should have crushed them with one finger, so they could never jump about again.

"Zhou Jiaojiao, let’s speak plainly. Since you say you can help them earn more money, then go do a good job. I’m really looking forward to the final result, just don’t disappoint me, alright?"

"Okay, I will, big sister."

Zhou Jiaojiao’s face was stiff with a forced smile as she watched Shen Meng’s grinning face, feeling extremely uneasy inside, with an ominous premonition.

When Lu Zhenping came home with the four children, delicious smells were already wafting from the kitchen. The children exchanged silent glances and simultaneously turned to look at Lu Zhenping.

"What are you looking at? Go into the house!"

"Dad, didn’t you hear what they said just now? My mom’s job at the flower workshop was taken away, and now Fourth Aunt is in charge. My mom is still cooking in the kitchen right now. Do you think she’s angry or not?"

"Angry, definitely angry. Fourth Uncle and Fourth Aunt are so heartless, and so are the people working in the workshop. I’ll kowtow to the Lord above, asking him to cast a curse, so that Fourth Aunt does not get her way, and everything she does fails."

Ming Liang said and actually knelt down with a "plop", and Ming Kai, following his lead, also knelt down. Just when he was about to shout out his grievances, they saw Shen Meng, who had been busy in the kitchen, suddenly come out with a basket.

"Oh my goodness, what on earth are you doing, scaring me to death?"

Lu Zhenping frowned and lifted the two kneeling boys up, while Ming Fang also stood up straight, her bent knees now firm, hands nervously hiding behind her, thankfully a moment too late.

"The kids heard about the workshop job you lost, so they wanted to try a spell to curse whoever took over your job with divine punishment."

Shen Meng: "...."

"You say this with such a poker face, do you think you’re being funny!!!"

"Don’t mess around, come and eat. I made two great dishes today, you’ll definitely like them. Go wash your hands."

Mingyang tugged on Lu Zhenping’s sleeve, looking somewhat anxious and asked, "Dad, do you think mom is really angry? She was just laughing and humming a tune!"

"Stop guessing, if you’re worried about your mom getting angry, just do whatever she tells you quickly. I smell braised pork and sweet and sour ribs."

The children’s eyes lit up, not dwelling on it anymore, they scrambled towards the main room. The youngest Ming Kai couldn’t outrun his older brothers and sisters and nearly stumbled and fell flat on his face halfway there.

Lu Zhenping clicked his tongue, set down his carrying basket on the ground and pulled out a wild chicken. They had gotten out of school early today, and with nothing to do at home, he took the kids up the mountain. The children were thrilled, especially when they saw a wild chicken jump out.

In his mind, he still remembered how the children had praised him when he caught the wild chicken. As a father, his heart blossomed with joy. In that moment, he felt that all the things in the world combined couldn’t compare to his position in his children’s hearts. ƒгeewebnovёl.com

... Mmm, compared to their mom, no, there was actually no comparison at all.

Lu Zhenping looked at the wild chicken, which seemed to regard him with disdain, and the more he looked at it, the less he liked it. He kicked it with his foot and whoosh—suddenly, he felt better.

Today at the meeting, Guo Wenxiu ran into Hu Biao again. He said that the textile factory had initially looked down on the small business of head flowers, but now it had genuinely solved some of the factory’s inventory issues and even added a nice amount to the receivables. The factory decided to increase production and for this, they even introduced a new variety of patterned fabric machines from the Provincial City.

She had decided in her heart to put other matters aside for now, with the priority being to handle this work well. She thought about discussing with the village chief and Secretary afterwards to recruit more young girls with good craftsmanship. The older ladies in the flower workshop had hands that were too rough; just yesterday, when inspecting the head flowers, she saw several pieces of fabric with pulled threads, all caused by their calloused hands.

The ruined head flowers could only be considered defective products. She already had a few candidates in mind, and was waiting to discuss with the village chief and Secretary so they could be aware as well.

"I’m telling you, can’t you manage these old ladies? How do you even function as a village chief? Didn’t we agree that whoever dares to mess up the important affairs of the workshop would be expelled from Lu Family Village? Now that there’s a problem, your words are as good as farts. I was absent for just one day, and such a big issue arises. Say something, how should we handle this?"

"Don’t just lash out at me. I’m also at a loss here. You haven’t seen the state Wang Lianhua has been beaten into, and the old ladies in the workshop were complaining loudly, many of them. No matter how harsh my words were, they ignored them. When people are angry, you can’t reason with them. Moreover, those people are truly enduring hard times in their families, I’ve got to take that into consideration, don’t I?"

Zhang Hongfa was hopping mad. Everything was fine when he went to the meeting this morning, but upon his return, the person in charge was replaced, and the old ladies of the workshop had collectively selected a new leader for themselves. What kind of messed-up situation was this?

"I don’t care how this happened, but it absolutely cannot end like this. They’ve really got some nerve, directly replacing Shen Meng. Since it’s come to this, why should we even bother? Let them handle it themselves. I’m not getting involved anymore; let’s see what they can stir up."

Guo Wenxiu was taken aback and stumbled into the office.

"What are you saying? Shen Meng is no longer in charge of the workshop?"