Chapter 272: A Tree That Stands Out In The Forest Will Be Destroyed By The Wind?
You Old Lin family members can beat however you like, fight however you like, why drag our Qiao Ge into it?
She also felt in her heart that Old Lin and his wife weren’t ruthless enough.
Otherwise, would Wei Sixin dare to be so arrogant?
Lu Qiaoge felt she should report to install a telephone at the food factory.
Now it had already reached this scale, qualified to install a telephone, especially with a handicraft factory that had a large foreign trade order.
And then there was the instant noodle factory that would soon be starting up.
Maybe they didn’t realize it yet, but once instant noodles came out, they’d know what kind of factory it was.
Lu Qiaoge had already put the earlier incident behind her, smiling brightly as she said to Huang Juan: “Deputy Director Huang, I’ll write a report now to apply for installing a telephone at the food factory.”
Huang Juan nodded immediately: “Okay, you write it, and after it’s done, I’ll run over there.”
516 was just like a small city.
Workers didn’t need to go out the main door to meet all their needs.
There was also a post and telecommunications office here.
Installing telephones now was under the post and telecommunications office.
If they installed a telephone at the food factory, it would be much more convenient.
Huang Juan was very happy to run this errand.
Lu Qiaoge quickly finished writing the application, then handed it to Huang Juan, who rode her bicycle to the post and telecommunications office.
After she left, everyone in the general office was discussing animatedly.
“I really didn’t expect Wei Sixin to be such a person.”
“Yeah, when she came this morning, I felt something was off. Who invites someone to eat and then launches a surprise attack? It’s not like they’re super close friends.”
“She treats our Qiao Ge like some little girl who’s never seen the world. She shouldn’t even think about it—a little girl who doesn’t even know her family members, how could she go to their home for dinner? Wouldn’t that be awkward? Could she even eat?”
“Oh, didn’t you get it? She didn’t sincerely invite at all, saying her mother-in-law made a big table of dishes. I bet that didn’t happen at all.”
Sister Qiao nodded: “It’s said her mother-in-law isn’t in good health, her mental state is average too. How could she have the energy to cook? Even if she forced herself to make a table of dishes, she’d be exhausted. As if our Qiao Ge needs that meal from your family.”
“Qiao Ge doesn’t need to be afraid. Offending her isn’t a big deal. She’s just a deputy director at the cultural palace. What can she do, turn the sky upside down? If she really dares to retaliate, we’ve got her back. We’ll all report her together and make sure she can’t eat or leave.”
Lu Qiaoge felt warm inside, smiling as she thanked these elder sisters.
Lu Qiaoge organized the recent work progress, then went to the food factory.
Lin Jun’an and Zhou Li were both busy. She called the two of them out and told them what had happened earlier. Lin Jun’an clenched his fists tightly in anger.
He didn’t care whether Second Brother and Second Sister-in-law welcomed him or not. What made him angry was how Wei Sixin could take it out on Lu Qiaoge?
He still remembered now—if Qiao Ge hadn’t shown up in time, he, his wife, and child really would have been at the end of their rope.
To put it not exaggeratedly, they had not a single cent in their pockets back then.
Later Qiao Ge set up the food factory and recruited both his wife and him, giving them jobs.
Now they were eating grain for sale and had become formal workers.
He wouldn’t say it was a huge debt of gratitude, since Qiao Ge was still young.
But she was one of the few people in all these years who had helped him, and helped him the most.
Who did you think you were, Wei Sixin, to dare harass Lu Qiaoge?
Zhou Li glanced at her husband and knew what he was about to do.
So she said to Lu Qiaoge: “Jun’an and I will get off work an hour early. I’ll pick up my mother-in-law to stay at our house. Sigh, that woman of hers has such a soft personality, how could she possibly stand up to Wei Sixin.”
Lu Qiaoge smiled: “Family matter, this is your family matter. Though she’s your sister-in-law, if she’s not good to your mother-in-law, you as the sister-in-law should criticize her when needed, so she doesn’t sink deeper into that wrong quagmire.”
What nice words.
Zhou Li smiled too.
She knew how to deal with that woman Wei Sixin now.
The sunset fell at the horizon, the afterglow dyeing gorgeous clouds.
Qin Hengzhi delivered half a basket of Guoguang apples to the Lu family. These apples kept well and tasted good—as long as they didn’t rot, they got sweeter the longer they were stored. The other half basket was big duck pears, the kind full of juice.
Lu Qiaoge crunched through a duck pear, chatting idly with Qin Hengzhi who was sitting on a stool splitting firewood.
Now bungalows and even buildings mostly used earth stoves. The cadre building had some using gas stoves, but many weren’t used to them, feeling earth stoves were more reliable and that food cooked on them tasted better.
But their earth stoves weren’t really earthen—they were uniform integral iron stoves provided.
Qin Hengzhi had gotten a two-burner iron stove and installed it. Old Mrs. Lu said this iron stove could even serve as heating in winter.
But no matter how good it was, it needed firewood and coal.
Qin Hengzhi said to Lu Qiaoge: “I’ll deliver the winter coal together.”
Lu Qiaoge didn’t stand on ceremony and just hummed in agreement.
She glanced around, scooted closer to Qin Hengzhi, and animatedly told him about confronting Wei Sixin that afternoon.
Qin Hengzhi frowned slightly and said faintly: “The cultural palace is too idle.”
Lu Qiaoge giggled: “Yeah, exactly too idle. But I complained to Old Lin about it.”
She paused, looked into Qin Hengzhi’s eyes, and said: “You don’t get involved in this. I want to see how much more Wei Sixin can hop around.”
Qin Hengzhi realized his partner really wasn’t afraid of trouble.
Her eyes were sparkling now, as if filled with tiny bits of starlight.
There wasn’t a trace of worry or fear in her expression—she was eager to try.
Qin Hengzhi’s brows and eyes held a smile as he softly hummed in agreement.
In the face of absolute strength, all schemes and tricks were just paper tigers.
So Qiao Ge didn’t care at all.
It was just that open guns are easy to dodge, hidden arrows hard to block. And there’s another saying: the tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind!
We don’t stir up trouble, but we don’t fear it either, and we certainly don’t go looking for it.
He decided to go find Lin Junfeng that night to “talk”!
That evening, Xiao Cangcang flew back.
He said Lin Junfeng’s home was quite lively.
It was Lin Jun’an’s first time going to Lin Junfeng’s home, and the left and right neighbors all spoke warmly to him.
But when he saw his mother who had lost a lot of weight, Lin Jun’an felt uncomfortable. Actually, he felt awkward with his mother and wasn’t used to it, but blood is thicker than water after all. He kicked Lin Junfeng right then.
He expressed himself slowly, so he looked at Zhou Li: “You, speak, for, me!”
Zhou Li coldly glanced at Wei Sixin nearby and said loudly: “My husband came today for two things. First, to take the child’s grandmother to stay at our house for a few days. Second, to declare to you two as a couple—and with the left and right neighbors all here, everyone witness this—from now on, my husband Lin Jun’an gives up any share in the parents’ property.
Second Brother, Second Sister-in-law, my husband said not to worry. We want nothing, just pretend we don’t exist. Now Second Brother and Second Sister-in-law can relax. Also, Second Sister-in-law, you ran to Xiangyang Neighborhood Committee this afternoon to invite Lu Qiaoge to dinner, saying your mother-in-law made a big table of good dishes. Everyone look—where is it? Isn’t this lying? So why are you Wei Sixin stirring up trouble for little Lu? Where did she offend you? Just because she provided clues and you hold a grudge?”
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