A charming widow in her 70s married a factory manager and raised his children.

Chapter 336 The Jin Family's Plans

"Why did they fire us?!" Jin Lili's older sister was furious. "What does Li Weixing's accident have to do with us? My sister has been with him for so long, and it's all for nothing?"

Jin Lili's face was ashen: "He's finished himself, he's lost his job and his house..."

Jin Lili's father kept smoking his pipe.

He hasn't smoked this since he started working, afraid that people would laugh at him for being unsophisticated.

Now he's so upset he just wants to take a few more puffs.

Jin Lili choked and coughed several times, frowning as she said, "Dad, can you please stop smoking? This is such a big thing, you need to think of a solution quickly."

Jin Lili's father took another deep drag on his cigarette before saying, "What other options do we have? This is his punishment. He arranged our jobs for us without going through a proper recruitment exam. If no one investigates, it'll be fine, but now the higher-ups are investigating, aren't they?"

"So our work is over just like that?" Jin Lili's older brother squatted down, clutching his head in anger. "This is bullying! No, we can't just let it go like this. I don't want to go back to the village to farm. Dad, let's think about it again, see if there's any other way..."

Jin Lili's father said in a deep voice, "I've had a pretty good relationship with our team leader during this time. As soon as this happened, I asked him about it. If we want to keep this job, we'll have to blew some money out of him."

"What?" Everyone in the room immediately perked up.

Jin Lili's father gritted his teeth and said, "Spend money! Since ancient times, the local officials have more power than the county officials. The higher-ups said they wanted to fire us, but that's just an order. What happens is up to the factory. As long as we spend money to buy our jobs, we can stay in those positions."

This is a method that Jin Lili's father spent a lot of money to find out; it's guaranteed to be authentic and effective.

However, it would cost a lot of money to keep all of their family's jobs.

Although his job doesn't pay much, it's easy and suitable for someone his age. You'd have to spend at least eight hundred yuan to keep it.

Other people's jobs are even more expensive. Li Weixing did put in a lot of effort when he was assigned the job, and the positions were all high-paying. If you want to keep the job, you definitely can't stay if you don't pay more than a thousand.

After all the calculations, I'll have to spend at least four or five thousand yuan.

Their family originally made a living by farming. Later, they all got jobs and earned some money, but that was only in the last year or two. Their household expenses were also high, so they didn't save up this much money at all.

Jin Lili was immediately filled with disappointment: "Dad, when you asked me for a job, you clearly said you'd save all your wages. How come you're saying you haven't saved any money? What about my older brother and sister-in-law? How much have you saved?"

"We...we don't have any money!" Jin Lili's sister-in-law immediately exclaimed. "I just took over your job, and I haven't even earned much money yet. Before, your brother's salary was enough to support the whole family, and that little bit of money wasn't even enough to cover expenses. How could we possibly save any money?"

"What should we do?" Jin Lili asked anxiously. "I don't have any money either. I give all the money I have to my mother. Li Weixing found a way to rent this house for me. We only paid two months' rent at the time, and the rent is due soon."

Li Weixing isn't here, and she doesn't have the money to pay the rent. What if she gets evicted?

"Dad, if I can't pay the rent and get kicked out, I'll have to live with you and Mom, or I can stay with my older brother and sister-in-law."

Jin Lili's words silenced everyone else.

Jin Lili immediately flew into a rage: "What? What do you mean by this? You don't want me to live with you?"

"No, Lili, don't worry," Jin Lili's mother quickly comforted her. "You've contributed so much to this family these past two years, how could we not let you live with us? But you heard, everyone was fired. Being fired means we're no longer entitled to the company's dormitory and housing, so we all have to move out. We were thinking it was a pity that you lived alone in this little courtyard, so we all came to stay with you..."

Jin Lili understood. It turned out that her whole family was about to become homeless and were all thinking of coming to her place to stay.

It's not that it's impossible, as long as they pay the rent, that way I won't be evicted for not being able to pay.

As a result, everyone fell silent when she brought up the rent.

It was Jin Lili's father who brought it up just in time: "Lili, I heard that your Aunt Jin and Li Weixing had a divorce, and in the end, she didn't get anything, right?"

"Why are you still bothering with this now?" Jin Lili said irritably.

Jin Lili's father wasn't angry: "Lili, don't be so quick to anger. Let's analyze this. Li Weixing is almost fifty now, and he's worked for at least thirty years, right? How much must he have earned in those thirty years? He didn't give Jin Guilan a single penny, which means he has it and isn't short of it! As long as we find a way to coax the money out of him and buy his job, our family will be completely prosperous from now on."

As soon as he said that, everyone's eyes lit up.

That's right, that makes sense.

Although Li Weixing currently has neither a job nor a house, he has savings. As long as he gets his hands on the savings...

Jin Lili jumped up: "Dad, you're amazing, that's how it's done."

"Lili, do you know how much money he has in savings?"

"I don't know, but I'm sure it's a lot. He wouldn't even give Jin Guilan any money for household expenses. I saw it clearly during the two years I lived at his house. Jin Guilan had her own salary, so she spent all her own money. When Li Weixing came back, he would sit down and eat, and then leave without even considering how much the meal cost. He held onto his money tightly," Jin Lili said through gritted teeth.

The family can finally relax completely.

As long as Li Weixing is there to keep the money, their family's good luck will return!

Jin Lili's father immediately made arrangements for the follow-up matters.

For example, when Li Weixing regains his freedom, his family will go to pick him up and take him home so that he can feel the warmth of a family even without a wife.

Two more days passed in the blink of an eye. Lu Congyue could no longer stay at home. Li Weixing was released today, and the results of the investigation were announced. He had to go to his workplace to oversee things.

Zhuang Qingxiang thought about it for two days and still felt that she should move back to the courtyard in the alley.

Otherwise, what would be the point of leaving Sister Jin there all alone?

"No problem, we'll move in!" Shi Peiran said immediately. "We can't stay at your house all the time, it's too much of a bother, and it's inconvenient for both of us. We'll move in and pay you rent, consider it helping us solve our housing problem."

Zhuang Qingxiang blushed again at his words, feeling that there was something more to his words, as if he were talking about what happened that day.

Sun Yongxian covered her mouth to stifle a laugh: "Sister Zhuang, my Peiran is being a bit too frank, please don't mind him. But I think what he said makes a lot of sense, so please let us move in with you, Sister Zhuang!"

As they talked, she started to cling to Zhuang Qingxiang's arm and act coquettishly.

Lu Congyue coughed lightly and said in a low voice, "It is indeed a good idea."