novellhall Chapter 184 says she's stupid and rich?
Chapter 184 says she's stupid and rich?
With the letter of introduction from the military, Wenrou felt much more at ease.
The state-owned foreign trade unit was located in Shaanxi Province. I had been there in my past life when I was driving a truck, but I didn't have the opportunity to cooperate with the foreign trade unit back then.
She planned to go to the state-owned foreign trade company first, and then to the state-owned cannery.
She was very confident in the mushrooms she grew, and the state-run restaurants in Ning City had already made a name for themselves, so she felt confident in negotiating cooperation with people there.
These past few days, Sister Wang has been working overtime with everyone to sort and pack the harvested mushrooms. She's been so busy that she hasn't even had time to eat.
After all, the weather in the Gobi Desert is extremely hot, so they have to hurry up and pack the harvested mushrooms as soon as possible.
Otherwise, if the mushrooms get damaged by the sun over time, they will be difficult to sell.
The best time to work is at night when the temperature drops, so that the quality and quantity can be guaranteed.
"Sister-in-law, tell everyone that I'll pay double wages to those who work overtime tonight," Wenrou said to Sister-in-law Wang.
Upon hearing this, Sister Wang couldn't wait to tell everyone the news.
"Double pay means two yuan a day, we're willing to do it."
Wenrou originally paid them a lot of money, one yuan a day, but now that it's increased to two yuan, they're overjoyed.
Besides, although the temperature is low at night, you can just wear more clothes, which is much better than being exposed to the scorching sun during the day.
With the announcement of a gentle pay raise, everyone worked even harder.
Those in the compound who were waiting to see what would happen were shocked to hear that Wenrou had even given them a raise, and they were also a little tempted.
"Do you think Huo Tuan's wife has gone mad? Paying two yuan a day? With so many people, that's at least sixty or seventy yuan a day!"
"You know what, I'm actually thinking of going to work with Wang Guixiang and the others. Two yuan a day is a lot of money."
"She hasn't even earned any money yet and she's already spent so much. She planted so many mushrooms all at once, I don't believe she can sell them all."
Hearing this, Sun Mei chimed in sarcastically, "Who told our Commander Huo's wife to be so capable? I kindly reminded her before, but she didn't appreciate it. I'd like to see what happens when she can't sell all these mushrooms!"
"So what? Huo Tuan's family is rich. This amount of money is nothing to them," someone else said sourly.
"Who told her to use those seductive tricks to seduce men? We just can't learn that."
Sun Mei had always been jealous that Wenrou had married such a good man as Huo Yanchuan. Last time, she took the initiative to make peace with Wenrou, but Wenrou ignored her, which made her even more resentful towards Wenrou.
As soon as Li Xiuying came out, she heard Sun Mei's words, and her expression immediately changed. She went up to argue with her.
"What are you saying? Who are you accusing of seducing men? Explain yourself."
Wenrou has been busy transporting mushrooms lately and hasn't had time to go home to her family compound or pay attention to these gossips.
However, Li Xiuying was unharmed. Hearing Sun Mei talk about her daughter like that, she certainly couldn't pretend she hadn't heard.
Besides, she originally came from the countryside, and she was more familiar with the village's ways of throwing tantrums and cursing than anyone else.
"You old shrew, everyone knows who I'm talking about. Your daughter is a slut, she seduces men everywhere, and you're no better than her." Sun Mei didn't take Li Xiuying seriously at all, and not only insulted Wenrou, but also dragged her into it.
"Say one more word to me and I'll tear your mouth apart!" Upon seeing this, Li Xiuying put down what she was holding and lunged at Sun Mei in a fit of rage.
"You shameless little slut! I think you're the most promiscuous person in this compound, seducing Gui Xiang's man. You're already remarried, and you still don't know how to behave. You've even brought your own son in to raise. If the Zhu family knew you were this kind of slut, would they still want you?"
Li Xiuying was strong; she stepped forward, grabbed Sun Mei's hair, and slapped her across the face.
No one knew that Sun Mei had brought her son in; she even told others that he was her nephew.
Now that Li Xiuying had said it, everyone present started talking about it.
Sun Mei's scalp was pulled, and her face contorted in pain.
Hearing Li Xiuying's words, she was startled and quickly explained, "Don't talk nonsense, that's my nephew, not my son!"
"You still dare to lie? I heard it all. That child calls you 'Mom' in private, and you still let him call you 'Auntie'? What else is he but your son?" Li Xiuying said what she had heard in front of everyone.
Sun Mei could no longer hide it at all; everyone in the compound was now looking at her with gossip in their eyes.
"Oh my, Xiaomei, is that child really your son?"
"I knew that child's features looked a bit like yours. Isn't he your son with your ex-husband from the countryside?"
Sun Mei tried to explain, but Li Xiuying grabbed her hair and slapped her several more times, leaving her mouth swollen.
Later, it was only after Aunt Zhu returned and saw her daughter-in-law being bullied that she stepped forward to stop Li Xiuying.
However, she also learned that the child Sun Mei brought back was her son.
After returning home, Aunt Zhu grabbed Sun Mei and questioned her, "Didn't you say that child was your nephew? How come he's your son now? What exactly happened? Explain yourself!"
Even after being exposed, Sun Mei remained defiant, saying, "Xiao Dong is indeed the child I had in the countryside. What's wrong with me bringing him here to stay for a few days? Your son didn't ask me about this when he married me. Now that you all know, I won't hide it anymore."
"You...you..." Aunt Zhu was so angry that she could only point at Sun Mei, but she couldn't do anything about it.
When the Zhu family married Sun Mei, they held a grand wedding in the family compound. Now that this incident has happened, everyone is laughing at them. Aunt Zhu can't kick them out, so she can only endure it.
In addition, Aunt Zhu had spent so much money to get Sun Mei to marry her son, and she didn't want all the money she had given away to go to waste.
Sun Mei knew, of course, that the Zhu family had spent so much money to marry her and held such a grand wedding in the compound that they certainly wouldn't want to kick her out.
The Zhu family had no sons, and they were hoping to have one themselves, which made her even more emboldened.
She ignored Aunt Zhu and pulled her son into the house.
When Zhu Chao returned home that evening and learned about the incident, he was initially very angry, but Sun Mei coaxed him in bed and he calmed down.
He didn't think much of it, since it was just adding another child to the family and a pair of chopsticks.
After all, Sun Mei was much better than Wang Guixiang, especially in bed and in figure, which made him feel that he had wasted the first half of his life.
Zhu Chao has given all of his military allowance to Sun Mei, hoping she can give him a son soon.
With Zhu Chao's permission, Sun Mei transferred her son to the school there the next day.
Coincidentally, her son and Xiaoya were in the same grade and the same class.
Today was also the day for new school term registration. Jiang Yan ate breakfast early in the morning and went to school alone.
Xiaoya no longer lives in the family compound, so she can't go to school with Jiang Yan.
When Wenrou learned that it was Jiang Yan's first day of the new semester, she specially made him a new outfit.
He'll be in sixth grade this semester, which is the highest grade in elementary school. After finishing that, he can go directly to junior high school.
Although most primary schools in other places are five-year programs, when the school was established, it was directly modeled after Ning City.
The primary schools in the city still maintain a six-year system, which is to ensure that children can learn basic knowledge more thoroughly.
Jiang Yan's clothes were all custom-made for him by Wenrou at the tailor shop. He is currently growing taller and needs to change into new clothes every now and then.
Although Wenrou made him many clothes, he cherished each and every one of them.
While other children his age were playing in the mud wearing dirty, old clothes, Jiang Yan was dressed cleanly and neatly, already preparing for junior high school.
Seeing how smart and promising Jiang Yan was, Li Xiuying was genuinely happy and proud.
Although he and Xiaoya were not in the same grade, their classrooms were not far apart.
During this time, Sister Wang has been busy with things in the fields, so Xiao Ya has been coming to school by herself.
She had only been in the classroom for a short while when she saw Sun Mei leading a boy in, accompanied by their second-grade homeroom teacher.
"Chen Xiangdong, please introduce yourself to everyone."
After the homeroom teacher finished speaking, Sun Mei pushed her son forward and said, "Go quickly."
Chen Xiangdong was still a little shy. After hesitating for a long time, he only managed to say one sentence: "My name is Chen Xiangdong."
After he finished his introduction, a burst of laughter erupted from below, and Chen Xiangdong's face turned even redder.
Xiao Ya knew that Sun Mei was her father's new wife, and that Chen Xiangdong was her stepmother's son.
Her mother had said that they had no connection with the Zhu family anymore, but she couldn't help but think that she wished she were a boy.
Her father could accept even her stepmother's son, but he didn't like her, his own daughter. Xiao Ya looked at Chen Xiangdong standing on the stage and felt very uncomfortable.
After Chen Xiangdong finished introducing himself, the homeroom teacher let him sit in an empty seat in the last row.
Seeing that her son could finally go to school, Sun Mei turned and left with a sense of relief.
However, before leaving, she saw Xiaoya looking at her with envy in her eyes.
She felt smug, a smile on her face, and walked out of the school with her head held high.
After several days of hard work, Sister Wang and her team finally finished harvesting all the mushrooms and packed them into boxes.
The total yield of fresh mushrooms this time is over 6,000 kilograms, and over 2,000 kilograms will be made into salted and dried mushrooms.
A truck can carry about three to four thousand kilograms of mushrooms, which can be divided into two trucks.
After preparing all this, she asked Hao Gang to select three people with decent driving skills, so they could go to the state-owned foreign trade unit the next day.
"Sister-in-law, with so many mushrooms, are we really capable of selling them all?"
Although Hao Gang believed in Wenrou's abilities, this time was different from before; this deal was bigger than any they had done before.
That would be great if we could sell them successfully, but I'm afraid that we might not be able to sell them and they'll be stuck with us. With so much stock, what will we do with it?
"Don't worry, I have a way."
According to the news she learned, the country has now begun to realize the importance of foreign trade and will vigorously develop foreign trade after entering the 1980s.
As long as there's nothing wrong with their goods, she doesn't believe that state-owned foreign trade units wouldn't want them.
And she has confidence in her products, which is enough.
Seeing that Wenrou was always so confident, Hao Gang's worries lessened.
When I decided to work with her, it was because I was drawn to her confidence. If she said she had a way, then there must be no problem.
In fact, it wasn't just Hao Gang who was uncertain; the other members of the transport team were also uncertain.
Even Sister-in-law Wang has spent so much money on growing mushrooms lately.
Now, not only do people in the family compound know that growing mushrooms is worthless, but even people in the surrounding villages know this.
The people they hired worked very hard, but that was all for the two yuan a day.
If you let them grow their own mushrooms, they probably wouldn't even earn 30 yuan a month, let alone 60.
She'd overheard them talking privately these past few days, saying that Wenrou was a fool with too much money, and that they might as well make money off her.
Hearing these words, Sister Wang was quite angry, but in order not to cause trouble for Wenrou and affect the harvesting progress, she could only endure it.
Although Wenrou didn't go to the fields, she knew perfectly well what they were saying about her behind her back.
The people in the family compound were all waiting to see her make a fool of herself, especially Feng Yumei and Sun Mei, who had a grudge against her before.
They were eager to see how much money she would lose, but this time she was likely to disappoint them again.
If she dares to grow it, she must have the ability to sell it.
"Sister-in-law, you've finished all the work in the fields these past few days, so you should take a good rest," Wenrou said to Sister-in-law Wang as she left.
"Okay, we're all waiting for your good news." Sister Wang said, holding Xiao Ya, her eyes filled with worry.
After arranging the work for the transport team, Wenrou checked her watch and realized it was already past 10 p.m., so she should go back.
Hao Gang had originally planned to have someone deliver Wenrou, but before he could even speak, Huo Yanchuan appeared at the door.
Seeing that Huo Tuan had arrived, he no longer needed to worry.
Seeing this, the others wisely turned around and went about their own business, making room for them.
Ever since Huo Yanchuan was sent to live in the army dormitory by Wenrou, he has seen his wife less and less each day.
I heard that Wenrou was going to take a group of people to a foreign trade company to discuss business tomorrow, so I rushed over.
He originally planned to go with Wenrou, but a new batch of recruits arrived a couple of days ago and he needed to train them, so he couldn't get away for the time being.
"Wife, are you still angry?" Huo Yanchuan stepped forward, took Wenrou's hand, and asked tentatively.