Eighties Sweetheart Wife-Chapter 614: Speak Without Thinking

Song Liang and Song Yunuan said, "Nowadays, the only problem is the shortage of staff."

Workers are easy to find, but reliable managers are not.

Now, graduates from colleges and technical schools still have job placements arranged for them.

Therefore, it’s difficult to find competent managers.

In the beginning, we actually rely on our own family members.

Let’s have Eldest Uncle and Eldest Aunt come to Beidu then.

Though Eldest Uncle may not be highly educated, he is steady. Even though he may not be innovative, if you give him a task, he can keep an eye on it and handle it well; that’s not a problem.

In the current situation, that’s just perfect.

Song Liang decided to wait for Xia Xinshan to arrive before leaving. Xia Xinshan came with his wife and three children.

They temporarily stayed in Xia Xindong’s house.

Song Liang told him, of course, as Little Nuan had said, that a house would be allotted to them later on.

Sorting out schooling for the children was also an easy issue to resolve.

Asheng, of course, followed along as well.

Old Mrs. Song simply brought the other three grandchildren with her too.

So that the two daughters-in-law wouldn’t feel uncomfortable.

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During her visit to the Gu family for a meal, someone sent Old Master Gu a big basket of hairy crabs.

This season, it was also the time to enjoy hairy crabs.

When leaving, they even prepared a bamboo basket for Song Yunuan and Shu Xiang each.

And Gu Jiaojiao really did score among the top three on her exams.

You have to admit, genetics do play a role.

Song Yunuan told her to keep it up and just continue studying.

If you like acting, then at the very least, you should aim to get into the film academy.

Gu Jiaojiao agreed to do so.

She went out to find friends to play with, saying she was exhausted from the past days and wanted to go to Dayan River together.

The girl ran off, and Song Yunuan prepared to head home when she heard Jin Ju say that currently, the orchid market somewhere had gone haywire, which wasn’t normal. A pot of orchids for a hundred thousand yuan, and people were going crazy. She planned to personally investigate it.

Song Yunuan was aware of this.

It hadn’t come early or late; what was inevitable still arrived.

But this had nothing to do with Song Yunuan, and she didn’t pay much attention to it.

It was normal for waves to sift the sand.

Yet she hadn’t expected that Sister Ju might be the one to uncover the scandal of the exorbitantly priced orchids.

She briefly discussed it with Old Master Gu and prepared to leave.

Gu Huai’an had already grabbed the car keys when he saw Gu Jiaojiao running into the house excitedly.

Meanwhile, Gu Huaiming and Shu Xiang were sitting on one side of the sofa, discussing how to request time off for their wedding.

The two of them were getting married.

The plan was to hold the wedding around National Day, when the weather was not cold and it was still warm enough to wear dresses.

Shu Xiang had also ordered two wedding dresses from Song Yunuan, asking her to design them, and gave Song Yunuan a framed piece of Su embroidery stitched by Sister-in-law Shu.

It was genuine Su embroidery, lifelike and exquisite, just like her Qian purse.

It featured two kittens playing with a ball of yarn.

So realistic, they seemed as if they could jump out at any moment.

Such craftsmanship couldn’t come without a heritage of skills.

One day, Sister-in-law Shu took the opportunity while Shu Xiang was out to discuss her little sister’s issue with Song Yunuan.

Mother Shu used to be a high school homeroom teacher, teaching mathematics, and she also graduated from Beidu Normal University.

She was a strict disciplinarian and particularly rigorous when it came to managing students.

During that period, she was brought down by students who despised her, causing her husband to be implicated, and they were sent to the farm together. Both her elder brother and sister went off to the countryside, leaving only the fourth brother to take care of eight-year-old Shu Xiang, moving from one relative’s house to another.

Somehow, this cultivated her personality.

Sister-in-law Shu was intelligent, and didn’t ask Song Yunuan for any particular favor, simply expressing her gratitude for past kindness with a smile.

Song Yunuan thought, a woman as intelligent and wise as Mother Shu wouldn’t clash with the daughter-in-law who married into their family.

Looking at how Sister-in-law Shu treated Shu Xiang, it was just like Xia Guilan’s treatment of Song Ting.

Of course, Song Yunuan naturally did not promise anything extraordinary either.

However, after agreeing to customize a wedding outfit for Shu Xiang and Gu Huaiming at her own factory, the next day, Shu Xiang sent her that embroidery.

Clearly, since the day they had the meal, Sister-in-law Shu had started on the embroidery.

This naturally counted as a favor.

In fact, Gu Huaiming had given money for it.

She did not want to get overly involved, but such coming and going was unavoidable.

It seemed the Shu family didn’t want to take advantage either.

So, Song Yunuan accepted the embroidery, but did not offer a gift in return.

After all, embroidery was also a tiring job.

But thanks to these gestures of goodwill, no matter whether Shu Xiang truly wanted to be friendly or she was just following her family’s advice not to offend her, there were no unpleasant feelings, though nothing was particularly great.

In fact, it was pretty good this way.

And at this moment, Song Yunuan had no intention of staying any longer.

Everyone had their own busy matters to attend to.

Yet, just as she was about to leave, Gu Jiaojiao barged in. Song Yunuan’s eyelids twitched, and then she heard Gu Jiaojiao excitedly shout, "Big brother, big brother, I have great news! Zheng Xinhe is back, that Sister Xinhe from abroad has returned! She even brought me a gift, and she said she wants to visit you at home..."

Gu Huaiming actually didn’t have a strong impression of Zheng Xinhe. It was only after Qian Anna and Shu Xiang mentioned her that he vaguely remembered her.

So, once Gu Jiaojiao finished shrieking, Shu Xiang’s face instantly changed.

But she bit her lip and said nothing.

Gu Huaiming frowned and scolded, "What are you screaming for? What a ruckus you’re making!"

Actually, there was nothing wrong with what he said.

If it were any other time, Gu Jiaojiao would probably just glare at her big brother, mutter a few words, stick out her tongue, and run off.

But today, seeing Shu Xiang with her head down, watching her brother’s protective expression and attitude, anger surged up within her.

Out of her mouth came an unrestrained tirade against Shu Xiang, "You and my big brother will never get married. Sister Xinhe is back now, and you definitely cannot end up with my big brother because he likes Sister Xinhe. Sister Xinhe likes my big brother too, and so do my dad and mom. If you know what’s good for you, you better scram!"

Gu Jiaojiao let loose with a tirade.

Shu Xiang’s face turned awkward, and her eyes brimmed with tears as she abruptly stood up.

She yelled, "Fine, fine, fine, I’ll leave! What’s so great about you Gu family anyway, looking down on everyone with such disdain, not one of you is anything good!"

Then turning to look at Gu Huaiming, whose face had turned iron blue, she said, "It’s over between us, starting now, we’re broken up, and we have nothing to do with each other anymore!"

Furiously, she tore up a few sheets of paper the two of them had just written on, and without even taking her bag, she rushed out of the room with tears streaming down her face.

At the door, she glared at Gu Jiaojiao with hateful eyes, "You’re only brave enough to bully the weak! Would you dare to do this to Song Yunuan? No, you wouldn’t dare. You only have the guts to bully me. I hope you die a miserable death!"

Then she thrust out her hand and shoved Gu Jiaojiao with all the hatred she could muster.

Since they had just finished eating, aside from Gu Qingqing who had gone back to her room, everyone from the Gu family was around.

Old Master Gu was planning to head to the study.

He intended to ponder the type of media hype Little Nuan had been talking about.

He had just stood up and walked a few steps.

As Song Yunuan was present, Qin Suyun and Gu Chao were both in the living room talking to her.

As they were about to leave, Qin Suyun was also preparing to go back to her room to work overtime.

Then there were Gu Jin and Wang Mengdan.

They were on the other side of the living room, near the entrance. Only Gu Jiaojiao and Shu Xiang were there...