Married the Tough Guy After Transmigrating-Chapter 229 - 230 Pay Day
Chapter 229: Chapter 230: Pay Day
Chapter 229: Chapter 230: Pay Day
After dinner, Xu Ying followed Mrs. Xu to the workshop, listening to her mother’s constant chatter along the way, “Daughter, just hold on for a few more days; the house will be finished soon.
Then we can also build a two-story house, where you can live upstairs with good lighting, stand high, and enjoy the view.”
“Sure, I’ll listen to Mom,” Xu Ying said with a smile.
“Grandma, I want to live upstairs too, next to my little aunt,” Shitou shouted from the side; his little aunt had changed for the better but had also become busier, and he could only see her once in a long while.
“I want to go too,” Hu Zi chimed in.
Mrs. Xu rolled her eyes at her grandsons, visibly annoyed.
“Daughter, will you still travel for work after this? Every time you leave, it’s for so many days, and your dad and I are so worried. You shouldn’t travel anymore.
Our family doesn’t lack the little money you earn; just stay at home.”
Xu Ying smiled and nodded, “I won’t constantly be traveling anymore; this is just a temporary trip.”
Mrs. Xu felt somewhat better then.
Time flew by, and soon it was New Year’s Eve.
The workers in the workshop also began to stop production, getting ready for the New Year.
The Xu family was busy too; the house was built in just a week.
The Xujia members started moving their belongings and settling into the new house.
With Uncle Xu and Third Uncle Xu helping move things, they got everything organized by noon.
Xu Ying moved from downstairs to upstairs, with Shitou and Hu Zi’s rooms right next to hers.
This time, Mr. Xu had the house built quite large, adding several more rooms, enough for relatives to stay comfortably when visiting.
In the afternoon of New Year’s Eve, Secretary Yang and Secretary Zhang brought the factory wages, a whole carload of cash.
The two workshops had hired hundreds of people over the month.
Yesterday, Xu Ying had already notified everyone to come to Xujia Village to collect their wages. Before Secretary Yang and Secretary Zhang arrived, everyone had already gathered, filled with excitement and eagerness.
This was the first time these villagers had received a wage.
Moreover, most of them were women. Although the country was advocating gender equality, the mentality of this era was still feudal, ingraining the idea that women are inferior to men.
Now that women could earn money, it was a matter to boast about; it straightened the spines of the women.
One after another, they burst with joy: “I calculated my wages for this month; I can get at least fifty yuan!”
“Wow, sister-in-law, you’re truly amazing. I came late and only worked for half a month, but I calculated I could still get about thirty.
If I bring this money home, I’ll have to let my husband take a good look, who says women are less than men?”
“Here they come,” Third Uncle Xu called out. Everyone immediately became exuberant: “The factory secretaries are here, everyone line up quickly.
Each group should be led by their group leader to get the wages, and then distribute them afterward.
Group leaders, hurry up and line up, get everything ready to hand out the wages.”
Secretary Yang and Secretary Zhang drove into the village and went to find Xu Ying, who had already instructed Third Uncle Xu to get everything ready.
The people from the two areas separated to receive wages; once each group leader’s name was called, the money for that group was taken down, and after the group leader confirmed everything was correct, it was distributed to the group members.
“Yingying, everyone owes their fortune to you, we never thought we’d see the day we could actually make some money!” said a woman from the village, tears of excitement streaming down her face.
These rural people had spent their entire lives just hoping to earn enough work points to fill their stomachs.
They had never imagined that one day, uneducated rural women like themselves could make money and no longer face disdain from their mothers-in-law.
“Yingying, all the aunties thank you!” After the first woman spoke up, a second and a third followed.
Xu Ying watched as each woman began to cry, suddenly understanding the hardships these women endured. She held back her pity, raised her head and encouraged, “Aunties, rest assured, as long as you work hard,
I promise you’ll always have these jobs. But if I find out you’re not working hard after taking the money, I won’t be lenient. For minor issues, I’ll impose fines; for major ones, dismissal.”
The honest women, upon hearing this, felt deeply moved and filled with energy. “Yingying, rest assured, we’ll definitely work hard,” they promised.
Some of the women who usually slacked off felt guilty at her words and dared not lift their heads to meet Xu Ying’s gaze.
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The duties of Secretary Yang and Secretary Zhang today were to distribute the wages, and having done that, there was nothing left to do.
Secretary Zhang drove away, but Secretary Yang had not left yet.
Xu Qingqing, sharp-eyed, caught sight of Secretary Yang and excitedly rushed over, familiarly greeting him: “Yang Jun!”
“These Qingqing actually know the secretary from the factory, look at how she calls his name, they seem like old acquaintances.
Who would have thought this girl had such connections,” people around discussed.
Xu Qingqing felt very pleased with the comments of the people around her, lifting her head proudly. Even Liu Yuefen was taken aback, staring at her daughter in disbelief, “How do you know Secretary Yang?”
Xu Qingqing, haughtily replied nonchalantly, “I just know him.”
Liu Yuefen was immediately ecstatic, “You actually know Secretary Yang? Then just ask him to arrange a job for you in the workshop then.”
Xu Qingqing glanced at her mother, “That’s not how it works, public matters must be handled formally.”
Seeing Secretary Yang approaching closer, Xu Qingqing’s heart raced, guessing he might be interested in her as well.
“Yang…” Xu Qingqing hadn’t finished her sentence when she suddenly stopped herself.
“Jingjing, I brought some gifts and wanted to visit your father and mother. Could you take me to your house?” Secretary Yang smiled and approached Xu Jingjing.
Xu Qingqing was dumbfounded, watching Xu Jingjing. If looks could kill, Xu Jingjing would have been shot hundreds of times by now.
Liu Yuefen’s happiness lasted only a moment before she felt humiliated, glaring at her daughter: “Look at Jingjing, she got herself a factory secretary as a partner.
Look at you, getting involved with an educated youth and even ending up in jail.”
The betrothal gifts had not only failed to come through, but she had also lost tens of yuan. The more Liu Yuefen thought about it, the more she felt she should not have agreed to this marriage in the first place.
“You want to go to my house?” Xu Jingjing widened her eyes, worried this was moving too fast.
Secretary Yang, his face reddening slightly, looked earnestly at Xu Jingjing: “Comrade Xu Jingjing, any romance without the intent to marry is hooliganism. Are you planning to be a hooligan with me?”
Xu Ying was also flabbergasted nearby; she felt she understood why Huo Chen had been angry before.
Did he also think he was being a hooligan?
As Xu Ying watched the couple expressing their affection, she suddenly missed Huo Chen, not knowing when he would return. It was already New Year’s Eve.
“Yingying, I’m going to visit home with Secretary Yang,” Xu Jingjing said shyly, a look Xu Ying had never seen on her; love truly could befuddle the mind.
She wished she could be befuddled too, but alas, he wasn’t here.
