Happiness System

Chapter 268: The Stepmother Goes on Strike 8

Business remained stable in September, and Yun Qinqin gradually shifted her focus to her family.

In the middle of the month, Ren Lianyi brought two people over during the lunch break. One was a middle-aged man who was very similar to him in age and aura, and the other was a girl in her twenties who was of above-average appearance and looked very smart and capable.

"Qinqin, this is Brother Huo Qianjin who rented our house, and the other one is Brother Huo's sister Huo Xiaofang."

As soon as Ren Lianyi introduced Yun Qinqin, she understood that this was the salesperson introduced to her!

Yun Qinqin put down the work in her hands, stood in front of her husband and greeted them with a smile, "Hello, Brother Huo, Hello, Sister Xiaofang"

"Hello, sister-in-law!"

"Hello, sister-in-law!"

Seeing Huo Qianjin's discomfort, Yun Qinqin hooked her husband's hand and said, "Brother Yi, have you eaten lunch? Wei Ping is not coming back at noon today, and Xiao Cui and I have forgotten to buy groceries and cook!"

"Then let's go to Honghui Hotel together! Ah Hui is our comrade-in-arms. When we were new recruits, we were in the same company..."

Ren Lianyi took his wife's hand and asked his old friend to go out. The shop was full of colorful women's clothing, and most of the people coming and going were women. Not to mention that his comrades felt uncomfortable, he himself felt awkward even when he came here for lunch frequently.

Honghui Hotel is only three minutes away from the Meirenxin Garment Store. It only takes a few words to get there, but unfortunately the second boss Lin Chenghui is not here today.

But it didn't stop Ren Lianyi and the others from reminiscing about the past. If they didn't have to go to work in the afternoon, they would have had a couple of drinks at least!

"Brother Huo, we have agreed that you must bring your sister-in-law and nephews over for dinner this weekend. Let us show our hospitality."

"Of course, of course. Don't be disgusted by you and your sister-in-law when the time comes!"

The two men bumped fists and went back to their work.

Huo Xiaofang followed Yun Qinqin back to "Beauty's Heart" and officially started working that afternoon.

"This is my cousin Wang Yucui, also a salesperson at Beauty Heart." Yun Qinqin handed the packed meal to her cousin and continued to introduce: "This is Huo Xiaofang, the sister of your brother-in-law's comrade-in-arms. She will help me sell clothes like you in the future. Eat your meal first, and she will be handed over to you later!"

Wang Yucui took the meal and nodded, then said hello to Huo Xiaofang and went to the inner room to eat.

They have been busy with inventory these past two days, and the autumn clothes have arrived. The day after tomorrow they will start an event to clear out the summer clothes and then put the autumn clothes on the shelves. This is when they need people.

Wang Yucui was not worried about being replaced. Apart from the relationship, she also guessed that her cousin's husband had a domineering personality and would definitely not let her cousin spend too much time and energy on the shop.

Her guess was correct. After the summer clothes were cleared out, Yun Qinqin promoted her to store manager and her monthly salary increased by ten yuan.

But Wang Yucui definitely puts in more effort than Huo Xiaofang. They both start work at 9:30, but Huo Xiaofang gets off work at 6, while Wang Yucui doesn't close the shop and leave until 7.

But Wang Yucui definitely gets off work after seven o'clock. Of course, she can earn an extra commission of a few cents a day, so she is very happy about it.

The National Day came in a blink of an eye, and Yun Qinqin still had a three-day promotion of 12% off new products.

After the event, two people in the shop were busy, so she reduced the time she spent in the shop and focused more on her family.

"Why did you come back so late? I went to Xiao Chen's house to ask him, and he said that you left after get off work without any urgent missions, and didn't even leave a message. It made me worried!"

Glancing at the clock, it was almost ten o'clock. Yun Qinqin said a few words of scolding and hurried to the kitchen to heat up a meal for the man.

Xiao Chen is Ren Lianyi's colleague and also lives in Huaihua Lane, just five or six houses away from the Ren family.

"I was planning to go to the restaurant to talk to Ah Hui after get off work today. It wouldn't take more than a few minutes, but I ran into Xiao Mao not long after I left the restaurant. He said something big happened over there, so I didn't pay any attention to him."

Ren Lianyi leaned against the door and watched his wife heat up food for him, and told her about what was happening over there.

It was simply that his brothers and sisters saw that Yun Qinqin was making money, and originally thought that they moved by selling their house there and moving here. But they found out that the house there was still theirs, and they also bought the shop. Seeing how prosperous their property investment life was, they became jealous.

He said that the salary that the couple had saved over the years by not eating or drinking was not enough to buy such a big business, so he started to make a fuss, insisting that the old man had subsidized him privately, and insisted that he also wanted to go into business and make the old man pay for it.

Ren Lianyi has an older brother and an older sister, and a younger sister and two younger brothers.

The eldest brother is 6 years older than him and is 41 years old this year. He got married early and has 6 children with his eldest sister-in-law. The eldest son is 22 years old this year.

The eldest sister is three years older and is 38 years old this year. She has given birth to five children, and the eldest is 19 years old this year.

My younger sister, Ren Lianyi, is two years younger than me. She is married and has three children in the provincial capital. She lives a pretty good life. Although she doesn't need any financial support from my parents, she is not very close to my parents' family.

The two younger brothers are only three years younger and are twin brothers.

The fifth child has four children, and the sixth child has five children.

It can be said that except for the younger sister who married far away and Ren Lianyi, the old couple's work and the rent they collected subsidized the other four families.

The belief that the old couple had enough money to subsidize Ren Lianyi was simply that they felt that their ancestors had left behind a lot of things, and they were afraid that the things would become cheap, so Ren Lianyi asked the old people to divide up the things.

In fact, the old man didn't have much money. When Grandpa Ren divided the property among his father and his family, some antiques were given to the eldest son, his daughter got some jewelry, and the other sons got shops, houses and some cash.

Ren's father bought houses of similar value for each of his four sons, and gave some dowry to his daughters when they got married. Add in the betrothal gifts, the three major items, and the wedding expenses, and his cash was almost all spent.

Now all the old man has in his hands are the two shops and the house where they live.

As for cash, they don't have much!

Forced to abdicate by his four children, Ren's father was nearly irritated to the point of having a stroke. It was the eldest grandson Ren Jinmao who discovered something was wrong and sneaked out to find Ren Lianyi.

When Ren Lianyi went over, Ren's father had already fallen to the ground in anger. As a result, those people said that Ren's father was biased and didn't want to use the money to pretend.

Ren Lianyi sent his father to the hospital, took off his police uniform, took the old couple's savings certificates and beat up his brother, younger brother and brother-in-law.

Yun Qinqin was not in a position to comment on the Ren family's affairs, so she only asked, "Who will be watching over Dad tonight?"

"Xiao Mao is over there. Dad will probably have to stay in the hospital for a few days." Ren Lianyi put down the bowl in his hand. He finally felt much more relaxed after eating.

"There's still half a chicken in the refrigerator. I'll feed it later. Let's go to the hospital tomorrow. There are two children there, and mom isn't in good health either. How about we find a nurse to take care of dad?"

Ren Lianyi responded with an "ok" and went to see the two children before washing up and going to bed.

Yun Qinqin found clothes for him and went to make soup. Fortunately, there was a coal stove at home, so it wasn't too troublesome.

The next day, I put the soup for two people into a thermos, and used the rest to cook noodles for the family of four.

After sending their daughter to a daycare center, the couple hurried to the hospital.

"Dad, are you okay? I only found out you were not feeling well last night after Brother Yi came home, otherwise I would have come to see you last night!"

It was less than 8:30 when Ren Lianyi borrowed a car and drove over. He originally thought that even if those "filial sons" were not there, his mother-in-law would still come. Who knew that only his haggard nephew was in the ward.

"You haven't had breakfast yet? What did the doctor say? Brother Yi and I brought some chicken soup and bought some light breakfast. Can you eat it?"

Fortunately, they brought breakfast outside the hospital, otherwise I would have to make another trip.

"You can eat anything, Second Aunt. The doctor only told me to eat light and nutritious food. He didn't say anything special."

Ren Jinmao didn't even have dinner yesterday and was extremely hungry. When he heard that he was asked to have breakfast, he immediately set up the small table by his bed.

Father Ren was not in good spirits, and he couldn't say those bad things in front of his daughter-in-law. He just greeted his son and daughter-in-law when they came in and said nothing else.

Ren Lianyi came in, said hello and went out to find a doctor. Yun Qinqin saw that Ren's father could take care of himself and eat, so she made an excuse to go out to find her husband and left the noisy ward.

"Brother Yi, what did the doctor say?"

When Ren Lianyi was found, he was hiding at the window at the end of the corridor smoking.

Seeing Yun Qinqin coming over, he put out the half-smoked cigarette in his hand and said, "It's nothing, it will be fine after two days of taking medicine! Why did you come out?"

"The ward is too noisy. I want to get some fresh air. Let's change Dad's ward. It's not a big deal to spend a few bucks."

Mr. Ren lived in a six-person room. All six beds were occupied, and the entire ward was crowded and noisy.

"Okay, I'll go find a doctor, you go back and help clean up."

In the past, single and double rooms were only available to cadres, but now with the reform and opening up, they can be arranged if you have money.

The bed fee for a double room is three dollars more per day, and the bed fee for a single room is five dollars more. This money cannot be reimbursed according to the old man's retirement level.

Taking into account the personalities of his brothers and their wives, and fearing that the nurse he hired might not be reliable enough, Ren Lianyi transferred them to a double room.

When Yun Qinqin returned to the ward, the grandfather and grandson had almost finished eating. She didn't say much, but just said that her husband wanted to move her father-in-law to another ward and asked him to pack up his things.

But where can I get the things to clean up?

We rushed the old man to the hospital yesterday. Those guys made my father so angry that he fainted and ran away very quickly!

After the old man's side was stable, all the shops outside were closed. Ren Lianyi was busy cleaning up his brothers, and those guys were busy shirking responsibility. No one thought of sending anything to the old man.

As for Ren's mother, who knows? She is probably busy taking care of her eldest grandson!

Yun Qinqin was speechless and could only ask Ren Jinmao to go back and see his mother and bring some things for the old man.

After being transferred to the new ward, Ren Lianyi looked at his watch and said, "Dad, I have a meeting at 10 o'clock, so I will go back first. This is Dalin, the nurse who is taking care of you. If you need water or go to the toilet, just call him for help.

I'll come to see you after get off work this afternoon!

Qinqin, wait for Xiaomao or mom to come and then take the bus back. If you don't make it in time for lunch, go out to Junjun for lunch. Give Dalin some money so he can buy food for Dad."

None of the four children who made him angry enough to get sick came. Instead, the second son, who usually benefited the least from the couple, was running around. Father Ren felt very disappointed.

But he did not cause any trouble to the child. He did not ask his son and daughter-in-law to take care of the child instead of a caregiver. He just followed the arrangements.

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