Zhao Erlu, seeing Wang Xiaoqiang stealing his clothes just to give everyone an educational lesson, quietly breathed a sigh of relief and imdiately felt at ease in his heart. However, at the sa ti, he felt very wronged. This was truly a disaster that ca out of nowhere.
The grievance was nothing, but he was needlessly frightened. Though usually fearless, he almost peed his pants just now.
However, despite feeling wronged, he had no complaints. After all, he owed a favor to the Wang Family. Without them, there wouldn't be the Zhao Erlu of today. This bit of injustice was nothing.
When Wang Xiaoqiang saw Zhao Erlu hanging his head in dejection, he knew what was on his mind. In front of so many people, he felt bad for making Zhao Erlu and his wife suffer like this, so he said to Zhao Erlu, "Erlu, I took your clothes to teach everyone a lesson. You won't bla , right?"
Zhao Erlu quickly squeezed out a smile, "No, no, the chairman values . It shows you trust . I'm grateful to you."
Wang Xiaoqiang smiled and playfully pointed at Zhao Erlu, saying, "Erlu, you're not telling the truth, are you?"
"Chairman, I would never lie to you." Zhao Erlu said seriously and even raised his hand as if to swear.
"Alright, I won't let you suffer in vain." Wang Xiaoqiang interrupted him, turning to his son and said, "Little Bao, give Erlu ten thousand yuan so he can buy so nice clothes."
To Wang Xiaoqiang, money was like dirt. He didn't care at all. But although he didn't care, Xia Sanwa did. Before Little Bao could respond, he imdiately interjected, "Little Qiang, Zhao Erlu's raggedy clothes aren't worth ten thousand yuan. They're not even worth a hundred."
The crowd murmured in agreent, also remarking that the clothes weren't worth ten thousand yuan. Indeed, Zhao Erlu's two pieces of clothing weren't worth a hundred yuan, let alone fifty.
Wang Xiaoqiang paid no attention and said to Little Bao, "What's up, Little Bao? Does what I say not count anymore...?"
"Yes, Dad, I'll get it right away." Little Bao was startled, then ran to the car, opened the door, took out ten thousand yuan from a bag, and quickly returned, handing the thick stack of hundred-yuan bills to Zhao Erlu.
Zhao Erlu didn't dare to take the money and quickly shook his head and waved his hands, "No way, absolutely not. I can't take this money no matter what..."
Just then, a stout figure squeezed through the crowd, reached out, took the ten thousand yuan from Little Bao's hands, and repeatedly said, "Thank you, Chairman, thank you, Chairman..."
The person who took the money was Zhao Erlu's wife. After being chased away by Zhao Erlu, she didn't go ho. Instead, she hid by their gate watching the scene.
When she heard that Wang Xiaoqiang wanted to compensate them with ten thousand yuan, she was almost ecstatic. Seeing that Zhao Erlu refused to take the money, she rushed out to take it.
Zhao Erlu, seeing his wife causing trouble again, slapped her hard, landing a crisp smack. He hit her with full force, sending the woman sprawling to the ground, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth and leaving five finger marks on her face.
Even though the woman was down, she tightly gripped the money, not dropping a single note.
"You foolish woman, you wronged the Chairman and still dare to take the money. I think your brain was kicked by a donkey…" Zhao Erlu, infuriated by the woman, said this and directly kicked his foot towards his wife's head.
The crowd gasped in shock, as Zhao Erlu, tall and hulking like a donkey, was quite strong. If that kick landed, it could at least cause a concussion.
Wang Xiaoqiang also kicked out, faster than the eye could follow, striking Zhao Erlu's kicking foot with a thud. As Zhao Erlu was standing on one foot at the ti, like a golden rooster on one leg,
he spun around like a top on the ground three tis before clutching his foot and crying out in pain.
Everyone present secretly admired Wang Xiaoqiang's agility.
Wang Xiaoqiang said, "Zhao Erlu, if you'd kicked like that, your wife's head really would've been kicked by a donkey."
The crowd burst into laughter upon hearing this.
Actually, when Zhao Erlu heatedly said his wife's head was kicked by a donkey, then went to kick her head himself, he had no idea his na was Erlu.
Now that Wang Xiaoqiang ntioned it, everyone got the point. Zhao Erlu also felt a wave of embarrassnt, his sha heavier than the pain in his foot.
"If you kicked her, the hospital bill wouldn't be covered even with ten thousand yuan." Wang Xiaoqiang glanced at Zhao Erlu with a bit of reproach, "There's no way to take back what I've said. Zhao Erlu, as a mber of the company, you cooperated with , the chairman, and taught everyone a lesson. Honestly, it's no injustice because as a company mber, it's your duty. This ten thousand yuan is for your clothes."
Zhao Erlu was dumbfounded. Although his foot hurt, his heart was overjoyed. He received ten thousand yuan, so this bit of grievance and pain was nothing.
Xia Guifang, who hadn't spoken all this while, walked over and helped Zhao Erlu's woman up, gesturing for her to take the money ho. Looking at Xia Guifang with gratitude, Zhao Erlu's wife quietly sneaked ho with the money.
"Erlu, I won't be returning these two pieces of clothing on ," Wang Xiaoqiang said, and then turned to Little Bao, "Later, when we go ho, I'll take off these clothes, and tomorrow you take them to the company, gather all middle managent for a eting, and hang these clothes in the most prominent position...convey what I taught everyone today, including every word I said, to them..."
Upon hearing Wang Xiaoqiang's words, everyone present tensed up. It looked like Wang Xiaoqiang wasn't ssing around with the lesson today. He intended to take drastic actions and clean up the company's pests.
"Yes, Dad, I've taken note. I'll handle it tomorrow." Little Bao nodded heavily and replied. Honestly, he felt a pang of anxiety. According to his father's request, he had returned earlier and already conducted so informal investigations. He had a clear understanding of the company's state.
Though the company had generally been smooth sailing and business thriving in recent years, so minor problems still existed, such as personnel appointnt issues and so disciplinary violations.
If these were discovered by his father, it wouldn't reflect well on him. The key issue was that most people in the company were from the village or nearby villages, so a thorough investigation might offend many people.
But since his father had spoken, he had to investigate, and investigate thoroughly.
"Dad, what size clothes do you wear? I'll have soone send you clothes overnight." Little Bao glanced at the outrageously large clothes on his father and said.
Having been away for so many years, there must not be his clothes at ho anymore. His old clothes wouldn't fit either, so Wang Xiaoqiang didn't refuse. He simply didn't know his size, so he turned his gaze to Xia Guifang and smiled, "Ask your mom. She knows better than I do."
Everyone's gaze turned to Xia Guifang, and they all smiled.
Xia Guifang's face suddenly turned red. She glared coquettishly at Wang Xiaoqiang and accurately reported her man's clothing sizes to her son.
Despite being in her thirties, Xia Guifang maintained a youthful slenderness and a mature voluptuousness. Her jade-like skin was smooth and supple, making her a beautiful mature woman, remaining the prettiest among all the wives in the village.
She was the village beauty as a maiden and the prettiest village sister-in-law after marriage. Xia Guifang had monopolized Sanmiao Village's beauty title for many years.
The amazing thing was that a woman, even at this age, could blush shyly, a level of innocence not common among village won. She even imdiately spouted her husband's sizes, knowing the asurents of shirts and pants clearly. This showed her thorough thoughtfulness.
As the villagers would say, a wife like that is hard to find even with a lantern! (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote for recomndations and monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian to read.)
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