Chapter 12

Lu Zhengguo thought for a moment and asked, “Hongmei, tell me yourself, did your second sister-in-law really take your job?”

Lu Hongmei felt even more wronged, she glared fiercely at Lu Zhengguo.

“Are you still my brother? You’ve forgotten your sister for your wife, have you been bewitched by that woman, you’re actually questioning me for her.”

She had never lied to him since she was a child.

Lu Mu quickly pulled her, “Hongmei, calm down first, Mom won’t let you go to the countryside, we’ll definitely find a way to keep you in the city.”

“Your brother just came back tonight, let’s talk about this tomorrow, okay?”

Lu Hongmei pushed Lu Mu away, she wiped away her tears, “What’s good about that, the knife hasn’t fallen on you, so you’re not in a hurry, but I’m different.”

“There are only three days left, if I can’t find a job, I’ll have to go to the countryside, it’s not you who will suffer, so of course you’re not in a hurry.”

“Since you won’t help me, I’ll go find Shen Man to settle the score today.”

Before the Lu family could react.

Lu Hongmei instantly ran to Shen Man’s door, she knocked hard, bang bang bang.

“Shen Man, open the door, you shameless woman, hurry up and open the door.”

“You must give me my job back today, otherwise, if you make me unhappy, I’ll make you unhappy too.”

“Hongmei, what are you doing, it’s late at night, you’ll disturb the neighbors, let’s talk about it tomorrow.” Lu Mu hurried forward to stop her.

Unfortunately, Lu Hongmei had lost her mind at this time, she couldn’t hear anything anymore.

“Don’t stop me, if you dare stop me, I’ll pretend I don’t have any family…”

Lu Zhengguo’s face turned cold, he strode forward and pulled her away, “Talk it out, if it’s true, I’ll stand up for you.”

“It’s night now, you’re only going to disturb other people’s sleep.”

Lu Hongmei’s body stiffened, she stopped knocking on the door, “… Are you serious?”

Lu Fu, who hadn’t spoken much, waved his hand, “When has your second brother ever lied to you, listen to your second brother, your second brother will definitely find a way to help you.”

Lu Zhengguo nodded, “Don’t worry, I’ll help you.”

Suddenly, the closed door opened from inside.

“Why did you stop knocking?”

Shen Man walked out from inside, her eyes swept over everyone’s faces.

Finally, she stopped on Lu Zhengguo’s face, then she looked at Shen Hongmei’s red and swollen eyes.

She paused, she spoke slowly.

“How come I don’t know, the job my Mom bought for me, when did it become someone else’s?”

“You’ve been making a fuss outside for a long time, who can come out and tell me?”

As soon as these words came out.

Shen Hongmei’s face instantly turned black, she gritted her teeth, “Second brother, didn’t you say you would stand up for me, then you should make her give me my job back now.”

She only has three days, if she doesn’t have a job, she’ll have to go to the countryside.

She doesn’t want to go to the countryside, so this job must be hers.

Lu Zhengguo frowned slightly, “Hongmei, I’ll deal with this, before the truth comes out, please be respectful to your second sister-in-law.”

Lu Hongmei’s eyes instantly turned red, “Second brother…”

Zhang Hongxia coughed lightly, she looked at Shen Man, “Sister-in-law, it’s true that your Mom bought this job for you, that’s no problem, but at first, this job was supposed to be sold to Hongmei.”

“The family was just a day late in raising the money, and your Mom beat us to it.”

“Tell me yourself, isn’t this job you took from Hongmei?”

When it came to this, Lu Mu’s face also looked a little bad, she couldn’t help but say, “Second daughter-in-law, you really did something wrong.”

Last night, the family was still discussing raising money to buy a job, how could Shen Man buy this job in advance without telling them?

Isn’t this deliberately trying to make Hongmei go to the countryside?

Lu Fu sighed, “Second daughter-in-law, now that things have come to this, Dad will ask you one question, can you give the job at the textile factory back to Hongmei?”

“Of course, we won’t let you lose out, we’ll add a hundred yuan to the price you paid, as compensation.”

Jobs are not easy to find now, even if you can find one, it wouldn’t be their turn.

They had used a lot of connections to find this vacancy for Hongmei so she wouldn’t have to go to the countryside.

As soon as these words came out, before Shen Man could say anything.

Zhang Hongxia’s face sank, “Dad, why give her a hundred yuan, this job should have been Hongmei’s, anyway, I don’t care, if you give her a hundred yuan, then I want a hundred yuan too.”

They’re all daughters-in-law, you can’t be so partial.

Lu Mu glared at her, “Eldest daughter-in-law, what are you messing around for, Zhengbing, hurry up and control your wife.”

Lu Zhengbing helplessly tugged at his wife’s sleeve, “Wife, Hongmei’s matter is important, besides, where does the family have that much money?”

Zhang Hongxia slapped his hand away, she snorted coldly and didn’t say anything more.

Lu Fu saw that Shen Man hadn’t said anything, he asked again, “Second daughter-in-law, what do you think?”

A hundred yuan is a lot, he would have to save for three or four months without eating or drinking to save that much money.

Shen Man raised her eyebrows, “Excuse me, you’re mistaken, my job was bought by my Mom from someone else, it’s not the position you guys decided on.”

The Lu family was stunned.

Lu Hongmei’s face turned red and white, she gritted her teeth, “What do you mean, are you saying you didn’t take my job?”

Lu Mu came to her senses and quickly asked, “But the only one at the textile factory who wanted to sell their job was Aunt Wang, you didn’t buy this position from Aunt Wang, then where did it come from?”

After Aunt Wang sold her job, she moved to the next county to live with her son, they wanted to ask her about the situation, but the next day they heard that Shen Man had started working at the textile factory.

Plus, Shen Man was selfish and self-serving, they naturally associated it with Shen Man scheming behind their backs.

Shen Man’s tone turned cold, “You guys are so funny, you don’t know anything, yet you’re throwing dirty water on me, and even ruining my reputation outside.”

“If it wasn’t for someone questioning me about this today, I would probably continue to be splashed with dirty water.”

Lu Zhengguo knew she was talking about his behavior today.

He pursed his lips, “Don’t worry, I’ll give you an explanation for today’s matter.”

The Lu family’s faces were all bad.

Especially Zhang Hongxia, she rolled her eyes, “Sister-in-law, who knows if you didn’t do it, you didn’t say anything, it’s normal for us to misunderstand. Besides, in daily life, how can there not be misunderstandings between family members.”

“You don’t need to be so relentless.”

Lu Hongmei glared fiercely at Shen Man, “You said you didn’t take my job, did you really not take it?”

“I don’t believe a word that comes out of your mouth.”

“Tonight, either you produce evidence to prove your innocence, or you give me my job back.”

“Otherwise… otherwise I’ll have my second brother divorce you.”