Chapter 46: Xie Huai Shu Goes to Jail

After a flurry of activity, they finally sat down to eat at 7:30.

“I told Guifang and the others about what you said today,” Qin Mama said, her brow furrowed, as if the matter wasn’t going well.

Today, Qin Mama, following Xu Sangluo’s instructions, told everyone about moving to the town to work.

The first batch of workers were all experienced, meticulous, efficient, and had good character.

If possible, Xu Sangluo still hoped to continue with them.

However, the town was too far from the brigade, and they weren’t permanent workers. They had things to do at home, and it was inconvenient to travel back and forth.

So, she didn’t have high hopes.

Therefore, she gave them a second option.

They could come to the town to get materials and work at home. After all, the processes were now split, so it didn’t matter where they worked.

The only concern was that the materials might be misused or wasted, so a strict inspection and punishment system had to be established.

To avoid any loopholes, the new rules she set were very strict and unforgiving, which might make people uncomfortable.

But there was no other way, to minimize losses, they had to do this.

She also added a new recruitment information.

This time, they were recruiting permanent workers, with daily work quotas assigned according to their positions, and a monthly salary of 100 yuan, of course, adjusted according to the type of work.

Working hours were from 7 am to 11:30 am, and 1 pm to 5:30 pm, with one day off per week, and no meals or accommodation provided.

The conditions were actually very good, even higher than the wages of factory workers.

But the biggest disadvantage was the instability, so the results were not very good so far.

Xu Sangluo didn’t care too much about this.

After all, there were many people who needed work now, she wasn’t afraid of not being able to find people.

Compared to the many people in the brigade who would constantly use moral blackmail, she actually preferred the people in the town.

Xu Sangluo didn’t interfere much with this matter, she left it entirely to Qin Mama.

After all, she couldn’t manage everything in such a large operation.

She intended to train Qin Mama to be a manager.

That night, Xu Sangluo selected a few simple clothing patterns, printed the drawings, drew a few pattern diagrams, and then turned off the lights and went to sleep.

She had to go to the town tomorrow to deal with the house, and it was rare that she didn’t have to go to the county.

She would just have Qin Zhishu take the hair accessories to the supply and marketing cooperative.

After all, it was just two rattan baskets.

As night deepened, many people began to fall asleep.

Meanwhile, a major incident happened at the Xie family.

Xie Huai Shu was brought back from the police station by Xie Feng, who was fuming with anger.

Xie Feng had never been so humiliated in his life.

After bringing her back, he dropped her off at the entrance of the community, said nothing, and drove away without even going home.

Xie Huai Shu had been spoiled since she was a child, when had she ever suffered such injustice?

Today, she was reprimanded by the police, losing face, and then her father, who had always doted on her, gave her a cold shoulder all the way home.

She was already feeling suffocated and resentful, but as soon as she got home, she was met with a barrage of questions from Liu Xiuhua.

To be honest, Liu Xiuhua was the main reason for Xie Huai Shu’s predicament today.

Xie Huai Shu had spent all her money at school and wrote home to Liu Xiuhua asking for money.

Unlike Xie Feng, Xie Huai Shu had no idea about her true identity, so she was always rude to Liu Xiuhua, her stepmother.

She was certain that the other party would give her whatever she wanted to curry favor with her.

After all, she had even given her the college acceptance letter of her own daughter, what else couldn’t she give her?

Who knew that just two days after she sent the letter, she received a letter from Liu Xiuhua asking for money in a roundabout way.

She said something about being asked for 5,000 yuan in hush money by Zhao Xiaoman, and now she needed to make up for it, asking Xie Huai Shu to use her lucky money to cover it.

Xie Huai Shu didn’t believe a single word.

What kind of person was Zhao Xiaoman? She had always been suppressed by Liu Xiuhua, a complete nobody. How could she dare to ask her for money, and 5,000 yuan at that?

She was more inclined to believe that Liu Xiuhua had spent the money on something else.

Fearing that Liu Xiuhua would really target her money, she sent another letter, not asking for money, but ordering her to send all the red envelopes, without missing a single one.

Then she received a questioning reply from Liu Xiuhua.

Liu Xiuhua thought Xie Huai Shu was indirectly forcing her to give money.

She had taken the red envelopes herself, and now she was asking her to send them, clearly wanting her to pay.

Xie Huai Shu, however, thought that Liu Xiuhua had secretly used her money, and now she was really anxious.

She immediately took leave and went home.

Unfortunately, the bus broke down halfway, and she was left stranded.

She finally hailed a passenger tricycle to the bus station.

Passenger tricycle

She was in such a hurry that she didn’t bring any money. She was always arrogant, so she gave the driver her school address and told him to come and collect the money in a few days, then she was about to leave.

The driver, of course, refused and held her back, not letting her go.

Xie Huai Shu, seeing that she had attracted a lot of attention, was angry, anxious, and embarrassed. In a fit of rage, she shouted that he was a hooligan, that he was molesting her.

Then she made a scene, and both she and the driver were taken to the police station.

After the situation was clarified, they were severely reprimanded by the police officers before she was allowed to call her family.

This was the first time Xie Huai Shu had been taken to the police station, and she was both wronged and scared. When she called, she could only cry.

In the end, a police officer helped explain the situation to Xie Feng and urged him to come and pick her up as soon as possible.

Xie Feng didn’t want to come to such a humiliating event, but he didn’t want other acquaintances to know about this embarrassing matter either.

In the end, he could only drive over with a dark face.

Xie Huai Shu cried all the way home, and when she arrived, she was met with a barrage of questions from Liu Xiuhua, who was furious after learning what had happened.

Today’s incident was all because of Liu Xiuhua, and Xie Huai Shu was furious when she saw her.

She argued with her and went inside to get her money and immediately return to school.

But when she opened the cabinet, it was empty.

She thought that Liu Xiuhua had taken her money and belongings.

Liu Xiuhua, of course, denied it vehemently, and she thought Xie Huai Shu was just looking for an excuse to extort money from her.

Both of them were in a bad mood, and when they started arguing, it was out of control.

Xie Huai Shu had never been polite to Liu Xiuhua, and she grabbed things and threw them at her, going crazy, demanding that she return the money.

Liu Xiuhua, however, didn’t dare to really hurt her, she could only dodge, scold, and explain.

Xie Huai Shu was truly enraged, thinking that all her money and jewelry were gone.

And this woman was still arguing, trying to steal her money.

Anger surged up, her eyes narrowed, and she grabbed the nearby tape recorder and smashed it hard on Liu Xiuhua’s head.

“You bitch, return the money, or I’ll kill you!”

With a bang, the tape recorder smashed to the ground, shattering instantly, with blood stains on it.

Liu Xiuhua was knocked back two steps and bumped into the cabinet. She stared at the person in front of her with disbelief.

Xie Huai Shu looked at her head, which was starting to bleed, her pupils constricted.

Then, her reason returned, her face turned pale, and she trembled back, stammering, “It’s, it’s your fault, it’s not my fault. I, I tell you, don’t think, that this is the end of it. You have to return the money to me.”

After saying that, she turned around and ran out the door.