Pretty and charming, dressed in the 90s, she's good at everything from making money to causing

Xiaomei met a kind person today.

This woman is said to have come from the countryside to work in the city, and now she works as a cook in a factory.

When Xiaomei came out of the shoe store, she ran into this woman who had bought a lot of groceries and was on her way to the bus stop.

Xiaomei was feeling down and didn't know what to do, so she simply helped her sister-in-law carry the vegetables to the station.

Her sister-in-law bought her a bottle of soda and then struck up a conversation, asking her why she looked so worried.

The other person was a stranger, and Xiaomei needed someone to talk to, so she simply told them all about her troubles.

The older sister-in-law stayed with her and scolded her unscrupulous sister-in-law for more than ten minutes. Then she earnestly reminded her that it was okay to change jobs, but she had to explain the reasons to her in-laws first, so as not to be schemed against by her unscrupulous sister-in-law again.

After thinking for a while, Xiaomei called the village store and told her mother-in-law everything that had happened to her.

After she finished doing all that, she turned around and saw that her kind sister-in-law had disappeared.

I suppose they've already boarded the bus and gone back to the factory...

"Liangzi, just saying a few words cost me several yuan for groceries... These things would probably be seven or eight yuan cheaper at the market next door!"

Sitting in the passenger seat of the van, Zhang Liang turned to his sister-in-law and said, "Sister-in-law, these few words are worth at least ten yuan."

As he spoke, he took out two fifty-yuan bills, one for his sister-in-law and one for Brother Wang, who was driving.

Then, the smile on his face disappeared, and he said with utmost seriousness, "Let's forget about this and never mention it to anyone again."

"It's such a small matter, it's not that serious..."

“Take this, this is what the boss wants,” Zhang Liang stuffed the money into their hands, “If you take it, everyone will feel at ease.”

"Hey," the sister-in-law's eyes lit up as she carefully folded the money and stuffed it into her small pocket, patting the money with a big smile and promising, "I won't tell, I definitely won't tell. I just came out to buy groceries today!"

Brother Wang nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes, I really didn't hear anything."

"Hahaha……"

The atmosphere inside the van relaxed again, and the conversation turned to trivial topics such as vegetable prices.

Brother Wang drove to Beiliao University first, and after Zhang Liang got out of the car, they continued walking towards the garment factory.

Zhang Liang went to the window but didn't see Lin Ting or Feng Yue.

He immediately asked, "Did the boss go to the tailor shop?"

"Yes, Brother Liang, Sister Yue went over too," the shop assistant replied cheerfully.

"Okay, you guys go ahead with your work, I'll go over there."

When Zhang Liang arrived at the tailor shop, he saw Feng Yue and Zheng Miaoying cleaning, while Lin Ting and Jiang Zong were practicing standing at attention with a bunch of safety pins.

"Boss, the job's done," Zhang Liang said in a low voice.

"Yes, thank you for your hard work." Lin Ting nodded, still focused on her work.

The room was full of family members, so we spoke much more casually.

Zheng Miaoying asked, "Listen to this, why go to so much trouble to get rid of her shop's employees?"

Lin Ting stared intently at the work in his hands, without even looking up, and said, "On the surface, I only got rid of one of her employees... In reality, I really only got rid of one of her employees."

Zheng Miaoying: "...?"

She seemed to hear a sentence.

"However, her shop is quite large, and it would be very tiring to run it herself. If she hires more people... it won't be so cheap anymore, which indirectly increases her operating costs..."

"Besides... her reputation in the village is pretty bad now... she'll probably be kicked out when she goes home for the New Year... so... hey, slow down, don't mess it up... so it's almost impossible for her to trick the village into hiring cheap labor again!"

Lin Ting finally finished speaking, albeit haltingly.

Zheng Miaoying thought it was amazing.

Zhang Liang, who had recently learned a lot about economics, felt a chill run down his spine.

The boss's approach really hit the nail on the head.

No one knew better than him how important a person's reputation was in the village.

On a smaller scale, people will talk behind your back;

On a larger scale, if someone like that has a family emergency, no one will lend a hand.

They were essentially isolated from the rest of the village.

"But she'll probably soon find out that nobody's buying her stuff, right? Will she even bother hiring then?"

"She can't sell her goods and can't return them. In this situation, doesn't she need help even more?"

After hearing this, Lin looked up and saw that, apart from Jiang Zong, the other three were looking at him with completely blank expressions.

She clicked her tongue slightly: "Without me, this family would fall apart."

“The goods can’t just sit there unsold, so she has to find a way to sell them, whether it’s setting up a stall, lowering prices to clear them out, or whatever it is, it’s not a business that one person can do alone.” Lin Tingchao gestured with his chin toward Zheng Miaoying. “You and I both know about this.”

Last year, when she was setting up a street stall, she also brought Zheng Miaoying along, because it's really easy to lose goods when you're setting up a stall alone, and it takes a lot of time to clean up.

Zheng Miaoying nodded slowly: "So... she will definitely hire people."

“It’s just that it’s hard to find people right now,” Lin Ting said with a smile. “Winter is coming, and many people will go back to their hometowns to prepare for the New Year. Those who are interested in working outside will mostly think about waiting until after the New Year. As for the others…”

She looked at Zhang Liang.

Zhang Liang immediately nodded: "Understood, I'll go and spread the word about her vandalizing the shop. What decent person would dare to work in such a shady place?"

"Hmm." Lin Ting nodded in satisfaction.

Zheng Miaoying's head was spinning. She was really bad at things other than studying. She looked blankly at Lin Ting, waiting for her to explain.

Jiang Zong summarized: "Cut off the fuel supply from the source."

Zheng Miaoying might not understand the cutthroat competition in the business world, but when it comes to idioms and allusions, she instantly grasps the meaning and connects the two.

Lin Ting wrinkled her nose and glared at Jiang Zong: "Then why did you take my safety pin?"

Jiang Zong looked at the pin in his hand, then at the array of pins with a missing piece...

He pursed his lips and silently put the pin he had pulled out in his excitement back in its place.

Then carefully adjust its posture to make it stand in line with its comrades.

Lin Ting was satisfied and moved on to the next line.

"Listen, if you really have nothing to do, why don't you go back to your dorm?"

Zheng Miaoying held the broom and looked at her, feeling her head buzzing.

Lin Ting shook her head: "No, I have something to do."

Yingzi: "...?"

Is your job just fiddling with pins and blocking the way?

Lin Ting tapped the mobile phone on the table: "I'm waiting for a call. My sister said she has to have a meeting with me today, but there are too many people in the dorm and outside the window, so it's inconvenient."

Just as Zheng Miaoying was about to say "Okay then," Jiang Zong suddenly looked up and asked, "Shall I take you somewhere?"

"Huh?" Lin Ting looked at him in confusion. "Where are we going?"

"You'll find out when we get there," Jiang Zong said mysteriously. "I promise, it'll just be you and me."

"But I still have to help Yingzi clean up!"

Yingzi: "Go quickly! Don't look back!"

Ten months after Zheng Miaoying and Lin Ting reconciled, she finally discovered something she wasn't good at—doing housework.

Ask her to tidy up the pins and buttons. She spent an hour tidying them up and had only finished tidying up a third of the pins.

If we ask her for help again, our tailor shop won't be able to reopen before the new year.

Lin Ting glanced sadly at Yingzi: "Fine, you'll dislike me after you've finished the job, I understand."

Jiang Zong held Lin Ting's hand and comforted her, "I don't despise you, never."

Zheng Miaoying: "...?"