Best friends transmigrate into a book! They marry a high-ranking official! If you run, I run too!

Before they could even grin from ear to ear, Wen Tang had already spoken up, "There's something I want to solemnly tell everyone today."

"Our soap factory prioritizes hiring female workers."

"Those whose names were drawn today, the younger ones should have their wives come instead."

"The older ones should go back and discuss with their families whether it should be their daughter-in-law or their son-in-law who comes."

"In short, I don't want to come."

After these words were spoken, the excited smile on the face of the person whose name was called froze.

The envy, jealousy, and hatred of others vanished in an instant.

The vast rice field returned to silence, as if no one was there.

Wen Tang wasn't in a hurry; these people certainly wouldn't remain silent.

Sure enough, it didn't take long before someone asked, "If we hire some women, who will do the housework?"

"That's right, this won't do for families with kids!"

"That's exactly right, how can this be allowed!"

"Wouldn't it be a laughing stock for women to go out and earn money?"

Wen Tang was waiting for these words, and she immediately said, "If you think it's shameful for your wife to come out and earn money, you don't have to let her come."

"If anyone isn't coming, just say so now, and we'll draw someone else on the spot to give the opportunity to someone else's wife, okay?"

"Come on, raise your hand if you don't want your wife to come."

Those who were speaking immediately shrank back.

Xu Ancheng did raise his hand, but he grinned and said, "I'll let you go, I'll let you go, I'll let my wife go."

Wen Tang picked up her notebook and started writing, "Okay, my cousin agrees to let his wife work."

"What about the other three?"

"Are there any who are unwilling?"

"If you don't want to, say so now, and we'll draw two more substitutes."

Then the other three men were eyed covetously by the others.

One of them, named Wang Fu, was even slapped by his wife, who yelled, "You dare to delay my money-making efforts?"

Try it and it'll be gone.

“…I, what did I say?” Wang Fu covered his head and raised his hand. “I, I agree.”

Following closely behind Wang Fu was Xu Wanguo.

In the end, only Lin Guangshu remained silent.

When everyone was looking at him, he stammered, "My family... my family is discussing who should go."

"That means they all agree!"

"In that case, let's resolve this matter satisfactorily."

"If we only need two or three workers next time, we'll still use a lottery system."

"If there are enough, we'll try to get a spot for every household in our brigade."

"Then, I want to emphasize one point: we will not consider male workers until we have filled all the female worker positions."

"As for why we don't hire male workers, it's because we're currently doing delicate work, and our female colleagues are more meticulous and better suited for it."

"Our work is similar to that of textile workers in the city. It requires delicate skills and not much physical strength, so we don't need male workers for the time being."

"I hope everyone understands!" Wen Tang deliberately avoided recruiting men, but she still had to say these words.

If she doesn't speak up, she won't know if there are bad people hiding in the crowd who might trip her up or do something malicious, which would be quite troublesome.

After I said that, those conceited men will feel better and will most likely stop thinking about doing bad things.

Sure enough, after hearing Wen Tang's explanation, many people began to smile. "Oh, I see!"

"That's true. Women are indeed better suited to doing delicate work."

“If we rough, clumsy men were to do delicate work, we’d just cause more trouble.”

They comforted themselves by talking back and forth.

And that's how the recruitment was decided.

After the incident was over, the villagers from Xiangxing Team who had not yet separated their households started arguing about doing so.

Especially at Qiu Yuefang's home.

Her eldest daughter-in-law caused the most trouble.

"We must separate. We must separate."

"Did a donkey kick your brain?" Lin Jingyao's tone was still unfriendly, but it was much better.

Because of the last fight with Lin Jinghui, Lin Jinghui really went all out against him.

The beating made him behave somewhat.

Although Lin Jinghui didn't get anything good out of it either.

But Lin Jinghui was probably too young, and he walked with a limp. He still glared at him, and he really had no choice.

“What do you mean you’ve been kicked in the head by a donkey? I think you’re the one who’s been kicked in the head by a donkey,” his wife Huang Hongmei retorted.

"Look, even Uncle San's family got selected today. Did our family get selected?"

"I'm telling you, it was your mother who killed him."

Huang Hongmei pointed outside and said, "Look at the kind of life other people are living now, and then look at the kind of life you and I are living."

Lin Jingyao knew who she was referring to without her saying it.

Although Wang Xiaohui lives alone now, she lives in the same courtyard as them, and they can see each other eating and drinking.

Last time, they all saw Qiuqiu eating White Rabbit milk candy.

It was Lin Jingyao's son who first saw it.

Qiuqiu was playing with the candy when Lin Jingyao's son saw it. He wanted it too, so he tried to coax the candy away.

But Qiuqiu is small, but not stupid.

He grabbed the candy and liquor and ran back into the house.

The child got upset and ran to his mother, yelling, "Candy! Little Tiger wants candy too!"

Huang Hongmei said irritably, "Whose mouth did you see move this time?"

"Little sister, little sister has candy!" Lin Xiaohu cried, pointing outside.

Huang Hongmei was too embarrassed to ask Wang Xiaohui for it herself, so she encouraged the child to "go to your grandma and ask her to get it for you."

Five-year-old Lin Xiaohu can already understand human speech.

Huang Hongmei told him to go find Qiu Yuefang, so he went.

When he asked for candy, Qiu Yuefang retorted irritably, "Eat, eat, eat! You're such a glutton, where would I get candy for you?"

“My sister has one, my sister has one,” Lin Xiaohu said, unwilling to listen.

Huang Hongmei was angry when she heard what Qiu Yuefang said to Lin Xiaohu. So, as soon as Lin Xiaohu finished speaking, she rushed over, grabbed him, and gave him a severe beating.

Five-year-old Lin Xiaohu was still wearing open-crotch pants. When he was hit, his buttocks were swollen. Qiu Yuefang didn't utter a sound.

Qiu Yuefang is a heartless woman. She cares about the children she gave birth to, but as for the children her daughter-in-law gave birth to, in her opinion, as long as her daughter-in-law doesn't care, she might as well beat them to death.

Anyway, a mother would never be willing to beat her own child to death.

She has her daughter-in-law completely under her thumb.

Otherwise, we wouldn't have dared to bully Wang Xiaohui like that back then.

The child was beaten and cried loudly; it was only in the end that the second son's wife managed to calm him down.

They were all in the same courtyard, making quite a commotion. Wang Xiaohui heard some of the noise and knew it was because of the candy in Qiuqiu's hand, but she simply closed the door to block out the noise from outside.

I didn't send over a single piece of candy.

She wasn't that kind-hearted.

Because those people had never been kind to her before.

If anyone had had any compassion for her at that time, they wouldn't have let her go hungry with her nursing baby.

That's why Huang Hongxiang hated Wang Xiaohui so much.

I think she's very cruel.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be so stingy as to not even give their child a piece of candy.

She secretly despised Wang Xiaohui many times, thinking, "So what if she found a job to make money?"

If other families have similar things in the future, will it be her turn to put on airs and act all high and mighty?

But today Wen Tang said that those who haven't separated from the family can only send one person...

If Huang Hongxiang doesn't break down, who will?!