The black dog glanced at him. "Why don't you say that to Brother Shen's face? See if he'll beat you up."
Huzi stiffened his neck. "Even if he beats me, what I'm saying is the truth. Which guy says, 'I~am~going~to~pick~someone~up~' as soon as it's twelve noon?"
As he said this, he even curled his little finger and wiggled his butt around.
These actions disgusted the others so much that they all decided to stay away from Huzi to avoid getting contaminated by whatever was on him.
...
At Huaxing Factory, in Factory Director Wang's office.
The tea in the guest's cup was still warm when the phone rang. "Did anyone come to see the factory today?"
"Yes, they did. They seemed quite satisfied with our factory. I've also mentioned the problem of our aging equipment to them."
It was not clear who was on the other end of the phone. All that could be heard was that Factory Director Wang spoke to that person with great respect.
The person on the other end seemed to let out a sneer. "What's there not to be satisfied with? Huaxing is the best factory you can buy at this price."
Factory Director Wang quickly agreed.
"Next, just tell them that there's a Hong Kong businessman who's specifically in charge of renovating the equipment. The price of the parts is only one-third of that in other places. They just need to assemble the parts a little after buying them, and they can be used."
Factory Director Wang looked a bit embarrassed. "This is..."
"You don't need to worry about this. Just do as I tell you. If you handle this well, I'll waive this year's interest for you."
Factory Director Wang stammered, but the person on the other end had already hung up.
Hearing the long series of busy tones on the phone, Factory Director Wang frowned so tightly that it seemed he could pinch a fly to death.
Alas, what kind of mess was this?
...
Shen Yanshan was waiting at the factory gate.
He was handsome and his features exuded a sense of stability that had been honed by countless hardships, like sharp sand that had polished him over and over again.
Compared to those rich young masters or others, he had an air that didn't match his age, which made him stand out in the crowd.
A few people walked by, discussing what had happened in the factory today.
"Did you see? The new female announcer in the broadcast room showed her face under the national flag today. She's really beautiful! She looks like she stepped out of a painting."
"She's really good-looking. I think she's even prettier than Mu Wan. She's like a delicate little flower. I wonder if she has a boyfriend."
"Why are you so curious about whether she has a boyfriend? What? Are you smitten? Do you want to date her?"
The young man being teased quickly retorted, "No, don't talk nonsense."
"Oh~ You're blushing! You really are interested! Why don't you go to the broadcast room and ask someday!"
A group of young people walked by Shen Yanshan while joking and playing around.
Shen Yanshan's face grew darker and darker, and even a chill seemed to rise from the soles of his feet.
Someone wanted to date Li Chuchu? Didn't they know she was already married?
Li Chuchu ran out from inside. "Sorry to keep you waiting. There was something going on today."
She noticed that Shen Yanshan didn't look too happy and thought it was because he had been waiting outside for too long. She whispered, "What's wrong? Are you in a bad mood?"
Shen Yanshan quickly composed himself. "No."
He stared into Li Chuchu's eyes, then his gaze moved downward and finally landed on her lips.
No one expected it. Suddenly, Shen Yanshan lowered his head and kissed Li Chuchu on the lips.
Li Chuchu felt the wetness on her lips and froze completely.
In the conservative 1980s, at the factory gate where people came and went, he just kissed her in front of so many people?!
Li Chuchu looked at him in disbelief.
Was he driven crazy by the stimulation this morning?
But Shen Yanshan calmly withdrew his gaze. "Get on. Let's go home." His voice was quite loud, as if he was deliberately saying it to the people around.
Li Chuchu was confused but still obediently got on the back seat.
Shen Yanshan was in the front, slightly squinting his eyes. When he felt others' gazes, a hint of pride flashed in his eyes inadvertently.
When they got home, Li Chuchu finally realized later that Shen Yanshan had been asserting his sovereignty at the factory gate.
Looking at his back as he locked the bike, Li Chuchu covered her mouth and secretly smiled.
How childish.
...
As soon as they entered the courtyard, they heard Luo Yingshu's furious voice. "Huzi! Did you steal the sugar at home?"
"I... I didn't."
Luo Yingshu pointed at the almost empty brown sugar jar. "If it wasn't you, then who was it?"
Huzi picked at his fingers. "It was... Grandma said she felt tasteless this morning and wanted something flavorful to drink."
Liu Xiaocheng's mother was hiding inside the house and didn't come out. But now she couldn't hold it in anymore. Pretending to be half-deaf and half-dumb, she came out and joined in.
"Oh, Yingshu, what are you doing? Making such a big fuss?"
"Oh, right. I forgot to tell you. I had a headache and my eyes were blurred as soon as I got up this morning. I thought it might be because I was tired from going on a long trip yesterday. I was afraid of spending money if I went to the hospital, so I didn't tell you. Then I saw the brown sugar in the cabinet and made myself a cup of brown sugar water. After drinking it, my headache got much better."
This old woman was lazy and gluttonous. Ordinary people really had no way to deal with her.
"You could still see where the sugar jar was even with blurred eyes. It must have been really hard for you, old lady. At your age, your nose is still quite sharp. I'm afraid you followed the smell, right?" Luo Yingshu's words were full of sarcasm. She had no concept of respecting the elderly and caring for the young at all.
This old woman pretended to be sick and blind, lazy and gluttonous. If she behaved like this with her second son, she would have been kicked out by her shrewd second daughter-in-law long ago.
She simply thought the eldest son's family was easy to bully.
She ate her sugar? Luo Yingshu would make sure she couldn't enjoy it in peace!
In her whole life, Luo Yingshu was only willing to serve Liu Xiaocheng wholeheartedly. She wouldn't even give a good look to her elder brother and sister-in-law.
"Mom, I advise you to go to the hospital and have a check-up. After all, a headache is easy to treat, but gluttony is hard to cure. It's not right for you to keep snatching food from the kids."
When Luo Yingshu got sharp-tongued, she could really outmatch three people.
Li Chuchu listened and felt that it was like when she had quarreled with herself before. It seemed that she hadn't even shown her full power then?
Liu Xiaocheng's mother's face stiffened.
She didn't expect her daughter-in-law to be so disrespectful to her.
She was just about to throw a tantrum and roll on the ground in the courtyard when she suddenly saw the neighbor Li Chuchu and her fearsome and violent husband coming back.
The two were walking towards this direction.
This neighbor had really left a deep psychological shadow on the old woman. She was so scared that she quickly got up and hid in the house.
Luo Yingshu still had something to say when she saw the old woman running into the house as if she had seen a ghost.
She wondered who had such a great influence.
She turned around and saw that it was Shen Yanshan and Li Chuchu coming back.
Luo Yingshu frowned and, without looking back, dragged Xiaohu into the house.
Even Li Chuchu was annoying.
Humph.