Gu Xuemei's words were hard to answer, so Yuan Lianyun didn't speak. She was the sister-in-law, and no matter how close she was to her sister-in-law, there were some things she couldn't say.
As Gu Xuemei's biological sister, Gu Xuelan has no such scruples: "As for the original, it's not like I didn't persuade you before, did you leave?"
"I didn't do it for the sake of the children. Well." Gu Xuemei said stubbornly.
Gu Xuelan believed her: "Don't use Jingyu as an excuse. If you had simply left at that time, Jingyu would have been able to get into a better university."
< br>When this was mentioned, Gu Xuemei felt uncomfortable and felt sorry for her child.
The atmosphere suddenly changed. Yuan Lianyun hurriedly smoothed things over: "Okay, it's all over. Jingyu is fine now. Xuelan, don't talk about it. We came out to celebrate the festival happily. What happened in the past is just Don’t even mention it.”
Gu Xuelan didn't specifically choose this sentence to hurt her sister. She had really heard Gu Xuemei say "regret" enough. Every time Gu Xuemei said "regret", Gu Xuelan would think of Liu Wangxue's cousin. Song Jingyu was furious.
Gu Xuemei did have the thought of divorce at first, but the thought was very light.
Gu Xuemei and Song Ningwei also got married through free love. The main reason why she fell in love with Song Ningwei and refused to marry him was actually not love, but Song Ningwei's academic qualifications.
The Gu family has three children. The eldest, Gu Xuehui, has been smart since he was a child. Learning is as easy for him as eating and drinking. Almost an entire wall at home is decorated with his certificates. Gu Xuehui went from elementary school to high school smoothly and was admitted to a very good university in other provinces.
Gu Xuelan is the second child. Although she is not as good as Gu Xuehui in studying, she works hard and is diligent. She usually has after-school tutoring from Gu Xuehui, and she has been admitted to university smoothly. But there is one difference between her and Gu Xuehui. She had already made plans for her life at that time. She would study in a normal school close to home and work closer to home after graduation. She would be a teacher and have a stable job. Life.
The third child, Gu Xuemei, is different from her brothers and sisters. She doesn’t like to study and go to school. In her own words, as soon as she opens the textbook, she will either feel dizzy or have a headache when she sees the words on it.
Before she finished elementary school, Gu Xuemei didn’t want to go to school anymore. She told her family: “My brother is good at studying and my sister is willing to study. Let them go. If I don’t go, I can help my mother at home.” , and it can save you money, dad. It’s not easy for you to make money working in the factory..."
Before he finished speaking, Liu Wangxue’s grandfather whipped him with a broom: " Go to school honestly, do I need your tuition?”
Liu Wangxue’s grandfather was working in a textile factory in the town and was a middle-level leader. My grandfather has always believed: "Our family is just like other workers. We have no connections. Why can I be promoted step by step? It's not because I have a technical secondary school diploma!" From his own perspective, he believes that academic qualifications are very important. , especially in the future when the three children in the family become adults, it will be even more important, so the idea he has always instilled in them is to "study hard." Gu Xuemei's remarks about not wanting to go to school really annoyed him.
Gu Xuemei was forced to go to school, and she actually went to junior high school honestly. But she was not good at studying at all, and her grades were so poor that Gu Xuehui didn't even bother to teach her, saying that her brain was made of elm lumps and she couldn't hold even a little bit of knowledge. For the first time in his life, Gu Xuemei Frustration is experienced here. Gu Xuehui later said that when he applied for the college entrance examination, he first excluded the normal school category, largely because of this sister.
Gu Xuemei went to school every day like going to the execution ground. Finally, in the second semester of the second grade of junior high school, she couldn't hold it in any longer and started making trouble at home again. The reason is that the daughter of a family in the same village has returned. This family has some kinship with the Gu family. The daughter is several years older than Gu Xuehui, but according to seniority, the three children of the Gu family have to call her "aunt".
This aunt also doesn’t like to study. She went out to work with a few friends in society before she even finished junior high school. I heard that she has been doing business in Fu City on the southeast coast in the past two years and has been doing well. Prosperous. When she came back, it happened to be the Dragon Boat Festival. The man who was said to be her boyfriend even drove a car and took out large and small packages of gifts. The villagers all praised her for her achievements.
Gu Xuemei had a good relationship with this aunt when she was a child, but after her aunt left, the two of them had little contact. They wrote several letters, and her aunt also sent her and Gu Xuelan some headbands for little girls. and hairpins, both of which are styles not found here. The two sisters wore them to school, which aroused the envy of others.
The day after my aunt came back, she came to see Gu Xuemei and gave her and Gu Xuelan a dress that was fashionable in the south. Gu Xuemei just liked these beautiful things. While chatting, she took the opportunity to ask her a lot of questions, all about her business and whether she made money. She was fascinated by the "outside world" she described.
So when there was a commotion at home, Gu Xuemei said that she would go out to do business with this aunt. Liu Wangxue's grandma and grandpa definitely couldn't agree. Grandpa had already thought about it, no matter what, he would force Gu Xuemei to finish junior high school. If she really couldn't pass the high school exam, then she would go to a technical secondary school and he would be able to help her after graduation. Then arrange a job for her.
Unexpectedly, Gu Xuemei secretly ran away with her aunt. She still cared about her family and left a few words, writing about everything she went to and what she did. The family only found out after school was over the next evening - the three brothers and sisters set off to school together in the morning. After school in the evening, Gu Xuelan and Gu Xuehui met Gu Xuemei's class teacher at the school gate, and then they found out that she had not been there all day. Come to class. The brother and sister hurried home and told Grandma Liu Wangxue what had happened. At that time, Grandpa Liu Wangxue had not gotten off work. The mother and son went to Gu Xuemei's room and saw the note she left.
Early the next morning, Liu Wangxue's grandfather went to the factory to ask for leave and went south to capture Gu Xuemei. After taking leave, I packed my things and was about to leave for the train station when my home phone rang. It was Gu Xuemei calling. She reported her location, briefly talked about her next plan, and asked others to find her. She wanted to follow her aunt to do something big.
Liu Wangxue’s grandfather did not make it in the end because there was an emergency in the factory that day and he was called back to deal with it. Later, Gu Xuemei called back the next day to report that she was safe. Liu Wangxue's grandma and grandpa gradually calmed down and even sent her living expenses. As long as she was fine, they could let her go.
But the life outside is far from as beautiful as Gu Xuemei expected. This aunt is not in a big business, and she doesn’t even have a shop, because she is in the street stall business, and her sales are not fixed. The location of several items is not fixed. They may be here today and there tomorrow.
Gu Gu Xuemei's heart was calm: "I can't afford the shops here, and the rent is not cheap. Don't think it's tiring to set up a street stall, but there is no rent, no water and electricity, and no employees, how much money can be saved, and you follow me I’ve been watching for several days, I’ve earned a lot of money, right?”
Gu Xuemei thought that her lofty ideals had already been blown out. She couldn’t just run home in dejection because of such a little difficulty. She would definitely have to go back to school to continue her “punishment” without losing face, so she Follow my aunt, no matter how tired you are, you will grit your teeth and persevere.
After two years like this, my aunt and her boyfriend saved enough money together, opened two large shops in the market, and started a wholesale business. Gu Xuemei is definitely not as good as the two of them alone, and she is also young. When she has money, she can't help spending it, buying this and that for her family, and she never treats herself badly. Seeing her aunt open the shop, she became anxious and would never spend money carelessly from now on.
However, prices cannot stay where they are, let alone house prices. In order to save money as quickly as possible, Gu Xuemei changed the way of setting up a stall. There were truck drivers she knew from her aunt's side, and there were a few who were close friends with her aunt's boyfriend. Gu Xuemei sometimes took their cars to bring goods from the south to the north to sell.
Gu Xuemei was only 19 years old when she saved enough money and planned to open a shop in the market like her aunt. Gu Xuehui hadn't graduated from college that year, and Gu Xuelan had just entered her sophomore year.
Many years later, Gu Xuemei's daughter Song Jingyu graduated from college. Gu Xuemei recalled that time and said: "The luck God gave me probably only goes so far."
Song Jingyu said: "Mom, God didn't give it to you. Your luck only goes so far, but your sober self-awareness only goes so far."
Gu Xuemei agreed: "Yes, indeed."
When did the situation start to turn bad. Well, Gu Xuemei thought, it started when she was setting up shop.
The shop that Gu Xuemei was interested in was not in the same wholesale market as the one at her aunt's house, but a newly opened one at the other end of Fu City. At that time, the city was also under planning and construction. The new wholesale market did have more geographical advantages than the old one. Even before it was officially opened, we could see considerable passenger flow in the future. As you can imagine, the price will not be cheap. Gu Xuemei couldn't afford it. The money she had on hand would be enough to buy a small shop with a decent location. After thinking about it, she decided to do so. She wanted to wait until she earned money before expanding. At this time, her friend Meixia came to the door and told Gu Xuemei that she also wanted to open a shop.
Meixia met Gu Xuemei not long after she came here with her aunt. She is one year older than her. They have helped each other a lot in the past few years, and their relationship is very strong. However, she was interested in a shop with a better location and a larger area in the new market. She didn't have enough money on hand, so she asked Gu Xuemei if she wanted to do this business together. She also said that she had already negotiated with another friend, Shao Qin. Gu Xuemei also knows Shao Qin and has a good relationship with him.
The shop that Mei Xia mentioned was exactly what Gu Xuemei had fancied before but couldn't afford. When she said this, she immediately took action and the store jointly opened by the three of them was opened.
After the busiest period before the Spring Festival, almost all the shops in the wholesale market were closed. The bosses went home to celebrate the New Year, and Gu Xuemei was no exception. On the third day of the Lunar New Year, she went to the bank to withdraw money and suddenly found an extra payment in her account. She asked the clerk at the counter to help check and found that the payment was from the first day of the Lunar New Year and was actually marked as salary. She was extremely confused. After returning home, she found the phone book and called Meixia's house. The line was busy. I called Shao Qin's house again, but the line was still busy.
This afternoon, Gu Xuemei called them both several times, but the lines were either busy or no one answered. She felt something was wrong in her heart, and she kept sitting by the landline phone, answering the calls as they came, and none of them were hers.
When it was past nine o'clock in the evening, the landline at home rang again. As soon as the ringtone sounded, Gu Xuemei picked up the phone immediately.
Meixia was on the other end of the phone. As soon as the call was connected, she scolded Shaoqin a few times in a tearful dialect, and then said to Gu Xuemei: "We were all fooled by her!"
< br>It turns out that Meixia also received a payment in the name of "salary". She discovered it yesterday and felt something was wrong, so she called Shaoqin to ask.
Shao Qin is older than she and Gu Xuemei. She graduated from a technical secondary school and majored in accounting. She went into business because something happened at home and needed money. She earns more than a dead salary, so the store’s accounts are all She'll take care of it.
Shao Qin said: "I pay you your wages."
Meixia was surprised that the store was opened by a partnership between the three of them, and the three of them usually ran the business together. There was no such thing as anyone paying wages to whom. She said: "Are you kidding me? Are you mistaken? How can this be wages? This should be called dividends. , Didn’t we agree to share it together after the New Year? And Xuemei and I have both read the accounts, and the dividends are definitely more than that.”
“You signed the contract in black and white, don’t you? Do you know?" Shao Qin asked Mei Xia, and then hung up the phone.
Meixia thought, what kind of contract? Their business only signed receipt notes and delivery notes. When did they sign another contract... By the way, they signed the contract when they were in partnership!
Meixia's home is not far from Fu City. She quickly bought the nearest train and went back. She went to the rental house to find the contract and read it from the beginning word for word.
As the saying goes, you won’t know until you look at it. It was obviously a contract to open a joint store, but now it turned into a contract for her and Gu Xuemei to work for Shao Qin - there were hidden clauses and word games in it. Neither of them paid attention when they signed.
When Gu Xuemei heard what Meixia said, she didn't believe it at all. When she rushed over to see the contract with her own eyes, her heart felt like it was in an ice cellar: "What about the money we invested?" This was most of her savings. They were all tricked by Shao Qin.
Meixia was so angry that she almost tore up the contract: "To take it all? What a great idea for her! Even if I die, I can't let her continue to open this store!"
Both of them go together. They consulted a lawyer, but the lawyer kept talking about this clause and that clause, and then based on this provision and that provision. The two of them were confused, so they changed to another law firm. After running like this for half a month, in the end, the conclusion was unanimous everywhere, and the legal approach was unavailable.
While the two were discussing whether there was any other way, Gu Xuemei received a call from home, saying that her grandma had accidentally fallen and was hospitalized, and asked her if she could spare a few days to go back and take care of her.
Gu Xuehui cannot take leave from work for the time being. Gu Xuelan has already started school. Liu Wangxue's grandfather is also busy in the factory. Grandma Liu Wangxue is the only one at home. She is really busy.
After Meixia found out, she asked Gu Xuemei to go home first: "Don't worry, I'll find a way and I'll definitely make her spit out our money." She felt guilty towards Gu Xuemei and felt that if she hadn't brought Gu Xuemei into the partnership, Gu Xuemei will open a small shop according to her original idea. The money may not be as much as that of a big shop, but she will never encounter such a trouble.
When Gu Xuemei left, she told Meixia not to be impulsive and to call her if anything happened. They discussed it and she would come back as soon as possible.
However, this time Gu Xuemei returned, she couldn't leave at all. Her grandma had a serious fall. She accidentally slipped on the ice when she got up to go to the toilet at night. She was in so much pain that she couldn't scream or get up. She didn't realize it until Liu Wangxue's grandma got up at night. Yes, it had been more than half an hour since she fell.
After lying in the hospital for ten days, the old man left, and then came the funeral.
After the first seven days, Gu Xuemei received a call from Meixia again, saying that the money was coming back and had been transferred to her account, and asked her to go to the bank to check.
Gu Xuemei was taken aback and quickly asked her how she came back. It's not like they haven't gone to see Shao Qin before, but that guy refuses to take any advice and always talks about the contract. Gu Xuemei was worried that Meixia would get into trouble by some devious way.
Meixia didn't go into details, only telling Gu Xuemei that she met a local elder brother in Fu City, and it was this elder brother who helped - Shao Qin was also a local in Fu City. Meixia didn't say anything more.
Meixia also said: "We don't want to leave that store, it's bad luck!" Actually, it was because Meixia herself went to the store to cause trouble, and the elder brother also brought people there, and caused some trouble. Her reputation Once the news got out, there was no way to continue it. The eldest brother used some tricks to force Shao Qin to sell the store.
Then Meixia told Gu Xuemei that she had scouted a shop elsewhere and planned to continue the wholesale business. She also asked Gu Xuemei if she planned to go there again. If she still planned to go there, she would go find her and look at the shop. All can help.
Meixia didn't mention the partnership again. People's hearts are fickle. It's not that she doesn't believe in Gu Xuemei, but Shao Qin taught her an overly vivid lesson. She's afraid that in the face of interests, her friendship with Gu Xuemei will also suffer. Will deteriorate.
Gu Xuemei did not give Meixia a definite answer: "I'll think about it."
Meixia just thought she was in a bad mood because a relative had died, and comforted her for a while before hanging up the phone.
In fact, Gu Xuemei was hit, not from Shao Qin, but from her family.
(End of this chapter)