Chapter 1573: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 1573: Zhang Yueran Actually Agreed

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Erhai definitely wanted to help Lin Xiaofang in his heart; no matter what purpose Lin Xiaofang had in asking him to take over that mask factory, he wanted to lend a hand.

For no other reason than that Niu Chunsheng had shown the Wang Family no small kindness during his lifetime.

But he had no choice but to consider practical problems.

One was the issue of losing money.

Second was the issue on his wife's side.

For a factory that would clearly lose one or two million every year once taken over, would his wife agree to take it on?

The answer was probably obvious.

Although Zhang Yueran was gentle and kind, she was no fool; how could she possibly agree to let her husband do something so obviously like being the unfair burden?

Wang Erhai had also considered whether to take over that factory behind Zhang Yueran's back.

He thought it over carefully and rejected the idea.

How could such a big matter be hidden from his wife?

Wang Erhai sighed.

It seemed he could only offend Lin Xiaofang.

He just feared Lin Xiaofang would make things too ugly because of his refusal.

Truly a headache!

In the blink of an eye evening arrived; tonight Wang Erhai worked overtime until ten o'clock before getting off work, and he dragged his exhausted body back home.

Seeing Zhang Yueran looking fatigued, with dark circles under her eyes, feeding the child, he couldn't help but feel heartache, and his resolve became even firmer: no matter what, he must first think of his own family; family must always come first.

"Wife, you've worked hard! If there's anything you need me to help with, just say it!"

As soon as Wang Erhai returned home, he said this one sentence to Zhang Yueran first.

Ever since giving birth, Zhang Yueran had indeed had a very hard time.

Although her mother was there helping to take care of things, breastfeeding required feeding every few hours, so at night she basically couldn't get a full night's sleep; it was indeed extremely tiring.

Yet Zhang Yueran said:

"Staying home raising the child, how is that as hard as you going to work? You go shower first, after showering hurry up and rest! Once I finish feeding, I'll take the child to sleep!"

"Okay, wife! I'll listen to you in everything!"

Wang Erhai didn't fight to take care of the child, because what he could actually help with wasn't much.

Wang Erhai went to get clothes and shower.

He couldn't help but say one sentence:

"Today, Liu Yong from Chunfang Group came looking for me."

Zhang Yueran said:

"Looking for you for what?"

Wang Erhai said:

"Lin Xiaofang had Liu Yong come notify me, hoping I could take over that mask factory in the county town; that factory loses one or two million a year, I really can't agree, I plan to go refuse Lin Xiaofang tomorrow; just because Uncle Chunsheng showed kindness to our Wang Family doesn't mean I have to be the unfair burden, wife, you say, right?"

However, to Wang Erhai's surprise, Zhang Yueran actually said:

"The mask factory in the county's old industrial zone? That's the factory that employs over twenty disabled people."

Wang Erhai was stunned:

"How do you know that?"

That the mask factory employed twenty-odd disabled people — to tell the truth, even he, Wang Erhai, didn't know this.

Zhang Yueran said:

"I have a student; his father died early, his mother is disabled; his mother works at the mask factory; the pay isn't high, about two thousand yuan a month in hand, but they pay the five insurances and one fund; his mother relied on this job to send him through high school, and that kid's grades are excellent!"

Wang Erhai was astonished.

He completely hadn't expected that Niu Chunsheng had done such a good deed before his death.

And he hadn't used it for publicity or advertising to build a philanthropist persona for himself.

He just did good deeds silently.

"Then what do you mean, wife?"

Wang Erhai asked this sentence at this moment.

Zhang Yueran said:

"Aunt Xiaofang originally isn't good at business; she's probably afraid she can't manage it all, and doesn't want the factory to just go bankrupt, so she thought of transferring it to you; I think if you have the ability, take it over — not for anything else, just to accumulate a bit more merit for our daughter."

Wang Erhai couldn't help but laugh out loud.

He let out a long breath of turbid air.

He had originally thought his wife would one hundred percent not agree to take it over.

Never expected things would actually exceed his expectations; his wife actually supported him taking it over.

"What's with that reaction?" Zhang Yueran felt baffled. "Did I say something wrong? I'm just making a suggestion, not saying you must adopt it; if you don't want to do a money-losing business, then forget it. It's just a pity for those twenty-odd disabled people; if the factory goes bankrupt, they'll have an even harder time finding work……"

Zhang Yueran sighed.

Wang Erhai hurriedly said:

"I didn't say I'm unwilling; I just didn't expect you'd be willing. It might lose one or two million a year, and once taken over, it probably can't be transferred out again; additionally, even if we want to suspend production, the county government won't allow it — this is a guaranteed loss-making deal; are you sure you really don't object?"

Zhang Yueran thought for a moment:

"Your Liguo Mountain side, the salary alone can about cover the mask factory's operations, right? And then there's also the income from the two companies Shenghai Building Materials and Yuju Real Estate. Although the money invested was lost, it's indeed quite painful, but we can't just focus on making money, we have to do something for society!"

Wang Erhai laughed and said:

"Wife, since you put it that way, then I'll agree to it!"

In the blink of an eye it was the next morning. Wang Erhai arrived at the company and immediately gave Liu Yong a call.

"General Manager Liu, that mask factory has twenty-some disabled workers. Why didn't you mention it to me yesterday?"

Hearing this, Liu Yong thought Wang Erhai had come to demand an explanation, so he hurriedly said:

"Very sorry, President Wang, I forgot about this matter yesterday!"

How could he have forgotten? He deliberately concealed it.

Because if he had mentioned it yesterday, he reckoned Wang Erhai would have refused to his face.

Now that Wang Erhai knew about this, he naturally could only come clean:

"That mask factory indeed has twenty-some disabled workers. This is also one of the reasons the county government won't let it shut down easily. Of course, the more important reason isn't this. It's because that mask factory is the only factory in the entire county with medical mask production qualifications. The masks for the county's several major hospitals and township health centers generally all come from that mask factory."

Liu Yong let out a dry laugh, then continued:

"General Manager Niu's wife originally didn't know about those twenty-some disabled workers. Recently she personally came to audit the accounts, and as a result she discovered it. She immediately flew into a rage, feeling that General Manager Niu had secretly raised those twenty-some disabled people behind her back while he was alive. It was really too disrespectful to her……"

"So it was because of this reason that Aunt Xiaofang wants to transfer the mask factory?"

Wang Erhai suddenly realized. At the same time, he also understood why Niu Chunsheng had done good deeds low-key during his lifetime. Because this kind of money-losing business, Lin Xiaofang certainly would not agree to.

At this time Liu Yong persuaded Wang Erhai:

"President Wang, this is your opportunity to build good relations with the county leadership. Just treat it as spending one or two million a year to maintain county relations. This actually doesn't count as too much of a loss. Of course, if you don't want to take it over, then forget it. I'll just give Lin Xiaofang a heads-up later. I'm just a messenger. I have no ill will toward you……"

"Who said I'm not willing to take it over?" Wang Erhai said this sentence at this time.

Liu Yong immediately froze:

"What do you mean?"

Wang Erhai then said:

"That mask factory, I'll take it over. Isn't it just losing one or two million? Just treat it as spending one or two million a year to do good deeds."