Chapter 82: Arrangements 2.0

At this moment, Zhang Lanhua also regained her senses, leaning on a steel pipe and panting heavily; looking up, she saw a dark green figure enter her field of vision, as if a ray of light had shone into her desperate heart.

Wang Zhiyong, who had finished tying up the five people, also walked over.

"Miss, are you alright?" Wang Zhiyong, having seen Zhang Lanhua's appearance clearly, was also slightly stunned.

"No, I'm fine, thank you, comrade."

"Heh~ as long as you're fine." After saying this, he gave a simple, honest smile.

The sound of the gunshot also alerted the nearby Public Security, and soon rapid footsteps approached; the one leading them was none other than Li Aiguo.

"Zhiyong, what's going on?"

"Li Ge, it was a few thugs who wanted to, uh, wanted to rob," Wang Zhiyong said, pointing at the cart full of cloth.

"Hmm, take them all away; Miss, you also need to come with us to the Police Station." Li Aiguo did not recognize Zhang Lanhua.

"Alright, Public Security comrade."

After Zhang Lanhua finished giving her statement and left the Police Station, Li Aiguo became thoughtful, feeling as though he had heard of this Clothing Shop somewhere before.

"Li Ge, do you know that young lady?"

"I don't know her, but the Clothing Shop she's at sounds familiar. Zhang Lanhua? Damn, could she be the older or younger sister of that kid Ping'an?"

"No, I have to go take a look."

"Li Ge, I'll go with you."

"Alright, let's go."

Zhang Lanhua, having returned to the shop without further incident, did not mention what had just happened, until Zhang Ping'an arrived with a dark face, bringing two Public Security officers with him.

"Where are Xiaochen and Xiaojing?"

"What's wrong, Uncle?"

The two were still a bit confused, but they were a little afraid of the dark-faced Zhang Ping'an and shrank back inside.

Seeing Zhang Ping'an arrive with two familiar Public Security officers, Zhang Lanhua knew exactly what had happened and hurriedly stepped forward to stop the furious Zhang Ping'an.

"Ping'an, don't blame Xiaochen and the others. The shop was busy at the time, and Xiaochen and Xiaojing didn't have time, so I went ahead by myself. Who knew I would run into..."

Zhang Ping'an had repeatedly warned and instructed these two nephews that one of them must accompany her to pick up goods, but they had treated his words as wind; they had only been in the city for a few days and were already getting comfortable...

Zhang Ping'an took a deep breath, trying his best to calm himself down. He was truly terrified; if the Public Security hadn't arrived in time, he wouldn't even dare to imagine how his fourth sister would live her life from now on.

In this era where reputation was considered more important than life, his fourth sister might even have committed suicide. Thinking of this, how could he not be furious? While his fourth sister shouldn't have gone ahead, these two nephews should have followed her.

"Ping'an, calm down."

Li Aiguo also advised him. He hadn't expected Zhang Ping'an to react so strongly, but he could understand; he had seen many cases at the Police Station where a family was ruined because a daughter had been violated.

"Alright, Fourth Sister, let go."

"Yes, alright."

"Slap! Slap!" Two crisp sounds of slapping rang out, and both nephews had blood spilling from the corners of their mouths.

"Ping'an, what are you doing? Xiaochen, Xiaojing, are you alright?"

"Li Ge, please tell them what happened. If you two feel that your uncle's two slaps were unjust, have your eldest sister and second sister come find me."

After Zhang Ping'an finished speaking, he turned and left, and Li Aiguo helplessly explained the situation to Li Chen and Li Jing.

"Slap! Slap!"

"Little Aunt, I'm sorry."

Only after hearing Li Aiguo's words did they understand why their uncle was so furious, and they slapped themselves twice. They didn't dare to imagine what if...

"No, don't blame yourselves. It's Little Aunt's fault, it's all Little Aunt's fault. Don't hold a grudge against your uncle," Zhang Lanhua said, crying.

"Little Aunt, we don't blame Uncle. We're sorry, Little Aunt, we should have followed you."

Zhang Xiaohua watched from the side, feeling helpless. She knew that Zhang Ping'an valued family ties very much and wouldn't hit his two nephews unless something major happened; it was good to give them a lesson.

"Go, go inside and get some eggs to roll on your faces. Don't blame your uncle; he was just terrified..."

Zhang Xiaohua knew that if their eldest sister and second sister found out about this, the two of them would definitely get a sound beating. No one knew better than them how much of an impact this would have on a woman if it had really happened. Fortunately, nothing had happened.

Zhang Ping'an didn't go home either; he rode his Bicycle straight to Li Family Village. He had promised Li Ze that he would take him to work in the city after he got married, and this was a good time to discuss that as well.

He arrived at Li Family Village after four in the afternoon, but only Fang Pandi was home. Zhang Ping'an didn't feel like waiting in the house, so he simply went straight to the fields.

Before he even reached the fields, he ran into a family of three carrying hoes.

"Ping'an, why are you here?"

"Uncle."

"Yes, Eldest Sister, Brother-in-law, I came here for something this time."

"Let's go, let's talk at home." Li Huaijin also saw that Zhang Ping'an's expression was wrong, guessing that his own son had caused trouble.

Back at home, Zhang Ping'an didn't hide anything and told them exactly what happened, including the fact that he had hit them.

"Those two bastards! Ping'an, you did well to hit them. No, I'm going over there tomorrow too."

"Eldest Sister, Brother-in-law, I've already hit them, and the matter is over. I came to talk about it because I don't want there to be any hard feelings between us."

"Ping'an, Eldest Sister doesn't blame you. You are an elder, it was right to hit them, especially since they made such a big mistake. Little Sister, she..."

"Fourth Sister is fine and even protected the two of them, but the two girls were probably scared to death by me. It would be good for you to go over there."

"Also, Xiao Ze, I came here this time for your job as well. Two choices: learn a skill from your Third Uncle-in-law, or become a purchaser at the shop."

Zhang Lanhua's attack made Zhang Ping'an underestimate this era; they dared to do such things in broad daylight. Although it was only a minority, it happened to his own family. From now on, he couldn't let women go out to purchase goods.

As for learning a skill from San Jie Fu, that wouldn't be difficult. If he said a word to Lou Zhenyu, providing one extra Wild Boar every month shouldn't be a problem.

"Uncle, I want to learn a skill."

"Alright, come over in three days, and I'll take you to start your job."

Zhang Ping'an also made a trip to see his second sister, Zhang Meihua, to explain the situation. His second sister and second brother-in-law also understood Zhang Ping'an and indicated they would give them another beating.

Li Cheng had also gotten married last month, and Zhang Ping'an had also given him a Bicycle. Like Li Ze, he also chose to learn a skill.

The sky had turned dark, so Zhang Ping'an went home to spend the night and showed his face in front of his younger brothers again.

"Dad, I want to find a purchaser and a Warehouse Manager for the shop."

"What's wrong? Haven't you been handling the purchasing yourself? And what do you mean by Warehouse Manager?"

"I'm busy, aren't I? Warehouse Manager just means managing the warehouse; the purchaser and the Warehouse Manager will be the same person."

"In the future, Xiaochen and Xiaojing will be the Shopkeeper and the Accountant, the two girls Xiaomei and the other will be Shop Assistants, and Si Jie will be in charge of production, which is the Workshop Director," Zhang Ping'an explained to his father using the simplest terms possible.

"Alright, I understand now. Since there's only one spot, let Lao Er and Lao San discuss it among themselves," Zhang Laizhong was also a bit stumped; it wasn't easy to divide a single position.

"Dazhuang is going to work in the city after the New Year," Zhang Ping'an's grandfather suddenly spoke up.

"Huh?"

"It's the son of that someone; I heard he drank with Dazhuang, then came to find Dazhuang to hang out, and Dazhuang took them to set a few traps at the foot of the Back Mountain, and it seems the harvest was quite good."

"Since his family's factory is expanding after the New Year, they promised one spot to Dazhuang."

Zhang Ping'an understood as soon as he heard it; that was likely the spendthrift Lou Xiaojun.

"Then Dad, do you think we should give Ping'an's spot to Lao Er's family?"

"Hmm, we'll give one to Lao San's family when there's another opportunity later."

"Good."

The night passed without incident; Zhang Ping'an got up early to exercise, and after breakfast, he returned to Sijiucheng.

"Although the factory isn't short of people for the time being, the State's demand for steel is increasing day by day, and we do plan to expand recruitment early next year, so giving you two spots is fine."

"However, you must guarantee at least three Wild Boars or an equivalent amount of meat every month next year."

"Deal."

Zhang Ping'an gritted his teeth and agreed, though he was already overjoyed inside; he would be paid for the pork anyway, so he wouldn't lose out, and besides, with the Public-Private Partnership coming in two years, job positions at the Rolling Mill would become scarce then.