Chapter 103: Human Relationships

Sihe Academy

The Cao Family

Both of them were so angry at Jia Zhangshi; she really was an unreasonable old shrew.

"How can there be such a person!"

Song Yulan slammed the table in anger: "I'm about to be angered to death."

Cao Weiguo took Song Yulan's hand and comforted her: "Don't get angry with that kind of person. Just have less contact with the Jia family in the future. Let's close our door and live our own lives."

Song Yulan said unhappily: "You don't pay attention to her, but she keeps pushing her luck."

"Woo—rururu!"

At this moment, the kettle on the stove boiled, and Song Yulan hurriedly got up to go over.

She first filled the thermos with the boiling water from the kettle, poured the remaining water into a foot-washing basin, and added a few ladles of cold water.

She tested the water temperature with her hand before carrying the basin to Cao Weiguo and squatting down.

"Time to wash your feet."

Seeing Song Yulan about to take off his shoes again, Cao Weiguo quickly said: "I'll wash them myself."

Song Yulan patted Cao Weiguo's lower leg: "Oh my, don't move, you might kick the water over."

Cao Weiguo said with a smile: "I'll wash them myself; you've been busy cleaning the house all day, you're tired too."

Song Yulan looked up and said with a happy smile: "Lift your feet. I'm your wife; I'm very happy to wash your feet."

"Wife, you are so good. Marrying you is the greatest blessing of my life."

Cao Weiguo was moved in his heart, his heart feeling as warm as if it were soaking in a hot spring.

Song Yulan took off his shoes and placed Cao Weiguo's feet in the water: "Is it okay?"

"Very comfortable."

Cao Weiguo nodded happily.

Song Yulan happily and gently kneaded his feet, making Cao Weiguo feel as if he were floating to the clouds.

After washing his feet, Song Yulan went out to pour the water.

Cao Weiguo put on his slippers to get the thermos, and after Song Yulan returned, he snatched the foot-washing basin.

"What are you doing?"

"I want to wash your feet too."

Song Yulan said anxiously: "How can that be? You're a grown man, how can you wash someone else's feet?"

Cao Weiguo deftly poured and mixed the water, then pressed Song Yulan onto a chair.

"What's wrong with washing my own wife's feet!"

He forcefully took off her old cloth shoes and grabbed Song Yulan's feet, placing them into the water.

Song Yulan's feet were well-shaped, with rough, hard calluses on the soles—traces of years of labor in the fields.

"Cao Weiguo, I want to serve you for a lifetime."

Feeling her husband's thoughtfulness, Song Yulan felt both sour and sweet in her heart.

"I want to have children for you, lots of children."

After Cao Weiguo finished pouring out the foot-washing water and returned, Song Yulan hugged Cao Weiguo in a daze.

"Mm, let's work hard together and expand our family."

Picking Song Yulan up, Cao Weiguo rushed toward the bedroom with surging emotions.

The Jia Family

Qin Huairu lay on the bed, staring blankly at the pitch-black ceiling.

Loneliness and desolation engulfed her like a tide, and countless worries surged in her heart.

"Qin Huairu, we must not let Cao Weiguo, that beast, off!"

Jia Zhangshi suddenly blurted out a sentence, making Qin Huairu feel irritable.

"And what if we don't let him off?"

"We are orphans and widows, we can't fight him!"

Jia Zhangshi said with a sinister look in her eyes: "Even a rabbit will bite when pushed to the limit. As long as you have the heart, there's nothing that can't be done."

Qin Huairu said: "What's the use of having the heart? Cao Weiguo has money and power. If you really push him too far, he can drive me out of the steel rolling mill with a few words, and then our whole family will have to drink the northwest wind."

This sentence made Jia Zhangshi a little afraid, but the hatred in her heart didn't diminish in the slightest.

Jia Zhangshi said cunningly: "We can't beat Cao Weiguo, but we can mess with his wife. A country girl who is unfamiliar with the place—you get closer to her, then borrow money from her hands. She won't be able to refuse. If I don't dig a piece of meat from the Cao family, I won't feel happy."

Qin Huairu's eyes flickered, and after a slight contemplation, she said: "Fine, I'll try. It just so happens she's been learning sewing from me recently."

Jia Zhangshi sneered and said: "Next time you teach her, bring the three children along. Can that country girl have the heart not to give the children something to eat?"

Qin Huairu nodded and said: "Fine."

Cao Weiguo's life was prosperous, and Song Yulan was enjoying the benefits, which made Qin Huairu jealous.

Everyone is a woman, and everyone came from the countryside.

Why can you live happily and fulfillingly, while I have to be a widow and suffer for a lifetime.

The night passed without a word.

The next day, at the first light of dawn, Cao Weiguo rode his bike to the steel rolling mill.

At the entrance of the cafeteria, Cao Weiguo, the cafeteria director, and the procurement director completed another transaction.

10 chickens and 50 jin of high-quality pork.

"Weiguo! You really are the best!"

The procurement director gave Cao Weiguo a thumbs up.

Cao Weiguo complained: "I put in quite a bit of effort for these things; my lips are almost worn out from talking."

The procurement director happily touched the pork: "Weiguo, you've done me a huge favor this time; otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to answer to Director Yang and would have been criticized again."

Cao Weiguo asked curiously: "Do you know what guests Director Yang is entertaining? Asking for so much meat in one go."

The procurement director said: "It's not to entertain guests; Director Yang wants to use it to reward the subordinate units that exceeded their tasks."

Cao Weiguo said: "That's what I thought; one meal couldn't possibly eat that much."

After the staff finished weighing, the procurement director paid the money and coupons readily.

A total of sixty yuan and eighty jin of meat coupons.

Cao Weiguo really didn't take this little bit of money to heart.

"Putting in the effort" to get these chickens and pork was entirely for the sake of the procurement director's favor.

If he really wanted to make money, he could earn more at the pigeon market.

The procurement director, having solved his problem, beamed with joy: "Weiguo, let's go to Donglaishun after work today; I'll treat you to mutton hot pot."

Cao Weiguo smacked his lips: "Tsk tsk, then I'm in for a treat."

The procurement director took the chicken and pork to report.

The cafeteria director happily slipped into his office. ===== CHAPTER 105 =====