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Chapter 582 Chapter 581 The elder sister was laid off and wanted to work alone

She and her two sisters Fang Mingmei and Fang Mingli helped their mother-in-law with kitchen chores.

Although Song Tangtang was born into a high-ranking official family and had the image of a corporate CEO outside, when she returned to Fang Minghua's parents' home, she was still very careful about her identity - the daughter-in-law of the Fang family, and usually did the kitchen work together with her two younger sisters-in-law.

At this time of day in the past, Fang Mingmei, the eldest sister, would talk and laugh while working, telling stories of interesting things that happened among the female workers in their workshop. But today she became less talkative and her face did not look good.

Fortunately, I went back to my parents' home. If I had gone back to my mother-in-law's home for the New Year, my mother-in-law would have thought that it was the New Year and my daughter-in-law would have given me a good look.

In the evening, when several families were having dinner around a large round table, Song Tangtang quietly told her husband Fang Minghua who was sitting next to her.

Fang Minghua didn't notice this detail. When he heard what his wife said, he found that his eldest sister looked very worried and was forcing a smile when she invited people to dinner.

Then I looked at my brother-in-law Chen Jianmin who was sitting next to me. He was drinking but seemed to be thinking about something.

in argument?
It's very likely, but as it's New Year's Day, Fang Minghua naturally doesn't want to ask too much.

After dinner and clearing the dishes, everyone sat for a while and watched TV with their parents, and then went home around eight o'clock.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Fang Minghua and Song Tangtang were preparing to return to their home with their children. At this time, they heard the eldest sister Fang Mingmei say: "Minghua, don't leave yet. I want you to help me make some decisions on something."

My brother-in-law Chen Jianmin said hurriedly, "What's there to say? Let's discuss it ourselves when we get home."

"No! I've discussed this with you several times, but what did we get? We just quarreled!" Fang Mingmei disagreed: "Now our parents, brother and sister-in-law, sister and brother-in-law are all here. Let's talk it out and see whose idea is better!"

As the head of a large family, Fang Changhe usually smoked and seldom spoke, but after hearing what his eldest daughter said, he immediately looked at her and said slowly: "Mingmei, what happened?"

Since his father-in-law had spoken, Chen Jianmin naturally could not stop him, so Fang Mingmei explained the whole story.

It turned out that the cotton spinning enterprises that were thriving in the early 1980s began to decline in the late 1980s, especially after entering the 1990s, when the products produced by major cotton spinning mills could not be sold and the economic benefits dropped sharply.

Xijing Cotton Mill No. 6 is also facing the same problems: aging equipment, single products, and a large number of employees facing heavy retirement burdens.

"Our factory is now messing up the three irons. We want to smash the 'iron rice bowl', 'iron chair' and 'iron salary'. Some employees will be laid off. The list was announced before the New Year, and I was on it," said Fang Mingmei.

My eldest daughter is going to be laid off!
Zhang Fenglan, who was standing next to him, suddenly widened her eyes and couldn't help but say, "Why should you be laid off? You took my place in the factory! You're a legitimate factory employee!"

"Back then, when I was the team leader in the textile workshop, your Director Liu was just a technician! He called me his elder sister and now he's bullying my daughter Zhang Fenglan. Humph, after the New Year, I'll go and reason with him!"

Seeing his mother-in-law getting angry, the eldest son-in-law Chen Jianmin said quickly, "Mom, it's not that serious. I've talked to Director Liu, and he promised not to lay Mingmei off. She should be changed to a custodian in the warehouse!"

Chen Jianmin is the deputy director of the machine repair workshop. He is a technical backbone of the factory and has a say in front of the factory leaders.

After hearing what her eldest son-in-law said, Zhang Fenglan turned around and looked at her eldest daughter with some confusion: "Mingmei, a custodian is also okay, right? It's just that the salary is a little lower than that of front-line workers."

"Mom, you don't know that our factory hasn't paid wages for two consecutive months! What's the point of paying wages?" Fang Mingmei muttered: "Besides, what future does a custodian have? I might even be laid off in the future!"

Sister Fang Mingli was of the same mind as her elder sister and immediately interrupted her: "Sister, don't you want to stop working in the factory?"

"Yes, Mingli is right!" Fang Mingmei said immediately: "In fact, I haven't wanted to do this job for a long time! Working in a textile workshop is hard and tiring. In the past few years, the salary was high, and it was worth it even if it was a little hard and tiring. But in recent years, everyone else's salary has increased, but our textile workers' salary has not increased, but decreased! Now, we are laid off directly! I think this factory will go bankrupt sooner or later! Instead of this, I might as well come out and do it myself!" "Sister, what do you want to do?" Fang Mingli asked again.

"I've made up my mind! Let's open a clothing store in Mule and Horse Market and sell clothes! It's very profitable." Fang Mingmei expressed her opinion.

"Mom and Dad, Mingmei is fooling around! Those laid-off female workers cried and begged to go back to work, but the factory didn't want them to. They didn't let her be laid off, but she insisted on being laid off!" Chen Jianmin next to her complained.

That's it!

Everyone understood that the couple was having a conflict over this matter.

After listening to the narration of their eldest daughter and son-in-law, Fang Changhe and his wife understood the cause and effect of the matter, but they could not make up their minds for a while.

Who should I listen to? They all seem to make sense.

Although Fang Mingli and her husband Liu Jianhua are top students at Northwestern Polytechnical University, they have been studying since childhood and are now assigned to Institute 631 to do scientific research. They don't understand these things, so everyone's attention is turned to Fang Minghua and his wife.

Fang Minghua is now the most promising one in the family, and his wife Song Tangtang is even more amazing. She runs a big company and is a leader!

Just now, Fang Mingmei asked Minghua not to leave, naturally she wanted to hear his opinion.

"Minghua, what do you think about what your elder sister said?" Fang Changhe asked slowly.

Fang Minghua did not answer directly, but asked Fang Mingmei: "Sister, you said you wanted to open a clothing store in Mule Horse Market, have you done any research? What are the channels for purchasing goods?"

"I've investigated! The clothing stores in Mule Horse Market mainly get their goods from Wenzhou. Some of the two stores, Miaoguo Temple Clothing Wholesale Market and Huanglong Trade City Clothing Fabric and Accessories Market, also get their goods from Kangfu Road. However, the goods on Kangfu Road are not of good quality and cannot be sold at a high price in Mule Horse Market. I plan to get goods from Wenzhou and specialize in selling finished women's clothing!"

After hearing what the eldest sister said, Fang Minghua and Song Tangtang looked at each other, exchanged glances, and finally Fang Minghua spoke.

"I think what my elder sister said makes sense."

Seeing Chen Jianmin was about to speak, Fang Minghua hurriedly said, "Brother-in-law, listen to me. The efficiency of textile factories is getting worse year by year. This is not just the case in Xijing Textile City. It is the same for cotton mills across the country. The equipment is aging, the products are single, the staff is large, and the burden is heavy. A large number of foreign textiles have poured into the country to occupy the market. Moreover, you can't compete with those private factories in the south. So it's a good thing to leave early. Sister is only 35 years old this year. You can start your own business!"

"I think Minghua is right. Sister, if you want to do business, Minghua and I will support you!" Song Tangtang immediately expressed her attitude: "If you are short of funds, please tell Minghua."

"Not for the time being." Fang Mingmei said hurriedly, "I'm going to take out 2 yuan. We've picked a storefront in Mule and Horse Market that's for sale. The annual rent is 7000 yuan. I'll hire a girl to help me look after the store. Plus the water and electricity, it won't exceed 9000 yuan a year. The rest will be enough for purchasing goods!"

"Okay, sister, just tell me if you have any difficulties," Fang Minghua added.

After hearing what Fang Minghua and his wife said, Chen Jianmin had no choice but to say anything. Fang Changhe and Zhang Fenglan also agreed.

Zhang Fenglan also said that if she was too busy at that time, she could go over to help.

They are all my daughters, and I treat them with all my heart.

Fang Mingli and Liu Jianhua naturally had no objections. After hearing what Fang Mingmei said, Liu Jianhua fell into deep thought, and no one knew what he was thinking.

(End of this chapter)