Chapter 301: Mother Becomes a High-Ranking Official
In Lu Changzhu’s view, as a father-in-law, any request he made ought to be fulfilled by his daughter-in-law, Shen Meng, no matter what, just like how the last time the fourth family’s child had their full-month celebration.
Although it cost a bit much, the whole banquet was exceptionally well-prepared. Chicken, duck, fish, meat, grains, oils - it added up to almost three to four hundred.
Spending the money was painful, but it brought great face to the family. Their family’s savings might have taken a hit, but his youngest son and his wife, one worked at the commune and the other at the textile factory; the second son’s family, one farmed while the other also worked at the textile factory; the eldest son and his wife, one was a soldier, the other a factory director; and the third family was also doing very well.
For a family like this, hosting a slightly less impressive event would make them the laughing stock of others.
Not to mention the entire Ning County. Looking around, whose family was as prosperous as theirs?
As the head of the family, that day was the day he felt the most pride in many years.
That’s why he took advantage of having had a few drinks and, in front of so many people, asked the eldest daughter-in-law to help the fourth family get a promotion. In his view, the Head Flower Factory was procuring fabric from the textile factory, which would increase the earnings for the textile factory. Shen Meng was a deputy at the Head Flower Factory, it was just a matter of positions, merely some verbal effort.
Who knew that after almost two months there was still no word, which naturally made him furious.
"When you said that, why didn’t you consider, Zhou Jiaojiao has only been working for over a month and is already changing positions, even a fool would know she’s using backdoor connections. If no one reports it, it’s fine, but if someone takes it seriously, then every report counts, nobody can escape. Do you despise our current happy life, or what? Do you think I’m not busy enough, wanting the people above to come and inspect me?"
Lu Changzhu’s face turned red from Shen Meng’s scolding.