80s: The cold-faced tough guy was controlled by the beautiful woman

Chapter 316 Is it too harsh to treat people like this?

After noon.

After saying goodbye to Xu Qingyue, Li Yingtang pondered whether she should find an opportunity to tell Li Tang about their relationship.

She was also afraid he would call her crazy.

What if they think she's mentally unstable and cancel their collaboration with her?
so annoying!
I kept thinking about the new shop all the way there.

Ren Yuan was in the store today, but didn't leave when it was time: "Boss, I have something to tell you."

"what's up?"

Ren Yuan glanced at his busy colleagues, then hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't.

Li Yingtang understood: "Let's talk in the lounge."

"Eh."

Entering the private space, Ren Yuan stammered, "I...I..."

Li Yingtang tilted her head: "Just say what you want to say, why are you hesitating? How could I not know what you're asking for?"

"My mother is sick and hospitalized, and I need to pay the hospital fees. I'd like to get an advance of one month's salary," Ren Yuan said in one breath.

Li Yingtang readily gave it to him.

Ren Yuan lowered his head: "Too much."

Li Yingtang: "You can use it first, put it on your tab."

"Thank you," Ren Yuan said, somewhat embarrassed.

"Don't worry about being touched or anything. Everything I did was based on your good performance at the store. If there's nothing else, go outside." Li Yingtang and the others walked out, locked the door, and rested on the table.

I slept well last night, so why do I still feel tired during the day?

There are no windows on the four walls.

Feeling very uncomfortable being cooped up, she went outside for some fresh air.

Little Ma is chatting again.

There weren't many customers in the shop at the moment, but being idle wasn't an excuse to chat.

After the last customer left the shop, Li Yingtang called out to them, "Xiao Ma, Xiao Zheng. Casual chatting is fine, but you absolutely cannot do it when there are other people around. Even if there's only one customer, you shouldn't chat. I remind you of this almost every week, why don't you listen?"

Xiao Zheng lowered his head and immediately kept his distance from Xiao Ma.

Xiao Ma said, "Boss, the customers are all with Xiao Shi and Xiao Chen, so we didn't delay anything."

Li Yingtang said seriously, "I'm referring to how you talk. I'm giving you three days off, so go home and say whatever you want all at once."

Xiao Ma lowered his head: "I won't talk about it then."

Li Yingtang: "Xiao Shi, starting tomorrow, you don't need to record Xiao Ma's salary. Xiao Zheng, considering this is your first offense, this won't happen again."

"Hey, boss, I...I'll definitely do my best." Xiao Zheng's attitude in admitting his mistake was good.

Li Yingtang still didn't give her a good look and stormed off.

Xiao Ma stomped his foot: "The boss is deliberately picking on me! My salary isn't high to begin with, and now he's deducting three days' wages from it."

Xiao Shi thought to himself, "Your salary plus full attendance bonus is over a hundred. We've only just graduated, where else can we find such good benefits? We're so lucky, we don't even know it!"
Despite the complaints, she comforted him, saying, "Actually, it's only two days, one of which is your day off. You really can't blame the boss for this; she does remind us every Monday. And since it's working hours now, and she's here, you're basically talking right under her nose. No wonder she's angry."

Xiao Ma insisted, "I didn't affect the store's business. She's definitely retaliating for me talking bad about her last time."

Xiao Shi spoke up for Li Yingtang: "If she's retaliating against you, wouldn't it be better to just fire you? This is a disciplinary issue. Can't you talk during lunch break? Why did you have to squeeze it in now? Xiao Zheng, you're usually quite composed, what's wrong with you today?"

Xiao Zheng had no way to express his suffering.

She hadn't intended to speak, but Xiao Ma kept hooking her arm around him.

She couldn't just ignore the other person, could she?

Li Yingtang went into the teahouse and drank two cups of tea before she calmed down. She seemed to have gotten more irritable lately.

It's such a small thing, it's not worth her getting angry at all.

It's just a verbal reprimand; there's no need for any actual punishment.

Am I being too harsh on people?

"What are you muttering to yourself?" A gentle female voice reached my ears.

Li Yingtang looked up and saw Su Yunling sitting opposite her. "Sister Yunling, what a coincidence! What have you been busy with lately?" She poured tea for her.

Su Yunling: "Busy preparing for the wedding."

"It's settled? When?" Li Yingtang was delighted for her.

Su Yunling: "Come to our wedding banquet on National Day!"

Li Yingtang: "Wouldn't that mean spending a day with Sister Wei?"

Su Yunling asked in surprise, "She's also celebrating National Day? I haven't heard her mention it. I haven't seen her for a while. She's busy opening her shop and making money, so she probably doesn't have time for me."

Li Yingtang explained on Ding Wei's behalf: "Sending out wedding invitations is too early now. His fiancé is my husband's classmate and colleague, and they see each other quite often, so I only found out recently. Sister Wei herself didn't mention it. Have you been having any worries lately? You seem to have lost weight."

The face that used to look peaceful and prosperous has lost its flesh.

Fortunately, Su Yunling has good bone structure, and her face hasn't sagged.

"It's so worrying. My sister gave birth to a daughter half a month ago, and now they're not allowed to have more children. Her brother-in-law's family has two sons, and her mother-in-law keeps telling her that her sister-in-law's family has two sons while she doesn't, and that she'll be childless and so on."

My sister has a mild temperament, but she couldn't stand her mother-in-law's nagging. She fell ill during her postpartum period because of it. Now, seeing her mother-in-law trembling all over, her usually considerate brother-in-law not only doesn't comfort her, but also says she's making a mountain out of a molehill. I feel so sorry for my sister, I can't eat or sleep well." Su Yunling was very troubled.

Li Yingtang thought she was hallucinating, but it turned out that the people who favored sons over daughters were not ordinary folks.

When you compare them like this...

My great-grandparents were a hundred years ahead of these people in their thinking.

"What's so good about having two sons? They fight over food when they're young, fight over inheritance when they grow up, and fight over not taking care of their parents when they're old. The chances of the brothers turning against each other are also very high."

Su Yunling smiled and said, "If they thought that way, my sister wouldn't have been tormented to the point of illness. Besides, Xue Jidong only has one son, and I'm worried that he might end up like my brother-in-law."

Li Yingtang: "You're not even married yet, why are you thinking about this? Have you asked Brother Xue? What did he say?"

Su Yunling: "He said that sons and daughters are the same. But I know that his family would definitely not agree. His grandfather married into the family, his grandmother only gave birth to his father, and he is an only child. His grandfather is now making a fuss about returning to the ancestral lineage after three generations. You can imagine how much his family favors sons over daughters."

Li Yingtang was very interested in the matter of three generations returning to the ancestral lineage: "So, Brother Xue doesn't have the surname Xue anymore? He's going to change his surname?"

“Yes, his grandmother agreed, and he will soon have the surname Yu.” Su Yunling said as if she remembered something. “I remember you said before that your grandfather has a friend whose grandson has the surname Yu and looks a lot like Ji Donghe. When can we introduce him? I’m quite curious about how similar they are.”

Perhaps they are related?
Let that child come out and cause some trouble for the Xue family.

This will also help to distract my future in-laws.

Li Yingtang's eyes widened slightly.

Xue Jidong has taken a photo with his maternal grandfather. Could he be the same old Mr. Yu?

It should not be.

Old Master Yu doesn't look like Xue Jidong.

Besides, there shouldn't be such a coincidence in the world, she tried to convince herself.

But there's a huge difference between 28 and 68; changes in appearance are normal.

“I’m not very familiar with them, so they might not pay any attention to me,” she said.

Su Yunling said with a hint of regret, "Then forget it."

Li Yingtang comforted her, "Don't be too anxious." If Xue Jidong and the old man Yu she had met were the same person, Su Yunling should have given birth to a son, otherwise where would the grandson come from?