My Terrible Life in Those Years

Upon hearing our laughter, Qian Jin angrily slammed down the receipt.

She slammed her handbag down, making a loud bang, and said with continued dissatisfaction, "Don't think you can laugh at me just because you know a few words. Let me tell you, what you all earn in a year doesn't even equal what I earn in a month!"

I……

I have something I want to say to you, but let's clear this up first.

I handed him all the receipts and hospital deposit at the right time.

"That's right, that's right. Mr. Qian, who is he? The saying 'making a fortune every day' perfectly describes you. We can't compare! This is an expense our company advanced; please check it!"

To be honest, my transition was a bit abrupt and fast. Little Mali heard me speaking so seriously and flattering her, but then suddenly taking a detour to ask him to pay. She listened carefully and was about to burst out laughing again.

She quickly covered her mask with her small hand to stifle her laughter, and glanced at me shyly, as if afraid that her plan to fleece the nouveau riche would be interrupted.

There was another stack of receipts, but he couldn't be bothered to look at them.

"Just give me the total. I don't have time to look at these bits and pieces!"

If you don't understand, you don't understand. Would it kill you to admit the truth? You're acting like you're busier than the president!

I quickly opened the calculator on my phone and started calculating for him, one by one.

"Registration fee, examination fee, medication fee, hospital deposit..."

After we finished calculating, I held up my phone to show him: "Mr. Qian, the total is two thousand three hundred and fifty-six!"

Good heavens! Upon hearing this huge number, he jumped back in surprise: "What?!"

The whole room shook, and small dust particles fell from the ceiling.

With that voice, it's a shame he's not doing MCing!

I glanced at him with slight surprise. How much is this? What's so surprising?

Are you really a nouveau riche?

As he took the receipts from me again to look at them, I added, "Um, Mr. Qian, there's also lost wages, which I forgot to calculate earlier. The exact amount will be calculated based on his average daily wage, and the duration will be calculated based on Uncle Qingguo's hospital admission and discharge dates!"

I noticed that a few beads of sweat were dripping from his bald forehead.

His forehead was shaved completely bald, shining brightly like a 500-watt light bulb; even a tiny speck of dust could be clearly seen on it.

Little Mary quietly gave me a thumbs up. She hadn't even thought of the lost wages compensation; I had actually thought of it first.

The bald man was unhappy: "What kind of ridiculous compensation is this? Why am I being charged? He missed my work hours, and I have to pay him back? What kind of ridiculous rule is this?"

I explained quite patiently:

"This isn't a broken rule, it's a national regulation! It means that Uncle Qingguo was helping you with work, but he got injured on the job and can't work during his hospital stay because your safety measures weren't in place. It's only because Uncle Qingguo is kind and righteous that he got injured. If the relevant departments find out about this, they will definitely punish you."

Therefore, he needs your company to subsidize him for these few days he can't work!

Seeing his dark expression, I quickly added, "Mr. Qian, you're the big boss. Everyone knows this rule; how could you not know it?"

Qingguo and the dark-faced uncle were sweating profusely. They never expected that I would actually help them fight for this lost wages. Originally, they planned to stay in the hospital for a few days to recover and get some free check-ups, and then they would just need to get some basic living expenses. Now the dark-faced uncle was nervous, afraid that the bald man would be angry and not assign him any more work.

He turned his head and looked awkwardly at the nurse: "Is that really the rule?"

Hey, he did it on purpose, didn't he?

You actually didn't believe me and went to ask the nurse?

Can't he see that the nurse is now on my side?

She said quite seriously, "These are official national regulations, do you think he would dare to talk nonsense? Don't try to test us. I bet you already know the answer to this!"

Hey, the moment that little girl put that big hat on him, his face immediately turned dark.

The bald man's eyes kept darting between my face and hers, his gaze flickering.

A large, rough hand took the handbag, unzipped it, and sure enough, bundles of large bills appeared in front of us.

I sighed. It's not like we're broke, why worry about such a small expense?

Moreover, most of the money is actually in the deposit. Uncle Qingguo only has a minor external injury, so how much money could he possibly need?

The difference will be refunded or collected later, so it didn't actually cost much!

"I'm going out to make a phone call first!"

While he was out, Uncle Qingguo pulled me aside: "Xiao Jiang, well, it's not a big problem. Should I be discharged? We can't delay the construction schedule! We can't make things difficult for you!"

I laughed. This Uncle Qingguo is a truly honest and simple man.

I was just assigned by the company to take him to the hospital. I chatted with him for a bit, and he completely trusted me and was afraid of causing me any trouble.

Would I let an honest person suffer a loss? Of course not!

It's only meaningful if people like Wu Bo and Cheng Zai suffer losses.

Or perhaps, it would be even more interesting if a wealthy woman like Aunt Shu suffered a loss!

"Uncle Black, do you think we can let him be discharged like this?"

I turned to look at the dark-faced uncle. Wasn't he quite arrogant when he was in the stadium?

Why are you so quiet now?

The dark-faced uncle chuckled. He probably didn't expect that I would actually fight for this lost work compensation for Qingguo.

Moreover, this matter seems to have a very high chance of success!

That's exactly what I wanted.

After all, Qingguo and he were from the same village. If he didn't help him to the end at this time, how could he face his fellow villagers when he went back?

"Well, how about we listen to the nurse? She's the professional!"

I laughed out loud. This dark-faced uncle was actually quite experienced; he cunningly passed the problem to the young nurse.

How could Ma Li let the bald man get away with it? Who told him to have that hateful gaze, staring at certain parts of her body the whole time!

"Anyway, I'm just following the doctor's advice. The doctor said I need to stay for three to five days for observation, and only when everything is completely fine will they let me sign for discharge!"

I was quite impressed with the nurse. Goodness, I felt like everyone except me, the honest guy, was a scapegoat!

Uncle Qingguo murmured hesitantly, "This...this isn't a good idea!"

I could already see the bald man preparing to come in from afar. He waved his hand and said, "Uncle Qingguo, don't say a word in the next moment. Just listen to our arrangements!"

Do you think I can't handle a nouveau riche like you?

The nouveau riche walked in with a smug look on his face and handed me his phone: "Manager Wu wants to talk to you on the phone!"