Chapter 46: Keeping Both Sides Balanced

How does it feel to have your dreams come true?
This is how Gu Wan feels now, just as she gave all the Huili shoes to her brothers, and also the cloth that could be used to make clothes.

As a result, all the family members, young and old, loved Gu Wan very much and praised her from her hair to her toes.

That night, when she was strolling around with her iPhone 12, she unexpectedly saw that the mall's special offer for that night was a box of baby formula powder.

Gu Wan acted decisively and grabbed the maximum quantity allowed by the purchase limit. There were twelve bags of infant formula in one box.

The system mall is very user-friendly. Because of Gu Wan’s environment, there is no specific production date on the packaging of this box of milk powder.

So she could take it out boldly. People in this era would not deliberately pursue the shelf life of products. Gu Wan was still confident in the quality of the products produced by the system mall.

With these milk powders, my sister-in-law's child can eat them for at least half a year, and then drink some porridge, rice soup, etc.

It will definitely last until the child is old enough to eat complementary foods. Anyway, the milk powder is kept in the cabinet, so you just need to find a way to take out two or three bags every month.

Everyone was happy, and Gu Wan happily continued to live her idle life in the old Gu family.

What is the dream you are striving for?
Sorry she forgot, it would be nice to just lie down for a few days.

However, the life of Qi Yuanhang and Qin Shiman who returned to the provincial capital was not so wonderful. For some reason, both families had encountered various troubles in recent times.

First, there was a small error in Qi Sheng's work, and then he was reported by someone under his real name for accepting bribes and abusing his power.

Those who are promoted are incompetent people, while the truly talented people are suppressed.

This helps because the efficiency of the department is getting lower and lower, and mistakes are always happening.

I don’t know what’s going on, but the higher-ups actually sent people down to investigate, but the people who were ordered to investigate have not shown up yet.

Qi Sheng was worried and uneasy for two days, and then he returned to his old ways.

It's just a show, with little action. Because of their old man's reputation, no one in the provincial capital will make things difficult for Qi Sheng.

That’s right, Qi Sheng already knew who his biological father was, and he had recognized him with Old Man Qi.

Otherwise, for a country bumpkin like him, even if he had some brains, how could his country mother be able to support him to go to school and even help him study all the way to university?
At that time, there was the college entrance examination, and college students were very popular, so Qi Sheng was able to stay in a big city to work after graduation and settle down, get married and have children.

If he had no connections, how could he have been promoted so high and been able to live in a large compound at the age of forty?
It was only because Mr. Qi did a good job of keeping secrets that he was able to keep both sides fair. He kept things from both sides and each of them thought they were the most important people in the old man's life.

So what if he has a son over there? I gave birth to a grandson for the old man. Qi Yuanhang is handsome and has good grades. He will definitely do better in his future career.

It is precisely because of this that Qi Sheng has confidence in himself. But at this moment, someone reminded him of a word:

Incognito visit.

Yes, since the order to investigate has been issued, it is impossible for the higher-ups not to send people to investigate.

The reason why no one has come is that they have used other channels.

Suddenly, Qi Sheng became nervous and his behavior became more restrained.

And because of Qi Sheng's retreat, the Qin family, which had always relied on the Qi family to survive, became even more difficult.

You know, Qin Shiman is not an only child, she also has brothers and sisters-in-law.

Even more, Qin Shiman may not be able to enjoy the resources and connections of the Qin family in the future. At most, she can only get some money from her biological parents.

Because she was upset when she went to the countryside with Qi Yuanhang and felt unwell, Qin Shiman wanted to buy some supplements like ginseng.

Another thing is that I want to go shopping in the department store.

In her previous life, she had been working for others, so she had no leisure time or spare money to go shopping in department stores. After she opened her mouth, Zhao Xuemei understood and felt sorry for the hardships her daughter had suffered in the countryside.

So he generously gave her fifty yuan, and some cloth coupons, and asked her to go to the department store to buy herself a new set of clothes.

As a result, Qin Shiman looked at the five red bills in her hand with disdain: "Mom, are you still my real mother? Why are you only giving me this little money?"

Not to mention Qin Shiman's sister-in-law, even Zhao Xuemei was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood.

What do you mean by such a small amount of money? This is her half month's salary. The average working class person's monthly salary is not even that much.

Of course, fifty yuan is not much compared to the so-called wealthy, but it is still a lot in this era of low purchasing power.

The main reason is that Qin Shiman had entered the 1990s before her rebirth. At that time, the entire economy began to take off in great strides, so fifty yuan was really not a lot.

It was also because when she just came back, her biological parents treated her so well that Qin Shiman temporarily forgot the real purchasing level in the 1970s.

Anyway, all kinds of trivial matters made a mess, and it seemed that both the Qi Qin and Qin families suffered bad luck together.

There were problems in all aspects of work and life.

Until the end, even Qin Shiman's system couldn't stand it anymore, and finally told her the reason in embarrassment:
[This is the backlash of your previous seizure of the female supporting role's luck. If you want to change this situation, you must continue to complete the various tasks issued to you by this system.]

Gu Wan is currently living happily in the Red Flag Brigade. She doesn't know that Qin Shiman has not given up and still wants to continue to contact her and get luck from her.

"Uncle, aunt, I have big news to tell you."

On this day, the team leader who had just returned from a meeting at the commune did not bother to go home for lunch. Instead, he went to Old Gu's house to tell his eldest niece a piece of news.

In fact, this is the reason why people in the countryside have fewer opportunities to find jobs: they are not well-informed.

As the team leader, Gu Baoguo often went to the commune and sometimes to the county for meetings. He would know many things earlier than the ordinary villagers, and he would definitely tell the Gu family first.

The old woman took the pheasant back home, stewed it into soup and fried some vegetables, and the whole family ate happily.

The captain was naturally grateful, so after learning about this, he immediately ran to Lao Gu's house to tell him.

"The chef of the commune cafeteria had to take a leave because of a wrist injury, so my third sister-in-law went to work as a temporary worker for a while?"

After Qiao Yuemei went there, she performed very well. However, the master chef had a large family and was under great pressure in life, so he was unwilling to let others take away his job.

Not to mention that it was only more than half a month, he ignored the fact that his wrist had not yet healed completely, and hurried back to the commune canteen to work and immediately sent Qiao Yuemei back.

"And then, what went wrong?"

I saw Gu Baoguo stop talking and say he wanted to drink some water.

Shi Guixiang would not tolerate him, she rolled her eyes and said, "If you have something to say, just say it. If you have something to say, go back and fart."

Speaking of which, Shi Guixiang was still quite unhappy, even though she was paid quite a bit because the food Qiao Yuemei cooked was to her taste and the commune leaders liked it.

But the third daughter-in-law came back after only working for half a month, and Shi Guixiang was still a little unhappy.

If the third son's wife stayed longer, maybe she could get to know some people and then find some job opportunities for Wanwan.

"Okay, okay, I'll just say it quickly, okay?"

Even after being scolded, Gu Baoguo did not get angry. He just told everyone everything he had found out.

(End of this chapter)