I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 378: Offending Suizi Does Not end Well

Chapter 378: Chapter 378: Offending Suizi Does Not end Well

When Jiaojiao woke up, Yu Shuisheng had already left in the morning light.

Jiaojiao had no idea what happened last night.

Just in and out of sleep, she heard the sound of drinking and chatting in the outer room, but she deemed this to be a dream.

She dreamed that her father returned and was drinking with her brothers. Her mother and sister-in-law were accompanying them in peace, just like an ordinary family.

After making breakfast, Suizi saw Jiaojiao sitting on the bed with swollen eyelids, and her expressive eyes seemed puffy from crying.

She brought a hot towel for Jiaojiao and had already thought of ways to comfort her.

The details of Jingting’s life involved too many dubious things. Jiaojiao was still young, and some things were deliberately kept from her, thinking for her best.

Suizi had prepared some reasons, but Jiaojiao didn’t ask anything.

Just like always, she got up, washed her face, brushed her teeth, and her eyes dimmed when she saw the piano.

She hadn’t gotten the chance to play a song for her dad before he left.

As she opened the piano lid in disappointment, Jiaojiao suddenly exclaimed.

On the black and white piano keys was a green pendant, half the size of a baby’s palm, a peace talisman.

"Where did this big beer bottle-bottom come from?" Wang Cuihua glanced over.

Suizi sighed deeply.

"Mother, this is imperial green jadeite..."

Imperial jadeite is the highest grade of jadeite, a rarity and precious gem in any era.

This pendant was brought by Jingting, and he left it to their youngest.

"Oh, then wear it." Wang Cuihua contemplated that the children’s father had left it as a gift and it would look good worn. She reached out her hand already and casually asked, "This big beer bottle-bottom, can it be sold for twenty to thirty?"

"Uh..."

Suizi took a look. The color was a pure kind of green, a top-grade jadeite that has been passed down.

Based on information she garnered from the future, there was actually not a shortage of imperial jadeite in the 1980s, and the price was relatively "cheap" from the future perspective.

From the 1980s to the year she returned, the value of top-grade jadeite had increased by more than 3000 times.

Based on this rate, such an unmarked (undamaged) talisman would be worth millions in the future, divided by 3000 that is—

"It should be worth a few thousand." Suizi said.

Wang Cuihua’s hand paused.

The pendant was already on Jiaojiao’s neck, and Jiaojiao was touching the pendant, puzzled about where it came from.

The pendant was removed, Wang Cuihua took it off again.

Jiaojiao: ???

"I’ll keep it for you. You can have it when you grow up." Wang Cuihua held the pendant and swiftly went around looking for a place to hide it.

Jiaojiao: ???

Suizi sympathetically patted Jiaojiao’s head. Little girl, this is profound motherly love. You’ll understand when you grow up.

"Sister-in-law, don’t you think mother seems to be different?" Jiaojiao asked.

Even though her mother’s usual behaviour of accepting gifts hasn’t changed, she always felt her mother’s particularly—beautiful today?

It didn’t seem to be just about beauty, it was a kind of spirit. Jiaojiao tilted her head to look at Wang Cuihua moving the "beer bottle-bottom" around, trying hard to find words to describe it.

But this question seemed to be beyond her understanding. There were no adjectives in the vocabulary of a ten-year-old girl to aptly describe Wang Cuihua’s state at the moment.

"She has love in her heart, a gleam in her eyes, she has wandered for half her life but now returns to fulfill her wishes," Suizi summed up everything that happened in the past two days with one sentence.

Jiaojiao slapped her forehead, understanding it. Yes, that’s it.

Her sister-in-law is her eternal idol!

Wang Cuihua’s eyes carried more light than before. Even though she was a lively and passionate person in daily life, her eyes now bore an even more extraordinary shine.

It was a kind of reward bestowed by the Creator upon those who live life with diligence.

Jiaojiao seemed to understand something and looked expectantly at Suizi.

"Sister-in-law, will dad come back?"

"He will."

Suizi patted Jiaojiao’s head.

"God rewards the good."

The new house was decorated, and the old Yu family moved.

Life gradually returned to normal, and Yu Jingting formally started working.

Until now, he had avoided going to the office because of the family affairs.

Now that the family matters have sorted out and with the house moved, Deputy Director Yu formally assumes post.

He didn’t realize until he saw it, that the situation at the brewery was worse than he had imagined.

Suizi was drinking tea and reading a newspaper at her office, Yu Jingting came in with a face full of despair.

"Why are you here? Is the deputy director leading the team to ditch work?"

The two workplaces were only a few minutes’ walk apart and can be considered neighbors.

Yu Jingting walked to Suizi’s desk, grabbed her chair, asked her to sit on his lap, and said in despair:

"I’m not going to work. Everyone’s gone."

"Huh?"

The brewery hadn’t paid salaries for several months, the raw materials were out of stock, and many machines hadn’t been turned on, the factory director was still considering whether to apply for the sale of the machines.

The workers were idling at the factory, most of them stayed at home waiting for their wages. Occasionally one or two came, either knitting sweaters or trying to steal stuff to sell.

"Have you ever seen an office of a deputy director without a chair? I’m damn sitting on the office desk."

Before his transfer, someone stole everything that could be moved from his office, leaving only the office table because it was too heavy and no one wanted it.

"Pfft." Suizi laughed.

No wonder he would run over.

At least her office had newspapers and tea. His office didn’t even have a chair. He was truly miserable.

"A few more months and it’s the New Year. How do we go on like this? Do you have any good ideas to make a profit and at least let the workers get their salaries for the New Year?" Suizi asked Yu Jingting.

Yu Jingting held Suizi’s waist with his hand, buried his face on her shoulder, greedily inhaling her fragrance.

He mumbled his response.

He had an idea, but he didn’t plan to act yet.

"The factory director is an old fox. He said he’d let me manage, and if I don’t do well, I’m to blame. If I do well, the credit is all his. I don’t feel like stepping forward to be his pawn."

Suizi was extremely pleased.

To be a deputy director requires great wisdom, and Yu Jingting evidently understood this point.

The factory director is wary and suspicious of this parachuted soldier Jingting and wanted to see how capable this parachutist sent from above is.

"These old foxes think they have eaten more salt than we’ve walked our path and think they can easily manipulate us. Okay, then, you can show them a shirking tendency."

Suizi suggested to him.

On the surface, Yu Jingting was neglecting his duty and came out to hang out with his wife during work hours. Behind the scenes, the young couple was devising ways to revitalize the factory.

Often life is like this; one has to work very hard secretly to appear more relaxed in front of others.

"Wait for the right opportunity, let those who are arrogant with age understand what it means to have a hoarse throat from eating too much salt."

Suizi’s words drew a raised eyebrow from Yu Jingting.

"That doesn’t sound like something you would say. What, did the factory director offend you?"

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