After being reborn, I decisively broke off my engagement and married a cold-faced military young mas

Chapter 666 Sister Zhao's New Colleague

Zhou Jing smiled faintly and remained silent.

"And another thing, she keeps complaining to me that Lu Jiangting treats her badly, that the whole Lu family treats her like a maid. They cheated her out of her money to buy a house, and then dumped her as soon as they got the house."

I actually believed it, thinking that guy surnamed Lu was a real scoundrel. Turns out, it turns out they knew about Fang Qing's shady dealings, caught her cheating on someone, and that's why they wanted a divorce.

Zhou Jing remained silent with a faint smile.

Seeing that Sister Zhao had finished her water, she refilled her cup.

"Why did she have to marry Lu Jiangting? If she hadn't married him, it wouldn't have been anyone else's business who she slept with. Lu Jiangting would still have to take care of her and her son, right?"

Zhou Jing was taken aback. After thinking about it carefully, it seemed to make sense.

"You know, you can't be too greedy. She wants a title, but she doesn't abide by... the rules of marriage. If she doesn't go in, who will?"

Zhou Jing smiled and said, "Big sister, you have a very clear understanding of marriage."

"That's right. At my age, what kind of people haven't I seen? What kind of things haven't I encountered? Life can't be perfect. You can't have everything."

Zhou Jing thought about it and realized that her own life wasn't perfect, but overall, it was passable.

"Big sister, you have a very clear understanding of life."

Sister Zhao chuckled and said modestly, "I'm just barely getting by. It's not all that great, but it's not bad either. It's good enough."

She thought to herself, "So what if I'm tired? I'll retire soon anyway."

Another day passed, and a new person was hired. When the new person reported for duty, Sister Zhao felt that she looked familiar, but she couldn't remember who she was for a moment.

When the two of them were sweeping the streets together, Sister Zhao asked her privately, "Hey, haven't I seen you before?"

The other person smiled slightly and said, "Yes, I have seen her. If you have, go find Fang Qing."

"Oh, right, you live in the same building as Fang Qing, you live downstairs from her, right?"

"Yes, Fang Qing's first husband was my brother-in-law."

"what?"

“I am Wang Jianguo’s wife.”

"what?"

"However, I plan to divorce him."

"what?"

“Actually, I knew about their affair a long time ago. Originally, I planned to secretly leave with my daughter, but after I learned that Wang Jianguo was arrested because of his affair with Fang Qing, I changed my mind. I’m not leaving. I’m going to stay and be a witness, and then divorce him.”

Sister Zhao stared at her, stunned for a long time before she could react.

Tang Xiaofen was almost embarrassed by her gaze and whispered, "They originally planned that after you, Sister Zhao, retire, I would take your place. I took that to heart, so I've been keeping an eye on your company's recruitment."

Tang Xiaofen was scolded every day. She was the only one in the family who did nothing and had no income.

She takes her work very seriously.

She can't wait for Sister Zhao to retire.

But if she had to find a job on her own, as a newcomer from out of town, she wouldn't know where to begin.

So they used the most basic method: keeping an eye on Fang Qing's workplace.

I thought that sweeping the streets would require so many people, and we don't necessarily have to wait until Sister Zhao retires.

Maybe she can take over someone else's job? She doesn't want to partner with Fang Qing.

"Fang Qing went in first, didn't she? Ever since Fang Qing couldn't go to work normally, I've been going to your company's gate every day to watch. It wasn't until the day before yesterday when Fang Qing was formally detained that the company put up the job posting on the gate. I tore it down as soon as they put it up, so I came here."

Now that she's partnering with Sister Zhao, she feels much better.

Even if Sister Zhao retires, the people who come will definitely be better than Fang Qing.

After listening to her whole story, it took Sister Zhao a while to figure out the relationships within her family and why she was standing there sweeping the floor with her.

"So they've been eyeing my position all along, huh?"

Tang Xiaofen smiled rather embarrassedly.

"But it's really a waste for someone so young to be doing this kind of work. Usually, it's middle-aged women who can do this kind of work. I only started doing this when I was over thirty. You look... no more than twenty-five."

Tang Xiaofen smiled and said, "Yes, I'm only twenty-four years old."

"Wow, so young. No wonder they hired you without hesitation. But you're so young, you should be working as a sales clerk or something, selling clothes in a mall. Why are you doing this?"

"Huh?" Tang Xiaofen shook her head and said, "I don't understand. I've never left our mountain before. A saleswoman should be able to talk, right? I'm not very good at talking."

"That's true." Sister Zhao smiled, sweeping haphazardly with a broom while chatting warmly with her.

"Don't be fooled by the clean and glamorous appearance of sales clerks in shopping malls. Their jobs are actually unstable; the boss can fire them at any time. They only want young and pretty girls, and they don't want older people. Besides, no shop can stay in business forever; shops will go out of business eventually."

If you're unlucky and your shop goes out of business, who will pay your pension after you retire? All that hard work for half your life will have been for nothing. But it's different for us. More and more streets are being built, and the number of people needed to sweep them will only increase. The key is, these streets still need sweepers, right? They won't go out of business; we can keep doing it until we retire.

"After a smooth retirement, we'll receive a pension until we die. Having a pension is great; it doesn't burden our descendants and might even help them out. This way, our later years are secure. Think about it, who's more cherished by their children: an old lady who can't earn money, or an old lady who receives a fixed monthly pension?"

Tang Xiaofen nodded and said, "Sister Zhao, you are right."

"Right? You're the one who listened. Your sister-in-law, Fang Qing, every time I try to persuade her like this, she doesn't say a word. I know she doesn't listen. She just wants to be a government official's wife who doesn't have to do any work. It's a pity that Lu Jiangting's parents are here, so the pressure is high and the family is always short of money. Otherwise, she would have quit her job long ago."

"Don't be like her. No matter how much a man has, it's still his. If he doesn't give it to you, there's nothing you can do. What you earn yourself is yours, and you can spend it however you want."

Tang Xiaofen smiled and said, "Sister Zhao, you're right."

She took a deep breath and said, "I've thought it through. I don't need to run away. I want to divorce Wang Jianguo with dignity, and I want to be an upright person. This job is good; I won't lose it."

"Hey, you're definitely different from Fang Qing. You're more capable than her. You swept the floor so well..."

Sister Zhao suddenly realized that while she was chatting and slacking off, Tang Xiaofen had swept the entire street.

Along the way, I just followed her around with a broom, doing a few things, mostly just talking.

She noticed that the other person's movements were much more efficient than Fang Qing's, and also much more efficient than her own.

For these few streets, why would we need two people?

If she does things this way, won't her boss fire her when they see it?

No, she's about to retire.

"Hey, Xiaofen, sweep slowly. Don't tire yourself out with your thin arms and legs."