The 70-Year Family Lets You Take Charge (Female Dominant)

Chapter 27

Overall, Su Fei and Ningning brought a wonderful feeling to everyone this Chinese New Year. When these children returned home, they would tell their parents about what happened at each household.

Basically, all the villagers would have their opinions because children represent the face of their families. If they don’t receive good hospitality, these parents would also be angry.

When these children returned home, they would tell their parents that Teacher Su Fei’s house gave the most candies and melon seeds.

“Mom, mom! Look, all these candies are from Teacher Su Fei. She also gave a lot of candy blocks.” The children would tell their parents as soon as they got home.

“You take so many candies from the teacher, didn’t I tell you to take less when you go out?” The parents would say anxiously because the unspoken rule in the village is to take less from others’ homes, and in return, their children will take less when visiting others’ homes, so that everyone doesn’t spend too much money.

“Teacher Su Fei insisted on giving them. I told her not to put them in my pocket. And it’s not just me, all the children got them.” The children would say anxiously, truly it wasn’t them breaking this rule; it was Teacher Su Fei who insisted on giving them.

“But Su Fei is sensible. You know, she got a job in our village. Now she spends money on the children, giving each child a handful of candies. How much money does that cost?” The parents would look at the candies in their children’s pockets, and they were not cheap candies. Basically, every household was quite happy.

Su Fei and Ningning looked at this group of mischievous but adorable children and felt quite happy. This showed that they had a relatively good relationship with the people in the village.

“Call Liang Hao over, let’s have a meal on the first day of the lunar new year. She must be lonely celebrating alone at home.” Su Fei suggested, feeling that Liang Hao was her only good friend left, and as her loyal fan, she had to treat her well.

Ningning nodded in agreement while tidying up the house. He had no objections to this normal social interaction. Being together with friends meant eating, drinking, and having fun. As long as it was a normal interaction, he could understand.

With Su Fei’s permission, Liang Hao was called over, and Su Fei saw Liang Hao lying paralyzed on the bed. After not eating for two meals since yesterday’s meal, she was almost starved.

The people in the know also ignored Liang Hao and didn’t dare to offend her. So everyone just ignored Liang Hao. But Liang Hao thought to herself, not talking to her was just like at home, right? When she was at home, nobody paid attention to her. Yet, she still managed to survive until now, didn’t she?

“Liang Hao, are you there? Liang Hao!” Su Fei stood at the door and shouted loudly. Living on her own was always chaotic; everything was always chaotic. Inside the know-it-all, there were basically all leftover women.

“Su Fei, why did you come over?” Liang Hao heard someone calling her outside and saw that it was Su Fei. She was surprised and shouted happily.

Su Fei looked at Liang Hao and felt like she hadn’t washed her face at all. She bluntly said to her, “Hurry up and wash your face. We’re having dinner at our place later. I won’t come to remind you a second time. Just come over on time for dinner.”

Su Fei said bluntly. In the countryside, there is a custom that when someone invites you to dinner, the first time they say it might just be polite, and it’s only when they say it a second time that they really mean it.

In general, if someone hears someone else say they’re going to have dinner at their house for the first time, and they actually go, they will be laughed at by others. Because this person doesn’t know that the other person was just being polite.

So when Su Fei directly said not to say it a second time and asked Liang Hao to come for dinner, she felt that she really wanted to invite her to dinner. She quickly said happily, “I’ll definitely go. Su Fei, you go back first, it’s warm at home.”

“Okay, I’ll go back first. You come earlier in the evening. Don’t make me call you a second time.” Su Fei shrugged her shoulders. It was really cold outside, and she didn’t want to move at all.

Liang Hao nodded quickly, then watched Su Fei leave and hurriedly went to fetch water, wash her face, and brush her teeth, trying to clean herself up a bit.

Liang Hao was in a super good mood, humming off-key songs while brushing her teeth and washing her face. All the other educated youth in the room were lying on their beds, and suddenly they heard Su Fei inviting Liang Hao to dinner. They all envied and hated it.

You know, Su Fei has been here for the past two years, and no one has invited her to dinner. Because whenever they went out to eat, it felt like she was introducing Ningning to everyone she knew. At that time, Su Fei didn’t like Ningning always overshadowing her.

Seeing Liang Hao quickly getting ready, the others jokingly said, “Are you really going now? She’s just being polite to you. Now you’re her only good friend, so of course she’s being polite to you. If you go now after Su Fei only called you once, she’ll definitely think you’re foolish.”

Seeing these people who only cared about themselves, Liang Hao knew they were trying to sow discord. Indifferently, she retorted, “Do you think my relationship with Su Fei is the same as your fake relationships? You don’t cherish it at all, it’s fake.”

“I believe Su Fei really wants to invite me to dinner. And haven’t you forgotten how genuine Su Fei is? Before, she used to eat and drink and use by others’, and now she’s being talked about behind her back. Don’t you feel ashamed?” Liang Hao truly believed that one good friend was enough, and the rest were fake. Seeing how they treated Su Fei now, she knew how they would treat her in the future.

Liang Hao walked out without caring, because she really didn’t have any money on her, and her family had never sent her anything. She barely had enough to sustain herself with her public rations, so she had to go early to help with cooking.

Su Fei was very happy to see Liang Hao coming so early to help with cooking and chores. Not treating Liang Hao as an outsider, she directly assigned her some simple tasks.

Liang Hao accepted them very well and got to work. Sitting in the house, she chatted with Su Fei while doing her chores. In the kitchen, with the fire burning, she felt the warmth of this moment.

Liang Hao looked at the warm atmosphere between Su Fei and Ningning, feeling that no one else could interfere. When the two stood together, they felt like they had a background, surrounded by pink bubbles.

There was no need for many words; one look could tell what the other wanted, and they worked together to cook. It felt so harmonious now.

Liang Hao now truly believed that when looking for someone to marry, it didn’t necessarily have to be based on looks, but it had to match their aura. Being happy together was better than anything else. Seeing how good Su Fei and Ningning’s relationship was, Liang Hao was also happy for them.

With three people working together, everything was done quickly. Although the days were short in winter, people basically only ate two meals a day. Looking at the time, Su Fei felt that they should eat quickly and let Liang Hao go back early. It would be easy for her to slip and fall in the dark, and she shouldn’t delay her sleep.

“Okay, let’s start eating!” Ningning announced, and everyone sprang into action, moving tables and chairs, serving dishes.

In no time, all the dishes were laid out on the table. Having meat as leftovers could be considered a lavish meal.

Liang Hao couldn’t help but look at these lavish dishes. It was much better than what she had eaten in the city. She know, these families were quite poor now. During the Chinese New Year, setting up a table of meat and vegetables meant that every time a guest came, they would serve this meat and vegetables, making the table look good, and everyone wouldn’t eat it, opting for other dishes instead.

Because until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, everyone would invite friends over for a feast, and if there weren’t enough meat and vegetables, it wouldn’t count as a full table.

Then there was a joke. Because everyone knew the rules, a few years ago, whenever there was meat and vegetables on someone else’s table, they wouldn’t eat it, because their own meat and vegetables were the same. They would save it for after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month when they would eat their own.

There was once a young man who went on a blind date and visited his mother-in-law’s house. They were already planning to get married, but when the young man saw a table full of meat and vegetables during the Chinese New Year, he couldn’t control himself and started eating.

After the young man finished eating, the marriage was called off. This young man didn’t know any better, he was only half-grown, and when he got home, his parents were also very angry.

Seeing Liang Hao a bit restrained, Su Fei quickly said, “Don’t mind, hurry up and eat. Do you think I’m the kind of person who would do things and not let you eat? Besides, this isn’t like the past few years when we were poor. People are getting richer now, and there’s not much of that anymore.”

Liang Hao smiled and didn’t speak, turning her head to Ningning. She knew that Ningning was the one in charge. Ningning also agreed and advised, “Then hurry up and eat the meat. Once the oil cools down, it solidifies, and it won’t taste good.”

After Liang Hao heard Ningning’s words and took a few bites, she continued eating. There’s no denying that it was delicious, especially the meat.

In the counters of the department stores in the county, thefts were frequent. Because when there were many people, it was hard to see who took what, and some small things would be taken by others.

However, recently, the department store discovered that because of the Chinese New Year, they bought many unusual things to sell in the county town. And these things ranged from expensive to cheap.

During this period of the Chinese New Year, basically everyone from the village or other places came to the department store to shop, so the foot traffic was very high. Moreover, now the staff members, due to their negligence, found many items missing, and the numbers didn’t match up.

Manager Wang realized that this couldn’t continue. Not only were there more purchases than thefts, but they also had to pay these employees, causing frequent losses at the department store. Manager Wang was specifically criticized by superiors because the department store was supposed to contribute to the country, but due to her negligence, it was now in a loss-making stage.

“Alright, enough talk. If things continue like this, then all of you will be fired,” the leader said sternly. She also knew that in this department store, because the people were diverse and numerous, she was not expecting them to contribute to taxes, just not to burden the whole county.

Manager Wang quickly nodded in agreement, “Yes, we will definitely crack down on these thieves! We are prepared, we have decided to offer a reward for these thieves, and we have also established internal regulations. As soon as we find any staff member with dirty hands, we’ll dismiss them.”

“Alright, let’s go.” The leader waved her hand at Manager Wang, urging her to disappear quickly. Otherwise, just seeing Manager Wang reminded her of how much money she had to spend at this department store every year.

Manager Wang also became determined. She would start cracking down on both employees and external customers, and she also wanted to find out who had the audacity to steal all the one hundred cans of canned food she had brought in. In total, there were one hundred cans of canned food, and over eighty cans were stolen, with only a few sold. It was basically like losing money!

But canned food had a special characteristic. Once opened and eaten, the scent would linger in the mouth and on the body. And when it came to disposing of this trash, because it was made of iron, it wasn’t easy to throw away. So, she could follow the trail and find out who stole so many cans of food.

After returning, Manager Wang held a meeting with all the staff members, warning them that if she caught them red-handed, they shouldn’t blame her for not recognizing them. Before being fired by the leader, she now had the authority to dismiss all the employees.

Manager Wang took action by posting a notice outside, stating that anyone who discovered these thieves would receive the stolen items as a reward.

Soon, there were many dubious rumors circulating, and Manager Wang also established good relations with the police, asking for their help in investigating.

Zi Yi and Li Si, upon learning of this, spread rumors outside that Liang Hao often ate canned food, and good quality canned food at that.

Manager Wang was truly fierce, adhering to the principle of not letting a single culprit escape. Once she noticed any suspicious behavior, she investigated, and indeed, she caught quite a few habitual thieves.

And now the law was very strict, with a minimum sentence of ten years for theft. Manager Wang handed over all the thieves she caught to the police, and the police, through this incident, realized their shortcomings and cooperated well with Manager Wang’s actions.

Manager Wang’s actions frightened the employees. No one dared to touch anything in the company anymore. Because many people, seeing their own relatives come over, turned a blind eye. But they didn’t expect to harm their own relatives; several people ended up in jail.

Today, someone reported that Liang Hao, a female educated youth from Dadong Commune, had recently been eating canned food, and good quality canned food at that.

Upon hearing this, Manager Wang felt that she had found the thief who stole the canned food. She was really angry. These canned foods were supposed to be bought for herself if they couldn’t be sold, but she hadn’t even eaten a single can.

“If it’s true, and she stole a few cans of canned food, I’ll give you a few cans of canned food,” Manager Wang said generously.

Because after the reform she initiated, many thieves had been punished, and recently, public security had improved a lot. The leader praised Manager Wang for her actions.

Manager Wang, with two police officers, rode bicycles and headed straight for Dadong Commune. The police uniforms were very conspicuous, and as soon as they entered the village, they were spotted by the villagers.

The villagers quickly informed the village chief, after all, someone might have committed a crime, wouldn’t they come knocking on the door if they didn’t see the police?

Village Chief Ning was startled and quickly came out to greet them. Although she knew there were a few young people in the village who were a bit unruly, they were definitely not capable of committing serious crimes like murder or arson; they were still good kids.

“I wonder what business the police have coming here? Is there anything I can help with? I am the village chief of Dadong Commune.” Village Chief Ning often attended meetings in the county, so she spoke quite eloquently.

By now, more and more people had come out to see what was going on. The fact that the police had come attracted a lot of curious eyes.

The police said to Village Chief Ning, “We’re here to find someone. Is there a person named Liang Hao in your village?”

Village Chief Ning hesitated for a moment, but still told the police that there was indeed a female educated youth named Liang Hao in their village.

Manager Wang smirked and said, “Since there really is a Liang Hao here, then we haven’t come to the wrong place. It seems that the information provided by the informant was correct.”

Village Chief Ning frowned and looked at Manager Wang, wondering why she was looking at the people in their village with suspicious eyes. So she asked, “Where did you hear the name Liang Hao from? And what exactly did she do? I can guarantee that there are no bad people in our village.”

At this point, a group of female educated youths walked over. They had also heard the villagers gossiping about something exciting happening and quickly put on their clothes to come down and see what was going on.

Manager Wang, with a skeptical look, said to Village Chief Ning, “Can I ask the villagers? Have you seen Liang Hao recently eating some good things?”

These educated youths, upon hearing Manager Wang’s question, eagerly expressed their grievances. “Yes, we have seen her, we have seen her. Recently, she has been eating good things, and she’s been hiding and eating them.” They thought to themselves, serves you right for stealing and eating!

Manager Wang, upon hearing this, felt that it was reliable. She quickly asked, “So what good things has Liang Hao been eating recently?”

“Canned food, and it’s meat canned food!” These educated youths were eager to answer, but they didn’t mention that Su Fei had given the canned food to Liang Hao. They kept that to themselves.

“See! We caught another thief.” Manager Wang said with satisfaction. She thought to herself, indeed, no one can escape from my grasp.

These police officers were also very excited. After the crackdown from above, they were now catching a small thief, which also meant they would receive a bonus.

“Village Chief Ning, let’s go together and see if everyone in your village is a good person?” Manager Wang said disdainfully. She had caught many thieves recently, and she felt that she also had the potential to be a great detective.

With so many thieves caught by Manager Wang, and seeing the behavior of Liang Hao witnessed by so many people, it was almost certain that she was guilty. Manager Wang also wanted to ask who else besides Liang Hao was stealing canned food from the department store.

And Manager Wang no longer cared how much was stolen; she felt that with this development, she could continue to make progress. Then she could move on to other business units and become a leader.

But to go to another business unit and become a leader, she needed to make even bolder achievements. And now, catching these thieves had given her a lot of fame. She had a lot of room for promotion in front of the leaders.

Manager Wang needed more achievements to pave the way for promotion. So this time, she had to catch all the small thieves, without exception, and she would be impartial in doing so, even if they were employees of the department store.

“If you want to find Liang Hao, she’s not at the place where the educated youths stay,” these educated youths quickly said. They had already seen that Manager Wang was the leader here and were trying to please her.

“Oh, is that so? Do you know where Liang Hao is now?” Manager Wang said nonchalantly, feeling that catching Liang Hao was just a matter of time, everything was already in her hands.

“I know, I know, let me take you. Liang Hao is now at her good sister’s house, Su Fei’s house, for dinner.” Immediately, someone eagerly offered to take them to Su Fei’s house.

On the way there, Manager Wang and the two police officers already had a very unfavorable impression of Su Fei. They all knew the saying “birds of a feather flock together,” and someone who could be good friends with Liang Hao couldn’t be a good person.

But they weren’t stupid enough to say it in front of Village Chief Ning; they just thought it to themselves.

They didn’t bring up this question, but there were people who didn’t look into matters who would bring it up. The educated youths thought that if they could get Su Fei in trouble, they would have a chance to become teachers and have a stable income like city folks.

Moreover, from what they now understood, many people were especially afraid of the police and wouldn’t dare say anything; whatever the police said was final.

“Could it be that Su Fei and Liang Hao did it together? Otherwise, how could they have so many canned goods to eat?” These young people felt like the voices everyone could hear.

“It’s possible.” Manager Wang thought to herself, hearing that both of them were eating canned goods and had been discovered by others; this definitely indicated a group effort.

Most villagers knew Liang Hao, and she was actually quite decent, just a bit playful at times. Especially now, since she was having meals at Su Fei’s house, they were certain it couldn’t just be the two of them.

However, there were still many villagers who remained skeptical. During the recent Lunar New Year, Su Fei had earned their favor, appearing to be a very good person.

Su Fei and the other two were chatting and eating like a big happy family, completely unaware that a crowd of people, including the entire village, had gathered outside.