Chapter 354: Chapter 355: Qu Huimin’s Fiance Chapter 354: Chapter 355: Qu Huimin’s Fiance Eldest Son Zhou had joined the army not long ago and was, fortunately, unaffected, but both the eldest and the second sons of the Zhou family had been involved in the family business and were also relocated due to Old Zhou’s decisions.

At that time, the Zhou family was in complete disarray. Zhou Yuelian even had a premature labor and died. Merely three months after his wife’s death, Zhang Yanlin remarried Zhang Yuhua and had a son, Zhang Zhiguo, three months later.

Everyone knew the inside story. Zhang Wu’s family also couldn’t escape the shifting policies and were sent to the countryside as well.

Right after they moved, the Qu family abruptly called off the arranged marriage, claiming the reason was the arrangement itself. Now that his father was reinstated, Qu Huimin truly showed no shame, still daring to utter such words.

Zhang Wu truly saw the shamelessness of the Qu family, no, it was the shamelessness of the Sun family sisters.

After they returned, his father began to investigate past affairs and stumbled upon the Zhou family, the Zhang family, and the Sun family.

Among them, Zhang Yanlin knew everything but did nothing. These people enjoyed the Zhou family’s blessings in the past yet envied their abilities enough to commit such ingrate actions.

Back then, why didn’t they just die.

Qu Huimin looked utterly incredulous and soon, with tears in her eyes, she frantically explained to Zhang Wu, “Zhang Wu, I was just a child back then, how could I possibly have stopped my parents?

I have admired you since we were young, as you know. In my heart, you were still my fiance, and I never thought of breaking off our engagement.”

The disdain in Zhang Wu’s eyes was unmistakable as he gave her a cold look and warned, “Don’t mention again that I’m your fiance. If I hear it one more time, I’ll reveal everything about the past.”

After speaking, Zhang Wu turned and apologetically glanced at Xu Ying, “Sorry, let’s talk some other time.”

Zhang Shulan, not minding the commotion, yelled after the departing Zhang Wu, “What’s all this about?”

Qu Huimin turned pale and glared at Zhang Shulan, “What does it have to do with you?”

She then turned to Xu Ying with a warning, “Xu Ying, you’re a married woman, don’t make any class-based mistakes.”

Xu Ying had seen enough drama and looked at Qu Huimin with disdain, “You think I’m just idle like you, without having seen a man before, rushing toward you? I’m very busy.”

She said this and walked away gracefully. Zhang Shulan hurried after her, “Xu Ying, where are you going? Can I come with you?”

Lin Hongxia watched in astonishment as they left, quickly following, “Where are you two going?”

Zhang Shulan, always curious, looked at Xu Ying.

Xu Ying was utterly exasperated, “I’m going to discuss a business deal. You all want to come too?”

“Discuss a business deal? Xu Ying, you’re still working, is it locally in Jing City?” Lin Hongxia expressed her shock, “You’re still in school and can work too? What kind of workplace offers such a good job.”

“No, I’m in sales. Our factory recently launched a new product, and I wanted to try selling it here in Jing City,” Xu Ying explained.

Lin Hongxia, envying the opportunity, had come to school using quite a bit of her family’s money. Finding a job to help with family expenses would be great.

She instinctively asked, “Xu Ying, does your job still need people?”

Xu Ying paused, “Yes, but it pays on commission, no base salary.”

Lin Hongxia hesitated, “I’d like to try.”

If she could earn some money, she could also alleviate some financial stress at home.

Xu Ying nodded, “I’m going to the Department Store later, do you want to come with me? You can also learn about our factory’s products.”

Lin Hongxia nodded excitedly.

Zhang Shulan quickly followed, adding, “Can I come with you too?

I would like to try being a salesperson.” Who knows, maybe dad would praise her too.

The factory definitely had to expand, Huo Chen had told her, planning to cooperate with the food factory to set up a dedicated food factory area in each community.

She could roughly guess what was going on, and the number of people needed afterwards was certainly not small.

Having students from Tsinghua School work in their factory would be quite a face-saving matter.

So, she agreed without hesitation.

The three of them walked towards the school gates.

Qu Huimin turned her head and looked at Bai Yushui curiously, asking, “Is the manager of Yu County Food Factory really that impressive?”

Bai Yushui shook her head, she had been a sent-down youth before, always stuck in those poor villages, completely out of touch with the outside world; she had no idea what a manager even was.

Qu Huimin then turned to Liu Youdi, who knew even less.

Seeing this, she stomped her foot in annoyance and chased after them.

Xu Ying led the two directly to the Department Store, with Qu Huimin closely following behind.

Arriving at the Department Store, Xu Ying immediately took out her work ID, declaring she needed to see their manager.

The sales clerk glanced at Xu Ying and said irritably, “Our manager isn’t someone you can just meet whenever you want; the manager is busy and doesn’t have time to see you.”

Helpless, Xu Ying took out a newspaper, pointed to the girl in it, and showed it to the sales clerk, who immediately swapped to a smiling face.

“Oh, so you’re Minister Xu! Please wait a moment, I’ll go find our manager right now,” said the sales clerk before hurrying off.

Soon, the manager of the Department Store came running out, flustered.

The manager of the Department Store was a sisterly figure, seemingly in her early thirties but very efficient in her conduct; the enthusiasm on her face when she saw Xu Ying was unmistakable.

“You must be Miss Xu. Your food factory’s business is really booming now; even our Department Store can’t place an order for marinated goods,” Sister Bai said with a smile.

Xu Ying bashfully smiled, “The marinated goods have all been booked by those foreigners; even our local Department Store can’t get any.”

Sister Bai’s eyes flickered upon hearing this, surprised that the marinated goods were selling so well.

She had watched TV that day; Yu County Food Factory was not small. The number of employees inside had to be at least ten thousand.

A big factory employing thousands of people in a small county town was still swamped with orders, illustrating just how good the business was.

Looking at Xiao Xubai, Sister Bai felt even more admiration; this young girl, single-handedly, was boosting Yu County’s entire economy.

“What brings you here this time?” Sister Bai asked out of curiosity, thinking the young girl had come to discuss business.

“The marinated goods business might need a pause for a while, but our food factory has come up with other delicacies; the hotpot is quite tasty too.

I happen to have brought a sample today. Sister, there’s nowhere here suitable to eat; try this, and then consider whether you want to place an order or not,” Xu Ying said, pulling out an incredibly large box from her bag.

Lin Hongxia was stunned, touching Xu Ying’s bag, “It sure can hold a lot.”

Sister Bai’s eyes sparkled as she looked at Xu Ying, knowing well that nothing from Yu County Food Factory tasted bad.

Although they hadn’t managed to order marinated goods this time, they had gotten fried ones.

Right now, those were selling like hotcakes in the Department Store.

Seeing the hotpot in Xu Ying’s hand, her interest piqued instantly, and she promptly led the three of them to the office area.