Chapter 113: The reborn of paranoid boss cannon fodder wife
Chapter 113: Cutting off Financial Paths
The entire table turned their heads simultaneously.
Wang Cuihua returned from the bathroom, hearing familiar scolding voices discussing Bai Lu, planning to walk past quickly.
Little did she know, she was called halfway.
Had to stop in her tracks.
Turning around, she met Chen Chunli's threatening gaze. To avoid getting slapped, she complied with her intimidating expression.
Wang Cuihua, widowed with no relatives in town, endured Chen Chunli's scolding without anyone to help her. The last time she received a couple of slaps from Chen Chunli was because she didn't speak favorably and didn't comply with Chen Chunli's wishes.
Chen Chunli's husband, Wang Hao, was also Xiao Cheng's brother, but Wang Cuihua's complaints about Chen Chunli to Xiao Cheng had no effect. Xiao Cheng didn't involve himself in women's conflicts.
Moreover, Chen Chunli was pregnant, and people tended to cut her some slack, fearing any potential harm to the unborn child.
Wang Cuihua was afraid of being slapped by Chen Chunli and afraid of being publicly scolded. However, her current good life was given by Bai Lu, and she didn't want to lose the golden opportunity of selling sugar-roasted chestnuts.
She could only sneak a peek at her escape route and then speak, "I don't know about other people's sugar-roasted chestnuts, but mine are good. The taste is the same as Aunt Wu's, so they sell out every day."
After saying this, she quickly ran away.
This response, while evading the core issue, was enough to prove that Bai Lu's business wasn't solely focused on benefiting Wu Xiuyun.
By not following Chen Chunli's intentions to falsely accuse Bai Lu, Wang Cuihua managed to escape without giving her a chance. Chen Chunli's face turned red like a pig's liver.
The gazes of everyone at the table swept across Chen Chunli's face, clearly questioning her earlier words.
Finally, it was the wife of a construction worker from the building team who broke the deadlock by bringing up the topic of the new house.
No one wanted an unpleasant atmosphere at the banquet. Other people joined in, praising Wen Xiuyun's spacious and bright new house, its good feng shui, and the beautiful decoration style.
Chen Chunli, however, sneered, "Spending so much money on contracting, of course, it looks good."
"I don't even know how many kickbacks were taken. It's just that the homeowner's family is foolish, doesn't understand the local construction market, and simply agrees to whatever price is quoted. They've been cheated without realizing it, even helping to count money willingly, eager to curry favor and get taken advantage of."
"A group of people worked hard to build the house, but the final wages they received aren't even enough to cover the details."
The wife of a construction worker named Liu Xiaomei, struggling with her own financial situation, frowned upon hearing Chen Chunli's words. "Didn't everyone get paid 600 yuan? Didn't we all receive the same amount?"
Another worker's wife also added, "That's right. Our family's Wang Youcai also received 600 yuan. I heard him say there were 25 people working together, with all the materials available. Wu Xiuyun's new house was built and painted in less than a month, and the wages were evenly distributed based on square footage."
"Windows and doors were handled separately by professionals, and Wu Xiuyun and her husband paid extra for that."
Others at the table were surprised to hear such high wages. "600 yuan in less than a month! Such high wages? I heard that in the neighboring county, the sugar factory workers get only 300 yuan a month, and brickyard workers get even less at 260!"
Liu Xiaomei nodded, "Not even the nearby city pays this much. Our Afu said that working with Xiao Cheng means they are never mistreated."
"Even mistreated, you wouldn't know!" Chen Chunli sarcastically sneered, "All the construction money is in their hands. How much they take, can you know? Maybe they take 6,000, and you get 600. Is that called a lot?"
"Really?" Liu Xiaomei, finding it hard to believe, hesitated, "He said they calculate the construction wages per square meter. Everyone knows how much money is spent on each square meter. Can they lie about that?"
Others at the table also nodded, finding it hard to believe that Xiao Cheng would take such large kickbacks.
Chen Chunli, looking at them like they were fools, said, "It is calculated per square meter, but do you think they tell you how much they receive from the homeowner per square meter? What they tell you and what they get from the homeowner can be different. How much money was spent on materials, what they tell you, and the money they quote to the homeowner can be different, right?"
"Even my husband, Wang Hao, is so silly and weak. Despite their close brotherly relationship, he doesn't dare to ask more questions. They sweet-talk him a bit, and he thinks he's gotten a good deal. He rushes over to work like an ox, doing all the hard labor..."
"Even the husband is so greedy for kickbacks. How can the wife get anything good? Even if the sugar-roasted chestnuts she gives you are of good quality, who knows how much kickback she takes after selling them? Who knows how much she takes behind your back?"
Chen Chunli always remembered the grudge of being rejected by Bai Lu for joining the sugar-roasted chestnut business. She cast doubt with a tone of certainty, instantly causing an uproar at the table and the neighboring gossip table.
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