CHAPTER 1286: CHAPTER 1287: THE LITTLE WIDOW OF THE SIHEYUAN 14

"I’m just curious, isn’t it always said that Uncle often guesses what the leaders think? How come he didn’t come up with such an idea?"

"If he had proposed it back then, wouldn’t that be going ahead? Would my brother still need to worry about a job?"

Zhao Fu and his wife listened to their eldest son’s analysis, and no matter how they heard it, it sounded right to them. They looked at each other and kept nodding.

"And last time, Sister-in-law already asked Auntie if there was a plan from the factory, and how did Auntie respond? She said there wasn’t one yet."

"I originally thought Uncle should go and talk to Sister-in-law, but he didn’t. He just kept stalling." Zhao Qi started to sow discord.

He was worried that Zhao Lin would actually take over Zhao Gui’s position, and whether he’d enter the office at the plant, even as a minor staff member, he’d still be office personnel, with a better future than a workshop worker like him.

Even if workshop workers earn higher wages, you can’t compete with the office staff who just sit around and have it so easy.

To prevent Zhao Lin from taking over, he had to make the relationship between their family and Uncle’s even worse, so Uncle wouldn’t agree to let Zhao Lin take over.

Zhao Fu listened to his eldest son’s words, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt his son’s analysis was spot on.

"Son, your analysis is correct. Zhao Gui just pretends to be a fair and just person, but in fact, he’s a hypocrite."

"Knowing our family’s struggles, he still doesn’t help us out at all but constantly helps the Yue family."

"He’s childless himself, and he’s just jealous that I have two sons." Zhao Fu knew that Zhao Gui had always been jealous of him, his own brother, for having two sons.

"If your brother finds a job this time, fine; otherwise, I won’t let him off."

"He talks about taking care of me, but how has he ever taken care of me?" Zhao Fu said this and suddenly stood up, "Qi, has your brother been out for a long time?"

Zhao Qi quickly nodded, "Yeah, he’s been out for a long time."

He was delighted inside, guessing that fool had really rushed to Uncle’s house.

Amused as he was, he put on a nervous face, "Dad, Little Lin, he, he wouldn’t have gone to Uncle’s house, would he?"

Zhao Fu was really worried, "No, we can’t let Little Lin go to your Uncle’s."

Concerned about his reputation, back then he had said he’d handed the job directly to his brother-in-law, but in truth, he had taken money for it, just a bit less than what it would cost to buy a job.

If the neighbors found out he took money from his brother-in-law to give away the job, they’d definitely look at him with disdain.

He didn’t care what others thought, but he feared Zhao Gui might counter, saying that if he could take money back then to hand over the job, now he should spend money to get the job back from Zhao Gui.

The thought of having to spend hundreds to secure the job from Zhao Gui put him in a bad mood.

Zhao Er Ma, upon hearing that her younger son had gone to his brother’s house, immediately got anxious, "Zhao Gui, we can’t let Little Lin go to his uncle’s."

"Yes, yes, yes." Zhao Fu called his eldest son and daughter-in-law and rushed out.

Zhang Yu happened to see Zhao Fu and his family of three rushing out, "What’s going on?"

Why did the three of them look as if someone was chasing them, running over so fast?

Zhao Lei’s eyes never left his book, "Earlier Zhao Lin rushed out."

Zhang Yu’s mouth dropped open, "Zhao Lin, that kid, he wouldn’t have stolen something from home, would he?"

Could it be he stole something after hearing what she said earlier and headed directly to Uncle’s house to demand his job back?

They’d already given away the job to the other party, and the other party was happily working, so why would they want to give the job back?

If Zhao Lin wanted a job, didn’t the other party need a job too, or didn’t they want to leave the job for their own kids?

"Impossible." Zhao Lei thought it impossible, "If he really stole money, Zhao Fu would definitely shout out."

"I think Zhao Lin must have gone to his Uncle’s house to demand the job back."

Although Zhao Hong was painting, she heard Zhao Lei’s words, "It’s impossible to get it back."

"Yeah, sister, you’re so smart, you know the job can’t be taken back, so how could Zhao Lin get it back?" Zhao Lei shook his head.

"Mom, it’s getting late, let’s rest." Whether Zhao Lin could get the job back or not had nothing to do with their family anymore.

After checking the time on his watch, well, it was almost eight o’clock. In this era without television and nightlife, eight was considered late.

"Wash up and then rest." Having been here a few days, Zhang Yu had already adapted to the current life pace.

Soon, the family of three washed up and lay in bed ready to rest.

The Zhao Gui family of three hadn’t seen Zhao Lin rush out, but Zhao Fu’s family of three rushing out was seen by Auntie Zhao.

She went back in and mentioned it to Zhao Gui, who then went to the next door to take a look before returning somewhat thoughtfully to his own house.

"Zhao Lin is not at home."

"He probably went to his Uncle’s house." Zhao Gui looked up at Zhao Jun’s family across the street.

He dared to say, Zhao Lin must have heard what Zhang Yu said. Zhao Lin was already stressed about the job.

Upon hearing there might be a chance to work, why wouldn’t he be excited?

Auntie Zhao and Zhao Juan’s eyes lit up, "Yeah, I remember the second son’s wife used to have a job." Even Auntie Zhao had mocked her sister-in-law over that job.

"However, it was odd she gave it to her brother from her mother’s side even though she had a job."

"If they hadn’t given away the job back then, would they have to worry about Zhao Lin’s job now?" Auntie Zhao snorted, thinking her brother-in-law’s family lacked foresight.

If they had any foresight at all, they wouldn’t be in this situation.

Looking at his own wife who seemed clueless, Zhao Gui was relieved again, glad that their daughter took after him; otherwise, if she were too foolish, it would be upsetting.

"They’ve set their sights on my job." Zhao Gui said angrily.

Huh? Auntie Zhao realized that her brother-in-law’s family had their eyes on Zhao Gui’s job, "They, they didn’t plan this from that time, did they?"

Auntie Zhao always thought Zhao Fu’s family only recently targeted their jobs, but she hadn’t realized they had had their eyes on it for so long.

She immediately got angry, "How can they be like this? Don’t they consider that we still have Xiao Juan here?"

Even if Auntie Zhao supported her own family, she would never think of giving away her husband’s job to her mother’s family.

Resulting in Zhao Fu starting his calculations, "I always knew they weren’t decent people."

Listening to Auntie Zhao continuously badmouthing Zhao Fu, Zhao Gui’s face also darkened.

No matter what, he was still his sibling, "Alright, regardless, he’s still my brother."

"And didn’t you support your own family quite a bit, too."

"No matter how bad they are, they haven’t gotten much benefit from it."

"Besides, it’s also a Zhao family affair." Zhao Gui wouldn’t forget the foolish things his own wife had done.

Auntie Zhao was subdued by Zhao Gui’s stern gaze and didn’t dare to say another word.