The woman heard her words, her originally flushed face turning the color of liver.
The principal's face grew stern, "Teacher Zhou?"
Teacher Zhou gave a sheepish smile and repeated, "Principal, this is all a misunderstanding."
She absolutely couldn't let the principal know that Sun Xiaozhuang's mother had given her a dress. She had thought there was no background, who knew she had misjudged.
"How about we just let this matter go?"
Chen Lishu, however, had no intention of letting it go.
She looked at Gu Lin, "Linlin, when your classmate hit you, many classmates must have seen it, right?"
Gu Lin nodded.
Chen Lishu's face turned cold, "I think the nature of this incident is so serious that I have to call the police."
Hearing that Chen Lishu wanted to call the police, the teacher and Sun Xiaozhuang's parents were completely flustered.
The woman stuck her neck out and said, "Don't be so unforgiving just because you know a bureau chief."
Chen Lishu replied, "It's nothing to be proud of, it's just useful to say a word at a critical moment."
"Parent of this student, please don't be so agitated. Let's sit down and talk properly." The principal glanced at Teacher Zhou, who quickly offered her seat.
Chen Lishu pulled at the corner of her mouth, "Principal, please don't be so polite. I'm here to solve a problem, not to make things difficult. This classmate bullied my nephew and must apologize in front of all the students. Secondly, since Teacher Zhou cannot treat students equally, we request a transfer."
"This request is not excessive. Tomorrow, no, today I will arrange for him to transfer to Teacher Liu's class. Teacher Liu is not only an outstanding teacher every year, but she is also very patient with her students and will absolutely not allow such a situation to occur." Seeing the reactions of Teacher Zhou and the woman, the principal understood that Chen Lishu was not speaking without reason. If this matter were to escalate, the school's reputation would surely be severely damaged.
"Principal, my son is also injured." The woman's arrogance had completely subsided, but she was still unwilling to avoid apologizing.
The principal frowned, "If you have any dissatisfaction with the school's decision, this parent can resolve it privately."
Chen Lishu lowered her eyelids slightly, "Then let's call the police."
Liu Yuemin said, "Exactly. You can tell a person's character from childhood. Your son is already like this, he should be taken in and educated properly."
"Mom, I don't want the police to arrest me. I'll apologize to Gu Lin. Mom, I don't want to go to jail, woo woo..." Hearing the word "police," the boy's face turned pale with fright, and he cried, begging not to be taken to the police station.
They left the school just as it was noon. The sunlight shone on the ground, so bright it was dazzling.
"Second sister-in-law, shall I take you back to the market first?"
Liu Yuemin nodded and quietly sat in the passenger seat.
Looking at Chen Lishu's delicate profile, she had never felt such a huge gap between them.
Facing that unreasonable woman, she was so weak that she couldn't even utter a word of rebuttal.
She used to think she was quite capable, being the same daughter-in-law of the Gu family. Zhang Qin couldn't even make a sound even with three strikes, she was incomparable to her.
Chen Lishu was only good-looking, with such a family background, and not even a brother. She had been married for several years and couldn't have children.
Although the fourth daughter-in-law's family was good, she had only given birth to a daughter.
Her own family had brothers, and sons and daughters, she considered herself stronger than any of them.
In terms of making money, she was the first to open a restaurant in the family.
But today, Chen Lishu met those people, and not only was she not afraid, but she also managed to transfer Linlin to another class with a few words.
"Third sister-in-law, do you really know the director of the education bureau?" Liu Yuemin couldn't help but ask.
"No."
Liu Yuemin: "..." She didn't even blush when she lied, and judging by the situation just now, she had believed it.
"Aren't you afraid they'll expose you?"
Chen Lishu replied, "That woman, she's just relying on her family being a minor official, and her tail is already in the sky. If she dares to verify with the bureau chief, I'll have to admire her courage."
"Regardless, I really have you to thank for helping me today." Liu Yuemin said somewhat awkwardly.
As she left, she saw the familiar smile on her child's face again, with a hint of pride in his eyes.
Honestly, the moment she became a mother, her heart felt like it was pricked. It was their incompetence as a couple that caused their son to be bullied at school and almost expelled.
"Linlin, after all, has the Gu surname. If they looked at you, they probably wouldn't have time."
Chen Lishu said this and stepped on the brake, stopping the car at the entrance of the vegetable market.
"We're here."
Liu Yuemin: "..."
Just as she had started to think that her sister-in-law was not bad, she realized it was all nonsense.
"Wait a moment." Liu Yuemin got out of the car, leaving those words behind, and hurried into the market.
Not long after, she ran out again, clutching a bundle of greens in one hand and a nylon bag containing potatoes and radishes in the other.
Chen Lishu rested her arm on the car window, looking at her with confusion.
"I got some vegetables for Mom. Do you think they're for you?" Liu Yuemin said, placing the vegetables on the back seat.
Chen Lishu said nothing and drove away.
After taking the vegetables Liu Yuemin gave her home and having lunch, Chen Lishu drove to the factory.
Most of the factory buildings were under construction, with only the canteen and dormitory still being built.
In the workshop, Yuan Lihua and two other masters were pattern making and testing samples. Once the final design was decided, large-scale production could begin.
"Aunt Yuan, how is it? Can your legs still take it?"
Yuan Lihua saw her approach and smiled, "I haven't been standing for too long, it's fine."
In the previous years, when she was sent down to the countryside, the conditions were harsh, and she developed rheumatism. She didn't feel it in the early years, but as she got older, the symptoms became more pronounced.
Now, whenever it was rainy or bad weather, her arms and legs would ache as if pricked by needles.
"General Manager Chen, these are samples modified according to Master Yuan's guidance. This is the original garment. Please take a look." The pattern maker happily brought over two garments for Chen Lishu to examine.
Chen Lishu was very satisfied after comparing them, "I didn't expect the samples to be ready so quickly."
Once the samples were confirmed, mass production could begin.
After leaving the workshop, Chen Lishu went to the office.
Nan Haitao was engrossed in writing. Chen Lishu didn't disturb him, but pulled up a stool and sat down. It wasn't until he stopped writing that she asked curiously, "What are you writing?"
Nan Haitao took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes, then put them back on, "Employee regulations. Now that we're about to start production, this is essential."
Chen Lishu smiled, "Thanks to you, I have much less to worry about."
"Besides the regulations, I've also set up a reward and punishment system. Grades are divided according to work content. Salary, bonuses, and benefits are tied to product quality and output. Performance wages are fully floating. Please take a look."
Chen Lishu took the two pages he handed her and glanced at them.
Her first impression was that Nan Haitao had excellent handwriting.
After reading everything, she could only admire Nan Haitao.
When they had discussed the employee salary structure before, she had only mentioned it briefly, and she never expected him to have done such detailed work.