Sweet Nostalgia of the 80s

Chapter 1317: Chapter 1317 Eavesdropping and Complaining

Finding such a good job wasn’t easy, so when Yang Erdan heard the factory manager wanted to fire him, his face turned pale with fear, and he quickly waved his hands, saying, ”I definitely didn’t mean to eavesdrop. I came over because I wanted to talk to you about something, and I just happened to overhear this.”

”So you happened to come at just the right time, huh?” The factory manager glared at him with narrowed eyes. ”Spill it, what are you up to?”

Yang Erdan had a stroke of inspiration from what had just occurred, saying, ”So if you can’t supply the vegetables, you have to pay three times the penalty?”

”Of course.”

”Looks like you’re about to make a fortune then!”

”Not entirely. There are still those who can supply the vegetables! Take the An Family’s vegetable garden, for example; they can supply the vegetables! When it comes to doing business, that guy has brains! While everyone else’s crops were ruined by the hail, there wasn’t a single issue with his; supply vegetables as usual, collect money as usual,” the factory manager said.

In fact, if the An Family’s vegetable garden couldn’t supply the vegetables, the penalty would be even greater. If he could get that penalty money, he would have to make far fewer shoes.

”How could that be? Manager, I’m actually here to report some news to you.” Yang Erdan spilled everything he knew, ”In fact, the An Family’s vegetable garden was severely damaged; their vegetables were completely destroyed! I wondered why An Ping was going out every day with the tractor to buy and collect vegetables, turns out he was afraid of paying the penalty.”

”Really?” Upon hearing this, the factory manager admired the shrewdness of the An Family’s minds.

”Of course, does this count as a breach of contract?” Yang Erdan wasn’t sure.

”Well...” The factory manager pondered for a moment, ”I’ll have to go back and check the contract.”

After saying that, the factory manager immediately turned around and went back to his office, where he dug through a pile of contracts and pulled out the one signed with the An Family for supplying vegetables.

He scrutinized every single clause carefully.

One of the clauses clearly stated that the vegetables to be purchased were to come from the An Family’s vegetable garden.

This clause indicated that the vegetables must be from the An Family’s garden; their practice of buying vegetables from elsewhere and then supplying to him fell under breach of contract.

The factory manager could not contain his elation upon discovering this issue.

He rubbed his hands together excitedly, looking forward to a substantial amount of money coming in.

And it felt like it had just fallen from the sky, as if he was simply reaping the benefits without effort.

”Erdan, you did good!” After coming out, the factory manager patted his shoulder, ”Considering your good performance, I won’t fire you. I’ll give you an extra ten yuan this month as a reward for your report!”

”Thank you, Manager.” Yang Erdan left happily.

Once outside, he also breathed a sigh of relief. After he went back, he could emulate Song Yueqin, feeling as though he had indirectly avenged her family.

This way, he punished the An Family covertly, which was much better than her impulsive and mindless way of causing a scene.

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In the past few days, An Ping had about completed vegetable purchase contracts totaling over two thousand, with eighteen thousand still to go. If he could keep it up for a while longer, waiting for other households’ second batch of vegetables to come in, he believed the price of vegetables would drop, and they wouldn’t have to buy at such high prices.

He hadn’t even had time to catch his breath when, the next day, the shoe factory’s manager came knocking at his door.

”Is this the home of Boss An?”

An Ping was getting ready to go out and collect the vegetables when he heard someone calling him and opened the door, only to see it was the shoe factory’s manager.

”Manager, what brings you here today?”

”Hahaha! I’ve come to check on the vegetables in the field,” said the factory manager.