Meng Yajun, not wanting to see Meng Jingfen, swiftly found her a job at an electronics factory the very next day.
To shut Meng Jingfen up, he arranged for her a relatively complex job that paid as high as three thousand five hundred.
General employees made less than two thousand, and some even just a few hundred, so three thousand five hundred was definitely a high salary.
Many people wanted it but couldn’t get it.
Of course, these were people who could endure hardships, only fearing they wouldn’t get the chance.
That is to say, this job was actually quite rare.
Meng Yajun got Fu Hongfang a job in a restaurant kitchen cooking rice.
It was just cooking rice, and although she needed to cook several hundred kilograms every day, the task was simple, the salary was one thousand five hundred, and it included three meals, which made it quite worthwhile.
The places where they worked were very close to each other, less than two hundred meters apart.
Meng Yajun rented a small unit for them nearly in the middle of the area.
One kitchen, one bathroom, one room.
Although small, the electronics factory had a cafeteria, and although they had to pay for their meals, the charges were very low, with breakfast costing one yuan and both lunch and dinner only two yuan each for a quite satisfying meal.
The mother and daughter only needed to cook during holidays.
Meng Yajun thought they should be satisfied.
But unexpectedly, while they were satisfied with their jobs and the location of the rental, Meng Jingfen complained that the rental was too small.
She loudly rebuked Meng Yajun, "Are you even human? You live in such a big, nice house, yet you rent such a tiny place for Mom and me, one that’s not even as big as your bathroom. Don’t you feel any guilt?"
Meng Jingfen was really angry; not only was the room smaller than Meng Yajun’s bathroom, it was also very run-down.
It looked truly shabby.
Meng Yajun sneered, "When I first came here, I had it even worse than you, having to share a place with five people. If I could endure it back then, why can’t you? And you ask me if my conscience hurts. Do you know how much rent I pay for this tiny room a month? It’s two thousand.
Do you know how much a regular person earns a month? Around one thousand five hundred.
So, if Mom weren’t here to accompany you, she wouldn’t have to stay, and you could live in an even more cramped workers’ dormitory. I wouldn’t have to spend two thousand every month on this."
Meng Jingfen grew even angrier and shouted loudly, "Back then you were poor, and of course, the poor must endure hardship, but now you make twenty thousand a month. You have money to rent a good house for me, so why don’t you?"
Meng Yajun looked at her, speechless for a moment, and then asked Fu Hongfang, "Mom, do you think this way too?"
Fu Hongfang quickly shook her head, "No, I don’t. I know you’re saving money to buy a house for marriage, but Jingfen has had a rough few years, so please be a little more accommodating towards her."
Fu Hongfang also felt that the house was a bit too small, and she hoped that Meng Yajun would rent a place with two or three rooms so that she could bring Meng Jinhua and her little son over.
She had initially thought that Meng Yajun would do it on his own.
Later, she realized he hadn’t, and she had intended to have a proper talk with him, but hadn’t anticipated Meng Jingfen’s temper to be so explosive.
Meng Yajun felt cold in his heart and scoffed, "She’s had it tough, who hasn’t? Do you think I had it easy getting to where I am today? Moreover, is her suffering for my sake? If not, why should I accommodate her? Bottom line, I have limited capabilities and can only do so much for you all. You can choose to stay or leave, and if not, you can go back to Hai City."
He said this and was about to leave when Meng Jingfen angrily cursed, "Meng Yajun, you’re heartless."
Meng Yajun turned and laughed, "Am I as heartless as you? You, always trying to take advantage of others, you little... scoundrel."
Meng Jingfen hadn’t expected Meng Yajun to speak to her like that.
Instead, it frightened her into losing her temper.
She said nothing more and scurried off to the bathroom, pretending to use the toilet.