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Chapter 1399 Broken Engagement 48
Here, Yuanchun and Huo Min are getting married.

In the far northwest, Shen Lin was also getting married.

After Shen Lin went to the countryside, he couldn't stand the hardship there. He did farm work in a dishonest way and the food he earned was not enough to even fill him half full. He was hungry every day and hoped that his parents would send him money and tickets.

But Yuanchun sent him to the countryside, so how could she let him live a good life?

Yuanchun sent a letter of complaint to the machinery factory, reporting Shen Guoan for reselling scrap iron in the factory and Liu Hongyan for stealing meat and vegetables from the cafeteria.

Not long after Shen Guoan joined the machinery factory, he spent some money to arrange for Liu Hongyan to work in the factory canteen. Although she was just a vegetable washer, she was paid 26 yuan a month. Moreover, there was extra food in the canteen, which the canteen employees could share and take home.

This job is not tiring and it pays off.

In the past, Liu Hongyan would have disdained to bring leftovers home, but ever since the Shen family was robbed, the Shen family became penniless, and Wang Hongyan didn't even have a cotton jacket or a pair of shoes to wear.

Shen Guoan took a few months' salary in advance and bought some necessities for the family.

But within a few days, all the things were stolen again.

Since Shen Guoan could no longer receive an advance on his salary, Liu Hongyan took out an advance of three months' salary and bought some necessities for the family. She also secretly went to the black market and bought some old clothes to wear first.

The couple both received an advance on their wages, which resulted in them not receiving any salary for the next few months. However, they had no food or vegetables at home, so they couldn't afford to starve to death.

Liu Hongyan set her eyes on the food in the cafeteria.

In the past, before leaving get off work, Liu Hongyan would look at her colleagues who were enthusiastically sharing leftovers with a look of disdain, and she would leave work first with a look of disdain.

Now, she would wait early next to the basin of leftovers, just to get more than others.

She took the leftovers home, heated them up the next day, and had them for breakfast with Shen Guoan.

Always eating vegetables, or leftovers, almost made Liu Hongyan's mood collapse. In the past, the three people in the family had wages, and Shen Guoan would often bring back some local specialties and snacks when he went out on the road. But now, eating leftovers for three meals a day, Liu Hongyan's mood is collapsing day by day.

Finally one day, when she was washing pork, she saw a piece of pork as big as a fist. She secretly hid it and took it home.

The next morning, she finally got to eat meat.

And if this happens once, it will happen a second time.

After that, Liu Hongyan would secretly hide a piece of meat every day and take it home to enjoy as a snack.

Shen Guoan might have guessed it, but he did not keep silent and condoned his wife's behavior.

Later, the couple received a letter from Shen Lin from the countryside, asking for money and food, and also saying a lot about how difficult life in the countryside was. The couple felt sorry for their son.

But the couple had no salary yet, no money or tickets, so Shen Guoan thought of the pile of scrap metal piled in the yard of the machinery factory.

He teamed up with a security guard in the factory to secretly smuggle out several large pieces of scrap metal and sold them for 60 yuan. The two of them each got 30 yuan.

Shen Guoan sent ten yuan to his son and kept twenty yuan for himself.

But when it comes to stealing, once you taste the sweetness of doing it the first time, you will do it a second time, and it’s out of control.

During the Chinese New Year, the factory was closed for holiday and only a few security guards were left on duty to guard the gate. Shen Guoan wanted to take the opportunity to make a big move, but was caught in the act.

It was Yuanchun, who had been keeping an eye on them, who wrote a letter of complaint to the factory leaders after learning that Shen Guoan and Liu Hongyan had repeatedly stolen.

Shen Guoan was caught red-handed by the factory leaders.