Chapter 96 Appreciation (Part 3) So, I will write you a letter of recommendation...

Yao Zhizhi was disgusted by the Wang family's melon.

In short, Old Lady Wang has a brother who is infertile.

Men, for the sake of face, would rather suffer than live, and tell others that it is because the woman is infertile.

He is unwilling to leave because he cannot have children. If the woman finds another man and has children, his secret will be gone. He can only coax the woman, say sweet words, and tell her how much he loves her.

So much so that the outside world thinks he is a good man who never leaves.

But Old Wang's family must continue the family line, right? His neighbors advised him that if he didn't want to divorce, he could just use surrogacy. He could find a woman from a poor family who was willing to bear a child, and then pay her money after the child was born.

In order to keep up his lie, Lao Wang found a pregnant woman and had her live in his house to act out his lies.

So that everyone knows that he, Lao Wang, is not a waste. Isn’t this a successful sowing?

As for his first wife, Old Wang arranged for her to have a child with a cousin of the Wang family.

At least the two families were passed down from the same ancestor, and when the child is born, he will still have the blood of the Wang family.

Few women of the older generation had the courage to resist their husbands’ power, so they had to endure humiliation and bear the stigma.

But her brothers from her natal family could not accept this. As Old Wang already had a certain status and position at that time, they did not dare to openly oppose her. So when she gave birth to the child, they switched the child of her brothers from her natal family with her own child.

The initial plan was quite good: your Wang family is well-off, right? Then you can raise my child.

They were not afraid of being exposed. After all, one was the woman's biological son and the other was her biological nephew. In addition, children generally did not grow up when they were young, so the matter was kept secret for more than ten years.

It was not until the child reached puberty and his facial features had fully developed that Lao Wang finally realized something was wrong.

Why does this kid in his family look so much like his uncle?

Old Wang's wife used the excuse that her nephew was her uncle.

But why does the one from my uncle's family look like Lao Wang's cousin?

Old Wang couldn't sit still anymore, so he called the child's uncle out. After three rounds of drinks, the uncle told the truth.

Lao Wang was dumbfounded. It turned out that he had been raising his eldest brother-in-law's son for more than ten years?

But it was too late. The child was already so old and he had raised him for so many years. Besides, Xiao Wang was very promising, so Lao Wang was reluctant to change him back.

Besides, if a quarrel breaks out, everyone will know that he is infertile, and he can't afford to lose face.

I had no choice but to make the best of it.

Old Mrs. Wang knew about this, and her children and the remarried man, Old Wu, also knew about it.

The only people who have been kept in the dark so far are the two children who were switched.

At this moment, Lao Wang was worried that Wu San would say something rude, and that the child would definitely become alienated from him if she knew the truth. He hurried over to mediate: "Girls can't be kept at home when they grow up! Just let the child make her own decision!"

Old Mrs. Wang also knew that this secret was very serious. Once it was exposed, Old Wang might have no one to take care of him in his old age.

She didn't want her brothers from her natal family to hate her, so she had to agree with tears in her eyes.

Wu San breathed a sigh of relief when his plan succeeded. He immediately pushed his two younger brothers away, grabbed the household registration booklet and ran away.

Wu Liu became anxious. Thinking that if her sister really got the marriage certificate, she would never have another chance, she ran after her.

The two sisters were like a tiger following behind them, coming and going like the wind.

Before anyone could try to persuade him, he disappeared.

It was all over now. When Old Lady Wang thought about the funny thing that might happen if the sisters fought over a boy, she became so anxious that she vomited phlegm and pointed at the sisters' backs tremblingly. She couldn't breathe and fainted.

Old Wu was also anxious. He couldn't cook, so who would take care of him after his wife died?

It would be difficult to rely on the children, so we quickly went to the neighbor's house to borrow a tricycle and sent the old lady to the hospital for emergency treatment.

This matter is still a matter of debate. Until the dust settles, Yao Zhizhi’s reward for eating melons cannot be settled.

Don't worry, take your time, she doesn't lack anything recently.

She glanced at Wu Da's wife in the crowd and felt a little sorry. This woman had no melons to eat, so it was not easy to find her weaknesses.

How to avenge my mother-in-law still needs to be considered carefully.

When I turned around to leave, I saw Yao Taotao in the corner of the second floor.

You are here to see Yao Yingying, right? It seems that Yao Yingying is pregnant again and will give birth in the second half of the year.

Yao Zhizhi ignored him and turned away.

Behind him, upstairs, Yao Taotao said with a dark face, "Don't come looking for me at the elementary school anymore. I told you I'll find a way to resolve your issue. Don't push me. The more you push me, the more likely I am to make a bad move. Why can't you understand me?"

Cao Guangyuan sighed, "I have no choice. Now all the workers in the factory are ostracizing Guangyi and me. Xiaotao, even if you don't care about my life or death, you should at least feel sorry for Guangyi, right? He has been running around for you and the children recently. I have seen it all. He has changed. He really treats you with his heart. Please help him."

"I'm telling you again, don't rush me. If you really reach your wit's end, I'm here for you and your children. Don't you understand?" Yao Taotao was so angry that she didn't want to talk. Cao Guangyuan bothered her every day, but she said she was busy! After all, she had to catch up with the magazine's release schedule.

If you don't listen, I'll keep urging you. It's so annoying.

She is not a person who goes back on her word!

Cao Guangyuan didn't know that Yao Taotao was collaborating with Yao Zhizhi to publish a magazine, and he didn't know that Yao Taotao was already a rich man.

After all, Yao Taotao is low-key, doesn't show off her wealth, and doesn't want to publicize it.

Even Cao Guangyi doesn't know how much savings she has. Currently, only Yao Zhizhi's family and the accountant of the publishing house know her financial situation.

Cao Guangyuan was helpless and muttered, "But you're just an elementary school teacher. Even if you're willing to help us, how capable are you?"

Yao Taotao was annoyed and sneered, "I know you don't believe me, but I'm too lazy to prove anything to you. Just remember, I, Yao Taotao, will definitely do what I promised you. If you bother me again, I won't care!"

"Okay, okay, don't be angry, I won't urge you." Cao Guangyuan sighed silently. Alas, he only had the ability to be an honest worker. He was not as well connected as Yao Taotao and was not as good at handling things. So he would just wait.

*

Qi Changxiao has made an appointment with someone from the telecommunications bureau to come to his house tomorrow to install a landline phone.

The next day he went to the publishing house and asked for half a day off, so he could come back and keep an eye on things and lend a hand, after all, he had two children at home.

So Yao Zhizhi needs to take the bus back by herself at noon.

Yao Zhizhi didn't care. She was still thinking about what Qi Changxiao said about becoming bigger and stronger.

The publishing house currently has only so many staff members, and it probably doesn't have the energy to plan another magazine. It would be better to think about how to expand channels in the provincial capital first, even if it means selling an extra 20,000 or 30,000 copies per month.

Little by little, it adds up to a lot!

Moreover, the larger the city, the more pocket money children have, so the sales volume may be far beyond imagination.

Opportunities must be fought for. It is unrealistic to always wait for good luck to fall from the sky. Yao Zhizhi plans to take a few sample magazines and go to the provincial capital in person. She will just find a less busy weekday, after all, it is not very far away.

She called Xiao Jiang in, and they decided to do it next week.

By then, the review for the next issue of the journal will be finished, and you can breathe a sigh of relief.

However, if Yao Zhizhi just goes like this, it doesn't seem like things will go smoothly. It would be better if there was endorsement from the publicity department, so that there would be a better chance of success.

So she went to the office anyway.

As luck would have it, when they got there, the new director was inspecting the work in the Propaganda Department. Yao Zhizhi was waiting outside the door and accidentally overheard it.

Basically, Director Hu's corruption case has brought serious adverse effects to Yicheng, and the new director asked the propaganda department to think of ways to restore the image of the agency and the entire city.

Xiao Wang had a terrible headache, and as soon as the leader left, he started to grumble.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Wang heard the leader's cordial greetings from outside the door. He was startled and thought that some important person had come, so he quickly opened the door to take a look.

But I saw a pretty female comrade holding two magazines and talking to the director with a smile on her face.

The new director was transferred from the provincial capital. He is in his forties and his surname is Yuan. He has a round face like the full moon on Mid-Autumn Festival, and his facial features are regular. He looks like a man of peace and prosperity.

At this moment, he was taking the magazine from the female comrade and reading it carefully.

The female comrade explained in a calm and composed manner her plan to go to the provincial capital to promote and increase sales.

Director Yuan admired her greatly and was particularly pleased with her initiative. After reading her letter for a few minutes, he praised her profusely. "Well, I'll write you a letter of recommendation. Take it and go directly to the propaganda department in the provincial capital to recommend yourself. Don't worry, there will be someone who can help you! This will be much easier and more efficient than going to Xinhua Bookstore on your own!"

Yao Zhizhi was very happy and quickly followed Director Yuan to his office.

When I turned around, I glanced at Xiao Wang. He was indeed the owner of the melon, the one who was kept in the dark.

Alas, another poor person who is as unlucky as her.

I don’t know what Xiao Wang will think when the truth comes out.

Since Yao Zhizhi got Director Yuan's letter of recommendation, there was no need for her to ask the publicity department for help, but she still came and knocked on the door.

Xiao Wang looked at her in confusion: "Who are you looking for?"

Yao Zhizhi approached with a smile. "I'm the editor-in-chief of our publishing house, Yao Zhizhi. This is our publication's magazine for primary and secondary school students. I'm here to leave a sample copy for Comrade Wang. If there are any publicity tasks that need to be conveyed to children in the future, our publishing house will do its best."

Xiao Wang took the sample and flipped through it casually: "Not bad. If you have time, you can consider planning another magazine for adults."

Yao Zhizhi nodded: "There is such a plan."

"Then come on." Xiao Wang felt a little regretful. What a pity. If this was a magazine for adults, maybe it could help him.

Unfortunately not.

After Yao Zhizhi left, Xiao Wang grabbed his hair in pain and racked his brains, but he didn't know how to restore the image of the entire city.

I'm so angry!

It was clearly the previous leader who made the mistake, so why should these little people have to clean up the mess? It's not fair!

The more I thought about it, the angrier I got, so I just started to go on strike.

However, Yao Zhizhi took Director Yuan's words to heart.

After returning home, I started thinking about how to restore the city's image. These days, mobility is limited, and there's no way to start with tourism.

Besides, good news doesn’t travel far, but bad news travels far and wide.

Yicheng has long been a laughing stock in the entire province, and maybe even the neighboring provinces are watching the joke!

In that case...

There are only two ways -

Get up from where you fell!

Or if we expose the shameful side of other cities, and everyone is blackening them, then Yicheng won't seem particularly shameful.

Considering the current environment, the first method is more practical.

Yao Zhizhi quickly took out paper and pen and convened an editorial meeting to brainstorm.

"Director Yuan can open a citizen mailbox to effectively solve every livelihood issue."

"We can also ask Director Yuan to open a reporting mailbox and assign someone to follow up and resolve the issue, so as to truly eradicate the malpractice."

"We could also start a people-friendly magazine and publish these stories, so that ordinary people can have a real sense of participation and exercise their right to oversight."

"Well enough……"

Yao Zhizhi took careful note and went to see Director Yuan before leaving get off work to hand in the editorial draft.

Yao Zhizhi said politely, "This is just a slightly immature idea. If Director Yuan thinks it's inappropriate, just laugh it off."

Director Yuan was pleasantly surprised: "Very good! I think some of the points are really good! Our Yicheng needs enthusiastic people like you! Okay! I'll hold a meeting tomorrow to discuss it!"

Yao Zhizhi felt quite accomplished. At noon, she took the bus back and looked at the receding streets. A grand blueprint for the post-reform and opening-up policy had already been outlined in her mind.

When I got home, the landline had already been installed, and it cost nearly five thousand yuan!

Yao Zhizhi didn't feel sad, it would be much more convenient to talk to her father and elder brother on the phone in the future!

So, let her make the first call to her father in Northeast China!

When Yao Jingzong received the call, he thought his daughter had gone to the supply and marketing cooperative to make a call, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

It wasn't until his daughter asked him to write down the phone number that he realized something.

"My dear, where did you get so much money to install a landline yourself?"

It turns out her dad also calls her a good girl! Yao Zhizhi was very happy and quickly showed off the sales of the magazine.

Yao Jingzong laughed heartily. "My sweet boy is amazing! When Daddy retires, he'll help you take care of the kids, and you can focus on your business! Make it bigger and stronger! Let children all over the country read the magazines and books you edit!"

"Okay! Then I won't be polite. It was you who said you would help me take care of the child!" Yao Zhizhi was very proud. Since her father took the initiative, she shouldn't refuse it!

Yao Jingzong laughed out loud, and then he hung up the phone because Political Commissar Ning next door was looking for him.

Here to propose marriage again.

Everyone knows that he has a son who is not married.

Political Commissar Ning also has a daughter who is not married, Ning Feifei, who went to pick up Ning Zhengrong before.

Yao Jingzong was actually a little shaken. This child was lively and cheerful, and should be quite compatible with Wei Hua's temper.

But he had said before that, except for the childhood marriages arranged in his early years, he would not interfere in his children's marriages at other times.

So he still didn't agree, but asked Political Commissar Ning for the photo and sent it to Wei Hua to see.

*

The weather was hot, and Yao Zhizhi yawned while feeding after lunch, preparing to take a nap with Xiaoyueliang.

When I was about to fall asleep, Aunt Mao came and was extremely excited.

She didn't dare shout, but stood at the window and whispered, "Xiao Yao! Good news! Retribution! Although that old lady Wang was rescued, she can't move! She had a stroke! She's paralyzed!"

What! Yao Zhizhi quickly opened her eyes.

This is really retribution in this life. The evil mother-in-law kicked her daughter-in-law and caused her miscarriage just a few days ago!

It’s not even a month yet!

It’s really satisfying!

Aunt Mao didn't leave and continued in a low voice, "There's another thing. The third child of the Wu family went to get the marriage certificate with the sixth child of the Ding family, but they refused, so they started fighting. Do you want to watch the fun?"

Yao Zhizhi instantly became energetic and said, "Let's go!"