Chapter 938 Another Encounter with a Mama's Boy 4

As soon as the mother and daughter got out of the car, someone came up to them and asked, "Oh my, you two went shopping?"

Zuo Yuzhen nodded with a smile, "The child is coming back from vacation, and her clothes are all worn out, so I'll buy her some new ones."

"Yanyan is getting prettier and prettier. I wonder which rascal will end up with her. She's your only child. After she graduates, she can come back and take the civil service exam. It's an easy job, and she can take care of your parents."

The speaker was the mother of Zuo Yuzhen's immediate supervisor. She was neither snobbish nor malicious, just a chatterbox.

They can talk for half a day with anyone they meet.

Ning Yan smiled and nodded, "You're right, I was thinking the same thing, but I'm afraid I won't be able to find a suitable job after I come back."

The old lady felt a surge of warmth as she thought of her eldest grandson. "I heard that nowadays you have to take exams to get a job in a government agency, and you can't get in through connections anymore. But you're a good student, and you did even better than my grandson. Getting a civil service job should be a piece of cake for you."

"You passed the written test and the interview, and with your looks, you'd be a shoo-in every time."

The mother and son were amused by the old lady's words, realizing that job interviews weren't just about how good-looking someone was.

However, considering that the old lady never went to school, it's already quite remarkable that she knows so much.

Ning Yan took a plastic bag out of the trunk, grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds and gave them to the old lady, then grabbed another handful and handed them to her mother, because some familiar sisters-in-law and aunts had already gathered around.

Her mother also loved to chat, so she wasn't in a hurry to go home.

"Sit down and talk to Grandma Li."

Her mother parked the car in a shady spot, next to a gazebo. Ning Yan then took apart her newly bought shoes and used the shoebox to store sunflower seed shells. "Everyone, have some sunflower seeds. They're freshly bought and taste pretty good."

"Yanyan has really changed after a year of school. She's more talkative and cheerful than before. It seems that people really need to go out and see the world."

Ning Yan felt a little embarrassed. All she wanted to hear was the gossip and chatter of these aunties and uncles.

That's all the fun she has.

"Hey, that's not necessarily true. People are different."

That Yang Lixin from so-and-so's family, didn't he also study at university in Beijing for four years?

After he came back, he brought his girlfriend back with him. She's from Wuligang, and they were even engaged before, but it fell through because of the bride price.

The girl then dated another one, and then another one…

This way of speaking, isn't it hilarious? Ning Yan didn't even bother to eat her melon seeds, she was just laughing.

"After that, Yang Lixin didn't want to find a partner."

Those who knew him thought he was heartbroken.

As it turns out, my daughter works at the hospital, and she saw him in the ward.

The girl he was taking care of was from Wuligang.

"That's great news, the two of them are back together?"

"Make up my ass!"

The day before yesterday, it was my daughter's turn to be on duty. She happened to hear a commotion in that room, and she overheard it.

It turns out that the girl from Wuligang got pregnant with her ex-boyfriend's child. Afraid that her current boyfriend would find out, she called her ex-ex-boyfriend, Yang Lixin, and asked him to accompany her to get an abortion.

You didn't hear it? That kid was crying his eyes out.

Everyone was stunned. "Then why are you crying? It's not his business, why should he bother with that trouble?!"

“My daughter knows him too. We talk to each other when we meet in the neighborhood. So she asked him about it, and you would never guess what he said!”

He said he didn't mind that the girl was pregnant, but he did mind that she wouldn't marry him even though she was pregnant!

He still wants to be the one to take over!

Yeah, and a cuckold too!

"My goodness, there are all kinds of people in this world."

"Are there really people willing to raise other people's children?"

"That's nothing. You guys don't know, the one in Building 28 is even more amazing."

"You're not talking about the one who drives the red sports car, are you?"

"You know that too?"

“I’ve seen her shopping with two different men a few times, and they were behaving very intimately.”

"She's really something else. She graduated from university and joined the company. Within two months, she got a boyfriend who was a manager. In less than six months, he bought her an SUV worth over 300,000 yuan."

Then she got together with the company CEO's son, and then upgraded from an SUV to a sports car. Neither of them broke up yet. Isn't that amazing?

A chorus of "Wow!" erupted from the pavilion; it seems that living long enough allows you to hear all sorts of new and exciting things.

Two such outstanding men, what are they after?

It just so happened to be the weekend, and more and more people gathered around the pavilion. Ning Yan was like a badger in a melon patch, listening to one juicy juicy story after another, her eyes shining.

Seeing her daughter listening so happily, Zuo Yuzhen quietly withdrew from the crowd and went home.

When Zuo Yuzhen wasn't around, the older women and aunties couldn't help but tease Ning Yan, mostly about her boyfriend and work.

Ning Yan replied with just one sentence: My mom said I'm still young, so we shouldn't consider these things for now.

Anyway, whenever someone asks her a question, the first three words she says are always, "My mom said."

Several men who had originally wanted to introduce her to their relatives have given up on the idea. They worry that if her mother talks about everything, her husband's life will be difficult if they really get married.

Seeing that none of them were speaking, Ning Yan was satisfied and gave herself a thumbs up.

It's one thing to be pressured to get married at 28 or 29, but for her to start at 18 is just too much.

My phone rang at 6:30. My mom texted me to come home for dinner.

Ning Yan then packed up and went home, still feeling quite unsatisfied.

In the days that followed, Ning Yan enjoyed herself immensely at home, reading whenever she felt like it.

After reading enough books, I would go downstairs to the vegetable market in the neighborhood and help out with cleaning. I didn't earn any money; it was just a way to pass the time.

While listening to the gossip in the neighborhood, summer vacation was over in the blink of an eye.

When school resumed, Ning Yan immediately adjusted to the routine of campus life, working hard to complete the tasks assigned by her teachers every day, then going to the laboratory, and then starting to write her graduation thesis.

While others need at least eight or nine years to complete their undergraduate to doctoral studies, she finished it all in five years.

Because of her long life and extensive learning, Ning Yan has unique insights into "Plant Biology", "Animal Biology", "Evolutionary Biology", "General Geology", and "Geological History", and has published more than a dozen papers in authoritative journals.

Professor Xu kept saying that she had surpassed him and wanted her to stay in Beijing to develop her career.

Ning Yan asked her family's opinion again and explained that the professor wanted to introduce her to the Geological Bureau in Beijing. After clarifying the salary, Zuo Yuzhen gave her a choice: "I've inquired about all the places you can work in here. Museums and the Land and Resources Bureau only offer a starting salary of ** thousand for a PhD graduate."

If you don't object, you can stay in Beijing.

The employment issue was decided so simply; Ning Yan was also admitted to the Geological Bureau, which Professor Xu had recommended.

Two weeks later, Zuo Yuzhen and her husband drove to Beijing and bought their daughter a Hyundai SUV for less than 300,000 yuan in full.

Ning Yan was very touched. "Mom, you really gave me this car?"

At that time, Zuo Yuzhen was choosing a license plate number.

"Of course it's for you. Don't bother me, I need to pick a good license plate number."

Ning Yan: ...Her mother really has excellent taste!

They even know how to pick a good license plate.