"Send her to a Party school? Are you out of your mind?"
Ye Zhenghua reached out and touched Meng Xueyun's forehead with a look of disgust.
"Even Party School requires exams. With her brains, she'd be lucky to even get a high school diploma. She wants to go to university? I think she's dreaming!"
Meng Xueyun hugged Ye Zhenghua's arm, pouting and acting coquettishly.
"Old Ye, please help me out. Xiao Han is a pitiful child. Let her go to a Party school, that would give her some hope."
When she was young, Meng Xueyun loved to use this trick.
Holding his arm, calling out "Old Ye" sweetly a few times, and shaking him vigorously a few times, Ye Zhenghua's anger immediately subsided by more than half.
Back then, Meng Xueyun was beautiful and fair-skinned, with big, bright eyes that seemed to speak volumes.
She snuggled into his arms, her body carrying a faint fragrance that made him feel weak all over, and he couldn't care less about being angry with her.
Now, Meng Xueyun's wrinkles at the corners of her eyes are so deep they could trap a mosquito, her facial skin is much looser, and she smells of cooking oil all over her body.
Where is even a trace of her youthful charm?
He held onto his arm and shook him so hard that Ye Zhenghua's hair stood on end and goosebumps rose all over his body.
He flung Meng Xueyun's hand away and said irritably, "Alright, alright, even if you shake me to pieces, this is still not going to work!"
"To apply to the Party School, you first have to be an employee of our steel plant. She's not an employee of the plant, so how can she apply?"
Meng Xueyun had already come up with a plan, and she smiled ingratiatingly at Ye Zhenghua.
"That's alright. I have a good relationship with our section chief. There's a vacancy for a general helper position in the cafeteria, and I've already talked to the section chief about letting Xiaohan take it. Although it's just a general helper job, without room and board and the salary isn't high, at least she's still a steel mill employee, and the salary is nearly a hundred yuan. This is a job that many people would kill for."
What Meng Xueyun didn't dare say was that she had given quite a few gifts to get this job.
If Ye Zhenghua finds out, he'll definitely file for divorce!
Meng Xueyun paused for a moment, then said, "She'll be working right under my nose, so she won't cause any more trouble. When the time comes, let Xiaohan register and take the exam herself. If she doesn't pass, it's not our fault for not helping her. If she does pass, she can work during the day and go to the Party School after work. She won't be home much, and she can just come back at night to sleep. The house isn't too crowded."
After listening, Ye Zhenghua stroked his chin and thought Meng Xueyun's idea was not bad.
It's better than Meng Zihan lying at home all day doing nothing.
“Alright, as long as she can get into the factory, I can ask around for you. Anyway, it’s still early, the exam isn’t until next year. She can enroll in a tutoring class and start studying in the evenings.” Ye Zhenghua nodded reluctantly and said, “However, I can’t guarantee it will work out.”
Upon hearing this, Meng Xueyun immediately smiled with delight.
"Okay, okay, as long as you're willing to ask around."
She had made up her mind to get Meng Zihan a job in the cafeteria and then find a way to get her into the Party School.
As long as Meng Zihan has something productive to do, she will gradually return to normal, and then she will feel at ease.
The next day at noon, Meng Zihan slept until the sun was high in the sky before slowly emerging from her room.
She glanced habitually at the living room to make sure Ye Zhenghua and the twins had eaten lunch and gone to work, then lazily walked to the dining table.
The food was already laid out on the table, but it didn't look fresh. It was probably leftovers that Meng Xueyun had brought back from the cafeteria and reheated.
Meng Zihan frowned, about to complain, when she saw Meng Xueyun come out of the kitchen, smiling at her.
She paused for a moment, raised her eyelids, and asked impatiently, "Auntie, why are you home? Aren't you at work today?"
Meng Xueyun ignored her tone and smiled even more brightly.
She ladled out a large bowl of rice and handed it to Meng Zihan, saying, "Sit down quickly. Your aunt took a day off today because she has some good news to tell you!"
Meng Zihan glanced at Meng Xueyun suspiciously, picked up her chopsticks, and listlessly picked at the rice in her bowl.
Meng Xueyun kept piling food into her bowl, saying solicitously, "Xiaohan, eat more, try this, it's your favorite braised pork, it's so delicious!"
Meng Zihan glanced at the braised pork in the bowl; it was so fatty and greasy that it made her lose all appetite.
Meng Zihan put the braised pork aside without eating it, and glanced at Meng Xueyun.
"What's up?"
Meng Xueyun didn't keep them in suspense and eagerly told Meng Zihan this wonderful news.
“Xiaohan, your aunt has used her connections to get you a job in our canteen. It’s a permanent job, not a temporary one! Once you’re in, you can apply for the Party School correspondence course next year. If you pass the exam, you’ll be a college student, and you won’t have to pay tuition; the factory will cover it all.”
But Meng Zihan didn't take the opportunity she had worked so hard for seriously at all.
With a bang, Meng Zihan slammed the bowl and chopsticks on the table, glaring at Meng Xueyun with a gloomy expression.
"Working in the cafeteria? That's embarrassing! What will people think of me if word gets out? I'm not going! What's with all this Party School correspondence courses? They're just adult college diplomas, completely useless. I want to go to university, Jiangcheng University!"
Upon hearing this, Meng Xueyun's smile vanished instantly.
Even if it's her most beloved niece, it's unacceptable to waste her hard work like this!
"You think it's shameful? Working at a teachers' college isn't shameful. Why didn't you do your job properly? You still got fired!" Meng Xueyun's tone rose a few decibels. "What time is it now? Layoffs are rampant! Jobs are so hard to find! I went through so much trouble to get you this job, and you're still not satisfied? Do you know how many people want to get into a steel mill but can't!"
She got angrier and angrier as she spoke, and couldn't help but poke Meng Zihan's forehead with her finger.
"If you think the arrangements I've made for you aren't good enough, then go find your own way out! You don't help me with chores at home, and you don't work. If this continues, anyone would become a useless couch potato!"
Meng Zihan felt a sharp pain from Meng Xueyun's words, and a fire was burning inside her.
She shouted angrily, "I know, you look down on me now that your daughter is successful, don't you? You regret raising me, don't you?"
"You say you're good to me, but you just want to kick me out and leave only your family!"
Thinking of the happy scene of the Ye family together, he felt even more indignant. He pushed his rice bowl forward forcefully, causing it to hit the plate with a crisp "clang".
"If you dislike me, just say so! Why are you treating me like this!"
"If my dad finds out, he'll definitely regret entrusting me to you!"
Seeing Meng Zihan's unreasonable behavior, Meng Xueyun was so angry that she trembled all over.
All his efforts to help Meng Zihan were met with her unreasonable demands.
"You ungrateful wretch! I've spoiled you for nothing!"
Meng Xueyun roared, raised her hand, and slapped Meng Zihan hard across the face.
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