Chapter 196
What else could Zhu Qiaoting say? She could only nod and say "hmm," but the worry and anxiety in her heart did not dissipate at all.
The next day, Shen Kang went to work and Zhu Qiaoting stayed in the guesthouse alone.
She stayed there for a while, but couldn't stand it any longer, so she took the things she had prepared in advance and went to the slum.
Although she had guessed that Chen Guifeng definitely didn't want to see her, she had come all this way with great difficulty. If she couldn't even see Chen Guifeng and didn't make Chen Guifeng change her opinion of her in the slightest, then her trip would be completely worthless.
Zhu Qiaoting arrived at the compound and, following her memory, found the Shen family. Just as she was about to knock on the gate, a female voice said, "Hey—are you the educated youth who came back with Shen Kang last time?"
Zhou Jinmei was sitting at the door of her house. When she saw Zhu Qiaoting, she asked very enthusiastically.
Zhu Qiaoting didn't know Zhou Jinmei. Seeing Zhou Jinmei talking to her so enthusiastically, Zhu Qiaoting smiled politely and said, "Yes. Hello, Auntie. My name is Zhu Qiaoting."
Zhou Jinmei looked at Zhu Qiaoting with a meaningful smile in her eyes.
It was rumored in the compound that the educated youth who came back with Shen Kang last time was the person Shen Kang had dated in the countryside. Chen Guifeng didn't like that educated youth very much and wanted Shen Kang to find a partner here.
"Are you here to see Chen Kang? He has gone to work, you should know that." Zhou Jinmei said.
"I know, I'm here to see Aunt Chen." Zhu Qiaoting said.
Zhou Jinmei's expression became more and more meaningful.
"So you're here to see Chen Kang's mother. You came just in time. Chen Kang's mother is at home. I didn't see her leave." Zhou Jinmei finished speaking, then deliberately shouted at the top of her voice: "Chen Guifeng—your son's girlfriend is here to see you—"
Zhou Jinmei's howling made Zhu Qiaoting a little flustered and at a loss.
At this moment, the courtyard door in front of her opened and Chen Guifeng stood inside.
Seeing Chen Guifeng open the door, Zhou Jinmei said with a smile: "Guifeng, Chen Kang's girlfriend is here to see you. Look how polite she is, she even knew to bring gifts to see you."
Chen Guifeng knew very well that Zhou Jinmei was deliberately disgusting her.
Chen Guifeng ignored Zhou Jinmei and looked at Zhu Qiaoting in front of her, expressionless, "What are you doing here?"
"I brought some things for you and Fu Yue's two children." Zhu Qiaoting handed over the things in her hand and said nervously.
Chen Guifeng didn't even look at the things Zhu Qiaoting handed over: "Chen Kang should have told you, why did you bring these things here?"
"I..." Zhu Qiaoting pursed her lips, not knowing how to respond.
"Go back and take your things with you." Chen Guifeng said as she was about to close the door.
"Aunt——"
Zhu Qiaoting shouted, but Chen Guifeng closed the door without saying a word.
"Oh my, Chen Guifeng, what are you doing? A female comrade kindly brought something to see you, but you are so ungrateful. You are so heartless!" Zhou Jinmei commented with a pretended righteous look on her face.
Seeing Zhu Qiaoting still standing at the gate of the Shen family's courtyard, she waved to her and said, "Sister, come over and sit with your aunt for a while. Maybe your aunt Chen will change her mind and let you in."
Zhu Qiaoting smiled bitterly.
Chen Guifeng rejected her so bluntly, not caring about the other people watching. I'm afraid Chen Guifeng won't change her mind and let her in.
"Auntie, thank you. I'd better go back." Zhu Qiaoting was about to leave.
Zhou Jinmei wouldn't let her go so easily. She had finally caught a chance to disgust Chen Guifeng, and she had to seize it.
She grabbed Zhu Qiaoting and walked towards her door.
"You've finally made it here. Even if Aunt Chen won't let you in, you should at least have a drink of water at her house before you leave." Zhou Jinmei called into the house, "Ye Fuyun, pour this educated youth a glass of water."
Ye Fuyun: "Okay."
Zhou Jinmei pushed Zhu Qiaoting to sit on the chair.
"Auntie, there's really no need. I..." Zhu Qiaoting stood up and was about to leave.
"I want to talk to you about Shen Kang, so just sit down."
After hearing what Zhou Jinmei said, Zhu Qiaoting no longer rejected it and sat down on the chair.
"Auntie, what do you want to tell me about Chen Kang?" Zhu Qiaoting asked.
"You and Shen Kang are dating, and you're right." Zhou Jinmei said, "In our compound, the Shen family has the best conditions. You've seen the house they live in. There are only a few families in our compound with such a large yard. My family, for example, doesn't even have a yard."
Zhu Qiaoting looked at the closed gate of the Shen family's courtyard.
She did see that the Shen family's conditions were definitely among the best in the compound. Otherwise, she wouldn't have wanted to quickly finalize her marriage with Shen Kang.
"You are an educated youth who went to the countryside, and your household registration is in the countryside. With your conditions, other ordinary families might not dare to marry you. After all, your household registration is not in the city, so you have to eat expensive commercial grain! But the Shen family is so rich, they don't have to worry about this. The Shen family can definitely afford high-priced commercial grain and can support you." Zhou Jinmei said again.
"But Aunt Chen just gave the job to Chen Kang, and Chen Kang doesn't have much money." Zhu Qiaoting said with her hands on her knees.
"Chen Kang has no money, but Chen Guifeng must have! Otherwise, how could she dare to give the job to Chen Kang? If she hadn't arranged everything for the rest of her life with Chen Shun, would she dare not work? From what I know about her, she must have saved up enough money before giving the job to Chen Kang."
Zhu Qiaoting looked at Zhou Jinmei doubtfully.
Zhou Jinmei nodded confidently: "Think about it, Chen Kang has been in the countryside for several years, and Chen Guifeng has been talking about wanting Chen Kang to return to the city. She has never given up her job to Chen Kang. Isn't it because she wants Chen Kang to come back that she wants to save more money for herself? She must have saved enough money now to let Chen Kang come back!"
"Besides, Chen Guifeng doesn't just have Chen Kang as her son, she also has Shen Yao. The courtyard where her family lives was allocated to Shen Yao by the factory. Shen Yao is the head of the security department of the factory, so his salary and tickets are not short of money. And Shen Yao is very filial. Even if Chen Guifeng has no money, he can still ignore his own mother!"
Zhu Qiaoting lowered her eyes, thinking about Zhou Jinmei's words.
Zhou Jinmei observed her expression with a gleam in her eyes and continued, "I think you and Shen Kang's kid are quite a match. You are no worse than Shen Kang. You two are a perfect match."
Zhu Qiaoting smiled at Zhou Jinmei.
In the end, Zhu Qiaoting left without drinking the bowl of water that Ye Fuyun poured for her.
Zhou Jinmei said everything she wanted to say and did not stop Zhu Qiaoting this time.
She looked at Zhu Qiaoting walking away, feeling very proud.
Ye Fuyun asked in confusion: "Mom, why did you say all this to Zhu Zhiqing? Do you like Zhu Zhiqing very much?"
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