Chapter 207
Since Yao Yi lost her job, she has been doing nothing at home.
At first, she was still worried about Lei Xiao's divorce from her, and would go to the Lei family from time to time to wait for Lei Xiao. After being ridiculed by Lei Ying, Yao Yi finally saw clearly that no matter how sincerely she wanted to win back Lei Xiao, the Lei family would not take her sincerity seriously and even looked down on her. Yao Yi gave up on this idea.
She stayed at home all day, not knowing what to do, and began to dislike Zhong Lan, who also stayed at home.
That day, Yao Yi was doing nothing in her room, and Yao Zaoer started crying outside.
Yao Yi's head ached from the noise. She ran out in frustration and said to Zhong Lan in the kitchen, "She keeps crying. It's so annoying! Can't you just stop her from crying?"
Zhong Lan tied Yao Zao'er to her body and made rice porridge for her while coaxing her. She glanced at Yao Yi and said, "She's hungry. Just eat the rice porridge."
"Can't you move faster? She's annoying me!" Yao Yi jumped in frustration.
"You can give me a hand so that she can eat the rice porridge faster and stop making noises." Zhong Lan said calmly.
"Are you planning to make arrangements for me? She's not my daughter, why should I help you?"
"Then go out and don't bother me here." Zhong Lan's voice remained flat.
Yao Yi was very angry. She hated Zhong Lan's stubborn attitude the most.
She glared at Zhong Lan fiercely and ran out - this house was too noisy and she became more and more annoyed the longer she stayed.
Yao Yi wandered aimlessly on the street and bought some sesame candies.
Although she had lost her job and no source of income, Aunt Xie felt sorry for her and occasionally gave her a few dollars in pocket money, so Yao Yi still had some money.
While she was eating the sesame candy, a whistle was heard beside her.
Yao Yi subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound and saw a few young men squatting by the roadside. When they saw her looking at them, they smiled frivolously.
Yao Yi's face turned pale and he looked away angrily.
"Isn't this Yao Yi? Yao Yi, who was divorced by her husband, is wandering around the street like us!" One of the young men with a crew cut said nonchalantly.
Yao Yi was stunned. She didn't expect that someone here would recognize her. She subconsciously wanted to run away quickly.
The young man with a crew cut and several other young men blocked Yao Yi's way.
Yao Yi's heart was tense. She stared at the people in front of her warily and said, "What are you going to do? If you dare to do anything to me, I will report you to the police and have you all arrested!"
"We are so scared!" The young man with a crew cut said in a sarcastic tone, which made the others laugh.
"What can we do to you? We just want to talk to you. I know everything about you." The young man with a crew cut returned to his normal tone and said.
Yao Yi stared at the young man with a crew cut warily.
"Since you have no man who wants you now and you have lost your job, why not join us and hang out with us? I promise you that hanging out with us will be no worse than when you were married." The young man with a crew cut said with a grin.
Yao Yi was a little afraid of these people. They were all street urchins. If she were to get harassed by them, not only would her reputation be ruined, but she would also be in a lot of trouble.
As if he could see through her thoughts, the young man with the crew cut said, "You're not worried about your reputation, are you? You're a woman who was kicked out by your husband and your in-laws. You made such a mess, you've already lost your reputation. What are you still worried about?"
After saying that, the young man with a crew cut and several others burst into laughter.
Yao Yi became more and more frightened, and she quickly ran away from them.
She was afraid and hated.
They say that once a woman's reputation is damaged, some unscrupulous people will come after her. She didn't even know those people, but they seemed to know a lot about her.
Has the news of her divorce from Lei Xiao spread to so many people?
However, her divorce from Lei Xiao wasn't entirely her fault; Lei Xiao was also at fault! Why was it being spread as if Lei Xiao and the Lei family didn't want her anymore?
Yao Yi no longer dared to wander outside, fearing that she would run into street urchins again and be mistaken for the same kind of people as them.
She went home.
Zhong Lan had already fed Yao Zaoer rice porridge and was coaxing her to sleep.
Hearing the voice, Zhong Lan looked up at Yao Yi, without any reaction, and continued to coax Yao Zaoer.
Yao Yi snorted coldly and was about to go back to her room when staff from the street office suddenly came to her door.
"Is Yao Yi at home?" the staff of the street office shouted into the house.
Seeing Yao Yi turning her head with a puzzled look on her face, the staff member smiled and said, "You must be Yao Yi. Is your mother home?"
Yao Yi didn't know if Aunt Xie was at home, so she called out to the inner room a few times: "Mom—Mom—"
Zhong Lan said: "My mother-in-law is not here. She went out for a walk."
"It's okay if she's not here. It's the same thing I'm telling you. You can tell your mother later." The staff member said to Yao Yi.
Yao Yi became even more confused.
What did the staff from the street office need that made them come to see her?
The staff member was about to discuss serious matters with Yao Yi when Aunt Xie came back.
Seeing the staff, Aunt Xie was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "What a rare guest! How did you find time to come to my house?"
"Of course I'm here for work." The staff member also smiled and said, "I came to your house and didn't see you, so I thought about telling Yao Yi about this. It's the same as asking Yao Yi to tell you later."
"What's the matter?" Aunt Xie had a bad feeling in her heart.
The staff of the street office rarely come to visit, and if they do, it usually means something bad is wrong.
"What else could it be?" the staff member said, "It's naturally about your Yao Yi going to the countryside."
Aunt Xie and Yao Yi were stunned, and even Zhong Lan, who was holding Yao Zaoer beside them, was stunned.
"Yao Yi is now unemployed and divorced, so she meets the requirements to go to the countryside," the staff member continued.
Aunt Xie and Yao Yi were still stunned.
They completely forgot about going to the countryside.
Judging from the conditions alone, Yao Yi, who was neither employed nor married, did meet the requirements for going to the countryside, but...
"According to tradition, a group of people will be going to the countryside in July this year. Your family only has two children, Yao Hong and Yao Yi. Both of them used to have jobs and have since gotten married, so they didn't meet the requirements to go to the countryside. But Yao Yi's situation now fully qualifies her for going. The country is currently advocating for educated youth to go to the countryside, and every household has sent children to support rural development. Your family should also respond to the national call and not hold our subdistrict office back!"
Neither Aunt Xie nor Yao Yi knew how they had sent the staff away; they were both completely bewildered. They had never imagined that the task of going to the countryside would fall on Yao Yi's shoulders.
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