Chapter 214
Yao Yi's reputation had already been tarnished by her divorce from Lei Xiao. Aunt Xie had finally asked a matchmaker to introduce her to several potential partners, but Yao Yi was still complaining about this and that, and most importantly, she even disparaged them in front of the potential partners. This not only offended the potential partners, but also the matchmakers, who were no longer willing to introduce Yao Yi to a partner.
"Yiyi," Aunt Xie said earnestly, "When you go on blind dates with gay men in the future, even if you despise them, don't show it too obviously! Nowadays, who doesn't have high aspirations? If you embarrass them in front of them, they'll go back and criticize you in front of the matchmakers. Then the matchmakers will think it's your fault and won't be willing to introduce you to anyone."
"If they're not willing to introduce me to someone, there will naturally be others who are willing to introduce me to someone." Yao Yi said: "What kind of people are they introducing me to? They are short and ugly. I can't even eat when I see faces like that!"
"There aren't so many people willing to introduce you to a date now. It's not like before. Before, you were still a virgin and had a job, and there were plenty of good young men for you to choose from. If it weren't for the fact that I don't want you to go to the countryside, Mom wouldn't be so anxious to introduce you to a date!" Aunt Xie said anxiously.
"Is there no factory in the city hiring workers?" Yao Yi asked.
"No," Aunt Xie said, "the only one that exists is looking for porters. How can a woman like you do that kind of rough work?"
Yao Yi agreed with what Aunt Xie said.
It would be best if I could get a job in a newspaper or the propaganda department of a factory.
"If it really doesn't work, let Dad give me his job. I won't go to the countryside anyway!" Yao Yi said.
Yao's father, who had been silent the whole time, became unhappy when he heard Yao Yi's words: "I haven't even planned to retire yet, and you're already eyeing my job? If you take my job, you'll only make a few bucks a month. What will our family eat and drink? Are we all going to starve?"
Yao Yi curled her lips, equally unhappy. "Dad, normally I wouldn't even look down on your job. But the neighborhood office has even come to me, asking me to go to the countryside. If I can't find a job, can you bear to see me go to the countryside?"
Yao's father really couldn't bear to see Yao Yi go to the countryside, but he was also unwilling to give up his job to Yao Yi.
Let's talk about the real issue. Aunt Xie doesn't have a job. If he doesn't have a job either, the family won't be able to eat with just Yao Yi and Yao Hong's salary. Besides, he doesn't have the nerve to keep eating his child!
"Luckily, you don't like me. Don't even think about taking my job. I won't give it to you. If you don't want to go to the countryside, let the matchmaker introduce you to someone, and you can go on a blind date." Yao's father said, "Don't be so picky. You're not that popular anymore. You're divorced and unemployed, so it's a good thing the other person doesn't despise you."
Yao Yi was deeply hurt by what his father said.
She said angrily: "So what if I'm divorced, so what if I don't have a job, what right does he have to look down on me!"
Father Yao was too lazy to argue with Yao Yi and said to Aunt Xie, "You'd better ask someone to introduce her to someone quickly. Don't be too late, or she'll have no choice but to go to the countryside."
Aunt Xie was the one who least wanted Yao Yi to go to the countryside. She had thought that if Yao Yi really couldn't find a suitable partner, she could ask Yao's father to give her the job.
Although Yao's father had lost his job, the couple had no source of income. However, she couldn't bear to watch Yao Yi go to the countryside!
However, what Father Yao said tonight was a statement of his stance, and completely disrupted Aunt Xie's plans.
Aunt Xie could only think about introducing blind dates to Yao Yi.
Zhong Lan held Yao Zaoer in her arms and coaxed her, listening to what Aunt Xie and the others said.
She returned to her room and told Yao Hong about the conversation between Aunt Xie and the others.
"Let me be clear, we have a daughter now, and we might have other children in the future. You have to take good care of our children and our little family. If my parents and Yao Yi ask you to give her the job to prevent her from going to the countryside, don't be so foolish as to agree."
"If you lose your job, how will you support me and the children? Mom and Dad may be grateful to you at first, but as time goes by, they will inevitably dislike us. Yao Yi will also dislike you, thinking that you still need her to support you, and you don't have to think about getting pocket money every month. The reason why you are so tough now and have a say at home is because you earn money and pay household expenses every month. If you lose your job, you won't be able to be tough anymore." Zhong Lan said earnestly.
"I know. I understand the interests involved." Yao Hong felt that Zhong Lan was just worrying about nothing. Could he be so stupid as not to understand the interests involved?
But Zhong Lan was still worried.
Yao Yi can even try to get Yao's father a job, so in order to avoid going to the countryside, she will probably also try to get Yao Hong a job.
Yao Hong was a soft-hearted person with no opinion of his own. He couldn't stand being nagged. If Yao Yi cried in front of him with Aunt Xie to avoid going to the countryside, she was really afraid that Yao Hong would just give in out of pity.
"Although neither you nor I want Yao Yi to go to the countryside, she didn't know how to cherish the good job she had before; the Lei family treated her well, but she didn't know how to appreciate it; and now Aunt Xie is arranging blind dates for her everywhere, but she hasn't satisfied any of them. If the day comes when she has to go to the countryside, it will be her own fault, and we don't owe her anything."
Yao Hong sighed and said, "Yeah! I really don't know how things turned out like this. Don't worry, I wouldn't be so stupid as to give my job to Yao Yi. I have a family to support too."
Zhong Lan nodded, but she didn't completely believe what Yao Hong said. She was really relieved.
Aunt Xie was so worried about Yao Yi that she couldn't sleep well all night.
The next morning, she talked to the people in the compound about introducing a partner to Yao Yi.
Usually, Aunt Xie always looks very energetic in front of the people in the compound, but today she seems particularly docile.
"Didn't you ask a matchmaker to introduce a date to Yao Yi a few days ago? Yao Yi didn't like him?" Aunt Wu said.
"No. Besides, those matchmakers are not good people. I now understand why you, Aunt Wu, quarreled with those matchmakers in order to find a partner for Wu Zhenzhen. Yiyi is indeed divorced and unemployed now, and is not the same as before, but she is not bad looking after all, and our family conditions are not that bad either! What kind of candidates did those matchmakers introduce to Yiyi? My Yiyi doesn't like any of them." Aunt Xie said.
"It's already this late, and Yao Yi is still being so picky." Aunt Liang sneered, "Now Yao Yi is begging men to go on blind dates with her, otherwise she'll have to go to the countryside! She's divorced, how could she want to find someone better? You said you understand Aunt Wu, but if Tian Hao wasn't married yet, and Yao Yi and Tian Hao were to meet, would Yao Yi be interested in someone like Tian Hao?"
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