Li Miaomiao and Jiang Yin chatted for an afternoon and an evening, and finally she became more determined to decide not to go home for the New Year.
Looking back on the Chinese New Year of 2021, although I was alone in a foreign country, I was not that scared. After all, I almost got into a lawsuit that year, but I finally got my salary, so it was nice to take a break.
I don’t want to go home for the New Year this year. Last year, I was inexplicably slapped by my mother. I feel wronged just thinking about it. I even spent the first day of the New Year at Wu Li’s house.
Li Miaomiao hated her snobbish and ostentatious aunt, and hated her silly cousin even more. She was still scared when she thought about how she was almost raped by him when she was twelve years old.
Li Miaomiao hates that her mother and some relatives always say she is older than she actually is. Last year after the Chinese New Year, she was only 23 years old according to her age, but her mother said she was 24.
Li Miaomiao used to explain this matter, but now when villagers ask her how old she is, she just says she is thirty. She is completely giving up.
Li Miaomiao was afraid that her mother would ask her to go on a blind date when she returned, and she was also afraid of her uncle who liked to act as a peacemaker. Every time she met relatives at the New Year's Eve dinner, she would quarrel with Anran and her aunt, and her uncle would always come out to mediate as soon as possible.
Li Miaomiao was worrying about how to tell her mother about her thoughts when suddenly her mother called.
"Miaomiao, how's work going lately? Has the company said when the holiday will be? When will you go home? The Chinese New Year is almost here, so if you let me know in advance, I can make some preparations."
The mother's voice was calm and friendly, not as impatient as before, which made Li Miaomiao a little unsure how to tell her that she didn't plan to go home for the New Year this year.
"Well, Mom, I can't go home this year. My company asked me to be on duty." Li Miaomiao said timidly.
"Why are you on duty during Chinese New Year? Aren't people allowed to go home for the New Year? Ask your boss for leave. You can make up for it after the New Year."
Li Miaomiao was almost petrified by her mother's words. How could she clear the leave? She had such a bad relationship with them that she was about to be fired. Moreover, she had been thinking about how to resign recently.
"Mom, there's nothing I can do about this. I've talked to my boss, but he won't give me leave. I can't do anything about it. I really want a vacation, but I'm dying of running around all day."
"How can this be possible? What if I get exhausted? No matter what, I can't be allowed to go home for the New Year. I'll go ask Zhou Pei why he arranged it. It's so unreasonable."
Her mother's usual impatient tone reappeared. Li Miaomiao wanted to hang up the phone, but the problem was not solved and she didn't know what to do.
"Mom, don't go to Director Zhou. This isn't his responsibility. He doesn't have the final say."
Li Miaomiao begged her mother in every possible way, telling her not to go look for Zhou Pei, otherwise she would be exposed.
"Okay, okay, I won't look for you anymore. Then go and talk to me again and try to go home. Who wouldn't go home for the New Year?"
After hanging up the phone, Li Miaomiao lay on the bed with her arms and legs spread out, finally breathing a sigh of relief, and prepared to face the next challenge.
Li Miaomiao sent a message to Jiang Yin: "Yinyin, my mother is urging me to go home again. I am afraid when I hear her talk now."
Jiang Yin replied almost instantly: "Just say that the company is taking a leave. If you go back now, you will have to work for a month straight."
Jiang Yin just said it casually, but she didn't expect that the Spring Festival holiday in 2024 would be adjusted in the same way, which aroused public outrage again.
"Oh, that's an idea. Do you know what my mom said? She told me to do this: go home for the New Year, and then work hard for a month after the New Year to make up for it."
Jiang Yin was also speechless. She didn't know why Li Miaomiao's mother didn't care about her daughter at all.
"Why don't you go back? It's not convenient for you to stay here with your broken leg. Anlina is gone, and there's no one to take care of you. It's better to go home. I think your brother is a good person, and he will take care of you."
"Yeah, my brother is okay in this regard, but I'll be pissed off if I go home. It's better to be inconvenienced here than to feel inconvenienced when I go back."
Li Miaomiao and Jiang Yin had not chatted for a while when her mother called again. Li Miaomiao was so scared that she broke out in a cold sweat.
"Mom, what's wrong? I still don't want to go back." Li Miaomiao said carefully.
"How could you not reply? You were in a car accident, broke your leg, and are in the hospital now. Why didn't you tell me? Let me go to the hospital to take care of you."
Li Miaomiao's brain worked rapidly, and she thought that her mother must have called Zhou Pei. After all, she had lied to Zhou Pei and said that she was still in the hospital.
"Mom, I'm fine. I'll just take care of myself. I didn't tell you because I was afraid you'd worry. It's because my leg is injured that it's really inconvenient for me to go home."
"So you made up an excuse about being on duty at work to lie to your mother. I've already asked Zhou Pei. The company is on holiday, so you should pack up and get ready to go home. I'll pick you up in a few days."
Oh my god, what is all this? It seems that I can't escape that terrible New Year again this year. Why is it so hard not to go home?
Li Miaomiao finally decided to stop pretending and come clean. She was so tired of pretending: "Mom, I don't want to go home for the New Year this year."
Before Li Miaomiao could finish her sentence, her mother started talking again: "Why don't you want to? You won't even go home for the New Year? How shameful!"
"Didn't I not go home the year before last? Isn't this year the same as the year before last?"
"How can it be the same? Two years ago, you were locked out and couldn't come back. This year, you're staying so close to home and won't come back. How can that be possible?"
"Mom, I don't want to see my aunt and Anran, I don't want to see those relatives, they are so annoying, I was unhappy last year, 20 years, and 19 years.
For 18 years, I was immersed in the grief of my grandmother's death and had no time to care about them, otherwise I would not be happy. "
"Why are you bringing up old issues? The worst that can happen is that you just sit back and eat and ignore them. Even if An Ran continues to act arrogantly, can he really take your job?"
"He can. Not only can he steal my job, he even dares to steal me."
"Miaomiao, why are you getting more and more unreasonable? When did they steal your people? And who did they steal from you?"
"Ten years ago, when I was twelve, he attempted rape on me. I still have the ghost and have nightmares every day."
"You're getting more and more outrageous. You must have picked up bad things from people outside. How can you say such things? And 'attempted rape'? You read too much and you say anything."
Her mother really didn't believe in her. Ten years ago, Li Miaomiao knew that her mother didn't believe in her, so she didn't tell her about this unbelievable thing when she was a child.
"Okay, I just have one thing to say. I won't be going home for the New Year anyway."
"Love will come back or not."
Both mother and daughter were angry, and the conversation ended on a bad note.
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