"If it looks alright, I'll find someone to book it."
Ye Xingchang led Xie Yuyao around the house. Although it was called the east wing, it was actually quite large.
Once you enter, you'll find the main hall, with two side rooms on each side. The courtyard can also be used to grow flowers, plants, and potted plants. With a little renovation, it will definitely be a comfortable place to live.
“I really like it.” Xie Yuyao immediately took out six hundred yuan and handed it to Ye Xingchang.
Ye Xingchang waved his hand: "The tens of thousands you gave me before are still quite a lot. Just use that money for now."
"This is for your specific purpose. I still have some left." Xie Yuyao insisted on giving it to him, not wanting the rescue to be delayed because of money.
Ye Xingchang sighed and put away the banknotes: "Alright, I'll take care of the rest of the procedures. Do you think we should get it repaired?"
Xie Yuyao thought for a few seconds. She didn't have much time recently and didn't want to trouble Ye Xingchang anymore, so she said, "Let's wait for Zhao Honghui to come back. I'm not in a hurry to move in right now."
"Alright then." Ye Xingchang smiled.
So brother, you'd better come back safely soon, lest this house be abandoned.
*
The pharmaceutical factory's staff quarters were not apartment buildings, but rows of single-story houses, and Xie Yulei's home was located at the innermost part of the compound.
When she got home from get off work, her family had almost finished eating. Her mother asked her, "You're back so late. Have you had dinner yet?"
"No." Xie Yulei washed her hands and sat down at the table to eat with everyone.
Looking at the table full of leftover food, she felt terrible. In the past, if she was late coming home from school due to an event, her mother would save some food for her to eat when she got back.
Ever since she graduated, her sister-in-law has been making sarcastic remarks, saying that she should eat out when it gets late, and that she should be able to afford a meal now that she has a job and an income.
After that, her mother never saved any food for her again. Half of her income had to be given to her family, and she loved to dress up, so her salary was simply not enough. If she came home late, she could only eat leftovers.
She couldn't understand why she, who had been treated like a little princess since childhood, was becoming more and more like an outsider in this family. But even an outsider is still a guest, and what about her?
"We've finished eating, you can continue eating."
Look, here we go again. The men in the Xie family don't do housework, and her sister-in-law just leaves after eating, while her mother makes her clean up the dishes.
She never felt anything when her sister did these chores, but now that it's her turn, she's incredibly annoyed. She really doesn't know how her sister has managed these past ten years.
Thinking of her sister, Xie Yulei opened her mouth, but swallowed the words "my sister is in Beijing" that were on the tip of her tongue.
Since her sister didn't want to contact the family, she could just pretend she didn't know where her sister was. In the end, she didn't know either.
If her parents, brother, and sister-in-law found out that her sister had money, they would definitely swarm around her like flies. In the past two years, her princess dream has been shattered, and she has long seen the true colors of her family.
But deep down, she still harbors a hope for a warm home, just like it used to be.
She didn't know that family life becomes complicated after people grow up and get married. A large family can split into several smaller families. If everyone still lives under the same roof, the newly added family members may disrupt the original family atmosphere due to different living habits or interests. They can never go back to the days when all the sisters were single.
At this time, it is best for young families to move out and establish family boundaries. If they do not cross those boundaries, there will be fewer conflicts.
But right now, the whole family is crammed into a 30-40 square meter room, and there's no other way but to wait for their assigned housing quota to move out.
This is one of the reasons why ordinary people throughout history have never separated their families; if they don't even have a house to live in, what would they have to divide?
In the past two years, with the arrival of her sister-in-law and her nephew, their already small home has become even more cramped. Xie Yulei has added another requirement for her future partner: independent housing after marriage. After getting married, she wants to establish her own small family with her partner and move out of the extended family compound to live on her own, so she doesn't have to deal with the daily petty squabbles and calculations within the extended family.
Even though Xie Yuyao had a different soul, the two sisters were surprisingly in agreement on their views on choosing a partner.
*
That day, Xie Yuyao transformed into Shen Jingwan. Alone, carrying her suitcase, she walked through the bustling crowd and arrived at an ancient courtyard.
This is my fiancé's home.
Passing through several courtyard gates, she stood in the back hall, receiving scrutiny from the ladies. Their eyes, some critical, some envious, fell upon her, examining her inch by inch.
This face is stunning, with bright and clear eyes, a youthful and full-bodied body full of vitality, and even the fingertips are pink and tender. There is not a single flaw to be found.
However, her Western-style dress was deemed inappropriate, and even her permed and dyed curly hair became a point of attack.
"Card!"
Director Zhu called Xie Yuyao over and criticized her, "Your expression is still not right. Shen Jingwan was a lively and cheerful person in the early days. Now she has suffered a huge change and is being treated like an item to be sold and appraised by strangers. In addition to feeling extremely humiliated, she also feels a strong sense of resentment and unwillingness. This unwillingness needs to be expressed more deeply."
"Yes, I'll adjust my emotions." Xie Yuyao nodded.
In her previous life, she lived a smooth and successful life, excluding family ties. In this world, she also had a cheat code and didn't encounter many difficulties.
With countless resources available in the virtual space, she lived a carefree and uncompetitive life. Perhaps it was her nature, but in the previous few scenes, she only showed humiliation and forbearance, and her heartfelt resentment was always somewhat lacking.
"Step outside your mind, think about the setbacks you've experienced, and try to find that feeling," Director Zhu added.
Xie Yuyao agreed and walked to the side to "reflect on her mistakes."
She also experienced a dramatic change, falling from a high position to the dust. If she didn't have a special advantage, she would have lived in a dormitory with other female educated youths, worked in the fields to earn work points, and even if she knew a few medicinal herbs, she would have to risk her life to go deep into the mountains to pick them, and she still might not be able to find them.
Then her life would be no different from other female educated youth sent to the countryside, so how could she attract Zhao Honghui's attention and get to know him?
Nine times out of ten, she'll run into a lecher, and then Zhao Honghui will come to her rescue—wait, a lecher!
"Director Zhu, I'm ready." Xie Yuyao hurriedly walked to the filming location, trying to get herself in the right mood.
This time, she imagined herself as an orphan with no special abilities, and the women who were eyeing her were lecherous men who wanted to assault her.
Director Zhu smiled and finally wrapped up filming.
At noon, the crew added a dish of boiled shrimp to their menu, and everyone enjoyed it immensely.
After everyone finished eating, they went to wash their lunchboxes. Yao Qian muttered to a few actresses, "She even sticks out her fingers when eating shrimp. Her behavior is unbearable to watch."
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