Chapter 133: Marriage The more I see other people’s happy marriages, the more I think of…
"I don't want to know." Wang Ying refused without even thinking.
In her previous life, Wang Hui couldn't explain the details of how Director Zhao was forced to step down. What could she know now?
When this happened in her past life, Wang Hui, upon returning to her parents' home, simply claimed that a large batch of canned goods at the food factory had quality issues, Director Zhao was held accountable, and subsequently resigned. No matter how much she was questioned, she denied knowing. She didn't know in her past life, and now, in this new life, she knows? This is likely a fabrication or a figment of her imagination. Wang Hui is foolish enough to treat others as fools.
Besides, the food factory in this life and the past life were completely different. In the past, it relied mainly on canned goods for profit, but now its most profitable product was digital cookies. Even if Wang Hui knew any inside information, it wouldn't be of any use to her, and might even affect her judgment.
Wang Hui hadn't expected Wang Ying to reject her so directly. She angrily asked, "Don't you care at all about your father-in-law being forced out of office?"
"I don't care. If it doesn't work out, just ask him to retire early and let me be the production director. That's perfect." Wang Ying said casually.
Wang Hui was choked and speechless. When she reached the door of the public toilet, she managed to say, "Sister, how did you become like this?"
"What do you think?" Wang Ying said coldly and entered the public toilet.
After Wang Ying left the public toilet, Wang Hui came up to her again and said, "Sister, please help me."
Wang Ying found Wang Hui's naiveté ridiculous. How could a person who had lived two lives still be so naive? She could only be said to have been spoiled like this by her parents and even Wang Ying.
"I didn't call you an idiot last time, but I wasn't being gentle. Use your brain to think about why I should help you," Wang Ying said coldly. "Also, don't you think your brother Jianguo is capable and will become successful sooner or later? What are you afraid of?"
Wang Hui, repeatedly scolded by Wang Ying, lost her temper and said, "If you don't want to help, forget it. I mean well. Since you don't care about your father-in-law stepping down, then just wait! I see him fall, why are you still so arrogant?"
"You don't have to worry about my family's affairs, but don't be too happy too soon. He hasn't even taken the position of deputy director yet." Wang Ying said and walked away.
Wang Hui was repeatedly rejected by Wang Ying and was so angry that she kicked a roadside electric pole. The pole did not move at all, but she hurt her foot.
Li Fengju saw the two sisters go to the public toilet together, thinking that their relationship had been repaired, and was happy. Unexpectedly, when they came back, they both had sullen faces, especially Wang Hui, who was obviously angry.
Li Fengju was worried, so she asked Huanhuan to call Wang Hui to the kitchen.
"What did you talk to your eldest sister about? Why did the two sisters get angry over going to the toilet?" Li Fengju said.
Wang Hui snorted and said, "Big sister is just like that. She doesn't even give you face, so why would she care about me, her younger sister? My father-in-law came home for the New Year this year and wanted to promote Jianguo to deputy director. I just wanted to ask Big sister if you could give me some advice. Haha, why should she help me with just her mouth? She doesn't even consider sisterly love at all."
"Jianguo is being promoted to deputy director, but I'm afraid he doesn't have enough qualifications?" Li Fengju said.
Wang Hui said impatiently, "I'm asking her because I'm worried she doesn't have enough experience. My eldest sister was promoted to deputy director within a year of joining the factory. Otherwise, I wouldn't have asked her. But it's pointless to ask. She doesn't even consider me her sister!"
Li Fengju sighed, "It's all our fault. We didn't treat everyone equally, and ended up causing discord between you sisters."
"How can I blame you? It's because my eldest sister is so narrow-minded and holds grudges! No one else is like her. She's just cold-hearted. Look at when grandma passed away, she didn't shed a single tear, as if we were all her enemies. What a big deal! Is it worth it?" Wang Hui's words grew more and more resentful. She used to feel that she owed Wang Ying a little, but now that Wang Ying was like this, she didn't owe anything. After all, her eldest sister had chosen the path in this life!
When Wang Hui mentioned her grandmother, Li Fengju felt sad and sighed, "Don't say it, don't say it. You know her temper. Just don't provoke her in the future. After all, she hasn't done anything wrong to you."
Wang Hui's breathing stagnated. "Who said she was sorry for me? I just thought that we are just two sisters, supporting each other and being filial to you two together. Isn't that good? But she insisted on doing this!"
"That's enough. She has her own ideas, and no one else can influence them," Li Fengju said. "Just save face for now. Don't say anything too harsh. If things get too ugly, it'll be hard for us to handle."
Wang Hui looked at Li Fengju and said, "Mom, are you going to accept my elder sister's behavior?"
"What if she refuses to acknowledge us? Beat her up?" Li Fengju said. "You also said she's cold-hearted. If things really get out of hand, she might cut off all ties with us. If she does, then we old couple will be completely dependent on you."
"Lean on me, lean on me!" Wang Hui said this, but she knew in her heart that it was no use trying to persuade her parents to deal with her elder sister.
"Okay, let's stop talking. Everyone has their own lives to live," Li Fengju said. "If there's anything we can do to help with Jianguo, please let me know."
In the main hall, Zhao Yunsheng moved a bench to the door and sat with Wang Ying on it to bask in the sun. Their colds hadn't yet healed, and their noses were stuffy. They each sniffed, and after a few replies, they looked at each other and chuckled.
"You are so annoying. Don't imitate me." Wang Ying hit Zhao Yunsheng and sniffed.
"It's so unfair. I didn't breathe." Zhao Yunsheng smiled and took a breath.
It was just such a small thing, but I don’t know what the two of them were so happy about, they were laughing so hard that they were rolling on the ground.
Du Jianguo sat at the table, watching the two people at the door, especially the smiling Wang Ying, and a pang of sadness welled up in his heart. The last time Wang Hui asked him who he would choose if he were to choose again, Du Jianguo had thought to himself, "I'll definitely choose Wang Ying." That very night, he dreamed that he and Wang Ying were married and had a son!
Zhao Yunsheng seemed to have eyes on his back. He suddenly turned around and saw Du Jianguo looking at Wang Ying.
Du Jianguo quickly withdrew his gaze, stood up hurriedly, and went straight to the kitchen.
Only Wang Ying and his wife were left in the main hall. Zhao Yunsheng asked quietly, "Why does your younger sister keep looking for you lately?"
"He wants to learn from me. Du Jianguo's family wants to find a deputy director position for him, but he is worried that he does not have enough qualifications, so he wants to learn from me," said Wang Ying.
"Tsk, if he wants to move around, he must have some ability. I don't think he has it." Zhao Yunsheng said.
"I didn't think so, so I ignored her," Wang Ying said. But Wang Ying still kept the incident with Director Zhao in her heart. So far, Wang Ying couldn't see who would harm Director Zhao.
In his previous life, Director Zhao got into trouble during the early stages of state-owned enterprise reform, when the non-staple food factory was split up. That was around 1978 or 1979, just one or two years ago.
Only then can we truly see people's hearts.
Wang Ying had a theory: in her previous life, the cannery was the most profitable branch of the food factory before it was split, so that's why something went wrong. In this life, the biscuit and pastry factory she oversaw had become the most profitable branch, and when the time came, it would likely be this branch that would be fought over, meaning it would be hers.
Wang Ying didn't want her hard work to be taken away by others. When the non-staple food factory was split up, she would have to be the one in charge.
"What are you thinking about?" Zhao Yunsheng saw that Wang Yingfa was angry and wondered what he was thinking about.
Wang Ying smiled and said, "Nothing, I want a promotion too!"
Zhao Yunsheng said, "Let's ask Director Zhao to retire early, and then we can do something about it and let you be the director."
Wang Ying laughed out loud.
Zhao Yunsheng also laughed: "You are laughing so happily, and you really want to be the production director. I will go back and tell Director Zhao to step down quickly and let you take over."
Wang Ying laughed because she had just said this to Wang Hui, and now he said it again.
Wang Ying's laughter reached the kitchen, and Li Fengju was touched. Before Wang Ying got married, she seemed to have never heard her laugh like this. Yunsheng and the Zhao family must have been really good to her, that's why she could laugh like this. Thinking of this, Li Fengju sighed again.
Wang Hui and Du Jianguo felt uncomfortable hearing Wang Ying's laughter; it had been a long time since they had laughed like this. Ever since the fight, the argument, and the kneeling, there had always been some grudge between them that had never fully healed, and coupled with the lack of harmony in their married life, there were occasional bumps in their ways.
People are afraid of comparison. Seeing other people's happy marriages and harmonious couples makes them jealous. Moreover, the more they see other people's happy marriages, the more they think about the troubles in their own marriages and the unbearableness of their partners. At this time, Wang Hui and Du Jianguo were both mentally revisiting each other's past.
After dinner, Wang Hui and her family of three, a rare sight, said they were leaving first. Wang Yongren and Li Fengju were reluctant to let Huanhuan go, and even tried to stay a little longer, but they were refused. Before the three of them left, only Huanhuan said goodbye to Wang Ying and the others, and both of them felt as if their lips had been sawed open.
Wang Ying and the others only said goodbye to Huanhuan and ignored the two adults.
As soon as Wang Hui and her family left, and Wang Ying and her family also left, the Wang family became deserted again. Wang Yongren was unhappy and began to regret not leaving one of his daughters at home to find a husband. He also sighed that he had no son and was lonely and helpless.
Wang Ying and his friends originally wanted to go home early to play with Zhao Yunfang and the others for a while. After they got home, Zhao Yunfang and her family of three also went home.
Chen Xiuqin made ginger soup for them. After each of them drank a bowl, they both went upstairs to "recuperate."
On the fourth day of the first lunar month, Wang Ying got off work and saw Zhou Xiaoqin and Zhao Yunsheng standing together from afar. She hurried over to them.
"Why are you here? I was thinking of coming to see you on my day off." Wang Ying said with a smile.
Zhou Xiaoqin said: "I'm here to treat you to a wedding banquet."
"Attending a wedding?" Wang Ying saw that Zhou Xiaoqin didn't seem happy and didn't look like she was going to get married.
"Well, I'm getting married on the 19th day of the first lunar month," said Zhou Xiaoqin.
Wang Ying felt that Zhou Xiaoqin looked a little strange and said, "Come to my house and sit for a while."
Zhou Xiaoqin couldn't hold back her words, and after a few steps, she said, "I'm not marrying Yu Fei."
"What about Yu Fei?" Wang Ying said, "Weren't you guys talking about marriage?"
"Last October, my dad saw him with a woman," Zhou Xiaoqin said in a muffled voice. "It was the woman he saved earlier. Every time he said it was the woman who was harassing him, but he didn't refuse and was always dragging his feet..."
Wang Ying said, "It's better not to marry a man like that. But what kind of person are you marrying?"
"They were the matchmakers, and my parents liked him. I thought he was a good person, so we agreed. He has many brothers and sisters, and they agreed to let him live in my house after we get married, but it doesn't count as marrying into my family's family," said Zhou Xiaoqin.
"Whether you marry into the wife's family or not, it's always good that you don't have to deal with a whole family and you can live in your own home," said Wang Ying.
"I thought so too," Zhou Xiaoqin said, "You guys should come to the wedding banquet when the time comes."
"Okay." Wang Ying agreed. Seeing that Zhou Xiaoqin was still unhappy, she advised: "Since you are getting married, let go of the past."
Zhou Xiaoqin smiled bitterly: "I know. Oh, by the way, I asked about that woman. She is Wang Hui's sister-in-law. Isn't that a coincidence?"
It’s true... Wang Ying had guessed this a long time ago, but she didn’t expect that she would guess it right.
"It's her! Then Yu Fei will regret it!" Wang Ying said, "Don't worry about them. Living your own life is more important than anything else. It's not worth it for that kind of man."
Wang Ying persuaded Zhou Xiaoqin, and Zhou Xiaoqin became more cheerful. She did not go to Wang Ying's house, and they parted at the intersection and went home.
On their day off, Wang Ying and Zhao Yunsheng went to the department store to buy a gift for Zhou Xiaoqin and saw the Du family's mother and daughter.
Sun Qiaoling greeted Wang Ying first: "Yingzi, Yunsheng! What a coincidence! Are you here to buy something?"
"Just take a look, auntie is here to buy something too." Wang Ying said.
Sun Qiaoling was beaming: "My daughter Wenxiu, it's the 19th day of the first lunar month, and she still needs to buy some things for the room, so she came to see me. Come to my house for the wedding banquet then!"
Wang Ying smiled and said, "Congratulations. It seems that the 19th is a good day. A friend of mine is getting married on that day, and I have already promised her that it would not be good not to go. They are coming to my wedding too." Wang Ying almost blurted out that he would definitely go next time, but luckily he reacted.
Du Wenxiu rolled her eyes and asked Wang Ying, "What's your friend's name?"
"Her name is Zhou Xiaoqin." Wang Ying said to Du Wenxiu.
Du Wenxiu said, "I don't know him."
How could you not know him? You stole his boyfriend and are getting married on the same day.
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