Qiao Baozhu was just worrying about how to deal with the eldest son's family, but she didn't expect them to come to her door on their own initiative.
Under Qiao Baozhu's deliberate provocation, Qiao Danfeng blurted out everything he should and shouldn't say in public.
Now that so many educated youth have heard it, Qiao Changfu can no longer hide it even if he wants to.
Qiao Baozhu looked at Qiao Danfeng with a half-smile: "Uncle said you can do it, so you definitely can do it. In the entire Qiao family, no one is more blessed than you."
Qiao Danfeng didn't realize that Qiao Baozhu was mocking her, and thought she was completely convinced.
She raised her face with a proud look on her face: "Of course, I am the only daughter of my father, so he always favors me first when it comes to good things."
Seeing Qiao Danfeng's arrogant expression, Gao Liman was furious. With her temper, she had to scold Qiao Danfeng to vent her anger.
But now he was like a quail, standing beside Qiao Baozhu, blowing his beard and staring, not saying a word.
Zhao Xiangqin felt strange in her heart, but she didn't think much about it. Like her daughter Qiao Danfeng, she felt that her family was superior to others in the village. Even the village chief looked up to her family, not to mention the daughter of a women's director.
"I would say that among all the people in our family, you, Erya, are the most promising."
Zhao Xiangqin pushed through the crowd and moved closer to Qiao Baozhu's table. She deliberately ignored Gao Liman and tried to get close to Qiao Baozhu.
Gao Liman was holding back her anger, but Qiao Baozhu pulled her clothes to stop her from losing her temper. Her mother said that when working on the farm, don't be anxious and ask Baozhu for her opinion.
Just listen to Baozhu and you won’t go wrong!
She could choose not to quarrel with Qiao Danfeng, but she could not watch them bully Baozhu in silence.
"Who is Erya? Who is Erya? Go look outside to find Erya. There is no one named Erya in this room."
Gao Liman had a cold face and started yelling at Zhao Xiangqin.
Zhao Xiangqin was stunned and subconsciously pointed at Qiao Baozhu: "Isn't Erya her? You stupid girl, are you pretending to be stupid in front of me?"
"She has a name and a surname. Her name is Qiao Baozhu, Qiao, Bao, Zhu. She is the apple of her parents' eyes. Also, before she was adopted out, she was the third child in the family, and everyone in the family called her San Ya. You two are relatives, how come you can't tell the difference between the second and the third?"
Zhao Xiangqin rolled her eyes and blurted out, "You're still my precious daughter, but now you're so poor, what treasure do you have?"
"When you were at home, you didn't even have a proper name. What difference does it make if you're Erya or Sanya? It's good enough that we can remember your name."
Zhao Xiangqin's condescending attitude was exactly the same as her daughter's, as if they should be grateful to anyone who could remember their names.
Gao Liman couldn't hold back her temper and wanted to argue with her. Qiao Baozhu grabbed her sleeve tightly, and Gao Liman lowered her head and looked at Qiao Baozhu.
She had a calm expression on her face, and was not affected by Zhao Xiangqin and her daughter at all.
"Orb!"
Gao Liman stared at Qiao Baozhu's eyes in disbelief, not understanding why she had to swallow her anger.
Qiao Baozhu shook her head at Gao Liman, signaling her to stay calm. She turned around and smiled faintly at Zhao Xiangqin.
"What my aunt said is right! My biological parents didn't treat me like a human being. They didn't give me a proper name when I was old enough to go to school. They kept calling me 'little girl'. Later, I went to my third uncle's house. My uncle and aunt were lame and dumb, and their family was extremely poor. How could the apple of a poor family's eye be as precious as your phoenix?"
When Qiao Baozhu said this, she raised her eyebrows flatteringly at Qiao Danfeng.
Qiao Danfeng felt proud and happy when Qiao Baozhu praised her in front of so many people.
Zhao Xiangqin didn't think there was anything wrong with what Qiao Baozhu said. After hearing Qiao Baozhu admit that she couldn't compare to her own daughter, Zhao Xiangqin felt that a lot of the turbid air in her body had been expelled, and her whole body felt light and comfortable.
"My Danfeng is really good, and you are not bad either, Erya. You are an educated youth, and the man you married is a soldier, earning double the salary. You are much better than Jinfeng."
"The daughter of our old Qiao family, my Danfeng has the best fate, and the second is you."
Zhao Xiangqin boasted about her daughter so shamelessly that her daughter-in-law Zhang Xiaoxia almost vomited.
Before coming here, the father-in-law repeatedly warned her not to offend Qiao Baozhu. She is different now, the man she married is an officer, and he manages hundreds of people.
Zhang Xiaoxia didn’t know Qiao Baozhu very well before, and only became familiar with her when she went to her place to sell shoe soles recently.
Based on her limited understanding of Qiao Baozhu, what she said just now was definitely not a good thing.
"Mom, don't let your daughter be praised. Don't forget that we are here for a serious matter."
Zhang Xiaoxia interrupted Zhao Xiangqin's boasting, which made Zhao Xiangqin feel unhappy. But she also remembered that she didn't come here to brag today.
"Look at my memory."
Zhao Xiangqin was worried about her daughter's work, and seeing Gao Liman sitting next to her, she didn't dare to ask.
She looked at Qiao Baozhu who was sitting on the stool and said in an imperative tone, "Come out with me. I have something to ask you."
Qiao Baozhu was amused by her stupid smile.
I just said a few falsely polite words, but this aunt not only didn't hear it, but also aroused my sense of superiority and acted like a superior person in front of her.
"Aunt, it's working hours now. You can't leave your post without permission. If you have anything to say, please tell me here."
Seeing that Qiao Baozhu's butt seemed to be stuck to the stool, Zhao Xiangqin was so angry that she wanted to curse.
Fortunately, she was not completely stupid and knew not to offend Qiao Baozhu at this time.
"Hey, just come with me for a while, it won't delay anything."
Zhao Xiangqin was a little anxious and kept winking at Qiao Baozhu.
"Sister Baozhu, just come out with my mom. We won't take up much of your time."
Zhang Xiaoxia saw that her mother-in-law was getting anxious and was afraid that she would do something stupid and make a scene, so she quickly joined in and begged Qiao Baozhu.
Qiao Baozhu remained unmoved and spread her hands towards the two of them.
"It doesn't really matter whether I go out or not. No matter what you ask me to do, I can't do it at all."
Before the other party even opened his mouth to say what the matter was, Qiao Baozhu refused. Zhao Xiangqin felt that Qiao Baozhu was ungrateful and clearly did not give face to her family.
"What do you mean? Just because you've climbed up the social ladder, you dare not acknowledge your relatives?"
Zhao Xiangqin had a sullen face, looking angry.
"Look at what you said. My great uncle is 'Qiao Changfu, the head of the three-point court'. He is the most promising person in our Qiao family. I can't wait to curry favor with him."
Qiao Baozhu deliberately spoke of Qiao Changfu slowly and loudly, fearing that the educated youth watching the excitement would not know who these women relied on, and would delay those who were just in mind from reporting to the higher authorities.
"In our Qiao family, my eldest uncle has always been the head of the family. I, a married woman, don't need to worry about any family matters. Therefore, my eldest aunt's wife definitely didn't come to me for family matters. If it's not family matters, then it's business matters. However, I am just a small canteen warehouse manager, and my weight in the field office is far less important than that of my eldest uncle, the director of the branch field."
"You are definitely not looking for me to do business with you, so why are you looking to borrow money from me?"
Speaking of borrowing money, Qiao Baozhu looked embarrassed: "Although both of us are working, we just got married and our family is very poor. After the beginning of winter this year, my father's house collapsed under the snow, and my mother got sick from the cold. We both have to take care of my mother and rent a new house for them. Whether it's buying coal, grain or winter vegetables, it's double the expenses."
Qiao Baozhu looked at Zhao Xiangqin bitterly: "Everyone knows that my aunt is well-off. I was thinking of borrowing a hundred yuan from you during the holidays."
Borrow a hundred dollars from her?
Zhao Xiangqin's eyes widened, and she blurted out without thinking: "Borrow money from me? Why should I lend it to you!"
Qiao Baozhu said confidently: "We are relatives, shouldn't we take care of each other?"
"Take care of each other? Isn't it our old Qiao who takes care of you? Your family is so poor that it's lucky to have enough food to eat. Who dares to expect your help?"
The image of her brother-in-law Qiao Changhai, who was poor, lame and cowardly, had already taken root in Zhao Xiangqin's heart. Even though Qiao Baozhu was living a good life now, it could not change Qiao Changhai's poor image.
Zhao Xiangqin was afraid that Qiao Changhai would really come to their house to borrow money. She knew that as long as that cripple asked, her husband would definitely give her dozens of dollars.
Zhao Xiangqin's heart ached when she thought about losing dozens of dollars.
He stared at Qiao Baozhu and warned her sternly: "Go back and tell Qiao San that if he can't afford to live, he will die. Don't even think about living on borrowed money. No one's money comes from the wind. We have no obligation to help him."
"Isn't it normal for relatives to help each other? It's too much for my aunt to say that."
Qiao Baozhu covered her face, looking heartbroken.
"What's wrong with being a relative? Relatives are divided into what kind of relatives! How can a cripple like him help our family? I would be ashamed to see my third uncle in public."
Qiao Danfeng had a look of contempt on his face. He was so materialistic at such a young age that people around him couldn't help but frown.
"Since you look down on my family, why do you still come to me for help? So what if your father is the director? There are times when you need my help, right?"
Qiao Baozhu's eyes were red and she stared at Qiao Danfeng stubbornly.
She deliberately provoked Qiao Danfeng, and with her arrogant personality, she would definitely say something irresponsible. No matter what she said, everyone would think that it must have been taught by Qiao Changfu.
As expected, when Qiao Danfeng heard what Qiao Baozhu said, he became so angry that he lost all his temper.
"We are not here to ask you to do anything for us. We just want you to find out if there are any vacancies in this craft club."
Qiao Danfeng had no interest in working here at all, and his mind was full of what Qiao Baozhu had just said.
The words 'So what if your father is the director? There will be times when he needs my help', stuck in her heart and made her feel so suffocated.
"Just because we asked you to find out something, you think we need your help? Qiao Baozhu, you take yourself too seriously. What ability do you, a stinky educated youth, have that is worthy of the director's family asking you for help?"
"Everyone knows that the educated youth who went to the countryside were the ones with the worst family situations. They didn't go to school or work, and were troublemakers. They were not much better than prisoners in labor camps."
Qiao Danfeng became more and more proud as she cursed, and was completely unaware of the angry expressions of the group of educated youth behind her.
Zhang Xiaoxia was shocked to see her sister-in-law constantly courting death, and hurried forward to pull her away. Qiao Danfeng was cursing proudly, pushing Zhang Xiaoxia's hand while chattering non-stop.
"We are the family members of cadres. You are a stinking educated youth. Are you worthy of our begging you?"
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