Zhu Xiaofang felt like she had become the target of everyone's criticism. She looked at Chen Yun, who was leaning against Feng Yu and saw that she had her head down and showed no sign of speaking up for her. She then looked at Chen Dafen, who complained about her mother-in-law every day. If she hadn't done so and everyone had followed suit, she would have felt that it was right to treat her mother-in-law normally.
Moreover, Gao's mother was only nice to her for the sake of appearance these days, otherwise she would not deliberately go out without money when buying groceries. At home, her husband was very good to her, but unfortunately they often had nothing to say to each other, and she was really uncomfortable staying at home.
Their lifestyles were so different. She wanted to spend money to buy a washing machine, but Gao Guobin thought it was a waste of money. After Gao's mother came, she never mentioned it again. Gao Guobin loved to smoke in the house. She told him countless times but he didn't listen...
She thought that the idea of becoming an actor that she had mentioned before should be implemented sooner.
No one knew what Zhu Xiaofang was thinking, but she lowered her head. Fortunately, Feng Yu said something fair: "Pregnant women are bound to feel a little uncomfortable. Our Yunyun had morning sickness at noon that day, and vomited after eating. She didn't want to say a word, but she felt uncomfortable."
Chen Yun smiled and said, "Mom, it's still hard for us women to have such a hard life. Why don't men experience this hardship?"
Feng Yu patted her on the shoulder and said, "If a man can give birth to a child, can he still be called a man? You silly child."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law changed the subject again after saying this. Zhang Han smiled and said, "If I had a daughter-in-law like Yunyun, I would be happy too. She is young and very capable. The other day I saw a shawl she knitted herself and it looked very nice. I thought she bought it in a store, but I didn't expect she knitted it herself."
When Yang Yiner mentioned this, she also said, "Yes, the Mickey Mouse that Sister Chen Yun gave me before was particularly cute, and it was newer than the ones sold in imported stores."
Qin Guizhi smiled but said nothing. Xu Lijie and Zhou Qin also came over to talk.
Chen Yun humbly said a few words, thinking, it was my mother-in-law who knew how to turn the situation around, it seems that I should learn more from her in the future. She has never received so much praise before.
Originally, Gao's mother had planned to win everyone over by hosting this birthday party, so that everyone could see her simple and honest side. However, she did not expect that Chen Yun would steal the limelight instead. She had no choice but to say more, but she also felt that she was prepared to take the honest path, so she had to remain silent and just listen with a smile on her face.
After eating and drinking, Qin Guizhi and Zhang Han left first, and Feng Yu then pulled Chen Yun, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went home with Liu Qiao. Liu Qiao was drinking and smoking at the table just now, and he was so happy. When he entered the room, Chen Yun smiled and pushed him: "I feel like you are suffocating me, go take a shower first, or you can sleep on the sofa today."
"My young wife wants me to sleep on the sofa. Okay, I'll go take a shower now." Liu Qiao scratched her nose.
He thought that Chen Yun always had that sweet scent on her body. Last time when Chen Yun was in his arms, he licked her just to see if she was sweet. Chen Yun was so amused by what he said that she went to Longcheng to buy him a piece of nice mint soap. If she didn't have a mint scent on her body, she would say that he didn't take a shower and always disliked him.
When Liu Qiao came out of the shower, it was already dark. Chen Yun just took a quick shower and went back to her room.
Chen Yun went back to her room and discussed with Liu Qiao: "How about we get a phone call next year?"
A phone is really expensive here. The couple didn't need to contact anyone except to call home. So Liu Qiao asked curiously, "Why do we need to install a phone?"
"I think it's very convenient to install a phone. Besides, when Mom comes to our place alone, she can talk to Dad or express her concern to her sisters. I still have some money, so we can install it next year, right?"
Liu Qiao thought for a moment and nodded, "Yes, we are now in the electronic age. Writing letters is too slow. If I can make a phone call at home at any time, it will be convenient for me to get things done. Okay, let's do this."
"Yes, there is indeed a big difference between having appliances and not having them, and it saves us a lot of time. It used to be troublesome to cook on a coal stove, but now the electric rice cooker saves so much time. Sometimes when I'm bored I can watch TV to kill time, which is actually quite good." Chen Yun feels that having money in hand makes her live more comfortably, and she is the one who gets tired from searching for money.
The couple joked a few more times, and Chen Yun didn't say anything more because she had to get up early to go to work the next morning. Unexpectedly, she ran into Zhu Xiaofang when she went out the next morning. After she and Chen Yun left the military building together, she seemed a little hesitant, and Chen Yun was a little surprised to see her like this.
She then complained to her mother-in-law: "Don't you know that my mother-in-law used all my money to buy groceries yesterday? I was going to use this money to buy classics. Do you have any money you can lend me? I'll pay you back when I get my salary next month."
Chen Yun was not a stingy person, and they lived next door to each other. Seeing Zhu Xiaofang like this, she did not suspect anything else, took out her wallet and asked her: "How much do you want to borrow?"
"Fifty……"
"Fifty yuan? That's a lot. How about this, I'll lend you twenty. I don't have that much money this month." Fifty yuan is one-third of her salary. Although Chen Yun still has a lot of money in her bankbook, she can't spend it like this.
Tsk, who doesn't know that you, Chen Yun, are the richest? She thought about it and said that even a small amount of money is still meat, so she thanked him profusely. When Chen Yun left the school gate, Zhu Xiaofang went back to Chen Dafen's store. Chen Dafen was much more straightforward than Chen Yun and directly lent her fifty yuan.
Chen Yun had a class in the morning and sat in the office. If she often left early, Director Dai might scold her again. Chen Yun also read magazines and newspapers while preparing for class in the office. Most teachers went to class, and some of them would occasionally say a few words to Chen Yun when they saw how leisurely she was.
She would also smile and say: "Just look at your salary and you will know whether I am good or not."
It is true that most main subject teachers earn more than 200 yuan including tuition fees, but Chen Yun only earns more than 150 yuan. Moreover, parents give gifts to the class teacher or main subject teacher, not to a secondary subject teacher like her. The teacher said, "It's good that your husband can make money."
"What can I earn? I'm just like that. I can't even afford to buy a nice piece of clothing at home. I really envy you guys who have high salaries and can buy whatever you want. I still have to worry about how much money I'll need after my son is born." Chen Yun said half-truthfully. Being a teacher here is all about having an easy life, and it would not be good to make others jealous.
The teacher also smiled and said nothing.
After returning home from school in the morning, Gao's mother was standing anxiously at the door. Seeing Chen Yun coming back, she pulled her over and asked, "Chen Yun, have you seen Xiao Fang?"
Chen Yun thought for a moment and said, "She went to school with me this morning, but I haven't seen her since."
Gao's mother said anxiously, "When I was cleaning the table this morning, I saw the note she left. I can't read, so I asked your mother to take a look. It said that Xiaofang went out to study for a few days, but when I went to the school to ask, they didn't say that the kindergarten teachers were going to study. Their principal said that she had asked for several days off. This is really..."
She also didn't expect that her daughter-in-law would run away. She spent a lot of money on her and she was pregnant with her grandson. How could she run away?
No wonder Zhu Xiaofang had asked her for money that morning. It turned out that she had run away. She felt strange because she was pregnant. Where had she gone?
"Auntie, don't worry. Maybe she really has something wrong. I don't know the specific situation. Please ask Deputy Battalion Commander Gao how to contact her."
Just then, Feng Yu opened the door and let Chen Yun in. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law never came out again. Mother Gao couldn't find anyone good to talk to, so she could only go to the team leader's wife and Zhang Han to talk.
Qin Guizhi frowned: "Why are you leaving like that? What if something happens?"
Zhang Han was very responsible and said she would help her contact the person. After a long time, Gao's mother finally came home. When she got home, she was really angry that the slut had done such a thing. Could she have run off with a rich man?
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Chen Yun returned home and told the story of what happened in the office: "They saw that I was free, so they kept asking me questions. Fortunately, I belittled myself a little, so that they didn't get angry."
Feng Yu smiled and said, "This Red Flag School is so big and has so many teachers, there are all kinds of people, you just need to be perfunctory. You don't know, when I was promoted to director that year, many people said that I relied on your father's face, and some people even reported me privately. Fortunately, you are just a teacher, not an official. If you were a main subject teacher, you would be very busy and there would be all kinds of gossip. This is good, you can take care of your family and be comfortable in the future."
In the past, she and Zhiguo both hoped that Liu Qiao would find someone who could help her in her career, like Zhang Han, but now they still think that their daughter-in-law is pretty good the way she is.
A good daughter-in-law is one who treats you well at home, never loses her temper easily, is sensible outside, knows how to treat her son, is generous with money, calls you "Mom" with a smile every day, and is respectful and filial to the elders. Besides, there are very few people who can balance family and work. If you want to achieve success in your career, you must pay a lot. Relatively speaking, the more you pay in the family, the less you pay. No matter how good the balance is, it will be unbalanced, so it is better to be realistic.
"Yeah, I think so too. At least I have to wait until the child is born and a little older, when he goes to primary school, then I will consider changing jobs. It's good like this now." When she was a nurse, she often had to stay up late, which was unsafe. Compared with before, she is already very satisfied.
Besides, after she got pregnant, she felt that making money was important, but if it was at the expense of spending time with her children, she still felt it was not worth it. When she was young, her parents were not around. Who else could she understand that feeling? She didn't want her child to become that kind of person. No matter how good her grandparents were, they were not as good as her parents.
The author has something to say: There will be another update in the afternoon or evening. I bought a coat yesterday and spent a lot of money on it. My heart is bleeding.
I changed my glasses and found that my eyesight has increased terribly in recent times, so I need to go out for a walk and rest my glasses. Everyone should also pay attention to protecting their glasses.
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