Chapter 11 I called Zhang Guodong tonight, you better be sensible!
Zhao Xiaojing instantly stopped humming and answered the phone nervously.
"Hello, Third Aunt."
"What are you doing? I called you so many times but you didn't answer. Are you getting too independent?"
"No, I was busy and didn't hear it."
"You don't even need a phone when you're busy? Then what do you need a phone for?!"
"What's wrong? Third Aunt."
"Come and eat! I have something to tell you. Come over and I'll tell you."
"Third Aunt, I..."
Beep... Before Zhao Xiaojing could finish her words, the phone was hung up.
After exiting the call page, the phone showed 12 missed calls, all from Dong Mei.
It's always like this, and it's like this again!
The familiar, patriarchal, oppressive feeling washed over her, and all the hidden repressed emotions washed over her. Zhao Xiaojing helplessly tossed her phone onto the bed, pursed her lips, and stared at the ceiling, her heart a mass of thick cement.
Zhao Xiaojing took several deep breaths and walked around the house several times before picking up her phone again. She looked at it for a long time, bit her lip and called Dong Mei back.
"What are you doing again?"
"Auntie, I have something to do. I won't be over for dinner tonight. If you have anything to say, please call me."
"Why can't you even get me to come over for dinner? I really don't understand you. What are you being so stubborn about? I told you to come over first. Tell me what's going on!"
"Auntie San, I told you the other day that I would work hard to earn money and pay you back. I'm working hard."
"I need that couple of bucks from you, right? Did I force you to pay me back? What's wrong with your brain? I told you to come over, so just come over! I called Zhang Guodong and his mother tonight, so you better know what's best for you!"
Another busy tone.
Zhao Xiaojing also got angry. Although she had always suppressed her temper and endured it in her previous life, she figured it out from the day she was reborn in this life and decided not to endure it anymore.
I wiped away the tears that had accidentally fallen, and pressed the red button again.
"Are you done yet?"
"Third Aunt, I told you I won't marry him. If you want to invite him to dinner, go eat by yourself. I won't go!"
After saying that, Zhao Xiaojing hung up the phone and turned on flight mode.
In fact, in her previous life, she and Zhang Guodong were forced together by Dong Mei and Zhang Guodong's mother Wen Juying.
Zhang Guodong wasn't necessarily fond of her, but Wen Juying and Dong Mei worked in the same unit. Dong Mei was a veteran employee with a professional title, a position considered a minor leader. Wen Juying joined later and often relied on Dong Mei for certain job advantages, so the two of them had a certain rapport and knew each other well. Plus, she was looking for an obedient daughter-in-law, and Zhao Xiaojing, with her good looks and seemingly non-influential personality, was just what she wanted.
So Wen Juying was determined to facilitate the marriage, and Dong Mei was also satisfied with Zhang Guodong and his family's conditions, and the two parents hit it off.
Under intense persuasion and pressure, Zhang Guodong, who had always been afraid to disobey his overbearing mother, quickly gave in, placing all the pressure on Zhao Xiaojing. Zhao Xiaojing, already feeling indebted and fearful of Dong Mei, offered little resistance. As a result, two seemingly unrelated and incompatible people were forced into a relationship.
Later, when they divorced, Wen Juying was also very strong-willed, constantly pressuring and preaching to Zhang Guodong and her, not allowing them to divorce, let alone Zhang Guodong and the woman he had cheated on with to start a family. But there is always someone better than you, and the most powerful mother-in-law fears is meeting an even more powerful daughter-in-law.
The woman made a big fuss and brought a few people to Wen Juying's workplace with the pregnancy report to make a scene. For several days, Wen Juying was so angry that she had a high blood pressure attack. Dong Mei also knew about this scandal.
Wen Juying, who was about to retire in a few years, received a serious warning from her unit. After the woman threatened to go to Zhang Guodong's unit next week to make trouble, saying that if she didn't agree, no one would have a good life, and at worst, both sides would be destroyed, Wen Juying finally compromised.
Dong Mei went to Zhang Guodong and tried to persuade him by yelling and cursing at him, but Zhang Guodong couldn't get a word out of her. She then went to Wen Juying, but Wen Juying brought that woman out to evade responsibility, and the two of them completely fell out.
As for Zhang Guodong's father, he is just like Zhang Guodong, he has no stance. He dare not offend whoever is strong, and he listens to whoever is fierce.
Zhao Xiaojing was completely ignored from beginning to end. It was clearly her marriage, but no one asked for her opinion. The mistress was Wen Juying, and it was Dong Mei who was made to apologize with Zhang Guodong. Dong Mei was heartbroken for her child who had lost his father at birth.
A series of past memories flashed through Zhao Xiaojing's mind, like a mountain pressing down on her, making her breathless. Even after two lifetimes, this oppressive feeling had never really left her. It only took a tiny opportunity for it to immediately follow her like a shadow.
[Ding~System reward task triggered]
[Limited-time reward task: Make yourself a delicious refreshing drink to clear heat and moisten the lungs]
【Qingbuliang Recipe Has Been Sent】
[Task materials have been distributed to the backpack page]
[This task is limited to one hour, and system rewards will be issued after completion]
A familiar warm feeling came to Zhao Xiaojing's mind, and the recipe of Qingbuliang immediately appeared.
This time the system did not let her choose whether to accept the task, but gave it to her directly.
System... Zhao Xiaojing was so grateful that she couldn't express it in words. She could only express her gratitude silently in her heart. She didn't expect that at this dejected moment, the system would come out to give her a ray of warmth.
Zhao Xiaojing sniffed hard, then jumped to the backpack page and took out the refreshing and cooling ingredients distributed by the system.
A hairy old coconut, a green-shell coconut, a coconut peeler, a blender, a piece of gauze, a small can of white sugar, a small fried ice machine, and several small ingredients divided into small grids.
"System, you are so nice. You didn't even let me make the small ingredients myself. You gave me so many materials and even the machines..." Zhao Xiaojing couldn't help but shed tears again.
[All materials used in the production of Qingbuliang will be recycled after completion.]
"Okay." Zhao Xiaojing's tears stopped instantly.
If you don't earn the reward, you're a bastard. Zhao Xiaojing habitually went to the virtual space to project the scene and practiced for two hours. After coming out, she picked up the knife nimbly.
Remove the hard shell of the old coconut, peel off the black skin on the surface, make a hole in the coconut meat, pour the coconut milk into a bowl on the side, and then cut the coconut meat into small pieces.
Put the coconut meat into a blender, add appropriate amount of water, then break open the green shell of the coconut, add the green coconut milk, mix everything into juice, and then filter it with gauze.
After filtering, add appropriate amount of white sugar, pour into the ice maker and stir-fry into shaved ice.
Take another bowl and add your favorite refreshing and refreshing ingredients.
The small materials distributed by the system are also very comprehensive, although they are all in small boxes.
What about tortoise jelly, red beans, mung beans, small glutinous rice balls, coix seed, white jelly, colorful dough, macaroni, tapioca pearls, mango, cantaloupe, adazi, and chopped hawthorn?
Zhao Xiaojing had never eaten Qingbuliang in her life, so she happily prepared to add a little of each ingredient.
Just as Zhao Xiaojing raised her hand to scoop out the small sauce, she froze. She suddenly had a bad feeling...
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