Chapter 137 The Birthday Party Ends
After thinking for a while, Zhou Ma slowly said, "Why don't you lower your standards a bit? If you want to find a man who can live a normal life, it's not hard to find. A virtuous man like Xiangyang is hard to find."
She was already giving Zhou Xiangyang face by not telling the truth. After all, this kind of thing is called being virtuous if you put it nicely, but it's also called being spineless if you don't put it nicely.
Lin Yuanshu's ability to act arrogantly in the Zhou family is largely due to Zhou Xiangyang, who lacks any manliness and can't even control his own wife.
In other families, when the man loses his temper, the woman doesn't dare to speak up. But in her family, when Lin Yuanshu loses his temper, no one dares to speak up.
If she hadn't felt it would be a loss not to come for dinner, she definitely wouldn't have come to Lin Yuanshu's house.
Zhou Moli refused without hesitation: "If I were willing to lower my standards, I would already be a mother of two and wouldn't want you to introduce me to someone. Besides, men usually want to marry virtuous women, so my asking for a virtuous man isn't a high standard."
Zhou's mother pursed her lips, her face full of disapproval. Virtuous women are easy to find, but incompetent men are not so easy to find. She was about to persuade Zhou Moli to get married as soon as possible, and not to follow Lin Yuanshu's example and devote herself to her career. A happy family is the most important thing.
Lin Yuanshu suddenly said, "Mom, eat some more sunflower seeds."
Although she didn't know what Zhou Ma wanted to say, she knew that Zhou Ma was never one to say anything nice, so she stopped Zhou Ma from continuing.
Zhou Ma understood Lin Yuanshu's unspoken meaning. On the surface, he was telling her to eat more sunflower seeds, but in reality, he meant that even eating so many sunflower seeds couldn't shut her up.
She took a deep breath, stopped chatting with Zhou Moli, and walked up to Lin Ma with a resentful expression, gritting her teeth and saying, "You really raised a good daughter."
Lin's mother didn't catch Zhou's mother's sarcastic tone. She genuinely thought Zhou's mother was praising her. After all, she hadn't stayed in Beijing for long and naturally didn't know about the grudges between Lin Yuanshu and Zhou's mother. In her eyes, Lin Yuanshu and Zhou's mother got along quite well.
She smiled and replied, "My Yuanshu has always been well-behaved since he was little..."
Hearing Lin Ma praising Lin Yuanshu, Zhou Ma couldn't help but roll her eyes. Lin Ma was really good at exaggerating; Lin Yuanshu had nothing to do with the word "well-behaved."
If they hadn't praised her so much, she wouldn't have made such a mistake and welcomed Lin Yuanshu into her home. She must have been incredibly unlucky to have such a daughter-in-law.
While Lin's mother and Zhou's mother were chatting, Lin Yuanshu was also chatting with the team leader and Zhou Moli.
The team leader said with some regret, "It's a pity that Hongguang Pharmaceutical Factory failed to become a pilot unit for the penicillin improvement project this time. Its loss is that it was established in too short a time."
A hint of helplessness flashed in Lin Yuanshu's eyes. She was powerless to do anything about it. After all, the leaders above attached great importance to this penicillin promotion work. Not to mention her, even Director Huang had no ability to get involved.
"There will be other opportunities like this in the future," she comforted softly.
Zhou Moli said confidently, "That's right. As long as you're still in the research institute, you'll definitely be able to continue improving the drug production process. We missed this opportunity, but we might not have another chance next time."
Lin Yuanshu raised an eyebrow and quickly denied it, saying, "I'm not as amazing as you think."
Zhou Moli said with a smile, "Then let's put it another way. As long as the research institute exists, Hongguang Pharmaceutical Factory will definitely have new opportunities."
Lin Yuanshu nodded, quite satisfied with Zhou Moli's explanation.
Before we knew it, it was noon.
Because there were so many people, two tables were set up: one in Lin Yuanshu's living room and the other at the fat aunt's table, which could barely accommodate everyone.
Although Director Huang and Deputy Factory Director Mao did not come, they specially sent someone to deliver some gifts. The gifts were not very valuable, just some pens and notebooks, emphasizing the sentiment that "it's a small gift but carries great meaning."
After all, what matters is not the object itself, but the importance and concern it evokes.
Lin Yuanshu had no complaints about this. If Director Huang and the others really sent her something valuable, it would become a hot potato. She would be caught in a dilemma, unable to accept it or not.
It's better this way; she can accept the gifts with a clear conscience, and the return gifts she prepares for them later won't be too complicated.
After lunch, Lin Yuanshu took his parents out to visit the Forbidden City.
Zhou Ma and Zhou Dafu did not join. Zhou Ma was mainly reluctant to spend money on tickets to see the Forbidden City, while Zhou Dafu had already visited it and had no interest in it at all.
Lin Yuanshu and his group didn't get home until around 5 p.m. Lin's parents planned to stay in Beijing for a few days to keep Lin Yuanshu company and explore the city.
So they weren't in a hurry to go back and cook dinner. They only went back after they had had their fill of fun. It was also a rare opportunity for Lin Yuanshu to spend time with her parents. Usually, either she was busy or her parents didn't have time, so it was difficult for them to find time together.
Since Zhou Moli and the team leader had already left, and the chubby auntie also said she wouldn't be coming over for dinner, only Lin Yuanshu's relatives stayed for dinner.
Lin Yuanshu didn't bother the plump aunt any further, since she also needed to use the kitchen to cook dinner for her family that evening.
She asked Zhou Xiangyang to reheat the leftovers from lunch and cook two meat dishes, and everyone had a simple dinner.
On the way home, Zhou Xiangling looked at the carefree dog and couldn't help but mutter, "I told you to behave well in front of your second aunt, but you went and avoided her. I even specially arranged for you to visit the Forbidden City with your second aunt, but you didn't appreciate my good intentions at all."
Gouzi argued confidently, "No matter how powerful my second aunt is, she still has to listen to Grandma. I'll just behave well in front of Grandma."
Hearing this, Zhou's mother smiled sweetly, "You're such a good boy. You don't understand things as well as he does. You've grown up for nothing."
Zhou Xiangling: "..."
She never expected her mother to be so lacking in self-awareness, and suddenly she understood how her mother felt when she insisted on marrying Brother Cao.
Zhou Xiangling turned to look at her older brother, hoping he would speak up for her. It wasn't that she was unwilling to stand up and refute her mother, but rather that she had no say in front of her mother, who simply didn't take her words seriously.
The older brother pretended not to understand Zhou Xiangling's look. After his wife gave birth to Ruyi, her belly never moved again.
He may only have one child, Ruyi, in his life, so naturally he hopes that Ruyi and Lin Yuanshu will have a close relationship. He doesn't expect Ruyi to be as capable as Lin Yuanshu, but at least she should be a female cadre!
Therefore, he did not want Gouzi to curry favor with Lin Yuanshu and squeeze out Ruyi. After all, Ruyi was still young and could not speak clearly, so she was definitely not as good at pleasing people as Gouzi.
He would love for Gouzi to hate Lin Yuanshu and stay as far away from him as possible, so how could he possibly persuade Gouzi to please Lin Yuanshu and make himself suffer?
Seeing that her elder brother remained silent, Zhou Xiangling could only turn her gaze to Zhou Dafu and said in a helpless tone, "Dad, do you think what I just said makes sense?"
Zhou Dafu replied without hesitation, "You don't need to force Gouzi to do this. If Gouzi doesn't want to please Xiao Er's wife, then he doesn't have to. Anyway, Gouzi is Xiao Er's wife's nephew, and she can't just ignore him."
Zhou Xiangling was stunned for a moment, and said in great surprise, "Dad, I don't think my second wife is that easy to talk to."
Sister-in-law Xue rolled her eyes and said confidently, "That's because you don't understand the second daughter-in-law's personality. Although she seems difficult to talk to, she won't ignore matters between relatives."
Zhou Dafu and Zhou Ma both nodded in complete agreement. Although Lin Yuanshu's actions sometimes left them speechless, he truly did not neglect the affairs of his family.
Zhou Xiangling's expression was very complicated. She had a feeling of "everyone is drunk, but I am sober." Although she hadn't spent much time with Lin Yuanshu, she felt that Lin Yuanshu was not the kind of person who would selflessly help others.
If Lin Yuanshu were that good, her father would have been promoted long ago, since it would only take a word from Lin Yuanshu to get him promoted.
Seeing that his grandparents supported his idea, Gouzi became even more pleased with himself, believing that he had done the right thing.
Upon seeing this, Sister-in-law Xue's lips curled up slightly.
She turned her head and found her lover staring at her. Her smile vanished instantly. As she was thinking about how to explain, she saw her lover smile slightly at her.
Everything is understood without words.
It seems they all have similar thoughts; none of them want the dog to curry favor with Lin Yuanshu.
Looking at the dog's smug expression, Zhou Xiangling felt a sense of powerlessness. She had hurt her parents in the past, and now her child was hurting her. Life was truly quite dramatic.
Early the next morning, Lin's mother prepared breakfast: sweet potato porridge with yesterday's leftovers. Then she called Lin Yuanshu and Zhou Xiangyang to get up and eat.
After breakfast, Lin Yuanshu and Zhou Xiangyang went to work at the research institute, while Lin's parents took Lin Yuanfeng to the zoo.
They've finally made it to Beijing, so they're definitely going to make sure Xiao Feng has a good time.
It wasn't that they were biased and only wanted to take Xiaofeng out to play; rather, they had asked Xiaoshu if she wanted to come along, and Xiaoshu refused.
On the other side, Lin Yuanshu had just arrived at the research institute when he was called into Director Huang's office.
She looked at Director Huang with a blank expression, because she really didn't know what Director Huang could want with her.
Hope is a good thing, not a bad thing!
Director Huang didn't keep you in suspense and went straight to the point: "In a few days, the Ministry of Health will organize a technical exchange meeting. After thinking it over, I still think this spot is most suitable for you. It can also enhance your reputation. Don't forget to attend. If anyone asks you about penicillin, don't answer a single word. Just pretend you don't know anything and fool them."
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