Chapter 146 Taking pleasure in others' misfortunes
Grandpa Wei frowned and stopped him, saying, "Don't do anything reckless. If you anger Comrade Lin Yuanshu, it will be a loss. Although Comrade Lin Yuanshu is not in Beijing now, who can say for sure what will happen in the future!"
Aunt Wei snatched the newspaper from Uncle Wei's hand and said confidently, "Don't worry, I always know my limits. I won't offend Comrade Lin Yuanshu. I'll only target Old Zhou's wife. Luckily, Comrade Lin Yuanshu won't stand up for Old Zhou's wife, otherwise I'd have to avoid her now. Old Zhou's wife is so short-sighted. Comrade Lin Yuanshu has such a good daughter-in-law, and instead of appreciating her, she makes things difficult for her. Old Zhou's wife is really foolish!"
Grandpa Wei looked speechless. He really couldn't understand why his wife was always picking a fight with Old Zhou's wife next door.
He tried to persuade her a few times, but to no avail, so he could only watch helplessly as Aunt Wei took the newspaper and went next door.
Sun Yiyi listened to their conversation with a very complicated expression. Since Lin Yuanshu went to work at the research institute, she had rarely seen him. Most of the information she had about Lin Yuanshu came from newspapers or from Aunt Zhou.
She used to be jealous of Lin Yuanshu, but now she has no such thoughts at all. If Lin Yuanshu were still living next door, she would definitely try her best to get along with him, even if it meant being rejected.
Unfortunately, she realized her mistake too late. If she had built a good relationship with Lin Yuanshu back then, and given that she had saved his life, getting a job would have been a piece of cake!
She was too concerned about saving face back then, but now she understands that sometimes you really can do without it.
Meanwhile, Aunt Wei walked into the Zhou family's living room with a newspaper in her hand. She saw Zhou Dafu and the others eating and said with a smile, "Old Zhou's wife, such a happy event has happened in your family, why didn't you tell us? You really kept it a secret."
Zhou Ma frowned and asked, "What happy event? What nonsense are you spouting? There's no happy event in my family, and you're not welcome here. Get out of here and don't loiter around in front of me."
The person she hates most right now is Aunt Wei. Lin Yuanshu doesn't even deserve to be number one on her hate list. When Aunt Wei comes, nothing good ever comes of it. Aunt Wei deserves most of the credit for her terrible reputation. Ever since Sister Ahua left the tenement building, no one has spoken up for her. People are so cold-hearted.
Aunt Wei didn't care about Aunt Zhou's cold face at all. She said sadly, "I came here with good intentions to share the good news, and this is how you treat me? It's really heartbreaking! But then again, your daughter-in-law is really outstanding. She's even gone to help the farmers in the epidemic area. Her awareness is so high. It's such an honor to talk about it!"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Ma immediately put down her bowl and chopsticks on the table. She looked sharply at Wei Da Ma and demanded, "What kind of joke are you making?"
If Aunt Wei continues to spout nonsense, don't blame her for hitting hard; she can be quite painful when she hits people.
Sister-in-law Xue and the others stopped what they were doing and stopped eating breakfast. They waited for Aunt Wei to continue. They couldn't believe that none of them knew about such an important matter.
Aunt Wei flicked the newspaper in her hand and said triumphantly, "I'm not joking. It's written in the newspaper. If you don't believe me, you can look at the contents now."
Aunt Zhou quickly walked over, snatched the newspaper from Aunt Wei's hand, and started reading. To her surprise, Aunt Wei wasn't talking nonsense; Lin Yuanshu really had gone to the epidemic area. Her expression turned very ugly.
Seeing this, Aunt Wei made sarcastic remarks, gloating, "Old Zhou's wife, I always advised you to treat Comrade Lin Yuanshu better. Now look what happened. She didn't even tell you about such an important matter. It seems you're not a very good mother-in-law. If it were me, I wouldn't tell you either."
Aunt Zhou sneered, forcing herself to save face, and said, "You, you want to become my daughter-in-law? Don't even dream about it."
After saying that, she handed the newspaper to Zhou Dafu, then pushed Aunt Wei out of her living room and closed the door without any politeness.
She really didn't want to hear Aunt Wei talk anymore, and now she didn't even have the energy to argue with her.
Aunt Wei was shocked by Zhou's shamelessness. Unable to argue with her, she pushed her out the door. Zhou angrily retorted, "What's so great about her? I didn't want to stay in your living room. Give me back my newspaper!"
Zhou Ma, standing behind the door, said coldly, "We'll return the newspaper to you after we've finished reading it. Not now."
Aunt Wei cursed loudly, "You are shameless! You even try to take advantage of such a small thing."
Aunt Zhou retorted, "No one is as shameless as you!"
Aunt Wei waited at the door for a while, but seeing that Aunt Zhou refused to open the door, she felt awkward and left.
Sister-in-law Xue and the others didn't pay attention to the argument between Aunt Zhou and Aunt Wei. After all, they argued every now and then, and they were used to it.
They walked over to Zhou Dafu and looked at the newspaper with him. The first thing they saw was a group photo. They had to admit that Lin Yuanshu was quite eye-catching in the photo; he was handsome and young.
After reading the newspaper, the eldest brother frowned and said, "Why didn't the second sister-in-law tell us about something so important? We could have gone to see her off!"
Zhou's mother returned to the dining table, saying irritably, "What's there to give her! What's there to give her! I'd be a fool to tell you. You treat her like family, but she's wary of you, afraid you'll sabotage her!"
Sister-in-law Xue subconsciously replied, "Mom, I think she's not wary of us, but of you."
Zhou Ma: "..."
Zhou Dafu put down his newspaper and said decisively, "Alright, stop talking. We'll ask Zhou Xiangyang tonight and we'll know what happened. Zhou Xiangyang is really getting too big for his britches now. He's becoming more and more disobedient. He even kept this kind of thing from us. He doesn't treat us like his parents."
If he can't deal with Lin Yuanshu, surely he can deal with his own son!
Sister-in-law Xue asked in bewilderment, "This matter is already a done deal, so what's the use of us going to find Xiangyang now? Xiao Er's wife has already left by train, and she may have already arrived in the epidemic area."
It's good to be far away. It's not so easy to be discovered when playing the game of acting first and informing later with your in-laws. If Lin Yuanshu's matter hadn't been in the newspaper, your in-laws might still be in the dark!
Zhou Dafu, his face grim, gritted his teeth and said, "If a son is not taught, it is the father's fault. I must teach Xiangyang how to be a decent human being!"
The eldest brother revealed a gloating expression. He felt that Zhou Xiangyang was going to suffer this time, since Lin Yuanshu was not in Beijing and no one would protect him.
Of course, he had no intention of protecting Zhou Xiangyang in order to gain Lin Yuanshu's gratitude. Although Lin Yuanshu was very capable and had a wide network of connections, he mainly relied on his father for a living. No matter how capable Lin Yuanshu was, he wouldn't be of much help to him unless Lin Yuanshu was willing to promote him.
Unfortunately, based on his understanding of Lin Yuanshu, this possibility was very low. Lin Yuanshu disliked abusing her power for personal gain; in other words, she was overly cautious. She wouldn't do something that would give others leverage over her.
Upon hearing this, Sister-in-law Xue immediately shut her mouth. She wasn't blind; she could tell that her father-in-law wasn't in a good mood, so she stopped talking, afraid that she might do more harm than good and add fuel to the fire.
Xiangcheng.
After Lin Yuanshu and his group got off the train, they were taken to the institute's guesthouse.
This guesthouse only has shared rooms, with most rooms for four people, and the only other option is a dormitory-style bed for eight people.
Fortunately, Lin Yuanshu only needed to live with Liu Lan and not with strangers, because no one else was assigned to their room.
The room was very basic, with only a simple wooden desk, bedside table, and stool in addition to the bed.
If you want to use the toilet or take a shower, you can only go to the public washrooms and public toilets outside.
Lin Yuanshu didn't have time to think much. After putting her luggage in the room, she went out to find Director Cao.
At this moment, Director Cao was chatting with Qu Zhigang at the front desk of the guesthouse. When he saw Lin Yuanshu coming over, he smiled and said, "I still have some things to do at the research institute and can't leave immediately. You can stay at the guesthouse for two days first, and then we will set off for the epidemic area. If you encounter any problems that you can't handle, come to the research institute and find me, and I will solve them for you."
Lin Yuanshu nodded, then asked somewhat apologetically, "Director Cao, I have nothing to do these past two days anyway, and I don't want to waste my time at the guesthouse. Can I go to the research institute's archives to look at materials related to schistosomiasis? Don't worry, I won't touch any other materials."
In this day and age, without cell phones, it's better to look at information about schistosomiasis than to be bored in a guesthouse.
Director Cao replied without hesitation, "Of course you can. I'll issue you a temporary work permit in a bit. I'm not bragging, but your institute definitely doesn't have as much information about schistosomiasis as my institute. You can not only look at information related to schistosomiasis, but also information related to nitrosamine, which will be convenient for your future research."
He was naturally pleased to see Lin Yuanshu's hard work and determination. He didn't want Lin Yuanshu to fall too far behind the others. After all, he had gone to great lengths to get Lin Yuanshu into his medical team so that Lin Yuanshu could achieve something in the team, not just be a mascot.
Lin Yuanshu was overjoyed and said, "Okay, I will make full use of these two days to study hard."
Director Cao nodded, then turned his gaze to Qu Zhigang and asked, "What about you? Would you like to go to the archives to look at information about schistosomiasis?"
Qu Zhigang hesitated. He didn't want to stay in the guesthouse to rest, but rather he wanted to stay by Director Cao's side and build a good relationship with him. However, what reason should he give?
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