"Xiao Xie, isn't it because the principal said we need to put up a blackboard bulletin board? He thinks I'm the oldest teacher in the school."
They assigned this task to me, but after asking around, I realized no one knew how to draw.
"Sister Tang, how much do you pay for this blackboard bulletin?"
The woman who asked this question was about the same age as Sister Tang, and she was also from a nearby village. She had four sons, and as the saying goes, "a half-grown son can eat his father out of house and home."
So women think about making some money.
"Give me five yuan."
"Sister Tang, I can draw."
Upon hearing that there was money involved, Cao Ju immediately agreed. Tang Yi was no longer worried; the blackboard bulletin board was for the entire school, and she had been concerned about not doing it well.
"Come on, let's draw together now."
"good."
The two left, and the others went to class as usual. When school ended in the afternoon, Tang Yi came in again.
"Xiao Jiang, your husband is at school, he's outside."
Jiang Yuzhen was surprised that Liu Qiang dared to come to the school. She immediately went out to talk to him. Sister Tang was worried that Jiang Yuzhen would be taken advantage of, so she told everyone to follow.
"Liu Qiang, what are you doing here?"
"Jiang Yuzhen, you hit my mother, you must pay for her medical expenses, otherwise don't even think about getting a divorce."
"What are you thinking? Let me tell you, medical expenses are out of the question. If you don't agree to a divorce..."
I'll tell everyone at your factory about your affair, and then we'll see what they think of you.
Everyone was stunned. They never expected that Liu Qiang, who was not good-looking, would be so promiscuous. They wondered which woman was blind to have fallen for him.
"What? How did you know?"
"Liu Qiang, don't think I don't know that woman also works at the factory. You'd better agree to a divorce."
A large part of the reason Jiang Yuzhen wanted a divorce was because Liu Qiang had an affair. If it weren't for him, she might have thought she could have just put up with it.
Liu Qiang knew that Jiang Yuzhen was a woman of her word, so he didn't dare to disagree with the divorce. Liu Qiang left quickly, and Jiang Yuzhen, too ashamed to go back to the office, went home.
...
Ye Zhaozhao was at home on the weekend, sewing clothes for her baby. Although it was still early, she had a lot of things for the child and wanted to prepare in advance.
Hearing the commotion outside, she stopped what she was doing and went out. Unexpectedly, Su Lingling came again, this time with two women.
These are the regimental commander's wife and another battalion commander's wife; the three of them are holding cloth in their hands.
"Hello, I heard you have a sewing machine. Could we borrow it to make clothes?"
"I'm using it right now, so I can't lend it to you."
Ye Zhaozhao was telling the truth, but in Su Lingling's eyes, she just didn't want to lend it. After being rejected twice, she was so angry that she spoke to the wife of Commander Wang beside her.
“Sister-in-law, let it go. You are, after all, the wife of the regimental commander. How can she not respect you at all?”
"Okay, if it doesn't work, we'll go to the village and find someone to do it."
The regimental commander's wife, Liang Ruyun, remembered that her husband had told her to befriend the military wives in the family compound, so she couldn't cause trouble.
"Sister Su, calm down. Forget about Sister Liang. As for the men from our two families, I heard they've been transferred to Commander Gu's command."
If Ye Zhaozhao goes back and says something to her husband, won't it be us men who suffer?
Su Lingling thought about it again and realized that Ye Zhaozhao might speak ill of her man in front of Gu Yunduan, so she hurried home.
If Ye Zhaozhao knew what they were thinking, she would definitely tell them that they were overthinking it. She wasn't that free, and it was a rare occasion for Gu Yunduan to come back for dinner today.
Ye Zhaozhao made braised pork, boiled sliced pork, eggplant with minced meat, and black chicken soup with mushrooms.
Even in later generations, this meal would be considered top-tier for ordinary people.
Needless to say, in this day and age, Gu Yunduan has lost a lot of weight from these days of training, which shows how hard he has worked. Ye Zhaozhao told him to eat more meat to replenish his strength.
"Wife, I'm perfectly healthy. You're the one who should eat meat. You should eat more."
Ye Zhaozhao is indeed not fat, or rather, she could be fatter. She doesn't advocate being thin; what's so attractive about being as thin as a stick?
Slightly chubby is the most perfect body type for girls.
"Okay, let's eat more together."
"Honey, is Jiang Tong a teacher at your school?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
"It's He De. He wanted to invite Jiang Tong to dinner, but he was worried that it wouldn't be good if it was just the two of them, so he wanted to hold the dinner at our house."
"sure."
Ye Zhaozhao readily agreed, thinking that He De and Jiang Tong were mutually attracted to each other.
Having a meal together is no problem; whether it leads to anything depends on whether the two people are destined to be together.
The next day at school, Ye Zhaozhao told Jiang Tong that He De wanted to treat her to a meal. Jiang Tong was surprised and excited that He De would invite her to a meal.
"Sister Zhao Zhao, do you think I should say yes?"
"Listen to yourself."
Ye Zhaozhao wasn't in a hurry and gave her time to think. Just as the two finished talking, Tang Yi walked in with her hands on her hips.
"Cao Ju, is that a painting you created?"
This morning, she went to check the blackboard bulletin and wondered what it was about. How could she explain this to the principal? She immediately erased it.
"Sister Tang, it looks pretty good to me."
"What do you mean 'it's fine'? Just give the money back."
“I gave it to my man last night, but he went to the county town to buy things today, and he won’t be able to get the money back.”
Tang Yi had never seen her like this before. She blamed herself for giving her the money yesterday, not only losing five yuan but also having to find someone else.
Seeing this, Xie Jianing and Ye Zhaozhao offered to help. Tang Yi didn't ask for anything else now; she was just glad that someone was helping her.
Everyone was stunned when Ye Zhaozhao made her debut; how could she draw so well with the same chalk?
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