Chapter 247: The Pregnancy Makes the Parents-in-Laws Frustrated 4: The Mother-in-Law Can’t Stand Her But Can’t Do Anything with Her…
The Yicheng Library is only one street away from the government compound. The north-south street in front of the entrance is called Siyuan Road, which is taken from the saying "Drinking water, remember its source".
The east-west street next to it is called Sixian Road, which is derived from the saying "seeing a virtuous person and thinking of emulating him".
Yicheng University is at the end of Sixian Road, and Yicheng Senior High School is at the south end of Siyuan Road. To the east of Yicheng Senior High School is Yicheng No. 1 Junior High School. Two streets south of No. 1 Junior High School is a church middle school founded during the Republic of China period. After liberation, it was converted into a public school and merged with Chengnan Middle School to form Chengnan Junior High School.
To the east of No. 1 Middle School is a girls' school founded during the Republic of China period. After liberation, it was merged into Yicheng Teachers College and became a technical secondary school.
It can be said that this area is full of schools and has a strong cultural atmosphere.
Especially the road in front of the university gate is lined with tall and lush sycamore trees. Even in the season of falling leaves in late autumn, walking here still has a strong literary atmosphere.
Yao Zhizhi stood on the steps at the entrance of the library, looking at Yicheng University in the distance, her heart full of yearning and expectation.
It’s almost time. The college entrance examination is in two years. By then, the policy will be relaxed and my third brother will be able to come back. It will no longer be a dream for the family to be reunited.
The drizzle of autumn rain carried the last wisp of sweet fragrance of osmanthus before it withered and rushed into her lungs. Yao Zhizhi looked down at her watch. It was 8:10 and the museum was open.
He quickly pulled Qi Changxiao and said, "Let's go to the Literature Museum."
They had an appointment with Gu Yanni at 8:30, but Yao Zhizhi was not used to being late, and she wanted to borrow some books from the library, so she came early.
In recent years, the atmosphere has changed and the library has become so deserted that there is no limit on the number of books that can be borrowed.
Yao Zhizhi borrowed ten literary works at once, all of which were Soviet literary works, such as My Childhood, War and Peace, etc.
Seeing that it was still early, Qi Changxiao went to the Foreign Languages Library next door to borrow some original English works.
At 8:30, the two met at the Literature Museum on time, but Gu Yanni was nowhere to be seen.
The two of them simply went to the reading area by the window, each flipping through a book and waiting patiently.
At this time, Gu Yanni was still dawdling at home.
Yao Zhizhi did not ask her out in person, but asked Xiao Wei to pass her a note with the time and place of the meeting written on it.
As for what to say when they met, she had no idea.
She looked at herself in the mirror and subconsciously forced a smile, trying to lift the corners of her mouth. Life had been bitter in the past few years, and her drooped lips looked ugly.
But it was no use. As long as she didn't smile, the corners of her mouth would immediately droop, heavy, as if hanging with bitter fruit.
She really couldn't make up her mind, so she went to Xiao Wei to ask for clarification.
Xiao Wei was hanging clothes in the upstairs corridor of the tube building. When he saw her coming in, he couldn't help but ask, "Gu Yanni, it's almost nine o'clock. Why haven't you gone to the library yet?"
Gu Yanni stopped and asked, "What exactly does Editor-in-Chief Yao want to talk to me about?"
"I don't know. That's what was written on the note. I'm not the worm in her stomach." Xiao Wei actually guessed it, but she didn't want to say it.
She is very measured in her gossip and won't gossip in front of the person involved.
Gu Yanni looked at her bitterly: "Can you give me some clues? Did she hear some rumors?"
"How should I know. She must have been there a long time ago. It's not good for you to keep her waiting, is it?" Xiao Wei wanted to laugh. This guy was really funny. She had the courage to get close to Qi Changxiao before they even got divorced. Now that his wife asked her to meet her, she was scared.
Weird.
Xiao Wei glanced at his watch again and said, "If you're not going, I'll go tell them. It's not good to keep them waiting."
"No, I'll go." Gu Yanni sighed silently, turned around and went downstairs.
If it really doesn't work, go back to her parents' home and ask her mother for advice.
She actually didn't do anything. She just had a crush on Qi Changxiao and talked to him when she had nothing to do to relieve the boredom in life. There was nothing wrong with that, right?
Even if Editor-in-Chief Yao confronted her, she would not be afraid, but she did not want to bear the blame and hoped that someone would make the decision for her.
When she returned to her parents' home and explained her purpose, Gu Yanni drooped her eyelids and looked pitiful, as if she had been wronged.
Mother Gu scoffed, "Editor Yao is nothing special. Although her biological parents are very capable, she grew up in the countryside after all and has little experience. She only got this job because of her parents' influence. Don't be afraid, let her come to me. I want to see who she is. She is only a junior high school student, and she has the nerve to be the editor-in-chief. Even if you snatch her man away, it doesn't matter. She doesn't deserve it."
Although Gu Yanni thought so in her heart, she didn't want to take the responsibility of poaching, so she quickly advised: "This is not good, and I don't know why she wants to talk to me, maybe it's about work."
"What's wrong with that? If I'd been as timid as you, how could I have lived such a good life later on?" Mother Gu was angry at her for not fighting back, but she doted on her daughter and immediately comforted her, "Don't be afraid. I just want to ask you one thing: do you really like that Qi guy?"
"Mom, why are you asking this?" Gu Yanni didn't want to answer. Isn't this asking even though she already knows the answer?
Mother Gu smiled and said, "That's it. Mom will write a letter of complaint to Director Yuan and ask him how someone who graduated from junior high school can be the editor-in-chief. If she can do it, then you can do it even better, right? You're a serious technical secondary school student."
Although Gu Yanni was overjoyed, she still had to play the good guy and quickly advised, "That's different. Before she came to the publishing house, she was already a columnist for Yicheng Daily. I heard that after her novel is finished serializing, it will be re-polished and published by our publishing house. Her level is still recognized by everyone. There's no point in writing this letter of complaint."
"Who can prove that she wrote the novel? She is a junior high school graduate, how could she have such ability? Why didn't she go to middle school? Why wasn't she recommended to go to university? In my opinion, she must have asked her husband to write it for her. She has no ability at all." Gu's mother's discrimination against people with academic qualifications is very serious. In her opinion, her daughter who went to technical secondary school is not as good as a junior high school graduate. It is really unfair.
Now her daughter is not living well, but Editor-in-Chief Yao is doing very well. Anyone who sees this will feel unbalanced.
Gu Yanni had considered this possibility. After all, Qi Changxiao had excellent grades in school. She said suspiciously, "But we have no evidence."
Mother Gu curled her lips and said disdainfully, "What evidence do you need? Just spread the word and let everyone have this suspicion. Then, those who hate her will write letters to report her. When Director Yuan sees the intense public opinion, he will definitely tell her to go back to being a housewife and stop embarrassing herself."
"Is this really possible?" Gu Yanni looked troubled, fearing that she would be implicated if this matter wasn't handled properly. She asked, "Could you please not show up in person?"
"Your mom isn't stupid, don't worry. Isn't there a Lü Yuan in your publishing house who has a grudge against her? I'll ask Lü Yuan to come forward later. We can hide in the back, so we can stay out of the fire." Mother Gu smiled and comforted, "Just go to work normally. No matter what others ask you, you won't know the answer. Once that Editor-in-Chief Yao leaves, won't you have plenty of opportunities to contact the Qi guy? It would be best to have a child. Then he can either divorce and marry you or lose his job. As long as he's not stupid, he will choose the first option."
Gu Yanni was silent for a long time, her heart fluttering. She looked down at her folded fingers and pretended to be calm: "Isn't this bad? Editor-in-Chief Yao seems a little pitiful."
"Why pity her? She's had a glorious life these past few years, hasn't she? She's just been brought back to her old self. That's what she deserves." Mother Gu was very confident. "As for you, quickly pull yourself together. Make sure you look your best before going to work every day. Make sure you're in top form when facing that Qi guy. Men are all lustful. As long as you take the initiative, you won't have to worry about not having a good life."
Gu Yanni said yes in her heart, but on the surface she still had to be hypocritical and said awkwardly: "Oh, this is not good, Mom, please stop talking. Okay, I won't talk anymore, Mom, people have been waiting for me for a long time, I have to go to the library."
"Why are you going? You're not allowed to go! Who is she? Just go when I tell you to?" Mother Gu grabbed her precious daughter and said, "Come on, come on. I bought some meat today and will make dumplings for you."
Gu Yanni refused and pretended to go. Finally, her mother locked the door. She sighed and pretended to be helpless: "Mom, you are going to make me break my promise."
"What's the big deal? Just wait. The editor-in-chief of your publishing house will be replaced soon." Mother Gu was confident in her own methods.
Gu Yanni was still acting, muttering the whole time that this was not good, until her mother brought the hot dumplings to her, and then she shut up.
In the library, Yao Zhizhi looked at the time. It was already eleven o'clock. It seemed that Gu Yanni was stage fright.
She stood up holding the book and said, "Let's go. She won't be coming. Let's go to the mall and buy some toys for the child."
*
Zhang's parents rented a yard for Lu Yuan in a large courtyard in the south of the city.
The rain stopped at this moment. Lv Yuan, having eaten and drunk her fill, lay down in the yard, looking at the damaged osmanthus flowers scattered on the ground. She sighed silently, "Oh, what a pity! These osmanthus flowers were not collected earlier. I still want to eat osmanthus cakes."
Zhang's mother was sitting next to her washing clothes, but she pretended not to hear and continued to do her own thing.
Lu Yuan sneered, "Mom, are you hard of hearing? How about I take you to the hospital?"
Mother Zhang was so disgusted by the word "Mom" that she got goose bumps all over her body. She said with a dark face, "I heard it. I'll go to other people's houses to see if they have osmanthus flowers and come back to make it for you."
"If other people's homes don't have it, go to the mall and look. I'm suffering from morning sickness and I'm so greedy." Lu Yuan holds a grudge and she still remembers how her in-laws forced her to divorce.
Now that I can control my mother-in-law, I must take revenge on her.
Seeing her mother-in-law dislike her but was helpless with her, she felt so happy.
Mother Zhang sighed silently: "I know, I'll go later."
After washing the clothes, Zhang's mother hung them up neatly and then rode her bike to the staff dormitory of the non-staple food factory.
After asking from every store, I finally bought some osmanthus flowers and hurried to make osmanthus cakes for Lu Yuan.
The road was a bit slippery after the rain. Zhang's mother had a flat tire on the road ahead, so she quickly got out of the car and pushed it to a repair shop to fix it.
The repair shop wasn't far away, just a few steps away. Gu's mother, who had been waiting for her, looked at the woman with a smile and said, "Hey, sister-in-law, your car is broken. Wait a minute, my car is being repaired too. I don't know how I got so unlucky, I got a nail stuck in the road at the intersection ahead."
Zhang's mother glanced at her own tire and saw it had a nail in it, too. She couldn't help but curse, "Maybe some wicked kid wasn't watching and came out to play a prank."
Mother Gu cursed you in her heart as the wicked one, but smiled on her face: "Yes, it must be someone's child who is making trouble. Let's go around and pick up the nails. It can be considered a good deed, what do you think?"
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