Chapter 442: There's nothing much to do if you don't have a wedding, so just invite your family...
It's freezing cold and it's the end of the year. After dinner, most people stay at home, too lazy to go out and visit friends and family in the cold.
Yao Zhizhi also doesn't plan to go out. She will officially start working in the early spring of next year, and she wants to prepare in advance.
The books she currently holds fall into four main categories. The first is education. After all, although she remains a teacher at the university, she didn't graduate from a normal university, so she's still a complete outsider when it comes to educating young, energetic university students. To communicate with her students as scientifically as possible, the second category is all psychology. However, since there aren't any relevant courses in China, these books are all foreign and written entirely in English. The third category is related to her writing, including literary commentaries, comparative studies of Chinese and Western literature, and some classic Chinese and foreign books, magazines, and academic journals. In short, these are all crucial books for improving her literary literacy, so this category accounts for the largest portion. The rest is popular science books that broaden her horizons.
After all, a good writer who wants to write common sense that fits the social background of the article will not make up stories that are divorced from reality.
For example, the prices of goods thirty years ago were definitely different from those today.
For example, it used to be a public housing model, but now there are signs of privatization.
Therefore, different eras should correspond to different social conditions. If we take this aspect seriously, older readers will feel that the story is real and not unrealistic.
In addition, she and Qi Changxiao also have to deal with the hundreds of thousands of questions from their two children, so the more popular science books the better.
This resulted in her spending the entire winter vacation reading books, except for a couple of visits to the food factory and publishing house.
Where a person spends her time can be seen from her conversation, behavior, eyes and posture.
This is the reason why the saying "still waters run deep" is true.
Therefore, even if there were some noisy children passing by the door, they would feel embarrassed to make noise when they saw an aunt sitting in the yard reading seriously.
When Yao Taotao came over, she happened to see a few children walking towards her from Yuhu Lake. They only started to chatter and laugh when they were far enough away from the courtyard.
The leader was a girl of about thirteen or fourteen who lived in the woolen mill dormitory. She liked to come to the alley to play because there was a Jade Lake here. She could go fishing and picking flowers in spring, summer and autumn, and wait for the opportunity to go ice skating in winter.
At this moment, she was still holding her skates in her hand, and she sighed with regret: "Really, I thought Yao Guangmei and Qi Lingyue were willing to come out and play with us, but I didn't expect them to be so hardworking."
The boy who was a head shorter than him said sourly, "Who cares? If they don't want to play, forget it. Let's play after dinner."
Wu Xiaojun was a little hesitant and advised, "Forget it. I heard someone fell in there a few days ago. The freezing time is still not long enough. Let's wait a little longer."
The girl frowned and said, "What are you waiting for? If you wait any longer it will be New Year's Eve and I will have to help make steamed buns and tofu at home. It's so annoying."
Wu Xiaojun felt helpless, but he couldn't ignore his cousin, so he had to bite the bullet and persuade her: "That's more important than your life. It would be bad if she fell."
The girl was clearly getting impatient and sneered, "What's there to be afraid of? Yao Guangmei's dad is a police officer and lives right next door. If we fall in, will they just do nothing? And Editor-in-Chief Yao is just sitting at home reading. If someone really fell in, how could she not hear it? Her mother-in-law is the director. If she stands by and watches, her mother-in-law will also be criticized."
Wu Xiaojun couldn't stand it anymore, so he pulled his cousin and asked him to help persuade her.
Unfortunately, the short boy also wanted to play, so he pretended not to understand Wu Xiaojun's hint, turned his head away and said nothing.
Wu Xiaojun had no choice but to ask earnestly: "What's the point of taking care of it? If something really happens, isn't it you who falls down? Don't you want to be cold? Won't you catch a cold and get sick? No one else can carry it for you."
The girl got angry and cursed: "Are you annoying? If you don't want to come, just leave. No one asked you to come."
As she said this, she pushed Wu Xiaojun away and jogged towards the entrance of the alley.
When passing by Yao Taotao, the girl looked back, raised the corners of her mouth, sneered with contempt, and just passed by.
Yao Taotao was stunned for a moment and almost didn't recognize him. Yes, this was the child of Wu Xiao's brother-in-law.
She had seen this child before when she and Cao Guangyi were still living in the woolen mill dormitory. He was just a tiny kid then, but now he has grown up so big.
It turns out that time is a butcher's knife. Such a cute child actually has such a vicious smile when he grows up. He was probably taught badly by his parents.
But Yao Taotao was an adult, a busy adult, and she had no time to argue with such a child, so she didn't say much and continued walking towards the courtyard by the lake.
Behind her, the girl stopped and waited for Wu Xiaojun and the others to come over before she taunted, "Auntie is right. This woman is a vixen. She's dressed in such a seductive way. It's really disgusting."
Wu Xiaojun frowned, hesitated for a moment, and still didn't comment. He just urged, "Hurry up, or you'll be scolded if you don't go back."
The girl could only snort coldly and ran away with her ponytail swinging.
When he arrived at the woolen mill dormitory, he saw that there was still no meat on his uncle's table. He couldn't help but get angry. He first deliberately knocked a handful of chopsticks to the ground. When he bent down to pick them up, he deliberately used his shoulders to push the square table, overturning all the dishes on the table.
That's not all. When Mr. and Mrs. Wu came to clean up, she pretended to be diligent and tried to pull up Wu Xiaojun, who was squatting on the ground picking up broken porcelain pieces. She deliberately let go of his hand when she was pulling him up, but Wu Xiaojun cried out and fell down on the broken porcelain pieces, and even his right hand, which was supporting the ground, was cut.
Now, all the money saved on buying meat has been spent on the hospital.
*
Yao Taotao came to deliver the wedding invitation.
The date for her wedding with Chao Risheng was set for the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month.
This way, Yao Zhizhi can still attend the wedding and won't be late preparing for the New Year on the 28th or 29th.
Yao Zhizhi was quite relieved. She had two older sisters. One was her biological sister, but she had missed both of their childhoods and adolescence, not witnessing their first love and missing out on many of their most important life moments. The other, though not her biological sister, had grown up with her, sharing their wisdom and strategies, coaxing those ruthless parents out of their predicament and escaping the quagmire of discrimination and contempt. Later, they founded a magazine together, becoming pioneers in the art of building wealth without making a sound.
So, emotionally speaking, the relationship between Yao Zhizhi and Yao Taotao is continuous and uninterrupted, and they have a sense of understanding and mutual respect.
Now, this second sister is finally going to remarry, and Yao Zhizhi is really happy for her.
He quickly pulled Yao Taotao over and asked about the wedding process and whether she needed help.
After all, when she was in Hong Kong, she helped her third brother and sister-in-law organize a grand wedding, so she was familiar with this matter.
Yao Taotao smiled and shook her head, saying, "There's nothing much to plan. Just treat my family to a meal, go to the photo studio to take some pictures, and that's it."
"Ah..." Yao Zhizhi was a little surprised. Yao Taotao wasn't short of money either. She asked, "You're not buying anything?"
"No need for anything. Next summer, I will go to the capital with him." Yao Taotao knew what her sister was disappointed about. In fact, she was so low-key not because it was her second marriage, but because there was nothing to worry about.
She and Chao Risheng have been together for many years, breaking up and getting back together, and have experienced many ups and downs. Now that they have graduated and are both grown up, they can simply get a marriage certificate and treat their family and friends to a meal.
Even if you have money, you don’t have to spend it on superficial things. It’s better to travel abroad a few times every year to appreciate the beautiful rivers and mountains of our motherland.
Yao Zhizhi thought about it and it made sense. After all, weddings and other things were actually done for others to see. As long as she didn't care about vanity, there was nothing to regret.
However, although Yao Taotao said there was no need to make any arrangements, Yao Zhizhi still wanted to express her support.
However, it was too late to ask her third brother to help send the things back, so she asked Yao Taotao to go back first. When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, she would see if there were any good things in the system t store.
Yao Taotao probably didn't lack clothes, jewelry, shoes, hats, bags and so on, so Yao Zhizhi looked around and finally decided to give her a camera.
In this way, when Yao Taotao and Chao Risheng go out traveling in the future, they can record the precious moments anytime and anywhere.
Qi Changxiao saw her staring into space and guessed she was picking something in the system, so he closed the door and asked quietly, "Choosing a gift?"
"Um."
"How many points do you have left?"
"More than three million. I haven't spent much recently, so I've saved it all."
"So what are you going to buy?"
"A camera, but the latest model costs 3.9 million points, and I'm still a little short."
"Tomorrow I'll take you around the neighborhood to see if there's any quarreling going on."
"Haha, okay." Yao Zhizhi closed the system interface, saw that it was getting late, and went to bed.
Regain your energy and go be the gossip and peacemaker tomorrow.
If that doesn't work, just go to the police station. The New Year is the time when family conflicts often break out, so someone will definitely go to the police station to find the police.
The next morning, the couple left their child at home with Lao Yao, and then rode their bikes to have fun.
When we arrived at the police station, we found that there was only Xiao Wang on duty, and everyone else had gone out.
After asking around, Yao Zhizhi found out that someone was causing trouble at the woolen mill, and everyone in the institute rushed over to mediate.
It’s really nice that someone handed me a pillow when I was sleepy.
The couple quickly moved to the woolen mill dormitory to listen to gossip.
But when she got there, she couldn't squeeze in at all. She found a friendly-looking aunt to ask, and found out that Wu Da's family and Cao Guangyuan's family were both making trouble.
Wu Da's family's problems weren't difficult to resolve. His brother-in-law had an accident, and with no one to take care of his children, he sent one of each to various relatives' homes. The second daughter was brought to Wu Da's home, but she turned out to be a vicious child. Dissatisfied with having only vegetarian lunch, she injured Wu Xiaojun's entire body, leaving him with dozens of wounds that required dozens of stitches at the hospital.
Now Wu is making a fuss about sending the child away or getting a divorce.
But things in Cao Guangyuan's family were a bit tricky. He and Ma Xiangqin couldn't have a son, so they had to resort to the same old trick and adopt a girl.
Now Ma Xiangqin is pregnant, and the couple are looking forward to the birth of their son, but the girl's mother comes and threatens to report them for child trafficking.
Yao Zhizhi couldn't help but gloat over his misfortune. He really deserved it.
However, since I'm here, I might as well ask. Maybe she can help solve this problem. I can use the points contributed by Cao Guangyuan's family to buy a wedding gift for Yao Taotao.
So she patted the shoulder of the person in front of her, said "Excuse me, make way", and squeezed her way to the center of the vortex.
The moment she saw Cao Guangyuan, Yao Zhizhi couldn't help but sigh. Sure enough, those eyes would give the answer to whether a person's life is good or not.
She smiled and said hello, then asked, "What's going on? Tell me."
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