Chapter 453 Occupying the Staff Dormitory 2 Then I will take one of the dormitories...
After having lunch, Yao Zhizhi and Qi Changxiao found the dormitory assigned to them by the school according to the house number.
However, the door was piled with debris and it was impossible to get close. There was also a crying sound of a child next door. I don’t know if the adults’ busy work disturbed the child or what. Even though Tian Cuiwen tried her best to coax the child to sleep, it was of no use.
Li Xiangqian was utterly sleepy after dinner, but he was too lazy to help. He just kept complaining impatiently, "Are they coming or not? I bet you heard it wrong."
How would Tian Cuiwen know? Anyway, that's exactly what Yao Zhizhi said. She held the child and rocked him back and forth desperately, but she couldn't coax him. She didn't know what she had done to offend this little ancestor today.
At a loss for a moment, she had no choice but to shove the child into her mother-in-law's arms: "Mom, comfort her. I have a stomachache and need to go to the bathroom."
Mother Li was over sixty years old and had become quite experienced. How could she not see that her daughter-in-law was trying to shirk her duties? She simply made an excuse: "My old cold legs are acting up. I dare not hold your precious son. It would be bad if he fell or got hurt."
Tian Cuiwen was about to collapse. It wasn't just her child, so why did everyone want to be a hands-off boss? She simply put the child in the crib aside and let him cry by himself.
She grabbed four or five pieces of toilet paper and prepared to hide in the bathroom.
Seeing her squandering money like this, Li's mother was furious. She immediately chased after her and snatched three of the bills from her, muttering, "I told Xiang Qian long ago, what's the point of marrying an educated man? He won't know how to live, and he won't know how to take care of the children. You might as well listen to me and marry the deadbeat's daughter. Look at her daughter, she's so capable, she can easily take care of four or five children. Unlike you, with only two children, you're already causing chaos. You still don't know how to save money? Do you really need so much paper just to go to the bathroom? You're not wiping your own swanky bottom, how can you even get by?"
Tian Cuiwen was so angry that she was shaking all over. It was not that she didn't earn money, but in her mother-in-law's eyes, it seemed as if everything in the family was earned by Li Xiangqian. She controlled her everywhere and looked down on her. She had long been fed up with her mother-in-law. If her second child was not still young, she would not have wanted this old woman to live with her to help.
But she had no choice. She and Li Xiangqian both had to work, so they couldn't just leave the child at home, could they? If something went wrong, it would be too late to regret it.
She could only force herself to bear it and endure it for another two years. By then, the younger one would be in kindergarten and she would be relieved.
She sniffed, pushing back the tears of grievance in her eyes. When she turned around, she bumped into Yao Zhizhi in the corridor.
There is no doubt that Yao Zhizhi saw everything that happened just now.
Tian Cuiwen's cheek felt like it was slapped in the face, and it was burning with pain. However, as someone who cares about her reputation, she has to put on an appearance of a powerful woman in front of others. Difficulties cannot defeat her, troubles cannot blame her, and troubles are afraid of her. Even if her mother-in-law makes things difficult for her, it is just the noise made by her lips hitting each other, no different from a fart.
At that moment, the irritability and grievance in her eyes disappeared, replaced by stubbornness and pride. She straightened her clothes and forced a smile: "It's Teacher Yao and Teacher Qi. I'm sorry, I didn't know you would be staying in the dormitory, so my wife put some things in. Now the house is still being cleaned up. If you are not in a hurry, you can come later."
Yao Zhizhi had a cold face and said nothing. She turned around, moved the old double-door cabinet blocking the dormitory door, and went into the room to take a look.
Okay, this is called putting something in?
This is more like occupying two dormitories.
Even though some things had been moved out, there were still a lot of things left inside. I'm afraid it was intentional.
Yao Zhizhi turned around and went to look next door. Sure enough, Tian Cuiwen still had some empty space in her own house, but she deliberately left a few large items in the corridor. Wasn't she just trying to act pitiful to her?
If this was a truly pitiful woman, it would be fine. She is not the kind of person who would be petty, and she and Qi Changxiao do not plan to live together permanently. But this Tian Cuiwen has been gossiping about her behind her back and ruining her reputation. In that case, don't expect her to show leniency.
She called out to Qi Changxiao, "Go get the East Garden guard to help and quickly pack up your things to avoid any disputes later."
Qi Changxiao didn't expect that Tian Cuiwen and her husband were so disgusting. When Li Xiangqian met him at school, he greeted him in a pretentious manner.
It is true that people’s hearts are hidden. No one knows whether the person who smiles at you in front of you will turn around and curse you to death or really wants to be friends with you.
At this moment, Qi Changxiao felt extremely disgusted.
For thousands of years, there has been nothing new in this world. People in rural areas are keen on grabbing land, while in cities they occupy dormitories, invade corridors, and even steal oil, salt, sauce and vinegar from their neighbors.
From a war between two countries to something as minor as stealing a handful of salt from a neighbor, the word "profit" is indispensable.
As for social morality and public order and good customs, they are used to restrain gentlemen and can never restrain villains.
And he had never expected that a person who gossiped behind people's backs would be a gentleman.
But when he saw this scene with his own eyes, he still fell into deep disappointment and boredom.
Disgusting, so disgusting. Even high-level intellectuals cannot do without these low-level interests.
As expected, noble character and rich knowledge are not positively correlated. The more books some people read, the more beasts they become. Some people cannot read a single word, but they can still leave their names in history.
At this moment, Qi Changxiao was disenchanted with the words "higher education institution".
The security guard was quickly called over and asked Tian Cuiwen and her family to clear out all the belongings left in their dormitory according to the school's assigned dormitories.
Now Li Xiangqian could no longer sit still. He stopped pretending to be dead and immediately came out to apologize with a smile and say nice things.
Unfortunately, Qi Changxiao didn't listen at all, and Yao Zhizhi didn't respond at all. The couple had the same attitude: allocating staff dormitories was their legal right as school employees, and they would never give in.
Li Xiangqian was really helpless and had to turn around and go back to the house. The next second, an old lady with a mean face came out. She was such a scoundrel, crying and shouting, which startled all the neighbors who were taking a nap around.
It seemed to be saying - look, it's this young couple who are ignorant and forced my son to move things in the middle of the day. It's not my son's fault.
The guard was helpless and had to persuade Yao Zhizhi and Qi Changxiao: "How about this, you wait for two more days until they have packed up and come back. Just go to the office at noon today and make do."
Yao Zhizhi said nothing, walked up to Li's mother and squatted down. The faculty and staff who were watching thought she was going to compromise, but it turned out that she was taking off her shoes.
That’s right, take off your shoes!
She pulled off Li's mother's shoes and socks. Before Li's mother could react, the smelly socks had become a seal on her mouth - anyone whose mouth was blocked by smelly socks would not be able to cry, because he/she would definitely scream and run to vomit, or rinse his/her mouth.
Yao Zhizhi interrupted Mother Li's wailing, turned around and looked at the shocked and annoyed teachers whose naps were disturbed, and smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry, everyone. I told Teacher Tian this morning that I wanted to stay here. She looked a little strange at the time, but I didn't think much of it. Now I know what's going on. It really wasn't my intention to disturb everyone. My wife and I will go to the office to make do and come back tomorrow. I think a day will be enough for Teacher Tian and Teacher Li to clean up their own rooms."
The neighbors also knew that Tian Cuiwen and his wife were not doing things properly, so they did not blame Yao Zhizhi for anything. They just reminded her: "If you have something to say, talk it out nicely and don't make fun of other departments."
Yao Zhizhi smiled, called Qi Changxiao and left the tube building.
As he walked along the street, Qi Changxiao recalled his wife's steady and ruthless way of gagging, and couldn't help but laugh: "You're really good, why didn't I think of this method?"
"To deal with scoundrels, you have to be even more scoundrel than they are. I doubt Li Xiangqian will just move away like that. He might even go to the school leaders to persuade us. Be prepared. Our principle is not to retreat or give in."
"Don't worry, I know what to do." Qi Changxiao smiled and helped her pull her scarf.
After the afternoon class, Director Chi came to talk to them and said, "Xiao Yao, since you're only going there at noon, why not give them a room? It's just temporary. Once Xiao Tian's mother-in-law comes back, we won't have to go through so much trouble."
Yao Zhizhi had already confronted Director Chi once because of a student's questioning of her. It seemed unreasonable for her to not give Director Chi face this time.
But she didn't want to give in. Once this door was opened, wouldn't everyone in their dormitory want to take advantage of them in the future?
But since Director Chi had spoken, she couldn't deny him any face, as they still had to work together in the future.
So she proposed a compromise: "It's not impossible. Since Teacher Tian needs it, I'll rent one of the dormitories to them. The rent will be based on the market price. I'm doing this out of Director Chi's favor. If it were someone else, I wouldn't give up an inch of land."
After being flattered, Director Chi was helpless and could only smile: "The rent is easy to negotiate. I'll go talk to Xiaotian about it."
Yao Zhizhi smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Director. I'm actually quite surprised that you went to such great lengths to invite everyone here for such a small matter. Teacher Tian is really ignorant."
Director Chi didn't know what to say, so he smiled awkwardly and left.
In the office, Tian Cuiwen saw him coming and quickly smiled: "Director Chi, what do you want to say?"
Director Chi sighed. "If you really need a third dormitory, then pay the rent. This is Teacher Yao's biggest concession, and I can't do anything about it. I have something else to do. Please go back and discuss it with Teacher Li."
Tian Cuiwen wanted to push for it again, but she saw Teacher He come in with documents under his arm. He said with a forced smile, "Hey, Director Chi, I heard there was a commotion in Dongyuan this afternoon? Oh, the person involved is here too. That's strange. Are they here to complain?"
Tian Cuiwen smiled awkwardly: "No, Mr. He, you are busy. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
Teacher He closed the door, sat across from Director Chi, and advised, "Director, this matter isn't your business. Why are you looking for trouble?"
"Xiaotian came to me crying, and I felt sorry for the little girl, so I helped her."
"You feel bad for Xiaotian because she's crying? Xiaotian is in the wrong. It's fine if you don't help her get justice, but why are you taking sides?"
"Did Xiao Yao come to you to complain?"
"She's not that kind of person. I overheard Teacher Xiao and Teacher Gu discussing it."
"Hey, Xiao Yao has her reasons, but it's really not easy for Xiao Tian either."
"That's not what I meant. Xiao Yao didn't fabricate anything against Xiao Tian behind his back. It was Xiao Tian who actively fabricated rumors and slandered Xiao Yao. Director Chi, listen to my advice. From now on, you should either stay out of this matter and let the young people deal with it on their own. If you do intervene, do it impartially. Otherwise, neither side will benefit. Why bother?"
Director Chi also sighed. He just wanted the teachers in the department to get along with each other in harmony. He meant well.
Teacher He shook his head and couldn't help laughing in his heart. He didn't know how many messes this kind of pushy guy would stir up. He should just retire immediately. If not, let him do it.
However, Teacher He was not in a position to say this out loud, so he just gave a few words of advice and then went about his own business.
At noon the next day, Yao Zhizhi and Qi Changxiao finished their meal and walked together again, heading towards Dongyuan.
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