Chapter 142
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His cousin is much younger than him. If I remember correctly, she should be sixteen years old this year.
My cousin is the daughter of my uncle. My uncle is also a scholar, but he only passed the exam to become a scholar. He never took the exam again and became a teacher in the village.
When he was a child, he studied with his uncle. Later, when his cousin was born, he helped take care of the child for a while.
He could guess his mother's intention, but he already had someone he loved. Moreover, when he was a child, he saw his cousin as a baby. He always treated his cousin as a child, so how could he marry her?
Yang's mother saw him looking at his cousin and thought the matter was settled, but the next thing she heard was Yang Shiming saying, "I know. I'll find a job for her."
"You let her go out to work?" Yang's mother didn't expect him to say that. It's bad enough that he didn't know how to be gentle with such a pretty girl, but he actually let her go out to work? To pamper someone in the backyard is what it means to love someone.
"We don't keep idlers in our family. I remember you are sixteen or seventeen years old. You should be able to support yourself." Yang Shiming didn't think there was anything wrong with what he said. At his age, he earned money for his studies and would send some back home.
There is also Yuanbao, who also went out to earn money to support his family when he was fifteen or sixteen years old. My cousin should be able to do the same.
"How can she, a woman, go out to work?" Yang's mother asked him dissatisfiedly.
"Your husband has opened a magazine company, recruiting women and men. You can ask your cousin to go over and try." He looked at his cousin, "You should be able to read. Have you read any books about talented men and beautiful women?"
My cousin didn’t know what magazine meant, but when she heard him ask her what books she usually read, she thought he was curious about her and felt happy.
Her father taught her to read and write since she was a child. She was one of the most beautiful girls in the village, so her standards were higher and she looked down on the men in the village.
Yang's mother was her cousin's second aunt. When she saw the letter from her second aunt asking her to go to Beijing, she had always thought that she was destined to be rich and powerful. The moment she saw the letter, she thought happily that what she thought was right.
When she met her cousin just now, she saw that he was a handsome man but had a cold attitude, which made her a little scared. Now when she heard her cousin asking her what books she had read, she thought that her cousin might be the type of person who was cold on the outside but warm on the inside, so she shyly mentioned a few of the most popular bookstores.
Yang Shiming nodded, "Yes, you should be suitable for the job there. I will tell Ran brother tomorrow that you can help select manuscripts. The basic salary is two silver coins. For each manuscript selected, you will get a commission, which is enough for you to live in the capital."
Yang Shiming glanced at his mother and said, "If you feel lonely, it would be good to have someone to accompany you. Let me move my cousin to your yard."
When Yang's mother saw him leaving, she was very angry.
Obviously, Cheng Yeran is older than Yang Shiming, but he always calls Cheng Yeran "Brother Ran" and Cheng Yeran calls him "Brother Yang". There's something weird about the two of them. Yang's mother suspects that they are also having an affair.
"Don't mind your cousin's attitude. I have chosen you as my daughter-in-law. You are our daughter-in-law. Don't be afraid. I will help you." Yang's mother said, holding her cousin's hand.
My cousin nodded, "But my cousin asked me to work. He must be the type who doesn't like to eat for free and do nothing, right? If I don't listen to him, I'm afraid he'll be unhappy."
Yang's mother advised her not to go and to wait at home to become an official's wife, but in the end her cousin insisted. She wanted to make a good impression on Yang Shiming and must listen to Yang Shiming.
Yang's mother thought that if she let her go out and suffer a little, she would know how happy it was to enjoy the comfort in the backyard.
Yang Shiming told Cheng Yeran about his cousin, and Cheng Yeran quickly agreed. "We are in urgent need of people. We are about to publish a short story magazine. Your cousin has read so many romance novels, she must be an expert. Let her select the submissions. She will definitely be able to do it."
Just like that, my cousin got a job. She was quite scared at first. After all, she came from such a faraway small village. She was afraid that people in the big city would look down on her, and she was also afraid that she would not be able to adapt to the life of city people, and she also had an accent.
But after working for a few days, she found that the sisters at the magazine were very kind to her. Not only did they patiently guide her at work, they also took her shopping and recommended to her where to eat and shop in Beijing.
The people in the magazine were all wealthy people, and they had invited her to the Jinyulou several times to watch the boy band’s performances.
It was her first time seeing a boy band perform, with all kinds of men dancing on the stage for the amusement of the women below. This was something she had never thought of before.
This is much more interesting than staying in the back house. These sisters are all unmarried. They said that this period of time is the happiest time of their lives. After getting married, they will have to stay in the back house for the rest of their lives, like chickens and ducks in cages, laying eggs non-stop.
Some people also said that they really want to never get married so that they can be free and at ease. Anyway, they can make money by themselves. If they want to see men, they can come to Jinyulou to watch the boy band performances. These men are better looking and are also nice to their fans. They will even reply to their fans' letters.
This allowed my cousin to see another way of life, and her thoughts slowly changed. She thought that perhaps being an official's wife was not so good after all.
In particular, he recently saw a serialized submission in which the protagonist was a female knight. The plot no longer revolved around love, but the story of the female knight doing justice in the world of martial arts. During this period, the female knight met the love of her life, but the boy's mother was particularly weird. She set all kinds of rules for her, trying to turn her into an obedient puppet, a hen laying eggs in a cage.
When my cousin saw this, she felt conflicted, because she felt that women always have to get married and have children, and the heroine also loved the man very much, and his family was well-off. If it were her, she would not give up this opportunity, but the heroine in the story refused very calmly.
She was very impressed, but she was not sure if the magazine could publish such a story.
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She nervously found the editor-in-chief, and when the editor approved the manuscript, she was happy for a long time.
She walked much more briskly on her way home from get off work, but when she got home, Yang's mother pulled her aside and asked her to cook for her cousin, saying that to capture a man's stomach is to capture his heart.
I also told her that the most important thing for a woman is her husband, and that at her age, she should hurry up and get married, otherwise she would not be able to get married any longer. She missed such a good man like Yang Shiming and would never meet him again. If she doesn't hurry up, let her go back home.
The cousin knew that Yang Shi had a good reputation, but after listening to what Yang's mother said, she felt that she was weaving a cage for herself. She even dreamed at night that she turned into a hen.
The next day she nervously went to find Yang Shiming, who mistakenly thought that she was following her mother's wishes to please him.
He was about to refuse when he heard his cousin say, "I want to stay in Beijing. That job is good, but my second aunt said that if I don't marry you, she will drive me away. I..."
"The magazine has dormitories, just go and apply for them." Yang Shiming was a little curious about her change, "Why did you change your mind?"
"I don't want to become a woman like my second aunt. I want to be a female knight." My cousin smiled brightly, her eyes full of longing for the future.
"Heroine?" Yang Shiming didn't know her joke and was a little confused.
"It's just a metaphor. I want to be myself." said my cousin with a smile.
Just now, Yang's mother saw her cousin coming to see Yang Shiming, and thought that she was finally going to take the initiative, so she secretly followed her and wanted to see what she was saying to Yang Shiming. As a result, she heard these words as soon as she came over, and she was very angry.
What's wrong with me? Let my cousin say such things?
After all, she has a son who is an official. I don’t know how many people envy her and want to be like her. Why did her cousin say that she doesn’t want to be like her?
After the cousin finished talking to Yang Shiming, she moved to the dormitory in the afternoon. Before leaving, she said to Yang's mother: "Thank you, second aunt, for giving me this opportunity to come to the capital. Now I can earn two or three taels of silver every month, which I never dared to think of before. You'd better not force my cousin. My cousin has his own ideas. He has read so many books, he must be better than us. Let's not give him random advice, so as not to point him in the wrong direction."
The more Yang's mother listened, the angrier she became. How could it be a wrong path to not let her son be with a man?
Each and every one of them gave him a lot of worry. She was really blind to let this ungrateful cousin come to the city to go against her.
Yang's mother thought, since she couldn't convince her son, she would go find Yuanbao.
She deliberately chose a time when there were fewer people around to go to the soap shop.
When the receptionist at the door heard that she wanted to see Yuanbao, he apologized because it was not event time and she needed to buy 100 bars of soap to meet Yuanbao, and 300 bars of soap to talk.
When Yang's mother heard this, she was furious. She didn't know what her son liked about this unscrupulous man.
Mother Yang: "Tell him that I am Lord Yang's mother."
The waiter asked in confusion: "Which Lord Yang? I'm not trying to embarrass you on purpose, but there are many people with the last name Yang in the capital."
"Yang Shiming." Yang's mother uttered these words, and the waiter immediately knew, "I will take you upstairs right away."
Yuanbao was quite surprised. He didn't expect that Yang Shiming's mother would come to see him.
He remembered Yang Shiming saying before that his mother was in poor health and was always sick. After coming to Beijing, he found a doctor to take care of his mother's health, and her health finally returned to normal.
But when he saw the posture of Yang's mother going up the stairs just now, she was more energetic than him. This doctor's medical skills are really amazing.
He was just about to ask Yang's mother where she hired the doctor, and that he would go to that clinic next time he was sick, when he heard Yang's mother ask him directly: "Do you know that Yang Shiming likes you?"
Yuanbao: “Ah?!”
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