Chapter 251 From the modern era back to the Republic of China 6th

era. At that time, cheongsam had not yet been introduced, and Western dresses were synonymous with "modern".

The dress in Zhou Qihuai's hand was made of ordinary materials, but it was well-made, with a novel style, and the black color also matched her skin tone.

With the eyes of Yao Rong and Ye Heqi, they could not find any fault with this dress, so the two praised it sincerely.

Zhou Qihuai invited the mother and daughter to appreciate the dress, not for these few compliments.

She was not that bored.

"If this lady wants to make new clothes but doesn't know what to make, she can refer to this dress and make a similar style. I think the lady is also very suitable for this style." Zhou Qihuai looked at Yao Rong and gave advice in a warm voice.

Yao Rong's face first showed surprise, and then she was a little hesitant: "I... am I suitable for this style?"

Zhou Qihuai affirmed: "Yes, I am."

Su Tailor thought that Zhou Qihuai was trying to help him get business, and agreed with a smile: "Madam, don't worry, I guarantee you with my decades-old trademark that the skirts I make will definitely satisfy you."

Yao Rong forced a slightly dim smile: "Thank you, but I just came in to take a look, I don't plan to customize the clothes."

Ye Heqi added: "Not for the time being."

Zhou Qihuai saw some clues from the words and actions of the mother and daughter.

She sincerely hoped that the mother and daughter in front of her would have the opportunity to wear clothes from the Su Tailor Shop: "Then when you want to order custom clothes in the future, you can come to this shop again."

"There should be such an opportunity." Ye Heqi said.

Zhou Qihuai smiled and found Ye Heqi even more interesting.

She nodded slightly to everyone and was about to walk out with the packed skirt in her hand. Ye Heqi called her and said, "Miss, can I take up some of your time to ask you something?"

Zhou Qihuai turned around and motioned Ye Heqi to speak.

Ye Heqi asked, "Which western restaurant has the best food nearby? I want to take my mother there to try it."

Zhou Qihuai laughed dumbly, "What a coincidence! I'm going there for lunch. Why don't we go together?"

She lived a little far from here, so it was inconvenient for her to come there on weekdays. But she liked the taste of that western restaurant very much. Every time she came to Su Tailor to pick up clothes, she would stop by for a meal to satisfy her craving.

A few minutes later, Zhou Qihuai pointed to the exquisitely decorated restaurant in front and said, "This is the western restaurant I was talking about."

It was lunchtime, and two-thirds of the tables in the western restaurant were occupied.

The men were dressed elegantly and the women were dressed stylishly. There were very few people who were as simple as Yao Rong and Ye Heqi.

Zhou Qihuai chose a table near the window and sat down, and asked Yao Rong and Ye Heqi to sit opposite her.

On the way here, the three of them had simply exchanged names. After Yao Rong sat down, her body was very tense, and she was stiff all over: "Miss Zhou, will we disturb you if we have dinner with you?" "

Of course not." Zhou Qihuai smiled gently, "I'm happy to meet you."

Ye Heqi poured three glasses of water and put one of them in Yao Rong's hand: "Mom, don't be nervous, we come here to consume. The customer is God."

Yao Rong asked: "What is God?"

"God is the god of the Westerners." Ye Heqi said.

Yao Rong smiled, as if she was really not that nervous: "Can you be a god just by having a meal?"

The waiter walked up to the three of them with a menu and asked them in Chinese what they wanted to eat.

Zhou Qihuai handed the menu, which was in both Chinese and English, to Yao Rong and Ye Heqi: "Do you guys have a look? What do you want to eat?"

Ye Heqi flipped through the menu very skillfully, and ordered two well-done steaks first, and then asked Zhou Qihuai what else was delicious here.

Zhou Qihuai recommended a few snacks to them.

Ye Heqi ordered a strawberry cake and pudding, and handed the menu back to the waiter: "Excuse me."

The desserts in the restaurant were all ready, and the waiter quickly brought the desserts over.

Ye Heqi introduced: "Mom, this is Western pastry."

Yao Rong tasted it and whispered to Ye Heqi: "It tastes okay, and the texture is quite special. I still prefer the pastries sold in the pastry shop in the west of the city."

Ye Heqi pursed her lips and smiled: "Then when we go back, we can go to the west of the city to pack some pastries to take back."

Through the previous contact and the conversation just now, Zhou Qihuai has roughly seen the relationship between the mother and daughter -

the mother is conservative and gentle, and a little indecisive.

The daughter is smart and brave, and good at making decisions.

They complement each other.

Zhou Qihuai picked up the coffee, took a sip, and asked with a smile: "Mrs. Ye, what is the name of the pastry shop you mentioned? Which pastry is the most delicious? When I have time in the future, I will go to the west of the city to buy some to try."

When it comes to topics that she is familiar with, Yao Rong obviously talks more.

The three of them ate and chatted gradually.

From the few words Zhou Qihuai revealed, Yao Rong and Ye Heqi knew that she worked in a newspaper and made a living by writing.

Yao Rong's eyes suddenly widened, and she subconsciously said: "Can women also work in newspapers?"

As if she felt that her words were ambiguous, Yao Rong quickly added: "My husband also works in a newspaper. I have heard him say a few words before. Their newspaper has no female employees."

"Is your husband also a person in the Peking newspaper industry?" Zhou Qihuai asked.

Yao Rong said, "He works in Shanghai."

Zhou Qihuai's heart was slightly moved.

People in the newspaper were the most well-informed. She had heard a lot about the romantic affairs of many writers. Although she didn't know who Mrs. Ye's husband was, Zhou Qihuai roughly guessed Yao Rong's situation.

She felt even more sympathetic to the poor woman.

"Times are different now. There are many female journalists in the news industry. The establishment of a female newspaper in Peking was relatively late. In Shanghai, there were already pioneers of women working in the news industry more than ten years ago."

Yao Rong was somewhat moved.

Ye Heqi also showed admiration on her face: "Miss Zhou, you are amazing."

Zhou Qihuai covered her mouth and smiled: "You are so young that you can say that it is not to please others, but to please yourself. It is also very amazing."

Ye Heqi's cheeks were slightly red, she was embarrassed.

She didn't think she was amazing.

She could say this purely because she had seen many similar viewpoints in the future, and then she was inspired.

After dinner, Yao Rong said that she would not let Zhou Qihuai pay for this meal.

Zhou Qihuai couldn't refuse, so she had to agree.

She opened her bag and rummaged through it, took out the pen she carried with her, but she couldn't find any paper after searching for a long time, so she had to tear open her lipstick box, leave a line of beautiful words on it, and hand it to Yao Rong.

"I have to interview a friend this afternoon, so it will be inconvenient for me to go with you. This is the address of the newspaper where I work. If you need any help, you can come to the newspaper to find me."

After a pause, Zhou Qihuai smiled and said, "Of course, if you don't need any help, you are welcome to come to me. I'll treat you next time."

After Zhou Qihuai left, Yao Rong said to Ye Heqi, "I didn't expect that there would be a woman like Miss Zhou in the world. She is beautiful, knowledgeable, and kind-hearted."

His tone was full of envy and regret.

Ye Heqi encouraged her, "Mom, you are pretty and kind-hearted. As long as we keep learning to read and study, you will become someone like Miss Zhou one day."

Yao Rong smiled and said, "I dare not think about it. If I can be as good as Miss Zhou, I will be thankful."

"Why should I not think about it?"

Ye Heqi's mind suddenly popped up many names of heroines in the Republic of China.

Ye Heqi was familiar with their deeds.

"In this era, there are many women who are more powerful than Miss Zhou."

Yao Rong asked curiously, "Really? Are there women who are more powerful than Miss Zhou? What have they done?"

"They..." Ye Heqi blurted out subconsciously, but as soon as she finished the first two words, her reason returned instantly, and she immediately said, "I forgot too, I just saw it in a book before. Mother, it's getting late, let's go find Aunt Wang, and then go to the bookstore to buy books together."

In order to take Yao Rong shopping, Ye Heqi gave Aunt Wang some copper plates and asked Aunt Wang to find a teahouse to sit and drink tea.

After meeting with Aunt Wang, the three went to the bookstore together.

At this time, the vernacular movement was in full swing in the cultural circle, and many newspapers sold in bookstores were written in vernacular.

Ye Heqi bought these newspapers first.

After buying the newspapers, Ye Heqi went to the bookshelf and picked out a dozen vernacular novels that had just been published recently.

——The novels that Ye Fuguang had sent to her before were all written in classical Chinese.

If there were no other books to read, Ye Heqi would definitely finish reading those books, but now that she could buy vernacular novels, she would definitely give priority to reading vernacular novels.

Seeing that she was having difficulty holding the books, Yao Rong quickly reached out and took a few books: "Why did you buy so many at once?"

Ye Heqi said: "I don't know when I will come to the bookstore next time, so of course I have to buy more to keep at home."

Upon hearing this, Yao Rong stuffed the books in her arms back onto the bookshelf: "The old lady has agreed to let you go out once a month, so finish reading these first, and buy new ones next time you go out."

Ye Heqi's eyes widened: Great-grandmother actually agreed to this request, has she changed her personality!

Because of this good news, Ye Heqi was in a good mood even when she stepped into the Ye Mansion again.

Ye Heqi was able to go out shopping, which naturally meant that her illness had been "cured". So when Yao Rong and Ye Heqi returned to the mansion, they didn't even go back to their rooms. They carried the snacks they had bought from the snack shop in the west of the city and walked to Madam Ye's room to pay their respects to Madam Ye.

Ye Heqi also gave Madam Ye two boxes of Yikehua pastries. As a younger generation, it was rare for her to go out, and even if her relationship with Madam Ye was bad, she couldn't lose her etiquette in this regard.

She thought that her behavior would be praised by Madam Ye, but what was waiting for Ye Heqi were still Madam Ye's harsh and cold words.

These words splashed into Ye Heqi's heart like a basin of cold water, extinguishing the warmth that had just risen in her heart for Madam Ye.

Madam Ye was still the same Madam Ye, and she hadn't changed at all.

Realizing that something was wrong with Ye Heqi's condition, Yao Rong pulled Ye Heqi out of Old Madam Ye's yard.

After returning to Ye Heqi's room, Yao Rong whispered, "Heqi, what's wrong?"

Ye Heqi shook her head, reached out to hug Yao Rong, and said in a low voice, "This is not the first time that great-grandmother has scolded me and you like this. I have always known that she doesn't like me."

"Since she doesn't like me, then I have to dislike her."

"But sometimes, when I see her getting older, her hair getting whiter, and her movements getting slower and slower, I feel a

little soft-hearted..." "So when I suddenly knew that great-grandmother agreed to let me go out once a month, I thought she was willing to make certain changes and concessions for me, and she really loved me..."

Last time, she had some naive expectations for Ye Fuguang and wrote a letter to him asking for help, and then Ye Fuguang ruthlessly destroyed her expectations.

This time, Old Lady Ye also destroyed her warmth.

Yao Rong touched Ye Heqi's head.

There was no light in the house, and the bright moonlight shone diagonally into the house, falling on half of Yao Rong's profile, softening her facial features and making her temperament more gentle.

"You have expectations of them, and you want to get love from them, so you are so easily hurt by them."

"Heqi, you can't be complacent in family love."

"I don't want you to hate your relatives, and I don't want you to live in resentment, but you shouldn't glorify your relatives. The harm they have done to you has already been done, and you must be mentally prepared for them to do other worse things."