Chapter 253: Traveling back from the modern times to the 8th year of the Republic of China

After returning to the Ye Mansion, Ye Heqi hid in the house, took out a brand new notebook, and wrote down all the information she had learned today.

Looking at the densely written paper, Ye Heqi's face showed a melancholy that was not in line with her age.

She really hoped that her behavior was unnecessary and that she would not need this information in the future.

Just when Ye Heqi was about to hide the notebook, she suddenly remembered something and opened the notebook again to a new page.

Memories will gradually become blurred with the passage of time, and she must quickly record all the future major events that she can still remember.

Life in the Ye Mansion is dull and boring.

Ye Heqi and Yao Rong have returned to the mode of teaching and learning.

At the beginning, Yao Rong could only master a dozen or twenty characters a day; after a certain accumulation, her learning speed suddenly accelerated a lot, and her handwriting became neat.

When Yao Rong was practicing calligraphy, Ye Heqi sat beside her and read the newspaper.

The types of newspapers Ye Heqi bought were very diverse, including Minsheng Daily, which introduced the life of Beijing, and Shizheng Daily, which criticized the current ills, as well as many ideological newspapers with high-sounding and broad views and enlightenment, and even novel newspapers that were all serialized novels.

Among these newspapers, Ye Heqi's favorite ones were Minsheng Daily and Novel Daily.

Needless to say, reading more of the former helps to understand what the outside world is like; the latter is mainly to kill time.

When Ye Heqi first started reading the novel newspaper, she was still thinking about what novels she had not read in her previous life. As a result, once she opened the novel newspaper, she was immediately unable to extricate herself from reading.

Novels from the Republic of China may not be as imaginative as modern novels, but that is only limited by her vision.

"Even this vernacular is not vernacular enough." Ye Heqi closed the newspaper and sighed softly.

When Ye Heqi took out a cotton padded jacket from the bottom of the closet and put it on, it was the monthly day to go out.

This time, Yao Rong did not let Wang Ma follow.

Yao Rong and Ye Heqi went out early as usual, went to another shop for breakfast, and then went shopping on the street they had been to last time.

Today is not a holiday or a market day, so there are not many pedestrians on the street.

As soon as she got off the rickshaw, Ye Heqi found that her mother was a little bolder than last time. She no longer held her hand nervously while walking.

Ye Heqi pursed her lips and smiled softly, with a sense of accomplishment in her heart.

"Heqi, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and catch up." Yao Rong walked forward for a few steps, and found that Ye Heqi had not caught up, so she turned back and called her.

Ye Heqi walked quickly to Yao Rong, took her arm, and said with a smile: "Nothing, nothing, mother, let's go."

Yao Rong nodded. When passing by the shop selling vanishing cream, Yao Rong took the initiative to pull Ye Heqi inside and asked to buy vanishing cream: "The weather is getting drier and drier. My box of vanishing cream is almost empty. Let's go in and buy two more boxes."

Ye Heqi looked at Yao Rong's face and said sweetly: "No wonder I saw that mother has become much whiter these days. It turns out that it is the effect of vanishing cream."

Yao Rong touched her face and said in surprise: "Really? This money is really... It's definitely worth the money."

Ye Heqi struck while the iron was hot: "In addition to the vanishing cream, let's buy a lipstick and a box of eyebrow powder. Then, with a touch of vanishing cream, a smear of lipstick, and some eyebrow drawing, we will not only look energetic but also beautiful."

Yao Rong showed an obvious look of excitement, but soon, she shook her head with a bitter face: "Forget it, who should I spend that time and energy to dress up for? Besides, in the Ye Mansion, if I dress too flamboyantly, it will definitely make the old lady unhappy."

Upon hearing this, Ye Heqi immediately picked up the vanishing cream, lipstick and eyebrow powder, and walked to the counter to pay.

Yao Rong was helpless: "Kid, I've told you I don't need it, so don't waste the money."

Ye Heqi said while paying the bill: "Mom, have you forgotten what I told you last time? We don't need to dress up for others, we dress up to make ourselves happy."

"The more that man looks down on you, the more you have to live a wonderful and beautiful life to break his prejudice against you."

"Think about it, if you don't live well, that man will say to others: See, he certainly didn't choose you, it was such a correct decision."

"But if you live very well, better than that man, others will say to that man: Why were you so blind to give up such a beautiful and excellent wife."

Yao Rong looked at Ye Heqi in surprise, as if he had been greatly shocked.

The shopkeeper who was working on the abacus beside her didn't care about the calculation and kept praising her: "Madam, your daughter's words are very insightful. I have run a shop here for so many years and have entertained many customers. Few people can say such insightful words."

Yao Rong nodded in a daze, and this time she didn't stop Ye Heqi.

After Ye Heqi settled the bill, the shopkeeper took out a box of osmanthus-scented hair oil from the side, saying that it was a gift for them and their daughter, and they were welcome to come next time. After

coming out of the shop, seeing that Yao Rong was still a little absent-minded, Ye Heqi embarrassedly scratched her head.

It seemed that her words had a great impact on her mother.

However, the words are rough but the truth is true. People fight for a breath of air, and Buddhas fight for a stick of incense. This is the truth.

"Mom, there is a teahouse next door. Let's go in and have some tea." Ye Heqi suggested, intending to find a place for her mother to calm down.

Yao Rong nodded and agreed.

After sitting in the teahouse for a while, Ye Heqi asked Yao Rong where she wanted to go in the afternoon. Yao Rong thought for a while and said, "Let's go to the newspaper office to find Miss Zhou."

Ye Heqi was curious: "Mom, why did you suddenly think of going to find Miss Zhou?"

Yao Rong said, "I don't know many people outside, so when you asked me where to go, I could only think of Miss Zhou."

Ye Heqi felt sad.

During these years, she was able to read and write, and she could find many ways to kill time when she was bored, but her mother had no way to kill time, and she didn't make any friends.

"Then let's go there now. It should be noon when we get there, so it won't interfere with Miss Zhou's work."

Yao Rong smiled and said, "Last time, Miss Zhou said she wanted to try the cakes in the cake shop in the west of the city. Let's take a rickshaw to buy a few boxes of cakes there, and then turn around to go to the newspaper office."

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The headquarters of the Women's Newspaper is located in a courtyard house between the west and south of the city. From the outside, it looks no different from an ordinary courtyard house, except for a sign hanging at the door.

During working hours, the door of the newspaper office is wide open, and people come in and out from time to time.

After Yao Rong and Ye Heqi arrived at the place, they stood at the door and looked inside, hesitating whether to knock on the door or go in directly to find someone.

"Who are you looking for?"

A strange female voice came from behind the two of them.

Yao Rong and Ye Heqi turned around and found that it was a very elegant middle-aged woman with short hair and a shoulder bag in her hand, which was full of manuscripts.

Yao Rong said, "Hello, ma'am. We are friends of Miss Zhou Qihuai. I wonder if she is in the newspaper office now."

The short-haired woman smiled and said, "So you are Qihuai's friend. She is inside. I will take you in."

The courtyard was not big. As Yao Rong and Ye Heqi walked along, every staff member they saw was a woman.

The short-haired woman stopped in front of a room and said, "We are here. Please feel free to come."

Yao Rong and Ye Heqi thanked her.

The short-haired woman smiled and walked into the room next door.

The nameplate hanging by the door clearly read: Editor-in-Chief of Women's Newspaper, Chen Wan.

Zhou Qihuai in the room must have heard the noise. Without waiting for Yao Rong to knock on the door, Zhou Qihuai opened the half-closed door.

The clothes she wore today were exactly the light green long skirt she took from Su's tailor shop last time.

Seeing Yao Rong and Ye Heqi, Zhou Qihuai was surprised and happy: "Mrs. Ye, Heqi, why are you here?"

Yao Rong shook the boxes of cakes in her hand: "Miss Zhou, we brought you cakes."

Seeing the red seal on the cakes, Zhou Qihuai smiled even more: "I've been so busy this month that I don't have time to go to the store to buy. Thanks to you, I can taste it today."

"We are not disturbing you by visiting you." Yao Rong asked.

"How could that be? It's dinner time now. I'll take you to dinner." Zhou Qihuai said.

"No need to go out to eat." Chen Wan, who had put away the manuscripts in the next room, came out again, "The kitchen has prepared a lot of dishes today. If you don't mind, you can stay in the newspaper office to eat. It's just a matter of two more pairs of chopsticks."

Zhou Qihuai looked at Yao Rong and asked for their opinions.

Yao Rong nodded: "That's troublesome."

Zhou Qihuai smiled: "Editor-in-Chief Chen, you are so generous, I can't be too stingy. After dinner, I will take out all the cakes sent by Mrs. Ye and treat everyone to it."

The newspaper office has a large round table that can accommodate more than a dozen people at the same time. It was a little cold at this time, so the large round table was moved from the yard to the house.

At dinner time, the employees in other rooms also came out.

Including Zhou Qihuai and Chen Wan, there were only five people in total.

From this number, it can be seen that "Women's Newspaper" is not a big newspaper.

As if she had noticed Yao Rong and Ye Heqi's surprise, Zhou Qihuai smiled and handed them the chopsticks: "Are you surprised that our newspaper is full of women?"

Ye Heqi nodded vigorously.

Even though she came from the future, she was surprised by this situation.

She had heard of "Women's Newspaper" before, which was a newspaper opened to liberate women's thoughts. But she didn't feel much at the time.

Until now, seeing that all the employees in the newspaper were women, Ye Heqi suddenly realized that the phrase "liberating women" was not just a slogan. "Women's Newspaper" has also been implementing this matter.

Yao Rong's expression was even more straightforward: "I thought Miss Zhou was the most amazing woman I had ever met, but I didn't expect that everyone in your newspaper was as amazing as you."

As soon as these words came out, the originally quiet table suddenly rang with laughter.

No one would dislike to hear nice words, and Chen Wan and the others looked at Yao Rong and Ye Heqi with a warmer and more intimate gaze.

Zhou Qihuai looked at Chen Wan, with admiration in her tone: "This is all the credit of our editor-in-chief Chen."

Yao Rong also looked at Chen Wan.

Chen Wan put down her chopsticks, her tone gentle and casual, as if she didn't take this matter to heart: "The newspaper industry has always been a man's world. No woman has ever set foot in the newspaper industry. Starting with Ms. Kang Tongwei, women began to appear in the newspaper industry, but this is far from enough."

"Men have too many resources in this area. It is not easy for women to make a career in the newspaper industry. We finally have a women's newspaper, why should we let men squeeze out our limited resources?"

"I don't know what other people think, as long as my newspaper exists, I will only recruit female journalists."

Ye Heqi really couldn't help it, holding the chopsticks, and clapped excitedly: "Editor-in-Chief Chen, it is because there are many people like you that women's situation in this world will become better and better."