It’s not that difficult to find out whether Qi Tao knows about this. Just find a way to reveal it to him and see his reaction.
But this matter is not that simple. First of all, the person who goes to test it cannot be Yang Yi herself. If she goes herself and Qi Tao already knows these things, not only may he not get a true reaction, he may also be seen through. Then he can insist that he didn't know, cry and beg, and the matter will be over.
Secondly, the person who is testing the waters must not only be on good terms with Qi Tao, but also be biased towards Yang Yi. It would be too abrupt to ask someone who is familiar with Yang Yi but not so familiar with Qi Tao, and it would be easy for people to notice something. However, if one were to ask someone who was familiar with Qi Tao but not close enough to Yang Yi for information, he would be easily instigated to defect and outwit Yang Yi.
So the question is, who is familiar with Qi Tao and also has a close relationship with Yang Yi?
Don't think this requirement is simple. It is actually not easy to find such a person. Although there is no such thing as boys and girls sitting separately after the age of seven nowadays, the idea that men and women are different still exists. What's more, the family quarters are full of couples. How can a grown man like you get so close to someone else's wife? If this is not handled properly, it may be a problem of lifestyle.
In addition, because Yang Yi's mother-in-law is very concerned about her image and has never said those unpleasant things to her in public, the person found cannot live too far away from Yang Yi's home, otherwise Qi Tao will be able to guess that the person was found by Yang Yi, which will then lead to the above questions.
But in this case, the number of people you can find is very limited.
Yang Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly after hearing this: "I never thought that there was so much calculation between husband and wife."
Lin Wei said: "Whether you need to calculate so much depends on whether you care about him or not."
If Yang Yi doesn't care about Qi Tao, she could just stop compromising and expose the matter directly. If Qi Tao handles it properly, she can live with him sincerely. If he favors his biological mother, it's not impossible for them to live on guard against each other for the rest of their lives.
Don't think that husband and wife should be honest with each other. In fact, there are many couples who have never been honest with each other in their entire lives. As long as the marriage lasts long enough and the couple is on guard against each other throughout their lives, outsiders will talk about it as a golden or silver wedding anniversary and a life of happiness.
But Yang Yi couldn't do it. She married Qi Tao because she loved him. I have been filial to my mother-in-law and raised my brother-in-law for so many years, also for this person.
Because she cared, when the leaves that blinded her were removed and she returned to that home, she began to toss and turn in sleep, trying to figure out whether there was any deception in their marriage.
Since she wanted to find out, she had to take all these into account. Otherwise, if the clues were discovered, she would never get the answer, let alone know his true feelings.
Yang Yi took a deep breath and said, "I understand."
"Who are you going to test?"
Although Yang Yi was confused before, she was not a person without ideas. After making up her mind, she quickly decided on the candidate: "Let's find Sister Liu. Our two families are next to each other, and her family's Lao Xing is familiar with Qi Tao."
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Because the two families live next door to each other, if they go directly to Liu Dan's house to discuss the matter, Qi Tao will inevitably see them, so it was Lin Wei who went to Liu Dan's house to call someone.
Dinner had just ended. Although the sun had not yet completely set, the evening breeze was already slightly cool, and many people in the family quarters were enjoying the cool air in the yard.
The courtyards where the two families lived were no exception. The residents gathered together or sat down to chat, with men basically in one circle and women in another. Qi Tao and Liu Dan's husband Xing Dong were together. Because of their wives, they both knew Lin Wei. Qi Tao asked in surprise: "Comrade Lin, why are you here? Didn't Liu Dan come to look for you?"
Lin Wei smiled and said, "She is talking to Sister Deng. I came to find Sister Liu."
These women were not simple. They first put aside their housework, went out shopping and watched a movie, and came back with red and swollen eyes from crying, which made everyone in the family area talk about it for several days.
Later, he made a hat for everyone. He saw that the hat was not much more practical than a straw hat, but the women in the family area liked it very much. Now everyone has a sun hat.
Not only women, but children too, now everyone has a yellow hat.
The reason why it is a yellow hat is mainly because the eyes and mouth of the little yellow duck are embroidered, which requires a lot of needlework. But not everyone can do needlework. Just like his wife, she has no problem mending clothes, but embroidering is really difficult for her.
But his son was stubborn and insisted on having the little yellow duck. He wouldn't tolerate it without an eye or a mouth, and he cried for several days. This gave his wife a headache, so she had to ask Zhou Jianhai's wife for help, and only then did she coax her son into peace.
There were many families in the family quarters experiencing the same situation at that time, but not everyone was willing to ask for help, and not everyone was willing to help Deng Xiangyun, so many children actually wore yellow sun hats. Those parents who know how to embroider, without any pattern, may not embroider lifelike.
Therefore, seeing them gathered together and calling him his wife, Xing Dong jokingly asked, "What good ideas have you come up with?"
"I do have some plans, but I haven't made any plans yet, so I can't tell you." Lin Wei said half-truthfully.
"It's quite mysterious." Xing Dong smiled and told Lin Wei that Liu Dan was washing dishes in the kitchen.
Lin Wei thanked him and walked into Xing Dong's house.
This was not her first time here, and she was already familiar with the layout of their house. She didn't need to look around and went straight into the kitchen.
In the kitchen, Liu Dan had just finished washing the dishes and was wiping the counter with a rag. When he saw Lin Wei coming in, he asked, "Hey, why are you here?"
"I have something to discuss with you." Lin Wei leaned against the door and said.
Liu Dan said as he wiped the counter, "Well, go ahead."
"Let's go to my house and talk. It's not convenient to talk about this at your house."
"What's going on? You're being so mysterious." Liu Dan and Xing Dong are indeed a couple, and they say almost the same thing. "Then wait for me for two minutes. I'll wash my hands and go with you."
Lin Wei responded and watched her wipe the counter, sweep the garbage together, and then go to the bathroom to wash her hands.
When he came out of Xing's house, he met old lady Qi from next door coming out of her house, so Liu Dan greeted her with a smile.
Although Old Lady Qi was very mean to her daughter-in-law Yang Yi, she herself did not look mean at all. On the contrary, she had kind eyes, a round face and big eyes. She smiled at everyone she saw and spoke in a gentle voice: "Are you going out?" She then asked with a smile who Lin Wei was.
She had been on the island for less than half a month, and she only recognized the faces of the people around her, but had never met Lin Wei.
Liu Dan introduced: "This is Lin Wei, a military wife that Yang Yi and I are both familiar with." He then introduced the identity of Old Lady Qi to Lin Wei.
Although Lin Wei didn't like the old lady, she still greeted her: "Hello, auntie."
"Well, look at this girl, she's really pretty." Old Lady Qi had a happy face, and seemed to have just remembered to ask, "Didn't Taozi's wife go to look for you just now?"
Lin Wei said: "She went to look for me, but the military wife next door to my house had something to ask her, so she went over."
"She doesn't have a job, so what serious business can we find her for?" Old Mrs. Qi muttered.
Mrs. Qi's mumbling was not loud, but Lin Wei was only three steps away from her, so she could hear it clearly. She looked up at Qi Tao at the other end of the yard, smiled and said loudly: "Aunt, what you said is not quite right. Friends can talk about big and small things. Why do we have to talk about work before we can get together to talk?"
Old Lady Qi was a person who bullied the weak and feared the strong. Seeing that Lin Wei was not easy to talk to, she quickly explained: "Comrade Xiaolin, you misunderstood. I just said it casually. I didn't mean anything else."
Qi Tao, who was at the other end of the yard, heard something was wrong with their conversation and came over to ask, "What's wrong?"
Old Lady Qi said quickly, "It's nothing. I just spoke carelessly and caused Comrade Xiaolin to misunderstand me. I have just explained it clearly."
It seemed that Mrs. Qi was taking all the responsibility on herself, but she was an old lady who had just come from her hometown. Lin Wei had an argument with her because of a misunderstanding, so even if she was right, it was a bit of bullying. What's more, the one who asked the question was Qi Tao. As a son, he would of course side with his mother.
Seeing Qi Tao frowning, Lin Wei smiled and said, "It doesn't matter whether I misunderstood or not, but Auntie, please don't say this in front of Sister Yang. After she married into your family, she had to be filial to you and take care of her brother-in-law. After joining the army, she also didn't go to work for the sake of the children. If she heard what you said, she would be sad."
Qi Tao frowned even more when he heard this, but this time he didn't frown at Lin Wei. He asked in a deep voice, "Mom, what did you say just now?"
"I didn't..."
Old Mrs. Qi wanted to deny it, but she had only said two words when Liu Dan interrupted her: "Auntie asked Weiwei where Xiao Yang was, and Weiwei replied that Xiao Deng had something to do with Xiao Yang and called her over. Then Auntie said that Xiao Yang didn't have a job, so what serious matter could he have with her?"
Old Mrs. Qi panicked and looked at Qi Tao and said, "Son, I just said it casually. I didn't mean anything else."
"As the saying goes, 'A kind word can warm you through the winter, but an evil word can hurt you through the summer.' We are outsiders, so we just need to explain it to you. But Sister Yang has worked so hard for your family for so many years. How sad would she be to hear such words?" Lin Wei stopped talking and said, "Captain Qi, we have things to do. We are leaving first."
After saying that, he ignored Qi Tao and pulled Liu Dan out.
But Qi Tao turned around and called out to them after passing them: "Can you please not tell Xiao Yang about this for now? I want to tell her myself."
Lin Wei didn't answer immediately, but just looked at Qi Tao in silence.
Qi Tao did not evade the question and explained frankly: "I will have a good talk with my mother and ask her to apologize to Xiao Yang."
The old lady Qi standing next to her changed her expression: "Taozi!"
Lin Wei then spoke: "Okay, I promise you."
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As soon as they walked out of the courtyard where the two families lived, Liu Dan took Lin Wei's hand and asked, "Did you see the expression on Xiao Yang's mother-in-law's face just now? Tsk tsk, she is always smiling when I see her, I thought she had a very good personality, but...it seems that Xiao Yang and her mother-in-law don't have such a harmonious relationship."
"Don't you usually hear it?"
"What did you hear?"
"Mother-in-law Yang always scolds her when Captain Qi is not around."
Liu Dan looked puzzled: "Is this true?"
Lin Wei asked: "Your two families live next to each other, didn't you hear anything?"
Liu Dan stopped and tried to recall: "There were two times when I went out and heard loud noises from their house. I even knocked on the door and asked once, but Xiao Yang's mother-in-law said she was scolding her son. When I asked Xiao Yang later, she didn't deny it, so I didn't think much about it." Liu Dan frowned, "Could it be that Xiao Yang was the one who was scolded at that time?"
Lin Wei said with a serious face: "Maybe."
Liu Dan's face changed, but after thinking about it, he shook his head and said, "That's impossible. I think she is usually very nice to Xiao Yang. And if it was Xiao Yang who was scolded, why didn't she tell me when I asked?"
"If she really treats Sister Yang well, why would she say that just now? She said it was just a casual remark and didn't think much about it, but think about it, would you say that about Sister Yang to others casually?"
Liu Dan shook his head without hesitation: "Of course not."
There wasn't a single dirty word in Mrs. Qi's words, but her understatement revealed her contempt for Yang Yi, even disdain. She thought that Yang Yi had no job and knew nothing, so when her friends came to her to discuss matters, they weren't serious matters.
If Old Mrs. Qi showed her dislike for her daughter-in-law as soon as she came, there would be nothing wrong with her saying this.
But Yang Yi has worked hard for their family for so many years. After Mrs. Qi came to the island, she praised Yang Yi everywhere, so that everyone in the family area thought they were a model mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
How can one not feel cold all over when such a good mother-in-law looks down on her daughter-in-law from the bottom of her heart?
Liu Dan couldn't help but shudder. She grabbed Lin Wei's hand and asked, "Do you think Qi Tao knows about this?" Before Lin Wei could answer, she said, "Judging from his reaction just now, he probably doesn't know, right?"
"I hope so."
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