Qian Duoduo left the dormitory and looked at the phone on the dormitory supervisor's end. She hesitated whether to tell her third brother, but telling him would only make him worry. And Jiang Sisi, that brat, didn't say a word. It was so frustrating!
The dormitory supervisor was inside when she saw Qian Duoduo standing outside the window, looking at her phone but not seeming to intend to make a call. She walked over and asked, "Duoduo, are you going to make a call?"
Qian Duoduo snapped out of her daze and saw the aunt's smiling face, saying, "I'm sorry, Auntie, I was just thinking about something and got a little lost in thought. I didn't realize that I was standing here and it started ringing."
The dormitory supervisor immediately laughed and said, "Oh my, that's why I said you could get first place in the exam. You're even thinking about studying while walking. If you don't get first place, whose will?"
Qian Duoduo scratched her head a little embarrassedly and smiled at the dormitory supervisor: "Auntie, I'm a little embarrassed by what you're saying."
After leaving there, Qian Duoduo felt that she shouldn't tell her third brother about this matter yet. Firstly, she didn't know the reason; secondly, she felt that it might be more appropriate for Jiang Sisi and Qian Mao to tell her; and thirdly, she didn't want her third brother to worry.
Qian Duoduo was wandering downstairs when she saw the three people who had gotten their meals returning. The three of them looked at Qian Duoduo with surprise. Guo Ni strode over and asked, "Duoduo, what are you doing here?"
Qian Duoduo laughed and said, "It was caused by anger!"
Guo Ni's eyes immediately turned cold: "What, did she bully you?"
Qian Duoduo laughed and said, "She doesn't respond no matter what I say, so I just ignored her and came down to see if the three of you had returned!"
Guo Ni nodded, carrying her things in one hand and linking her arm with Qian Duoduo's in the other. Of course, she had to pamper her own daughter. She didn't even know if the girl upstairs was hers yet! She had to distinguish between close and distant relatives.
When the four of them went up, they saw Jiang Sisi lying face down on the bed. Tian Rong walked over and said, "Sisi, we've bought the food. Get up and eat something!"
Seeing that she hadn't moved an inch, Qian Duoduo went up and grabbed Tian Rong's sleeve, shook her head at her, and the four of them went to eat.
After finishing the meal, Qian Duoduo looked at Jiang Sisi, who was still with her eyes closed, and said, "Sister Tian Rong, you are the women's director. Have you encountered anything that you will never forget?"
Tian Rong laughed: "Of course I've met them, I've met them quite a lot."
Lu Fen, with an expression that suggested he loved hearing stories, asked, "What kind?"
Tian Rong said, "There are conflicts not only between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law, but also between husbands and wives, and between children and parents. There are many more."
Qian Duoduo said with a smile, "According to Sister Tian Rong, she's either mediating conflicts or on her way to mediate them. The Women's Director is really busy!"
Tian Rong sighed and said, "Lu Fen should know something. In our oil city, most families are dual-income households. Sometimes, the men go to the oil fields and are away from home for several days, leaving the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law at home. Conflicts are bound to arise. If the men can't mediate between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, family conflicts are inevitable. If there are no conflicts between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, then one side must have endured everything."
As a daughter-in-law, Guo Ni has lived under the same roof as her mother-in-law for so many years. She said with deep feeling: "I was a sent-down youth. Before I started dating my husband Qian Xiang, I inquired about my mother-in-law. We were from the same village, and my mother-in-law had a very good reputation."
When I was pregnant, my mother-in-law wouldn't let me work in the fields. She would also give me the best food at home. While I was preparing for the college entrance exam, my mother-in-law and sister-in-law took on all the responsibilities of taking care of the baby, cooking, and doing laundry.
So I feel that my ability to live on this university campus is not only due to my own efforts, but also to the help of my family. If I don't study well, I'll let my mother-in-law down.
Tian Rong nodded and said, "You are very lucky to have met such an open-minded mother-in-law."
Qian Duoduo nodded and said, "That's right, is my aunt an ordinary person? She's incredibly open-minded!"
Guo Ni smiled and nodded when she heard Qian Duoduo's words. He Ying was a really good mother-in-law. She had to be good to her in the future, otherwise, her sister-in-law might turn against her!
Tian Rong laughed and said, "I also encountered a case where the father died in an oil field accident, and the mother raised the child alone, eventually having no choice but to remarry someone else."
Upon hearing Tian Rong's words, Jiang Sisi immediately opened her eyes and secretly listened to their conversation.
Qian Duoduo, who was sitting not far from Jiang Sisi's feet, had been secretly observing Jiang Sisi. She noticed that Jiang Sisi opened her eyes, which meant that she was more interested in this topic, and perhaps this was the problem that was bothering her.
Tian Rong: "Actually, at that time, I had just taken up the position of Women's Director. Sister Qiao, the woman who remarried, didn't have a very good relationship with her original husband. Her husband was often in the oil field, and his family couldn't help her much."
Jiang Sisi thought back to her childhood. Her father was just a minor director at that time, and he often went on business trips to improve the factory's performance. At that time, her mother was not the women's director, but just a small clerk in the neighborhood. Her mother had to deal with not only the difficulties from her grandmother's side, but also the exploitation from her maternal grandmother's side.
Tian Rong said, "But later, the man died in an accident at the oil field. The oil field gave Sister Qiao some compensation, but her husband's family took it away. She was left to raise her child alone and could only do odd jobs at the oil field. Later, out of desperation, she married another man and had another child."
Jiang Sisi thought of her father's younger brother, and her heart ached again.
Guo Ni asked, "Was Sister Qiao's previous boyfriend a boy or a girl?"
Tian Rong sighed and said, "It's a girl. If it were a boy, would her in-laws let them take the child away?"
Jiang Sisi pursed her lips. So much for favoring boys over girls. Could it be the same in her family? She thought of how her grandmother had once scolded her mother until she cried, calling her a "hen that doesn't lay eggs"—was that what she meant?
Lu Fen said angrily, "What's wrong with girls? Even the great man said that women hold up half the sky. How can you look down on girls like this?"
Tian Rong: "After Sister Qiao got married, she gave birth to a boy. The boy's father was very happy to have his own child, so naturally he was unwilling to love other people's children. Therefore, the girl's life was not so good. In the end, Sister Qiao also treated the child badly. In the end, there was no other way, so the child came to us."
We were helpless. After all, the child has his own parents. All we could do was discuss it with them and issue a warning. We didn't have the right to impose any substantial punishment.
Jiang Sisi thought about herself, realizing that she was now unwanted by her parents and that her past ignorance had led her to this state of neglect. Thinking about her situation, tears welled up in Jiang Sisi's eyes again.
When Qian Duoduo saw Jiang Sisi's tears, she seemed to understand her predicament a little.
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