"Weiwei."
When Li Yao heard her daughter Zhou Shiwei's increasingly absurd remarks, she called out to her and then said, "Come with me to the kitchen to cook."
Unexpectedly, Zhou Shiwei remained unmoved upon hearing this. Seeing this, Zhou Yanchen said, "Didn't you hear what your mother said?"
"I heard you."
Zhou Shiwei replied to her father, Zhou Yanchen, in a less than pleasant tone, saying, "Dad, our family hasn't been here at the machinery factory for long, and you don't have many connections here. If you want to arrange a job for Yuan Xiaoya..."
The only option we can take is to buy someone else's job, but our family simply can't afford a thousand or eight hundred. If you don't want our family to go through a rough time, you absolutely cannot agree to Yuan Xiaoya's shameless request.
As soon as the words left her lips, Zhou Shiwei glared fiercely at Yuan Xiaoya, and then reluctantly followed her mother, Li Yao, to the kitchen.
“Xiaoya, Weiwei’s words may not be very pleasant, but what she said is true. So, even if your uncle wants to help you, there is really nothing he can do.”
Hearing Zhou Yanchen say this, Yuan Xiaoya burst into tears:
"So... so Uncle wants to watch me die in the countryside, right? I know you don't have much affection for our family, but our current situation is already... already very bad. Can't you just let bygones be bygones and help me, the younger generation?"
I didn't ask to become a permanent employee. You just need to arrange temporary work for me in the village I'm assigned to. Is that so difficult?
What are you pretending for?
Even if the Zhou family is in dire straits, their current situation is still much better than the Yuan family's. Besides, nothing bad has happened to the Zhou family. She doesn't believe that this cousin in front of her doesn't have money and can't come up with a thousand or eight hundred yuan to buy her a job.
However, since she was there to ask for a favor, she couldn't make things too difficult for the other party. Otherwise, given Zhou Shiwei's temper, she might have even harsher words waiting for her.
"Xiaoya, did you not understand, or are you deliberately trying to make things difficult for your uncle?"
Zhou Yanchen's expression turned sour. He said, "Just like you said, no matter what kind of filth we adults have, you are a junior. How could I, as an elder, possibly hold a grudge? It's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that I, your cousin, really don't have the ability to help you. Do you understand now?"
"I'm going to die in the countryside, sob sob..."
Yuan Xiaoya wept bitterly.
"..."
Zhou Yanchen's brows furrowed into a knot. He remained silent for a while before speaking: "I'll take you back to the village where you were sent to work tomorrow morning. Once we get there, I'll talk to the village officials. But I hope you can also do what I said before and change your temper. That way, your days in the village and the educated youth compound will definitely not be difficult."
Zhou Yanchen didn't entirely believe what Yuan Xiaoya said when she arrived at the door today.
What do you mean by saying that all the educated youth in the educated youth compound are isolating her?
As the saying goes, it takes two to tango. Furthermore, the educated youth were all culturally educated; to be an educated youth, one must have at least a junior high school education. In terms of quality, it's impossible that all of them had ulterior motives, and instead of trying to unite with the other educated youths in the countryside, they were trying to find ways to bully them.
It is not difficult to deduce from this that Yuan Xiaoya's statement was definitely embellished.
And it contains a lot of moisture.
"I……"
Yuan Xiaoya opened her mouth, but for a moment she didn't know how to respond.
With no hope for her job and the other party having gone to such lengths, what reason does she have to stay?
"You should stay here tonight. It would be best if you could make some changes when you go back tomorrow. Otherwise, if something happens to you in the countryside, I'm not that close, and even if I wanted to help you, I'm afraid it would be too late. But the educated youth around you can help you."
There's an old saying: "A close neighbor is better than a distant relative." Maintaining good relationships with those around you will never hurt.
Zhou Yanchen was earnestly giving instructions, but little did he know that Yuan Xiaoya hadn't listened at all. Her eyes were downcast, and she didn't take Zhou Yanchen's words seriously at all. She even rolled her eyes inwardly.
...
Around 8 PM.
Guest room.
"Yuan Xiaoya, to be honest, if you have any shame, don't come to my house again after you go back to the village tomorrow. Otherwise, I'll have to curse you every time I see you. You're not ashamed, but I feel ashamed!"
Just as Yuan Xiaoya was sitting on the edge of the bed, preparing to lie down and rest, Zhou Shiwei pushed open the door. Before Yuan Xiaoya could speak, Zhou Shiwei said this: "A tiger fallen into the plains is bullied by dogs. I now truly understand what that means!"
Yuan Xiaoya's voice wasn't loud, but her expression wasn't as aggrieved and weak as it had been in front of Zhou Yanchen and his wife. She said expressionlessly, "If it weren't for the changes in my family, if I weren't really in a desperate situation right now, do you think I would be willing to put my self-respect on the ground and let you trample on it as you please?"
"Not pretending anymore?"
Zhou Shiwei scoffed.
“Yes, I’m not pretending anymore. Since my uncle can’t help me, who am I pretending for?” Yuan Xiaoya said, her expression somewhat gloomy. She looked at Zhou Shiwei and suddenly smiled: “Among the things you said in the yard, one sentence made me realize something.”
Seeing Yuan Xiaoya's malicious smile, Zhou Shiwei instantly tensed up and asked coldly, "What do you know? In my eyes, you're nothing but a clown. Stop trying to show off!"
"You've fallen for a married man, and you're jealous of his looks. To put it bluntly, you're attracted to the man next door and jealous of his wife's appearance."
As far as I know you, that gay couple you've set your sights on is definitely not a good thing. After all, when you were five years old, you dared to cut off a kitten's tail and limbs with scissors, ignoring the kitten's struggles and screams. You even gouged out the kitten's eyes, disemboweled it, and then casually buried it in the soil under the flower bushes.
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