After the banquet, Zhang Yu and Zhao Qinglan attended several more dinner parties, which allowed some people to recognize Zhao Qinglan's face and prevent her from being looked down upon.
When he got home from the banquet that day, although he didn't intend to mention Wei Xiaoqing, he still slipped up when his wife pressed him about what happened at the banquet.
In the end, they could only cover it up by saying that a nouveau riche's mistress was being unreasonable and causing trouble for Zhao Qinglan.
Song Yi was furious when she heard this, feeling that her husband was still not doing a good enough job.
To please his wife and also to impress Zhao Qinglan, Zhang Yu organized several dinner parties in a row.
This also helps everyone remember Zhao Qinglan's identity.
It wasn't until the training here ended and Zhao Qinglan was urgently needed to return to take charge that she embarked on her journey back.
When she returned home, everyone in the family, young and old, was overjoyed.
Without her, the family always feels incomplete.
However, she only rested at home for one night before starting work.
The store in the provincial capital was finally fully decorated during the training of the new employees. Although it had not yet opened for business, Zhao Qinglan had the employees begin various preparations for the opening.
As soon as Wu Mei arrived in the provincial capital, she put her things in the house her son had rented and began to busy herself with the new store.
With her around, Zhao Qinglan was spared a lot of worry.
It just so happens that she hasn't seen Sun Wen and Jiajia in a long time.
When the two of them had a day off, they invited Wu Mei and her two children to their home for dinner.
It was the first time any of them had visited Zhao Qinglan's courtyard in the provincial capital, and they were quite amazed by the layout and arrangement of her home.
Xiao Duo used to love following Sun Jiajia around. Whenever Sun Jiajia came to the house, Xiao Duo would pull her into her room.
Sun Jiajia was very envious when she saw the decorations in Xiaoduo's room.
She was pampered at home since childhood, but compared to Xiaoduo, she felt like she was worlds apart.
Wu Mei looked at Zhao Qinglan's courtyard and praised it repeatedly.
"If I could have a big yard of my own, I would be laughing in my sleep."
"Sister-in-law, what's so difficult about that? Once you've saved enough money, just buy a place. Renting isn't a long-term solution."
“But Sun Wen’s workplace will provide housing in the future, and Jiajia will also be able to get housing from her workplace after she graduates and joins it.”
Zhao Qinglan knew that most people at this place thought this way: since their work unit would provide housing, why should they spend their own money to buy a house?
Therefore, she did not change Wu Mei's mind, saying that housing prices would become more and more expensive in the future, and that she might not be able to get a unit-provided apartment in the future.
Only someone who has experienced it firsthand can truly understand it; even if she told Wu Mei, she might not believe it.
So she changed her approach. "Sister-in-law, the houses they were allocated are theirs. Don't you and Brother Sun want to have your own courtyard? After the children are all grown up and have their own families, you can live in your own house and be more comfortable."
Wu Mei certainly wanted to, otherwise she wouldn't have said that she could laugh in her dreams.
Seeing that she was interested, Zhao Qinglan continued, "Now that you have your own yard, you can decorate it however you like. The children can come and visit you whenever they have free time."
"Well, let's talk about this later."
"Sister-in-law, don't do this because of money. If you don't have enough money, come to me for help. When you find a suitable courtyard, seize the opportunity. Opportunities don't wait for anyone."
"Okay, I'll come to you if I need money."
Zhao Qinglan personally cooked a table full of delicious dishes, and they started eating as soon as Li Huai returned.
Having not tasted her cooking for a long time, both Wu Mei and the Sun siblings thoroughly enjoyed the meal.
When they had almost finished eating, Wu Mei started rambling about other things.
"Qinglan, if you know any nice girls, introduce them to my Sun Wen."
As soon as her son started working, Wu Mei began to worry about his marriage.
She used to be away from her son, but now that he's here, she has to pay more attention to him.
“Mom, I don’t have a stable job yet, so I don’t want to think about marriage right now,” Sun Wen protested.
Wu Mei glared at her son and said, "By the time you start thinking about it, all the good girls of marriageable age will have already been chosen. I'm not asking you to get married right away. If you find a suitable girl, just date her for now."
She still regrets that her son didn't have a chance to be with Zhao Qinglan's two younger sisters.
When Zhao Qingzhu got married, she thought Zhao Qingju would be a good choice too.
Unexpectedly, before her son even graduated, Qingju married and moved to the capital.
Now that her son has graduated from university with a good job and is a young cadre with four pockets, Wu Mei has slightly raised her requirements for her future daughter-in-law.
Of course, she wasn't particularly materialistic; it's just that her son was doing well, so naturally she wanted to find a girl who was a good match for him.
Zhao Qinglan couldn't stop laughing as she watched the mother and son clash.
"I understand, sister-in-law. I'll take care of this for you."
She only knows people from a few places. If that doesn't work out, next time she goes to live upstairs in the family home, she should pay more attention to the eligible girls in the building.
Their building is full of military dependents. If there's a suitable person there, they should be able to get along with Sun Yat-sen, who is a member of the military.
Seeing her brother's dismay at being pressured into marriage by their mother, Sun Jiajia was extremely grateful that she was still in school and could worry about this matter a few years later.
Overall, the mother and her two children had a very pleasant experience at Zhao Qinglan's home.
When they left, Zhao Qinglan invited them to come to her house often.
There was nothing they could do; because they lived here, they weren't very familiar with the other residents in the apartment building. In fact, they didn't have many close friends in the provincial capital.
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