As night deepened, Bu Ling rolled around on the kang (a heated brick bed) with her slightly swollen lips, her joy overflowing.
Starting today, she, Bu, is also a ten-thousand-yuan household, no, a twenty-thousand-yuan household, hehe! Twenty thousand yuan in 1971, she felt like she might get cocky.
Aside from the initial hardships, her entire time travel was sweet. Could it be that God was rewarding her for how hard she worked as a plumber in her previous life? How embarrassing! God is the best!
The next morning, Bu Ling hitched a ride to work on Wu Yuanyuan's bicycle. As she was leaving, she ran into Engineer Qi, who was returning with a livid expression.
Buling suddenly didn't want to go to work anymore; she wanted to stay and watch the excitement.
"Sister Yuanyuan, do you think it'll be okay if we're a little late?"
"No, what are you thinking?" Wu Yuanyuan refused without hesitation.
"Sister Yuanyuan~ Sister Yuanyuan~" Buling said sweetly.
"Hey, hey, stop wobbling, you'll fall again." Wu Yuanyuan quickly steadied the bike, then asked, "You just want to watch the show, don't you?"
Bling: "You knew that too?"
Wu Yuanyuan said quietly, "Yesterday, it was my mother-in-law and Aunt Tian who took Qi Yuhuai to the hospital."
"Oh~" Bling's thoughts were exposed: "Don't you want to know?"
"think!"
Before Bu Ling could even express her surprise, Wu Yuanyuan added, "But going to work is more important. Don't worry, when we get home tonight, you can come with me to ask my mother-in-law, and she'll know too."
Bu Ling disagreed, saying, "Can a fresh melon be the same as an stale one?"
In the end, she still couldn't persuade Wu Yuanyuan, and could only resentfully let her drive her to work.
There's no way around it, I should have just ridden a bicycle. Without a car, you have no rights.
Upon arriving at the restaurant, Buling was first greeted by a barrage of gossip from Sister Ma and Zhu Zhizhi.
Sister Ma: "Xiao Bu, how did it go? Did the meeting with the parents go smoothly?"
Zhu Zhizhi: "Buling, are his family members easy to get along with?"
Bu Ling waved his hand: "It's all good, everything is going smoothly."
Seeing Bling's smug expression, the others teased her with a smile, and Bling, thick-skinned as ever, accepted their teasing without hesitation.
It was another leisurely day. After finishing the accounts with Manager Zhu and Grandpa Tan, Bu Ling hitched a ride home on Wu Yuanyuan's bicycle.
I got off work a little early today, just after five o'clock, and the food was already sold out. Wu Yuanyuan wanted to go to the supply and marketing cooperative: "Ling, shall we go to the supply and marketing cooperative where Sister Mo works?"
"No! I want to go home!" Bling firmly refused. "Is there anything you want to buy?"
Wu Yuanyuan shook her head: "No, I just thought the weather was nice today, so I wanted to go for a walk."
"The weather's perfect for eating watermelon!"
"Okay!" Wu Yuanyuan didn't necessarily have to go shopping.
The two returned to the courtyard, which was quiet. Only Wang Ersao was washing clothes in the pool in the front yard. The two looked at each other and walked together to the back yard. When they arrived at Aunt Zhao's door, Wu Yuanyuan knocked on the door and pushed it open to enter.
Inside the house, Aunt Zhao was sewing shoe soles. Upon seeing the two, she immediately greeted them, "Yuanyuan's back? Xiaobu, please make yourself at home!"
Bu Ling didn't stand on ceremony and sat at the end of the kang (a heated brick bed), looking at Aunt Zhao with bright eyes. Wu Yuanyuan had the same expression.
Aunt Zhao knew why from their expressions. She looked up and saw that the door was closed tightly. She cleared her throat and said, "Ahem, Engineer Qi is back today."
“We know, Mom. We ran into Engineer Qi on our way to work today,” Wu Yuanyuan said.
Aunt Zhao thought to herself, no wonder the two of them were so impatient: "They talked about it behind closed doors, so I only heard the gist of it."
Bling urged him on with her eyes.
Aunt Zhao succinctly stated: "Qi Gong's idea is to abort the child, but his wife is unwilling."
"What does Aunt Qi think?" Wu Yuanyuan asked.
"She plans to get Qi Yuhuai engaged and then marry him off, so that she can solve the problem once and for all," Aunt Zhao said with disdain.
"No wonder she's a stepmother!" Brin exclaimed.
Wu Yuanyuan wasn't quick-witted enough, but she knew that Aunt Qi's suggestion was very unethical.
Qi Yuhuai is pregnant. If she marries the father of her child, what kind of good person is a man who gets a girl pregnant before marriage? If she doesn't marry the father of her child, will he treat Qi Yuhuai well?
"That girl Yuhuai is really out of her mind. She actually thinks her stepmother is doing it for her own good and listens to her every word," Aunt Zhao sighed. "She's quite the successful stepmother."
This Bu Ling knew why: "I heard from Sister Xiang Ru that Qi Yuhuai's mother died right after she was born. She was raised by Aunt Qi from a young age, so naturally she listens to Aunt Qi."
Aunt Zhao understood: "That's true, you learn from the people you associate with."
"And then? How was that resolved?" Bling asked again.
"There's no solution. Engineer Qi can't persuade Qi Yuhuai, and he doesn't agree to hastily arranging a marriage for her. It's still at a stalemate," Aunt Zhao said.
"Is it still at a stalemate?"
Aunt Zhao shook her head: "No, Engineer Qi is so busy, he doesn't have that much time to waste. He was called away by someone from the factory a long time ago."
“No wonder Qi Yuhuai doesn’t listen to Qi Gong. Judging from Qi Gong’s current state, he was rarely home before. It’s no wonder Qi Yuhuai is close to him,” Bu Ling said.
Wu Yuanyuan frowned with worry: "So, is this Qi Yuhuai's matter just going to be left like this? No more fighting, no more marriage? Just stuck here like this?"
Aunt Zhao didn't know either: "Who knows? Anyway, it's unlikely we'll be able to come up with a plan today."
Bling sighed. "Ugh, this gossip is stuck halfway through, neither here nor there, it's so frustrating!"
"Hey? Right, who's the father of that child?" Bu Ling suddenly remembered.
Wu Yuanyuan also looked at Aunt Zhao.
"I don't know, but Qi Yuhuai refuses to say, and the Qi family can't do anything about it," Aunt Zhao said.
"Could this be true love?" Buling stroked her chin, realizing she was too shallow. She was definitely not suited for talking about love; talking about money was much better for her.
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