Chapter 109
The young couple in front of me, one of them spoke in a whisper and her face was red as if blood was about to drip out, while the other one was calm and composed, making milk for the child as if nothing had happened.
Her eyes flickered to her daughter's small vest, and Chang Yue'e said expressionlessly, "The child is still too young. It's not good to stop her milk production now. I'll make you some soup tomorrow."
Then, while her son-in-law was outside making milk, she tapped her daughter's forehead and whispered, "You haven't fully recovered yet. You can't get pregnant again so soon!"
Ye Manzhi's face burned, and she feebly defended herself, "I know, you're overthinking it!"
She and Wu Zhengrong just slept in each other's arms.
Wu Zhengrong is more scientific. Since the doctor did not recommend having sex three months after giving birth, he followed the doctor's advice.
She didn't dare to say firmly that they didn't do anything, but they really didn't do anything.
Chang Yue'e was full of suspicion, but when she looked at her granddaughter who was still crying, she didn't have the heart to pursue anything else.
Because her mother has plenty of milk, little Wu Yuzhuo has never drunk milk powder since she was born. Even though she is so hungry that her face is red from crying, she is determined not to drink a single sip of milk made by her father.
Chang Yue'e snatched the milk bottle and water bottle with disgust, told the two useless young people to go to bed early, picked up the child and left.
Ye Manzhi was so anxious that she was sweating. When she heard the crying next door gradually weakening, she leaned against the head of the bed in a deflated manner.
Thinking of the meaningful look in her mother's eyes before she left, and the big tears on her daughter's face like water droplets, Ye Manzhi really wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into!
She raised her hand and punched the man twice, blushing and angrily saying, "It's all your fault! My mother must have seen it."
"I can't tell. Don't let your imagination run wild."
What could Wu Zhengrong say? He was also feeling embarrassed.
Ye Manzhi was still thinking back to that look that seemed to see through everything. The more she thought about it, the more ashamed she felt. She complained again, "It's all your fault, you bastard! How am I going to face my mother tomorrow?"
Wu Zhengrong thought to herself, you are her biological daughter, what is there that you can't face?
This stage is more difficult for him.
And it was clearly Ye Lai Ya who said it herself. She didn't feed herself at night two nights ago, and she felt uncomfortable because of the bulge in her stomach in the morning.
Now it was all his fault again.
A blush spread from her cheeks to her neck. Seeing that she was so ashamed that she was about to cry, Wu Zhengrong could only admit all the accusations. He hugged her in his arms and coaxed her, "It's all my fault this time. I'll explain it to Mom tomorrow."
"How can you explain something like this? The more you explain, the worse it gets!" Ye Manzhi grabbed his arm in frustration and took a big bite. "My mom said she'd make me some soup tomorrow! I've been nourishing myself well lately, more than enough for the baby. I really don't want to eat a single bite of that confinement meal!"
She said this, as if she didn't know how to appreciate what she had. Meat, eggs and aquatic products were all in short supply, but she could eat eggs and fine grains every day, meat one day and fish the next. Her food conditions were better than the factory director's, and were among the best in the entire military industrial compound.
But she felt that she had oversupplemented herself and really didn't want to drink the milk-inducing soup.
Wu Zhengrong, who felt guilty, said good-naturedly, "It's okay, I'll help you eat when the time comes."
Ye Manzhi quickly reached out to cover his mouth, her face as red as a boiled shrimp, and scolded him, "Why are you still talking? Shame on you!"
“…”
Wu Zhengrong was silent for a moment, then pulled her hand down and said with a smile, "What I meant was that I'll help you with the postpartum meals when the time comes. Don't get me wrong."
“…”
Ye Manzhi widened her eyes, looked up at him, and after a long period of silence, she suddenly became ferocious, turned over from his arms, and sat on his waist.
"I didn't misunderstand! It's obviously you who are shameless! You bastard, I will bite you to death!"
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Wu Zhengrong was not bitten to death by his wife that night.
The next morning, he didn't even dare to see his daughter. As soon as the wake-up call sounded outside, he hurried out to work.
Ye Manzhi didn't have classes until ten o'clock in the morning, and she wanted to stay at home for a while, but she was afraid to be caught and questioned by Chang Yue'e.
She used the excuse of going to work in the department's factory and slipped out early with her daughter.
After his mother went back to school, baby Wu Yuzhuo's activities were finally no longer confined to the military industrial compound.
During the day, she was sent to the Wu family's old house and looked after by her great-grandfather and great-grandmother. After her biological mother finished school, she would come back to feed her.
It is usually fought over by idle old men and women.
When Ye Manzhi sent the child over today, Grandpa Wu and Grandma Wu were waiting in the living room on the first floor.
Grandpa Wu put his hands behind his back and asked, "Why are you here so late today?"
"There's only one class this morning, so I stayed home a little longer."
Grandpa Wu disagreed, "Now is a critical period for your studies and work. Young people should be brave and hardworking. Aren't you the section chief of the department's factory and a member of your professor's research group? Then you need to cheer up and devote more energy to these two tasks. How can you achieve anything if you waste time like today?"
Ye Manzhi: “…”
She remembered that when Grandpa Wu was choosing wives for his children and grandchildren, he would always choose those who were well-educated, gentle, virtuous, and able to take care of their husbands and children.
It seems that the wives of the Wu family are indeed of this type. When the old man divided the family property, he gave the house to his daughters. Neither of the two daughters-in-law raised any objections and accepted it calmly.
She had just given birth to a child, and instead of asking her to look after the baby more often, the old man actually despised her for not working hard for her career!
Why does this old man do whatever he wants?
Under the instruction of his wife, Grandpa Wu took out the bottle to feed the little one water, and did not forget to continue brainwashing his granddaughter-in-law.
"When I was young, I was busy from morning till night, devoting myself to my career. If I had been like you, working for three days and then taking two days off, how could I have achieved what I have today? From now on, you should send your child to us at 7 or 8 in the morning, so that he won't interfere with your studies and work."
Ye Manzhi was stunned when she heard this. She didn't expect that this old man would value her career so much.
I really misunderstood him before.
Ye Manzhi smiled and said, "Yuzhuo is still too young and needs someone to look after her. I'm afraid leaving her here for too long will drain your energy."
"That's nothing!" Grandma Wu used her tongue to tease the child. She had just said, "Look how cute our baby is," and then reminded her husband, "Quickly push your car out and let Xiaoye see it!"
Grandpa Wu pushed a white crib out from under the stairs and said proudly, "I made this crib myself. When I was younger, I could have made it in two days. Now I'm not as strong as I used to be, so it took me over a month to finish it."
Ye Manzhi looked at the carved crib at the head of the bed and sighed again, they were truly a family of grandparents and grandchildren, one made the wedding bed with his own hands, and the other made the crib for his great-granddaughter with his own hands.
Look at the fine workmanship of this crib. Even if Grandpa Wu doesn't go into scientific research, he won't starve if he becomes a carpenter.
She quickly thanked him on behalf of her daughter, praised the crib highly, and then put Comrade Wu Yuzhuo into the soft crib, letting her try sleeping on it.
Ye Manzhi originally thought that this was just an exquisite and beautiful crib, but she was still short-sighted.
Grandpa Wu leaned over to plug in the power, and used his crutch to flick a switch beside the bed, and the small bed suddenly began to shake slightly.
The bumpkin's eyes widened instantly: "Wow!!!"
Why is this bed still shaking?
Grandpa Wu first went to observe the little one in the crib. Seeing that she was not crying or making a fuss, but was staring at a stuffed tiger above her, he said with satisfaction, "The movement is making some noise, and the speed seems to be a bit too fast. I'll adjust it later."
Ye Manzhi asked, "Grandpa, did you invent this bed? I've never seen a bed that can rock automatically!"
"Yeah." Grandpa Wu nodded modestly. "I think this child is quite used to sleeping in the cradle. You can go to school without worry. When we can't hold her anymore, we'll put her in the cradle."
Ye Manzhi thought to himself, Wow, Comrade Wu Yuzhuo started promoting scientific and technological progress just three months after he was born.
It is true that necessity is the mother of invention.
She left her daughter in the new cradle and went to school alone with her bag on her back.
When she sat in the workshop for the technical class, she was still wondering what it would feel like to sleep in the rocking bed.
If the rocking bed was invented by Wu Zhengrong, or if the location was her own home, she would have to sit in it and experience it for herself!
Ye Manzhi was really envious of her own daughter, and thought about going back to take a closer look at the small bed after class.
However, as soon as she walked out of the workshop, she was called to the office by Teacher Ouyang.
"How well do you speak Russian?"
"good."
Ye Manzhi thought that Teacher Ouyang was urging her to speed up her work in disguise.
Her work in the research group mainly involved organizing and compiling research materials, occasionally accompanying Professor Ouyang on field research at grassroots units, and translating the Soviet novel "Sisters."
Before she had her child, she was busy reading romance novels in magazines and never did any serious work.
I only found time to translate half of it after I was out of confinement.
Teacher Ouyang is quite enthusiastic about reading the novel, and these days she has been urging her to translate the contents of the other issues as soon as possible.
Ouyang Jin was not satisfied with her "okay" answer and said seriously, "You should tell me your Russian level honestly, don't be vague."
Ye Manzhi scored full marks in both written and oral Russian exams for two consecutive times.
However, the learning content of foreign majors is relatively simple, and Russian teachers are always lenient when grading.
Ouyang Jin didn't know how much water was in her perfect score.
Ye Manzhi had become familiar with her in the research group and dared to speak. She couldn't help but smile and said, "Teacher, if you have anything to say, just tell me. I went to the kindergarten of the Soviet Overseas Chinese Association when I was a child. I could speak before I could write, and I spoke better than I wrote."
"The Czechoslovak Industrial Production Innovation Youth Exchange Group will soon be visiting Binjiang. Our provincial university is the first stop. The head of the delegation will give a speech to the faculty and students of the School of Engineering and the Department of Industrial Economics. The university would like to select several students with good oral English skills to serve as interpreters for the delegation."
Ye Manzhi's eyes lit up when she heard the long list of names from the delegation.
She thought for a moment and asked, "I remember Czechoslovakia. They spoke Czech, right? I don't speak Czech!"
"The school only requires candidates who are good at Russian and have a good grasp of industry-related professional vocabulary."
Director Miao wanted to let the teachers and students of the Industrial Economics Department see the world, and he strongly requested this speech and asked the president to secure it.
Director Miao also attaches great importance to the selection of translators. In the past two days, he has been selecting Russian translators from the third and fourth year students.
However, Russian is a secondary course in the Department of Industrial Economics, and they never refer to foreign language scores when adjusting new students.
The two students selected by Lao Miao may not be better than the students majoring in Russian.
Every profession has its own expertise, and the task of translation will most likely fall on the Russian department.
"Why should the Russian Department be blamed for this? I fought for this event, I won't let them take advantage of it!"
When Ye Manzhi followed Teacher Ouyang into the department head's office, he happened to hear Director Miao's angry shout.
She couldn't help but complain in her heart. There were rumors in the school that Director Miao of the Industrial Economics Department and Director Liu of the Russian Department had a grudge against each other for stealing his wife.
This can't be true?
Otherwise, why is Lao Miao so excited?
Letting the Russian department take some credit seemed like it could cost him his life.
Ouyang Jin pushed her forward and said, "Director, I'd like to recommend Ye Manzhi. She got full marks in Russian last year. One more person means more chances. Let's try our best."
"What's the point of trying everything? Our Department of Industrial Economics is overflowing with talented people. Why would it be so difficult to recruit a few students who can speak foreign languages?" Director Miao asked. "Ye Manzhi, how's your Russian?"
Ye Manzhi was eager to seize the opportunity to see the world. She had never spoken to anyone from Czechoslovakia, so she said without any modesty, "That's great! I speak foreign languages fluently!"
Director Miao: “…”
This was the most confident answer he had heard in recent days.
It sounds like bragging.
To prove her good Russian, Ye Manzhi gave an example: "I'm a member of the Sino-Soviet Friendship Association! I've participated in many friendship association activities!"
Director Miao thought to himself that he was also a member of the Sino-Soviet Friendship Association.
But it didn't stop him, as he couldn't speak a word of Russian.
He glanced at his watch and said, "Since Ouyang recommended you, then you should give it a try. This afternoon at three o'clock, in Vice President Liu's office, he will personally select translators for the delegation. You can go with Su Rui, a junior, and Gao Yunfan, a senior."
Ye Manzhi accepted the task, came out of the office, and hurried home to feed Wu Yuzhuo's baby.
Hearing that she would be attending Vice Principal Liu's audition that afternoon, Grandpa Wu revealed, "Vice Principal Liu studied in the Soviet Union and his Russian is quite advanced. Although your Russian is good, don't take it lightly and prepare well."
Ye Manzhi thought to herself, what can she prepare in such a short time?
However, she still accepted Grandpa Wu's kindness. After feeding her baby, she rode his 28-inch bicycle to the principal's office.
Director Miao personally waited for the three students at the office building entrance. Once they were all present, he whispered, "The School of Engineering and the Russian Department will also send people to participate in the selection process. You three will represent our Department of Industrial Economics. You all know how to behave, right?"
The three students nodded in unison.
They had already seen teachers from the School of Engineering and the Russian Department bringing people over.
Their Director Miao is a bit narrow-minded. He fought for this speech opportunity, so he can't give the opportunity to the Russian Department, and it would be best not to give it to the School of Engineering.
Ye Manzhi caught sight of Zhou Mu mixed in with the engineering team, but she glanced away and looked away.
He said to Director Miao, "Director, don't worry, we will definitely bring honor to our Industrial Economics Department and take first place!"
Help you avenge the man who stole your wife!
Moreover, where she is, Zhou Mu has no chance of showing up!
Director Miao's expression was indescribable. He said, "You better prepare well, and stop bragging!"
Ye Manzhi: “…”
Who is bragging?
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