Cheng Yaoyao said slowly, "The dumplings were not cooked properly. The heat was too high, the dumplings were not soft enough, and the aroma of the wine was ruined. I am just stating the facts, and I didn't ask you to cook it again for me. Why are you so excited?"
What's more, even if she cooked a hundred more bowls, without the spiritual spring water, the food would still be unpalatable.
Cheng Zheng said: "The taste is a little worse than before. Yaoyao is right, Nuonuo, don't be so excited."
Cheng Zheng's attention was not on this. He said to Cheng Yaoyao, "Yaoyao, after you finish eating, come to the study with Dad. I have something to talk to you about."
Cheng Yaoyao and Cheng Zheng went into the study, leaving only Wei Shuying and her daughter in the living room. Wei Shuying said, "Go and listen, is your dad trying to persuade that damn girl to marry Shen Yan?"
Cheng Nuonuo remained unmoved: "Impossible, even if the Shen family is willing, Cheng Yaoyao will not agree."
"How do you know?" Wei Shuying's eyes lit up. "Did Cheng Yaoyao really find a partner in the countryside? Is his partner ugly and poor?!"
Neither. Thinking of the young and handsome Xie Zhao, Cheng Nonuo's smile twisted for a moment.
"Your father will definitely not let her go back to the countryside!" Wei Shuying said bitterly, "It's all because of you, this damn girl. If you had the ability, you would have schemed against her in the countryside! And you let her come back and bully your mother?"
Cheng Nonuo said coldly: "I have already said in the letter that she has changed a lot now. I told you not to provoke her easily. We will talk about everything after I come back..."
Wei Shuying interrupted her: "You little bitch, are you lecturing your own mother? I ask you, how did you become like this? We both do the same job, but why is that little bitch getting prettier and prettier?!"
Since she lost the spiritual spring, Cheng Nonuo's appearance has been deteriorating at a speed visible to the naked eye. What Cheng Nonuo hates most now is other people's comments on her face. When she was in the village, she would suspect that others were laughing at her when she saw them talking and laughing. But her own mother came to poke her lungs.
Cheng Nonuo sneered: "Then give me some money to buy some vanishing cream."
Wei Shuying immediately said, "No money! You need some money in the countryside. Isn't the money your father sent you enough for you to spend?"
Since Cheng Nonuo went to the countryside, Cheng Zheng did send her several bills and tens of dollars. But since the disappearance of Lingquan, Cheng Nonuo desperately bought a lot of skin care products to maintain her appearance, and spent all her money on them, but they didn't work at all. The most hateful thing is that those skin care products seemed to have taken effect on Cheng Yaoyao, and she looked more and more radiant day by day.
Cheng Nonuo said, "How can I restore my beauty without money? Besides, Shen Yan always likes girls to dress up beautifully."
This statement hit Wei Shuying's sore spot. In Wei Shuying's narrow vision, Shen Yan was the best son-in-law she had ever seen. Looking at Cheng Nuonuo's current condition, it was impossible to find another one.
Thinking of this, Wei Shuying took out a handkerchief bag, gritted her teeth and counted out 5 yuan.
Cheng Nonuo snatched the handkerchief bag away and counted the money: "Why is there only so much money?"
"You damn girl, this is the hidden money your mother left for you!" Wei Shuying tried desperately to snatch it back, but Cheng Nonuo had already stuffed the money into his pocket.
Wei Shuying gasped in pain and said, "I've given you the money, but you have to fight for my reputation! What's the use of being pretty, you little girl? You have a bad temper and can't coax a man. Do the same thing you did before. You must keep Shen Yan under control and fight for your mother!"
On the way back, Nono went back to her room.
Her bedroom was smaller than Cheng Yaoyao's and had nothing in it - but it was much better than the room she had in her previous life. In her previous life, she lived in a small room that was converted from a west-facing balcony. It was so cramped that after putting a bed in it, there was no room for anything else.
In this life, Cheng Zheng converted the west-facing storage room into a bedroom for her. The bedroom was furnished with a small bed, a cabinet, a desk, and posters of movie stars on the wall. Before going to the countryside, she had filled this room with things bit by bit, some of which she had stolen from Cheng Yaoyao, and some of which Cheng Zheng and Shen Yan had bought for her. But now the whole room had become empty again, and even the new curtains she had bought not long before going to the countryside had been taken away.
Facing Cheng Nonuo's questioning, Wei Shuying was quite confident: "All my good things were sold by that damn girl Cheng Yaoyao and turned into tattered things. How can I let your aunt and cousin go home empty-handed during the New Year? Your curtains and coat are not used anyway, so what's wrong with giving them to your cousin?"
Cheng Nonuo looked at the empty room, walked to the bed, and took out a handkerchief bag from under the bed. She hid it so cleverly that Wei Shuying didn't find it. She carefully unfolded the money she had taken from Wei Shuying today and put it into the handkerchief bag.
She had exchanged all the goodies Shen Yan had bought for her for money. In the days since she returned to Shanghai, she had cried poorly in front of Cheng Zheng, and she had collected dozens of yuan from him. Together with the ten yuan Wei Shuying had saved, she had saved nearly two hundred yuan.
Cheng Nonuo counted the money while thinking about the jade she found on the black market. When she saved enough money, everything would be back on track. God gave her a chance to start over, and she would never make the same mistake again.
Cheng Yaoyao...she will definitely take back everything that belongs to Cheng Yaoyao!
In the study, the conversation between Cheng Yaoyao and Cheng Zheng broke down.
Cheng Zheng's attitude remains firm: Cheng Yaoyao must break up with his country girl!
"Yaoyao! You are still young, how can you know what is the right partner?" Cheng Zheng said in grief: "They think you are beautiful and innocent, so they coax you to stay in the countryside!"
"Xie Zhao is not like what you said!" Cheng Yaoyao couldn't stand hearing people say bad things about Xie Zhao. Cheng Yaoyao could talk about how good Xie Zhao was for three days and three nights, but now she didn't want to talk to Cheng Zheng at all.
"Dad is an experienced person. Would he hurt you?" Cheng Zheng said earnestly, "Dad's judgment of people is better than yours!"
Cheng Yaoyao sneered: "What do Cheng Nuonuo and Wei Shuying say? You thought Shen Yan was good before!"
Cheng Zheng was so choked that he almost vomited blood: "You!"
Cheng Yaoyao became even more angry and just turned his head and left.
Cheng Zheng chased out, but Cheng Yaoyao slammed the door loudly and locked it.
Wei Shuying said: "Look at her, look at her, every time she comes home, she makes a big fuss! You said she has grown up and changed, but I think she has become even worse!"
Cheng Zheng sat on the sofa with a gloomy face: "Don't make any noise, let me be alone for a while."
Wei Shuying said: "Hey, a girl can't be kept when she grows up. If you keep her, she will become an enemy. If she is happy, then you can..."
"Mom, let Dad calm down. Dad is not feeling well either." Cheng Nuonuo came out and held Wei Shuying. She was so tactless. No wonder she couldn't win Cheng Zheng's heart for twenty years.
Wei Shuying followed Cheng Nonuo reluctantly.
Cheng Zheng's ears finally quieted down. He took off his glasses, rubbed his brows, and sighed. Sending his daughter to the countryside was his biggest mistake. She didn't understand what it meant to marry a countryman.
Cheng Zheng sat in the living room, Cheng Yaoyao was also sulking in the bedroom. What a lousy father, soft-hearted and confused, no wonder the original owner was so aggrieved. It was a pity that she listened to Xie Zhao's words and wanted to reconcile with him.
After thinking about it for a long time, Cheng Yaoyao still couldn't fall asleep. Suddenly, there was a light flashing on the window. Cheng Yaoyao got up wrapped in a sweater and lay on the windowsill to look out.
The window across the street was open, and Xie Zhao, who was familiar with her, stood by the window and shone the light at her again. Cheng Yaoyao burst into laughter, and the gloom in her eyes instantly disappeared. The two exchanged secret signals for a while, and Cheng Yaoyao reluctantly closed the window at Xie Zhao's urging.
She turned around with the quilt in her arms and slept near the window.
In the alleys of Shanghai in the early morning, the aroma of pan-fried dumplings and soy milk permeates. Old Shanghainese people in pajamas take jars and make milk or soy milk and go home. Looking down from the kitchen window, it is like a street scene of old Shanghai in the 1970s.
The Cheng family's kitchen faces south, with good sunlight. The spotless stove and walls look particularly clean. An egg is sizzling in the pan, with a yolk that looks like a little sun. When the egg white starts to turn brown, it is turned over and placed on a plate.
Cheng Yaoyao, with her long hair tied up and a small apron tied around her neck, moved around the kitchen nimbly. She took a tomato and cut it into slices. The sharp knife flashed, and the tomato juice flowed out.
Cheng Yaoyao took out two slices of white toast and placed them on the chopping board. He placed fried eggs, cucumber slices, tuna, tomato slices, and ketchup on them. He then covered them with another slice of toast and pressed them tightly. This toast was bought from Lao Da Chang, it was soft and fresh, and was perfect for making sandwiches.
Cheng Yaoyao made four tuna sandwiches in one breath, wrapped them in brown paper and put them in his bag. He ignored Wei Shuying and Cheng Nonuo, put on his bag and ran away.
Cheng Zheng went out early this morning. Cheng Nuonuo and Wei Shuying were eating breakfast without calling Cheng Yaoyao. Seeing Cheng Yaoyao walking away briskly, the two looked at each other.
Wei Shuying said, "There must be something strange about this damn girl. Has she secretly reconciled with Shen Yan? After you finish eating, go find Shen Yan and take a look!"
Cheng Nonuo looked at the door in confusion. It was impossible. Cheng Yaoyao would not go to see Shen Yan. Could it be...
Wei Shuying said, "Do you know something? Tell me, what is that damn girl doing out there every day?"
Cheng Nonuo asked: "Where did Dad go today?"
"At work, they said they were working on a certain project," Wei Shuying said. "Why are you asking this?"
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Shanghai University was founded in the Republic of China. It covers an area of more than 100 acres. The buildings are full of Western style. Osmanthus and sycamore trees are planted all over the campus. In this season, there is still a faint fragrance of osmanthus. There are boys playing basketball on the playground, and students who are leaving class are walking to the cafeteria with books in their arms, chatting and laughing.
Cheng Yaoyao and Xie Zhao took a tour around the campus. Cheng Yaoyao was fine, but it was Xie Zhao's first time to experience real campus life.
These college students are the proud children of this era. They not only receive living allowances, but also meal ticket subsidies for the canteen. Therefore, each of them has not been polished by life, and their eyes reveal the unique high spirits and enthusiasm for life of students.
Cheng Yaoyao and Xie Zhao were only 20 years old, and they looked harmonious walking on campus. There was even an enthusiastic girl who came up to Cheng Yaoyao and asked, "Which department are you from? Why have I never seen you before?"
Cheng Yaoyao blinked at Xie Zhao and said seriously, "I'm from the acting department."
"No wonder she's so pretty!" After Cheng Yaoyao and Xie Zhao walked away, the girl finally responded, "Where does our school have a performance department?"
Cheng Yaoyao held his stomach and laughed so hard that he fell backwards. Xie Zhao said, "Little liar."
Cheng Yaoyao said unconvincedly, "I'm not lying. When the college entrance examination is resumed, it won't be considered lying if I apply for the acting department. What about you? What do you want to study?"
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