In January, the factory even gave early holidays.
The wages at the popsicle factory are the best in the summer, with distribution based on work. After the summer months, the income from the popsicle factory drops sharply, and the income can only help supplement the family's household expenses.
"Thanks to your help, my sister-in-law, my family has been busy. I came here to visit you and chat with you. I also brought you some special products from Beijing."
Without waiting for Mrs. Lu to refuse, Qiao Xinyi spoke again, "Sister-in-law, you are not allowed to refuse. You didn't say no when you helped me clean up the house, so you are not allowed to say no today. If you insist on being polite to me, I will be embarrassed to trouble you again if you have any problems in the future."
Qiao Xinyi's words blocked everything that Mrs. Lu wanted to say.
She smiled and said, "As expected, no one can beat you. I'll accept it then. Thank you for your gift."
Mrs. Lu quickly stepped aside to let Qiao Xinyi in. "Don't stand at the door and talk. Come in and sit down. I heard that you are pregnant. You must be exhausted carrying so many things here, right?"
Mrs. Lu has always liked Qiao Xinyi. She liked her even more after Qiao Xinyi quarreled with the He family and tore off the He family's hypocritical face without any scruples.
She was even a little flattered that Qiao Xinyi came home with gifts.
"How are you tired? You're still pregnant and I often forget you're a pregnant woman." Qiao Xinyi walked in and was about to help Mrs. Lu close the door, but when she turned around, she saw He Rou, who lived opposite her, opening the door and about to leave the house.
The expression on He Rou's face changed slightly, and then, as if she didn't see Qiao Xinyi, she lowered her head, closed the door, and prepared to leave.
This time it was Qiao Xinyi who called her.
"He Rou, are you just about to go out to school? It's quite early at this time~" Qiao Xinyi opened the door of the Lu family a little further and leaned against the door frame to look up and down at He Rou, who was wearing white again.
Don’t you think she looks good in this outfit?
All white in summer and all white in autumn.
"She attended two classes and realized that she forgot to bring a book, so she came back home to get it." Mrs. Lu glanced at the book in He Rou's hand and explained to Qiao Xinyi.
This was obviously not the first time He Rou had done this, so when Mrs. Lu saw that she was holding a book in her hand, she knew what was going on.
"What's it got to do with you?" He Rou said with a cold face. Even though Mrs. Lu was her neighbor, she still didn't get a good look from her.
"It's none of your business. It's not like you failed the college entrance exam twice." Qiao Xinyi spread her hands. "You're not so idle that you're calling you. If there's nothing else, you wouldn't even bother to call your name if you were paid."
Qiao Xinyi rolled her eyes at He Rou and said, "I saw Zhang Li in Beijing. When I came back, Zhang Li came to the guesthouse to look for me..."
Before Qiao Xinyi finished speaking, He Rou's expression suddenly changed.
She even interrupted Qiao Xinyi and asked harshly, "Why did Zhang Li go to the guesthouse to look for you? Qiao Xinyi, don't forget that you are married! I heard that you are pregnant!"
"Are you sick?" Mrs. Lu, a bystander, couldn't stand it any longer. "What do you think Teacher Qiao is? You think about Teacher Qiao with your dirty thoughts. She is different from you. Teacher Qiao doesn't rely on men, so you don't need to talk to Teacher Qiao with such a kiss! She doesn't even like your fiancé!"
Although He Rou didn't make her words very clear, everyone could tell what she meant from the expression on her face and the questioning tone.
Mrs. Lu could tell that He Rou was hinting that Qiao Xinyi seduced Zhang Li.
"I really should let Zhang Li see your face now." Qiao Xinyi clasped her hands and glanced at He Rou, "Zhang Li prepared a gift for you and asked you to bring it back to you. Go to your house after school tonight and I will give it to you then."
This saved her the trouble of making a special trip to bring it to her.
It hurts my legs.
Anyway, I happened to see He Rou at this time, so I had a few words to explain what happened in the past few seconds.
"Why did he come to see you? What did you tell him?" He Rou looked very nervous. "Why did he know which guesthouse you were staying in in Beijing?"
He Rou hasn't contacted Zhang Li for half a month. Zhang Li wrote her a letter after school started, and she replied. Since then, she has not received any reply from Zhang Li since then.
Now it was almost time for her father's important time.
He Shengli has been sighing at home every day these days, or getting angry at Zhou Yun, so He Rou herself is under a lot of pressure. It has been so long since He Rou and Zhang Li got engaged, but the elders of the Zhang family have never invited He Rou alone, nor have they said they would invite the He family alone again.
He Shengli didn't know who would be the winner in the end after Zhang Li and the Zhang family's stubborn resistance, but He Shengli couldn't afford to waste time.
It's not that he didn't try to contact the Zhang family privately as He Rou's father, but the Zhang family didn't give him face and refused to see him.
Zhang Li's mother refused to see him.
Zhang Li’s grandfather also refused to see him.
As Zhang Li's future father-in-law, he couldn't even get into the Zhang family's door.
Therefore, after He Shengli returned home, he asked about the progress of He Rou and Zhang Li's relationship more than once, which also put invisible pressure on He Rou.
He Rou also began to worry whether there would be other lesbians around Zhang Li after he returned to Beijing, and she also began to fear that Zhang Li would change.
Zhang Li had mentioned Qiao Xinyi's excellence in front of He Rou more than once. So when He Rou heard that Zhang Li was going to find Qiao Xinyi, she immediately became alert and her thoughts became distracted.
"Zhang Li is a college student volunteer for the industry exhibition. He happened to be assigned to our province. He also lives in the guesthouse where our province is staying." Qiao Xinyi looked at He Rou with a surprised expression. "Zhang Li didn't tell you about such a big thing as being a college student volunteer for the industry exhibition?"
You know what, this expression looks innocent, but it's actually quite mean.
Qiao Xinyi couldn’t say that she performed the essence of green tea very well, but her performance was enough for He Rou.
This rhetorical question made He Rou feel a sense of crisis.
Because she really didn't know anything about college student volunteers.
I didn't even know that Zhang Li, Qiao Xinyi and other staff members lived in the same guesthouse.
He Rou's frown deepened, and her expression showed a hint of panic visibly.
"Please leave your things. I'll pick them up from your place after school." He Rou bit her lip and hesitated to speak. Thinking of her relationship with Qiao Xinyi, she knew that Qiao Xinyi might not answer her even if she asked, so she swallowed her words back.
After hesitating for a few seconds, He Rou didn't ask anything and turned away with the book.
Mrs. Lu then urged Qiao Xinyi to go into the house and sit down, then closed the door.
"He Rou really doesn't look like a student anymore. I don't know what she's thinking all day. She's still a student, often leaving her books at home."
Mrs. Lu muttered casually.
"She does this often recently?" Qiao Xinyi was surprised.
"It's not that often. After all, the school has only just started. But including today, this is the third time I've come back to get a book in the middle of class."
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