Chapter 85: She is so weak and still complains that others say she is cheap?
Shi Xiaoai and Cheng Yang looked at each other, and both remembered the scene they had seen at the Friendship Store before.
It was the early 1980s, and people were not so utilitarian.
People at this time are full of hope and yearning for the future. They are more pursuing inner richness and care more about spiritual satisfaction.
Therefore, Shi Xiaomei's choice can be said to be quite shocking in this era.
So much so that no one wants to think about the most unbelievable aspect.
"No way? How old is Shi Xiaomei this year? She is younger than Shi Daxi, so she must be at most 25 this year?" Guo An asked.
"Twenty-four. She is one year younger than me." Shi Xiaoai replied.
"Twenty-four, I remember she's not married yet. Is she crazy? How could she find someone like this who can be her father?"
"Almost. Deputy Director Wang had applied for a temporary residence permit from us before. The age written on the letter of introduction was 54, which is exactly 30 years older than her." Chen Min continued.
"Big Thirty!"
Now not only Guo An was shocked, the expressions of everyone at the table looked indescribable.
"Actually, it's not entirely her fault."
Chen Min sighed: "This girl is a bit pitiful. Her parents went to support the construction, and her brother and sister-in-law are not humane. I heard that they bullied her quite harshly.
I heard from the sisters-in-law in the office that their family is in chaos every day. Maybe she can’t stay at home anymore?”
"You can't stay here any longer, and you can't find someone like that!"
Master Liu snorted coldly: "She doesn't mind embarrassing her grandfather!"
"Maybe it's about the house?" Guo An said tentatively: "There are too few people who own houses nowadays. She may not want to live at home anymore."
"The deputy director also lived in the dormitory when he came. The previous houses in the fertilizer factory were divided up a long time ago, and there is no house left now."
"A dormitory is fine too. At least it's a single room, and single rooms are hard to find these days."
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Several people were talking about it.
Shi Xiaoai did not participate in the discussion.
Because she didn't believe that Shi Xiaomei made such a choice because she was desperate.
I haven't experienced the plot myself, so I don't know what the old man's trump card is, but Xiaomei will definitely know when she is reborn.
So there's no need to feel sorry for her.
I can’t believe how happy I am that I can make a new choice!
Shi Xiaomei, who was thought to be happy by Shi Xiaoai, was actually not happy at the moment. Facing the smug faces of her brother and sister-in-law, she felt extremely disgusted!
"I told you not to talk nonsense outside. Don't talk nonsense outside. Why didn't you listen? Now everyone in the factory knows I'm getting married to Deputy Director Wang. Do you know how passive I'm being?!"
Shi Xiaomei accused irritably.
"What's wrong? You can do it but not tell it? Aren't you just in love with that Wang Quanxi? I saw you two hugging and kissing behind the office building that day. You are a girl and you are staying with that old man without getting married? You have no shame!" Sun Yueying looked disapproving.
"No way! Don't make up rumors! He helped me up when I was about to fall!"
Hearing Sun Yueying's harsh words, Shi Xiaomei retorted loudly.
But Sun Yueying was not afraid at all and retorted loudly: "What kind of rumor is this? How dare you say he didn't hug you? I saw it clearly! You are a grown woman and you are acting like that in public with someone. You really don't mind being ashamed!"
I said what? I said it to create a fait accompli! Otherwise, people don’t know what to say about you. Talking about you is a small matter, but they also want to talk about me and your brother!
She slapped herself on the face as she spoke: "You have no shame, but I still have some dignity!"
Shi Xiaomei took a deep breath in anger.
She tried to calm her tone and explained, "We are indeed in a relationship, but we haven't reached the stage of discussing marriage, and Deputy Director Wang hasn't proposed to me.
We can't say this now. If we say it, it will seem like we're begging him for mercy. Girls should be more reserved."
Sun Yueying wanted to say something else, but Shi Daxi tugged at her, a rare gesture, and then agreed, "Yes, yes, girls should be more reserved. You should act like you should before getting married."
Um...did Deputy Director Wang tell us how much the betrothal gift would be?"
When Sun Yueying heard about the betrothal gift for two people, her eyes lit up. She stopped blaming her husband for interrupting her and looked at Shi Xiaomei.
"Let's talk about it later. He hasn't mentioned marriage to me yet, so how can I ask for a betrothal gift?"
Shi Xiaomei stood up irritably and walked towards her own cabin.
When he reached the door, he turned around worriedly and said, "Anyway, don't spread this matter. Everything will depend on the situation. It won't be good for our family if you talk too much!"
"Okay, no rush, no rush." Shi Daxi nodded quickly.
Seeing the door of the hut closed, Sun Yueying curled her lips and cursed softly, "She's so weak and yet she complains about others calling her cheap? What's wrong with me saying it? If I don't shout so that everyone in the factory knows about it and put pressure on Wang Quanxi, I'm afraid he won't consider marrying her! Maybe he's just playing around."
Shi Daxi nudged her with his elbow and said angrily, "Don't talk nonsense. If Deputy Director Wang didn't like Xiaomei, would he give our family so much noodles? And oil, and all that sugar..."
Sun Yueying slapped him back without any hesitation!
"I said your family is all weak-willed, and I was absolutely right. You were bribed by such a small thing? Your sister paid for it with her own body!
Tsk tsk tsk, I don't know what she was thinking, just for this little thing she left Director Li alone and fell for such an old man."
Sun Yueying spoke with a look of disdain on her face.
Shi Xiaomei was attracted to Wang Quanxi not for those things, of course. She was attracted by the interests behind Wang Quanxi.
In his previous life, Wang Quanxi also came to Yuncheng at this time and was also the deputy director of a chemical plant.
He is indeed a very capable person. After working here for less than five years, he took over the position of factory director and became the head of the most famous factory in Yuncheng.
Later, he rose rapidly and entered the city's management level in less than ten years.
But this is not the reason why Shi Xiaomei looks up to him. What attracts her most about Wang Quanxi is not his ability, but the fact that he has a good daughter.
Wang Quanxi's family is from Hai City. His deceased wife left him a son and a daughter.
Both children are not young anymore, and the eldest son should be a few years older than Shi Xiaomei.
But the most successful person in their family is his youngest daughter.
His youngest daughter had disappeared while she was queuing up, and until then everyone thought she had fallen off a cliff and died.
But in fact, it was not the case. She had smuggled herself to the port city early on with a few educated youth and survived there.
Shi Xiaomei remembered that it was in 1988 when Wang Quanxi's daughter returned to China. She not only brought a lot of good things to the family, but also guaranteed that her brother's son and wife would go abroad.
By the early 1990s, when the chemical plant went bankrupt due to insolvency, Wang Quanxi successfully arrived at his station, retired from his position as a city leader, and returned to Hai City.
Shi Xiaomei later met him when she went on a business trip to Hai City. At that time, his daughter had returned to China as a wealthy businessman to invest in real estate business.
Xiaomei didn't know how much Wang Quanxi's daughter was worth, but she knew that Wang Quanxi was the biggest financial support she could find.
As long as she can stay married to him for a few more years and wait for his daughter to come back, even if nothing else, considering that she has taken care of Wang Quanxi for so many years, she should at least be able to get a share of the profits.
As for her, she has many years of experience in management and operation, as well as a forward-looking vision. Shi Xiaomei is confident that as long as someone gives her a chance, she will surely be able to soar again!
It must be better than the previous life!
So compared to the betrothal gift and other things, she cares more about how to get Wang Quanxi first!
Of course, while getting the person, you also have to get the benefits you deserve.
Everyone was very satisfied with the meal at the banquet that day, and everyone left with satisfaction.
Although Guo An mentioned that Shi Daxi and his family were selling stone buns, Shi Xiaoai directly said that she didn't care, so no one mentioned it again and pretended that it had never happened.
Shi Xiaoai originally thought that the matter was over, but she didn't expect that at noon the next day, Cheng Yang returned to the tea stall and brought back several stone buns.
"Where did you buy this?" Shi Xiaoai knew what was going on at a glance and asked softly.
"Hmm." Cheng Yang handed the steamed bun over: "I tasted it, and it tastes similar to ours, except that it's a little salty."
Shi Xiaoai took it and looked at it, and found that the stone buns made by Shi Daxi and others were similar to the ones she had here, with three flavors: sweet, salty, and original, and no nut filling. She guessed that she didn't get the nuts.
She broke it open and tasted it, and found it tasted quite good.
You can't belittle your opponent just because the food is not homemade. After all, Shi Xiaomei made her fortune by opening a restaurant in her previous life. When it comes to cooking skills, Shi Xiaoai feels that she may not be much better than others.
After all, she is not a professional, and even if Shi Xiaomei follows the timeline in the book, she has been doing this for more than ten or twenty years.
His skills must be quite good.
"Her salty version was made with scallion oil, the same flavor we made originally. She probably couldn't buy Sichuan peppercorns, so she couldn't imitate the salt and pepper flavor we have now.
But this is only a short-term thing. I guess it won’t be long before we find one. By then, it won’t be difficult for her to make one exactly like ours.”
Shi Xiaoai took a bite and told the truth.
Cheng Yang frowned and asked, "So what are you going to do?"
"Let's build the house first. Now everything comes first. As for this..."
She flipped the pancake with her hand and said, "We'll talk about it later. This isn't the only kind I can make. I can just change the variety later."
"This isn't a common thing. How can we let them lead us by the nose? What if we were to learn from her?"
Shi Xiaoai looked at Cheng Yang with amusement: "You look down on me too much. If I really don't want her to learn, do you think she can learn it?"
What is stone bun? It was originally a food that was thought up on the spur of the moment when people were asking for directions by throwing stones.
If we really want to talk about unique skills, it must be our own steamed buns.
Shi Xiaoai couldn't believe that this person could imitate the signature buns that his parents had honed over many years of experience!
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