svetikya Chapter 283 Being scolded
Chapter 283 Being scolded
The bell for the second half rang. Before leaving, Yu Haitang looked back at Zhou Qisheng's tall back, then at her husband's dark face, and suddenly she felt an indescribable feeling in her heart.
"What are you looking at?" Wang Jianjun pulled her and said, "Go back to your seat."
After sitting down, Yu Shui leaned close to Zhou Qisheng's ear and whispered, "Sister Haitang is my sister-in-law's younger sister. Many people pursued her in the past."
Zhou Qisheng raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Then how..."
"Later, she fell in love with Section Chief Wang because he was the son of an official." Yu Shui pouted, "Now her husband has transferred her to work as a salesperson in a department store. She often comes to my house to show off her new fashion items."
On the stage, Li Yuhe was singing "Drink a bowl of wine from my mother before leaving." Zhou Qisheng suddenly held Yu Shui's hand and said, "I don't want to be a cadre's child. I'll just be a junior clerk in your propaganda department, okay?"
Yu Shui smiled and quietly held his hand in the dim light. Yu Haitang in the front row turned around again and saw this scene. She unconsciously wrinkled the program in her hand.
When the show was over, the two couples met again at the door. Wang Jianjun was bragging about the relationship between his father and the head of the troupe, while Yu Haitang was staring at Zhou Qisheng's gentle movements to help Yu Shui tie her scarf.
"Yushui," Yu Haitang suddenly said, "It's my birthday in two days. I'll invite my sister and your brother. Comrade Zhou, why don't you come over for dinner?" She added meaningfully, "It's at the Moscow Restaurant. Jianjun's father has an internal coupon."
Yu Shui was about to refuse, but Zhou Qisheng smiled and agreed: "Okay, I also want to ask Chief Wang some questions about work."
On the way back, Yu Shui asked in confusion: "Why did you agree? She is obviously... Besides, didn't we eat Lao Mo today?"
Zhou Qisheng pushed his glasses and said softly, "It's true that we are eating at Lao Mo's today, but it was given by Brother Zhuzi." He paused, "Since she wants to show off, let her show off to her heart's content."
Yu Shui frowned: "But your father is not..."
"Shhh..." Zhou Qisheng suddenly pressed his finger gently on Yu Shui's lips. After looking around to make sure no one was around, he lowered his voice and said, "Didn't we agree to keep my dad's affairs a secret?"
Yu Shui blinked, and suddenly stood on tiptoe to whisper in his ear: "So, if Yu Haitang knew that the section chief of the Industrial Bureau, whom she tried so hard to curry favor with, had to queue up even to hand over documents to your father, would she be so angry that she would die?"
Zhou Qisheng's ears felt hot from her breath, and he quickly took a step back: "Stop it..." He adjusted his glasses and said seriously: "My dad hates it most when people in the family use his position to make trouble. Last time, my cousin did something under his name, and he was directly sent to the grassroots for training."
Under the streetlight, Yu Shui's eyes sparkled: "Then let's rely on our real abilities! Your article published in the People's Daily is better than any cadre's children!"
Zhou Qisheng's heart was warmed, and just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard a cough behind him. The two of them were so scared that they quickly separated and looked back to see Sha Zhu standing at the gate of the yard with a lunch box.
"Standing here in the middle of the night to feed mosquitoes?" Sha Zhu stuffed the lunch box to Zhou Qisheng, "Here, heat it up and eat it tomorrow." He squinted his eyes and looked at the two of them, "What is Yu Haitang doing again?"
Yu Shui rushed to say: "She insisted on inviting us to Moscow Restaurant to celebrate her birthday to show off her husband, the section chief!"
Sha Zhu snorted coldly and said unhappily, "You don't know who you are after marrying a deputy section chief? It's really embarrassing. It's Lao Mo's birthday, and I don't know when it will be. I have to ask your sister-in-law to take care of her sister."
When Sha Zhu returned to the room, he saw Yu Li sewing clothes for Xiao Mudan, so he sat down on the edge of the bed and said angrily, "Your sister is getting more and more outrageous!"
Yu Li continued to thread the needle without raising her head: "What's wrong?"
"She insisted on inviting Yushui and the others to Lao Mo's birthday party to show off her husband, the section chief!" Sha Zhu became angrier and angrier as he spoke. "Didn't she ask me to find him a job in the first place? Now, he's getting cocky!"
Yu Li paused her needlework and sighed, "Haitang has always loved to compare with others since she was a child. You know that."
"You can't bully Yu Shui like this!" Sha Zhu slapped the table, shaking the needlework basket and making it jump up. "Go talk to her tomorrow and ask her to pay attention to the impact!"
The next day at noon, Yu Li went to the department store. Yu Haitang was trying out vanishing cream for a customer at the cosmetics counter. When she saw Yu Li coming, she immediately smiled and said, "Sister! Why are you here?"
Yu Li pulled her to the warehouse and said with a straight face, "Haitang, didn't you say yesterday that you would treat us to dinner at Moscow Restaurant for your birthday?"
Yu Haitang smiled even more: "Yes, I'm just treating you guys to a meal out of kindness..."
"In a good mood?" Yu Li sneered, "Do you think your brother-in-law is a fool? He was so angry that he didn't sleep well last night!"
"Why is he angry?" Yu Haitang curled her lips, "I didn't ask him to spend any money..."
"Bang!" Yu Li slapped the shelf. "Yu Haitang! Do you still have a conscience? If your brother-in-law hadn't helped you find a job, you wouldn't be where you are today? Now you've married a section chief and you don't recognize your relatives anymore?"
Yu Haitang was stunned by the scolding, and then her eyes turned red: "Sister! How can you say that to me..."
Yu Li dragged Yu Haitang to a corner of the warehouse and said in a low voice, "Do you know what the situation is like now? You show off your Moscow restaurant and brand-name watches every day. Are you afraid that others don't know that your family is well off?"
Yu Haitang was startled by her sister's sudden harshness, and the bottle of vanishing cream in her hand almost fell to the ground: "Sister, what are you doing......"
"What am I doing?" Yu Li poked her forehead in frustration. "How did your husband get that position as section chief? Don't you know? Can his father's connections stand up to the pressure?"
Yu Haitang's face turned pale, and her lips trembled: "Sister, what do you mean by this..."
"What do you mean?" Yu Li pulled out a neatly folded copy of the People's Daily from her pocket. "Take a look at this article written by Zhou Qisheng, 'On the Construction of New Socialist Cadre Style'. It talks about people like your husband!"
Yu Haitang took the newspaper with trembling hands and immediately saw the article circled in red by Zhou Qisheng, which clearly stated that "some cadres' children have occupied important positions by relying on their parents' connections, which has seriously affected the purity of the cadre team."
"This..." Yu Haitang's tears fell, "Jianjun, he, he's not that serious..."
"It's not that serious yet?" Yu Li sneered, "Last month, the Agricultural Machinery Bureau just punished two section chiefs for using backdoors! Do you have to wait until Wang Jianguo is also caught as an example before you are satisfied?"
Outside the warehouse, colleagues were laughing and talking, so Yu Li quickly snatched the newspaper back and stuffed it into her pocket. Yu Haitang's makeup had been ruined by her tears, and her mascara had smudged into dark circles under her eyes, making her look particularly miserable.
"Listen to my advice," Yu Li handed her a handkerchief, "Keep a low profile recently. If you really want to invite guests, just cook a few dishes at home and invite Yu Shui and the others..."