area51novel Chapter 134 Helping her save on phone bills
Chapter 134 Helping her save on phone bills
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Early in the morning, Qi Jiaojiao's pig-like screams came from the courtyard, attracting the sisters-in-law from several neighboring families to peek out and see what was happening.
"What are you yelling about? You've woken the child up so early in the morning."
As soon as Bao Ya opened the door, she started yelling at Qi Jiaojiao, her voice even louder than Qi Jiaojiao's.
Xu Wanyun, who had just fallen asleep, glanced impatiently outside. Seeing that her youngest son was still asleep, she covered her ears with a pillowcase, closed her eyes, and continued to sleep.
Qi Jiaojiao pointed to the clothes on the clothesline in the yard and said to Bao Ya with an angry expression:
"What are these yellow spots on my clothes? My aunt can't even wash clothes properly."
Bao Ya glanced at the yellowish-brown stains on the white shirt and said to her nonchalantly:
"It's probably poop. My mom washed it off when she was washing diapers. It probably got on you by accident. You can just take it off and rub it a couple of times. Why are you making such a fuss?"
"Auntie is so old, and she can't even wash her clothes properly. She's really lived such a long life in vain."
Qi Jiaojiao forcefully pulled the clothes off the rope, threw them into the basin, and then tried to go inside to call Liao Chunhua to wash them for her.
Bao Ya simply stood in front of her, tilting her chin up and saying:
"Qi Jiaojiao, have you no shame? You're a freeloader, not only eating and drinking for free in our house, but you also want my mother to wash your clothes every day. What, are you a capitalist's daughter? Coming here to enslave us?"
When Bao Ya said she was a capitalist, Qi Jiaojiao panicked a little. Could she just say such a thing? If someone with ulterior motives targeted her, she would be finished.
"You, you stop talking nonsense. It was Aunt Liao who helped me wash it."
"Bullshit, my mother is busy all day long, why would she bother washing your clothes? You're so ugly, yet you think you're so great."
After Bao Ya finished speaking, she stepped forward and kicked the basin of clothes far away with a loud bang. She then said fiercely to Qi Jiao Jiao:
"If you dare force my mother to wash your clothes again, I'll report you as a capitalist's daughter and see if the army throws you out."
After saying that, she slammed the door shut and went inside. Qi Jiaojiao watched Lin Baoya's retreating figure with a look of hatred that made her grit her teeth, but she couldn't do anything about it. She could only angrily go and wash her own clothes.
The women outside the courtyard who had overheard the whole thing exchanged glances and then went about their own business.
My niece Lu Xuefen is so lazy, yet she wants to find a partner in the army. I need to mention this to people I know well, so I don't fall for her tricks.
Hearing the noise outside, Xu Wanyun inside the house was getting annoyed, but this time Qi Jiaojiao was even more annoyed.
She gave birth a week ago and takes care of the baby by herself every night, breastfeeding and changing diapers all by herself. She just gets a short nap and then has to repeat the whole process again.
She no longer cared about disliking Liao Chunhua; all she wanted was for her mother-in-law to sleep in the same room with her at night and help take care of the children.
But Qi Jiaojiao absolutely refused to sleep in the same room as Bao Ya and insisted on sleeping with her. She slept soundly that night, refusing to get up to help her even after being called several times.
She even subtly suggested to Qi Jiaojiao that she go home and stay for a while, but Qi Jiaojiao didn't respond at all, seemingly intending to stay indefinitely.
If this continues, she's going to break down. Before, when she and Bao Ya had arguments, she would say a few words in Bao Ya's defense, but now she doesn't want to talk to her at all and even hopes that Bao Ya will kick her out.
Bao Ya was in the kitchen, stewing pig's trotters and soybeans before heading to the hospital. She'd taken on the job of cooking for several wounded soldiers. She'd go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy groceries around 9 a.m., then go to the hospital.
"Baoya, is everything alright at home?"
Jiang Tao had almost finished his lunch when he suddenly asked Bao Ya a question. He had wanted to ask her earlier, but he was afraid he wouldn't be able to eat if he asked before lunch.
After half a month, he had mentally prepared himself, and now he is not surprised by anything he hears, but he still feels a little upset.
But you'll get used to it after a few traffic jams.
Upon hearing his question, everyone in the room stopped eating and waited for her to speak.
"Hmm? It's nothing. My sister-in-law and the children are fine, it's just that Qi Jiaojiao is staying at home and won't leave, and she insists on sleeping in the same room as my sister-in-law..."
Bao Ya complained to Jiang Tao for a while, pushing all the responsibility for Xu Wanyun's hard work taking care of the child alone at night onto Qi Jiaojiao.
Jiang Tao felt relieved after hearing this. It was good that it wasn't a conflict between his mother and wife. However, there was nothing he could do about Qi Jiaojiao. She was his wife's family, and since his wife didn't kick her out, no one else could say anything.
"Are you still calling your second brother?"
Wang Xiao, who was standing next to him, suddenly asked a question. He was in a semi-discharged state, coming in every morning to get an IV drip and have a meal, and then going back to work in the afternoon.
"Do you need to see him?"
Bao Ya didn't understand why Wang Xiao suddenly asked that question, and looked at him with a strange expression.
Wang Xiao felt a little guilty. This was a task assigned to him by Director Wen: to take Lin Baoya to the regimental headquarters to make a phone call and make sure she didn't go to the post office again.
"It's nothing. I just wanted to say that if you want to make a call, you can go to the regimental headquarters to make it; it will save you a lot of money on phone bills."
Wang Xiao's eyes darted around as he lied against his conscience. The people in the room thought this reason was ridiculous. If going to the regimental headquarters to make a phone call would save on phone bills, then what would be the point of having a post office? It would be so much better if everyone just went to the regimental headquarters.
Bao Ya rolled her eyes and thought for a moment. She could call the regimental headquarters and chat with their leaders while she was at it.
So, after lunch, Wang Xiao took Bao Ya to the regimental headquarters. It was the first time that Director Wen had met this person who had made the Xu family look so humiliated with just a few phone calls.
She's a pretty young girl with eyes like pools of water; she doesn't seem like the kind of person who's calculating.
Bao Ya is definitely not the kind of person who likes to scheme. She deals with others randomly, doing whatever comes to mind.
"Second brother, we're doing fine here. My sister-in-law's attitude towards us is much better than before. It's just that her cousin is too difficult to please."
Yesterday she asked her mother to wash her clothes, and her mother washed the baby's diapers along with them. She then started complaining that her mother hadn't washed her clothes properly...
Director Wen stayed aside to listen to what she had to say and felt that what she said was quite objective. She affirmed Xu Wanyun's changes and gave a positive evaluation.
But after hearing the rest, she started to get angry. The Xu family was really doing something inhumane. Their in-laws were taking care of their daughter during her postpartum period, so why did they send their niece to be taken care of by others? It was too much of a bully.
Thinking that he should write another note about Xu Guanyan in his little notebook, he would have to tell the division headquarters about it when he reported back later, because his family had corrupted the morale of the army.
Wang Xiao looked at Bao Ya with a complicated expression. She really didn't know how Bao Ya could have such a mouth. Judging from Director Wen's expression, he was probably thinking about how to complain to the Xu family.
"Bao Ya, where are you making this call?"
Finally, Jiang Cheng suddenly asked a question, noting that the phone was too quiet on the other end, unlike what one would expect in a post office.
"In the regimental headquarters office, the unit leaders were considerate of us and wanted to save us some phone bills, so they let me come to the office to make the calls."
Jiang Cheng almost burst out laughing when he heard this. No wonder she didn't mention the phone bill to him today.
After receiving two calls from Bao Ya, he figured it out. This tactic was too underhanded; it seemed the military couldn't take it anymore, but they couldn't do anything about it, so they simply sent her to the regimental headquarters to make the call. Jiang Cheng wished he could buy a ticket immediately and go check on the situation.