Chapter 299

Chapter 299

Qi Yingying’s words were filled with disdain. Before Bai Xiuxiu could even answer, Qi Yingying continued, "Who doesn't cook for their husband? How did your mother raise you?

"In the past, it might have been excusable, but from now on, in the He family, you can't just sit idle.

"As the elder sister-in-law, you should help take care of your sister-in-law who is pregnant.

"He Wei is still young, so you need to take more responsibility for her.

"You..."

"Aunt Qi, why are you making me care for your daughter and daughter-in-law? Are you on your deathbed?" Bai Xiuxiu asked her with a concerned expression.

Qi Yingying was momentarily speechless at Bai Xiuxiu’s words.

She couldn’t believe her ears: "What did you just say?"

"Is there something wrong with your ears, Aunt Qi? Couldn't you hear what I just said?" Bai Xiuxiu smiled as usual.

She continued patiently, "How could I? I'm just curious. Since you don't want to handle your own matters and plan to dump them on me, of course, I have to be concerned about you."

Bai Xiuxiu flatly denied it.

"What do you mean by dumping everything on me? As the elder sister-in-law, you..."

Qi Yingying was furious.

"As a mother and mother-in-law, shouldn’t you be the one taking care of them?" Bai Xiuxiu asked lightly.

"Bai Xiuxiu! Do you know any manners?"

Qi Yingying was completely overwhelmed by the insults. What kind of daughter-in-law was this? Not only did she not want to take care of family matters, but she also dared to insult her?

"Manners? If you have them, then I do."

"Your current job was set up by me!" Qi Yingying, unwilling, tried to use the job to threaten Bai Xiuxiu.

Bai Xiuxiu looked at her and didn't care: "Aunt Qi, you can also try to transfer my job to your beloved daughter or your second daughter-in-law. My husband and I will just return to the county, won't we?"

Not likely!

Qi Yingying was left speechless by Bai Xiuxiu's words.

If the eldest son and his wife were sent back, the He Youde family would return. Wouldn't that be even worse?

"Aunt Qi, you've never raised my husband, and you haven't given him justice. Now you want me to be your servant? Dream on!

"It’s just the two of us here.

"I’ll be blunt. Don’t scheme against me, and let’s have some peace."

Bai Xiuxiu warned Qi Yingying.

She had no good feelings for this selfish mother-in-law, Qi Yingying.

Was this person really planning from the beginning to make her and Qinghe work like dogs for the other children of the He family?

Where did they get the nerve?

They weren’t even willing to send the culprit responsible for Qinghe being taken to the police. And to protect him, they even let the people from Old Wang’s family off the hook.

How could they even have the nerve to ask her and Qinghe to do something for them?

It would be more practical to just dream about it.

The one who truly had the final say in the He family was her father-in-law, not this mother-in-law.

After all, if Qi Yingying had any say in the matter, her daughter and the wife of her favored second son would have already secured jobs by now.

It wouldn’t be the case that her other three children were all unemployed and idle at home.

Qi Yingying had originally thought that since Bai Xiuxiu was now in the provincial city, she could use this opportunity to arrange a job for her and, along the way, discipline her.

She was using Bai Xiuxiu’s job as leverage, and as her mother-in-law, if she said a few words privately, how could Bai Xiuxiu refuse?

With her being so busy at work, wouldn’t it be appropriate for Bai Xiuxiu to help out with the household chores when she had the time?

They were family after all…

But as it turned out, Bai Xiuxiu didn’t play by the usual rules.

Qi Yingying was so angry that she didn’t say a word for the rest of the journey, her face cold.

It wasn’t until they reached the community office that she finally managed to put on a smile when she ran into Xiao Tan, who worked in the same unit as her.

In front of outsiders, she still needed to keep up appearances.

Seeing Qi Yingying, Xiao Tan also noticed Bai Xiuxiu standing next to her.

Sister Qi’s son had returned, and her daughter-in-law was this capable young woman named Xiao Bai, a situation Xiao Tan initially found absurd.

What a coincidence!

Yet, coincidences happened, and here it was, true indeed.

After Sister Wang mentioned Xiao Bai to her, she had kept it in mind.

She had even looked at Xiao Bai’s work records a few times and had recently recommended her for the position of deputy director of the community office.

With such an impressive work record, it was feasible for her to come here.

And with Qi Jie’s recommendation, it became even easier to arrange.

If she performed well, she could stay; if not, they could figure it out later.

This was how things worked when relying on connections to get into the community office.

In fact, if she were a local, she could have just taken the exam to get in directly.

Xiao Tan had thought a lot about it, and being a considerate senior, she spoke gently to Bai Xiuxiu, “Sister Qi, Xiao Bai, shall we head to the office now?”

Qi Yingying nodded, “Yes, thank you for your hard work on this.”

“What hard work? Xiao Bai is capable on her own. We’re just asking for a favor. It’s still up to them whether they see Xiao Bai’s qualifications as fitting. If she weren’t capable, even if we asked for a favor, it wouldn’t work.” Xiao Tan said, and then looked at Bai Xiuxiu again.

"Xiuxiu, the community office here does pretty much the same things as the one you were at before. Just focus on your work. If there's anything you don't understand, don't hesitate to ask me or your mother-in-law."

She and Sister Qi had both done community mediation work before.

We still know how to manage things here.

"Thank you, Director Tan," Bai Xiuxiu replied softly, her demeanor respectful.

"Just call me Auntie Tan. I'll take you in now, but once your paperwork is done, we need to get back to work."

The street here is called Jinmu Street, and the office is the Jinmu Street Community Office.

There are more people here than in the county.

As soon as she entered the room, she saw that everyone was busy.

When they saw Bai Xiuxiu, some of them gave her curious glances.

Xiao Tan led Bai Xiuxiu forward.

"Director Gao, this is Xiuxiu," Xiao Tan said, introducing Bai Xiuxiu.

Director Gao was a middle-aged woman with a neat short haircut, dressed in a blue shirt and glasses.

She looked capable and serious.

She scrutinized Bai Xiuxiu closely, and Bai Xiuxiu remained calm, also observing Director Gao carefully.

After a moment, Director Gao nodded. "Yes, she’s indeed a spirited young woman. Xiuxiu, right? Go sit over there and take over Xiao Zhang's work. Xiao Zhang has been reassigned to another position, so you’ll continue with the work she left unfinished.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask Xiao Lin and Xiao Lu next to you."