Chapter 15 Stepmother Five
Mercury sat in front of the piano on the floor-to-ceiling window to demonstrate. The little boy stood aside and listened carefully. Mercury finished talking about a few points that needed to be paid attention to, got up and left, changed positions with the student, and asked him to try playing again.
Her student's surname is Wei, and her name is Wei Jinhuan. Mercury has been teaching him for almost a year and gets along well. Although this child is not particularly smart in piano learning, he is good at studying hard. Mercury and teach him English. He learns much faster than piano. The two have been talking in English since half a year ago. Mercury not only teaches him, but also takes the opportunity to familiarize himself with the current English pronunciation.
When the students' parents occasionally see each other, they are very satisfied with the teacher Mercury.
After ending today's teaching, Mercury picked up his bag and prepared to go back. Mother Wei sat up from the sofa, smiled politely, and gave her a bottle of wine and chocolate sweets wrapped in a gift box. "It's almost Mid-Autumn Festival. This is a holiday gift to Teacher Mu. I'm really bothering you with Jinhuan from my family."
Mercury received this decent thank-you gift, chatted with her politely for a few words, and then was sent to the door and left.
At this time, most people still value the tradition of "respecting teachers and respecting the truth". The mother of the Wei family's attitude towards Mercury is more than a little better than before. Firstly, it is because she does teach well, and secondly, it is because Mercury is now completely different from a year ago.
Mu Xiang's body is only 31 years old. As the saying goes, "resides and moves the body, and relies on the body." When a person's living environment and quality of life change, a person's appearance and temperament will also change accordingly. Now she looks like a young girl in her twenties, completely different from Mu Xiang's original one.
Although she doesn't have neat hair like the fashionable ladies nowadays, the end of the hair is slightly rolled, so she doesn't have an intellectual beauty behind her head. In addition, she has a gentle temperament and dresses appropriately. Not to mention the Wei family, even the neighbors in the old district of Grandma Yang like her when they see her, and some people try to be a matchmaker for her.
Carrying wine and chocolate, mercury went back in a rickshaw, and stopped on the way to buy two lilies.
This is a regular rule. As long as there is a flower market, she will buy two lilies at get off work every once in a while.
When he arrived at the door of his house, Mercury heard a familiar laugh in the yard. It was a very soft and a little coquettish female voice, teasing He Xiaoyan: "Xiaoyan'er, auntie bought you beautiful clothes and candies. Why do you still like your mother the most? You don't coax your aunt? Anyway, your mother is not here now. You say you like aunt the most, but your mother doesn't know~"
He Xiaoyan's voice was humming, but she refused to say it. She insisted when she was forced to do so: "I like my mother the most."
The little girl Mercury asked herself that she was not very good to her, but she just relied on and liked her.
She walked into the house and saw Grandma Yang, He Xiaoyan, and a young lady who looked over twenty, sitting in the yard. The lady is in her thirties and forty years old. She is Grandma Yang's third daughter and the only child who is still in the Shanghai Stock Exchange. She divorced in her early years and has no children. She opened an imported candy shop and rarely comes back when she is busy with work.
Mercury has been familiar with her this year, and when she entered the door, she said, "I knew that Sister Ling Ye was coming today. It happened that the student sent her wine and had some drinks together tonight."
Dong Lingye looked at He Xiaoyan happily and took the lily from her mother's hand, and wanted to pick up the wine and candy from her hand, and laughed happily, "Look at your Xiaoyan, you are so attentive when you come back. I came over with a gift but didn't see her being so thoughtful to me."
She is the same generous person as Grandma Yang. Mercury has taken good care of the elderly this year. She is grateful and always gives her new clothes and shoes for New Year holidays.
"Tomorrow, Mid-Autumn Festival, I have set a seat. Let's go out to eat. There is a newly opened Western restaurant. I tried it last time. It tasted good." Dong Lingye crossed her legs and her indigo patterned cheongsam made her skin look white and beautiful.
Mercury praised a few times, and she giggled happily again, "I bought you one too. Now this cheongsam is fashionable. Everyone wears it. You have a good figure and you will definitely look good in your clothes."
Grandma Yang glared at her daughter: "Just forget it if you wear this kind of clothes yourself, why do you still wear Muxiang with you?"
Dong Lingye smiled and said to his mother: "What is this kind of clothing? It looks so beautiful. The chest is the chest and waist. My dear mother, you also said that those people in the newspaper who do not allow women to go to school are old antiques. Why is it your turn? When it comes to dressing, your mind is so unopen. What clothes we want to wear is our freedom, so why can't we wear them?"
Grandma Yang frowned, "Isn't the old-style cheongsam just good before? It's changed to this kind of clothes. I didn't wear them before, even serious women."
Dong Lingye pursed at Mercury and turned his head to continue arguing with his mother: "This is wrong. Mother, you are still influenced by the old ideas in the past. We wear beautiful clothes because we are happy to see them, and we are not deliberately seducing men. Those guys shake their heads when they see their breasts and butts, talking about anything that is hindering. I haven't seen them all become monks. They pretend to be gentlemen and have some pickled things in their minds, so that they can't "the lust sees lust". Look at those real gentlemen, how can they shout and kill because others wear unusual clothes?"
Grandma Yang was speechless, "I won't talk to you anymore, I'm sharp-tongued."
"You are justified but not me." Dong Lingye proudly acted coquettishly with his mother, and said to Mercury: "Look, those people suddenly called women or were locked up at home, suddenly shouted that women should not be allowed to show up in public after studying, and suddenly chattered about whether women wear new clothes to ruin the social atmosphere. I think they are the worst. We just want to wear them, and we must anger them to death. We don't care about national affairs every day, just staring at what we wear and what we look like."
Mercury listened to them with a smile, occasionally echoing.
This is an era when people's wisdom is opened. Everyone is still exploring the future. Every generation and everyone have different ideas and collide with each other, opening up a new path for future generations.
She felt a sense of separation. In the era when she was growing up, women could already wear short-sleeved shorts on the streets, but here, only a small number of women began to fight for the freedom to dress.
"Let's go to a Western restaurant tomorrow. Muxiang, are you wearing that cheongsam?"
"Of course you have to wear it. It's not a pity if you don't wear beautiful clothes." Mercury smiled slightly.
As expected, she put on the cigarette pink cheongsam. Although Grandma Yang sighed, she didn't say anything more. He Xiaoyan was also wearing a beautiful dress and was led by Mercury. She followed Dong Lingye to the Western Restaurant.
In Mercury's opinion, this Western restaurant is very inauthentic, but at this time it was already attractive enough. It happened to be the Mid-Autumn Festival, and many people came here to try Western food. After a brief scan of Mercury, they saw many parents with children, including young men and women.
Dong Lingye took the menu and asked Mercury to order dishes: "Muxiang, you speak English well, order dishes in English."
She is a woman who likes to show off and thinks it is very fashionable to order dishes in English in Western restaurants. Grandma Yang angrily hit her hand, "You have a lot to do, what's the point of showing off Muxiang? If you have the ability to learn English by yourself and show off."
Among her three daughters, this third daughter doesn't like to study, maybe because she is the only child who grew up in China and refuses to learn English. Grandma Yang was taught by her before, but now she has found it. "If you want to learn, you will not want to open an imported candy shop, and you will also hire an English employee. If you know it yourself, it will be much more convenient."
Dong Lingye mentioned this and was frightened by her. He quickly turned his mind and urged Mercury to order food.
She had a happy meal, but Mercury noticed that He Xiaoyan was particularly silent. She thought it was the first time this child was not used to eating in a Western restaurant, but slowly, she noticed that He Xiaoyan would turn her head from time to time to see a certain location not far away.
Mercury also looked over casually by speaking. There was a man and a woman sitting on the table. The man was tall and handsome. The woman was wearing a very expensive dress. When she covered her mouth and smiled, she showed the smooth pearl bracelet on her wrist. The two looked ambiguous and intimate, and they looked like a couple with good relationships.
Why did He Xiaoyan keep paying attention to them?
Mercury suddenly had a slightly slight move when drinking.
The system that didn't say anything for a long time made a sound in his mind [The character He Dongpeng appeared in the later stage of the plot]
Mercury and Dong Lingye smiled and spoke in a low voice, but they were thinking, He Dongpeng? Isn’t this man said to have died on the way to purchase goods and not even found his body?
[The original plot is ten years after He Dongpeng's "death", in order to find his runaway stepson He Chengzu, "Mu Xiang" brought her divorced stepdaughter He Xiaolian to the Shanghai Stock Exchange. She met her second husband, He Dongpeng, who was resurrected from the dead. She found that he did not remember what happened before, and formed a family with his eldest daughter Song Ting in the Shanghai Stock Exchange and gave birth to a daughter]
['Mu Xiang' was a nanny in the Song family in order to make a living, and recognized He Dongpeng. When the two of them were entangled, He Dongpeng fell down the stairs. He remembered his past memories and could not make a choice in the face of two wives and children.'Mu Xiang' felt ashamed of wanting to leave the Song family. He Xiaolian learned the truth and went to find He Dongpeng for money. She was caught by Song Ting. Song Ting had a miscarriage on the spot. He Dongpeng drove Mu Xiang and his daughter away in anger. After that...]
Mercury: What a great show.
[Okay, there is no need to continue talking, you are talking in my mind very noisy]
I haven't heard of this stuff for a while, and I'm really a little uncomfortable.
[Since the host has met the main character He Dongpeng, the host is allowed to contact him in advance, so that he can restore his memory and save his family]
[In terms of feeding others with shit, you are the most active, serious and responsible system I have ever seen]
[The food is good before it is eaten, but it cannot be eaten after it is pulled out. I will teach you this truth today]
[I thought it was pretty good to keep quiet during the previous period of time, so if you don’t want to be insulted by me, keep quiet]
Mercury looked as usual, but He Xiaoyan couldn't help it. When she was taken to the bathroom after drinking too much drink, she hesitated to Mercury and said, "Mom, I just... saw him, and saw He's father."
She still remembers that her mother told Grandma Yang that she wanted to find Dad He.
Mercury looked at her and said in a calm tone: "Your father He has died long ago. You have read it wrong. There are many people in this world who look like."
He Xiaoyan always listened to whatever she said, nodded when she heard this, and finally relaxed.
When they went back, they passed by He Dongpeng and Song Ting, and Mercury didn't take a look at her, but He Dongpeng looked at her back a little dazzled.
"What's wrong? We're all going to get married. You're still staring at other women in front of me!" Song Ting knocked on the table unhappily.
He Dongpeng came to his senses, "No, I just feel it looks familiar."
Song Ting immediately looked at Mercury who was walking back to her seat vigilantly and asked her fiancé: "In addition to the name, do you still remember what happened in the past?"
Chapter completed!