The cheongsam has not yet been unveiled at this time, and the dress is synonymous with "modern".

The skirt in Zhou Qihuai's hand is made of ordinary materials, but it is well-made, fashionable, and the dark color also matches her skin tone.

With the eyes of Yao Rong and Ye Heqi, they couldn't find fault with this skirt, so the two praised it sincerely.

Zhou Qihuai invited the mother and daughter to admire the skirt, not for these few compliments.

She's not that boring.

"If this lady wants to make a new dress and doesn't know what to do, she can refer to this dress and make a similar style. I think Madame fits this style as well. Zhou Qihuai looked at Yao Rong and gave advice in a warm voice.

A look of surprise first appeared on Yao Rong's face, and then he was a little hesitant: "I...... Do I fit this style? ”

Zhou Qihuai affirmed: "Suitable." ”

Tailor Su thought that Zhou Qihuai was trying to help him get business, so he smiled and agreed: "Madame, don't worry, I use my old signboard for decades to assure you that the skirt made will definitely satisfy you." ”

Yao Rong squeezed out a slightly dim smile: "Thank you, but I'm just coming in to have a look, and I don't plan to customize clothes." ”

Ye Heqi added: "I don't plan to do it for the time being. ”

Zhou Qihuai saw some clues from the words and deeds of the mother and daughter.

She sincerely hopes that the mother and daughter in front of her will have the opportunity to wear the clothes of the Su tailor's family: "Then when you want to customize clothes in the future, you can come back to this shop." ”

"There should be this opportunity." Ye Heqi Road.

Zhou Qihuai was more interested in Ye Heqi.

She bowed slightly to everyone, and was about to walk out with her dress, when Ye Heqi stopped her: "This young lady, can I delay you for some time and ask you about something?" ”

Zhou Qihuai turned around and motioned for Ye Heqi to speak.

Ye Heqi asked: "May I ask which is the best Western restaurant nearby?" I want to take my mother over to try it. ”

Zhou Qihuai smiled dumbly: "Coincidentally, I'm about to go there for lunch, why don't we go together?" ”

The place where she lives is a little far away from here, and it is usually inconvenient to come here, but she likes the taste of that western restaurant very much, and every time she comes to Su Tailor to pick up clothes, she will stop by to have a meal to relieve her cravings.

A few minutes later, Zhou Qihuai pointed to the exquisitely decorated restaurant in front of him and said, "This is the Western restaurant I was talking about." ”

It was the meal, and two-thirds of the tables in the western restaurant were filled with guests.

Men are dressed up politely, women are dressed up modern and fashionable, and there are very few people who are as simple as Yao Rong and Ye Heqi.

Zhou Qihuai picked a table by the window and sat down, and invited Yao Rong and Ye Heqi to sit opposite her.

On the way here, the three of them had already passed the names briefly, and after Yao Rong sat down, his body was tense, and his whole body was stiff: "Miss Zhou, if we eat with you, will it disturb you." ”

"Of course not." Zhou Qihuai smiled gently, "I'm glad to meet you." ”

Ye Heqi poured three glasses of water and put one of them into Yao Rong's hand: "Mother, don't be nervous, we came in here to consume." The customer is God. ”

Yao Rong asked, "What is God?" ”

"God is the god of Westerners." Ye Heqi said.

Yao Rong Yile seems to be really not so nervous: "Come to have a meal and be a god?" ”

The waiter walked up to the three people with the menu and asked them what they wanted to eat in Chinese.

Zhou Qihuai handed the menu, which was both in Chinese and English, to Yao Rong and Ye Heqi: "Do you want to see if there is anything you want to eat?" ”

Ye Heqi looked through the menu very skillfully, and first ordered two fully cooked steaks before asking Zhou Qihuai what else was delicious here.

Zhou Qihuai recommended a few small snacks to them.

Ye Heqi ordered a strawberry cake and pudding, and handed the menu back to the waiter: "It's troublesome." ”

The desserts in the restaurant were all ready-made, and the waiter quickly brought them over.

Ye Heqi introduced: "Mother, this is the pastry of Westerners. ”

Yao Rong tasted each of them and whispered to Ye Heqi: "The taste is okay, the taste is quite special." I still prefer to eat the pastries sold by the pastry shop in the west of the city. ”

Ye Heqi pursed his lips and smiled: "Then when we go back, we will go to the west of the city to pack some pastries and bring them back." ”

Through the previous contact and this conversation, Zhou Qihuai has roughly seen the way the mother and daughter get along-

The mother is conservative and gentle, and some are not assertive.

The daughter is clever and brave, and she is good at taking ideas.

It just happens to complement each other.

Zhou Qihuai picked up the coffee, took a sip, and asked with a smile: "Mrs. Ye, what is the name of the pastry shop you are talking about?" What is the best pastry? Later, when I have time, I will also go to the west of the city to buy some and try it. ”

When it comes to topics that he is familiar with, Yao Rong's words have obviously increased.

The three of them ate and gradually chatted.

From the few words revealed by Zhou Qihuai, Yao Rong and Ye Heqi knew that she was working in a newspaper and working as a pen.

Yao Rong's eyes widened suddenly, and he subconsciously said, "Can a woman also work in a newspaper office?" ”

As if he felt that his words were ambiguous, Yao Rong hurriedly made up for it: "My husband is also engaged in newspaper work, and I have heard him say a word or two before, and their newspaper has no female employees. ”

"Is your husband also a member of the Peking press?" Zhou Qihuai asked.

Yao Rong said: "He works in Shanghai. ”

Zhou Qihuai's heart moved slightly.

The newspaper is the most well-informed, she has heard of many literati, although she doesn't know who Mrs. Ye's husband is, but Zhou Qihuai probably guessed Yao Rong's situation.

She felt a little more pity for the miserable woman in her heart.

"Times are different now, and there are many female newspapermen in the press. The establishment of a women's newspaper in Beiping was relatively late, and there was an advance army of women engaged in journalism in Shanghai more than ten years ago. ”

Yao Rong was a little moved.

Ye Heqi also showed admiration: "Miss Zhou, you are so amazing." ”

Zhou Qihuai covered his mouth and smiled: "You can say that sentence not to please others, but to please yourself at a young age, which is also very powerful." ”

Ye Heqi's cheeks were slightly red, and he was ashamed.

She didn't think she was so good.

She was able to say this sentence purely because she had seen many similar views in later generations, and then she felt it.

After eating, Yao Rong said that he would not let Zhou Qihuai pay for anything, and wanted to invite her to this meal.

Zhou Qihuai couldn't refuse, so he had to respond.

She opened her bag and rummaged through it, taking out the fountain pen she was carrying, but she couldn't find the paper after looking for a while, so she had to tear open her lipstick box, leave a beautiful line of words on it, and hand it to Yao Rong.

"I'm going to interview a friend in the afternoon, so it's not convenient for me to travel with you. This is the address of the newspaper where I work, if there is anything you need my help with, you can come to the newspaper to find me. ”

After a pause, Zhou Qihuai smiled again: "Of course, if there is nothing you need my help with, you are also welcome to come to me." Next time I'll have a treat. ”

After Zhou Qihuai left, Yao Rong said to Ye Heqi: "I didn't expect there to be a woman like Miss Zhou in this world. He is good-looking, knowledgeable, and warm-hearted. ”

It was difficult to hide envy and melancholy in his tone.

Ye Heqi encouraged: "Mother, you are also good-looking and kind-hearted, as long as we insist on literacy and reading, you will definitely become a person like Miss Zhou one day in the future." ”

Yao Rong pursed his lips and smiled: "I don't dare to think about this." I can be as good as Miss Zhou, thank God. ”

"There's nothing to think about."

In Ye Heqi's mind, the names of many heroines of the Republic of China suddenly popped up.

Their deeds, Ye Heqi is like thunder.

"In this era, there are many women who are more powerful than Miss Zhou."

Yao Rong was curious: "Really? Is there a woman who is more powerful than Miss Zhou? What have they done? ”

"They ......" Ye Heqi blurted out subconsciously, but as soon as she finished saying the first two words, her reason instantly returned, and she immediately said, "I also forgot, I saw it in the book before." Mother, it's not too early, let's hurry up to find Wang's mother, and then go to the bookstore to buy books together. ”

In order to take Yao Rong to go shopping, Ye Heqi gave Wang Ma some copper plates and asked Wang Ma to find a teahouse to sit and drink tea.

After meeting with Wang's mother, the three went to the bookstore together.

At this time, the vernacular movement was already in full swing in the cultural circles, and many newspapers sold in bookstores were written in vernacular.

Ye Heqi gave priority to the purchase of these newspapers.

After buying the newspaper, Ye Heqi walked to the bookshelf again and picked out a dozen or so vernacular texts that had just been published.

- The people that Ye Fuguang sent to her before were all written in classical Chinese.

If there were no other books to read, Ye Heqi would definitely finish reading those books, but now that she can buy vernacular texts, then she must give priority to vernacular texts.

Yao Rong saw that she was holding her with some difficulty, and hurriedly reached out and took a few copies: "Why did you buy so many at once?" ”

Ye Heqi said: "I don't know when the next time I come to the bookstore, of course I have to buy some and put it back." ”

As soon as he heard this, Yao Rong stuffed the books in his arms back into the bookshelf: "The old lady has agreed to let you go out once a month, read these first, and buy new ones next time you go out." ”

Ye Heqi's eyes widened very roundly: Great-grandmother can actually agree to this request, is this a sex change!

Because of this good news, even if he re-entered Ye Mansion, Ye Heqi was in a good mood.

Ye Heqi can go out shopping, which naturally means that her illness has been "cured". So as soon as Yao Rong and Ye Heqi returned to the house, they didn't even go back to the room, and walked to Mrs. Ye's house with the dim sum they had bought from the dim sum shop in the west of the city to say hello to Mrs. Ye.

Ye Heqi also gave two boxes of easy-to-use pastries to Mrs. Ye. It is difficult for her, a junior, to get out of the door, even if the relationship with Mrs. Ye is poor, she can't lose the courtesy in this regard.

I thought that I could be praised by Mrs. Ye for this behavior, but what was waiting for Ye Heqi was still Mrs. Ye's mean and cold words.

These words poured into Ye Heqi's heart like a basin of cold water, extinguishing the trace of warmth for Mrs. Ye that had just risen in her heart.

Mrs. Ye is still the same Mrs. Ye, and she has not changed sex at all.

Sensing that something was wrong with Ye Heqi's state, Yao Rong pulled Ye Heqi out of Old Madam Ye's courtyard.

When he returned to Ye Heqi's room, Yao Rongcai said softly: "Heqi, what's wrong." ”

Ye Heqi shook his head, stretched out his hand to hug Yao Rong, and said in a low voice: "It's not the first time that my great-grandmother has scolded me and my mother like this, I always knew that she didn't like me." ”

"Since she doesn't like me, then I have to hate her well."

"But sometimes when I see her getting older, with more and more gray hair, and more and more sluggish movements, I feel a little soft-hearted......"

"So when I suddenly found out that my great-grandmother agreed to let me go out once a month, I thought she was willing to make certain changes and concessions for me, and she also really loved me......"

Last time, she had a somewhat naïve expectation of Ye Fuguang and wrote a letter of request to Ye Fuguang, and then Ye Fuguang ruthlessly destroyed her expectations.

This time, Old Madam Ye also ruined her warmth.

Yao Rong touched Ye Heqi's head.

There was no light in the house, and the bright moonlight shone obliquely into the house, falling on half of Yao Rong's side face, softening the contours of her face and making her temperament more gentle.

"You have expectations for them, and you want love from them, which is why you are so easily hurt by them."

"Heqi, you can't leave anything to chance in family affection."

"I don't want you to hate your loved ones, I don't want you to live in resentment, but you don't want to glorify your loved ones either. They have done you harm, and you need to be prepared for them to do something worse. ”：，，