Jiang Youtao admired those who took the initiative to give themselves to the country. She couldn't do that, and the only way she could think of to serve the country was to provide the country with something she could provide for research while she was able to protect herself.
Seeing that Gu Hanshen and Lin Manrou had finished their conversation and there was nothing more to watch, Jiang Youtao quickly took back the loudspeaker and spent another 100 melon coins to attach a transmitter to Gu Hanshen.
This microphone is different from a bug. A bug monitors indiscriminately, but this one can only listen to gossip and unimportant things. Once it involves state secrets, this microphone cannot transmit it. It also won't work if the distance is too far.
In addition, she cannot hear about private matters such as OOXX. After all, the melon-eating system says that it is a serious system.
[ Tongzi, you said that the male protagonist has also been reborn. Will the small world they live in collapse? ]
Melon-eating system: [ No, after the hero Gu Hanshen was reborn, he reported his rebirth to his superiors. Now the small world he is in has been completely integrated with the big world and is no longer running independently. ]
This was the first time Jiang Youtao had heard this statement: [ Oh? Is there any difference between the small world running independently and the big world being integrated together with it? ]
The melon-eating system explained to Jiang Youtao respectfully: [ To put it simply, the big world is the head office, and the small world is the subsidiary. The subsidiary will execute the decisions of the head office, but it has its own leadership team. Once it merges into the big world, the world consciousness is gone. It has merged with the big world consciousness, and it can no longer dictate to the people in the small world. ]
As a former office worker, Jiang Youtao understood the explanation of the melon-eating system clearly, but she still had a question: [ Can a person's rebirth really change the world? ]
[ No, but he will affect some things. Just like your arrival, you have affected Gu Nianwei, Zhao Yonglan, Xu Manqiu, Lin Jianzhong and others. ]
The words of the melon-eating system made Jiang Youtao fall into deep thought. Her power was very small and could only affect the people around her. What about Gu Hanshen? He was the male protagonist in the small world and the favorite of that small world. Now that the small world has been integrated into the big world, what can he affect and change?
Jiang Youtao was very curious.
Seeing that Jiang Youtao hadn't said anything and was still concentrating on listening, Gu Nianwei was very curious: "Taotao, what did you hear?"
As soon as these words came out, Old Lady Zhang and Xu Manqiu looked at her at the same time, their eyes sparkling and their faces full of curiosity. Jiang Youtao heard everything. She also knew that in addition to Lin Manrou who was reborn, Gu Hanshen was also reborn.
Jiang Youtao certainly didn't dare to say what she heard. Gu Hanshen had now handed himself over to the country, so he must have people protecting him. Who knew if there were a few soldiers lying on the roof of Mrs. Zhang's house?
"I didn't hear anything, Auntie. Your room is so soundproof."
Old Mrs. Zhang curled her lips and said, "What's good about that? They didn't speak loudly. If they had, I would have definitely heard it."
They have lived next door for a lifetime, how could Mrs. Zhang not know? Before that kid Gu Hanshen went to join the army, he would howl and punch in his room in the middle of the night every day. Many times she was woken up by him and wanted to climb over the wall and strangle that kid to death.
"I don't know what they said. Tell me, does Gu Hanshen know about the affair between Lin Manrou and Teacher Gong from your school?" Old Mrs. Zhang was also a gossip expert in the commune. She knew what everyone cooked at night.
Lin Manrou and Gong Xubo were flirting with each other. They didn't dare to do anything at school, but they did show some signs of it outside. All the old ladies on the street knew about it, but no one told the Gu family.
What are you talking about? Gu Hanshen's mother Liang Shufen is very satisfied with her daughter-in-law Lin Manrou. She praises her for being obedient and sensible every day.
What a sensible person! Her son's head is already covered with green hats, and she still has no place to brag about it. If they came forward and told her about this, Liang Shufen might think that they were jealous of her family for marrying a good daughter-in-law.
No one wants to argue with her.
"I don't know, maybe he found out?" Gu Nianwei clicked her tongue. Recently she had watched Gong Xubo's greasy dog thing becoming more and more complacent.
She was so annoyed that she wanted to beat the bastard to death.
Everyone in the school knows that Lin Manrou has a husband, and that he is a soldier. He knew that yet he wanted to get close to her. How could he want to have Cao Cao's heart without Cao Cao's life and like someone else's wife? He stole the wife of a soldier whom she admired the most. (TL: Gu Nianwei is probably pertaining to her admiration for soldiers, not the person himself.)
The dog doesn't have a big brain, but he's quite courageous. After living for so many years, he has only become more courageous.
"I really hope that Comrade Gu will stand up and beat up that bastard Gong Xubo, and teach him a lesson."
Jiang Youtao felt a little worried: "If he beat Gong Xubo, wouldn't that be a mistake? Isn't it said that soldiers can't beat civilians?"
Gu Nianwei had forgotten about this matter. After Jiang Youtao finished speaking, she opened her red lips and greeted politely: "Fuck."
On the roof, several soldiers covered in snow looked at each other. Two of them couldn't help laughing when they heard this. The conversation between those people in the house was really funny.
Gu Hanshen who lived next door happened to walk to the corner. He heard everything they said clearly. His face looked a little ugly. The fact that he was cuckolded would probably spread throughout the commune soon.
This cuckold is such a fucking bastard.
Since she was already here, she couldn't gossip with anyone. She had just eaten a sweet potato and wasn't hungry. Jiang Youtao thought about it and called Wang Lichuan into the room to help him with his homework.
In this age without mobile phones, computers or televisions, Gu Nianwei also felt very bored, so she took the opportunity to teach Wang Lichuan. Xu Manqiu had not yet learned the junior high school curriculum and was a little curious about the junior high school knowledge, so she ran to Wang Lichuan to watch him do his homework.
Wang Lichuan's face turned red. He made several mistakes in writing several words and solving several problems. He was beaten by Old Lady Zhang, and Jiang Youtao didn't stop her.
Seeing that she was about to beat her grandson, Grandma Zhang went out and asked her daughter-in-law to get some sand apples and frozen pears from the cellar.
Under the watchful eyes of the two teachers, Wang Lichuan did his homework obediently. He would ask questions when he did not understand something, for fear that he would make mistakes based on his feelings. Not only would he be scolded by the teacher, but his grandmother would definitely give him a slap in the face.
His hands were heavy, and he couldn't bear another beating.
After he finished writing, Jiang Youtao and the others also planned to go back, and when they left, each of them held a handful of fruit in their hands.
Old Lady Zhang sent Jiang Youtao and the others to the door. When she came back, she saw Wang Lichuan with a sad face and slapped him on the back of the head: "Why are you looking so sad? Your grandma is not dead yet."
Wang Lichuan rolled over on the kang, "Grandma, please talk to Teacher Jiang and Teacher Gu and ask them to give me some time to rest. It's Sunday and I've been studying for the whole morning."
Old Madam Zhang snorted. She had heard Taotao and Weiwei say that Wang Lichuan was smart, but he just didn't put his intelligence into study. If he put it into study, he would definitely become a great man in the future!
There was no way that Old Lady Zhang would let Wang Lichuan rest. If Taotao hadn't told her not to push the child too hard, she would have wanted Wang Lichuan to study day and night.
"Give up. It's great that I've given you half a day to play. Don't be ungrateful for what you have. Look at your classmates. Is there anyone like you who has two teachers giving you private lessons..."
Wang Lichuan stopped talking. His grades were not very good, and he was just below average in the class. After being given special treatment by Teacher Jiang and Teacher Gu, his grades improved. In the test last week, even though the overall grades of his class have improved by a long way, he was already ranked in the top ten in the class.
Wang Lichuan is not a person who doesn't know how to be grateful.
Jiang Youtao and the others had just walked out of Zhang's house when they saw Lin Manrou and Gu Hanshen walking in from the end of the alley.
The two of them were standing an arm's length apart, neither of them talking to each other. They had just gone to get their divorce certificate, and it was the leader of the Civil Affairs Bureau who personally handled the divorce procedures for them.
From today on, they have nothing to do with each other.
Jiang Youtao greeted Lin Manrou as if she knew nothing: "Teacher Lin is out?"
Lin Manrou ignored her and walked past Jiang Youtao with a pale face. Just as she got outside, she saw several soldiers in military uniforms standing guard nearby. She didn't know what her fate would be after the fact that she had lived a second life was exposed.
She couldn't see the future. She didn't even have the desire to reply to Jiang Youtao's greeting.
She has been working with Jiang Youtao for a month. They are also neighbors, but she is only an acquaintance of Jiang and Gu. She doesn't even want to say a few words to them when they meet.
Her experiences in her previous life made her feel that beautiful girls were competing with her for resources, and it was difficult for her to have a good impression of them.
Gu Hanshen's gaze swept across Jiang Youtao and the other two, then fell on Gu Nianwei, who had stood up for him. After just two glances, he went into the house.
Lin Manrou went back and started packing her things.
Gu's mother Liang Shufen saw this and rushed over to stop her. Seeing that she failed to stop her, she became extremely anxious: "Han Shen, your wife is about to leave, why don't you stop her?"
Seeing that Gu Hanshen didn't move, she said angrily: "Why are you so stubborn, kid! Just like your father, a stubborn ass."
After Liang Shufen finished speaking, she didn't wait for Gu Hanshen to speak, and went to stop Lin Manrou from packing up: "Manrou, if you have anything to say, just talk to me. Don't always ask to go back to your parents' home. If this goes on for a long time, it will hurt the relationship between husband and wife."
"Did Han Shen make you angry? Tell me and I'll teach him a lesson."
Liang Shufen's words made Lin Manrou feel a little sad.
Liang Shufen has always been a good person and a good mother-in-law. Before she divorced Gu Hanshen in her previous life, she had always been very good to her.
She was too unsatisfied and took out all her anger for not being able to marry Huang Jiawei on the Gu family. In her previous life, she was always indifferent to Liang Shufen. If Liang Shufen talked too much, she would get angry and lose her temper.
After she rented the Zhang family's courtyard, she never cooked for herself. Liang Shufen would prepare the food and send it to her. Sometimes, if the food was not to her liking, she would not eat it. If Gong Xubo was there, she would let Gong Xubo eat the food.
She originally wanted to live a good life with Gu Hanshen and be filial to her mother-in-law Liang Shufen, but now it is not possible.
She don't know where the road ahead is.
Gu Hanshen couldn't bear to see his mother like this: "Mom, Lin Manrou and I are divorced, you don't have to treat her like this."
Liang Shufen was stunned by the news, and it took her a long time to come back to her senses: "You kid, why didn't you discuss such a big thing with your family? Ah? Are you too independent?"
Liang Shufen pointed at Gu Hanshen, furious.
Speaking of which, Lin Manrou and she still have some history. She and Lin Manrou's mother are from the same village, but they have no contact after they got married. This year, when she returned to her parents' home, she happened to meet Lin Manrou's mother who was also returning to her parents' home. After the two met and chatted for a while, they knew that Gu Hanshen was not married and Lin Manrou was still single, so they both wanted to bring them together.
The two found a trustworthy matchmaker and arranged a time for the two children to meet.
She really liked Lin Manrou. Because her son left on the wedding night, Liang Shufen felt very guilty towards Lin Manrou and was especially nice to her.
Sometimes she was so nice to Lin Manrou that even Gu Hanqing, her biological daughter, felt jealous.
Gu Hanshen has always known what kind of person his mother is. She has no opinion of her own and is soft-hearted. No matter how others treated her before, as long as they treated her better, she would like to give her heart to them.
In her previous life, Lin Manrou was quite nice to her at first. But as time went on, Lin Manrou took advantage of her good temper and treated her worse and worse. She would only lose her temper with her lightly, and sometimes she would even throw things. But she didn't get angry and would even try to coax her.
To put it nicely, such a person is soft-hearted, and to put it bluntly, she is a scoundrel. She still goes back to others even when they are scolding her.
Gu Hanshen stood up for her, but she still scolded him.
"Why don't you ask what your good daughter-in-law did? Mom, you gossip with people every day, but they don't say that your daughter-in-law is having an affair with a teacher at their school?"
Liang Shufen's face changed drastically and she turned her head abruptly to look at Lin Manrou, but Lin Manrou turned her head away and didn't look at her.
Liang Shufen murmured to herself, "How could that be? Didn't Lai Di say that her daughter Rourou is the most obedient and sensible?"
"Mom, do you think any normal person would specifically introduce their daughter as being obedient? Only those who are not obedient would emphasize this point, right?" Gu Hanshen did not understand this in his previous life, but in his new life, he understood it very well.
Liang Shufen was devastated. She gritted her teeth, turned around, pulled Lin Manrou over, and slapped her in the face: "Lin Manrou, how have our Gu family ever let you down? How have we at Hanshen ever let you down? Why are you doing this?"
Lin Manrou didn't expect Liang Shufen to hit her. She covered her face with her hands in shock. Liang Shufen was like a dough ball. In her previous life, she had been the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of Liang Shufen for four or five years, and she had rarely lost her temper.
Such a person would actually hit her!
Liang Shufen slapped her again. Lin Manrou dodged to the side this time. Liang Shufen's eyes turned red with hatred. She grabbed her hair and pulled her out: "Let's go to your school and find your adulterer. I want to see who you found outside."
Liang Shufen was furious. She had been working all year round and was very strong. Lin Manrou was no match for her at all and was dragged out by her and staggered.
Gu Hanqing came back from outside and was shocked when she saw this scene: "Mom, what happened to you?"
Liang Shufen was not afraid of being embarrassed. She pulled Lin Manrou and said, "Go to your second uncle's house to call your father back. Ask him to call your cousins. Let's go to school. Lin Manrou is cheating on your brother outside!"
Lin Manrou didn't want to be dragged out and embarrassed, so she reached out to grab Liang Shufen's hand. Liang Shufen's hand was left with nail marks, but she didn't let go.
Even a rabbit will bite when it is cornered. Liang Shufen's Achilles' heel is her two children. Lin Manrou can be disrespectful to her, have a bad temper and be lukewarm, but she cannot bully her son.
Her son is a soldier and cannot make mistakes, so she, as a mother, will teach the couple who betrayed him a lesson!
"Cheating? Who? Lin Manrou's high school classmate Huang Jiawei?" Gu Hanqing immediately thought of the letter that she helped to get back.
A wave of anger rushed to Liang Shufen's head: "What? You bitch not only hook up the teacher but also hook up with a high school classmate?"