"No, I was transferred to another department, and the hospital gave me three days off . "
"Ohh, you were transferred? To where?" their neighbor, Auntie Wu, asked enthusiastically .
Huo Mian answered with a smile, "To the hospital laboratory, all I do is draw and run tests on blood . "
"That's good, it's much easier . I told your mom to tell you not to work at the OB/GYN department, it's too much responsibility . The pregnant ladies there are such prissy pants . If you don't take care of them the way they want, they'll pick on you . It's good that you were transferred . "
"Yeah, it's relatively easier, and I don't have to work night shifts anymore . "
"Hey, Mian, why didn't your boyfriend come with you?"
The neighbors were really gossipy; some of her mother's friends were nosy and couldn't help themselves from asking .
"We broke up . "
"What, you guys broke up? I thought you were getting married? Why did you break up?" To no one's surprise, the middle-aged women all became interested at the sight of gossip .
Huo Mian felt awkward and didn't know what to say .
Then, she saw Zhixin walk out into the yard . He took the cake in Huo Mian's hand and said, "Young people nowadays usually break up because of incompatible personalities . "
"Isn't he a doctor? That's a good profession . "
They all thought that it was a shame Huo Mian broke up with Ning Zhiyuan .
"How is it good? He's still an intern and might not even be given a permanent position at the hospital . Plus, that dude's personality was not compatible with my sister's at all . When they were talking about marriage, he mishandled so many details . The two of them decided to end their relationship peacefully . "
"Oh, I see . So that's what happened," Zhixin answered well for his sister, and the middle-aged women finally stopped pestering for more details…
After a while, Yang Meirong served the food .
There were eight dishes, and the cake that Huo Mian ordered earlier was placed in the middle .
In addition to Yang Meirong, Huo Mian, and Jing Zhixin, there were three other middle-aged women, of which Auntie Wu was closest to Yang Meirong .
As for the other two, Huo Mian didn't really like them .
Not because they weren't rich; rather, it was because they were typical narrow-minded cheapskates .
They liked taking advantage of others, gossiping about other families and were complete wallflowers . They looked down on people with no money .
Auntie Wu's son was thirty years old and single, and she herself was kind of well off . She owned two properties, and a storefront in the city and her son worked at a bank . He went on blind dates dozens of times, but they were all unsuccessful . Most of the time, it was because they thought that the woman's family background wasn't good enough for them .
"Mom, happy birthday . " Huo Mian took out the dress she bought for her mother .
After seeing the brand, Auntie Wang asked, "My gosh, isn't this from Girdear? That's not a cheap brand . How much did you spend, Mian?"
"Not much . "
"How much is not much?" Auntie Wang probed .
"A little over twelve hundred yuan . "
"Twelve hundred is a lot, you only earn two thousand a month, right? Tsk tsk, I can't believe you would buy a dress so expensive . "
Aunties Wang's words reeked of disdain .
Yang Meirong looked at the dress and casually said, "That's why daughters are better . She earns two grand a month but is willing to spend twelve hundred to buy me a dress . Too bad someone's son earns more than ten thousand yuan every month but still has yet to buy his mother anything . "
Auntie Wang was embarrassed by this and immediately shut up .
Apparently, a while back on her birthday, her son didn't even call her . He probably forgot about it . Her son had graduated from a university in Singapore and worked at a foreign-owned enterprise, so he earned more than fifteen thousand yuan a month .
"Not bad, my friend . You've got a great son and daughter . Zhixin's still in school but managed to save up enough money to buy you a pair of shoes . You didn't raise them up for nothing . "
At that moment, the other middle-aged woman, Auntie Liu, said with her big mouth, "It would be better if Jing was here, you'll have a whole and happy family . It's too bad that…"
Upon hearing Uncle Jing's name, Huo Mian's eyes turned red, and she felt her throat clog up .
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