Bang!

The pig's trotter in He Liping's hand fell into the enamel basin on the ground.

He stood up quickly and said angrily, "Impossible!"

Liang Yueming also thought the old woman had gone mad!

Is this just sour grapes, making baseless accusations?

Who doesn't know that Bai Qian has taken a liking to her brother-in-law?

He signed up to go to the countryside without even telling his family, all so that he could go to the same place as his uncle.

So... he was rejected by his uncle?

So why are you acting crazy here?

Liang Yueming's face immediately darkened.

She said, "Aunt Bai, you can't say things like that carelessly, or you'll get sores on your lips."

"Hey, how dare you talk like that? Who's talking nonsense? You dare to do it but you're afraid to let people talk about it!" Cheng Lanhua said, displeased.

Although she did seem to be gloating when she spoke, she wasn't really here to cause trouble.

Her daughter, Bai Qian, wrote back an urgent letter yesterday.

That brat has probably gone mad!

You should know that the postage for a regular letter across provinces is eight cents now, while an express registered letter costs twenty-four cents!

When Cheng Lanhua and her husband saw that their daughter had spent three times the usual amount to send a letter, they were both taken aback!

I thought something terrible had happened.

When she tore it open, she discovered that it was because He Lixuan had gotten married, and she felt hopeless and wanted to come back!

After the old man told her his beliefs, Cheng Lanhua started cursing loudly at home!

He scolded his third daughter for being a troublesome woman and for being foolish, saying she had ruined her future for a man.

As a result, he preferred to marry into her family rather than marry her!

You're asking for trouble!

Thinking about it and then coming back, what's the use of thinking about it? Who has that ability?

If I had known, why did I have to go with them in the first place?

Although Cheng Lanhua was well aware that the outcome would be similar whether her daughter chose this path or not.

There's no future in staying at home; you'll eventually have to go to the countryside anyway.

There's nothing anyone can do about this world.

Not to mention her, their fourth son is sixteen this year, two years younger than Bai Qian. The neighborhood committee has come to persuade him twice to go to the countryside this year.

Even so, being forced to leave and choosing to leave are two different things!

Cheng Lanhua still hasn't forgotten the confident look on San Yatou's face before she left!

Cheng Lanhua was cursing fiercely, but her old man sat by the bed without saying a word.

After she finished ranting, she suddenly said, "Qianqian said that Principal He and his wife went to Lixuan's wedding ceremony?"

"Ah," Cheng Lanhua replied, somewhat bewildered.

She didn't quite understand why the old man would ask that question.

Her husband used to work as a handyman at Jiannan University.

My usual job involves running errands for the plumbers and electricians, helping the school teachers with odd jobs, and sometimes I have to take shifts at night.

Although it was a menial job, it was still a regular employee!

I only get thirty-eight yuan a month!

But now, the university has suspended classes, and the teachers have been sent down to cadre schools one after another.

Apart from a limited number of people left to keep watch, the rest of the school staff stayed home on standby, waiting to be reassigned.

Although her husband had worked at the school for many years, he didn't actually have any outstanding skills.

It's been more than half a year, and I still haven't been assigned to another unit.

I only have eight yuan a month for basic living expenses.

What can you do with eight dollars?

There's not even enough food!

Thinking about this, Cheng Lanhua felt like cursing again!

They're saying Principal He is mentally unstable and acts on a whim!

If he hadn't suggested taking the teachers to the cadre school, the school might still be doing well, and her old man wouldn't have lost his job.

Seeing Cheng Lanhua start cursing again, and even Principal He was dragged into it, her man got annoyed!

Her husband immediately assigned Cheng Lanhua a task, telling her to go and ask He Liping after get off work today.

Let's see if we can get some information from him.

Wasn't Principal He sent to a cadre school? How could he attend his son's wedding?

If he has been released from the cadre school, does that mean these teachers are about to be "liberated"?

Does that mean universities will be able to reopen and I'll be able to go back to work?

Although the man felt the chances were slim, he couldn't let go of even the slightest hope.

After all, Principal He has already been released from the cadre school!

So, Cheng Lanhua really came today to find out what was going on; she didn't intend to argue with He Liping and his wife.

But Liang Yueming provoked her, and her shrewish nature erupted, and the two immediately started arguing.

To prove that what she said was true, Cheng Lanhua even took out her daughter's letter.

It was shown to the neighbors in the courtyard who were there to watch the spectacle.

When everyone saw the news in the letter that He Lixuan was going to marry into the family, they were all in an uproar!

He Liping's face was as pale as paper.

Cheng Lanhua returned in triumph.

When she got home, she told the old man about her day, emphasizing how she had engaged in a heated argument.

But her husband's focus was clearly different from hers.

He waited until she finished cursing before saying, "It seems they kept the wedding a secret from He Liping. He had no idea about it, nor did he know about his parents leaving the cadre school."

"He knows now!"

Cheng Lanhua raised her head like a victorious rooster: "Didn't you see how cowardly he looked when he read the letter? His face was like a dead man's."

The old man didn't say a word.

But those beady green eyes, like a rat's, gleamed with a thieving light.

He suddenly reached out and patted his wife's leg, asking, "Do you think Principal He and his wife...could have secretly run away from the cadre school?"

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