After hearing Lian Yi's words, Lu Fang sighed helplessly:

"Who says it's not true! Xu Xinya's grades are pretty good. If she works hard for another two years, she might be able to get into a junior college. At the very least, she should at least persevere until graduation. With a high school diploma, it will be easier to find a job.

In the end, her mother refused to agree to anything. I also expressed my opinion on behalf of the school, exempting Xu Xinya from textbook fees and applying for special hardship subsidies, giving her a 10-yuan meal ticket every month, but her mother still refused to give in. ”

After hearing this, Lianyi pretended to be worried and said:

"What about Xu Xinya's own wishes? Does she want to continue studying?"

"Student Xu just lowered her head and said nothing until she sent me out. She had no choice. Because of her father's affairs, her family was implicated. She couldn't even make friends at school. She finally had a male classmate who helped her, but he still said such nasty things to her. She didn't want to continue studying."

Lu Fang was really helpless. No matter who was right or wrong in the incident, Xu Xinya was indeed a victim, so she really couldn't say much.

Lianyi raised her eyebrows after hearing this. This evil spirit was really capable. Even when he was about to run away, he still remembered to use his adopted son as a pleading. He really made the best use of his resources.

"Alas! The child is still too young to experience anything. But what about the marriage partner her mother found for her? We still need to find out about this, lest she gets married right after leaving school and then says that the school didn't do anything to prevent the tragedy from happening."

After Lianyi finished speaking, she took another step closer and said in a low voice:

"Director Lu, I went back to Luojia Village some time ago and heard from the people in the village that a family from the neighboring village had married a daughter-in-law from the mountainous area. The new daughter-in-law said that the village in the mountains was too poor and no one was willing to marry into it. Many families pooled their money and spent a high price to marry a daughter-in-law from outside.

They say they are marrying a daughter-in-law, but in fact it is almost the same as buying one, because there are several families together, so the bride price is naturally high. Some people who don’t understand the situation marry the girl off for the sake of the bride price. And because the girl is married far away, she may not return to her parents’ home for three to five years, and finally she will stay in the mountains for the rest of her life.”

Lianyi was not exaggerating. According to the development of this plane, there were quite a few places like this. The main reason was that the country was in a state of disrepair and development was uneven among different regions. Where there was plenty, there were also poor places.

When Lu Fang heard Lian Yi's words, her face changed and she immediately became serious.

"Thank you for your reminder, big sister. We really need to go and find out. We can't push a good child into the fire pit."

"Director Lu, I just heard about this when I went back to the village a few days ago, so I remembered this. However, Xu Xinya's mother was once a cadre's wife, so she wouldn't be so easily deceived.

However, if there are rich people who want to find a young woman, or want to have a son, it is not impossible for them to marry a concubine here without telling their wives. For the sake of money, many people would do so.”

Lianyi changed the subject and got to the point.

Based on her understanding of evil spirits, how could she possibly marry into the mountains? She would definitely find a rich man so that she could devour his luck. How could her luck be bad if she could become a rich person in this era?

She just wanted to block the other person's way and make it difficult for her to leave.

"Sister, I didn't expect you knew so much."

Director Lu Fang's mouth twitched.

"I don't have much to do. I just like chatting with the old ladies in the alley. I heard all this from the old sisters."

Lianyi was able to pass on the blame without any burden at all.

"I'll inquire about what you said."

Lu Fang was ready to end the conversation, and Lianyi also said goodbye and went home with the vegetables she had bought. After washing the vegetables for dinner, she strolled out to pick up her eldest grandson.

After hearing Lianyi's suggestive words, Lu Fang was also afraid that something might happen to the student who dropped out of school and would affect the school's reputation, so she actually asked someone to find out about the person Xu Xinya was going to marry.

Qingshan Town is not big, and Lu Fang was determined to find out, and the Xu family did not hide anything, so she did manage to find out some information. However, after hearing the latest news, she really didn't know what to do.

The marriage that Xu Xinya's mother found for her daughter was indeed a good one in the eyes of outsiders, except that the man was a little older. He was thirteen years older than Xu Xinya.

This man came from the south and his identity was not simple. He was a Hong Kong businessman named Cheng Gangsheng. His family was very rich. He had accumulated his current wealth in his early thirties and was considered successful. However, his first wife only gave birth to a daughter, who passed away when the daughter was five years old.

Later, in order to focus on his career, the man did not get married and left his little daughter to be raised by her mother. He focused on earning money. Now that he is rich, he has started to consider getting married. After all, such a large family business needs an heir.

He did not consider letting his daughter become the heir, after all, she would have to get married. But if he married a local man from Hong Kong, those women would be too picky and he would not want to be a stepmother.

The women who are willing to marry him are all eyeing the money in his pocket. If he marries someone of equal status for the sake of career development, he will definitely be tied to the other person's family, but he doesn't want that because it would make him too passive.

This time he came to the mainland to look for investment opportunities, and what happened was that the new machinery purchased by the machinery factory was purchased by this man. While delivering the goods, he also investigated the market and ended up taking a fancy to Xu Xinya.

Although Xu Xinya was not stunningly beautiful, she was at least a pretty little beauty. Moreover, her family did not care about her father's background. In addition to giving a high price for the bride price, they also promised to take Xu Xinya's mother away so that the Xu family would have no worries. Under such conditions, who would not be tempted?

So the matter was settled. Xu's mother neatly arranged for her daughter to drop out of school so that she could stay at home and wait for her marriage. She even skipped the engagement process and got married directly in one go.

Although Lu Fang found out the specific information about Cheng Gangsheng, it was difficult for her to interfere. After all, it was someone else's family affair, and she couldn't go against her conscience and say that the man's conditions were not good enough.

Out of her responsibility as a teacher, Lu Fang went to Xu Xinya's home and encouraged her not to give up studying even after getting married. At least the educational conditions there were definitely better than those in the town. Only when she became strong could she live more freely.

"Thank you Director Lu for telling me this. I will not give up any opportunity to learn."

Xu Xinya immediately responded obediently.

This time she really listened, because she knew that getting married now was the worst option, but she wanted to get out of her current situation as soon as possible, and take her mother with her, leaving Qingshan Town completely, and finding a place where no one knew her. This was the fastest and most effective way.

Otherwise, she wouldn't even be able to leave Qingshan Town. After all, without a letter of introduction, she couldn't go anywhere. But if she wanted to get married, then it would be a natural thing to do.

After Lu Fang left Xu's house, she ran into Lian Yi who was buying vegetables at the market. The two chatted for a while, and Lian Yi got the information she wanted to know. (End of this chapter)