Zhou Nanguang patted Zhong Wenqing on the shoulder and said, "Everyone has selfish motives. You treat An Ning well because she is a good girl and she is Shi Xun's wife. So whatever you think is normal, but you can't do anything that will hurt the children."

Zhong Wenqing nodded: "Well, I will respect their choice. No matter what, it will not change my attitude towards An Ning. I just told you secretly that it makes me feel better."

Zhou Nanguang smiled and said that he and Zhong Wenqing have been married for nearly 30 years and he knows his wife very well. She has a relatively simple personality, dares to love and hate, and may have a sharp tongue but a soft heart, but most of the time she is a very warm person.

If I have any little thoughts, I will tell him, but I will forget about them the next moment.

…

Sheng Anning lived a relatively comfortable life, but every time she felt heartbroken, she would worry about her parents in the other world.

Xiao Yan's life was not going well. As the registration deadline was approaching, the village party secretary did not stamp her application.

The educated youth who had obtained places for the college entrance examination had already left Xiaowayao Village and returned to their respective cities to prepare for the college entrance examination. Some even obtained quotas to return to the city.

After a quick count, there were less than ten educated youth left, but they were all preparing for next year's college entrance examination, and some were thinking about ways to return to the city. It seemed that the policy would change again in the next two years.

Xiao Yan then realized that she seemed to have made a wrong decision. Why couldn't she wait for a year? Maybe she could easily return to the city then?

Now that she is married to Hanniu, how can she leave here?

The more I thought about it, the angrier I got, and my expression naturally became uglier.

Yue Lian didn't indulge her. She knew her son was not good enough. She couldn't even lay an egg, so her words were much harsher: "Who are you showing your donkey face to every day? You are like a jinx."

Xiao Yan was also unconvinced and glared at the village party secretary: "You said you would give me a place in the college entrance examination, but what about now? The registration deadline is almost here."

The village party secretary was not annoyed. He took a sip of wine slowly, then looked at Xiao Yan: "If it doesn't work this year, there's still next year. Why are you in such a hurry?"

Xiao Yan was furious: "That's not what you said at the beginning. You said you would give it to me as long as we got married. Aren't you cheating me? If you say that, I will apply for sick leave and go back to the city."

The village party secretary suddenly changed his expression: "Going back to the city on sick leave? Do you think I will sign this for you? And what did you do in the health center? The patients have sued you. Do you think the city wants you?"

Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment: "What does his stomach cancer have to do with me? You can't be so unreasonable. If you do this, I will divorce Hanniu."

Yue Lian snorted, "Divorce? Xiao Yan, you did it voluntarily. No one forced you. Do you think it's that easy to divorce now? Besides, it's even a question whether you can leave Xiaowayao Village in this life."

Xiao Yan frowned: "What do you mean by that?"

Yue Lian ignored her, but had a worse idea in her mind. If her son was not good enough, she could borrow his seed. She had several nephews from her mother's side, and if that didn't work, she could still use the brothers and sisters from Uncle Hanniu's family.

Xiao Yan put her bowl heavily on the table and glared at the village party secretary: "If you don't stamp my application and don't let me go to college, I will sue you! I don't believe that the commune doesn't care, and I don't believe that there is no place for justice in this world."

The village party secretary didn't expect that Xiao Yan would dare to threaten him. However, he had received news that Xiao Yan must be controlled and not allowed to leave Xiaowayao Village. As for what method to use, it was not specified.

But as long as he doesn't sign and give Xiao Yan a pass to leave, she can't leave the village.

He slammed the table and glared at Xiao Yan: "You want to rebel, don't you? Who gave you the courage? Go and file a complaint. Okay, go ahead! You married Han Niu, and the whole village was watching. No one would tie you up with a rope. I promised to give you a place in the college entrance examination. Do you have evidence?"

Xiao Yan's eyes turned red: "You, you are a scoundrel, I will definitely not let your family have an easy life, you deserve to be extinct in the Li family."

Yue Lian was instantly unhappy and pushed her stupid son: "Silly cow, beat her for me, beat her to death."

Han Niu only listened to his mother, and his daughter-in-law was not good to him, so he rushed over and knocked Xiao Yan off the kang with one punch, then pounced on her and sat on her, slapping her in the face back and forth.

Xiao Yan didn't have the strength to fight back and soon she was beaten so hard by Han Niu that she was breathing more heavily than breathing in.

The village party secretary was afraid that someone might die, so he quickly stopped them: "Silly cow, stop it. If you kill someone, you will be shot."

Hanniu finally got up and returned to Yuelian angrily.

Yuelian discussed with the village party secretary and decided to find a way to make Xiaoyan pregnant, or if that didn't work, they could use sperm from her.

The village party secretary smoked his cigarette without saying a word, but he had other thoughts in his mind. After all, the borrowed child was not his, Li's, child, so wasn't he raising someone else's child?

…

This time Xiao Yan was beaten badly. Yue Lian saw that she had not woken up yet, so she quickly called the village party secretary to find someone to harness a donkey cart and take Xiao Yan to the hospital. If something really happened to her, their family would be sued.

Once she was sent to the health center, everyone knew what kind of life Xiao Yan was living now, even Sheng An Ning heard about it.

While I was surprised, I felt that Xiao Yan deserved it. She wanted to take a shortcut, but is that shortcut so easy?

Now I have to walk the path I have chosen even if I have to kneel.

I used to think Xiao Yan was quite smart, but now it seems that she is pretty stupid.

Sheng Anning sat on the bench, eating melon seeds and listening to the gossip Zhou Chaoyang brought back with great interest.

Zhou Chaoyang also felt that Xiao Yan deserved it: "She was bad, and now she is getting her retribution."

Zhong Wenqing was knitting a sweater for her children nearby, listening to Zhou Chaoyang and Sheng Anning talking about Xiao Yan. She didn't know who she was, nor did she know if she had any grudges against Sheng Anning and the others. She just felt sorry for this girl: "How could she be like this? How pitiful it is to be beaten. We should go to the Women's Federation and sue the man's family."

Zhou Chaoyang was amused and told the story of Xiao Yan bullying Sheng An Ning: "She also found someone to expose my sister-in-law, wrote a letter of denunciation, and fought with my sister-in-law. She almost killed the baby in my sister-in-law's belly. Why should she be pitiful?"

After hearing this, Zhong Wenqing nodded immediately: "That's not pitiful, she deserves it. A woman like this can't stand others being better than she is. Now she's in trouble."

Zhou Chaoyang instantly found the spirit of solidarity: "Of course not, she deserves it. I want to see how miserable she will be in the end."

Sheng An Ning felt that Xiao Yan would only be more miserable. Given the current imperfect marriage laws, domestic violence was commonplace and the sound of men beating their wives could be heard in every neighbor's home.

So it was normal for Xiao Yan to be beaten.

Thinking about it, I feel very fortunate. At least Zhou Changsuo would not hit others, let alone his wife.

He was cracking melon seeds and giggling.