Chapter 146 Let's Set Off for the Provincial Capital

The next day, just as everyone was starting work, Deng Jie was called away.

"Yanli, why did you come to see me? Don't you need to stay home to take care of the children? I've already had breakfast, don't worry!"

Deng Jie looked at Xie Yanli with a pained expression.

Xie Yanli suddenly felt more confident in the man in front of her.

See? They care about me so much, how could they possibly be lying to me?

"Deng Jie, I really have something to do."

Xie Yanli lowered her head and murmured.

Deng Jie looked around and took Xie Yanli's hand: "What exactly happened? Did your family find out about our relationship?"

Or what happened?

You said, "If it's something I can do, I definitely will!"

Xie Yanli said, moved, "Deng Jie, I knew you were sincere towards me!"

"Of course! My heart for you is as clear as day!"

Deng Jie swore.

Xie Yanli paused for a moment: "I... as you know, I'm divorced and I'm temporarily living at my parents' house with my child."

But my younger brother got married, and it's not appropriate for him to keep living here!

Deng Jie looked at Xie Yanli, his heart filled with excitement. Could it be that the village chief had agreed to his marriage with Xie Yanli?

So, will I... in the future?

Before she could even finish thinking about the good news, Xie Yanli said, "My parents said that if I don't get married soon, they will disown me."

They'll never recognize me again!

"Deng Jie, what should I do?"

"What? Sever ties? Impossible!"

Deng Jie lost control and shouted something.

After all this meticulous planning, how could it have turned out like this?

The Xie family dotes on their daughter, doesn't they? If the Xie family disowns Xie Yanli, what's the point of all my plans?

How can I still see her every day?

How can we enjoy it then?

Xie Yanli looked at Deng Jie: "My parents have a son, so of course they value him more. I'm just a divorced daughter who brought two children home."

Deng Jie, how about... we get married?

I have no skills, and my parents have given up on me! I can only rely on you!

"Hehe... Yanli, you must be joking with me. How could Xie Jianshe not care about you? Wasn't he going to confront your in-laws for your sake?"

Xie Yanli suddenly said angrily, "What do you know? They were only after money, and now they've taken all the money!"

I have no money. What will I do if they kick me and my child out and I have to live on my own?

Deng Jie, you're all I have left!

Don't you like me?

My parents are unwilling to help me raise my child, but you are, right?

Didn't you say you were truly sincere towards me?

Deng Jie was completely bewildered: "No, let me calm down! Let me calm down..."

After a while...

Deng Jie asked, "Are your parents really abandoning you?"

"yes!"

"What about the money? What about the money you brought back from the divorce?"

Xie Yanli said aggrievedly, "That was originally given to me by my parents, so I took it back!"

"You won't give it to me again!"

"Are you stupid! Once it's in your hands, how can you give it to your parents?"

Deng Jie said speechlessly, "I've never seen such a stupid person."

Xie Yanli looked at Deng Jie pitifully: "Those are my parents. They raised me and even though they think I'm a burden, they are still my parents, and I have to be filial to them."

Now I have nothing left.

I only have two children, I really have no other choice! Let's get married?

"Oh……"

Deng Jie was so angry he laughed.

"Xie Yanli, what's wrong with your brain? What do you mean? Are you saying that you're divorced with two children, and your family is now looking down on you?"

They don't want to help you raise your child anymore.

You want me to raise it for you?

Is that what you mean?

Xie Yanli said matter-of-factly, "That's right, didn't you say you liked me? Didn't you say it was true?"

Let's raise the child together, okay?

After we get married, you can spend some money to build a house in the village.

You go and earn work points to support us, I'll stay home and take care of the children.

Deng Jie looked at Xie Yanli in disbelief. Was this woman out of her mind?

"Heh... Xie Yanli, what are you thinking?"

"Am I the father of your child? No way! I'm sincere to you, of course I have to be sincere. Your father is the village head of Hongqi Village, while I'm an educated youth. I need your father's help and approval to do anything!"

I must be sincere!

But just because I'm sincere, does that mean I have to help you raise your child?

What are you thinking about?

Xie Yanli felt a chill run through her heart...

"Are you fake?"

Deng Jie's eyes darted around: "Of course not, Yanli, I'm sincere towards you, but we'll need money for our future lives!"

Also, having these two children is a huge burden for you!

I can raise two children, but you know my capabilities!

I struggle to support myself; my hands are only used for holding books. You know that? Yanli, I like you!

I love you as a complete and independent person!

But we need bread to live! Go to your parents' house, take the money you got from the divorce, and then send the child to your ex-husband's house.

We will have our own children in the future.

Isn't it good?

"Wouldn't it be better if we just lived our lives comfortably?"

Deng Jie coaxed Xie Yanli, whose eyes were slightly red as she looked at him and asked, "What if my parents don't give me money?"

"Fool, that's yours! Your money is yours, of course you have to have it! Otherwise, you can steal it, steal it and give it to me!"

Let me hold it for you!

Your parents will have no choice but to marry you off to me!

We truly love each other!

Can you really bear to let down someone who loves you like this?

Yanli, I'm the only one left. You're divorced and have two children. Who would want you? Can't you see?

So many people in the village look down on you!

"But I don't mind, understand? Only me! Yanli, if you behave, I'll definitely treat you well, okay?"

"But my parents don't recognize me anymore, I can't go home!"

"Impossible! Your parents wouldn't abandon you! I'll go back with you to see them, okay? Don't worry, I won't go!"

Deng Jie wanted to see for himself to understand, otherwise he wouldn't believe it.

"good……"

Xie Yanli agreed!

She looked at Deng Jie's back; this was her last chance!

Are men really untrustworthy?

Are all men really bad?

Is there really no good man in this world besides my father and brother?

The two arrived at their front door.

Deng Jie looked at Xie Yanli encouragingly.

But as soon as she reached the door, the two children were pushed out.

"Mommy, Grandma doesn't want us anymore!"

"Mom...where are we going?"

Deng Jie rubbed his eyes, unable to believe it.

Wang Guihua came out and glared at the two children: "What are you doing? You are Zhou family children, come with your mother right now!"

"Mom, can you give me the money?"

"What money?"

Wang Guihua glared at her and said, "That was your dowry when you got married. Now that you're divorced, what do you need that money for?"

Also, take your child and leave now, and don't ever come back!

"What a troublemaker!"

After saying that, he closed the door!

Deng Jie, watching from behind, was furious. After all that, he turned out to be a good-for-nothing?

call……

It's not too late yet!

Xie Yanli stared blankly at the door, then turned to look for Deng Jie, only to see his departing figure.

The door opened, and Wang Guihua glanced inside before calling to the two children, "Babies, come back quickly!"

DouDou and Diandian immediately stopped crying and returned to the yard with smiles.

DouDou added hilariously, "Mom, hurry up and ask around to see if it's a scam! Good luck!"

Xie Yanli didn't know whether to smile wryly or not!

The only option was to go back to Deng Jie, which could be considered the end of a tragic relationship.

"Deng Jie, wait a minute!"

"Is there anything else?"

Xie Yanli: "You...you saw it too. What should I do? Deng Jie, you wouldn't be lying to me, would you?"

Don't you like me?

"Aren't you being sincere with me?"

Deng Jie looked up at the sky speechlessly: "Xie Yanli, are you out of your mind? I like you, of course it's true!"

I love you as the village chief's daughter, I love you without children, and I love you living in the village chief's house.

I like you because you're rich!

Am I wrong? Am I saying something incorrect?

I really do like it!

This affection is genuine and there's absolutely no fakery involved!

But...you have nothing left now! What is there left for me to like about you?

Xie Yanli's eyes were slightly red...

"Why are you crying? What are you feeling wronged about? Sister, you're remarried! You've been divorced before! And you have a child with you."

What am I?

I'm from Beijing. Are we on the same wavelength?

"You can't give me what I like anymore, so what else can I like? Do you think I like you because you're divorced? Or because you're not good-looking?"

Do you want to see my old man?

As a cultured person, wouldn't it be better for me to find a virgin?

Is it difficult?

Xie Yanli said in a hoarse voice, "So, you only like these things if I have them! If I don't have them, I won't like them!"

You had an ulterior motive from the very beginning.

Deng Jie said helplessly, "Big sister, please stop bothering me, okay? You're almost thirty, how can you be so shameless?"

Okay, go do whatever you need to do!

I still have to go to the fields to earn work points!

Without hesitation, he left, even kicking a stone on the roadside in frustration.

Xie Yanli laughed, but then she started to cry!

Are all men really no good? A perfectly fine young man, and he still wants to live off a woman!

My life is so miserable, what kind of men have I kept running into?

No……

Remembering what Zhou Ye had told her, that it wasn't that she was unlucky, that she had always been good, it was just that others were not.

When problems arise, blame others rather than yourself.

Yes, that's it.

Deng Jie is a scumbag! Absolutely!

Composing myself, I rolled my eyes at the sky and got up to go home.

Xie Jianshe sat in the courtyard waiting, and was surprised to see his spirited older sister.

"Big sister, is this... a triumphant return?"

Xie Yanli sniffed: "Three-legged toads are hard to find, but two-legged men are everywhere!"

"I don't care!"

Today, because we're going on a long trip, no one except Xie Youfu went to the fields. If Deng Jie had observed carefully, he would have definitely noticed.

But……

He's not very cunning, but he's very ambitious!

Zhou Ye finished packing his suitcase and saw Xie Yanli. He was about to ask her something when Xie Yanli hugged him and burst into tears.

"Ugh... Deng Jie is such a beast! I'm so angry! I thought I'd found true love. You're right, I'm just a hopeless romantic!"

Waaah...

I'm so miserable!

What am I missing? Waaah...

I'm so pitiful!

"Slap slap..." Wang Guihua slapped Xie Yanli's back a few times without any mercy.

"That's enough, stop trying to take advantage of others. As the eldest sister, you're crying like a child."

"Now that you're in the provincial capital, as the eldest sister, you'll be like a mother to me. Please take good care of Xiao Ye, okay?"

Xie Yanli stood up, glancing at him with a wronged expression: "I know!"

Xie Jianshe had already arranged for the village's oxcart, and the group packed their belongings and set off...

When Deng Jie arrived at the field, he was also extremely angry.

All that careful planning went wrong!

"Pooh!"

Zhou Zhiming stood beside him, noticing his unusual mood: "What's wrong?"

Deng Jie tugged at his collar and said speechlessly, "It's nothing!"

Zhou Zhiming: "Hey, by the way, didn't you say you had some good news to tell us in a few days?"

What good news is it?

Deng Jie's eyes turned red with anger: "That bitch!"

"ah?"

Hearing Deng Jie swear, everyone became even more curious!

What's wrong with you?

"Yeah, what happened? Who's the jerk?"

Huang Ying and other female educated youths disliked Deng Jie, but they still curiously approached him.

"It's okay, I misspoke! I wasn't swearing! I'm just heartbroken!"

"Huh? What's wrong? What happened?"

Deng Jie whispered, "Do you know the village chief's daughter who just got divorced and came home?"

"You mean Xie Yanli? The village chief's eldest daughter?"

Zhou Zhiming asked.

It wasn't that they themselves wanted to know, but many people had their own ideas. If they could marry the village chief's daughter, they would have a good life from then on.

But with Xie Jianshe there, no one dared to challenge him.

Could it be that...?

Zhou Zhiming looked at Deng Jie with a suspicious gaze.

Deng Jie continued, "Xie Yanli said she liked me and had taken a liking to me. I thought to myself, I have nothing, what could she possibly like about me?"

But she truly loves me!

Slowly, I calmed down and let go of my worries.

At this point, Huang Ying and Chen Lan exchanged a glance and rolled their eyes!

Nonsense, she likes you?

Isn't it because you like her?

Pah! Trash!

"I've decided that I'll work hard to earn work points from now on to support them, mother and child! I felt sorry for them and my heart ached for them."

But……

But she tricked me!

Ha... They complain that my family isn't rich, that I don't earn enough work points, and that I can't support them!

Zhou Zhiming looked at Deng Jie with some suspicion.

The village chief's family shouldn't be like this!

Huang Ying burst out laughing, and Deng Jie glared at her angrily.

Huang Ying stared wide-eyed: "What are you looking at? Do you think what he said is wrong? That he likes you?"

Are you sure? I remember seeing you picking flowers from the mountain to give to someone that day.

You think nobody knows what you're thinking? They just don't want to talk to you!

"Is it true that your family is poor? Is it true that you don't even earn as many work points as others? Can you support that mother and child?"

Is it possible?

You have such a strong sense of pride! When someone tells the truth, you think they're looking down on you!

cut!

"Then let me be honest, I also look down on you?"

"Exactly! Look at themselves! The village chief's family—only the village chief is at work today, the rest of the family didn't come."

Maybe she's going to live a nice life to test your true feelings.

"Haha...did you find out by testing the waters?"

"Yes, I saw Zhou Zhiqing packing his things early this morning!"

"Could it be that they're testing Deng Jie before he goes back to Beijing, and then... discover he's got ulterior motives? Haha..."

Upon hearing this, Deng Jie turned pale!

So... they did it on purpose?

Was Xie Yanli saying that on purpose? Yes, her family stood up for her so much, how could they not really feel sorry for her?

I misunderstood!

"You...you're talking nonsense...aren't you?"

Deng Jie couldn't believe that Xie Yanli had lied to him.

Huang Ying: "Heh... sigh... you're the kind of person who, even if you were given a good life, you wouldn't want it!"

Serves you right!

Chen Lan smiled and went back to work.

Bai Xue glanced at this place from afar but didn't say anything.

After being reminded by someone, Deng Jie felt increasingly uneasy. He dropped his things and ran to the village chief's house, determined to get an explanation.

Meanwhile, Zhou Ye, Xie Jianshe, Xie Yanli, and their two children had already boarded the oxcart and set off.

Wang Guihua and Xie Meili sat in the courtyard, washing the vegetables for lunch and talking about Xie Meili's studies.

"Auntie...where is Xie Yanli?"

Deng Jie asked anxiously, panting heavily.

Wang Guihua rolled her eyes: "What are you trying to do? She's already gone!"

Where did she go?

Xie Meili snorted: "What's it to you! Who do you think you are, asking my older sister!"

"As expected... Haha... As expected!"

Deng Jie said angrily, "You're just lying to me, aren't you? You didn't really kick Xie Yanli out."

Is that right?

Wang Guihua spat and said directly, "Go ahead and kick her out. A married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl; even if she's divorced, she can't stay at her parents' house for an extended period."

Everyone does it this way.

"Is there a problem with what we're doing? Besides, she has two children and has been living here for a long time, so of course she's uncomfortable!"

Even if I don't rush her, she'll leave on her own!

Do you have a question?

Deng Jie didn't believe it: "Tell me, where did she go? Where did Zhou go too?"

"Hey, how can you be so shameless! What business is it of yours what my sister-in-law does?"

I asked my older sister, then my sister-in-law, are you crazy?

Deng Jie pointed at the two of them: "Your whole family set me up, didn't you? You did it on purpose!"

You've found a good path for Xie Yanli, but you don't want to include me!

Is that right? You all look down on me!

"You look down on me!"

Seeing Deng Jie's arrogant demeanor, Xie Meili couldn't help but laugh in anger.

Suddenly, a wicked sense of humor came over me.

Is it strange that I don't like you?

"What do you have that our family would want? My older sister actually likes you quite a bit, but it's such a pity!"

I originally wanted to spend a good life with you, but just a small test revealed your true colors!

What should we do?

You just don't have that kind of luck!

You know what? My older sister had such high hopes for you! She even made a bet with us! Unfortunately, she lost!

So, I guess I'll just have to live a good life on my own!

Deng Jie said with shame, "Yanli misunderstood me. My feelings for her are genuine. I truly like her."

real!

Tell me where she went, and I'll go find her. I'm willing to take care of her!

"Pooh!"

"How disgusting! How can there be someone like you in this world? My older sister is already living her own good life."

You should just go to the fields and earn work points!

Deng Jie left the Xie family dejectedly, almost completely devoid of energy.

Zhou Ye and his group had a relatively peaceful journey, but by the time they reached the provincial capital, it was already late afternoon.

Xie Yanli was holding Dou Dou's hand, Xie Jianshe was carrying luggage in one hand and holding Diandian in the other, and even Zhou Ye was pulling a suitcase.

"Where is this?"

The group went directly to Xie Jianshe's home in the provincial capital.

"This is a friend's house. You can stay here for today. We'll go see your job and the house we found for you tomorrow."

Xie Yanli glanced at the house enviously: "This house is so nice! I wish it were our own!"

"You'll have a chance! Once you've made some money, you can buy it!"

Xie Jianshe said something, and Xie Yanli gave up.

How could I possibly afford it?

It's already a miracle if we can support two children!

Xie Jianshe went out and bought some steamed buns and vegetables, while Xie Yanli cooked a pot of egg drop soup. Finally, they were full and could rest!

Xie Yanli slept in one room with her two children, while Zhou Ye and Xie Jianshe slept in another room, which was larger and had two beds.

"Why didn't you tell your older sister that this is your house?"

Xie Jianshe smiled.

"Xiao Ye, what's mine is yours, and I have to protect our property! Although Xie Yanli is my older sister, she is also a mother!"

She was still a woman without a husband to rely on!

I can help my older sister, but I can't give her the opportunity to compete with you for the inheritance.

"Human nature is hard to fathom! My older sister is a good person, and she's been very kind to me! We can be very kind to her too!"

It's great for DouDou and DimDian!

However, if my older sister knew that this was my house, she would think that when she works in the provincial capital, she can live here and doesn't need to look for a place to live.

If we stay.

The eldest sister felt uncomfortable again.

"More importantly, my older sister can't keep so much money on hand, in case she meets another man she thinks is good!"

what to do? "

Zhou clicked her tongue in amazement; she suddenly realized that Xie Jianshe was thinking a lot!

"Alright, you handle it then!"

Zhou also felt that relationships were such a hassle—friendship, romantic love, and family ties all were!

In another room, DouDou whispered, "Mommy, this house is so beautiful. It's bigger than our house!"

I've never seen anything this good!

"Are we going to live here from now on?"

Xie Yanli laughed and said, "Of course not, this is not my uncle's house, it belongs to my uncle's friend!"

My uncle will find us another place to stay.

DouDou said regretfully, "Oh... if only it were Uncle's house! We could stay here whenever we wanted!"

Xie Yanli couldn't help but smile wryly: "You little rascal! You even schemed against your uncle!"

The next day, early in the morning, Xie Jianshe took Xie Yanli directly to the police station.

"Ah...this...Jianshe, why did you bring me here?"

Xie Yanli was a little scared!

Xie Jianshe said with a smile, "I found this job for you! I was worried about you, a woman with a child, all alone!"

One of my comrades is here! He can take care of you!

"Then I can't be a policeman!"

Xie Yanli said with a worried expression!

How can a woman like me, with a child all alone and so frail, possibly arrest someone?

"Heh... Big sister, what are you thinking? How could I possibly let you become a policeman!" Xie Jianshe laughed uncontrollably.

I took my older sister directly to the cafeteria.

"Hey lady, there's a temporary job here. You can take it for now! The pay isn't as high as a permanent position, but it'll still be eighteen yuan a month!"

Children can also be brought here for free meals!

As for accommodation, we've arranged a dormitory room for you. It's not big, but it should be enough for now!

"There's an elementary school right next to the police station, so DouDou and Diandian can go there directly! It'll be convenient for you to pick up and drop off your kids!"

There are no outsiders living here.

"Safer!"

Xie Yanli was grateful for everything her brother had done. Yes, for a woman like herself, this was the most appropriate thing to do!

"By the way, ma'am, give me your money!"

Xie Jianshe said.

Xie Yanli: "How much does this job cost?"

Actually, she was a little reluctant to give it up. If a job required more than a thousand dollars, she would have to think about it more carefully.