Shen Yulan wanted to refuse, but Shen Jingyan took the twenty yuan for her and put it into Shen Yulan's pocket.

"Big sister, just listen to your uncle, spend the money if you want!"

Shen Yulan is indeed short of money right now. Back in her husband's family home, Ding's mother-in-law and sister-in-law kept a tight grip on Ding Jianjun's salary, and Shen Yulan never saw a single penny. She secretly managed to save twenty or thirty yuan a year, but after buying train tickets and other expenses to go home this time, she had almost nothing left.

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She lowered her head shyly, clutching the hem of her clothes, and murmured, "Dad, consider this money a loan. I'll pay you back when I have the money."

Shen Honggang waved his hand and said, "Look at what you're saying, we're father and daughter, why are you talking about lending or not lending!"

Meanwhile, Shen Yuqin woke up very early in the morning. For the first time ever, she didn't sleep in and got up early, standing at the gate of the courtyard, craning her neck to look around.

We waited and waited, and it was almost ten o'clock, but there was still no sign of Zhou Zhengqing.

As time passed, Shen Yuqin grew increasingly anxious, sighing and stamping her feet incessantly, making the small courtyard seem like it was experiencing an earthquake.

"Mom, why isn't Brother Zhou here yet?"

Chen Feng was originally full of confidence. She thought that since Shen Yuqin and Zhou Zhengqing were engaged, their marriage was a done deal, and she even made a big fuss about it in the village.

Little did the mother and daughter know that Zhou Zhengqing didn't care about Shen Yuqin at all and was eager to get rid of her and return to the city.

Although Zhou Zhengqing would give Shen Yuqin money every now and then after the engagement and said many sweet words, those were all expedient measures taught to him by his father. Anyway, his family was not short of money, and he would not feel bad about spending three or five hundred to numb the mother and daughter's minds.

In addition, Chen Feng and Shen Yuqin are both money-grubbing people who can see the immediate benefits and feel that they have a firm grip on people.

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It was almost noon and Zhou Zhengqing still hadn't shown up, so Chen Feng and Shen Yuqin finally couldn't sit still any longer.

"Let's go check out the forest farm!"

Chen Feng casually picked up two sweet potatoes from the pot, stuffed them into his pocket, and led Shen Yuqin toward the forest farm.

If anyone asks, she says it's food for her son-in-law.

Upon arriving at the forest farm, Shen Yuqin rushed into Zhou Zhengqing's dormitory without hesitation.

The mother and daughter were dumbfounded when they went inside.

The bedding on the kang (a heated brick bed) and the daily necessities on the shelves had all disappeared. The entire dormitory was spotless, as if no one had ever lived there!

"Mom... Brother Zhou... Brother Zhou has already left?"

Chen Feng's face was flushed a purplish-blue. She threw the sweet potato from her pocket onto the ground and stomped on it twice in a fit of anger.

"Pah! That ungrateful brat! When I catch him, I'll skin him alive!"

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Shen Yuqin stood there blankly for a while, still finding it hard to believe that Zhou Zhengqing had really abandoned her and run away.

"Maybe he changed dorms! I...I'll go ask him!"

As soon as the mother and daughter stepped out, they ran into Grandma Xu.

Grandma Xu took a broom and a bucket of water, preparing to clean the place where Zhou Zhengqing lived.

She planned to vacate this dormitory for Old Man Xu, who had previously been living in the communal dormitory with the other educated youth without any complaints.

Grandma Xu thought, "He's a big professor, after all. It's like a god descending to earth for him to come to our small place. It's a bit unreasonable that he doesn't have a decent place to stay."

She ignored Chen Feng and her daughter, and burst into laughter as soon as she entered the house.

"Wow, it's so clean! I don't even have to clean it!"

With her last glimmer of hope, Shen Yuqin asked, "Where's Brother Zhou? Did he go up the mountain to work?"

Upon hearing this, Grandma Xu knew that Zhou Zhengqing had abandoned Shen Yuqin and run away alone.

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She suppressed a gloating smile and feigned surprise, saying, "Oh dear, Xiao Zhou took the spot for Xiao Gu and the others to go back to the city, and he hurriedly packed his bags and left last night! What, he didn't tell you? I thought he was the first one to tell you he was going back to the city!"

When Grandma Xu confirmed the news of Zhou Zhengqing's return to the city, Shen Yuqin was struck dumb. Her plump body swayed a few times, and she almost fainted.

Chen Feng slapped her thigh in frustration and said, "If I had known this kid was going to run away, I should have come to watch him last night!"

Grandma Xu, always eager for a good show, smiled so much that her eyes narrowed into slits.

"From what you're saying, Xiao Zhou ran away on his own? How could he do that? He just abandoned such a grown woman?"

Shen Yuqin found it hard to accept such a shock. Grandma Xu's words were like a series of bright slaps to her face.

She burst into tears without any regard for her image.

Chen Feng angrily slapped Shen Yuqin's thick arm twice: "Cry, cry, all you do is cry! I'm asking you, what's his home phone number? Where does he live? Let's go to the city to find him!"

Shen Yuqin sobbed, "I...I don't know...he...he never told me..."

"Didn't he say anything, and you didn't ask either? How could I have given birth to such a naive and silly girl like you?"

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Shen Yuqin cried out incoherently, "I'm stupid, you're smart, why didn't you think to ask me!"

"I..." Chen Feng was speechless.

The mother and daughter were so focused on using Zhou Zhengqing's money to buy clothes, shoes, and delicious food that they completely forgot to ask where Zhou Zhengqing's home was.

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