When Wu Guizhi heard this, his face turned even darker.

With a "bang", she hammered the clothes on the stone slats with a wooden mallet and said, "What's true or false? She just said a few words to the brigade secretary when she went to visit his home. Why does she need to take the exam? She is a military wife. Our second son is now the deputy commander of the regiment in the army. Why does she need to take the college entrance examination? Then who will take care of this family and Guozi?"

"Besides, she's already a teacher in the commune. Isn't that a stable job? Why does she need to take the college entrance exam?"

Everyone fell silent after hearing what Wu Guizhi said.

I thought, how can this be the same?

If I get into university, I can go back to the city.

Look at those educated youth, they are all crazy for the opportunity to return to the city.

Not to mention the educated youth, let alone those who could go to university in the city, even for the girls in the village, it was a respectable thing if they could marry into the town and no longer have to do farm work.

But it's no wonder that Aunt Wu's family refused to let her go. Teacher Su was so delicate and pretty. After so many years in the countryside, her skin was still as white and tender as a freshly peeled egg. One look from her could make people dazzled. If the second son of the Han family was not a high-ranking officer in the army, I don't know how many people in the surrounding area would be concerned about her and how much trouble she would cause.

If he passes the college entrance examination and returns to the city, and the second son of the Han family is in the army, will there be peace in the future?

However, they thought so in their hearts, but of course they couldn't say it out loud.

The thin old lady agreed with Wu Guizhi and said, "That's right, Dongzi's grandmother, your second son is promising, and his wife already has a stable job, so there is no need for him to take the college entrance examination. Even if he passes the examination and returns to the city, his life may not be better than it is now."

"But Aunt Wu, you have to keep an eye on her. If she secretly signs up and is obsessed with taking the exam, wouldn't that be bad?"

At this time, a woman nearby interrupted, "Hey, have you heard? The third daughter-in-law of Liu Shugen's family in the next village is divorcing Liu Laosan in order to get into college. Now Liu Shugen's family is arguing fiercely."

"Alas, in the past two years, many of the educated youth who returned to the city abandoned their husbands and children?"

"She really doesn't know her roots, her background, or her heart. She usually seems to be very nice and gentle, but when she came back to the city, she turned her face against me and even abandoned her husband and children. Sigh, she is so cruel."

"Well, if you ask me, isn't this obvious? They shouldn't have married those educated youths in the first place."

Another woman interrupted, "Those educated youth from the city, what else is good about them except that they are good-looking and fair-skinned? They can't even carry anything, and marrying them home is like marrying an ancestor. But even so, their hearts are not here at all. As soon as they get the chance to go back to the city, they turn against them and don't even want their sons. They are determined to leave. Tsk tsk..."

Everyone started gossiping, talking about the things that happened to the educated youth in the past two years.

Wu Guizhi never interrupted again.

My heart feels like something is stuck in my chest.

Even though the women in the room saw that she was in a bad mood and flattered her a few times, saying things like "Your second son has a promising future. Your second son's wife would not have other thoughts unless she is a fool. Even if she is really cruel and leaves, your second son can marry someone better." But all these could not make Wu Guizhi feel better. She pounded the laundry basket so hard that it made a crackling sound.

To be honest, the second brother went against her wishes and married Su Ruo on his own initiative, which was a thorn in her heart.

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After Wu Guizhi finished washing clothes for the whole family, she carried the wooden bucket back to her home at the village entrance.

Wu Guizhi's home is located at the east end of Hanjia Village.

The house is the best in the entire Hanjia Village, and it is the only blue brick and tile house in Hanjia Village.

Five rooms in the front and five rooms in the back.

In the past, only landlords could live in such houses.

There are three sons in Wu Guizhi's family, the eldest is Han Jiasong, the second is Han Zecheng, and the third is Han Jialin.

However, both Wu Guizhi and her husband Han Heping were remarried, and there were not many sons in their families, so the situation was still a bit complicated.

No two people have the same father and mother.

The eldest son, Han Jiasong, was born to Han Heping and his first wife who had passed away.

The second son, Han Zecheng, was born to Wu Guizhi and her ex-husband Han Hehuai.

Han Hehuai was also from Hanjia Village and was Han Heping's cousin. However, a few days after their marriage, Han Hehuai joined the army to participate in the War of Resistance. Wu Guizhi later gave birth to Han Zecheng. After only a few months of guarding him, she mistakenly heard from others that Han Hehuai had died in the war. Life became difficult for Wu Guizhi, so she left Han Zecheng to her mother-in-law and remarried to Han Heping, who was from the same clan.

Only the third child, Han Jialin, is the son of Wu Guizhi and Han Heping.

This is also the reason why the middle character in the names of the three people is different.

Now all three sons are married.

The female educated youth Su Ruo that the villagers in front were talking about was Wu Guizhi's second daughter-in-law and the wife of the second son Han Zecheng.

However, Han Zecheng was in the army and was not at home most of the time.

The Han family has two rows of houses in front and back, each with five rooms.

Except for the main room, the five rooms in the front were occupied by the elderly couple Wu Guizhi and Han Heping in one room, and by Su Ruo and her four-year-old son Han Guo in the other two rooms.

The five rooms at the back are occupied by the eldest and third sons, each with two rooms.

Let’s talk about Wu Guizhi again.

It was already late when she finished washing clothes for the whole family. When she returned home, everyone was at work or school. There was no one around, the house was empty. Only the pigs in the pigsty were squealing, probably because they were hungry.

Wu Guizhi put the clothes in the yard and went into the house to get rice bran for the pigs.

After she entered the room, she first glanced at Su Ruo's closed door, and the corners of her mouth drooped.

Then he scooped up some rice bran mixed with water to feed the pigs. While feeding the pigs, he cursed angrily: "You can raise a pig and then kill it and sell its meat. This is really a waste of ancestors. The pig is so hungry that it doesn't even have a hair to grow."

The more he scolded, the more upset he felt. He put the feeding bucket aside heavily and went outside to hang clothes.

She felt that her dislike for the second son's wife was not just prejudice.

The second son married her against her will. Not only was she not filial and obedient, but her personality was also very annoying.

It's really like what the villagers said, marrying such a person is like marrying an ancestor.

For example, these two days, normally he would be teaching at school, but since he took a leave yesterday, he has been lying at home all day and night, not even leaving the room. Not to mention washing clothes and cooking, he can't even go out to clean up the dishes, sweep the floor, or feed the pigs.

She has no awareness or tact as a daughter-in-law.

However, although Wu Guizhi was unhappy, she couldn't say it.

Because the commune primary school actually allocated two rooms to Su Ruo.

Su Ruo wanted to move there with her son Han Guo, but Wu Guizhi disagreed because she was a young wife with her husband not around and she looked so attractive. She refused to let her move to the school on the grounds that Han Guo was too young and it would be easier to take care of him in the village.

In addition, the second son sent her ten yuan every month before getting married. After getting married, it was changed to twenty yuan per month, and later increased to twenty-five yuan. He told her clearly and asked her not to make things difficult for Su Ruo.

Wu Guizhi knew her second son's temper. If the situation got too bad, he might just take Su Ruo and her daughter to join the army... The second son had a bad temper. If he really wanted to do that, she would definitely not be able to stop him, so she could only swallow her anger.

Although Su Ruo and Han Guo ate and used money at home, she also took out ten yuan from her salary every month and gave it to her.

On weekdays, Su Ruo also washes her own clothes.

It is obvious that the Han family has not yet split up, so the second son and his wife should hand over their wages and get their share. This is the rule in every family!

But the second brother still wanted to use this to threaten her, and even directly asked her not to make things difficult for his wife and not to interfere in her private affairs!

She was so upset about this, not to mention how angry she was.

But no matter how angry I was, I had to hold it in.

So he became more and more displeased with Su Ruo.

She worked hard to raise her son, but she treated other women as ancestors.

And even so, she saw that Su Ruo didn't really care about the second brother.

Otherwise, why would she want to apply to that university?

Wu Guizhi finished hanging up the clothes while thinking about things angrily.

She tapped her old waist, bent down, picked up the wooden barrel and was about to go back to the house when she saw a green military vehicle driving on the road ahead.

She was stunned at first, then she was delighted. Who else could it be who drove a military vehicle back into the village except her second son?

Sure enough, the car stopped outside the Han family’s fence.

Then the car door opened, and a tall and strong young man in military uniform stepped out. He had a straight posture, handsome appearance, and was tall and strong.

It was indeed her second son.

Wu Guizhi put down the bucket and wanted to go out to meet him, but she took a step back after taking one step.

She's back, so she's back. Why should she go to the front to greet her?

Used to it!

And he didn't come back earlier or later, but at this time. Maybe it was because of that woman.

As she thought this, she felt unhappy. She picked up the bucket and went back to the house.