Chapter 245

When Liu Ailing was invited to the department head's office again, her heart skipped a beat.

She has stopped her hair band business, wrote a self-criticism, and has been studying hard in class recently. She plans to wait until the storm is over before looking for opportunities to do other small businesses.

Once you’ve tasted the sweetness of making money, it’s really hard to let go.

But this time the sky fell.

When the leader seriously asked her whether she was 'Qiu Ailing' or 'Liu Ailing', Liu Ailing's face changed, but she quickly calmed down and insisted that she was 'Qiu Ailing'.

She shamelessly tested the issue to see if the school had any evidence.

At the same time, I was thinking in my heart: How did the school know about this matter?

Liu Ailing immediately thought of Zhou Jiani, but quickly denied it.

It is impossible for Zhou Jiani to know the educated youth from Donghe Commune, and it is even more impossible that it is such a coincidence that the person she is impersonating is her. If Zhou Jiani really encounters such a coincidence, how unlucky would she be?

Moreover, she hadn't had any direct contact with Zhou Jiani since arriving in the capital, and she had been avoiding such situations. Especially in the presence of other classmates, she was so cautious that she would never allow herself and her classmates to appear in front of Zhou Jiani at the same time and have them call out her name.

Who could that be?

Liu Ailing thought of Qiu Ailing herself again.

Could it be that something went wrong when she registered for the college entrance examination this year?

But with the Xin family watching over us, it shouldn’t be that serious!

Seeing that she was being stubborn, the school directly showed Qiu Ailing's own letter of complaint and the results of the school's investigation into the matter in recent days.

"We've confirmed that Qiu Ailing is in the area. How do you explain this?"

Liu Ailing then felt ashamed as if she had been caught stealing someone else's things. Her face turned red and she immediately changed her words, but not completely.

What did she say? She lowered her head and said that this was a plan she had discussed with Qiu Ailing herself. Qiu Ailing thought this school was not good enough and wanted to try again this year, so she used Qiu Ailing's information to study. Now she didn't know why Qiu Ailing had suddenly turned against her.

Liu Ailing wanted to seize an opportunity to meet with Xin Yougang, and let the Xin family make more efforts to suppress Qiu Ailing, whether by coercion or inducement, so that the other party could reach a consensus with her side.

As long as Qiu Ailing doesn't pursue the matter, she will have a way to operate. Even if she really can't stay in the end, she can go the same way again.

Why do we have this perception? Because after doing it once, it takes almost no effort. As long as there is someone in charge, this kind of thing is very easy to do.

It’s a good time to change to a better school.

Liu Ailing began to sob, crying pitifully: "Dear leaders, I know I was wrong, but I really want to study in our school. I know this incident will have a bad impact on our school, but I implore the school to give me a chance to communicate with Comrade Qiu Ailing and minimize the impact. Please don't expel me..."

The school actually doesn't want to make a big deal out of this. If it expel students for this reason, the higher-ups will also question and investigate, after all, this is considered poor supervision.

More importantly, it will affect the school's reputation.

If they can negotiate privately and continue to do so, the school would be more willing to turn a blind eye.

But there was another complication, and the department head asked, "You clearly got into the school in Feng City, so why didn't you go? Who's currently studying there?"

Liu Ailing forgot to cry for a moment, and her flushed face instantly turned pale again. She didn't expect that the school would investigate to this extent, which disrupted her plans.

However, Liu Ailing is good at blending things and can paint black into white. In short, she has won herself the opportunity to discuss things with Xin Yougang.

Xin Yougang didn't expect this matter to be exposed. He thought of Zhou Jiani first and also thought of the time when Qiu Ailing went to Zhou Jiani for tutoring, but he didn't mention this to Liu Ailing after school started.

"It's okay, just let my dad do something. What can Qiu do?" Xin Yougang didn't take it seriously and went straight to call home. After the call was connected, he was scolded by his father. Only then did he realize that the matter was a little more complicated than he thought. Qiu Ailing's family went to the commune and asked for an explanation.

Xin Yougang grabbed the phone and asked, "Dad, how did this get out?"

Xin Chengdang told his brother-in-law what he had heard.

"What conditions did she put forward?"

Xin Chengdang: "The commune has approved her application to return to the city..."

Xin Yougang was a little anxious: "How can we let her return to the city? Is she qualified to return to the city?"

Can the city be suppressed this time?

The commune has approved it, how dare he suppress it? Xin Chengdang: "Does your father's words count? Also, this matter has nothing to do with our family. If they insist on asking Liu Ailing for an explanation, let them go. You don't get involved."

Xiang Xiang added, "There are many outstanding girls in college. If you work hard, you can bring a girlfriend back."

Xin Yougang's heart skipped a beat. His father was trying to make him give up Liu Ailing. He broke out in a cold sweat and turned around, covering the microphone with his hands, and muttered in a low voice, "Dad, no... If I don't marry her, wouldn't I be a hooligan?"

The two of them were officially together and were waiting to get married as soon as they graduated. If he dared to dump Liu Ailing at this time, he was afraid that Liu Ailing would give up and drag him down with her.

Moreover, after getting to know her, he found that Liu Ailing was smart and hardworking, so he just had to follow her and pick up the money.

That day, Liu Ailing told him about her plan, saying that she didn't want to give up her small business of posting on social media. She would not go back home this summer vacation, and she planned to find people from outside to do it, and hire a few more people to make some money during the summer vacation. After that, she would slowly do other things to try to make more money.

Xin Yougang has been in college for a long time, but he has not found a girl as smart and hardworking as Liu Ailing.

Xin Chengdang immediately understood what his son meant and couldn't help scolding him. He said, "This matter has already been reported to the commune. What else can we do?"

Xin Yougang then told Liu Ailing about her idea and said, "Find someone to plead her case. As long as she doesn't pursue the matter, we can compensate her." He added, "Don't worry, Dad. No matter how much compensation is, Liu Ailing will be returned home in the future."

Xin Chengdang thought quickly in his mind before saying, "I'll give it a try, but it's not easy to do. You should be mentally prepared and think of a way to calm Liu Ailing down..."

What he meant was that he couldn't get it done, and the school insisted on expelling Liu Ailing, so he asked his son to find a way to appease her. He was worried that after Liu Ailing was expelled, she would be angry and disturb his son, and he would not be able to go to college.

After hanging up the phone, Xin Yougang paid the phone bill and walked out.

Liu Ailing is outside.

She knew that there were some things Xin Yougang couldn't say in front of her, so she didn't follow him in. When she saw him come out, she hurriedly asked, "How is it? Uncle, do you know who told Qiu Ailing?"

Xin Yougang took out cigarettes and matches and said irritably, "It was Qiu Ailing's family. They said her relatives had discovered something and sent a telegram asking her to go back. I don't know how they verified it, but when she returned to Donghe Commune, she went straight to the commune, and her family followed her."

It turns out it wasn’t Zhou Jiani, she said.

Liu Ailing bit her lip and said, "What then? Can you press it down, uncle?"

"They caused a commotion in the commune, but now they've given her compensation and agreed to let her return to the city."

Liu Ailing screamed, "How can we let her go back to the city?"

She decided to take this step because she thought the Xin family could control an educated youth. As long as Qiu Ailing stayed in the brigade for a few years, and she gave up the college entrance examination, then returned to the city or married locally, it would not affect her.

Even if the truth is revealed, with the power of the Xin family, Qiu Ailing can only swallow her anger, but returning to the city is no longer something the Xin family can control.

Xin Yougang was also annoyed. "I'm not stupid. My father can't handle this anymore. You have to prepare for the worst." Seeing Liu Ailing's face turn pale, he hurriedly said, "But my father agreed to try your method. He'll find an intermediary to talk and see if he can give her some compensation. As long as she doesn't pursue it, everything will be fine."

He held a cigarette in one hand and pulled Liu Ailing's hand with the other, saying, "Don't worry too much. Even if it really doesn't work out, I will find a way to keep you in the capital and not let you go back to farm work."

Ask his father to write a few blank letters of introduction and send them over. They can fill in the excuses and dates themselves, and then find a place to live. Liu Ailing can also concentrate on her hair circle business.

Maybe I can even take the time to investigate how to make those complicated and decorated hair ties.

If you look at it from this perspective, it doesn’t matter whether Liu Ailing continues to go to college or not.

Liu Ailing felt that things were getting a little out of control. She hadn't expected Qiu Ailing's family to be so stubborn, actually taking the matter to the commune. She couldn't remain calm anymore and said irritably, "That's easy for you to say. If she keeps pestering me, how can I possibly stay here?"

She no longer wanted to go to labor camp.

Liu Ailing was a little panicked, but now she could only wait for a reply from the Xin family.

Not long after she returned to school, her classmates started looking at her strangely. It turned out that the news of her imposter had somehow spread. Liu Ailing felt as if her heart had fallen into an ice cellar.

This was something the school had not expected. Coincidentally, Donghe Commune also called to ask Liu Ailing to go back and cooperate with the investigation. Liu Ailing's legs went weak and she almost fell to the ground.

Bai Haoyang heard this from the cashier when he went to a cooperative unit to inquire about the sales of the social media platform.

Zhou Jiani: "I just felt something was wrong, but I didn't expect her to actually do that. She's so bold."

Liu Ailing wasn't the only one with such courage. There was also the Liu family and Liu Ailing's sister, Liu Aifang.

Liu Aifang, who was studying far away in Feng City, was also affected and walked into the teacher's office trembling with fear.

Zhou Jiani tried to hold back but couldn't help but call the Qianjin Brigade to find out whether the matter had been reported to the Brigade.

She really wanted to know if Qiu Ailing could take this opportunity to transfer her household registration.

What disappointed her was that Liu Tong probably hadn't heard the news and didn't mention it at all. He only told her enthusiastically about the transaction volume of the Canton Fair.

Zhou Jiani had no choice but to ask briefly about the situation at the Canton Fair and hung up the phone regretfully.

Unable to hear first-hand gossip, Zhou Jiani focused her attention on her studies. While concentrating on classes, she also asked Aunt Du to help her get a sewing plane ticket and a new sewing machine.

After a few busy days, Zhang Lihai came with his wife Yue Cuiyun.

Yue Cuiyun was very shy, blushing with nervousness whenever she spoke to them, but she was also very hardworking. She knew it was a rare opportunity for a young rural woman like her to work and earn money, and she was afraid Jiang Xinfeng wouldn't be interested. Shortly after entering the house, while Zhang Lihai was still talking to Jiang Xinfeng, she picked up a broom and started sweeping the yard, and Jiang Xinfeng couldn't stop her.

At first glance, he has the personality of a workhorse, who just keeps his head down and works without saying a word.

Zhou Jiani didn't dare to speak too loudly to her.

She didn't know how to use a sewing machine, as she had never used one in her hometown. Zhou Jiani agreed with Aunt Zhang to let her teach her. Yue Cuiyun felt that this was a formal apprenticeship and almost knelt down to kowtow to Aunt Zhang.

Zhou Jiani was indeed a little surprised that Zhang Lihai, who had traveled all over the country, had such an honest wife.

But after teaching her how to make a hair tie by hand and explaining the general method, Yue Cuiyun was able to thread the needle and sew out the most basic hair tie with neat and fine stitches.

Zhou Jiani smiled gently and said, "Sister-in-law, you don't have to worry too much. Learn to use the sewing machine slowly. Once you get the hang of it, sew two by hand. Besides getting a feel for it, you'll be able to figure out your own process once you become proficient."

Yue Cuiyun nodded shyly and said in a low voice, "Okay."

Aunt Zhang didn't think that this young wife was here to steal her job. She also knew that the flowers sold well, and even if she broke the pedal, the daily output would be fixed.

It is only a matter of time before we add more staff.

With one more person and more work, Jiani can earn more money. Otherwise, she can't even make back the cost of the sewing machine. She is also worried that these small bosses will stop the business because they think it is not profitable. Where can she find such a good job again?

So I enthusiastically began to teach Yue Cuiyun the functions of the sewing machine, how to thread the thread, how to install the bottom shuttle, how to pedal, and how to control the rhythm.

There is ready-made practice cloth, which is made up of several pieces of cloth pieced together in small steps. It is used to check whether there are any jumpers when testing the machine.

After spending a day with Yue Cuiyun at Zhou Jiani's place, Zhang Lihai went out driving. He had taken a few days off from home and had to go back to work quickly.

It is not difficult to learn how to sew on a sewing machine. Yue Cuiyun gradually became proficient after a few days of adaptation. She is very hardworking. Even if she does not go to the west room to operate the sewing machine after dinner, she will help Jiang Xinfeng sew small three-dimensional decorations. Jiang Xinfeng likes this young wife very much. Others don't like to talk, but she likes to talk. She doesn't feel bored when there is someone listening next to her.

So when the new weekend came, Bai Haoyang and Yu Wanxia saw piles of hair bands waiting to be processed.