Chapter 58 The Mother's Scheme Against Her Daughter
Shen Family
Teacher Shen hurriedly opened the door to find food scattered all over the floor, and her mother sitting on the messy ground, wailing loudly.
Teacher Shen anxiously stepped forward to help Mother Shen up, asking, "Mom, what happened? How did the house get like this?"
Ms. Shen was helped to sit down on the sofa by her daughter. She grabbed Ms. Shen's arm and said excitedly, "Your father was taken away by the police this morning."
Upon hearing this, Teacher Shen's expression changed drastically, and she looked at Mother Shen, asking, "What happened?"
Shen's mother did not answer Teacher Shen's question, but grabbed her arm and looked at Teacher Shen with a crazy look in her eyes, saying: "Only you can save your father. I beg you, please marry Deputy Director Xing of the Revolutionary Committee."
Teacher Shen grabbed Mother Shen's shoulders and shook her, saying, "Mom, calm down. Didn't we agree that Gu Yihan would marry him?"
Ms. Shen shoved Ms. Shen's hand away and roared at her, "It's too late! Your father can't wait! Do you want to watch your father die?"
Teacher Shen looked at Shen's mother, her eyes filled with disappointment.
Ms. Shen grabbed Mr. Shen's hand and cried, "Just think of it as a sacrifice for me and your brother. If something happens to your father, your brother's future will be ruined."
Upon hearing her mother's words, Teacher Shen burst into tears, saying, "Mom, I'm your own daughter too. You can't ruin my life for my brother's sake."
Seeing that no matter how much she begged, Teacher Shen wouldn't budge, Mother Shen angrily slapped her across the face.
"Smack!"
Teacher Shen raised her hand to cover her slapped face, looking at her mother in disbelief: "Mom, you hit me?"
Ms. Shen looked at her with an expression that Ms. Shen couldn't understand: "This is what you owe us, and you should repay it. As long as you marry Director Xing, it will be considered as repaying the debt of giving birth to you."
Teacher Shen was stunned, staring at her mother as if she were a stranger. She didn't see a middle-aged man come out of the bedroom and carefully walk behind her.
With tears welling up in her eyes, Teacher Shen looked at her mother and said, "Mom, how could you do this to me..." Before she could finish speaking, she felt a sharp pain in the back of her neck and lost consciousness.
Seeing her unconscious daughter being held in the arms of this middle-aged man, Shen's mother felt a pang of pain in her heart, but then she thought of Deputy Factory Director Shen and her son.
With a heavy heart, Mother Shen said to the middle-aged man, "From now on, I'm entrusting my daughter to you!"
The middle-aged man rubbed Ms. Shen's smooth face with the back of his hand and said, "Mother-in-law, don't worry, I will treat her well."
After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he picked up Teacher Shen around the waist and carried her into the bedroom.
Standing at the bedroom door, listening to the sounds inside, Chen's mother covered her mouth tightly and murmured, "This family can't be without your father, don't blame your mother."
Willow Alley
Gu Yihan and Li Yajing were lying on recliners with coffee and fruit on the table, chatting and eating sunflower seeds.
Li Yajing looked at Gu Yihan and said, "Your yard is so spacious, it's so comfortable to lie down here."
Gu Yihan laughed at her envious expression: "Your house isn't small either, it has three bedrooms and a living room."
Li Yaqing scoffed, "It looks big, but my family dislikes me so much right now."
Gu Yihan looked at Li Yaqing with a puzzled expression and asked, "What's wrong?"
Li Yajing was no longer in a good mood: "It's all because of my sister-in-law. She's pregnant and keeps saying that there aren't enough rooms in the house and that there won't be enough space after the baby is born."
She dared not respond to Gu Yihan's words. After all, Gu Yihan was her sister-in-law, and saying too much would only make her disliked.
"I didn't sign up to go to the countryside?" This sharp voice startled Li Yaqing.
Li Yaqing looked at Gu Yihan suspiciously and asked, "Is that sound from your neighbor's house?"
Gu Yihan looked at her amusedly: "You'll get used to it."
Li Yaqing looked at Gu Yihan in surprise and said, "Used to it? We often argue?"
Gu Yihan nodded and whispered, "Listen carefully, they always argue in the yard, and we can hear it clearly from here."
Lin Family
The person from the educated youth office, holding the registration form, said, "You're taking the train the day after tomorrow to the Northwest to become an educated youth."
After saying that, the staff member from the educated youth office handed the train ticket to Lin's mother and said, "The subsidy of 200 yuan was given to you on the day of registration."
Lin Xiaofen pushed aside the staff member of the educated youth office and said, "I have a job and I didn't sign up to go to the countryside. Go find whoever signed up."
The staff at the educated youth office weren't angry, because every family had someone who wanted to become an educated youth, and it wasn't common for families to sign up their siblings.
The staff member from the educated youth office looked at Lin Xiaofen and said, "Your name has already been registered and cannot be changed. You also know the consequences of educated youth shirking their duties in the countryside."
"I still need to go to other places to inform them, so I'll be leaving now." After saying that, the person from the educated youth office walked out.
Lin Xiaofen ran into the house, opened the closet, took out Lin Fang's clothes, found scissors, and cut them all to shreds.
Lin's mother thought she should comfort Lin Xiaofen first. When she went inside and saw the broken pieces all over the floor, she felt extremely distressed.
He snatched the scissors from her hand and said, "Even if you're angry, you can't take it out on the clothes. They're unusable. Don't you know we don't have enough cloth coupons?"
Lin Xiaofen watched as her mother threw herself into her arms and cried, "It must be Lin Fang, she gave me my name."
"Waaah...waaah...Mom, I don't want to go to the countryside."
Lin's mother patted Lin Xiaofen's back with heartache and said, "Find someone to take care of your job for now, and after a while, have your father find a way to let you go back to the city."
Lin Xiaofen said unwillingly, "Mom, give me the household registration book and put Lin Fang's name on it too."
"Mom, eldest sister, there's no page for second sister in the household registration book." 10-year-old Lin Baoning said, standing outside the door holding the household registration book.
"What? Impossible!" Lin Xiaofen snatched the household registration book from Lin Baoning's hand and saw that Lin Fang's page was blank.
Lin Xiaofen screamed, "Ah...ah...when she comes back tonight, I won't let her get away with it!"
Lin Baoning said somewhat uncertainly, "Big sister, you sleep in the same room as second sister, don't you know that second sister didn't come back after school yesterday?"
Upon hearing this, Lin's mother exclaimed in surprise, "What? That brat hasn't come back! Where has she gone off to fool around?"
Then he complained to Lin Xiaofen, "Lin Fang shares a room with you. She didn't come back. Why didn't you say anything?"
Lin Xiaofen said aggrievedly, "I was tired from work yesterday and fell asleep quickly. How was I supposed to know she wouldn't come back?"
Lin's mother slapped Lin Xiaofen on the back in anger: "Hmph, you're going to the countryside as an educated youth, pack your own things."
After saying that, he pulled Lin Baoning and went straight back to the main room.
Gu Yihan's family
Li Yajing slapped her forehead and said, "Oh no, I almost forgot what my mom told me to do."
Gu Yihan looked at Li Yajing with a puzzled expression and asked, "What's wrong?"
Li Yaqing looked at Gu Yihan with a smile and said, "This matter is related to you, isn't it? My cousin from my uncle's family is in the army, and my mother wants to introduce him to you."
Gu Yihan looked at her with a face full of black lines: "I'm still young. There's no rush."
Li Yaqing whispered to Gu Yihan, "Let me tell you, my cousin's conditions are absolutely top-notch. He's capable and good-looking."
Li Yaqing nudged Gu Yihan with her elbow and said, "If he weren't my cousin, you wouldn't even have a chance to have him. I would have taken him for myself."
Gu Yihan was amused by Li Yajing's words: "So nice, and you don't have a boyfriend? Is there something wrong with you?"
Li Yaqing looked Gu Yihan up and down and said, "Don't look down on me. My cousin is a soldier in Kuncheng. He used to be on missions all the time, which delayed his studies."
"No, he was promoted to regimental commander at the beginning of the year. He doesn't need to carry out non-important tasks, so my mom was thinking of introducing you to him."
Before Gu Yihan could speak, Li Yaqing stood up, patted her clothes, and said, "It's settled then. When he takes a vacation, he'll come and arrange a blind date with you."
"I've finished my business, I'm going home for dinner."
Gu Yihan watched her with amusement as she ran away without looking back.
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