"But my sister said that you are going to take an exam soon, so she can take care of the housework." Xiang Shuzhi yelled to Jiang Sui who was running away.
Xiang Baiwei heard the noise and looked back at Jiang Sui who was walking out: "It's not a difficult job. I can handle it by myself. You can continue to review. The exam is coming soon."
"It's just one week. Success or failure does not depend on this week. I have learned everything I need to learn." Jiang Sui looked at the clothes in the basin by the well, rolled up his sleeves and went to wash the clothes.
Xiang Baiwei wanted to go over to stop him, but Jiang Sui scolded her instead: "It's autumn now, the well water is very cold, icy cold. If you wash your clothes yourself, remember to use hot water, don't just use cold water."
"It's just a coat, and it's not dirty. You always treat me like this, and you'll be gone when you leave home." Xiang Baiwei muttered in defense, and when she saw Jiang Sui's unhappy expression, she shut up.
Jiang Sui had just hung his coat on the clothesline when Xiao Liu from the Second Machinery Factory knocked on the door: "Brother Jiang, are you home? It's just right. The factory needs you for something. There's a job that needs you to take care of. Let's go."
"Okay, wait a minute."
After watching the two men leave, Xiang Baiwei went back to the kitchen to wash two apples and gave them to Xiang Shuzhi who was reading in the room: "How is it? Do you have a good grasp of it?"
"It's okay. I don't dare to brag. Although I was very nervous before, after my brother-in-law chatted with me for a while today, my mentality has improved a lot." Xiang Shuzhi laughed.
"Don't be nervous, it's just an exam. If you don't pass this year, you can try again next year." Xiang Baiwei stood up, took the small notebook for taking notes, and began to organize the production plan for next month.
On the other side, at the female teacher's residence, Liu Mei, feeling dizzy after reading for a whole morning, came to the yard to get some fresh air.
A group of female teachers nearby were washing clothes, each sitting around a basin.
When a group of people get together to do laundry, they're bound to talk about something.
As they chatted, the topic turned to those who were going to take the college entrance examination.
Especially Jiang Sui, the principal of the school where they work now.
"If Principal Jiang really passes the exam, do we have to change the principal?"
"Then we must change the principal. He has gone to college outside, so he can't continue to be our principal. But what do you think? Should the next principal be selected from outside or directly from our school's teachers?"
Xu Xiuxiu was also very curious about this matter, so she leaned over to listen to these people's analysis.
As she listened, Xu Xiuxiu noticed Liu Mei sitting quietly behind her enjoying the breeze, and she asked her opinion.
Liu Mei was not interested in who would be the next principal. She was more interested in something else: "Many of the people in Xiangjia Village who are going to take the college entrance examination are married."
The other teachers could hardly keep up with her train of thought.
Liu Mei smiled strangely: "I remember when I was reading the newspaper last winter, I saw a piece of news that counted how many married people who were going to college wanted to divorce."
As soon as she said this, everyone present immediately understood what she meant.
Especially Xu Xiuxiu, the person who has always been the most impatient: "Principal Jiang is so outstanding, if he goes to university, will he be noticed by those girls from good urban families?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the people near the well, who had been talking and laughing just now, suddenly fell into awkward silence.
Although no one spoke, the ambiguous glances between them were enough to express their thoughts.
Among the people washing clothes by the well, there were no more than three who had not been attracted to Jiang Sui.
After Xiang Baiwei successfully married Jiang Sui because of falling into the water, many female teachers secretly regretted it.
If I had known this earlier, I would have taken the risk.
In that case, Xiang Baiwei wouldn't have gotten away with it for nothing! Liu Mei scanned every eye contact calmly, and when she saw that her goal had been achieved, she turned around and left contentedly.
It's scary how quickly rumors spread.
This silent eye contact by the well took place on Saturday afternoon, but before the end of Sunday, the elderly widow who lived at the edge of the village and never left home also learned that Jiang Sui wanted to be Chen Shimei.
Although rumors spread quickly and widely, few people dared to speak to the person responsible.
Jiang Sui and Xiang Baiwei were still kept in the dark.
After a whole night of inner struggle, Chi Kunli decided to talk to Xiang Baiwei about the rumors outside.
"Weiwei, I have something to talk to you about." Chi Kunli pulled Bai Wei to the corner mysteriously.
Confused, Xiang Baiwei looked at her: "What's wrong with you today? Why do you look so listless? Didn't you sleep well last night?"
"Don't worry about whether I sleep well or not." Chi Kunli pulled her to a corner and told Bai Wei about the message that was circulating in the village.
After listening to this, Xiang Baiwei was bewildered: "Where did this come from? How could there be such an outrageous thing?"
Chi Kunli glanced outside furtively, then turned back and warned Xiang Baiwei: "I think you should be more alert."
"No need." Xiang Baiwei waved her hand indifferently, pulled Chi Kunli over with her backhand, and pushed her out, "Don't talk about these useless things, we still have work to do."
"I'm serious with you. Your man is quite outstanding and he's about to be snatched away by someone else. Where can you find another one as outstanding as him?" Chi Kunli lowered her voice and advised Bai Wei earnestly.
Unable to explain in detail, Xiang Baiwei changed her approach: "I believe Jiang Sui. I know what kind of person he is. The gossip outside may come from somewhere. Don't believe it."
Her tone was so confident that Chi Kunli could only believe what she said.
At dinner, Aunt Chi talked about the rumors and couldn't help asking Chi Kunli, "Did you tell Weiwei about the rumors today?"
"I told you," Chi Kunli swallowed the big bun in her mouth, "Weiwei said she believed Jiang Sui was not that kind of person, and asked us not to believe the rumors out there."
Aunt Chi heaved a sigh of relief when she heard that Baiwei knew what was going on.
After a while, Aunt Chi remembered something and asked Chi Kunli, "Do you think someone could not bear to see Weiwei and her husband getting along so well and deliberately made up this nonsense to stir up trouble?"
"How can such nonsense mess things up?" Chi Kunli looked puzzled.
"Why not?" Aunt Chi seemed to understand. "If Weiwei believed what people said and went to make trouble for Xiao Jiang, Xiao Jiang would be annoyed! Then their relationship would be in trouble. Xiao Jiang might even fail the exam!"
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