"We are one family, so there is no need to have different opinions. Your sister is the head of our family, and we listen to her in everything. As long as she is happy, that's all." Jiang Sui patted Xiang Shuzhi on the shoulder, "You are a good student. Go back and think about it carefully. Think about whether you should follow your sister's advice and study for the college entrance examination."

As they were talking, the two of them reached the intersection. Jiang Sui saw that Xiang Shuzhi would soon be home, so he stopped and said, "I'll take you here. You can go back now. I have to go home to help your sister cook."

"good."

Xiang Shuzhi returned home absent-mindedly.

At the gate, he met the eldest son of the Xiang family who had returned from the next village.

"Where did you come back from? Why do you look absent-minded?" Xiang Weiguo took the coat on his shoulders and threw it at him, "Tell me the truth, did you go out to play again?"

"No, I went to deliver something to my sister and brother-in-law. They pulled me aside to talk for a while," Xiang Shuzhi jumped aside to avoid the clothes thrown at him, "My brother-in-law said that my sister set up that workshop to help us supplement the family income."

"I know this. A few days ago, Weiwei came to me with money and asked me to take the money to the town supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things for her future sister-in-law, but I didn't agree."

As Xiang Weiguo spoke, he stepped over the threshold, entered the yard, walked to the shed next to him, poured some bran flour into the wooden barrel, added some water, stirred it, and carried it to the back to feed the pigs.

Xiang Shuzhi crossed his arms and followed him: "How dare you take Third Sister's money?"

"Are you deaf? Didn't I just tell you that I didn't want it?" Xiang Weiguo turned his head and glared at him, "Those two big ears, are they used to vent your anger?"

Xiang Shuzhi, who was distracted from time to time, didn't really hear this, but he had the foresight to hide aside first, fearing that Xiang Weiguo would pick up a stick and hit him.

After talking about this, Xiang Shuzhi asked Xiang Weiguo, who was feeding the pigs, from a distance of four or five steps: "Brother, when are you going to get married?"

"Wait a little longer." Xiang Weiguo scooped up a spoonful of pig food with a large iron spoon and put it in the pig trough. "I haven't saved enough money yet. When I have saved enough money, I will definitely marry her in a grand ceremony."

"What you said," Xiang Shuzhi disagreed, "How long can a girl wait for you? If you stay at home and don't get married, people outside will definitely gossip about you."

Xiang Weiguo has been worried about this issue for the past two years, but he has no other choice but to feed the pigs without saying a word.

"How about...brother, why don't you follow the bricklayer and go out to earn some money?" Xiang Shuzhi suddenly had an idea and thought of a pretty good one. "Dad seems to know a pretty good bricklayer. You can go back with some meat and wine and become his apprentice. Isn't that all?"

"Alright, alright, you don't have to worry about my business," Xiang Weiguo didn't say whether he agreed or not, and drove the man away with an iron spoon in his hand. "If you have nothing to do, go to the front and chop the firewood. Your second brother brought it from the mountain this morning. After you chop it, spread it out in the yard to dry in two days. We are running out of firewood at home."

Knowing that he didn't want to chat with her, Xiang Shuzhi snorted twice, turned around and went to the front yard to find an axe to chop wood.

…

After Jiang Sui sent Xiang Shuzhi home, he hadn't said a word yet when someone else came to the door.

He’s from the Second Machinery Factory.

They said that the factory had just received a batch of new equipment, and they were working fine during the initial debugging. But within a week of being put on the production line, they all broke down.

This batch of equipment was purchased from a provincial capital far away. It was so far away that the professional maintenance personnel from the factory could not come for a while.

The deputy factory director was afraid of delaying production, so he quickly sent his assistant to Xiangjia Village to find Jiang Sui.

"New equipment?" Jiang Sui frowned, "Why didn't you keep one of the people who delivered the equipment?"

"At that time, we found that there was no problem with the debugging, but the man was not happy to stay. He said that if he stayed, he would just be idle all day and eat free meals. He was also anxious to go back and deliver the next batch of equipment to other places."

The young assistant was so anxious that he couldn't even keep his feet still on the ground.

The situation was urgent, Jiang Sui had to go now. He went to the inner room to find Xiang Baiwei: "Weiwei, I have to go to the factory, I don't know when I will be back."

"By the way, if I don't come back at night, remember to lock the door, and..."

"Got it, let's go now."

Xiang Baiwei helplessly pushed Jiang Sui, who was still chattering, out of the door.

After getting into the car, the assistant handed over a bottle of water at the right time: "Sister-in-law is so considerate, no wonder everyone says you are a model couple."

Jiang Sui couldn't help but laugh: "Model couple? Who gave them this name?"

"Deputy Director!" The assistant said frankly, "The deputy director said that you often mentioned your sister-in-law and that your sister-in-law is the boss of your family. To be honest, I was worried that I couldn't get you to leave."

They are a model couple and sound like they have a very good relationship.

In his heart, Jiang Sui wanted to be inseparable from Xiang Baiwei and love her dearly.

But what the young assistant said was only his own unilateral expression.

Alas, there is still a long way to go!

Jiang Sui originally thought that he would be able to return on the same day after going back to the factory to repair the machinery, or if the condition was more serious, he would not be able to return until tomorrow.

But he only realized then that this time the matter was much more serious than he had imagined.

The deputy factory manager reminded him at the time that he might not be able to return home for three to five days, so toiletries and other items were prepared for him and a dormitory was arranged for him. He was asked to repair all the machines within a week.

Jiang Sui thought Xiang Baiwei would definitely be worried about him, so he stopped a fellow villager who happened to be passing by and asked him to help convey a message to Xiang Baiwei.

He told her that he might not be able to return home in the next two or three days and asked Xiang Baiwei not to worry about him.

When Xiang Baiwei received the message, she had just finished her meal and was reading a book. She happened to see something she didn't understand, and thought that she would definitely ask Jiang Sui about it when he came back.

But Jiang Sui might not be able to come back within two or three days. She felt upset because she couldn't solve this problem by herself. After thinking about it, she decided to go find her brother Xiang Shuzhi.

Xiang Shuzhi patted his chest and praised himself a lot in the morning. It seemed that he should understand.

Xiang Baiwei copied the question on a piece of paper, folded it and put it in her pocket, then locked the door and went to her mother's house to find Xiang Shuzhi.

Before reaching her mother's house, Xiang Baiwei saw Xiang Shuzhi talking to someone under a tree on the roadside.

Xiang Baiwei also knew that man, Zhu Jianluo, one of the few educated people in Xiangjia Village. He went to school one year longer than Xiang Shuzhi and was two years older than Xiang Shuzhi.

Xiang Shuzhi saw Xiang Baiwei from a distance and said, "Third sister, why are you here?"

"I have something to talk to you about." Xiang Baiwei walked closer and saw the books in the two people's hands. "What are you doing?"

Tomorrow's chapter preview:

Liu Mei accidentally found out that Weiwei was not the Xiang family's child. What do you think she would do?

(End of this chapter)