Chapter 199 Retribution
At noon that day, the employee cafeteria at the Meng family factory added two dishes, one was braised fish fillet, and the other was braised pork belly with soybeans.
Everyone knew that the boss's sister had passed the preliminary exam, so they all came to congratulate Meng Fude and He Jinqiu.
The factory was bustling with activity, just like the New Year.
It just so happened that Meng Changli went to the city to do some work today and was not in the factory, otherwise she would have bought two strings of firecrackers and hung them at the gate and set them off.
Meng Shulan also invited Hu Bifang and a few classmates who she was on good terms with to come over for dinner. Everyone came over, and taking this opportunity, someone bought some soda and brought it over, which made the meal more lively.
During the meal, Gu Hansong and Meng Shulan sat together, and in everyone's eyes, they were a perfect match.
Today, although the two are not engaged, their relationship has been exposed.
This is actually a good thing, everyone agreed and no one asked any more questions.
Zou Shaojun also came to the dinner this time, but he just looked at Meng Shulan and Gu Hansong in silence.
Although he already understood that some things were impossible, he couldn't help feeling depressed when he saw Meng Shulan and Gu Hansong sitting together, talking with their heads tilted aside, with an interdependent look.
This kind of boredom is a kind of regret for not being able to get what you want, and envy of others.
During the meal, Meng Danhong came, carrying a bag of fruit, and was brought in by He Jinqiu.
When Meng Shulan saw her, she got up from the table and went to greet her.
Meng Danhong was very happy and said as soon as she met me: "Second sister, congratulations."
Just now, her aunt told her that her second sister not only passed the exam, but also ranked first in the grade.
Meng Shulan nodded, took the food in her hand and said, "Come over and eat first."
"good."
Meng Danhong's face flushed red, showing both excitement and excitement.
She finally came over, and her uncle and aunt did not laugh at her or send her away, but welcomed her in.
Meng Danhong came from the village this time.
Because she studied in the county, the school announced the preliminary exam results two days earlier than here. She saw the results the day before yesterday and packed up and took a bus back home that afternoon.
In the past two days, because of the failure of the preliminary exam, the atmosphere in the second branch of the Meng family was dead. Ding Guixiang even lay in bed for a whole day, saying that she had a headache.
Last night, Ding Guixiang finally got out of bed and asked her daughter during dinner if she wanted to repeat the grade.
Ding Guixiang really didn't want her daughter to go home and get married, because that way she would never be able to leave this place for the rest of her life.
Meng Danhong almost dropped the bowl in her hand when she heard this. "Mom, I don't want to study anymore. I can't concentrate on studying. I'm not cut out for it."
I did so badly in the exam, I was at the bottom of the class, but my mother wanted me to repeat the year. Did she think that she had too much money and had nowhere to put it? But the family was in such a bad situation that even my second brother had to borrow money from outside to marry his wife. How could she get the money to send me to repeat the year?
Meng Danhong didn't read it.
When Ding Guixiang heard this, she raised her hand and patted her daughter on the head. "What can you do if you don't study? Come back and get married? Or go to the fields to do farm work? Can you do it? After studying for more than ten years, can you do farm work?"
Yesterday, Ding Guixiang didn't get so angry when she found out her daughter failed the preliminary exam. She was just so angry that her heart ached and she felt dizzy.
Tonight, she finally figured it out. It would be better to let her daughter study for another year. If she can't get into university, she can go to a technical secondary school, at least she can get out of the countryside.
But Meng Danhong didn't want to do that at all.
She had finally gotten through this time, and she didn't want to repeat the year.
Ever since she gave up her studies, Meng Danhong has developed a psychological resistance to studying and taking the college entrance examination. She gets angry and annoyed whenever she talks about it.
When Ding Guixiang beat her daughter, Meng Danhong hid and ran outside.
Ding Guixiang didn't want her daughter to run out and be laughed at in the middle of the night, so she pointed at Meng Danhong and said, "Run, run, run quickly. Once you leave this door today, don't ever come back. I will pretend that I never gave birth to such an unfilial thing as you."
Ding Guixiang sat on the doorstep, tears streaming down her face.
Seeing this, the second uncle of the Meng family, who had been eating dinner in silence, couldn't stand it anymore, so he came to persuade Ding Guixiang, "Forget it, just don't study. There's nothing you can do if you can't concentrate on it, and it will be a waste of money."
Ding Guixiang exploded when she heard this.
"They all have brains. Meng Shulan can study, so why can't she? If she doesn't study, what can she do? How much farm work and housework has she done over the years? She doesn't know anything and can't study. Even if she gets married in the future, her in-laws will look down on her. How can she live a good life like this?"
Ding Guixiang cried louder and louder, and began to call on God again, saying that she had a miserable life and that her daughter was disobedient. She also said that God did not help her and that she had spent so much money but her daughter did not pass the exam.
When Ding Guaxiang slapped her on the head before, Meng Danhong really wanted to just run away and go to town to find her second sister.
But now, seeing her mother crying so sadly and desperately, she felt sad and couldn't be so free and easy.
Meng Danhong walked back slowly and said to Ding Guixiang, "Mom, I know you are doing this for my own good. But I really can't go on the path of studying. Please don't force me anymore. Look at our family now, look at my brother and sister-in-law. If not for yourself, you should also think about them.
If you continue to support me like this, not only will you be tired, but they will also suffer.
Mom, forget it. It’s my own life and I’m responsible for it myself.
I failed the preliminary exam this time, so my study journey ends here.
As for the future, I have thought about it and plan to go to town and find a job in the factory run by my aunt and elder sister."
Meng Danhong was originally a little hesitant to mention this matter, fearing that her family would disagree.
But there is no other way now. I have to first persuade my family to give up the idea of letting her continue studying.
"You're going to work in that factory over there?" Ding Guihua looked at her daughter in disbelief. "Are you stupid? Do you think they'll hire you? You're such a joke!"
When Meng Shulan failed the college entrance examination, Ding Guixiang made fun of the first wife in many ways.
Now, retribution has come upon me.
Meng Danhong smiled faintly, "Mom, this is my business, don't worry about it."
"you……"
Ding Guixiang wanted to say something, but Meng Danhong interrupted her, "Mom, let's just leave it at that. If I find a job at my aunt's place, you don't have to force me to go to school anymore. Okay?"
Ding Guixiang was silent. In recent months, the big house had been recruiting people and building a factory. It was booming. People in the village were scrambling to get a job there.
Unfortunately, they don’t recruit randomly. The town has set up classes to provide free training, and then you have to take an exam. Only those who pass the exam can be arranged a job in the factory.
In the past two months, in order to find a job there, men, women, young and old in the village took turns to go to the town for training, but only a few people passed.
Honestly speaking, seeing people working so hard for the job, Ding Guixiang was also very tempted. She heard that the salary had increased to over 40,000 yuan, which was better than that of ordinary workers.
But……
Thinking about the conflicts that the two families had in the past, she didn't have the nerve to go there.
(End of this chapter)
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