Su Ranran pulled He Wan and whispered, "Zhang Zhiqing is crying in the room, come with me to comfort him."
He Wan closed the door and asked about the situation pretending to be unaware.
When I got to the room, I saw Zhang Cuicao with red eyes. She was looking at the straw shoes in front of her and said, "These straw shoes are nice. Who made them?"
Su Ranran said: "She used a bag of brown sugar to ask the father of the second child in the village to make it up."
He Wan said, "A pound of brown sugar? Sister Cui Cao, you are really willing to spend it."
Su Ranran snorted: "Why not say she's stupid?"
Zhang Cuicao wiped her tears and said, "I have been watching him for a while, so I wore a pair of cotton shoes. It's snowing so hard, and they get wet after walking outside for a while."
Su Ranran said unhappily, "So you feel distressed?"
Zhang Cuicao turned her head away and said nothing.
He Wan sighed softly: "Sister Cui Cao, you like Liang Zhiqing, have you ever asked about his family situation?"
Zhang Cuicao shook her head embarrassedly.
He Wan said, "I know. His parents are ordinary workers in a printing factory. He has five brothers and sisters. He is the eldest of the family, with three younger sisters and a younger brother. The second sister is seventeen and will graduate from high school next year. The third sister is fifteen and in the third grade of junior high school. The fourth sister is in junior high school, and the fifth brother is only seven years old. Their family relies on her parents' salary to support them, and they live a tight life.
When he came here as an educated youth, he mailed all the dry goods and food he stored in the fall to his family. Now that he is going to marry a woman, it is very likely that half of the money will have to be used to support his younger brothers and sisters until they come of age. Just think about it, his youngest brother is only seven years old. "
Zhang Cuicao asked in confusion: "He Zhiqing, how do you know so much?"
He Wan groaned, coughed lightly, and found an excuse: "I heard him talking with Zhang Jianjun when I was collecting dried goods in the mountains."
Su Ranran said, "Cuicao, his family conditions are much worse than yours. Your parents will definitely not agree." He Wan nodded aside. Zhang Cuicao's family was not very wealthy, but compared with ordinary families, it was pretty good. One of her parents was a manager of a department store, and the other worked in the Women's Federation. She had an older brother and a younger sister.
My brother is a driver in a transport team, and my sister is about to graduate from high school. When Zhang Cuicao graduated, it was the time for her father to be promoted, so he sent her to the countryside first.
Originally, there was a job position that could have transferred her back two years ago, but it was snatched away by one of his father's old rivals.
Otherwise, Zhang Cuicao would have returned to the city as well.
"But I'm not afraid."
"Hey, don't say you're not afraid of hardship. The word 'hardship' is actually very abstract. You think you can suffer, but in fact, you may not be able to endure those hardships.
Sister Cuicao, imagine that your husband took half of the food that was not enough for both of you to eat and gave it to your family. Imagine that you let your lover give the new clothes you made with the cloth coupons you saved for a year to his sister.
Imagine that you finally found a good job, but your lover gave up the job because he/she felt sorry for her sister.
You can bear this.”
He Wan hadn't said much yet when she saw Zhang Cuicao trembling all over.
Su Ranran added: "Liang Zhiqing is just a little handsome, but being handsome can't make a living these days.
Look, only Chen Zhiqing treats him as a treasure. Even after being ridiculed by her last time, you still move forward.
"Can't you see that Liang Zhiqing likes Chen Qing? You've been in the Zhiqing camp for so long, you fool."
Zhang Cuicao pursed her lips and stopped talking.
(End of this chapter)