"Huh?" Wen Xi's eyes widened in shock. "Chu Wan'er is pregnant too?"
All she knew was that Liang Zhaodi was pregnant with Lu Xiaoyun's child, since she had seen Liang Zhaodi washing clothes with a big belly at the river bend before. She hadn't expected that Chu Wan'er was also pregnant.
Lin Yiwan said, "I heard that she just found out she was pregnant a while ago. If she were married to someone else, her family would definitely be very happy to see her pregnant. But that man has three sons and doesn't lack people to take care of him in his old age. So he wasn't very happy about Chu Wan'er's pregnancy. Moreover, he didn't want Chu Wan'er to be distracted by having a child. He's a selfish person. He only hopes that Chu Wan'er can raise his three sons well. As for whether Chu Wan'er will have someone to take care of her when she gets old, he won't consider that. He only thinks about himself."
"So his three sons were always throwing things around at home, and he didn't care. This time it was even more outrageous. He actually let his children push Chu Wan'er down and cause her to miscarry."
As Lin Yiwan spoke, she couldn't help but click her tongue, making her wonder if there were any good men left in the world.
An older man married a cultured and beautiful young woman; shouldn't he cherish, pamper, and treat her well? I never expected him to treat her like this.
Hearing this, Wenxi felt a sudden pang in her heart. She really hadn't expected this old man to be so selfish. He had married a young and beautiful wife, shouldn't he cherish her?
Oh, by the way, Chu Wan'er and this old man had an affair without any matchmaker. This old man didn't pay any price and just got a wife like that.
Things found for free are naturally not something anyone cares about.
"And then what? What did Chu Wan'er do?" Wen Xi asked curiously.
“Chu Wan’er went to the hospital and hasn’t come back yet. But I think she definitely won’t let go of this child. If her husband wants to keep the child, he will definitely agree to Chu Wan’er’s conditions. Of course, this man is selfish and may abandon the child, after all, he has two sons!” Lin Yiwan said.
Perhaps it's karma; she schemed against and hurt others, and now it's her turn to suffer.
Wen Xi nodded thoughtfully. People like Chu Wan'er and Nie Xiulan are also very selfish and have their own little schemes. They will definitely choose the method that is most beneficial to themselves.
However, the price was too high; the child was miscarried.
In the evening, after teaching Zhao Yuanyuan and Zhao Huihui, Wenxi said to them, "Yuanyuan, Huihui, I'm giving you a day off tomorrow night. You can study at home or go out to catch eels and crayfish."
Zhao Yuanyuan nodded, "Thank you, Sister Xiaoxi, we understand."
Afterwards, the five of them went out to catch eels and crayfish together. Wenxi also went to catch some because they were going to Lin Yiwan's house for crayfish the next night, and she wanted to catch more to take with them, so that there wouldn't be enough for everyone, which would be awkward.
We caught fish until after 10 o'clock, and everyone returned with a great haul. Making money is important, but health is more important. Two hours a day is enough; we can't be too greedy.
Back home, Wenxi had Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue take turns taking a bath while she tidied up the things outside. She poured the crayfish into a wooden basin, filled it with well water to keep them alive, and stored the eels in the system warehouse because she didn't plan to sell them right now.
After Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue finished showering, Wen Xi also took a set of pajamas and went to the bathroom with hot water.
The water was heated during the day, and even though it was past 10 p.m., the water temperature remained hot as long as the plastic sheeting on top wasn't removed.
After taking a shower, I came out of the bathroom and felt a cool breeze on my body, which made me feel much more comfortable.
Wenxi moved a chair over and sat at the entrance of the main room. After her hair was half-dry, she closed the door and went back to her room to rest.
Even with a slight breeze, summer nights are still quite humid, especially when Wen Xi recalls He Chen'an's abs and V-line, which makes her feel even more irritable.
After tidying up, Wenxi returned to her room. Since the weather got hot, she would wipe the bamboo mat with well water every day, and then she could feel the coolness when she lay down, which was very comfortable.
In the morning, the oxcart of the Harvest Brigade went to the county town's educated youth office to pick up the newly arrived educated youth. When Captain Qian saw three men and three women, his brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.
They've arranged for female comrades to come, but the wheat harvest is tomorrow. Will they be able to handle it?
One of the pretty girls, dressed in a dress and small leather shoes, clearly came from a very well-off family. When she saw the harvest team coming to pick them up in an oxcart, she immediately became dissatisfied. "Are we really going to ride back in this thing? It's so dirty, how are we supposed to ride it?"
Captain Qian was already feeling uncomfortable, and hearing this made him frown even more. "If you don't want to sit, you can walk back. It takes four hours to walk from the county town to Fengshou Brigade, and you'll pass through many villages. If you get taken back by someone to be your wife on the way, don't blame anyone."
They actually complained that the oxcart was dirty. You should know that in the minds of these country folk, the value of both the ox and the oxcart far exceeds that of them, who only know how to eat.
Upon hearing this, Tang Xiaoyun was immediately frightened. What a joke! How could she possibly marry a peasant from the countryside? She had signed up to go to the countryside specifically to marry Brother Xia Minglei.
Seeing Captain Qian's serious expression, no one dared to make a sound anymore. After the three girls got on the oxcart, Captain Qian gave a shout, and the oxcart slowly started moving.
By nine o'clock, the sun was blazing, and people could only squint to see what was ahead. The girl named Tang Xiaoyun had been complaining the whole way, and Captain Qian's brows furrowed even more. "Since you have such a strong resentment towards supporting rural development, it seems you didn't come here to support rural development in the first place. Instead of coming to the team to compete with everyone for food, I might as well send you back to the educated youth office now. You won't have to complain anymore, how about that?"
It's obvious at a glance that this person is just like Nie Xiulan and the others before her; she's the kind of person who'll cause trouble. Rather than letting her ruin the Harvest Brigade, it's better to send her back now and let her wreak havoc on other places.
Tang Xiaoyun immediately lowered her head like a quail, no longer daring to act rashly.
The others subconsciously distanced themselves from Tang Xiaoyun, silently deciding that they would never have anything to do with her again, lest they be implicated by this foolish person.
Does she really think this is her home, where everyone has to pamper and fawn over her like her parents do? If her family were really that powerful, why would she have gone to the countryside?
On the way back, Captain Qian gave them some more small instructions.
“There is a youth settlement in the team. You will live there from now on. If anyone doesn’t want to live with everyone, they can buy a house in the team. There are currently two houses for sale in the team. Once you buy one, the house will be yours, and no one else will be arranged to live there.”
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