When Liu Yanran was toasting, she was standing next to Li Xiuxiu and naturally noticed her abnormality. This new sister-in-law seemed to know Chen Erhe. I wonder if there is any story between them.
But before Liu Yanran could think of anything, after seeing off the guests, Li Xiuxiu spoke out herself. She said she suspected that her good friend Mu Qingqing was imprisoned by Chen Erhe.
Mu Qingqing was originally an educated youth from Beijing. After going to the countryside, she happened to save Li Xiuxiu when she went to the county to buy groceries.
Although she was a few years older than Li Xiuxiu, the two of them became good friends. Every time Mu Qingqing went to the county supply and marketing cooperative to buy something, she would bring some to Li Xiuxiu.
Sometimes it was peach cakes, sometimes it was candy. Although Li Xiuxiu's family was from the county town and both parents were working, there were five children in the family, so naturally their living standard was not very good.
Thanks to Mu Qingqing's help, her life has improved a lot and her face has become fatter. Moreover, Mu Qingqing is a high school student and has also given Li Xiuxiu a lot of help in her studies.
When Mr. and Mrs. Li found out about this, they were very grateful to her and treated her as their own girl. Although fabrics were scarce, they would always make shoes and clothes for Mu Qingqing.
Mu Qingqing was spoiled by her family since she was little. She really didn't know how to do laundry or cook. Li Xiuxiu and her brothers collected firewood for Mu Qingqing in the winter.
Although the Mu family had been in trouble when they sent their daughter to the countryside, they had actually given her a lot of things to live on. She wasn't stupid, so she didn't keep everything on her at once. She made a small donation and found a trustworthy person in Beijing to send her 10 yuan every month. So the villagers knew her family would give her a monthly subsidy, so they turned a blind eye to her lack of enthusiasm for work.
Mu Qingqing always shared interesting things about Beijing with Li Xiuxiu, and from her words, it was clear that she was looking forward to returning to the city.
Later in winter, heavy snow blocked the road. When she went to look for her again in the spring, she learned that she had married Chen Erhe, the man who was not chosen by his father to be his apprentice because his father felt that this man was not capable of important tasks.
Mu Qingqing said that she was molested by hooligans and forced to the riverside, where she accidentally fell into the river. It was Chen Erhe who saved her. Although she was wearing a lot of clothes in winter and could not see anything, the gossip in the village was scary, and Chen Erhe also promised several times that he would treat her well, so she finally compromised with fate and married Chen Erhe. She soon became pregnant. For the sake of the child, Mu Qingqing also had to live a good life with Chen Erhe.
In this way, Li Xiuxiu went to the city to attend high school, and Mu Qingqing stayed at home to take care of her husband and children, and also contributed money to the family every month. In this way, the two of them occasionally contacted each other.
It was not until the college entrance examination was resumed that Li Xiuxiu, a freshman, asked Mu Qingqing if she wanted to take part. Of course Mu Qingqing wanted to take part. She signed up excitedly and was assigned to the same examination room as Li Xiuxiu.
However, during the exam, Li Xiuxiu waited until the bell was about to ring but Mu Qingqing still did not show up. Later, when she went to her in-laws' house several times, they refused to allow her to visit, saying that she was not feeling well.
Later, Li Xiuxiu was admitted to Beijing City. According to the address Mu Qingqing had given her, she went to Mu's house and told her guess. When Mu's parents heard that their daughter might have been in trouble, they used their connections to get a certificate and went to Chenjia Village in Su City.
Seeing their daughter limping with injuries on her face, the Chen family insisted that Mu Qingqing fell by herself. Mu Qingqing was timid and didn't dare to say anything. The two children, one 4 years old and the other 2 years old, were still young and didn't know how to express that their mother was bullied.
The Mu family's parents insisted on taking their daughter away. The Chen family asked for a sky-high price of 5,000 yuan. Of course, the Mu family was unwilling. After some bargaining, they agreed on 1,000 yuan. But who knew that after they paid the money, the Chen family turned against them. Not only did they take the money, they also hired someone to beat up the Mu family's parents.
Mu Qingqing cried and begged her parents to leave and not come to look for her again, and to pretend that they had never given birth to this daughter. Helplessly, the two of them could only return to Beijing. Later, when Li Xiuxiu found out, she could only sigh.
After living in Beijing for a few years, Li Xiuxiu has changed, so Chen Erhe could not recognize that Li Xiuxiu was Mu Qingqing's good friend. He only knew that she was the daughter of Li Carpenter and felt that she looked familiar.
Many people think that Li Xiuxiu is stupid. She has a city hukou and is still a college student. She will be assigned a good job when she graduates. Why does she want to marry Liu Jiakang, a country bumpkin? Although he is now a formal worker in a furniture factory, his hukou is in the countryside. Li Xiuxiu is obviously capable of marrying someone better!
Li Xiuxiu smiled without saying anything. It was enough for her to know how outstanding Liu Jiakang was. It was not until many years later, when Li Xiuxiu became the wife of the richest man in Su City, that everyone suddenly realized how correct her choice was.
When Liu Chuncheng heard this, he thought, "Isn't this the female version of him?" He thought, "The Chen family must be afraid that Mu Qingqing will return to the city after the exam and will no longer want Chen Erhe, so they stopped her from taking the exam and broke her legs. It's really too pitiful." Liu Chuncheng felt that he had to save her.
Li Xiuxiu was worried this time because she had invited Mu Qingqing to their wedding but she didn't come, and the supplies and money sent by Mu's parents in Beijing hadn't been claimed for several months. So she suspected that something had happened to Mu Qingqing.
Liu Yanran was also very angry. Most people in this era were simple and honest, but there were also some people with bad roots who destroyed this harmony. As a woman, she also sympathized with Mu Qingqing.
Although she married Chen Erhe without knowing the person well, she could tell from Li Xiuxiu's words that she was a good young person who pursued progress. She wanted to change her destiny by passing the college entrance examination, but Chen Erhe was a bad person and did not give her a chance, so Liu Yanran decided to help her.
Liu Chengmin took out another 10,000 yuan. This money was not for anyone, but as an education fund for the Liu family. Every child's study money would be paid from this money in the future, including the married daughters' families. No matter how hard life was, children could not suffer, and no matter how poor, education could not be neglected. All children in the Liu family had to go to school to learn to read and write, and they would never be illiterate.
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