Fang Kai looked at Song Wenqing in surprise.
Yang Chuanlin slammed his hand on the table and praised loudly, "Well said! Wenqing, your realization is truly brilliant! Why didn't I think of that?"
Song Wenqing tapped the edge of the bowl with his fingertips, and said half seriously, half with a sigh:
"This isn't what a gentleman should do. But if someone is pushing me so hard, why should I get hung up on the details? Everything is just to break the impasse. True love should be reserved for those who truly believe in it."
As he spoke, he shifted his gaze deliberately from Si Yuzhen at the next table, and finished his last words with a smile:
"When you meet someone who is truly your soul mate, you naturally want to devote yourself to them and stay together for the rest of your life."
Song Wenqing's remarks deeply touched the educated youth.
Zhang Xiuting looked at Song Wenqing with her face in her hands, praising him highly:
"Song Zhiqing, you are truly wise and clear-headed! These country folk are so crude and illiterate. They are not a good match and cannot be life partners."
Everyone was fired up and started talking.
The female educated youth at the table also nodded repeatedly, "That woman is so despicable and shameless, she deserves whatever she is treated like!"
"That's right! If Sun Zhiqing marries her, then it would be time for a gentleman's revenge."
Si Yuzhen did not participate. She leaned on her chopsticks, frowned slightly, and her eyes fell on Song Wenqing's profile.
The handsome face that was praised by everyone still had a gentle and elegant smile as always, but Si Yuzhen looked at it quietly and felt a sense of inexplicable discomfort in her heart.
Among the female educated youth, there was one who did not speak a word from beginning to end.
She sat at the corner of the table, holding the bowl tightly, neither eating nor looking up.
Amidst the passionate discussion among the crowd, Sun Zuo put down his bowl, stood up silently, walked to the yard, picked up the bucket, and went out.
"Sun Zhiqing!"
"Sun Zhiqing!"
Sun Zuo stopped, turned around and saw Zhang Xiaoyan, and was silent for a moment.
The two walked silently to a nearby deserted tree at a distance.
"What's up."
Zhang Xiaoyan lowered her head, clenched her hands, and spoke tremblingly after a long time: "I'm sorry..."
"I'm sorry, it's all my fault."
Sun Zuo watched her cry in silence. After a while, he took a deep breath and said stiffly, "It's none of your business. Go back."
After saying that, he carried the bucket and went to Qingshui River.
Zhang Xiaoyan looked at the young man's straight and lonely back, squatted on the ground with her hands covering her mouth, and cried with sadness and regret.
It's all her fault.
It's all her fault.
Yesterday evening, when the team was leaving work, she saw that there was no one else around and impulsively expressed her feelings to Sun Zuo, but was rejected by him. In extreme shame and panic, she ran away in a hurry.
Sun Zuo was obviously worried about her, which was why he stayed near the warehouse looking for someone after dark. That's why he ran into that kind of thing and was falsely accused for saving someone.
It's all her fault...
I shouldn't have developed a crush on someone just because Sun Zhiqing had once unintentionally helped me refute Zhang Xiuting's insulting words. I shouldn't have expressed my feelings impulsively, and I shouldn't have acted so willfully and ruined the life of the person I loved...
That afternoon, Huagou Village became lively again.
The four people involved in the warehouse incident finally reached a settlement, and gave a unified explanation to the outside world: "These were all misunderstandings caused by saving lives, so please stop spreading rumors."
Sun Zuo agreed to marry Jiang Yanqiu.
After hearing the news, Jiang Yanqiu squatted in the messy yard of her house which was burned by smoke and fire, covering her face and crying and laughing. Her messy braids were pulled into a mess, and she was speechless for a long time.
The west room of the Jiang family's house was almost burned down to a bare surface, and all the thatch on the roof was burned away by the fire. The main room next door where Jiang Chengmin, Wang Chunfang and their twins slept was also half shaved bald, and the stove shed connected to the west room outside was half collapsed. The main room and the east room where Jiang Jirong and his wife lived survived.
Everything in the west room was almost completely burned, and the adobe walls were black and cracked.
The villagers who helped to put out the fire by pouring water found a kerosene lamp with its glass cover blown off and burnt near the window.
Some people speculated that the kerosene lamp was left on the table and was forgotten to be turned off. The wind blew through the window, knocking over the kerosene lamp and causing the fire.
At that time, Jiang Chengmin, who was covered in soot, threw down the wooden barrel and slapped Jiang Yanqiu, causing her to fall to the ground.
Jiang Yanqiu covered her red and swollen face, her eyes widened in disbelief, and she screamed at the top of her lungs: "Why are you hitting me! I didn't turn on the light!!"
"It must have been Jiang Henian who did it! She wants to take revenge on me! Burn me to death! Go beat her up!!!"
"Shut up! You're the only one who can touch the kerosene lamp in your room. Do you think I don't know?"
Jiang Chengmin smashed the bucket hard, and wood chips flew everywhere.
Jiang Xiaobao and Jiang Xiaomiao were so scared that they hugged their heads and cried loudly.
"You're full of lies! She's taking revenge on you? She's going to burn down everything in her room to get revenge on you?! Is she a pig?!"
"Tell me, what did you do to make her take revenge on you? Huh?!"
Jiang Chengmin pointed at Jiang Yanqiu angrily, yelling so hard that the veins on his neck bulged, and he looked like he was about to faint from anger at any moment.
The man, who was in his forties but still handsome and had the most outstanding appearance among the middle-aged men in the village, suddenly seemed much older and uglier.
"Rebellious daughters! They are all unfilial and rebellious daughters!"
"You, and your mother! I'm going to beat you to death today!"
Jiang Jirong rushed out of the house with his bare chest and dressed in black, and stopped Jiang Chengmin, who was in an agitated state and shouting for war and killing.
"Dad! Dad! Calm down, this was just an accident. It's good that no one is hurt. The house can be repaired! I'll fix it, I'll do it..."
Wang Chunfang, who was carried to the corner and slowly woke up, shuddered all over when she saw this. She immediately closed her eyes again and lay there pretending to be dead. She did not dare to open her eyes until Jiang Chengmin had vented his anger.
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