Chapter 50 Strange Dreams
Zhao Yulian was also very angry, but she laughed in exasperation, "You mean them? They all built their own houses and moved out. That little courtyard next door was built by them together."
“Then I’ll build it myself, and I’ll move out and not live in the dorm anymore.” He Qiaofang thought to herself, what’s so great about that? It’s not like I don’t have money. I’ll build it too.
Liang Qingqing explained, "If you want to build it, you have to apply to the brigade, and even if the brigade agrees, you'll have to wait a few more months."
He Qiaofang questioned, "On what grounds?"
"Because the land is frozen now, we can't build houses. We'll have to be busy with spring planting next spring, and only after that will we have time to build houses."
"So if you want to build a house, you'll have to wait until at least next summer. If you're busy in the summer, you might have to wait until after the autumn harvest," Zhao Yulian said with a hint of schadenfreude.
He Qiaofang felt like the sky had fallen when she heard this. She had to live in this dilapidated dormitory with others for several more months.
The commotion alerted the boys' dormitory, and Zhou Jiahe came over to ask what was wrong. Liang Qingqing then gave a brief explanation of the situation.
Just as Zhou Jiahe was feeling a headache, Gu Yunze appeared from behind him and said in a very normal tone and pace, "Qiaofang, follow the rules."
Then He Qiaofang's alarm clock, which was like a ringing alarm clock, was turned off, and everything suddenly became quiet.
She nodded and whispered, "I understand, Brother Yunze." Then she pouted and asked Liang Qingqing to help her make the bed, as she didn't know how.
Although Liang Qingqing was annoyed by her spoiled attitude, she didn't want to cause any more trouble, so she made the bed for her.
The other member of the dormitory, Li Tongtong, didn't say a word the whole time. Once she chose her spot, she just kept making her bed on her own. Liang Qingqing and Zhao Yulian both admired her composure.
The controversy surrounding changing dormitories has temporarily subsided.
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Xu Jiajia never expected that the arrival of the new educated youth would lead to such a strange dream. The dream was long, very real, and made her extremely tired.
In her dream, she and Gu Yunze became acquainted because they were both educated youth in the Red Star Brigade. She was attracted to his tall, handsome figure and eloquent speech, while he fell in love with her at first sight.
The two are affectionate and loyal, but they also experience many misunderstandings and setbacks. He Qiaofang and Ning Xuan are the ones who create misunderstandings in their relationship.
Fortunately, just over a year later, the Gu family used their connections to arrange a job for Gu Yunze, and Gu Yunze returned to the city.
However, at this time, Xu Jia was still under suspension and observation because of his subordinates' sabotage.
In order to bring Xu Jiajia back to the city with him, Gu Yunze persuaded her to get married in the countryside first. After he returned to the city, he would have urban residency, and she would be his family member, so they could go back to the city together.
If she wants to work, her family will help her find a job.
But she didn't expect that Gu Yunze said he wanted to get the marriage certificate in the countryside first. His family mistakenly thought he wanted to get the certificate with He Qiaofang, so they directly agreed and said they would hold the wedding ceremony when they returned to Beijing.
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a misunderstanding. When Gu Yunze brought Xu Jiajia back to the city, the Gu family realized that the wife Gu Yunze had married was not He Qiaofang.
Especially Gu Yunze's mother, she always regarded He Qiaofang as her own daughter-in-law. Although Qiaofang was a bit willful, she had the means to back it up. The He family patriarch was a level above them, with a better family background and appearance.
Although the Xu family wasn't bad off, that was in the past. Now, the entire Xu family has been suspended from their jobs for observation. If any problems are found, we mustn't let their Gu family be implicated as well.
For these reasons, Xu Jiajia did not have a good life after returning to the Gu family with Gu Yunze. When her family members came to visit, they were ridiculed in their words.
Seeing her loving family members being ridiculed, the good-natured Xu Jiajia and Gu Yunze had a fight.
Although they reconciled later, due to his mother's secret instigation, Gu Yunze gradually developed a grudge against Xu Jiajia.
What saddened Xu Jiajia the most was that she also registered for the college entrance examination in the year it was reinstated. However, she felt unwell on the day of the exam and suffered from severe abdominal pain halfway through, almost fainting. In order to avoid having diarrhea in public, she was forced to hand in her paper early.
She failed the exam, while Gu Yunze successfully got into Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
She comforted herself, telling herself she could take the exam again. She studied diligently, and soon it was time to register for the second college entrance exam. This time she was very careful, preparing all her own food throughout the process.
However, she still got infected, but this time it wasn't because she was feeling unwell, but because she had lost her admission ticket, so she couldn't even enter the examination room.
She had checked that she had brought her exam admission ticket before she set off, and then she suddenly remembered that someone had bumped into her once and kept apologizing to her. She suspected that her exam admission ticket had been stolen during that time.
She thought it was an accident and felt that it might be a test from God, so she began to lose confidence in the college entrance examination.
After that, Gu's mother kept belittling her by saying that Gu Yunze was a college student and she was just a high school student, and therefore unworthy of Gu Yunze.
Gu Yunze was busy with his studies and was not usually home. When she suggested moving out, Gu Yunze said he was worried about her safety being out on her own and disagreed.
So, without Gu Yunze's knowledge, Xu Jiajia was tormented by Gu's mother to the point of no return.
Gu's mother didn't physically hit or verbally abuse her, but she always found various opportunities to mentally torment Xu Jiajia.
For example, even though she knew that she hadn't gotten into university, Gu's mother would say things like, intentionally or unintentionally, when watching TV or when guests came over, that a family like ours still needs to go to university.
She originally wanted to try again, but her mother always made her do all sorts of housework, cook, and deliberately prevented her from using hot water when it was cold, saying that she should be thrifty and not develop a luxurious lifestyle.
In Gu's mother's words, she doesn't have to go to work, and unlike Gu Yunze, she doesn't have to go to school, so she can't just not do housework either.
Even though the Gu family has a nanny, Gu's mother still insists that she do the housework and cook by herself.
For Gu Yunze's sake, she chose to endure, but this also meant she had virtually no time to review her studies.
One day, Gu's mother called He Qiaofang to the house again. They thought Xu Jiajia was not there, and they started discussing how they had successfully prevented Xu Jiajia from taking the college entrance examination twice in a row.
They chatted and laughed, constantly belittling Xu Jiajia. Xu Jiajia, who had come out of the bedroom, heard a lot of it and finally couldn't take it anymore. She ran downstairs to confront them.
Then she woke up from the dream. When she woke up, Xu Jiajia found her face covered in tears, her heart aching and her body exhausted.
Her dreams were fragmented, but they were connected as a whole, so real that she felt as if she had actually experienced them.
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