"Comrade Zhao Jingyu, I hope you can cooperate with our work." Officer Xu, having met with a rebuff, was somewhat embarrassed. "You know about your wife's problem, so I don't need to repeat it, do I?"
"Officer Xu, Tang Wenya has already gone to the countryside, which means the matter is resolved, right?" Zhao Jingyu's hands were covered in black soot from carrying coal briquettes. He went to the tap to wash them and slowly dried his hands with a towel he took from the clothesline. "My wife did nothing wrong, why should she have to apologize?"
"She married you to avoid being sent to the countryside, that's her mistake." Officer Xu said with a stern face. "Zhao Jingyu, facts are facts, stop trying to deny it."
"No, she married me because she was pregnant with my child, not to escape being sent to the countryside." Zhao Jingyu casually wiped his hands and said lightly, "You all know that my wife is pregnant, so why are you trying to pin this huge accusation on us?"
"That's because she knows that going to the countryside comes first, and sleeping with you and getting pregnant comes later. Logically, it's the same thing." Officer Xu knew Zhao Jingyu was unreasonable, but he didn't expect him to be this unreasonable.
“Officer Xu, you may not have eaten pork, but you’ve seen pigs run. Do you really think that a man and woman can get pregnant just by sleeping together once?” Zhao Jingyu said sarcastically. “My wife isn’t a goddess. How could she predict such a thing? So, your logic doesn’t hold water.”
Then he asked Xiao Tingshen, "Tingshen, you've been through this, so tell me, if you had known that Tang Wenya would get pregnant that night, I think you wouldn't have touched her, right?"
“Jingyu, we’re talking about serious matters now, don’t bring up other things.” Xiao Tingshen said with a serious face, “My business with Wenya has nothing to do with you.”
"What does my wife and I have to do with you? What's the meaning of you coming to our door time and time again?" Zhao Jingyu said coldly to Officer Xu, "Officer Xu, we cannot accept your demands. I think you should go back and investigate, find out the whole story, and then come to me again. If it's our fault, you don't need to tell me, I'll take my wife to make a self-criticism right now."
“But that’s not what you said before.” Officer Xu was very angry when he saw that Zhao Jingyu was unmoved. “You promised that if Xu Qingning did not go to the countryside for some reason, you would make a public apology.”
"Go find whoever said that. We didn't say anything." Zhao Jingyu finished wiping his hands, hung the towel on the clothesline, turned around, went into the house, and slammed the door shut.
"That's really rude." Officer Xu turned and left angrily. "I'm going back to the educated youth office right now to report this situation to them."
"Wait a minute, I'll go with you." Xiao Tingshen also needed to go to the educated youth office to explain Tang Wenya's health condition and their desire to get married.
The people in the educated youth office were all waiting for the self-criticism meeting. When they heard what Officer Xu said, they started talking amongst themselves. It's just a self-criticism, is it that hard?
"How about this, let's go find Xu Jianguo and have him resolve this matter." Officer Yang felt that the root of the problem mainly stemmed from Xu Jianguo's family arrangements, not from Xu Qingning.
It was no secret that Xu Qingning was pregnant.
She did get married because she was pregnant.
They had investigated this.
It was Officer Xu who insisted on organizing a self-criticism meeting, making Xu Qingning give a self-criticism in person, wanting to use her as a negative example.
In Officer Yang's eyes, this self-criticism was optional and unnecessary to make a big deal out of it. He knew that many places had stopped organizing educated youth to go to the countryside.
The policy has clearly loosened; it's different from before.
“Okay, then let’s go find Xu Jianguo.” Officer Xu was in a bit of a dilemma; if Xu Qingning wouldn’t come, Xu Jianguo could do the job.
The two then went to the residential compound of the Third State-owned Cotton Mill to find Xu Jianguo.
Xiao Tingshen wisely avoided the matter. After finishing his business, he went home. After all, it wasn't something to be proud of, so he didn't want to get involved.
Especially Jiang Yumei, when she sees him, she will definitely ask him when he is going to see Tang Wenya. In front of the educated youth office, he can't say anything else.
Upon hearing their purpose, Jiang Yumei was very unhappy: "If you want to find someone, go find Xu Qingning. What are you doing here?"
Now all the good things have gone to Xu Qingning, and they can only accept their bad luck.
What, are you trying to pin this on them? Isn't that going too far?
“Auntie, it was Uncle Xu who promised us that if Xu Qingning made excuses to avoid going to the countryside, she would have to write a self-criticism.” As soon as Officer Xu saw Xu Jianguo, he remembered that it was indeed what he had said.
When the quota for going to the countryside was sent to their family.
They said that Tang Wenya was too weak to go to the countryside, and asked Xu Qingning to go in her place, promising to cooperate with the arrangements of the educated youth office.
"Yes, what I said is true." Xu Jianguo readily admitted, but then felt something was amiss. "But Wenya has already gone to the countryside, so why do we still have to write a self-criticism?"
“Uncle Xu, Tang Wenya’s going to the countryside and Xu Qingning’s self-criticism are two different things.” Officer Xu patiently explained, “The problem now is Xu Qingning’s problem. She used marriage to avoid going to the countryside, not Tang Wenya’s problem.”
“But we only have one spot for going to the countryside, and Wenya already left for the countryside yesterday,” Xu Jianguo argued. “In essence, we are not shirking our responsibility to go to the countryside.”
"But it's also a fact that you fabricated false medical records." Officer Xu said seriously, "Uncle Xu, tell me, doesn't this constitute evading your rural assignment?"
Jiang Yumei was completely bewildered when she heard this.
How did things end up involving Tang Wenya again?
However, she dared not get entangled with the educated youth office on this matter, fearing it would affect Tang Wenya.
"Okay, okay, I'll go write a self-criticism, alright?" Xu Jianguo didn't want to cause any more trouble, so he started walking out. "Let's go, let's go now."
He wanted to move on from this matter as soon as possible.
It's so unpleasant to be constantly being questioned and blamed. I guess I'll just have to accept the embarrassment!
When Xu Qingning woke up, it was almost dark.
She heard Yang Yuelan cooking dumplings in the yard, and she also heard Zhao Lei and Yang Yuexiang talking in the living room: "I only found out that Auntie came when I met my cousin today. Since Auntie has come all this way, she should stay a few more days. There's no need to rush to leave."
“We’ve been staying here for several days already, and if we stay any longer, we’ll become annoying.” Yang Yuexiang glanced at the closed bedroom door. She and her daughter had been staying there for several days, and Xu Qingning had basically ignored them.
But she didn't dare to criticize Xu Qingning for being greedy, lazy, and doing nothing. If Xu Qingning heard her, she would definitely complain to Zhao Jingyu again.
Upon hearing this, Xu Qingning pushed open the door and went out: "Since you like Auntie, then bring Auntie to live at your house."
Zhao Lei is a real oddball.
He's so critical of his own mother, but so affectionate with his aunt. He's just crazy!
“Sister-in-law, Aunt is an elder, she can live wherever she wants.” Although Zhao Lei had a problem with Xu Qingning, she was indebted to her and worried that Xu Qingning would ask her for money, so she forced a smile. “My house is cramped, I don’t have a place to live. If I had a place to live, I would have taken Aunt to live with me long ago.”
"Since that's the case, then it's not your place to leave Auntie at our house." Xu Qingning retorted without any politeness. "In two days, we're going to install a kang (heated brick bed) at home, so we need to move the bed out in advance and clean the house. It's not convenient for Auntie and Cousin to stay here. They should move to your house!"
She understands visiting relatives.
It would be fine if they stayed for a few days, but the mother and daughter have been staying for seven or eight days and show no signs of leaving, which is very annoying.
Especially Wu Huihui, when she saw her, it was like seeing a love rival. Why not get rid of such a relative?
Zhao Lei's lips twitched, but she didn't dare to say a word.
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