Yang Yuelan was overjoyed and cried tears of joy when she saw that Xu Qingning had bought her bread.
She was reluctant to eat it, so she broke off a small piece, tasted it, and then refused to eat any more: "You're pregnant, so you should eat it. It would be a waste if I ate it."
"Mom, how can it be a waste if you eat it?" Xu Qingning felt bad after hearing this, so she told her that the state-owned clothing factory had given her sixty yuan for design fees. "Half of this sixty yuan is yours. If you don't eat it, I won't eat it either."
"What? Sixty yuan?" Yang Yuelan thought she had misheard. After confirming it several times, she took a piece of bread and stuffed it into her mouth, saying repeatedly, "Delicious, very fragrant."
Yang Yuexiang leaned against the window and heard the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law's conversation clearly. "Hmph, she made sixty yuan in one go."
Who are you kidding!
Only an honest person like Yang Yuelan would believe that she saw all the clothes Xu Qingning took away; they were all brightly colored and obviously not clothes for respectable people.
Yang Yuelan, however, still cherishes Xu Qingning and is reluctant to let her do this or that. If Xu Qingning were her daughter-in-law, she would have sent her back to her parents' home long ago.
That night, Yang Yuexiang advised Yang Yuelan again: "Jingyu is not at home, you must keep a close eye on your daughter-in-law, lest she run off with someone else."
“She’s pregnant, who would she run off with?” Yang Yuelan believed that Xu Qingning wasn’t that kind of person. “You’ve seen it yourself these days, she doesn’t look down on me, she’s good to me, and she even knows to buy me bread.”
The thought of those breads warmed Yang Yuelan's heart.
No one had ever bought her such expensive food before, and she had never eaten bread before. In all her life, this was the first time she had ever known what bread tasted like—fragrant, soft, and delicious.
"That's because you served her like a servant, how could she treat you badly?" Yang Yuexiang sneered. "I'm just reminding you, don't end up with nothing."
There was something she was too embarrassed to ask: Was Xu Qingning carrying Zhao Jingyu's child?
How come as soon as Zhao Jingyu left, Xu Qingning became so close to that young man named Wang Yaqiang, and the two of them would go out for most of the day?
He said he was answering a phone call, but who knows what he was doing outside?
"Sister, I know my daughter-in-law. Don't say such nonsense in the future." Yang Yuelan's face darkened as soon as she heard this. "If you're happy staying here, stay a few more days. If you're not happy, go back."
Yang Yuexiang: "..."
They really treated my good intentions like dirt.
Xu Qingning is clearly not a decent person; Yang Yuelan deserves to be bullied and trampled underfoot by her.
She doesn't care anymore!
The next morning, Xu Qingning was at home enthusiastically drawing design drafts when people from the educated youth office arrived.
"Xu Qingning, we registered you here as someone who needs to go to the countryside for labor. How come you suddenly got married?" Yang, the clerk in the educated youth office, looked at her sternly. "Do you know that violating the policy on going to the countryside will be punished?"
“Officer Yang, I got married because I was pregnant.” Xu Qingning recognized him and said frankly, “You should go to my father to find out how to resolve this matter; he is the head of the family.”
"We just came from your house. Your parents sent me to find you." Officer Xu, who came with Officer Yang, looked at Xu Qingning suspiciously. "Such a big project as going to the countryside, you can just cancel it like that?"
"Officer Xu, it's not that I don't want to go, it's that I'm pregnant and can't go." Xu Qingning said calmly, "Since my father agreed to my marriage, it means he has accepted the fact that I can't go to the countryside. Why are you looking for me instead of him?"
In fact, this year is the last year of the Down to the Countryside Movement, and the policies have been significantly relaxed.
The trend of educated youth returning to the cities on a large scale has become widespread. It is only in small places like Jiaodong City, where the information was received later, that the issue of going to the countryside was taken too seriously.
“Xu Qingning, since you two are passing the buck, let’s just sit down and discuss this matter together.” Seeing that she really couldn’t go to the countryside in this state, Officer Yang stood up and said, “This is, after all, your family matter. It’s not good to make a big fuss about it. Let’s go to Xu Jiang’s house for a face-to-face talk!”
“Okay, I’ll go with you.” Xu Qingning readily agreed. “You go first, I’ll change my clothes and then I’ll be there.”
Go ahead, who's afraid of who?
Yang Yuelan heard everything clearly. She was worried about Xu Qingning going back to her parents' home alone, so she quickly went back to her room to change her clothes: "Qingning, I'll go with you. We can also visit your parents while we're at it."
"Mom, you don't need to go." Xu Qingning laughed when she saw Yang Yuelan looking like she was facing a great enemy. "I'm not going to fight."
“I’m here. I should have gone to visit my in-laws.” Yang Yuelan insisted on going. “Let’s also go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some fruit. We can’t go empty-handed.”
“We don’t need to buy anything.” Xu Qingning couldn’t reconcile with people like Xu Jianguo and Jiang Yumei, nor did she want to treat them as family.
“It wasn’t easy for them to raise you, so we should buy it.” Yang Yuelan knew Xu Qingning’s worries and stopped trying to persuade her. “If you don’t want to buy it, then don’t. I will buy it.”
"Then let's buy less!" Xu Qingning couldn't stop her anymore. In this respect, Zhao Jingyu was very much like Yang Yuelan, concerned about saving face.
When passing by the supply and marketing cooperative, Yang Yuelan bought fruit and canned fruit, filling two large bags.
When the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law entered the house, Officer Yang and Officer Xu were already sitting in the living room drinking tea. Returning to the Xu family home again, Xu Qingning felt terrible.
Perhaps the original owner had bad memories of this place, which also affected Xu Qingning's mood.
Xu Jianguo and Jiang Yumei were called back from their workplaces by people from the educated youth office. Both of them waited for Xu Qingning with sullen faces.
Xiao Tingshen was also there. He and Tang Wenya sat together, their fingers intertwined, looking very affectionate.
The atmosphere was very oppressive.
As soon as Yang Yuelan entered the door, she greeted her in-laws and placed the fruit and canned fruit she had brought on the table: "I've been here for several days now, and I've been wanting to come and see you for a long time."
"You're too kind, in-laws." Xu Jianguo twitched the corner of his mouth, but seeing Xu Qingning sitting there with a long face, not even calling her parents, he was furious.
With so many people present, he could only suppress his anger. Going to the countryside was a normal thing, but Xu Qingning had made it like this, and she was even giving them attitude.
She hasn't come back even once since she got married, and the neighbors are all saying that the couple mistreated her.
He really spoiled his daughter rotten!
“Officer Yang, Officer Xu, originally Qingning was supposed to go to the countryside, but somehow she got pregnant and then insisted on getting married without our consent.” Jiang Yumei sighed, her tone mournful. “It’s not that we’re unwilling to cooperate with the arrangements of the educated youth office, but this matter was too sudden, and we were not prepared at all.”
"Auntie, you're really asking for trouble. This rural assignment originally belonged to Tang Wenya." Xu Qingning knew what kind of person Jiang Yumei was and sneered, "You had someone make her a fake medical certificate to avoid going to the countryside, and then you made me go in her place. Now that I'm married, if anyone's going to go to the countryside, it can only be Tang Wenya. What does it have to do with me?"
"You're lying! I didn't forge any medical records!" Tang Wenya was furious, her eyes red-rimmed. "Xu Qingning, you're the one who tried to avoid going to the countryside, and now you're blaming me! What did I do to you?"
"Not only did you provoke me, but you also lied to me." Xu Qingning's voice was even louder than hers. "Do you dare to take us to the clinic right now to get a checkup and see what's wrong with you?"
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