The seven fish, weighing several dozen kilograms, were eaten by a family of eight in one meal. The children, with their bellies bulging, walked around the yard to digest.
Duolu's eyes lit up as he said, "I saw Auntie's fish-cooking technique very clearly today. How about we go catch some fish tomorrow and cook them together?"
Duoshou rolled his eyes at him: "If you're not afraid of being pulled into conversations, then go ahead."
Dorjee frowned slightly, then quickly relaxed: "It's alright, I'll run away as soon as I see someone, they can't catch me."
Duoxi immediately followed in her favorite second brother's footsteps: "I'll go with my second brother."
Yu Rujia: "Just go and see where your aunt usually sets out her fishing nets. If there are any fish, bring them back. If not, that's fine. You are not allowed to go to deep water to fish on your own."
Duofu said, "Auntie, I'll go with them."
Duofu, who was over ten years old, was already 1.6 meters tall. The rivers around the area were rarely deeper than 1.6 meters. In addition, he was steady and could keep his younger brothers in check. With him around, there was no need to worry about Duolu and the others rebelling.
Yu Rujia: "Okay, then I'll leave it to Duofu to keep an eye on them."
After Zhu Jiaojiao woke up, the Wu family held a meeting together.
Wu Dazhu asked Wu Yuanyuan with a cold face, "Yuanyuan, we've always treated you better than your brother. We never expected you to defy your mother for a man. You're determined to go with that educated youth Zhou. We won't try to persuade you anymore, lest we end up making enemies."
“I’ll give you two choices. First, you can marry the man your mother chose, and we’ll give you a dowry of one hundred yuan. You’ll still be our daughter.”
"Secondly, since you married Zhou Zhiqing without a dowry, we will consider you as if we never had a daughter."
Wu Dazhu and Zhu Jiaojiao had discussed it. Wu Yuanyuan was wholeheartedly on Zhou Likang's side because she hadn't suffered much hardship and believed that her family would always be there to support her, which was why she dared to act recklessly.
Zhou Likang was precisely aware of this, which is why he fawned over Wu Yuanyuan.
They couldn't persuade Wu Yuanyuan, and in order not to drag the whole family into it, they had no choice but to give up on her.
If Wu Yuanyuan ever really can't make ends meet, they will give her a meal.
Wu Dazhu's words were a devastating blow to Wu Yuanyuan. She never expected that her family would abandon her because she didn't follow Zhu Jiaojiao's arrangements.
Wu Yuanyuan had felt somewhat guilty for making Zhu Jiaojiao faint, but upon hearing this, her eyes filled with resentment.
Wu Yuanyuan: "Just because I didn't do what you said, you want to kick me out of the house? I've seen it clearly now, you've never treated me as your family."
Even though Zhu Jiaojiao was prepared, she still couldn't help but feel waves of pain in her heart when she heard these words.
Wu Dazhu was furious: "We should be the ones saying that! What did you ask for from us before that we didn't give you? This time we just didn't want to see you make a mistake, so we thought of correcting you."
"I never expected that you would not only be ungrateful, but also hate us because of this. Fine, if you feel that being our family is a disservice to you, then go find your former educated youth Zhou. We won't stop you."
“If you take this step, as I said before, we will no longer have you as our daughter.”
Wu Yuanyuan was determined to be with Zhou Likang, and that very day she moved her belongings into the educated youth compound.
Zhou Likang didn't believe the Wu family would abandon their daughter whom they had cherished for twenty years, so he persuaded the people at the educated youth compound to let Wu Yuanyuan stay there temporarily.
The Wu family obtained a certificate of severance of ties from Captain Huang and made it public, effectively cutting off Wu Yuanyuan's escape route.
The next day, Duofu returned from fishing with his younger brothers and happened to run into Zhou Likang trying to persuade Wu Yuanyuan to go home.
Duoshou: "Auntie, do you think Yuanyuan is stupid? It's obvious that Zhou Zhiqing doesn't want to marry her, so why is she still going after him?"
They witnessed Zhou Likang's refusal to marry Wu Yuanyuan today.
Although his excuse was that he hadn't convinced his family, none of the Yu family's children, except for the clueless Duo Le, even four-year-old Duo Ji, believed him.
Dorje, acting like a little adult, said, "Sister Yuanyuan is too easy to fool. She doesn't need to give her anything, and she believes what Zhou Zhiqing said. She's so stupid."
Yu Rujia chuckled and slapped the back of his head, saying, "How do you know Zhou Zhiqing was lying to her?"
Dorje raised his chin and said crisply, "The way Zhou Zhiqing lied to Sister Yuanyuan was just like how everyone else lied to us. They all said a bunch of useless nice words."
“Zhou Zhiqing wasn’t as hard-working as those people who deceived us. At least they would give us some food. Zhou Zhiqing didn’t give us anything, but Sister Yuanyuan believed it. She’s even easier to fool than us children. She’s so stupid.”
Yu Rujia: "You little brat, you think you know everything. Not all scammers can be seen through at a glance. Wherever you go, remember this: if someone is being overly helpful, they're either up to no good or a thief."
Song Liyun and Qi Tianxin went through all sorts of trouble just to marry a good man and have a secure future. This is the direction a normal person should take.
Wu Yuanyuan, on the other hand, chose Zhou Likang, a piece of trash who can't even support himself and has no manners. Not only did she anger her family, but she also didn't get what she wanted.
With her so eager to marry someone, she'll never get married in the next few years.
She'll be twenty this year, and in a few years she'll be in her mid-twenties. It will be even harder to find a good partner then.
Yu Rujia genuinely doesn't understand the concept of being love-struck.
If it's a two-way relationship, that's fine, but if it's a one-way relationship, you'll only suffer in the end.
Because of the teacher recruitment issue, Captain Huang and Principal Zhang were extremely annoyed and couldn't avoid it, so they decided to select teachers based on both exam scores and character.
Principal Zhang, a high school student, felt that his knowledge was not as good as Gao Shujing's, so he recommended him to set the questions.
Of all the college students Captain Huang had ever met, only Gao Shujing was a hardcore guy. Whenever Captain Huang came over to ask him about technical matters, Gao Shujing could always come up with a solution.
This led Captain Huang to believe from the bottom of his heart that college students knew everything. When Principal Zhang recommended Gao Shujing to set the questions, Captain Huang immediately came to find him.
Upon hearing his request, Gao Shujing said, "Isn't that inappropriate?"
Captain Huang: "What do you mean it's inappropriate? In terms of knowledge, who in our brigade can compare to you?"
Yu Rujia: "Captain, to be honest, ever since the teacher recruitment incident happened, the educated youth have been frequently going to see Duofu and the others, giving them gifts and asking a few kids to speak well of them."
"Because of this incident, Duofu and others are afraid to go out now. Besides, we live in Shangfen Brigade and have some close relatives there."
"If you let Shujing set the exam questions, and those who gave gifts to Duofu and the others, or those who are close to us, get good results, won't those who didn't pass suspect that Shujing leaked the questions to the person who passed?"
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