He Yan made a move to jump into the river, and Shen Guixiang really panicked.
This time, without waiting for Yin Yueping to help persuade her, she spoke directly: "Don't jump, don't jump, you are about to give birth."
"I promise you, I'll let you sign up for the exam."
"Come up first, and let's discuss this properly."
He Yan didn't believe her and asked suspiciously, "Are you serious?"
"Really, really, more real than gold."
Shen Guixiang swore and swore.
He Yan was half-believing and half-doubting, but still didn't dare to climb ashore by climbing up the mulberry tree branch.
She looked at Chen Fugui who was beside Yin Yueping.
Chen Fugui was not very active in pursuing her, and perhaps Yin Yueping wanted her to give birth to a child to leave a descendant for the Yin family because her brother Yin Zhihe had died.
Chen Fugui definitely doesn't want to.
What does it have to do with him whether the Yin family has descendants?
He must only care about whether the Chen family has descendants.
He Yan gritted her teeth and said to Shen Guixiang, "I don't believe you unless Chen Fugui testifies for me."
"If you dare to stop me from taking the exam, you are going against the national policy. I will report you to Secretary Liu Tang Jinghe. I will also report you to the commune and the county."
He Yan is not an easy person to deal with.
She is not someone like Lu Jiaojiao who can be easily manipulated.
In a negotiation, He Yan used her unborn baby as a threat and successfully made Shen Guixiang agree to let her register for the exam.
If He Yan didn't have the baby in her belly as a bargaining chip, it would be impossible for her to get the opportunity to take the exam.
What about the thousands and thousands of female educated youth who are in the same situation as He Yan?
Standing by the river and witnessing a farce, Liu Cuifang was extremely grateful that she was smart and had used the excuse of taking Zhao Yongsen to eat commercial grain to keep Zhou Xiaohong and her family hanging early on. Otherwise, He Yan's fate would be hers.
Otherwise, why would Zhou Xiaohong and Zhao Yongsen insist on having Zhao Tiantian follow her when she came to Xiangyang Brigade to ask for some information?
This further strengthened her determination to leave this ignorant and backward place.
Did Zhao Yongsen's family think they could control her by threatening her with the child she gave birth to?
This idea is ridiculous.
Liu Cuifang decided to take advantage of the college entrance examination to return to the city and get rid of Zhao Yongsen's family at all costs.
Having made up her mind, Liu Cuifang knew what to do.
Seeing Shen Guixiang and Yin Yueping, mother and daughter, pushing and pulling He Yan away, Liu Cuifang grabbed Zhao Tiantian's hand with tears in her eyes.
Zhao Tiantian was startled.
"Sister-in-law, what are you doing?"
"Tiantian, I'm very touched."
Liu Cuifang sniffed and said, "When I saw He, a young educated youth from Xiangyang Brigade, trying to jump into the river in order to register for the exam, and then thought about how kind your family was to me, I was deeply touched."
"Tiantian, I am so happy to be a family with you guys."
"Other families tried every means to prevent their daughters-in-law from taking the college entrance examination, but you and mom always supported me. You even accompanied me to Xiangyang Brigade to find study materials. I am so lucky to have a sister-in-law like you and a mother-in-law like mom."
Zhao Tiantian was dumbfounded.
She didn't expect Liu Cuifang to say such a thing.
Her whole family supported Liu Cuifang in taking the exam, clearly so that her brother could go to the capital with her to eat commercial grain in the future.
When Liu Cuifang said this, Zhao Tiantian suddenly felt guilty.
"Sister-in-law, but my brother treated you like that."
"What did my brother do to me?"
Liu Cuifang looked as if she had suddenly realized something: "You mean the story between him and that young wife on the team."
"Hey, that's nothing, the rumor is not credible."
"It's all just rumors."
Liu Cuifang told Zhao Tiantian: "Yes, when I first married your brother, I was indeed not satisfied with him."
"He was not kind to me for a while."
"But hasn't he changed now?"
"He comes back every day to be with me and the children. He is a good father."
Liu Cuifang spoke to Zhao Tiantian from the bottom of her heart: "Tiantian, you know that my family is not happy. My mother took me to marry into the compound, and then my mother gave birth to my brother. It can be said that although I am considered a spoiled lady in the compound, this identity is not legitimate."
"For this, I don't know how many cold stares I have suffered."
"So, from the day I went to the countryside, I thought that I must find my own home and have a warm family."
"I didn't expect your brother would accept me after knowing that the baby I was carrying was not his. He was angry with me for a while, but now he is nice to me and Xixi. Your family has made me feel what a warm family is."
Liu Cuifang said with more emotion: "Tiantian, even if I return to the capital in the future, I have to rely on myself."
"Although I have a powerful family, my mom and her family only care about my brother and don't care about me at all."
"So, if I want to live a good life, I have to create it with my own hands and strive for it."
"I am very fortunate to have such a good family like you, and I want to work with you to create a better life."
Zhao Tiantian helped her hold the baby, and Liu Cuifang took her hand and walked towards the Red Flag Brigade: "Tiantian, I've thought it through. My family can't be trusted, but they won't watch me suffer."
"So when I return to the city after this exam, I will go back to my mother's house and ask my stepfather to help your brother find a job in the capital."
"My stepfather should be able to arrange for your brother to work in the police station as a temporary worker, and then slowly become a regular employee when he finds an opportunity in the future."
"I'm going to college, so I definitely can't take Xixi with me. Besides, I want to have a son with your brother, so I have to take you and mom to Beijing together."
Liu Cuifang looked at Zhao Tiantian with a smile: "Tiantian, you don't have to rush to find a partner. When we get to the capital, I will find you someone with good conditions."
"Look, Tang Yunling is such a rude woman, but she can still marry Zhou Yanfeng."
"You don't know that Zhou Yan's family is very well off. There are members of his family in the army, some of them are officials, and his grandfather worked in Liulichang. You know Liulichang, right? He appraises antiques. That old man is very educated and can make money."
"I will find you one like Zhou Yanfeng in the future."
Zhao Tiantian had no idea that her sister-in-law Liu Cuifang was trying her best to make big promises for her.
When Liu Cuifang said this, the scene of following him to the capital city had already emerged in her mind. She was already imagining that with the help of Liu Cuifang, she would marry a good man and gain a foothold in the capital city.
She was extremely touched.
She thought Liu Cuifang had to marry her brother out of necessity.
She didn't expect that Liu Cuifang's plan included not only her brother Zhao Yongsen, but also her and her mother Zhou Xiaohong.
Zhao Tiantian's blood boiled after hearing Liu Cuifang's words.
For a better life in the future, she knew that she had to help Liu Cuifang get into college no matter what.
Originally, a relative introduced her to a young man from Xiangyang Brigade as a date. However, Zhao Tiantian thought that her sister-in-law would be able to get into university and return to Beijing in the future, so she was not very willing to date him and did not agree to the relationship.
Now, in order to help Liu Cuifang, she planned to pretend to get along with her first and get the study materials first.