"But I can't understand why he suddenly changed like this. The day before he left, we were planning to get married after he came back. We'll build two more wooden houses in the yard in the spring of next year. I also can't understand why he suddenly changed his mind after my mother finally agreed. It was clearly him who provoked me first!" Shengnan cried again.
Xuemei took out a handkerchief and wiped Shengnan's tears. She opened her arms and hugged Shengnan, gently patting Shengnan's back and persuading her, "If you can't figure it out, don't think about it. He's not worth your tears. Since he gave up the relationship between you and all your efforts for so long, just pretend that he never appeared in our village!
If you can't do that, you can curse or resent him in your heart when you're unhappy, but you can't let him interfere with your mood or your life, and you can't let him do anything to hurt yourself. Otherwise, we will all look down on you! "
Shengnan retorted with tears in her eyes, "No way! I'm the pillar of our family. I won't let a man affect me!"
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Xuemei chatted with Shengnan for a while and saw that she was in a much better mood. It was getting dark and Liu Xiu would be back soon, so she stood up and prepared to leave.
"Sister, wait a minute, ask your brother-in-law to return the money to him!" Shengnan pulled Xuemei's arm and handed her some money.
"What is this money? Why should we give it to him?" Xuemei asked puzzledly.
Shengnan explained, "This is the fifty yuan he gave me today. He said it was compensation for delaying me for the past few months. I didn't take it, but when I told him to get out, he put it on the table. Yanan found it before you came. I don't care about his dirty money!"
If it were anyone else, Xuemei would definitely call her stupid and advise her to accept it. It was the other person who had done something wrong and had wasted both of their time, so what was wrong with asking him for some compensation?
But Shengnan was different. When Liu Xiu first arrived in Liujia Village, some gossipers, regardless of the presence of Shengnan and her sisters, would gossip about Liu Xiu's miserable life, saying he had no man by his side and not knowing if their daughters would be able to rely on him in the future. Shengnan had always been competitive and self-respecting, and she hated the charity of self-proclaimed well-meaning outsiders.
So Xuemei nodded and agreed when she heard this, "Okay, I'll ask your brother-in-law to return it to him. We don't need his dirty money!"
When Xuemei came out of the room, she saw Yanan peeking outside the main hall. Xuemei waved to Yanan, motioning her to come over.
Yanan ran to Xuemei and asked worriedly, "Sister, is my sister okay?"
Xuemei warned, "Don't worry. When your aunt comes back later, if your sister tells her about Zhou Zhiqing, you must remember to keep an eye on her and stop her!"
"Sister, I understand. Wait for me, I'll get the bowl for you!" Yanan replied.
Xuemei returned home. The family had dinner in silence because of Shengnan and Zhou Bing's incident. After dinner, Xuemei washed up and went back to her room.
When Han Chen returned to the room, he told Han Chen what Shengnan had entrusted him with.
Han Chen pondered for a moment and said, "Xuemei, actually, after you went to your aunt's house this afternoon, I went to the Youth Educated Center to look for him."
"Did you get any useful information?" Xuemei asked.
Han Chen shook his head, and Xuemei rolled her eyes in disappointment.
Han Chen quickly explained, "Although I didn't get anything out of him, based on my understanding of him over the past year and his hesitant attitude today, I think this kid must be hiding something!"
Xuemei snorted and said, "Unless his engagement is fake. Otherwise, I don't want to know what he's hiding. I hate people who don't speak clearly. Can't they just talk about all the problems? Even if we can't resolve it and break up, at least we can separate peacefully and without any resentment! Are you trying to be mysterious or self-righteously affectionate by covering up like this now?"
However, he has no right to say anything no matter what. A man who is already engaged should stay away from my Shengnan from now on. He is not worthy of my Shengnan!
Seeing Xuemei getting angrier and angrier, Han Chen quickly grabbed her hand and said, "Let's not talk about him anymore. Don't get angry at yourself! Let's go to bed!"
In the darkness, Han Chen pinched Xuemei's hand and then her waist. Xuemei was woken up by Han Chen several times when she was about to fall asleep. Xuemei was a little annoyed and patted Han Chen's hand under the quilt, saying, "Han Chen, what on earth do you want to do? Why don't you go to sleep!"
Han Chen turned sideways, the hot air from his mouth sprayed on Xuemei's ear, and asked softly: "Xuemei, I want that!"
Xuemei understood immediately and refused, "I have to go to work tomorrow, and besides, I'm not in the mood tonight!"
Han Chen didn't say anything, but his actions showed his unwillingness. He kept rubbing his body against Xuemei. In the end, Xuemei was irritated by him, but Xuemei felt sore all over today and really didn't plan to do that with Han Chen again.
Xuemei said in a pleading tone, "Han Chen, I'm very tired today. Can tomorrow be okay?"
Han Chen could hear the weariness in Xuemei's voice, and then said, "Then you can't refuse me again tomorrow night!"
Xuemei nodded, and Han Chen finally relaxed his grip. However, Han Chen's rubbing also made him quite angry. As a young man full of blood, Han Chen endured for a while, but he could not bear it any longer. After Xuemei fell asleep, Han Chen had no choice but to get up from the bed, wipe his body with a bucket of cold water in the outer room, and then go back to bed to sleep.
The next morning, Liu's father helped Zhou Bing to arrange for his transfer to the countryside, and went to Accountant Li's house to ask him how the village's work points were calculated this year. If they had not been calculated yet, he would calculate Zhou Bing's work points first. Fortunately, Accountant Li had already calculated the final summary, and if it was fast, the whole village would be able to calculate it in the afternoon.
Upon hearing this, Father Liu didn't rush to ask Accountant Li to calculate Zhou Bing's pay first. Since all the work points for the year were about to be calculated, it wouldn't hurt to wait a few days. That way, when Zhou Bing's work points were calculated later, it would be fairer to both him and the villagers.
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