Han Xiaoyu didn't finish his sentence, but Sun Jiarou understood what he meant.
Xu Yan was angry, so he deliberately staged this incident to get revenge on them.
“Then what about now…” Sun Jiarou said with some worry, “I heard that the educated youth settlement owes her nearly five hundred yuan.”
Han Xiaoyu nodded, and after a few seconds spoke again, pretending to be relaxed, "It's okay, I can handle this. I still have some prestige at the educated youth settlement. I'll talk to her about it later."
"In the end, she was misled by someone to do this," Han Xiaoyu said, feigning hesitation.
"Who?" Sun Jiarou asked instinctively.
“Thank you, Zhuobei,” Han Xiaoyu said while secretly observing Sun Jiarou’s expression.
Seeing that she instinctively frowned upon hearing the name, her eyes filled with disgust, he continued, "Yesterday he suddenly came to the educated youth settlement to cause trouble. Wu Shi didn't even touch him, but he insisted that he had been kicked and suffered internal injuries."
Sun Jiarou had, of course, heard about this as well.
But it's completely different from the version Han Xiaoyu gave.
Villagers said that Xie Zhuo was attacked by six or seven educated youths led by Han Xiaoyu, and it is estimated that he was kicked and broke his ribs, and he was lying on the ground unable to get up.
Aunt Guilan from the carpenter's family said that Xie Zhuo was seriously injured and almost couldn't make it to a hospital in the city.
An elderly woman who was somewhat related to their family came to tell her mother as soon as she learned that they had returned home. She said that she saw Xie Zhuo go to the city hospital for treatment yesterday afternoon and heard that his internal organs had been severely damaged.
Let them make plans early, so that if they really get married in the future, they won't have to spend money to treat him, which would be a huge burden on Jia Rou.
Sun Jiarou's mother, Chen Guizhen, was furious and immediately said she would call off the marriage as soon as possible.
Sun Jiarou turned pale with fright at these words, not because of Xie Zhuo, but because she was afraid that Han Xiaoyu would really hurt him.
If what the villagers say is true, then Han Xiaoyu will go to jail!
So, as soon as she went to the field, she secretly glanced at Xie Zhuo out of the corner of her eye.
Seeing him weeding in the field unharmed, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Hearing Han Xiaoyu say this now, his disgust for Xie Zhuo intensified. "Doesn't anyone expose him like this?"
“You know the brigade leader’s attitude toward our educated youth settlement,” Han Xiaoyu said in a muffled voice, then sighed helplessly. “But it’s alright, we’re not going to stay here forever anyway, we’ll go back to the city sooner or later.”
"you……"
Because of his words about returning to the city, Sun Jiarou's heart suddenly beat a few beats faster.
She first noticed this male educated youth because she overheard Han Xiaoyu and Wu Shi chatting about things in the city. Later, she discovered that he was not only handsome and dashing, but also very talented and gentle.
He was practically the perfect man in Sun Jiarou's dreams.
This man had previously told her that he would take her with him whenever he had the chance to return to the city.
Sun Jiarou blushed deeply at that moment. What was their relationship? Why did they take her along?
However, my heart was beating faster than ever before!
She longed to live in the city; she dreamed of it.
When the villagers praised her, they always said she was beautiful, had a great sense of style, and was so fashionable that she didn't seem like a villager at all, but rather comparable to girls from the city.
Every time Sun Jiarou heard such words, she would secretly feel happy for a while, but after a while, she would feel a huge sense of loss.
She's not really a city girl!
She is registered in the countryside, her parents and brothers are also in the countryside, and even the man she is going to marry is a country bumpkin who will spend his whole life working in the fields.
On what grounds?
Why should someone like her marry someone like Xie Zhuo and become a "stepmother" to his two nephews?
Although her father told her that Xie Zhuo would send the child away after they got married, she was still unwilling.
"I'll take you to see a movie then," Han Xiaoyu said, and he seemed to be in a better mood when he said that.
"The cinemas in the city are much better than the open-air screens in the countryside. You don't need to bring your stools to reserve seats in advance. They sell tickets, and whichever seat you buy is your seat. No one can take it from you."
Sun Jiarou had been to Qingping County before, and she had seen movies before, but Han Xiaoyu was talking about cinemas in big cities.
It should be much better than those in small county towns.
Seeing that she was listening attentively, Han Xiaoyu spoke even more enthusiastically.
"Also, there's a department store not far from our home. It has everything you could want, and it's as big as ten supply and marketing cooperatives in Qingping County."
Sun Jiarou was amused by his words, "Nonsense, how could it be that big?"
"Don't you believe me?" Han Xiaoyu laughed along with her. "You'll see for yourself when you go and see for yourself."
The two chatted and laughed all the way, and soon arrived at the entrance of the educated youth settlement.
"Then... I'll go in first?" Han Xiaoyu asked the team leader for leave, saying that he had a stomachache and needed to go back to the toilet before returning to the fields, so he couldn't take Sun Jiarou home.
Sun Jiarou didn't say anything.
The two stared at each other for a while under the blazing sun, when Sun Jiarou suddenly said, "I want my mother to call off my marriage with Xie Zhuo today."
"Huh? Ah!" Han Xiaoyu didn't react at first, but after he realized what Sun Jiarou had said, he could no longer hide the joy on his face.
"Really, Jia Rou?" Han Xiaoyu asked.
Sun Jiarou's face flushed at his reaction. She didn't say anything, just nodded slightly, and immediately turned and ran home.
Han Xiaoyu didn't chase after him; the smile on his face was enough to blind all the bachelors in the village.
When Sun Jiarou ran home in one breath, her mother was still talking to her relative, an elderly woman, in the yard.
The old woman spoke quickly, “Who says otherwise? You don’t even need to consult a fortune teller to know that his birth chart is very strong. Otherwise, look at this family, only he and his two younger siblings are left.”
Chen Guizhen's face darkened slightly after hearing what she said.
"I'm not trying to be mean," the old woman said, "but if Jia Rou marries him, she'll suffer. Putting everything else aside, just look at how lazy and idle Xie Lao San used to be, tsk tsk tsk..."
The old woman's words became increasingly harsh, and Chen Guizhen's complexion grew worse.
As Sun Jiarou entered the room, her mother slapped her hand on the hem of her dress and said, "I told her the marriage should be called off, but her father insisted that it would damage Jiarou's reputation. I was just saying, is her reputation more important than her daughter's life?"
"Besides, everyone in the village knows what kind of state the Xie family is in now. How could I be wrong to break off the engagement with him?"
Chen Guizhen's voice was quite loud, and when Sun Jiarou saw that the aunt across the hall was peeking and eavesdropping, she quickly closed the door.
Then she turned to Chen Guizhen and called out, "Mom, why don't you and Grandma talk inside? Why are you saying these things standing at the front door?"
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