"Jiarou, you're back just in time," Chen Guizhen hurriedly came over and grabbed her arm. "Did Xie Zhuo go to the fields today? How badly is he injured?"
The elderly woman, a relative, also craned her neck to look at her.
“He’s fine,” Sun Jiarou said with a sneer. “I just heard from the people at the educated youth settlement that they didn’t even run into him. He was just faking it and making trouble out of nothing.”
Chen Guizhen's expression changed, and she looked at Granny Wang.
"What do you mean?" Granny Wang spat.
“Do you think I came here specifically to coax you? Yesterday, most of the people in the brigade saw with their own eyes that Xie Zhuo was beaten by the educated youth until he couldn’t stand up, and it was Liu Mancang and Zhao Jisheng who helped him up.”
“I didn’t say you were lying,” Sun Jiarou quickly said. “It was Xie Zhuo who was cunning and pretended to be sick to deceive people.”
Grandma Wang wanted to say something more, but Sun Jiarou didn't give her the chance. She quickly relayed what Han Xiaoyu had told her to them.
Chen Guizhen remained silent for a long time.
After seeing Granny Wang off, she said to Sun Jiarou, "I'm going to find your father. This marriage has to be called off, whether you want to or not. The thought of you having to live with Xie Laosan in the future makes my heart ache."
Seeing Chen Guizhen like this, Sun Jiarou's eyes also reddened. "Mom, you are so good to me."
"Silly child," Chen Guizhen reached out and touched Sun Jiarou's face before going directly to the field to find Sun Guoan.
On the other side.
Han Xiaoyu took several deep breaths to calm his excited heart and walked towards the courtyard of the educated youth settlement.
Just like he told Sun Jiarou, he felt he still needed to talk to Xu Yan. Xu Yan used to be so obedient, but this time she had repeatedly embarrassed him and made him lose face.
He had already thought it through. If Xu Yan acted the same way she did yesterday, he would write to his parents to break off the engagement with Xu Yan.
When the time comes, she'll have nowhere to cry.
He initially helped her out of kindness, but he never expected her to be so ungrateful!
Unlike Jiarou, who only explained the rules of living in the city to him, he received a bowl of noodles that he had made himself.
Han Xiaoyu had already rehearsed in his mind the scene where Xu Yan would cry and beg him not to break off the engagement, and he had also thought about what he would say to Xu Yan later. However, he did not expect that Xu Yan would not be at the educated youth settlement.
He wandered around the kitchen, then knocked on the door of the female educated youth dormitory. Seeing that Xu Yan was really not there, he reluctantly went to the toilet.
It was almost noon when I came out of the toilet. Standing in the yard, I could still faintly hear people chatting as they hurried home after work.
Why did you leave work so early today?
Han Xiaoyu looked at the clock on the kitchen cabinet, its plastic casing chipped at one corner, with a strange expression.
It's definitely early, almost half an hour earlier than usual.
Song Guangming carried a shovel and a hoe on his shoulders, with his pipe tucked into his waistband, and walked side by side with Sun Guoan.
The sun was shining directly on his head and back, and Song Guangming felt another blister on the corner of his mouth, burning with pain.
"Are you just going to let your wife make such a fuss?" After walking for a while, Song Guangming couldn't help but ask.
Sun Guoan remained silent for a long time before finally speaking, asking in return, "If it were your Chunjuan, would you be willing for her to marry the third son of the Xie family?"
Song Guangming fell silent.
That definitely won't work!
But the nature of this is different; after all, the Xie family had done the Sun family a favor!
If it weren't for that basket of cornbread from the Xie family, Sun Guoan's entire family would have starved to death long ago. How could they still be alive today?
However, it's best to keep these thoughts to yourself and not say them aloud.
Song Guangming turned his head and glanced behind him. Chen Guizhen was standing in the crowd, her voice booming.
"There are ways to repay favors. Nobody says I have to sacrifice my daughter."
The shrill tone almost drowned out the annoying cicada chirping.
“Sister-in-law Zhang, let me be fair. You also have a daughter. If your daughter marries into that family and becomes a stepmother to someone else’s children, would you be willing to accept that?”
This Zhang family sister-in-law was usually close to Chen Guizhen, and upon hearing what she said, she immediately chimed in.
"Oh! Of course I don't want to! Besides, it would be nice if an adult could help out, this..."
Zhang's sister-in-law's words were harsh and unpleasant to hear.
It was as if it was specifically aimed at Xie Zhuo's heart.
Liu Mancang's face turned red with anger, and he went up to argue with her, but Xie Zhuo held him back.
"Third Brother!" Liu Mancang was furious.
Just now, Chen Guizhen rushed towards Xie Zhuo and said directly, "My Jiarou can marry you this month."
The people in the field were stunned.
Am I dreaming?
Liu Mancang almost jumped up, and then he heard Chen Guizhen's next sentence.
"But there's one condition: you have to send your two nephews away."
Xie Zhuo remained expressionless from beginning to end, but his eyes were cold, as if he had expected her to say something next.
He chuckled and then raised his voice, "If you want to break off the engagement, just say so."
Then……
Then, although Chen Guizhen's face turned ugly for a moment after hearing his words, she was happy that Xie Zhuo did not pester her.
The ground erupted in chaos.
What's the meaning?
From now on, Xie Zhuo and Sun Jiarou have no relationship whatsoever?
Has the toad finally figured out its place?
Song Guangming, however, looked at Xie Zhuo with a complicated expression, urging him to reconsider.
After all, in the hearts of everyone in the Qingshan Brigade, if Xie Zhuo broke off this engagement, he would really be a bachelor for the rest of his life.
“There’s nothing to think about,” Xie Zhuo lowered his eyes, hiding a hint of gloom. “They will grow up healthy and happy.”
After he said that, Song Guangming was speechless.
"Third Brother," Zhao Jisheng also felt that Xie Zhuo had agreed too quickly, but apart from calling him Third Brother, he couldn't think of anything else to say.
"I'll go and tear those two gossiping mouths to shreds," Liu Mancang said, veins bulging on his neck, as if he were the one whose engagement had been publicly broken off. "I don't care if they're women or not! Even if my mom beats me to death when I get back!"
"If you ask me, Xie Laosan's life is over," said a man in his forties who was also unmarried. "Such a good marriage is just canceled like that."
"Who can argue with that? These days, what girl would willingly become a stepmother right after getting married?"
An auntie sighed and said.
"If you ask me, Xie Laosan is destined to be a lone wolf," said someone who had always disliked Xie Zhuo. "He can forget about ever getting married in this lifetime."
"..."
The villagers gossiped and chattered in front of Xie Zhuo.
It's hard to tell whether they're gloating or genuinely feeling sorry.
Suddenly, a startling voice rang out, catching everyone off guard: "Who said that? I'm willing to marry him!"
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