Chapter 97: Subversion is the real change of destiny
Yan Xue never thought that she would see Miss Yan again, still looking like she was about to cry.
As for Qi Fang, his eyes became as gloomy as his face from the moment Miss Yan appeared at the door.
He didn't expect that Miss Yan would show up again, and she would ask for Yan Xue as soon as she opened her mouth.
Why is she looking for Yan Xue?
Only the second old lady knew nothing. Seeing the young girl's eyes were red, she cried out, "Ouch!" "What's wrong?"
As he spoke, he looked at Yan Xue, who then walked forward and said with a smile, "It's okay, it's someone Qi Fang and I know."
Seeing the old man's reaction, Miss Yan realized that she was a bit abrupt and her face turned red.
"I'm sorry, I want to talk to Yan Xue about something." She quickly calmed down and apologized to the old lady.
The second old lady didn't care about these things. When she heard that it was someone Yan Xue and Qi Fang knew, she said, "Then go in and talk."
This made Miss Yan's face even redder, but after looking at the enthusiastic old lady and then at the smiling Yan Xue, she still went in despite Qi Fang's cold gaze.
As soon as she entered, she saw the little fat boy playing with himself on the kang. She was stunned and turned to look at Yan Xue.
"My son." Yan Xue's voice was very gentle. She went over and picked up the little fat boy. "Grandma, please help me look after Yan Yu for a while."
The second old lady responded from outside, but before she came in, the fat boy handed the cloth ball in his hand to Miss Yan.
Miss Yan was stunned at the time, "Give it to me?" Maybe it was because she was too surprised, she stuttered.
The little fat boy just smiled and stuffed the cloth ball into her hand again, which made her eyes red again.
Then she heard Qi Fang say calmly, "He told you to take the toy and leave quickly. Don't fight with him for your mother."
Miss Yan was so moved that she paused. Yan Xue even glanced at the man, suspecting that he had ulterior motives in his words, especially the part about leaving quickly.
At this time, the second old lady came in, picked up the little fat boy, and said, "Come, go to great-grandmother's room to play with her." She teased the fat boy.
The little fat boy was so amused that he giggled and forgot about everything else for a while. Yan Xue then went to close the door and poured a glass of water for Miss Yan. "What happened?"
When Miss Yan heard this, her eyes started to turn red again and she started crying, "Wu Xingde is getting married."
"Who are you talking about?" Qi Fang was originally leaning against the table and listening indifferently. Without waiting for Yan Xue to say anything, he suddenly raised his eyes, his peach blossom eyes sharp.
More than two years had passed since the incident, and Miss Yan wasn't actually that afraid of him anymore. But when he looked at her like that, she was still subconsciously stuck. "The one I was going to get engaged to."
Qi Fang's eyes grew even colder at that moment. He looked at her with a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his lips. "Your family really knows how to find a marriage partner."
He really didn't expect that the young and promising person with a technical background mentioned by Zhou Lixin would be Wu Xingde.
Isn't he young and promising? At that time, Wu Xingde had just taken credit for his teacher's work and was in high spirits.
I just don't know if Yan Jiaqing knows about Wu Xingde's relationship with him, or what Wu Xingde has done...
Qi Fang didn't believe that the Yan family wanted to marry Miss Yan to Wu Xingde without asking about Wu Xingde's background at all. He didn't know how Wu Xingde came to be so valued.
Those peach blossom eyes were sharp and cold, making Miss Yan speechless for a long time. It was Yan Xue who broke the deadlock, "You just said he was married?"
As she spoke, she glanced at the man. The man noticed it, lowered his eyes, and suppressed his intimidating aura.
Miss Yan's tense nerves finally relaxed a little, and she nodded towards Yan Xue, "I just found out about this two days ago."
But when she chose to break up with him, she should have been mentally prepared that he would find someone else to marry. Why is she still so unacceptable?
Yan Xue had a hunch that there was something else going on. Sure enough, Miss Yan immediately said, "He found a divorced woman several years older than him. That's fine, but the problem is that her family isn't a good family at all!"
Miss Yan couldn't hold back her tears whenever she thought about it. "I know the girl's family. Her brother was the ringleader in the beginning. He harmed a lot of people, and many people cursed him behind his back. In order to get her to divorce her ex-husband, her brother forced and threatened her, and even angered her ex-mother-in-law to death."
The first few years were very chaotic. There were many families that turned against each other and drew a line because they didn't want to be implicated. But if someone in the other family died, they still went ahead with it.
Yan Xue knew why Miss Yan couldn't accept it. What she couldn't accept was not that Wu Xingde was getting married, but that Wu Xingde actually chose such a person to marry.
Even though she has decided to break up with him, in her impression, her husband has always been that gentle and kind person, not someone who would do anything to climb up the ladder.
Miss Yan felt as if her understanding had been completely overturned. "Why do you think he did that? Isn't it good for him to just focus on his craft? Why does he have to get involved in all this?"
That’s of course because the technology is no longer viable. If we don’t find a backer quickly, we might lose everything we have.
Qi Fang glanced at her without saying anything. Miss Yan didn't notice either. She looked at Yan Xue with tears in her eyes, "Why is he such a person?"
Even though she knew that she might have misunderstood in the dream and that Qi Fang would never take revenge on her by breaking off the engagement, she still couldn't figure out what her husband and father could have done to offend Qi Fang.
As a result, only two years after they broke up, Wu Xingde found a family like this to marry. She couldn't believe it and didn't know who to talk to.
Miss Yan couldn't help but hold Yan Xue's hand. "I know I have no reason to come to you. It's too abrupt, but I, I... I remember he wasn't like this before!"
His speech was somewhat incoherent. The image he had believed in for many years was shattered just like that. I guess others would not be able to accept it.
Yan Xue was the first person who encouraged her to go out and see the world, and told her that she didn't need to rush into marriage at such a young age. She was so confused that the only thing she could think of was to find Yan Xue.
Yan Xue also knew that she was in a state of confusion, so she gently held her hand back and said, "It's okay. Didn't you break up with him? At least you cut your losses in time."
It's better than living together for decades in the book, and only finally finding out each other's true identity and the two illegitimate children.
Yan Xue's voice was calm and gentle. "By the way, I remember you said last time that the village primary school was too dilapidated and the buildings were about to collapse. We need to rebuild it. Is it finished yet?"
When Miss Yan mentioned this, her attention was immediately diverted. "It's built. We dug the earth and built it together with the villagers. The children have already moved in."
"Does the female educated youth who shares the same dormitory with you still miss home and secretly hide in her quilt and cry at night?" Yan Xue asked again with a chuckle.
"Don't cry anymore." Miss Yan said, "It was also the first time I was so far away from home, and I didn't cry."
As she spoke, some of her former coquettishness resurfaced, and her tone even sounded a bit proud.
Life in the countryside was tough, but when people were busy, they could forget about many things. At least Miss Yan didn't seem as anxious as she was last time.
Even as he was talking, his hand was still holding Yan Xue's, which made Qi Fang unable to help but look at it again and again, and finally his hand rested on it without moving.
No matter how slow Miss Yan was, she couldn't help but feel such a real gaze. She raised her head and looked at him in confusion, with tears still in the corners of her eyes.
But the man obviously didn't understand the situation. He didn't let go of his hand. Instead, he remembered something else and whispered to Yan Xue, "He just asked me if he knew Wu Xingde?"
This made Yan Xue look up at Qi Fang. Qi Fang's eyes also moved from their hands to Miss Yan's face, "I know him. He used to be my teacher."
Miss Yan was stunned. She had never expected that Qi Fang and Wu Xingde had such a relationship. Wasn't this too much of a coincidence?
Without waiting for her to respond, Qi Fang added calmly, "He also wrote a letter reporting that my teacher had overseas connections and leaked state secrets."
Miss Yan blushed from her face to her ears, as if it was not Wu Xingde who did it, but her.
She didn't doubt that Qi Fang had lied to her; there was really no need for that. Furthermore, Wu Xingde no longer held the same image in her mind, so it wasn't that hard to accept.
She even subconsciously withdrew her hand, not knowing where to put it. "I, I don't know. My family doesn't know either..."
Being stared at quietly by Qi Fang's deep eyes, he gradually became silent and his face turned pale.
How could her family not know about him? Wu Xingde was introduced to her by her father's friend.
She also thought of another thing: why did Qi Fang target their family in the dream?
Maybe it wasn't because she broke off the engagement, but because Wu Xingde reported Teacher Qi Fang...
Miss Yan's voice was a little shaky, but she still mustered up the courage to ask, "Is your teacher... okay?"
"What do you think?" Qi Fang's look at that moment made her dare not look at him, and her face turned completely pale.
So that's how it is. She thought Qi Fang was petty. Just a small break in the engagement had ruined her family.
It turned out that she was overthinking it. No wonder Qi Fang felt so disgusted and disgusted when he saw her in his dream...
Miss Yan suddenly felt a little disgusted, disgusted that the person who had lived with her for more than twenty years in her dream was such a beast in human form.
And her father, how could he let her marry such a person? She didn't just have a dream, she was clearly living in a fake dream.
And she even went to Qi Fang to beg for mercy, to fulfill her engagement with him. It was like a joke...
The air was silent for a moment, and the dejection on Miss Yan's face could not be concealed at all.
After a long while, she looked up at Qi Fang and said in an unusually difficult voice, "I'm sorry."
For this life and the past life, for myself and for...
Miss Yan looked at Yan Xue again and said, "I'm sorry for causing you trouble, twice."
She wiped the tears from her face and stood up. "Then I'll go." She bowed to the two of them and said, "I'm sorry."
The person who actually made the mistake refused to change, yet he asked someone who was completely ignorant of the matter to apologize here. Qi Fang dodged to the side.
Yan Xue didn't accept it either, and hurried forward to pull her away, "None of this has anything to do with you, and besides, haven't you broken up with him?"
Miss Yan is a little naive, but she is not a bad person. These things should never be blamed on her, and Qi Fang did not take revenge on her in the book.
But Miss Yan still insisted on finishing her bow, then opened the door and went out, where she ran into the second old lady who was coaxing her child across the street.
"Is that all you have to say? Why don't you eat at home before leaving?" The old lady warmly welcomed him.
"No." Miss Yan smiled with red eyes, "I'm sorry to bother you, old man. And thank you too."
At least he didn't vent his anger on her, nor did he hate her for her actions. At least he let her know the truth, instead of looking like a fool.
The eldest lady took one last look at the fat boy in the room, feeling a little envious, and then said goodbye and left.
Qi Fang took the jar she had used to wash, put it back on the table, and said, "At least you're not completely brainless."
He was probably talking about the breakup between Miss Yan and Wu Xingde. Obviously, in his opinion, Miss Yan was not very smart.
Yan Xue laughed, "She is a little naive, but that requires her to have received the appropriate education."
This made Qi Fang look up at her, "Didn't she finish high school?"
Compared to Yan Xue, who claimed that she only finished junior high school, Miss Yan was too ignorant and even mentally immature.
"Studying is studying," Yan Xue said. "If she were a boy, the heir to the family, would the Yan family still protect her like this?"
After all, the Yan family spoiled Miss Yan and made her have such an naive character, just because she was not the heir of the family.
Anyway, Yan Xue never thought that being spoiled was a good thing. Rather than knowing nothing and being protected by others, she prefers to control her own destiny.
However, this statement is still a bit ahead of its time, and it is better to say it to a man of this era. Yan Xue changed the subject and said, "It seems that Wu Xingde really has no other choice."
In the original book, Wu Xingde was not so deeply tied to those people. He was mainly in the field of scientific research, so he was not liquidated together later.
Now that he has found such a wife and such a brother-in-law, it will be difficult to separate them. It is simply digging his own grave.
Qi Fang looked down at her and said, "Indeed, but if it were you, you would definitely not do that." He actually answered the question she had asked before.
This made Yan Xue stunned for a moment, "How do you know that if it were me, I wouldn't end up like her?"
"You've never been the type to wait for others to make arrangements." Qi Fang answered without hesitation.
He could tell from the moment they got married and she got Yu Yongzhi drunk with two and a half jars of wine.
She was so smart, how could she not see that he asked Liu Weiguo to go out, he must have been prepared, but she still chose to solve it herself.
Although sometimes he also hoped that she would not be so stubborn and not be so tired, she really could never live like Miss Yan.
Thinking of this, he lowered his voice again and helped her tidy up her hair at the temples. "I won't do that next time."
Having her wait at home knowing nothing and worrying about nothing would probably make her more uncomfortable than facing danger and difficulties head-on.
Yan Xue took a moment to react before she understood what the man was saying from his eyes. "If there's a next time, I won't just be angry."
She hated arguing over the same thing over and over again, and she hated promising to change only to have things continue the same.
That would make her feel disrespected and that everything she said to the other person was a waste of time.
Qi Fang knew that she was not lying, and he also knew that if she couldn't make ends meet, she was really determined and capable of getting a divorce.
"No." He kissed her forehead, then gently touched the tip of her nose and landed on her lips, "I'll listen to you from now on."
The kiss was light and soft, and the words were held between the lips and teeth, with a hint of tender whispers.
Ever since they had the little fat boy, the couple had to review their old lessons and unlock new knowledge in secret, and they rarely had kisses like this. Yan Xue stood on tiptoe.
Then she heard the little fat boy's ah-ah sound getting closer and closer behind her. It was obvious that he had stayed in his great-grandmother's room for a long time and wanted to come back.
Without waiting for Yan Xue to react, the man took a step forward with his long legs and closed the door completely, which was still a crack open.
Then he turned her around, lowered his head and continued to talk to her, "Don't worry about him." He was obviously talking about his son.
Yan Xue clearly heard the little fat boy scream, and the door of their room suddenly closed tightly.
The second old lady also paused, then walked back, "Your parents haven't finished talking yet, great-grandmother will play with you for a while."
Then there was another string of "ah ah ah". Anyway, Qi lowered his peach blossom eyes and leaned against the door, indicating that he had no idea what was being said.
Yan Xue was afraid that Miss Yan wouldn't be able to cope with the information she received at once, so she went to the guesthouse the next day to check on her.
As a result, the waiter at the guesthouse said that Miss Yan had already left and took the train early in the morning.
When she left, her eyes were a little swollen, obviously she had been crying again, but she was in good spirits and even left a letter for Yan Xue.
"I guess you'll come over to check on me. After all, you're such a nice guy, and you're not that Qi Fang."
It was all about pulling down others from the very beginning. Even though the misunderstanding had been resolved, the eldest lady was still in a bad mood when Qi Fang was mentioned, just like when Qi Fang mentioned her.
I don’t know if these two people are born with incompatible temperaments, but they just don’t like each other no matter how hard they try. They were an engaged couple before.
Yan Xue continued reading, but Qi Fang was not mentioned again. Instead, the writer assured Yan Xue that she could handle it.
"You're right. It's a good thing I didn't marry him. I'm still young, and I don't have to get married. I can do something. Your pilot project is doing pretty well."
This young lady even knew about the pilot project she was conducting. She probably saw the newspaper on the wall at the front desk of the guesthouse.
That’s right, a provincial newspaper was also posted on the wall at the front desk of the guesthouse, for fear that outsiders might come and not know that someone from their forest farm had been advertised in the newspaper.
At first, Yan Xue felt a little embarrassed because she could see her own face wherever she went. Later, she got used to it and could pretend that it was not her and Qi Fang who were seen.
Miss Yan automatically ignored Qi Fang, praised Yan Xue, and finally said thank you solemnly.
Probably only Yan Xue could understand this thank you. For Miss Yan, leaving Wu Xingde was the real change of her destiny in her dream.
Whether you are alone or find a partner in the future, you will no longer be like in the original book, where you give up everything and still get betrayed.
Not long after Miss Yan left, the pilot project entered the autumn fungus harvesting stage, then stopped harvesting in October, and all the fungus was sold out in November.
When Secretary Lang brought the money and accounts to the bureau to report on his achievements, Qu Mingli was surprised. "Is it so early this year?"
I heard that the harvest season for wood ear mushrooms is only in the second year. This year, Jinchuan Forest Farm has planted a new batch, and the output is expected to be at least double that of last year. He thought he would have to wait.
Secretary Lang burst out laughing when he heard this. "There's nothing we can do. The young people below are very capable. They've already sold out almost all of the goods by November, and we're still not even close to enough to sell."
It must have sold so well that people were a little over the top. Qu Mingli couldn't help laughing when he heard it.
However, after taking a look at the accounts, Qu Mingli found that the results were indeed encouraging. He directly called the accountant from the bureau and recorded the results on the spot.
The accountant quickly deposited the money into the bank. When he returned, someone asked him, "I heard that Jinchuan Forest Farm has come to file their accounts. How much is it this year?"
"Jinchuan Forest Farm came to settle their accounts?" Someone, less well-informed, asked, "Isn't their produce selling well this year? It's only what month now."
Many people in the bureau are actually not optimistic about Jinchuan Forest Farm selling mushroom strains.
After all, one more forest farm means one more competitor, let alone six more at once.
But thinking about what Director Liu said at the time, Jinchuan Forest Farm had to be sold whether they wanted to or not, people felt a little sympathetic towards them, and of course there were also those who gloated over their misfortune.
But regardless of sympathy or gloating, there is one thing that is a consensus: the wood ear mushrooms from Jinchuan Forest Farm will definitely not sell well this year.
As a result, someone said that Jinchuan Forest Farm would come to settle the accounts in November this year, and the accountant nodded in agreement.
The man was really surprised, "Did you really come to report? How much did you report?" He was a little suspicious whether Jinchuan Forest Farm did not plant new wood ear mushrooms this year, or whether the yield of wood ear mushrooms was not good in the second year.
Then he saw the accountant hold up five fingers and take a deep breath. "5,000? Is that so much?"
Others also found it unbelievable. This was only 20% and it was 5,000. Wouldn’t Jinchuan Forest Farm have made 20,000 or 30,000 this year?
The accountant nodded and added a five next to it, "More than 5,500, and that's even with the price reduction this year."
"Is this how profitable it is to grow this?" Everyone was genuinely shocked. "Or is it only at Jinchuan Forest Farm that this kind of profit is made?"
"It should be just the Jinchuan Forest Farm. Weren't they in the newspaper this year? And there are still the old channels from last year, their products are selling well."
Everyone thought so too. Even if other forest farms were having trouble selling, Jinchuan Forest Farm would still be able to sell its products with that newspaper.
That depends on how other forest farms sell. With so many products coming in at once, their county alone definitely can’t sell them all.
Everyone was guessing which forest farm would come next to settle accounts and when, so as not to wait until the end of the year and still not sell anything.
Then a few days later, Wangshan Forest Farm came to settle the bill and paid more than 3,000 yuan at once.
Not to mention the others, even the accountant was a little surprised when he saw the three stacks of money. He couldn't help but ask, "Are you selling so fast too?"
"It's all thanks to Jinchuan Forest Farm and Technician Yan." The secretary of Wangshan Forest Farm immediately smiled and praised him.
He didn't explain in detail what had happened. After paying the bill and blowing some compliments, he went back happily.
Then came the secretary of Xiaojinchuan Forest Farm, who also handed over more than 2,000 yuan.
They were still conservative this year and planted less, unlike the bold Wangshan Forest Farm.
These three forest farms alone have a profit of more than 10,000 yuan. Their Forestry Bureau did not invest anything, but just opened the door for convenience for the forest farms below.
This time, even Director Liu couldn't help but sigh, "Growing wood ear mushrooms is really profitable." Then he said in frustration, "Why isn't he the secretary?"
By December, three of the remaining four forest farms had come to settle their accounts, except for the Hongshi Forest Farm.
This makes people feel a bit uncomfortable. Firstly, they are very curious about how much they can earn this year. Secondly, it is the end of the year, and the sooner they report it, the sooner the account can be closed.
There was really no other way, Qu Mingli could only call to urge them, but the Hongshi Forest Farm said they had not sold out yet.
"Even if we haven't sold all the products, we should pay this year's bill first and let the bureau close the account. We can wait until next year if we can't sell the rest," said Qu Mingli.
Then Secretary Zhao from the Hongshi Forest Farm finally came to give his account, reluctantly handing over 686.91 yuan...
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