Upon hearing that Zhu Youjie and Zhang Yanyan had split, the Huangmei elders felt both heartbroken and secretly relieved. Zhu Youliang and Liang Yuan said nothing, but Song Hehua and Miao Miaomiao felt they had been shortchanged. Although they had been furious when they learned of the conditions proposed by Zhang Yanyan's family, they now felt sorry for the situation.
Huang Mei quickly regained her spirits and called her three daughters-in-law over, asking them to help look for suitable candidates and introduce them to Zhu Youjie if they found one. Unlike the introduction to Zhu Youxian, Song Hehua and Miao Miaomiao were very enthusiastic, listing who in their hometown was. However, Huang Mei said that since Zhu Youjie was educated, they had to find someone educated as well, implying that she had to have a college degree at the very least. Song Hehua and Miao Miaomiao immediately lost their enthusiasm and fell silent. Huang Mei then looked at Liang Yuan eagerly. Liang Yuan thought for a while, but couldn't find a suitable one, so she told Zhu Youjie to find a better one among his female classmates. Huang Mei was a little disappointed, but didn't say anything.
After Zhu Youjie learned about this, he came out and said that he didn't want to look for a partner now and wanted to wait until after graduation. The matter was thus left unresolved.
Despite Zhu Youxian's marriage to Wang Zhao and Zhu Youjie's breakup with Zhang Yanyan, the Zhu family still had a good New Year. Since they'd made some money selling headwear, and Zhu Youjie had no immediate plans to get married, Huang Mei was generous and prepared a generous amount of New Year's goods, resulting in a prosperous New Year.
Before the New Year, Zhu Youliang took the time to tell the old couple that he would take Tongtong to the county to attend elementary school after the New Year. Although the old couple were reluctant, they also knew that going to school in the city was better than in the village, so they naturally agreed. However, when Zhu Youliang mentioned that he would take them to the city in the future, the old couple both refused, saying that they were used to living in the village. He also said that since Tongtong was going to the city, they should move back. This meant that they would still have to live with the eldest brother in the future. Zhu Youliang felt a little uncomfortable when he heard this, because the last time he said this, the old couple had agreed that they would live with him in the future and would not return to the old house.
What he didn't know was that ever since the headwear business started making money, Song Hehua and Miao Miaomiao had been constantly courting the old couple, practically worshipping them as idols, showering them with compliments and offering them various gifts. On the other hand, the old couple, now old, loved the hustle and bustle and wanted to be with their sons and grandchildren.
Although Zhu Youjie didn't know why the old couple changed their minds, he didn't delve into it.
After the New Year, not only did Tongtong go to elementary school in the city, but Zhu Xingtong also became a day student. Although their school was a bit far from the machinery factory, fortunately they had bicycles.
After the Lunar New Year, the past conflicts seemed to have faded. After arriving at school, a few people in the dorm greeted her. She didn't respond coldly to their friendly reactions. When they heard she was going to be a day student, some asked why she was moving out, and some even apologized. She didn't offer much explanation, simply rolled up her bedding and returned to the machinery factory that night.
As soon as they returned to work after the Lunar New Year, the machinery factory held another rally. Why? Of course, it was to produce the all-purpose agricultural tractor before the Canton Fair. So, when Zhu Xingtong moved her bedding, the couple didn't help; she did it all by herself. Even when Tongtong went to elementary school, Wu Dahai took her there.
Speaking of Zhu Yuetong, he was initially excited to go to school in the city. But once he arrived at the machinery factory, he had no friends and felt quite lonely for a while. Zhu Youliang and his wife were busy, so they didn't pay much attention to him until he started school. The primary school at the machinery factory was originally a school for children of the factory's children, and many of the children's parents worked there. Within two days of attending school, he'd already made friends with a bunch of kids from the staff quarters upstairs. They all went to school together, and back together, making for a lively atmosphere. He was incredibly happy.
Zhu Xingtong, on the other hand, had interacted less and less with her classmates since she started attending school as a day student. During physical education class that day, the PE teacher had asked for leave, so the head teacher had them run around the playground once before letting them do whatever they wanted.
She didn't stay on the playground for long. After running, she returned to the classroom and prepared to lie down for a nap. As soon as she lay down, someone else appeared in the seat in front of her. It was none other than Xue Yang.
"Classmate Zhu, I need your help with something. Can you come out with me?" Xue Yang said after looking outside the classroom.
"No, and stay away from me." Zhu Xingtong said and prepared to go back to sleep.
"No, don't sleep, I really have something to ask you." Xue Yang said with his hands clasped together.
Xue Yangsheng was tall, handsome, and quiet, so everyone thought he was aloof, but in fact he was just a bit of a joker. Now he was bending over and making such a flattering gesture, which looked quite funny.
"Are you planning to hurt me again?" Zhu Xingtong said with narrowed eyes.
"No, I didn't mean it last time. I didn't know Zhang Yanran would misunderstand. Forget it, since you don't want to go out, I'll tell you here. Can you be my girlfriend?" Xue Yang said, and bowed to her with both hands, "Please, I really have no other choice. Zhang Yanran is simply crazy, and I can't do anything about her. Only if you become my girlfriend can you dispel her delusion." The reason why he came to find Jiayue was because since the last time, Zhang Yanran has always regarded herself as his girlfriend. Whenever he looked at that girl for a second, she would play tricks on him, making it so that no girl dared to talk to her. This made him very unhappy, but it was not easy to get angry at a girl. It would have been fine if he didn't have someone he liked before, but now that he does, he is thinking of ways to make her give up on him.
"No." Zhu Xingtong said and lay down to sleep.
"Why don't you agree? Can't you just pretend?" Xue Yang asked, raising his voice.
"Get out." Zhu Xingtong noticed that someone had returned to the classroom, and there was a hint of mental power in his words.
Xue Yang was captivated by the sound and unconsciously walked to his seat. When he returned to his seat, he thought about asking Jiayue for help again. Just then, Zhang Yanran and Huang Ting pushed the door open, so he had no choice but to sit down again.
After Zhang Yanran and Huang Ting came in, they glanced suspiciously at each other, but in the end, they didn't say anything. Zhang Yanran even walked over to sit in front of Xue Yang and asked, "Xue Yang, why don't you go play basketball?"
"I don't want to fight." Xue Yang said as he turned his head to the side and looked out the window.
"Why?" Zhang Yanran asked, folding her hands on the table and resting her face on them.
Xue Yangyang stepped back and said helplessly, "Zhang Yanran, I don't like you. Please forgive me."
"What's wrong with me? Tell me and I'll change." Zhang Yanran immediately responded.
"There's nothing wrong with you, and I don't like everyone because they are good. I just don't like you. Also, stop doing those little tricks behind my back. You've offended a lot of people without me doing anything. This will only make me hate you more." Xue Yang said in his heart.
"You...how can you say that to me? I did that because I like you. How can you be so cruel? I'm telling you, don't think that I will give up just because you say that. I will definitely make you fall in love with me." Zhang Yanran said as she stood up and ran out.
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