Chapter 29 The Laziest Man in the Countryside (29)
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The Ji family has many things to do. The second son's wife has just given birth, so they need to prepare red eggs and also go to the second sister-in-law's family to announce the good news.
Before they could even discuss the Li family's affairs, things had already gone back and forth for a while.
Before dark, Ji Huaizhi and Zhenzhu first escorted Li Decai and his wife back. The couple were preoccupied with their own thoughts and almost tripped while walking.
Fortunately, Ji Huaizhi caught him first.
"Huaizhi, we've caused trouble for your family." He Xianglan was now deeply afraid of affecting the relationship between her husband and daughter, and also worried that her daughter would be unable to hold her head high in their family in the future.
“Mom and Dad, don’t think like that. At least from now on, everyone will know that you are my father-in-law and mother-in-law, and Pearl’s parents. You don’t have to hide your relationship anymore.”
“My parents are just unhappy that we kept it from them, but they won’t have any complaints about you.”
Li Decai nodded: "We can understand that they are unhappy."
"But we owe you all the thanks today."
He felt a sense of relief.
If they hadn't gotten married, Pearl definitely wouldn't have been able to escape today, and I don't even want to think about what would have happened.
Those people wanted to take her away by force today, but fortunately there were so many people stopping them.
If they take it away, they'll be lucky to escape with their lives.
“Huaizhi…” He Xianglan now felt a lingering fear.
"Mom and Dad, don't worry. No one will dare to say anything or cause you any trouble in the future," Ji Huaizhi reassured them.
After all, his father was the village party secretary and had a high reputation in the village.
As for those who wanted to be criticized and denounced, they dared not come again.
Li Zhenzhu was also frightened today, and Ji Huaizhi held her hand when she went back.
"Don't worry."
Li Zhenzhu: "Actually, I was really scared today, but I calmed down when I heard your voice."
"You trust me that much?" That's why I trust you.
When they returned, Ji Hong and Wang Xiuju were waiting in the main room, while Ji Laoda and Ji Laosan were weaving bamboo outside. The two of them gave Ji Huaizhi a look.
After receiving the pearls, Ji Huaizhi took them inside.
After Li Zhenzhu went inside, she called out "Mom and Dad," but Wang Xiuju couldn't bring herself to smile at her.
She still loves Li Zhenzhu very much.
But unexpectedly, the two kept such a big thing a secret.
She didn't respond, so Ji Hong spoke first: "You must be tired today, go back and rest first. Huaizhi, sit down and talk to us."
Li Zhenzhu's heart tightened.
She was afraid they wouldn't approve of her being with Huaizhi, and even more afraid they would persuade Huaizhi to divorce her.
Ji Huaizhi gave her a reassuring look: "You go in first."
After sitting down, Ji Hongxian asked, "When did you find out about their relationship?"
“I found out when my father-in-law brought me back after I fainted by the river,” Ji Huaizhi said truthfully.
"You found out so early without even telling me? Do you even know who they are? You're incredibly bold!" Wang Xiuju said to him.
Ji Huaizhi did not answer.
“We know you have strong opinions, but you shouldn’t keep it from us. Do you think we, as your parents, would break you up?”
No, that's not it.
Wang Xiuju sneered: "Then you guessed wrong. If you weren't married yet, I definitely wouldn't allow you to be together."
There is no such thing as divorce after marriage nowadays.
She had long forgotten Huaizhi's former lazy and hungry image, and only knew that her son now had a job and was handsome, so what kind of girl couldn't he find?
Ji Huaizhi smiled and said, "That's not necessarily true."
Why do you say that?
Ji Hong also looked at him.
"Didn't you already like her? Besides, their family won't stay like this forever. Who knows, maybe they'll be exonerated one day and things will be different then."
"What do you know?" Ji Hong asked.
"No, I just said it casually. Besides, don't you all think Pearl is filial?"
"Besides, I was only able to marry her because her family had fallen on hard times; otherwise, I wouldn't be worthy of Pearl. Even if they are not as good as us now, what her parents left her will allow her to find a good husband in the city."
"It's just that she's filial and wants to stay with her parents."
The two were just angry that he didn't discuss such an important matter with his family, since they both really liked Pearl.
Wang Xiuju was just saying that in anger.
"Alright, let's not mention this again. Tell her not to panic. We won't let you get a divorce." Wang Xiuju waved her hand.
She could tell what Pearl was afraid of just by looking at her.
Huai Zhi was right. The two of them are from two different worlds. It is fate that they came together. They can't possibly make them break up now.
After receiving the two thousand yuan, Ji Huaizhi kept five hundred for himself and gave the rest to his family.
Ji Hong felt that holding this money was like burning his hands.
But Ji Huaizhi did suggest an idea: "Why don't we use this money to open a factory? We can start a production facility in the village."
Ji Hong thought Ji Huaizhi was joking, but seeing him wander around the village on leave and mention it several times during meals, he realized that Ji Huaizhi was serious.
The other three sons were also eager to try.
That means they want to give it a try, and if it doesn't work out, they'll just keep farming.
The atmosphere between Li Zhenzhu and Wang Xiuju has been a bit strange lately, and her identity is now somewhat awkward in the village.
Apart from He Yingying and Zhang Miao, everyone else at the educated youth settlement kept their distance from her.
Just like when I was in the provincial capital.
She didn't care about that; what she cared about were the people she cared about.
"You stinking intellectual!" The village children cutting pig feed would yell at Li Zhenzhu whenever they saw her, and sometimes they would even throw something at her. Li Zhenzhu originally wanted to avoid them, but Wang Xiuju overheard her.
Wang Xiuju immediately began to insult the entire families of the children.
They all left after I scolded them.
The child is disobedient and has learned some vulgar language at school.
Li Zhenzhu stood still in front, waiting for Wang Xiuju and Sister-in-law Ji to come forward.
"They're insulting you right in front of you, and you're just standing there letting them insult you." Wang Xiuju was exasperated.
Sister-in-law Ji, who was standing next to Li Zhenzhu, gave her a wink.
Upon receiving the message, Li Zhenzhu immediately smiled and said, "I saw you coming, Mom. I knew you would protect me."
Wang Xiuju remained silent: "What if I didn't come over?"
"I told Huaizhi about it tonight."
Hearing this, Wang Xiuju didn't say anything, but the two could be considered to have made up.
Pearl did indeed complain to Ji Huaizhi that night.
The kid who called her "stinky old intellectual" heard that he had fallen into the latrine within two days. In the village, it was not uncommon for a child to fall into the latrine, but Li Zhenzhu laughed until her stomach hurt when she heard it.
When Wang Xiuju heard this, she said to Ji Hong, "Your son is a good-for-nothing."
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