Xu Ningyan smiled bitterly: "These two brothers, one named Xu Yewen and the other Xu Yewu, are Xu Yinlai's sons. They came to threaten me today, saying that I must find someone to reinstate their jobs and return the money they lost, or else they will make me suffer. They said that if I don't agree to their conditions, their whole family will come and live in my house, eat and drink my food, and even try to take my job."
"I disagreed, and we argued for a bit, and then they—" At this point, she lowered her head and wiped her eyes, looking aggrieved.
The two policemen standing nearby were indignant: "This is outrageous! Who gave you the guts?" As they spoke, they kicked Xu Yewen and his brother twice each.
Xu Yewen hurriedly defended himself: "Officers, don't listen to this brat's nonsense! We didn't threaten her! On the contrary, she beat up both of us brothers and then turned around and accused us—"
One of the policemen laughed angrily: "You two grown men, and she's just a little girl, how could she possibly beat you up? How dare you say such a thing? We clearly saw you two brothers trying to ambush that little girl from behind! We saw it all, yet you won't tell us a single truth. Be honest with yourselves!"
Xu Yewen and Xu Yewu were innocent and died unjustly. "It really was her who hit us brothers! Look at us!"
As he spoke, he began to pull at his clothes to show the police.
Zhou Zian coughed and cleared his throat: "What are you doing? Public indecent behavior is an even more serious offense! Don't try to deny it! The three of us saw it with our own eyes, how could we possibly wrong you? Besides, what are you doing here? Everyone knows what's going on in your family affairs. Comrade Xu has long since severed ties with you. You coming here at this time can't be for anything good! Take you back for questioning—"
Upon hearing this, the two policemen shoved the Xu brothers toward the police station. Seeing that the two were not behaving themselves and were dragging their feet, they would occasionally kick them from behind to make them walk faster.
After they had walked a little further away, Zhou Zian whispered, "Are you really alright?"
Xu Ningyan nodded, and Zhou Zian finally breathed a sigh of relief: "The Xu family is really shameless. They actually have the nerve to come here and threaten you! Don't worry, I'll lock them up for two days when I get back, teach them a lesson, and make them remember it."
After saying that, he gave Xu Ningyan a couple more instructions, telling her to be careful that night, before hurriedly leaving.
The Xu brothers' stunt has landed them in the police station instead of the police.
The next day, Lin Hong brought news of the two brothers, saying that they would be detained for three days. Xu Yinlai and his wife went to the police station last night, hoping to get them released, but now everyone hates their family and no one wants to see them. In the end, they could only leave in frustration. It is said that Shen Yue'e cried all the way.
Xu Ningyan felt relieved upon hearing this.
With Lin Hong around, news about the Xu family kept reaching Xu Ningyan's ears without him even asking.
After being detained for three days, the Xu brothers were released. As soon as they got home, the chairman of the union at Xu Yewen's factory came and announced that Xu Yewen was dismissed.
They said he acted like a hooligan in public, threatening to beat others. Their factory wouldn't dare hire someone with such a depraved character.
The Xu family was stunned. If he lost his job, the Xu family would really starve.
He was about to make a scene, but the union chairman was very firm, saying that it was just a dismissal and if he made any more trouble, he would report him to the police and have him arrested.
The Xu family immediately backed down. They had just come out of the police station, and it wasn't a safe place to stay inside. They certainly didn't want to go back in.
They had no choice but to back down and accept their bad luck.
Before the family could recover from this blow, the neighborhood's educated youth office came to their door to give them another notice.
According to regulations, one person from their family must go to the countryside, and they must report their names the next day. If they delay any longer, tough measures will be taken.
If it were before, the only candidate would have been Xu Yewu, since he was unemployed.
But didn't that mean Xu Yewen also lost his job?
The two brothers passed the buck to each other, each wanting the other to go to the countryside to suffer so that they could stay in the city.
Xu Yewen said that he was the eldest son, and as the older brother, he should naturally stay with his parents, so let the second son go to the countryside.
Xu Yewu objected, saying that since he was the older brother, he should act like one and take the initiative to go to the countryside in his younger brother's place.
Moreover, he is young and doesn't know how to do farm work; he probably wouldn't survive if he went to the countryside.
Not to mention, the eldest brother has already lost his job and his reputation, and staying in the city would only make him a laughing stock, so he might as well go to the countryside.
As for him, he's young, so he can stay with his parents. After a while, when no one mentions the Xu family anymore, he can find a job so he can take care of his parents.
Neither brother would back down, and their argument eventually turned sour.
Xu Yinlai and Shen Yue'e are both my flesh and blood, and I can't bear to send either of them to the countryside. One of them only knows how to smoke and sigh, while the other only knows how to cry and whine.
The whole family was shrouded in gloom and despair.
Xu Yinlai had to go to work, and Shen Yue'e also had to go out to buy groceries and cook, since the family needed to eat and drink.
The two brothers had a big argument and parted on bad terms.
Xu Yewen was holed up in his room, probably thinking of some wicked idea.
Xu Yewu slammed the door and left.
Shen Yue'e couldn't persuade anyone, and could only lament her miserable fate.
Two days later, people from the educated youth office came to the Xu family's door and handed them two train tickets and a notice to go to the countryside.
Only after asking did I learn that the two brothers, Xu Yewen and Xu Yewu, had both signed up to go to the countryside, and the places they chose to go to were the most difficult and poorest parts of the Northwest.
Shen Yue'e fainted on the spot.
Xu Yewen and Xu Yewu were stunned at first, but when they came to their senses, the people from the educated youth office hadn't left yet, and the two brothers started fighting.
Those nearby then understood that the two brothers had secretly registered each other without the other's knowledge.
In order to keep the other party at a distance and fear that the other party would return, they all chose the most difficult and poorest Northwest.
Looking at it now, the two brothers really do seem to have come from the same womb.
Neither of them wanted the other to have a good life, so they not only harmed the other person but also themselves.
The neighbors nearby shook their heads as they listened. They never expected that Xu Yewen, who usually seemed so smiling and gentle, and Xu Yewu, a cheerful and sunny young man, would have such dark thoughts and be so cruel to their own brothers.
On one hand, he sighed with relief that the two brothers had tricked each other into going to the countryside, otherwise he would have had to warn his children never to associate with the Xu brothers.
Although the people in the educated youth office heard about it, they didn't care. Every year, there were quotas for educated youth going to the countryside, and they would be criticized if they didn't meet them.
Moreover, the list has already been submitted, and it's written in black and white and can't be changed. They can only blame themselves.
The people from the educated youth office left behind the notice to go to the countryside, the train ticket, and the subsidy for educated youth going to the countryside.
When Xu Yinlai got home from get off work, he saw Shen Yue'e lying unconscious on the ground. The house was in a mess, and his two sons were panting heavily with bloodshot eyes, looking at each other as if they were their father's killer.
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