In this day and age, rural families who can afford a television are considered quite well-off.
Although it was just a black and white television.
The Yuan family has the best living conditions in this village.
They were considered one of the wealthiest families in the village.
There was not only a television, but also motorcycles.
Few families in the village bought both a motorcycle and a television at the same time.
Otherwise, Yuan Mengge's equally patriarchal and bloodsucking grandfather wouldn't have married Li Xue'e to Yuan Dasheng.
Li Xue'e's fate is very similar to Yuan Pingping's. Both were born into families that favored sons over daughters, married into families that favored sons over daughters, and were exploited by their own brothers.
Yuan Mengge still remembers that when Li Xue'e was seriously ill, her grandfather even went to the ward to ask Li Xue'e for money to send her uncle's son to school.
Later, after Li Xue'e passed away, her maternal grandfather even came to her asking for money, and this money wasn't used for anything legitimate; it was meant to support his concubine.
A middle-aged woman thirty years his junior.
That woman was clearly a con artist trying to scam money, but the old man didn't believe her and thought it was true love.
Although they were born into the same family, Yuan Pingping's character was worlds apart from Li Xue'e's.
Otherwise, Yuan Pingping wouldn't have become jealous because she couldn't have a son and heard that Li Xue'e's second pregnancy might be a son, and deliberately knocked Li Xue'e off the riverbank and into the river.
The riverbank is over seven meters high, and the bottom is all rocks.
After Li Xue'e fell, she almost lost both her life and her unborn child.
Yuan Mengge was too young to understand these things at the time, but she came to understand them later when she grew up. Every time she saw Yuan Pingping, she wanted to beat her to death.
While the three men were watching TV in the living room, Yuan Mengge was reading a book in her room, with Li Xue'e tutoring her.
After studying for thirty minutes, Yuan Mengge started pulling her hair.
Li Xue'e didn't expect her grades to be so bad, and she was a little worried about her high school entrance exam next semester.
Yao Dongqing and Yuan Shasha finished preparing lunch and stood at the kitchen door, calling out to the living room.
"Come down for dinner."
The three of them were watching TV when Yuan Dasheng walked to the door of Yuan Mengge's room and called out, "Dinner's ready."
Then, looking at Yuan Mengge, he said, "What's the use of cramming at the last minute if you don't study properly normally? You only have half a semester left before graduation, why bother?"
None of the girls in their family had attended high school; Yuan Xiangxiang only graduated from elementary school and then dropped out.
By the time it was Yuan Shasha's turn, the family's financial situation had improved, so they sent her to junior high school.
Yuan Dasheng failed to get into high school due to poor grades, but he later paid money to get in through connections and managed to stay for three years.
Therefore, all three families planned that after Yuan Pingping finished junior high school, she would stop attending school, just like her older sisters.
Let her go out and find work.
Seeing her suddenly start studying, Yuan Dasheng scoffed at her with a few disdainful remarks.
Yuan Mengge didn't take it to heart, but Li Xue'e understood what she meant.
She looked at Yuan Mengge and asked, "Don't your parents plan to let you go to high school?"
Yuan Mengge calmly replied, "Whether I go to high school or not has nothing to do with whether they agree or not. Even if they disagree, I will still go."
Upon hearing this, Li Xue'e said, "If they don't pay you, how are you going to go on stage?"
Yuan Mengge: "Don't worry about that, the tuition isn't much, I have the money to go to school. My only worry right now is my grades..."
She needs to quickly earn experience points to exchange for capsules.
Li Xue'e said, "There's still half a semester left, you need to work hard. Let's go eat."
The two then walked out of the room.
During the meal, Yuan Xiangyong suddenly said to Yuan Dasheng and Li Xue'e, "You two go out this afternoon and buy some things to prepare for tomorrow's homecoming visit."
Li Xue'e and Yuan Dasheng exchanged a glance and nodded.
Yuan Mengge immediately spoke up: "I'll go too, I'll help you carry your things."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Dasheng became unwilling.
He gave her a cold look: "What are you going to do? We're newlyweds, we need to go out and nurture our relationship, why are you going to join in?"
Yuan Mengge thought to herself: I'm going to ruin your relationship.
But she said, "Aren't you going to buy a lot of things for your homecoming tomorrow? You definitely won't be able to carry them all. Look how thin and weak Sister Xue'e is, and you have to drive. Wouldn't it be better to find someone to help carry them?"
And there are things I want to buy too.
Yuan Dasheng: "Then you can ride your bicycle there yourself!"
Li Xue'e said, "Let her ride with us. We're going out anyway, and there's plenty of room."
Everyone else at the table thought that Yuan Mengge might have stolen Yuan Dasheng's motorcycle yesterday and driven it recklessly, which was why they didn't want to bring her today.
Apart from Yuan Xiangyong and his wife, the others all knew that Yuan Dasheng was being thrown over the shoulder last night, and he was holding a grudge.
Despite Li Xue'e's words, Yuan Dasheng refused: "I'm not going to pull her! You should go ride your bike yourself!"
Yuan Mengge didn't care: "Whatever, I won't sit if I don't want to."
Her only purpose was to stir things up; she didn't actually want to ride in his car.
She was going to wander around Huang Jiazhong's vicinity to see if there were any quests that could be triggered.
That said, she didn't have much of a memory of Huang Jiazhong when she was a child.
In other words, Huang Jiazhong disappeared after she was born or in the years following her birth.
Yuan Dasheng often invited friends over for meals and drinks, but this person was not among these fair-weather friends.
Judging from their current relationship, it should be very good.
Why did they stop keeping in touch a few years later?
What caused their relationship to break down, or was Huang Jiazhong not even home and had left?
Yuan Mengge and Yuan Dasheng were not close since childhood. When she was a child, Yuan Dasheng was away working to support his family for many years, and she only saw him once a year.
When he got home, he would either scold her or scold Li Xue'e.
As she grew older and became more aware, she disliked her father even more.
Therefore, Yuan Dasheng didn't talk to her much, and he certainly didn't chat with her about his friends.
Yuan Mengge had never heard anyone mention Huang Jiazhong.
After lunch, everyone has the habit of taking a nap.
Yuan Mengge went back to her room to continue reading.
However, this time Li Xue'e didn't teach her; instead, Li Xue'e lay down on her bed and took a nap.
Yuan Dasheng continued to sleep in the living room, while Yuan Shasha and her fiancé had already gone home.
Yuan Shasha has been engaged to her fiancé for two years and they have lived together for more than a year.
The reason why Yuan Dasheng is not married yet is not because he is not married, but because of the patriarchal mindset in the area.
The man will only hold a wedding banquet after his live-in girlfriend becomes pregnant or gives birth to a son.
Especially in cases where people are introduced by matchmakers and there is no emotional foundation, the goal is to achieve a result before blossoming into something more.
If they have been living together for two or three years and the woman has not gotten pregnant or had a child, the man will most likely choose to call off the engagement.
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