Time ticks by, and in the blink of an eye it is the last day of the final exam.
After the exam, Wang Cuilan went back to the dormitory to pack her things. When she reached the stairs, she ran into Ji Lin who was coming back from the other direction.
"What a coincidence, you come back at this time?" Ji Lin spoke first.
Wang Cuilan hummed and nodded, "There are a few troublemakers at home that I'm worried about. Now that the exams are over, I want to pack up and go home early."
"You want to go back early, but I want to go back later, but unfortunately..."
Ji Lin said helplessly, "My words are not counted now, someone is watching over me."
Wang Cuilan laughed when she heard this, and she knew that Ji Lin was saying that Zhou Qingming was controlling her too much now.
But Wang Cuilan also noticed that although Ji Lin complained about Zhou Qingming's tyranny and overbearing behavior, there was a glint of sweet joy in her eyes.
Obviously, she enjoyed Zhou Qingming's tyranny.
Yes, with Ji Lin's impetuous temper, if she doesn't want to, who can really control her?
Wang Cuilan was not an ignorant person, so she followed Ji Lin's words and praised Zhou Qingming a few words.
As they were talking, the two of them had already returned to the dormitory.
Pushing open the door, Wang Cuilan saw that the other people in the dormitory had not returned yet. "It seems we are back first."
I started packing my things.
Wang Cuilan's home is close to the school, so she usually packs up anything she doesn't need and takes it home.
So now Wang Cuilan doesn’t have much to pack.
Just the toiletries you need every day, and things like bed sheets and quilt covers.
Oh, and a few sets of clothes for daily wear.
It's summer now, and clothes need to be changed and washed every day. Otherwise, Wang Cuilan feels that she doesn't need to pack her clothes.
There's nothing I can do about it. Her home is close to the school, so she can go home every week!
After packing up, Wang Cuilan didn't wait for the other people in the dormitory to come back yet. She asked Ji Lin, who was packing, to tell them a message and then she planned to leave.
When she opened the door to leave, Ji Lin seemed to suddenly think of something and called her, "Cui Lan, wait a minute."
"Huh?" Wang Cuilan turned around and looked at Ji Lin with a puzzled look.
Ji Lin: "When I went to the restroom after the exam today, I happened to hear a few teachers talking about how the security situation outside has been a bit chaotic recently."
"The Public Security Bureau has received several reports of home invasions and rapes, and the suspects haven't been apprehended yet. There's no man at home, so be careful when you're alone."
Looking at the delicate Wang Cuilan, Ji Lin still felt uneasy and suggested, "Why don't you take the child back to live with your parents-in-law for the time being, for the sake of your mother and children's safety."
Wang Cuilan frowned. Ever since the college entrance examination was relaxed and a large number of educated youth moved to the cities, many of whom were unemployed, Wang Cuilan knew that chaos would arise. Otherwise, there would not have been the severe crackdown in 1983.
But it's only been seven or eight years now, and there's still a long time before 1983. Why are things starting to get chaotic now?
Wang Cuilan had something on her mind, so she was a little absent-minded in front of Ji Lin. She didn't hear clearly what Ji Lin said afterwards, and just nodded randomly.
When she got home, she did not go to see the children as usual, but called Aunt Zhou and Aunt An to ask about the situation.
"I heard things have been pretty chaotic outside for the past week, with many people's homes robbed. How's our family doing? Has anything unusual happened around here in the past few days?"
"No!" Aunt An shook her head. "I heard about it this morning when I went out to buy groceries. Those families that were robbed were basically those who showed off their wealth in public, and that's why they were targeted."
"No one in our family has ever flaunted their wealth outside, so I don't think we'll be targeted." Aunt An encouraged herself.
She is also afraid that her family will be targeted, right?
There are not many men in their family. There are only women and children who have little fighting ability. Aunt An really can't imagine what will happen if their family is targeted by those robbers.
When Wang Cuilan heard Aunt An say that there was nothing unusual around the house, she breathed a sigh of relief. As long as there was nothing unusual, it would be good.
She smiled and looked at Aunt Zhou beside her. The look on Aunt Zhou's face gave her a bad feeling.
No way, no way? Her family was really being targeted?
"Aunt Zhou?" Wang Cuilan's voice began to falter. She swallowed hard and said, "Has our family really been targeted?"
Aunt Zhou: "I'm not sure if they've been targeted, but there have certainly been a lot of new faces in our alley recently."
Hearing Aunt Zhou say this, Aunt An slapped her head and said, "Hey, you know what, there have indeed been a lot of new faces in our alley recently, especially the Li family in the yard next door. They came with a large family, about 10 or 20 people!"
Wang Cuilan's heart skipped a beat. "So many?"
Aunt An nodded vigorously. "That's right. I heard that the daughter-in-law of that family, the girl from the neighboring old house, wanted to divorce her husband because of the college entrance examination. Her husband disagreed, and then when the notice came, the girl from the old Li family simply abandoned the child, stole the family's money, and ran away."
"Her in-laws think that the girl has returned to her parents' home. So many people came to the family this time just to catch her and bring her back to live a good life."
Aunt Zhou curled her lips. "Live a good life? Since that girl can abandon her man and child and run away, she has no intention of living with her man anymore. Even if she is caught this time, do you believe she will dare to run away next time?"
Aunt An glared at her. "Then what do you say we should do? They still have two children! Are they really going to get divorced?"
"You didn't see how pitiful those two kids were. I heard from their grandmother that they've lost a lot of weight since their mom left. Now they're just skin and bones. They're really pitiful."
Wang Cuilan is a cold-hearted person. She doesn't care whether other people's children are pitiful or not. She only cares about the safety of her own children. Ever since she learned that many strangers had come to their alley, Wang Cuilan became worried.
Although the people coming from the neighboring yard included both young and old, and were unlikely to be the robbers who had recently caused a stir in the city, Wang Cuilan was still worried and told Aunt An and Aunt Zhou not to take the three children out until the neighboring group left. If they wanted to play, they could let them play in their own yard.
Anyway, their yard is big enough for them to play at home for a while.
In the evening, during dinner, Wang Cuixiang was speechless after hearing Wang Cuilan's arrangements. "Sister, are you a little too nervous? I met the new people from the Li family next door when I came back today. They are a very honest family and don't look like bad people."
Wang Cuilan: "Have you ever seen a bad guy with the words 'I am a bad guy' written on his face?"
"But......"
"Okay, don't say buts. Let me ask you, when does Mingwu plan to return home?"
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