This news brought joy to some and sorrow to others.
In particular, those educated youth who already had families naturally wanted to pass the college entrance examination and return to the city when they heard that the college entrance examination had been reinstated.
I couldn't see any hope at first, so I forced myself to accept my fate, and that's how I took root and sprouted here.
Hope is right in front of us, so of course we have to seize it.
But their wives and husbands disagreed. Would they ever come back to the city? Not every family visits like Lu Chen did; they just set up a couple of tables as a token gesture.
When we get back to the city, it will be like searching for a needle in a haystack; we won't be able to find it.
In every household with educated youth, fierce arguments erupted, and it was common for pots and pans to be smashed.
The noisy spring plowing has begun.
Unlike previous years, there were more people in the fields and villages making the most of their time to read.
The educated youth who used to complain about hardship and exhaustion are now showing a fighting spirit.
But what followed was insults and arguments.
“Look, look, I’m showing you! How could you be so heartless? You insisted on going back to the city, leaving your child behind. You have no conscience!”
A mother-in-law was pointing at her daughter-in-law and scolding her, while a man stood in front of the woman, saying, "Mother, don't scold her."
The woman's face was sallow, but her eyes were exceptionally bright. She pleaded, "Mother, I'm not taking the college entrance exam to abandon Nini or Daguo. Only by taking the exam and getting into university can I have the opportunity to work and create a better future for Nini."
Her eyes were full of seriousness.
But the old woman didn't believe a word of it and started tearing the book apart.
“You scholars can make the dead seem alive? I don’t believe your nonsense. And you, you’re really dim-witted. You believe whatever she says. I’ll show her, I’ll show her.”
"Mother, no, I beg you." She had finally found that book.
She lunged forward to snatch it, but hesitated because the other person was her mother-in-law.
At the crucial moment, the man grabbed his mother's wrist and forcibly took the pages from her, but a few pages were still missing.
The mother-in-law pointed at her son, her fingers trembling, "You, you're going to drive me crazy! What kind of bewitching potion did this woman give you? God, why is my life so miserable?"
The woman took back her book and hid it behind her back, her head bowed: "Mother, believe me, I really won't abandon them."
The mother-in-law wouldn't listen, so the man shouted, "Alright, stop crying!"
Seeing that she had stopped talking, he said, "Mother, I believe her. Even if she abandons me in the end, it's my fate, I accept it. Please stop making a fuss."
If you look closely, you can see the pain and sorrow in his eyes. He doesn't want to let go either, but they are from different worlds. Forcing them to stay together will only deepen their conflicts. He would rather let her fly away.
The old woman wept softly. The woman opened her mouth, but knew that saying more was useless, so she left only one sentence.
"I will prove it with my actions."
Such things happen everywhere; some people compromise, some threaten suicide, and some are simply imprisoned.
When Liu Shengnan returned, she told Ye Zhiyu what she had seen and heard, and then sighed.
"Nobody is at fault, but things have come to this point."
Ye Zhiyu remained silent. People strive for higher positions, just as water flows downhill. However, some people, once they reach a high position, do not forget the people who have always supported them, while others feel that these people are not worthy of their current status.
Yes, no one is at fault. In the end, it all comes down to character and responsibility.
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Watching Fu Tingshen leave again, Ye Zhiyu cast a tracking spell.
If you ask Li Xi what she cares about most, it's Fu Tingshen. It's not that she loves him that much, but her obsession with him is so deep that she can't let go of him.
She noticed, intentionally or unintentionally, that Fu Tingshen went out every two days, always avoiding Li Xi, thus eliminating the possibility of being followed by Li Xi.
This was after the spring planting season, and it also involved studying, so he went out every two days. Before the spring planting season, he was never home, and Li Xi often complained because he couldn't find Fu Tingshen'er.
This time, she'll do a good deed and consider it a way of repaying Li Xi for finding a wife for her father.
The divine sense spread out, and the little light point wandered through the village, finally stopping outside a house.
I waited a few minutes before I could get in.
Ye Zhiyu opened her eyes, recalling the place, and wondered why it felt somewhat familiar.
Village entrance?
Ah, she knew it. Wasn't that one of the women the matchmaker wanted to introduce to her father as a daughter-in-law?
According to Aunt Lu, she was a widow who often had affairs with men.
Wow, this is amazing!
Why would someone abandon the wife they married into the family to go after a widow?
Still retaining its charm? Having tasted its sweetness? Or simply seeking something new?
That's why they're such a perfect match.
Look, one is a scumbag without realizing it, and the other is a mistress who acts like one.
Wow, they look so well-matched.
"Where did they run off to again? They clearly studied so hard in their past life, why do they disappear all the time now?"
Li Xi walked out looking annoyed.
The moment he saw Ye Zhiyu, he straightened his hair and shut his mouth, not wanting Ye Zhiyu to laugh at him.
Ye Zhiyu watched her leave with her head tilted back, blinking her eyes. How pitiful.
Humming a little tune, she went to find the matchmaker.
Ever since the Ye family collectively reprimanded her that time, matchmakers now avoid Ye Zhiyu altogether.
But this was at home, there was no way to go around it, and I still had to entertain her.
"Ye Zhiqing, is there something you need?" she asked cautiously.
Ye Zhiyu smiled kindly: "Auntie, don't be afraid. This time, I'm asking you to be my matchmaker."
"A matchmaker?" The matchmaker perked up immediately. "Your father changed his mind?"
"No, that's not it." She still cares about my dad? Does she love him that much?
The matchmaker's enthusiasm instantly waned by more than half: "Oh."
“When my dad came last time, a friend of his came along. He took a liking to someone from our village at first sight, but he had to leave because of an emergency. Now he’s calling me to come and inquire about him.”
But how could I know that? That's why I thought of you.
"Ahem, of course, I know this area like the back of my hand, if not by words. Tell me, which family, what are your dad's friends like?"
Nobody's starting to act cool anymore.
Ye Zhiyu: "Is she one of the people you introduced to my dad last time? I think she lives at the edge of the village, or is she a widow?"
As soon as she mentioned it, the matchmaker knew who it was.
The matchmaker's expression was somewhat complicated: "You mean Lu Li, right? The one from the main branch of the Lu family."
"Ah, right, right, my uncle's conditions are similar to my dad's. He said that if it works out, he'll give you a 20 yuan red envelope."
Upon hearing about the red envelope, the matchmaker immediately became very enthusiastic.
She gets a maximum of five yuan as a matchmaker, which is still quite a lot.
This is twenty yuan, and if it becomes part of the intermediate process, she can earn a little more.
As the saying goes, money can make the devil turn the millstone, let alone people.
Full of energy, he couldn't be more enthusiastic towards Ye Zhiyu. "Go back and wait for news. I'll go tell Lu Li the good news right now. She'll definitely be happy."
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