During the first month of the lunar year, every household starts visiting relatives and friends, and the Jiang family also welcomed several waves of guests who came to visit relatives. Faced with the enthusiastic, unfamiliar relatives, Jiang Suisui's face was almost frozen from smiling these days.
"Sui Sui, how come you've become so thin after not seeing you for a year? Didn't your family give you any food?"
Jiang Suisui smiled and said, "Auntie, I've changed a lot as I grow up. I've become taller and thinner. It's normal for me to be a little thinner."
"Sui Sui, when are you going to get married?"
Jiang Suinsui smiled and said, "It hasn't been decided yet. I will be the first to inform you when it is decided."
"Sui Sui, what happened to your sister Miao Miao? What did she do wrong?"
Jiang Sui Sui smiled and said, "I don't know either. You can go ask Sister Miao Miao."
"Sui Sui, your fiancée's family won't dislike you because of Miao Miao's matter, right? Why don't we get married earlier? It's too late to say for sure."
Jiang Sui Sui smiled and said, "No, they don't mind at all."
After finally dealing with a wave of relatives, Jiang Suisui couldn't sit still anymore, so she slipped out again under the pretext of going to Song Weizheng's house to pay New Year's greetings.
As soon as I went out, I ran into Song Weizheng.
Jiang Suensui: "Why are you here?!"
Song Wei Zheng lifted the gift in his hand and said, "I'm here to wish you a happy new year."
"No hurry, no hurry, no hurry!" Jiang Suisui stopped him quickly, "Come back later to pay New Year's greetings. There are so many people inside now. As soon as you enter, they will interrogate you like a criminal. I finally came out to take a breath!"
Jiang Sui Sui: "I was just about to go to your house to celebrate the New Year, but I forgot to bring something. Please wait for me for a while!"
After saying that, she turned back to the house, found some fruits and sugar from the cupboard and packed them up.
Then when I turned around again, I saw Song Wei Zheng already standing in the house and greeting Grandma Jiang.
Jiang Sui Sui: !!!
Grandma Jiang accepted the gift from Song Wei Zheng and said cheerfully, "Let Sui Sui go back with you later to wish your mother a happy new year."
The gossiping aunts and uncles quickly interrupted, "Hey, this is Sui Sui's boyfriend, right? The boy looks really energetic."
"Is this your first time seeing her? If she wasn't pretty, would I be interested in her?"
"Do you have any other brothers at home?"
"Hey, what are you doing? Planning to marry your daughter off? Let me tell you, his family situation isn't very good..." This was a quiet reminder.
"When are you going to get married?"
"How is the preparation of the betrothal gift going?"
Jiang Suinsui covered her face and felt suffocated.
Song Wei Zheng still looked calm: "Yes. I have no brothers, only one sister. I haven't decided on marriage yet, it depends on Suishun's opinion. I'm preparing the betrothal gifts."
Finally, Grandma Jiang came out cheerfully to smooth things over: "Okay, stop chatting, Sui Sui still has to visit her future husband's family to pay New Year's greetings. Sui Sui, have you got everything?"
Jiang Suisui said quickly: "Here you go, here you go!"
When they finally walked out of the house again, Jiang Suishun let out a long sigh of relief and couldn't help complaining, "I told you I should come to pay New Year's greetings later, and now you're being scolded. Why are you in such a hurry?"
Song Weizheng: "It's polite to come early. It's New Year's Day. It's okay to listen to their chatter."
Jiang Suisui smiled and said, "Comrade Xiao Song is quite polite."
Song Weizheng also raised the corners of his lips and smiled: "Let's go, it's your turn next."
Jiang Suishun was immediately shocked: "Is there anyone in your family who talks about me?"
Song Weizheng raised his hand, cupped her head with his palm and searched it, then said, "Don't worry, my home is very quiet."
Jiang Suisui chuckled and said, "Don't worry, it won't be quiet when I get there."
With a smile in his eyes, Song Wei Zheng reached out to take her gift, and the two of them walked home together.
After a while, laughter and joy were heard from Song Weizheng's house. At this moment, the New Year's atmosphere was most purely satisfied.
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Educated youth point.
Wang Xiaoyan held the laundry basin in one hand and covered her belly with the other, her face pale as she prepared to go to the river to wash clothes.
Zheng Qing rushed out of the house and stopped her: "Xiaoyan, why are you washing clothes in such a cold weather? You are not well yet, go back to your room and lie down!"
Wang Xiaoyan looked at the clothes in the basin and said embarrassedly, "My pants are dirty... I have to wash them quickly."
"What's going on?" Zheng Qing lowered his voice quickly, "You're still bleeding? It's been a few days, right? Why don't you go to the hospital? They say that childbirth is especially harmful to women's health."
Wang Xiaoyan shook her head: "No, it's too embarrassing for me, an unmarried girl, to go to the hospital to see this."
"It's all Zhou Qiang's fault!" Zheng Qing stamped his feet in anger. "Women suffer because of the trouble caused by men!"
Zheng Qing took the basin from Wang Xiaoyan and said, "Give the clothes to Zhou Qiang and let him wash them for you. This is what he should do!"
"Don't!" Wang Xiaoyan quickly stopped her, "Forget it, men have rough hands and feet, how can they wash clothes? I can rub them quickly by myself."
Seeing her like this, Zheng Qing was immediately furious: "Which of the male educated youth here doesn't wash their own clothes? Even Shen Zhiwen knows how to wash them! Only Zhou Qiang has been conditioned by you to do nothing! I think he went to the countryside just to enjoy himself!"
Wang Xiaoyan advised: "Don't say that. He works very hard in the fields."
"Forget it!" Zheng Qing felt that she was hopeless, and he couldn't say anything bad about Zhou Qiang in front of her. "Isn't it just a pair of pants? I'll rub them for you! Go back to your room and lie down, and get well soon. Also, talk to your Zhou Qiang and get married soon. Even if the child is accidentally dropped, he has to take responsibility as soon as possible, understand?"
After saying that, Zheng Qing carried the basin and walked out of the door. Wang Xiaoyan looked at her back, feeling both grateful and ashamed.
If Zheng Qing knew that her child was not killed accidentally but was aborted by Zhou Qiang after he bought some medicine, she would definitely be even angrier.
Wang Xiaoyan understood what Zheng Qing said, but she had already spent so many years and so much emotion on Zhou Qiang, it was too difficult to take it back.
Wang Xiaoyan covered her aching abdomen, her face pale and her heart confused.
Marriage... Will Zhou Qiang marry her? But if not, who can he marry? Let's wait a little longer...
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On the other hand, Shen Zhiwen's love life seemed to be particularly smooth. Just after the Chinese New Year, he received the good news that he and Zhang Wenfang's wedding date had been set for early March, and he invited all the educated youth to attend the wedding together.
Shen Zhiwen accepted the congratulations from his fellow educated youth with a beaming face, which made Zheng Qing and others sigh in amazement.
Privately, Zheng Qing couldn't help but say, "I didn't expect it. Shen Zhiwen seems to be serious this time. He's so happy about getting married!"
Li Xianghong smiled and said, "Of course. The wedding night and passing the imperial examination are both great joys in life."
Zheng Qing shook his head and said, "It seems that I was wrong. Shen Zhiwen is a reliable person at times."
Wang Xiaoyan on the side remained silent, but Li Wanyue sneered secretly and curled her lips in disdain.
Others may not know, but she knows it very well. What makes Shen Zhiwen happy is not the marriage, but the fact that after the marriage, he can get a place in the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University from Zhang Wenfang's second uncle.
Thinking about it, Shen Zhiwen had only been here for a year, and he had already found a way to leave. Li Wanyue touched her increasingly rough cheek skin, and her heart began to panic.
She couldn't stay in this shabby place anymore!
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The good news about Zhang Wenfang also reached Jiang Suishun's ears. The person who brought the news was none other than Zhang Wenfang herself.
Jiang Suinsui was puzzled. They had not been friends for such a long time, why would this person come to show off in front of her?
Zhang Wenfang said happily, "Sui Sui, I'm getting married. I've chosen a good date, in early March. You must come to the wedding banquet then. After all, we have been friends since childhood. We are sisters, so we can't fail to show respect to each other."
Jiang Suisui had no choice but to smile and say, "Okay, I'll go."
Zhang Wenfang paused, looked at her again, and said proudly: "I told you to hurry up. My wedding date has been set, why haven't you made any moves yet? Could it be that... Song Weizheng is still unwilling to marry you?"
Jiang Suunshun kept smiling: "I'm still young and don't want to get married so soon, so I haven't set a wedding date yet."
"Tsk!" Zhang Wenfang didn't believe it at all. She was sure that Jiang Suinsun was just trying to save face. She pretended to be worried and said, "Hey, I'm really worried about you! I told you to listen to me and break off the engagement with Song Weizheng, but you refused to listen. Now look out for it. Be careful that he will drag you down like an old maid! You should learn from me and be more careful when you look at men."
Jiang Suinsui was speechless. Yes, you opened your eyes. You opened your eyes and found a scumbag!
Zhang Wenfang continued: "Forget it, forget it. It's too late for you to regret now. If you are unhappy about something in the past, tell me and I will help you worry about it." Her attitude was very generous, as if all the previous unhappiness had disappeared.
Jiang Suunsun tried to hold back, but in the end she couldn't help it. She asked tentatively, "Are you and Shen Zhiwen...developing a little too fast?"
Zhang Wenfang: "What's the hurry? Are you jealous?"
Jiang Suisui: “…”
She took a deep breath, resisted the urge to complain, and said seriously, "I mean, do you know what kind of person he is? His family, his personality, his life plan. After all, he is from the city. If he suddenly goes back one day and completely cuts off contact, where can you find him? Do his parents in the city know about your marriage? What if he has a partner in the city, or even if he is already married?"
Zhang Wenfang was furious when she heard this: "Do you think Zhiwen is a man who doesn't keep his word like Song Weizheng? I'm telling you, don't think that other men are bad just because you can't meet a good man. I think you're just jealous of me! I won't fall for your trick! I'm so mad at you, so mad at you, so mad at you!"
Jiang Suisui said helplessly: "Think about it carefully. Is what I said unreasonable? Besides, if Shen Zhiwen is really that good, why did Jiang Miaomiao suddenly stop associating with him? Don't you find it strange?"
Zhang Wenfang didn't take it seriously: "What do you know? Jiang Miaomiao has the intention but not the fate. Zhiwen doesn't like her, so what else does she want? Zhiwen likes me, so we decided on it right away. He doesn't like Jiang Miaomiao, so it's useless no matter how much Jiang Miaomiao tries to get him!"
Then she said with disgust: "Don't associate Jiang Miaomiao with Brother Zhiwen in the future. It's shameful for a woman to be arrested and sent to jail in a man's house!"
Jiang Suisui felt like she was getting angry as she listened: "Okay, you're awesome! If you want to jump into the fire pit, just do it. I have no obligation to control you."
The two of them had no idea what was going on and parted unhappily.