Chapter 99: Resuming the College Entrance Examination
"Xiaoyue, why am I not pregnant yet? Is Xie Ning not okay?"
After a hard-earned day off, Shen Xiaoyue was lying at home in the sun when Lu Ping'an came in with a plate of apples, followed by Zhao Linlin.
Zhao Linlin occasionally came to play with Shen Xiaoyue, and she thought it would be the same today, but as soon as Zhao Linlin opened her mouth, she was a little speechless.
She thought for a long time and asked tentatively: "Did you use birth control products?"
Zhao Linlin didn't quite understand.
Shen Xiaoyue could only gesture to her with a red face.
Zhao Linlin also blushed and shook her head: "I have never used that kind of thing."
After a long silence, Zhao Linlin took a breath, leaned close to Shen Xiaoyue's ear, and said in a weak voice: "..."
Shen Xiaoyue knew what Xie Ning was planning after just a quick thought.
It's May now, and the authorities are becoming more and more relaxed. She remembered that in her previous life, the announcement of the resumption of the college entrance examination was around October.
Anyone with some connections should have heard some vague rumors by now.
Xie Ning stayed at the Zhao family for some time and probably discovered that the Zhao family was not as easy to treat as he had imagined, and Zhao Linlin was not a brainless idiot who could be fooled by him.
In addition, Zhao Linlin kept teasing him about returning to the city, but never gave him a definite answer.
He became wary and didn't want to leave the child behind as a tool to use against him when he returned to the city.
"Why don't you just not let go of him when you're... that time?"
Shen Xiaoyue had never imagined that one day she would have to teach others to do this kind of thing.
"Besides, there's a certain chance of getting pregnant this way. You guys... use a higher frequency."
Shen Xiaoyue spoke vaguely, and her face was steaming after she finished speaking.
What is she talking about! She herself couldn't bear to listen to it anymore! It's really embarrassing.
Zhao Linlin blushed: "Then I'll go get some velvet antler and polygonatum to put in the soup."
After seeing Zhao Linlin off, Shen Xiaoyue fanned herself with her hands to dispel the heat.
Lu Ping'an was boiling mung bean water for her. When he came in, he saw her fanning herself with a suspicious look on his face: "Wife, did you just go jogging?"
He looked up at the sun and muttered, "It's not that hot today."
Shen Xiaoyue didn't dare to say a word.
…
In August, Li Lan's child was born, a little girl.
Wu Rong had long been resentful of Li Lan, but she had been enduring it for the sake of the big fat grandson in her belly.
Unexpectedly, the first child was a girl, and Li Lan was not allowed to stay in the hospital. Zhang Mazi took Li Lan home that day.
Li Lan endured it silently until she was out of confinement, and then she had a fight with Wu Rong.
When Lu Guodong arrived, there was a slap mark on Li Lan's face, and Wu Rong's hair was pulled into a mess, with a small bald spot.
Zhang Qian was still squatting beside him, puffing on his pipe.
He is a man. If he gets involved and the villagers find out, where will he put his face?
Thinking this way, Zhang Qian simply squatted beside him without saying anything, and closed the door, hoping that the family's disgrace would not be made public.
As a result, the two of them ran outside to ask their neighbors for justice.
No one knew where Zhang Youde had gone.
"Bah, I was so blind to marry into your family. Look at the good son you gave birth to. How can you hide away at a time like this? How dare you look down on my daughter? No wonder your daughter doesn't want to help you. People say that grandparents are close to each other. You are so cruel to your own granddaughter. How good can you be to your daughter?"
Li Lan has seen through it all. In the past few months, she has witnessed clearly the cold-bloodedness of this family.
She could only hope that when she had the chance to return to the city, she would take her daughter back with her.
In late October, as expected, the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination came out.
And time is very tight, the college entrance examination is in December.
To ordinary people, this news was like a drop of water dripping into a frying pan, and everyone was shocked.
In the first year when the college entrance examination was resumed, because there were many educated youth who had gone to the countryside and the country needed talents, the conditions were relaxed and almost everyone could take the exam.
For a time, families in Dahe Village and Xiahe Village who had married educated youth became nervous.
Wu Qingyun couldn't remember how many people came to her just to watch the fun.
"The college entrance examination will be resumed soon. Your Ping'an's wife is a teacher, right? You better be careful. If she passes the exam, she might dump Ping'an!"
"What are your family going to do? Just let her take the college entrance examination like this?"
Some people were just there to watch the fun. After all, the resumption of the college entrance examination was a major event that shocked the whole country, so it was inevitable that they would mention it a few words. If they were really asked to make up their minds to do something, they might not be able to do it. Otherwise, there wouldn't have been so many educated youth abandoning their fellow villagers.
Some people had bad thoughts: "If you ask me, you should keep an eye on her on that day! Don't let her take the college entrance examination!"
Wu Qingyun looked calm and composed. She couldn't tell everyone that Xiaoyue was planning to take Ping'an with her to take the exam, right?
If you pass the exam, people will hate you!
Wait until the results come out and then let them be envious.
Xiaoyue said Ping'an is making rapid progress and there is great hope for him.
"Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings."
These people didn't want to make themselves look bad, so they curled their lips and changed the subject.
Teachers in the school are also discussing this.
"I want to take the exam. I want to bring my wife back to the city. My parents agree and we have obtained our marriage certificate."
Yu Qi also joined the discussion.
"We all want to take the exam. Which educated youth doesn't want to take the college entrance examination? Regardless of whether you do well in the exam, it's also an experience to be able to participate."
“Yes, yes, yes.”
For several days in a row, the educated youth teachers in the school looked very happy.
The person who was most excited to hear the news was Xie Ning.
During this period, no matter how he hinted to Zhao Linlin, she refused to reveal the news of her return to the city and shamelessly dragged him along every day.
He's about to be squeezed dry!
Xie Ning obviously felt that he was a little overwhelmed recently.
When he was about to despair, he suddenly received the news that the college entrance examination had been resumed!
Although there had been rumors before, there was no definite news. He only asked his parents to send him books, but he had not yet started studying.
He is not stupid and it is still not too late for him to prepare.
Just as he opened the textbook, Zhao Linlin walked in with a smile.
"Xie Ning, I'm pregnant. You're going to be a father. Are you happy?"
Zhao Linlin touched her belly. She didn't feel well today. Plus, her period hadn't come for a month or two, so she went to the hospital for a check-up. It turned out that she was pregnant.
It’s really worth it that she pulls Xie Ning along every day.
To be honest, Xie Ning's condition is getting worse day by day. From more than an hour at the beginning, it has become a few minutes. She can't stand it if she doesn't get pregnant.
"Impossible... This is impossible, I didn't even..." Xie Ning's lips trembled.
He suddenly stopped talking, as if he remembered something.
Zhao Linlin noticed the textbook on the table with her sharp eyes. Without saying a word, she went out and called her brother in.
"Linlin, are you pregnant? This is good news! Have you told Dad?"
"It's too late. I just told Xie Ning."
Zhao Linlin's brother Zhao Li came in and patted Xie Ning twice: "Good brother-in-law."
"Huh? What are you looking at?"
Zhao Li pretended to pick up the textbook that Xie Ning had placed on the table by accident.
Xie Ning's heart was about to rise into his throat.
"Oh, I don't understand. My brother-in-law is really knowledgeable."
Zhao Li pretended to put it down.
Xie Ning was about to slowly exhale the breath he had taken.
The next second, Zhao Li pulled Zhao Linlin over and said, "Sister, you know a lot of words, come and see."
Zhao Linlin took a look at it in cooperation, and said with a half-smile: "Aning, high school textbooks, are you going to take the college entrance examination?"
When Xie Ning heard her question, he didn't know how to answer, so he could only perfunctorily say, "Let's wait and see. When our child is born, I can teach him, too."
Zhao Linlin seemed to be thinking about something, and pulled the textbook over: "Then you teach me first, and let the child listen too. They call this...prenatal education, yes, prenatal education."
Xie Ning had no choice. Even if he taught Zhao Linlin, he could learn it himself. Besides, would Zhao Linlin be able to understand it if he taught her?
He couldn't help but sneer in his heart. Just learn it. When he returns home after the college entrance examination, Zhao Linlin will hold the child and read it to the child herself.
Perhaps she accepted her fate, or she didn't expect Xie Ning to marry a married daughter. Besides, Xie Ning couldn't even protect herself, so Shen Xiaoyue wrote a letter to her family asking for ID, and her family readily sent the ID to her.
But they were probably afraid of being depended on by Shen Xiaoyue. After all, they heard that she married a lazy man in the village. She attached a letter, which basically said that they would treat her as their daughter in the future and not to come to them if anything happened.
Shen Xiaoyue took Lu Ping'an to the county town to get a marriage certificate, and with the village's certificate of de facto marriage, the two successfully obtained their marriage certificate.
On the day of applying for the certificate, Lu Pingan put the marriage certificate in his arms with his teeth wide open.
Although he didn't say it, he was anxious in his heart.
There is a certificate that proves they are a legal couple, and no one can break it.
On the registration day, Shen Xiaoyue took Lu Pingan and Hu Qingqing with her and unexpectedly ran into Li Lan.
She was much more reserved than before, holding the child in her arms and not talking much.
Li Lan glanced at the three of them warily.
She came out secretly, fearing that Zhang Youde's family would delay her. She worked hard every day during this period. Wu Rong's attitude towards her improved a lot, but she kept urging her to have another child and try to give birth to a grandson.
Give birth to shit!
If Zhang Youde is ambitious, she would be willing to live a down-to-earth life with him. After all, it is the path he chose.
But during this period of time, whenever she had a conflict with her mother-in-law, he didn't dare to say a word, saying that he didn't want to get involved in women's quarrels, but in fact he was just irresponsible.
She finally received the news that the college entrance examination had been resumed, so she had to prepare well. If she passed the exam, she would be able to raise the child by herself.
This time the order came from above, and villages like Dahe Village took it very seriously. The village would also give rewards to those who passed the exam. Any young person without a criminal record could sign up, and few dared to hinder it.
But Li Lan couldn't afford to gamble with human nature, she was afraid that these three people would complain.
As a result, Shen Xiaoyue and the other two walked away as if they didn't see her, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
The three of them didn't walk far before they ran into Xie Ning again.
Xie Ning had lost a lot of weight, his face was sallow, his cheeks were sunken, and he looked in a hurry.
He saw that Shen Xiaoyue and Hu Qingqing were not surprised and thought that Lu Pingan just came to accompany them.
He also ran away secretly. He has been going crazy these days!
As soon as he picked up the textbook, Zhao Linlin asked him to read it to her. As he listened, he said he didn't understand, so he asked him to read the elementary school textbook for prenatal education.
What can he learn from primary school textbooks?
Zhao Linlin's brother Zhao Li is as his name suggests, tall, strong and very powerful.
If Xie Ning showed the slightest dissatisfaction, Zhao Li would glare at him fiercely and chop the firewood in his hand with a clanging sound.
He dreamed several times that Zhao Li was chasing him with an axe and wanted to kill him.
I can't study during the day and I can't sleep well at night.
He remembered that Lu Pingan and Shen Xiaoyue both had a good relationship with Zhao Linlin, and they ran away covering their faces.
Hu Qingqing couldn't help but complain: "They come here to sign up like thieves."
Of course Shen Xiaoyue would not let Xie Ning get what he wanted.
She turned around and went to Zhao Linlin's house to complain, but unexpectedly Zhao Linlin said that she deliberately gave Xie Ning some hope.
When Xie Ning tiptoed back to Zhao's house, the house was silent.
He opened the door nervously.
Zhao Li held a kerosene lamp in his hand, the faint light shone on his face, and he looked smiling very strangely.
"Brother-in-law, where did you go today?"
"No...something."
"Let me guess, you signed up?"
Zhao Linlin came out from behind him, touching her belly.
The two of them had a fierce quarrel.
Xie Ning was beaten.
"You don't know, that day Xie Ning ran out with his face covered and told the neighbors that Zhao Linlin had beaten him, and the aunties and uncles nearby were all trying to persuade them to stop."
"Beating is love and scolding is care. It must be because you made a mistake. Otherwise, why would you beat such a good child like Linlin? We have been neighbors with Linlin for so many years. This child is very honest! She is pretty and filial. You, an educated youth who went to the countryside, can find our Linlin. You should be happy!"
"What, divorce? No way! Marriage is not easy, just bear with it and it will pass! A man who is getting married for the second time is not that valuable!"
Hu Qingqing performed very well and successfully made Shen Xiaoyue laugh.
"I heard that Xie Ning was so angry that he wanted to fight back, but Zhao Li accidentally knocked him to the ground and broke his arm."
"It will take a hundred days for Xie Ning to recover from this injury. I'm afraid he won't be able to catch up with the college entrance examination this time."
Shen Xiaoyue was amazed. Anyone who came here would surely say that Xie Ning had it all his own fault.
At most she just helped a little, hehe.
After getting rid of Xie Ning, Shen Xiaoyue became more motivated to study, and before she knew it, the day of the college entrance examination had arrived.
"Don't be impatient, take your time in the exam. If you do well, go to school. If you don't do well, don't be sad. Dad, Mom, your eldest brother, second brother, and your sister-in-law are all waiting for you at home."
It was obviously Shen Xiaoyue and Lu Pingan who were taking the exam, but Lu Guodong and Wu Qingyun were extremely worried.
When they heard that they would move to the city a day in advance, the two of them got up early in the morning to pack their things.
"The conditions of the hotels in the county town are average. You should wear more clothes to avoid catching a cold. Come, Ping An, carry this on your back. These are the snacks that your mother packed for you."
Lu Ping'an was helpless: "Mom, look at the big bag I have on me. We have been packing it all night yesterday."
"It's only two days. We'll be back in two days."
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