Wencai personally drove to Li Yushu's home and picked her up. In this way, they set out on the dusty journey back to the village.
Shumei was still grateful to Li Yushu in her heart. If it weren't for him, she didn't know when she would have the courage to go back.
It was a good time to go back now. She knew very well that Wu Ju and the others would not spend money to send Xiao Shuangning to school. Going back would be a good opportunity to solve the problem of her daughter's education.
Now, her salary has increased from 200 to 400. In addition to the 100 she sent back home, she also paid 200 to Wencai to pay off his debts. She could save 100 for herself, so she was still well off, at least enough for Xiao Shuangning to go to school for the first half of the semester.
After so much time in the county town and her interactions with the upper class, she understood that one thing is that one cannot be without education. If rural people want to escape poverty, they cannot rely on their own hands; they must have knowledge. Without knowledge, they will never succeed.
Although studying wasn't the only way out, Shumei believed it was the best. She secretly vowed that even if it meant more hardship and fatigue, she would not delay Xiao Shuangning's studies.
She didn't want Xiao Shuangning to be the one who had to endure her fate. She wanted her only daughter to leave this small mountain village with knowledge and see the outside world. She wanted her to no longer be bound by fate and make a name for herself.
Thinking of this, she became even more grateful to Li Yushu for helping her to turn back from her mistakes and muster up the courage to go back at this critical moment.
Looking at the scenery outside the window that was gradually becoming familiar, Shumei was still uneasy.
This is just like a dream. Yesterday I was in the county town, buying groceries, cooking, and cleaning as planned, and now in the blink of an eye, I am at the village entrance.
Wencai parked the car in an open space at the entrance of the village, and Shumei helped Li Yushu get out of the car.
As soon as they got off the car, they attracted a lot of onlookers.
Shumei didn't know why, but she felt extremely embarrassed about losing. She lowered her head and didn't dare to look directly at these once familiar faces.
"Hey! Isn't this Ji Zong's wife? She's driving a car. What's going on? Did she get rich? Or is she dating a rich man?" A quick-talking woman quickly recognized Shu Mei and came forward to greet her.
"Hello, Aunt Wu! This is my boss. I work as a nanny in their home." Shumei supported Li Yushu and quickly explained to the woman.
The woman looked at the frail Li Yushu, then looked at Wencai who got out of the car. A skeptical smile appeared on her face, and she glanced at Wencai's car with disdain.
"Boss? You're such a nice guy! He even drives you out for a ride? You're so old, can you handle that?" The woman said as she looked up and down at Shumei's clothes.
It was obvious that there was something else behind what the woman said.
Seeing Wencai still so young, she naturally looked down on middle-aged women like Shumei. Even though Shumei was somewhat pretty, the difference between them was worlds. The only thing she could think of was Li Yushu, whom Shumei was supporting. Don't rich people like old cows chewing young grass? In front of this old man, Shumei was still a delicate young grass.
Shumei thought that since she was back, she had to look her best to see her family and Boyi, so she wore something relatively fashionable. At least compared to the people in the village, her outfit was outstanding and unique.
But it was precisely because of her attire that the woman became even more skeptical of the credibility of Shumei's words.
Li Yushu originally didn't want to get involved in Shumei's conversation with the villagers, but he really couldn't bear to see that woman suspecting Shumei.
"This is my daughter-in-law who is not yet married. She took the time out today to bring an old man like me to her home to see the beautiful scenery of your place surrounded by mountains and rivers."
"Uncle Li." Shumei didn't want Li Yushu to continue talking nonsense, so she quickly spoke up to stop him.
At this time, Wencai also came over.
"Daughter-in-law?" The woman showed surprise on her face and looked at Wencai who had just walked up to her.
"Yes, this is my son Li Wencai."
"What? Ah?" The woman was even more stunned when she saw the handsome Li Wencai.
Seeing her like this, Li Yushu felt much more comfortable.
Shumei felt extremely embarrassed. She quickly said goodbye to the woman and hurriedly led Li Yushu and Wencai into the village.
Along the way, she greeted the villagers.
Although everyone looked at her with doubt, Shumei didn't have the energy to explain everything to everyone. She could only watch them get confused, misunderstood, and talk and point fingers at her.
When they passed by the storage room, they ran into Wen Dazui who was walking his child at the door.
Wen Dazui was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out of his head. He stood there in a daze, not knowing how to speak for a while.
"Sister Huimei, it's been so long since we last met. You've lost weight, and your grandson can even walk now? Time flies!"
Shumei can ignore anyone, but she can never ignore Wen Dazui. Because Wen Dazui is her benefactor, no, not just her benefactor, to be more precise, he is the great benefactor of her and Boyi.
"Yes! It's tiring to take care of children, so I've lost some weight. Are you okay? How's your health? Why did you come back suddenly?" Wen Dazui came to his senses, hurried forward and grabbed Shumei's hand, chatted with Shumei excitedly, and looked carefully at Shumei whom he hadn't seen for so long.
"Thank you for your concern, Sister Huimei. I'm doing fine now. My boss wanted to go to the mountains for a visit, so I came back to check on him. Ningning is already a little over seven years old. I don't know if my mother and the others have sent her to school."
"No, no, I was just discussing this with Boyi! He has already done some ideological work on your mother-in-law. But your mother-in-law just disagrees, saying that it doesn't matter whether a girl goes to school or not, she will get married sooner or later anyway, so it's a waste of money." Wen Dazui was not afraid of offending Wu Ju, so he said whatever he thought and told Shumei every word Wu Ju said.
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