737: Are you really planning to never return to the city?
Yu Zhengxian covered his ears with his hands. Fortunately, his ears were still there and were not pulled off!
He staggered to his feet and began to feel a burning pain in his ears. He ignored the pain and picked up his hat from the ground, put it on his head, clasped his hands together, and begged for mercy in a low voice:
"Dad, Mom, can we fight later?"
Yu Jiahui gritted his teeth and said:
"After this matter is resolved, you can do whatever you want from now on, but don't let me see you. Otherwise, I will beat you up every time I see you!"
"Okay, wait until this is over and I won't come here again, okay? Thank you so much for covering this for me this time. I'll definitely repay you when I have the chance!"
Both sides lowered their voices for fear of being heard by the father and daughter in the room.
Although Yu Jiahui was angry, he could do nothing about it. After all, Chen Ci was in their house and they couldn't refuse even if they wanted to.
I can only bite the bullet and cover up this situation for him.
Xu Ying walked up to Yu Zhengxian again and said:
"I'm telling you, now that Shen Ci's father is here, if Shen Ci decides to sue you, you deserve it. It's all your own fault. Don't expect others to rescue you, let alone ask Xiao Zhou to help you. Our family doesn't owe you anything!"
"I know, it's all my fault! I will bear all the consequences!"
Seeing that he was so sincere and willing to die to prove his loyalty, Xu Ying decided to trust him one last time:
"Okay, you just said that after this matter is resolved, don't come to our house again. This is the last time we will help you. After this is over, no matter what Chen Ci decides, whether it's divorcing you or going back to the forest farm with you, don't have anything to do with our family anymore. You can do whatever you want, do you understand?"
"——" Yu Zhengxian wanted to cry but had no tears.
"Did you hear that?!" Xu Ying asked loudly.
"I heard it! Keep your voice down!"
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Inside the room, after everyone else had left, Chen Ci finally came to her senses. She lifted the quilt covering her legs, crawled to the kang table on her knees, picked up the bowl of hot water that Xu Ying had just poured, and said:
"Dad, come and have some hot water. You must be freezing on the way."
Shen Hongcai was indeed frozen to the point of numbness all over, but now his body began to regain consciousness. He took off the roe deer skin coat he was wearing, sat on the edge of the kang, picked up the steaming bowl, and drank all the hot water in one breath.
The hot water entered my stomach and warmed up everything from my mouth to my stomach.
"Dad, why did you come here so suddenly without writing me a letter in advance?"
Shen Hongcai didn't feel like talking about his own affairs right now. He put down the bowl and looked at his grandson, who was not even a month old, with a very complicated mood:
"Xiaoci, tell me the truth. What happened? If you suddenly married Li Xinchun and had children with him, I could understand. But why did you marry another man? You never told me about this man. Why? Were you coerced?"
"No, I was not coerced." Chen Ci said this, but did not dare to look his father in the eye.
Shen Hongcai refused to believe his daughter's words easily:
"You suddenly got married and had children, and you didn't tell your family about it. There must be a reason."
Chen Ci saw that his father would not give up until he got a reasonable answer today. Instead of trying to cover it up, it would be better to explain it as soon as possible. Otherwise, the longer it was delayed, the more suspicious his father would become.
"Dad, there is indeed a reason why I got married suddenly."
"What's the reason?"
"Do you still remember Li Xinchun I told you about before?"
"Remember."
"He and I were originally planning to get married, but we were delayed because of rehearsals. Later, Li Xinchun was arrested before we finished rehearsing the program." Chen Ci still feels sad when she thinks of this.
"He was arrested. Why was he arrested? What did he do wrong?"
"Because of speculation, a serious crime broke out on the farm at that time. The farm manager was determined to get to the bottom of it. He was also implicated and sentenced to five years of forced labor."
Shen Hongcai looked surprised. He didn't expect that Li Xinchun had been arrested.
"After Li Xinchun was arrested, Li Xinchun's parents took their anger out on me and often made trouble for me, saying that it was because I instigated their son to engage in speculation and profiteering that caused his arrest. They put all the blame on me—"
Having said that, Chen Ci was a little unable to continue. When she thought of those dark days, she still felt a lingering fear and dared not recall them.
Shen Hongcai noticed the sadness on his daughter's face and said distressedly:
"Why didn't you tell Dad about these things?"
Chen Ci shook her head. She didn't dare tell her parents about these things. What would happen if she told them? Her parents were far away in the capital and couldn't help her at all.
Moreover, her father was also under investigation at that time. It was a sensitive time and she couldn't make things worse for the family.
So she didn't mention it in her letter.
"Li Xinchun's parents often gave me trouble. When assigning work, they always gave me the hardest work. They also tried every possible way to prevent me from returning to the city to visit my family. In short, they tried every possible way to make things difficult for me. Later, a young woman who was rehearsing with me in the propaganda team found out about this. She stood up for me and asked her father to help me. She went to the company and dealt with Li Xinchun's father on my behalf. Since then, Li Xinchun's father has never dared to bother me again."
"Really? Who are those kind-hearted father and daughter?"
"They are Changning's grandfather and aunt."
Shen Hongcai thought of the old man he had just seen outside:
"Is it Yu Zhengxian's father, Yu Jiahui?"
"yes."
Only then did Shen Hong begin to understand something.
"At that time, Changning's grandfather was the head of the militia section of the field headquarters. Not only did he beat up Li Xinchun's father on my behalf, he also helped me arrange a trip back to the city to visit my family. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't have been able to go home last year."
So far, everything is true.
But Chen Ci couldn't tell the truth about what happened next.
She couldn't talk about how she met Yu Zhengxian in the county town after returning to the city to visit her relatives and was raped by Yu Zhengxian.
She was too embarrassed to tell her father about this, and she wanted to keep some privacy for herself.
Respect, and also leave Yu Zhengxian with a last bit of face.
She started to make up stories from here:
"After I met their family, Yu Zhengxian, Changning's father, started pursuing me. I was afraid that Li Xinchun's family would retaliate against me, so—"
"So, you married into their family to protect yourself and to repay their kindness?"
Chen Ci nodded:
"Well, I got pregnant right after we got married. I didn't know where to start talking about these things, so I kept it a secret. I didn't even get to tell anyone until the baby was born."
Shen Hongcai sighed:
"Why--"
Shen Hongcai had almost no doubt about this explanation.
Because in that era, many female educated youth who went to the countryside had no one to rely on in the local area. When faced with bullying and injustice, they often sought shelter by getting married.
So Shen Hongcai completely believed what his daughter said.
He could understand, but still felt sad:
"Xiao Ci, why didn't you tell me all this? Marriage is a matter of a lifetime, how could you make such a hasty decision? Do you really like him? Are you really willing to live here forever and never return to the city?"
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