Early the next morning, Chu Jingqiu went to work in the village. When he arrived, he found Yu Laonian and Yu Huanxiang waiting at the door of the Revolutionary Committee.
Yu Laonian was dressed very smartly today, smiling from ear to ear, with his yellow buck teeth showing, and his slightly hunched back seemed to have straightened.
Yu Huanxiang looked rather haggard, with a pale face, eyes as red and swollen as bells, and a very strange walking posture.
The two came to get a marriage certificate. They had to get it from the Revolutionary Committee, and the person who issued the certificate was Gu Wanshan. Gu Wanshan looked at Yu Huanxiang with a strange expression.
Yu Huanxiang looked at Gu Wanshan and wanted to say something, but when she saw Yu Laonian beside her, she opened her mouth and said nothing.
Gu Wanshan said some polite words according to the regulations, then stamped their documents and gave them a marriage certificate that looked like a certificate.
Chu Jingqiu looked at the newly married old man and young wife, sneered, and said to himself: "Misfortunes sent by heaven can still be survived, but those brought upon oneself cannot be survived. It is true that evil will be punished!"
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Qingshan Brigade
Yu Fugui was filled with rage. The perfect plan he had designed after working all night was ruined. Not only did he lose his own daughter, but his family was also made a laughing stock for all the men, women and children in the village.
He must find out who ruined his plan and skinned him alive.
This man rescued Zhang Pingping, and interrogating Zhang Pingping was the most effective way for him, but he couldn't ask, as doing so would be walking into a trap.
He didn't even dare to call the police. If the police found out what happened last night, his family might end up in jail.
He was unwilling to suffer in silence. Anyway, Zhang Pingping knew that it was his family who did it, which was equivalent to tearing their relationship apart. He planned to give Zhang Pingping a lesson.
After having breakfast early, he came to the educated youth site.
With a gloomy face, he gathered the educated youth together and stared at Zhang Pingping with cold eyes for a while.
Zhang Pingping met his gaze without fear. Since avoiding the problem wouldn't solve it, then let's face it!
Yu Fugui turned his gaze away and said, "After dinner last night, I asked you to hold a meeting to discuss the literacy class, but several of you were absent.
Chu and Zhang Zhiqing never held the meeting, and Shi and Lin Zhiqing even slipped away early. There was absolutely no organization or discipline."
Zhang Pingping glanced at Yu Fugui with disdain and interrupted him in a cold voice, "Captain, last night your second and third sons had a fight and Jingqiu's clothes got wet. Jingqiu changed her clothes and hurried over, even running.
If you don’t believe me, ask Aihong, Zishan, and your family’s Huanxiang. Later, when she found out that I went to find her, she came back to find me.
She met me on the way, and then she had a stomachache so bad that she couldn't stand up, so I helped her back to the educated youth camp to rest."
Shi Aihong snorted coldly and said bluntly: "Captain, the basin of water in your house almost killed me yesterday. It's almost winter now, who can stand it?
Jingqiu and I were running to your house for a meeting, both buttoning our coats.
Who knew I was so weak that I started to have stomachache and headache during the meeting, so Lin Zishan sent me back."
Lin Zishan even touched Shi Aihong's forehead pretentiously and said, "That's great, the fever is gone. Captain, she and Jingqiu both had fevers last night, thank goodness Jingqiu had the fever-reducing medicine.
Pingping and I were worried about them, so we both slept in Jingqiu's room last night. Pingping and I took turns taking care of them all night.
If you don’t believe me, just look at the dark circles under our eyes. All the educated youth in our group know that the four of us slept together last night.”
When Shi Aihong heard Lin Zishan say that she was so tired that dark circles appeared under her eyes, she almost couldn't hold it in. Lin Zishan was still as eloquent as ever.
Everyone nodded in agreement, because it was early in the morning and everyone else had woken up, but the four of them were called up to eat with sleepy eyes.
Qin Yilan was so jealous about this that she threw benches and slammed the table, blaming these people for isolating her.
Yu Fugui choked. It was indeed the second and third children who were wrong last night. He could only smile awkwardly and say, "What happened last night was really about the children being ignorant. You should not take it personally."
"Captain, you're not young anymore! If I remember correctly, your daughter Gaixiang is 17 this year, Jiuxiang is 15, Jingqiu and Aihong are only 17.
"You have to keep them under control. If word gets out that they're fighting over a chicken leg, it'll be hard to get married," Zhang Pingping said sarcastically.
Zhang Pingping knew that she had already fallen out with Yu Fugui, so there was no need to endure it any longer.
Yu Fugui coughed dryly a few times and changed the subject. He said, "I'm here on behalf of the village to investigate yesterday's fire and see if someone deliberately set it on fire and destroyed collective property.
If anyone wasn't at the educated youth camp when the fire started last night, the village will reward anyone who reports it. Someone must prove you were at the educated youth camp when the fire started."
Jiang Qingzhou glanced at everyone and said, "I can prove that everyone was here last night. When we heard someone shouting "fire!" outside, a few of us educated youths got up quickly to help.
Chu Zhiqing and Shi Zhiqing may not be in good health, but they also insisted on going to put out the fire. Even though they were slower, they kept following us.
Several male educated youth also nodded and said that it was indeed as Jiang Qingzhou said.
Yu Fugui knew that Zhang Pingping was lying, but it was impossible for all educated youth to lie, so who saved Zhang Pingping?
Could it be that Du Yueming secretly hired someone to protect Zhang Pingping? This is also possible. It seems more likely that it was someone from the village.
Thinking of this, Yu Fugui said directly, "I believe that the educated youth are all good comrades with high consciousness. This is the village's rule to investigate them all. Okay, I'm leaving now, you guys can go back to work!"
After saying that, Yu Fugui walked out of the educated youth site with his arms behind his back.
When Yu Fugui returned home, he found Wang Fengqin sewing a quilt with several women in the village. It seemed that they were preparing a quilt for Yu Huanxiang's wedding. There was no joy on Wang Fengqin's face.
Several women spoke cautiously, obviously watching the family sighing. If Yu Fugui was not the team leader, they would have flattered him and not gotten involved in this bad luck.
Wang Fengqin originally planned to prepare two quilts and two mattresses for Yu Huanxiang, but there was no one in Yu Laonian's family to make them. Yu Laonian paid for it and made the man's set of quilts and mattresses as well.
Yu Laonian had called Yu Fugui brother for so many years and Wang Fengqin sister-in-law for so many years, but suddenly he changed his words to father and mother. Wang Fengqin couldn't bear to agree.
Yu Huanxiang didn't eat for the past two days and just cried all the time, which annoyed Yu Fugui so much that he disappeared after dinner. Wang Fengqin didn't care where Yu Fugui went, but just prepared wedding supplies for Yu Huanxiang with a sullen face.
Yu Laonian was excitedly directing people to decorate the new house. He was directing several cousins to paint the walls.
Although the marriage was hasty, Yu Fugui had high requirements. He borrowed a lot of money, ordered a new set of kang cabinets, and packed two large boxes.
He looked at his brand new kang and felt a burning desire in his heart. He had to marry Yu Huanxiang as soon as possible. He never wanted to sleep on a cold kang again.
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