Xu Hai refused to accept this and said stubbornly, "I know my own seed."
Seeing that Jiang Mei was about to burst into tears again, Xu Hai panicked again. Weng Sheng said, "At worst, you can give her less money for cigarettes and save it every month to send to your son. Meizi, don't cry. Your eyes will be swollen tomorrow, and I will be heartbroken again."
As he spoke, his hands kept wiping Jiang Mei's tears.
When Jiang Mei heard what Xu Hai said, she felt a little embarrassed as they had been married for decades, so she reached out and twisted the soft flesh on the old man's waist.
"Ouch, it hurts, please let go. I won't say anything more, or my daughters will hear it." Xu Hai spoke in a low voice, fearing that his daughter next door would hear it.
Xu Hai interrupted and made some noise, which helped to dispel the sad atmosphere of the night.
The two of them stopped talking and slept facing each other, their hands held together.
The two sisters sleeping together in the next room were also full of thoughts and could not fall asleep for a long time.
"Second sister, are you asleep?" Xu Ruyi called softly to Xu Zhiyi who had her back to her.
Xu Zhiyi turned over, opened her eyes and looked at her elder sister, "What's wrong, elder sister?"
Xu Ruyi was full of thoughts, but she didn't know how to start. "Second sister, who do you think our parents will let go to the countryside?"
"Sister, I want to go to the countryside." Xu Zhiyi thought about it and decided to talk to Xu Ruyi first. He persuaded his elder sister first and then conquered them one by one.
Xu Ruyi was so shocked that she turned over and sat up. "No, second sister, your health is so poor, you can't bear to go to the countryside. Not to mention that I don't agree, even my parents won't agree."
Xu Zhiyi said dejectedly, "Sister, I've made up my mind. After I broke off the engagement, there was a lot of gossip in our courtyard, and I felt very uncomfortable listening to it.
I want to move to another place. Over time, they will gradually forget about these things. Plus, if I don’t go, only my younger brother will go, and he’s still young, so I can’t let him go to the countryside.”
Xu Zhiyi silently said sorry in his heart for deceiving his elder sister.
After hearing what Xu Zhiyi said, Xu Ruyi was silent. She hadn't expected that breaking off the engagement would hurt her second sister so much that she even thought about going to the countryside.
As the eldest sister, she felt sorry for her younger siblings and didn't know what to do for a moment.
"Second sister, don't think too much. It's right to break off the engagement with someone like Yang Wenbing. When you recover, let mom find someone to introduce you to someone who is better than Yang Wenbing. Don't think about going to the countryside." Xu Ruyi comforted her softly.
"Sister, I'm serious..." Xu Zhiyi was about to speak when she was interrupted by Xu Ruyi.
"Okay, second sister, go to bed quickly. Let's not talk about this anymore. I have to go to work tomorrow, so I'm going to bed first."
Having said that, Xu Ruyi lay down under the thin blanket and went to sleep, showing an attitude of refusing to talk.
Xu Zhiyi knew that she couldn't convince her elder sister, so she had to go and explain things to Xu's father and mother tomorrow.
You must go to the countryside. Only by going there can you practice better. In the countryside where you are unfamiliar with the place, you can have greater freedom, and it may be more stable than in the city.
She liked the warm and loving Xu family very much, but she didn't want to find countless excuses to deal with their questions. If she told a lie, she would have to use countless lies to cover it up.
That would be too tiring for her, so she might as well concentrate on practicing and strengthening herself.
The only difficulty was convincing Xu's parents to let her go to the countryside. Given how much the Xu family cherished Xu Zhiyi, it was obvious that Xu Sheng would be the one to go.
Thinking about how Xu Zhiyi was broken off from engagement right after she came here, and being mad at the fact that Yang Wenbing was sacked, he was tough on the outside but soft on the inside and protected his sister who always bullied him.
Just based on this, Xu Zhiyi felt that she could be less angry with Xu Sheng in the future.
Xu Zhiyi decided to act first and report later.
After breakfast the next day, Xu Zhiyi wanted to go out for a walk and rejected Jiang Mei's idea of going with him. After asking for the place, he walked out of the alley according to the route he remembered.
Jiang Mei didn't say much. She went back to the house, got the money and ticket, picked up the basket and went out.
Xu Zhiyi went to the educated youth office and took out his household registration book and information.
Xiao Liu's face froze. It turned out to be her.
A struggle flashed through his mind. He looked around but didn't see anyone. The novelist said, "Comrade, your aunt has already come to register for you."
Aunt? Xu's aunt married far away, so how could she possibly come and register for her?
"Comrade, is there something wrong?"
"That's right. The aunt who registered you was fat and a little short, and she even had a black mole on her nose."
Xiao Liu's irrelevant answer and this extremely conspicuous description made her know who it was.
That's interesting. Knowing that Xu Zhiyi wanted to go to the countryside, he directly assisted her.
Xu Zhiyi quickly stuffed ten yuan into Xiao Liu's pocket.
"Comrade, please take a look. I'm not in good health. Can we move to a place not too far away? If I go to the Northwest, I'm sure my body won't be able to handle it."
Xiao Liu, who was originally frightened by Xu Zhiyi's actions, glanced at the ten yuan in his hand.
I breathed a sigh of relief, understood what she meant, and nodded.
It just so happened that Rong County had a new batch of vacancies for educated youth, so let's arrange her to go here, as it's not too far from home.
Xu Zhiyi received a notice and went to Xiangyang Village under Rong County three days later.
After returning home, Xu Zhiyi did not plan to tell Jiang Mei that Zhou Li had signed her up. She just wrote two letters at the desk and put them back in the drawer.
During dinner, before she could tell Mr. and Mrs. Xu that she was going to the countryside, Mr. Xu spoke first.
Xu Sheng said to Xu Hai with a serious expression: "Dad, I want to go to the countryside as an educated youth."
There was a moment of silence at the dinner table. No one expected that Xu Sheng would himself mention going to the countryside.
Before the two patriarchs could say anything, Xu Zhiyi interrupted them: "Sis hasn't spoken yet, so it's your turn. I'll go!"
This time, Xu's parents were shocked. They didn't expect that their daughter, who had been spoiled since childhood, would take the initiative to ask to go to the countryside.
You have to know that at home she has nothing but food and clothes provided for her, and has never done housework, let alone farm work.
Jiang Mei's face was still filled with shock before she quickly said, "Nannan, you can't go. Life in the countryside is so hard. You've never done any work since you were a child. You're so weak, how can you bear it if you go there?"
"Mom, I want to go. I don't want to stay here anymore. My daughter's reputation has been affected after Yang Wenbing broke off the engagement. I don't want to listen to those gossips about me breaking off the engagement. Do I still want my reputation? It's so annoying." Xu Zhiyi said in a coquettish and evil voice.
People in this era pay the most attention to reputation. Whether it is breaking off an engagement or being broken off, the woman is the one who is most affected.
Jiang Mei knew that her daughter had been resolute in breaking off the engagement, but was still hurt by rumors later. Thinking of this, she was not so opposed to her second daughter going to the countryside.
Xu Sheng's face flushed with anxiety when he heard this. "Second sister, don't be sad. If anyone dares to say something bad about you, I will beat him up."
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