Chapter 435 Two Families
The car entered Gongzhan Hutong and soon arrived at the door of the house. Xia Qingqing asked Xia Zhizhi to go back: "The food is all hot in the pot, go and eat quickly, and after eating, wash up and go to bed early."
"Sister, are you joining the team today?" Xia Zhizhi asked when she saw that she didn't get out of the car.
"I'm returning to the team today." Xia Qingqing nodded and glanced at Wang Zhili: "It's a good opportunity to take him back with me."
Xia Zhizhi nodded to show her understanding, waved at her, and ran into the house quickly.
Xia Qingqing can live at home. Wang Zhili has not yet made an official visit, so it is not appropriate for her to move in. He has no place to live outside, so he has to return to the army.
Xia Zhizhi knew that this trip was mainly to send Wang Zhili back and to have a private chat between them.
As soon as Xia Zhizhi left, Xia Qingqing said to Wang Zhili, "Please sit in the back seat."
Wang Zhili had an attitude of looking up to Xia Qingqing from a lower position with admiration. Upon hearing what she said, he hugged the bundle of money and shyly sat in the back row.
Xiao Zhang started the car and sent the two back to the unit.
Xiao Zhang has walked this road many times and is very familiar with it.
Xia Qingqing wiped the white mist off the car window with her hand. Under the dim street lights, she could see large chunks of snow falling outside the window.
She looked for a while before turning around to look at Wang Zhili, who was sitting next to her with a restrained look on his face.
Seeing Xia Qingqing looking at him, Wang Zhili became even more reserved.
Xia Qingqing turned her eyes away from his face and looked at the bundle of money in his arms: "Tell me in detail, what is the purpose of your trip back?"
Xia Qingqing knows very well that it is difficult to change one's nature.
Given the Song family's greedy and short-sighted attitude, they would never let the cooked duck fly away by itself, and even provided a set of bowls and chopsticks as a gift.
Wang Zhili licked his dry lips. He was even more pitiful than Xia Zhizhi. He had been released from the army at noon and had been waiting at the door of Xia's house. He had been busy until now and had not even had time to drink water.
He looked at Xia Qingqing's expression and hesitated between his wife and sister-in-law.
Xia Qingqing's smile faded and she looked at Wang Zhili seriously.
He immediately chose to offend his sister-in-law, but considering Xia Zhizhi's fighting ability, he had to be careful with his words. After all, if Xia Zhizhi wanted to hit him, Xia Qingqing might not be able to stop her.
He compromised and spoke briefly and concisely.
"Today, my younger sister went in first. The gate to the courtyard was broken, so I propped it up. When I went in, they had already had a quarrel.
My younger sister said that Song Zhijie had affected her reputation and wanted him to compensate her. Song Zhijie was unwilling to do so. I happened to go in and my grandma asked me to do it for Song Zhijie.
My younger sister was reluctant, but later my grandma said she would return the alimony that Grandpa Xia had prepared for me. My younger sister also tried to get more of the salary I had paid over the years, and finally the two parties reached a consensus.
The fact that the Song family took the initiative to cancel the engagement has always been an unsolved mystery for the Xia family.
After all, Xia Zhizhi is undoubtedly beautiful and smart, and the leaders above her like her very much.
Although the little girl is a little bit temperamental and lazy, her laziness is only directed towards housework. These little shortcomings are harmless in a family like theirs.
Moreover, since getting engaged, Xia Zhizhi has been able to lower her status and has taken the initiative to visit people many times, fulfilling all the social etiquette.
If it were any normal family, they would have just confirmed the engagement. What are they waiting for?
The Song family had no idea what was going on. They were the ones who begged for the replacement of the person, and after the replacement, it was as if they were possessed by an evil spirit. In fact, other than being possessed by an evil spirit, the Xia family really didn't know how to describe their actions.
He shamelessly changed the person he was engaged to, and after going through so much trouble, he came back to cancel the marriage.
Anyway, no matter how Xia Qingqing thought about it, she couldn't understand their operations.
After hearing what Wang Zhili said, Xia Qingqing pondered for a moment and asked, "Did they have a physical conflict?"
"Not today, right?" Wang Zhili thought carefully and said with certainty, "No, but I said a few harsh words when we started arguing later."
"That's weird." Xia Qingqing was puzzled: "What do you think their family is thinking?"
What else can I think? I can't bear it anymore.
The first time Xia Zhizhi came to the Song family, everyone from top to bottom, including the people and dogs, was beaten severely. He had a keen eye, and Xia Zhizhi was not targeting him, but just gave him two blows.
After being hit twice, Wang Zhili, who was still strong and healthy, returned to the army with ringing ears for a week.
Not to mention the other elderly, weak and disabled members of the Song family who were given special care.
After being beaten, Song Zhijie shouted that he wanted to cancel the engagement. It was not the Song family's intention to drag it out until later. They were just threatened.
Wang Zhili also heard about the Song family's later experiences.
Others thought that the Song family was crazy and talking nonsense, but Wang Zhili, as someone who had experienced it personally, naturally knew that what they said was true.
Wang Zhili admired them for being able to hold out for so long before breaking off the engagement.
Hearing Xia Qingqing's question, Wang Zhili hesitated for a moment, then said after careful consideration: "My younger sister has her own ideas, and she is not someone who can be manipulated. Although, although she is usually easy to talk to, the old methods of manipulating a daughter-in-law don't work on her.
Grandma and uncle still hold on to the old ideas of how to deal with their daughter-in-law. The fundamental ideas of both sides conflict, so naturally they can’t get along.”
Xia Qingqing agreed. Although her sister was very well-behaved most of the time, this was only based on the premise that her ideas were consistent with everyone else's.
Once her ideas are different from others, she will never compromise and will roll around until she is satisfied.
Her family members love her and basically go along with her in everything she does. There is also Xia Zhi, who is usually silent, but has even more bottom lines than her family members and supports her unconditionally.
Xia Zhizhi is so noisy at home, there is no reason for her to feel aggrieved when she goes out.
Xia Qingqing imagined Xia Zhizhi rolling around in the Song family's house and found it a little funny.
He said lovingly, "Zhizhi is very good like this. No matter at home or outside, she will never let herself be wronged. This way I feel relieved."
She is so reassuring.
Based on the Xia family's family background, Xia Zhizhi's own fighting ability, and his own poor imagination, Wang Zhili really couldn't think of anyone in the world who could make Xia Zhizhi suffer injustice.
Wang Zhili looked at the doting smile on Xia Qingqing's face and realized that if any conflicts arose between him and Xia Zhizhi in the future, Xia Qingqing would not help him.
For a moment, I felt that my choice was correct, and I began to agree timidly: "Yes, that's right."
On the third day, I saw the relationship clarification certificate published by the Song family in the newspaper.
The Song family acted quickly indeed, going to the newspaper office early the next morning, but it took time for typeset printing and publication.
Although it is just a clarification certificate, its meaning is actually similar to a letter of severance of relationship.
It explained Wang Zhili's identity very clearly and expelled him from the Song clan, indicating that from now on they were two different families and had nothing to do with each other in terms of marriage, life and death, or policy stances.