Ye Ma said, “Go quickly.”
Ye Qingshui nodded.
She carried the heavy textbooks in her satchel, her heart full of yearning.
After Ye Qingshui arrived at the school, the seventh and eighth grade classmates held a class meeting for her.
“Student Ye Qingshui took a few months of leave for some special reasons. Her science scores are also excellent, ranking second in G province. By the way, the top student in G province last year was the top student in the country. She is an outstanding classmate, and I hope everyone can help each other in the future.”
Ye Qingshui gave a short self-introduction.
She was wearing an off-white sweater and black trousers, vaguely revealing her slender, fair ankles. Her hair was softly draped down, making her look very gentle.
There were not many students in the class, and female students were pitifully scarce. The male-to-female ratio in the Physics department was frighteningly high, so the addition of a young and pretty female student like Ye Qingshui was indeed a delightful thing.
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Pan Lijuan smiled, “Don’t be shy. After all, you missed two months of classes. If there’s anything you don’t understand later, be sure to ask. I’ll take you to the dorm.”
Ye Qingshui followed Pan Lijuan to the dormitory.
She had completed the procedures for staying off-campus, as she had two babies waiting for her at home. However, she still wanted to have a good relationship with her dorm mates. After all, students who could get into Jingda in this era were all exceptionally excellent.
After everyone had more or less arrived, each person started introducing themselves.
Two people in the dorm were locals. After Ye Qingshui married Xie Tingyu, her household registration followed her husband’s, so she was considered a half-Beijinger.
Pan Lijuan came from a Hebei village and studied very hard.
The other two came from the South: one from Hushi (Shanghai), and the other from Pengcheng (Shenzhen).
When the girl from Pengcheng mentioned her hometown, Ye Qingshui’s eyes lit up: Peng… Cheng!
Yu Shi noticed Ye Qingshui’s surprise and smiled, “You probably haven’t heard of Pengcheng, right? It’s south of Yangcheng (Guangzhou), near the sea.”
“Pengcheng is a very small place, a bit backward, and not many people have heard of it.”
No… she had heard of it. How could Ye Qingshui not have heard of the famous Pengcheng? This was the great Pengcheng! This was the city whose future GDP total could rank in the top three in the country.
This young city, which only took thirty years to develop into a tier-one city, had a total GDP that could even equal the total GDP of several other provinces combined.
“Pengcheng Speed,” “Pengcheng Leap”—it seemed that the terms associated with this city once represented glory.
After Yu Shi was the last to introduce herself, Ye Qingshui also introduced herself.
Everyone in the dorm knew that Ye Qingshui was a student from the ’77 cohort. If the ’78 cohort felt everyone’s envy upon arriving at Jingda, then the students of the ’77 cohort could be called the best of the best.
The first year the national college entrance examination resumed, the acceptance rate was terrifyingly low.
Pan Lijuan asked, “Qingshui, why did you take a leave of absence?”
Ye Qingshui hesitated. Among these unmarried young girls, she was the only one who was married.
“It’s okay, we won’t ask.”
Ye Qingshui said, “Because when the acceptance letter came, I found out I was pregnant. I had to take a leave of absence to give birth.”
Everyone looked surprised after hearing this. Pan Lijuan even clenched her fist and said, “Qingshui, it’s a good thing you didn’t give up and fought to the end. If you had compromised, you would have spent your life in obscurity with that country man.”
They reacted this way because Ye Qingshui had mentioned in her self-introduction that she was from a poor and backward small village in G province.
“Lijuan is right, it’s not worth it for an old man. It’s great that you didn’t give up on Jingda. Jingda will make you even better!”
“Did their family not stop you from coming to school?” Yu Shi asked.
Among the six girls in the dorm, three were from the countryside, and they understood each other’s circumstances.
Ye Qingshui was a little dumbfounded and didn’t know how Xie Tingyu would feel knowing he had become the “old man” in her dorm mates’ mouths.
She did not mention that Xie Tingyu was her husband. His reputation in Jingda had become quite big recently. If she were associated with him, Ye Qingshui’s future college life would likely not be peaceful.
Ye Qingshui said, “My in-laws supported me in going to school, and my husband is also very understanding.”
The girls in the dorm finally felt relieved.
*
While Ye Qingshui went to college, Xu Maofang was also three months pregnant.
Although she was older, her pregnancy reaction was not strong. Even after three months, Xu Maofang’s belly was still flat. At least the fetus was stable.
What angered Xu Maofang was that Xie Jun hadn’t visited her even once during this time.
Xie Jun was also full of bitterness.
He wanted to bring his wife back, but Grandma Xie had made a harsh declaration and was stopping him. Only if Xu Maofang admitted her mistake and returned to the Xie family herself would she be allowed.
After a long time, Xu Maofang still hadn’t returned, so Xie Jun had to take leave and secretly go look for his wife.
When he found Xu Maofang in the dilapidated small flat, she was eating lunch. Xie Jun glanced at the bowl and saw sliced cured sausages.
These were the sausages her daughter hadn’t sold. Xu Maofang had boiled them to eat, afraid they would go bad if left too long.
Since the spice supply was cut off, Zhou Dongmei’s business had plummeted. However, she was still unwilling to give up the business. After all, it allowed her to have new clothes and leather shoes and live the life she once had in the Xie family.
Zhou Dongmei took the remaining spices to an old Chinese medicine doctor for identification and managed to discern at least half of them. Although the taste was not as good as before, the business could at least be maintained.
Xu Maofang cried bitterly for a long time.
“Brother Jun, your mother is truly heartless. I’m pregnant, but she still drove me out.”
Xu Maofang showed him the check-up certificate she had gotten at the hospital. Xie Jun looked through it silently several times, feeling an indescribable emotion.
In the past, when Xie family only had Xie Tingyu as the sole male heir, Xie Jun would worry that the family line might end and often hoped Xu Maofang could have another child for him.
Now that Xie Tingjue had been found, and his daughter-in-law had recently given birth to twins, Xie Jun’s desire for an heir was no longer so intense.
“Pack your things and come home with me.”
Xu Maofang did not speak.
She cried and said, “Mother-in-law dislikes me. She drove me out for a packet of worthless spices. What face do I have to go back? Brother Jun, you should go. I’m not coming back unless…”
Xie Jun understood what his wife was asking for.
He said nothing and turned to leave the rental house. Xie Jun returned home and told Grandma Xie, “Mom, Maofang is pregnant.”
Grandma Xie pondered for a moment, “Oh, so she’s pregnant. She…”
Grandma Xie looked around and saw that Xu Maofang had not returned. It was clear that her daughter-in-law was not returning to admit her mistake just because she was pregnant.
Her intentions were plainly obvious.
Grandma Xie scoffed, “If she still won’t come back, then she should never come back.”
If it were in the past, when Xie Min was old and had no male heir, the lost Tingjue hadn’t returned, and the only remaining male heir, Tingyu, was forced into the military by his father, Grandma Xie would probably have to swallow her pride and invite Xu Maofang back for the sake of the bloodline, no matter how much she disliked her.
Now… sorry, Grandma Xie was happily holding her great-grandchildren every day and was enjoying herself immensely.
The two little great-grandsons were chubby and healthy. She couldn’t hold them enough every day, and she didn’t care about the not-yet-formed grandson/granddaughter.
At this moment, Chenchen woke up and started crying loudly at the right time. Grandma Xie quickly found the milk bottle and started soothing the baby.
Grandma Xie had even less desire to deal with her son.
The novice father, Xie Tingyu, also rushed out, picked up his son, and skillfully checked the diaper.
Xie Jun, having hit a wall with his mother, had no choice but to urge his wife to go home and apologize.
Xu Maofang waited and waited, but her mother-in-law didn’t personally come to fetch her. Her heart felt like it was being fried in oil.
When Ye Qingshui was pregnant, the whole family petted and protected her, afraid she might be harmed. Now that she was pregnant, was her treatment still not as good as that country girl?
The difficult, older-age pregnancy, which Xu Maofang had endured with a stable mindset, was now being pushed to a mental breakdown by the huge difference in treatment.
Soon, the Xu family, on behalf of their youngest sister, came to the Xie family and angrily questioned Grandma Xie.
“Maofang is older and finally got pregnant, yet you’re making her live outside. Isn’t that unreasonable, in-law? Your granddaughter-in-law is treated like the apple of your eye, but is my sister not a person? She’s pregnant but can’t go home.”
Grandma Xie said, “You also said she’s older. She made a mistake herself. Does she still need her elders to coax her back?”
This was unreasonable.
Stealing her daughter-in-law’s spices for her own daughter to steal the business—Grandma Xie was too embarrassed to mention what Xu Maofang had done to others.
Xu Xiaojiu (Maternal Uncle) was so angry that he threw down a harsh statement: “What’s a packet of spices worth? Eating out once costs more than that. You’re willing to lose a son of the Xie family over it. If you’re so heartless, Mother-in-law, I’ll take my sister back!”
“Good!” Grandma Xie said crisply.
Xu Xiaojiu didn’t expect Grandma Xie to react so decisively, willing to abandon her grandson.
“Good, good. Since your Xie family is so heartless, then don’t blame me for being impolite.”
Xu Xiaojiu angrily slammed the door and left.
A few days later, Xu Maofang cried to Xie Jun’s old leader, saying that the Xie family didn’t acknowledge her as a daughter-in-law. Military marriages couldn’t be dissolved, or else they would have divorced already.
At the same time, many people realized they hadn’t seen Xu Maofang in a long time. It turned out she was kicked out of the house, and poor her, she was pregnant too. Xie Jun’s colleagues looked at him with strange eyes.
People in the compound also couldn’t help but advise Grandma Xie:
“Your daughter-in-law is pregnant, just bear with it and bring her back.”
“If you leave her outside, what if something happens to her? You can’t just abandon your grandson because you have great-grandsons.”
“Your Dajun hasn’t been promoted for so many years. He finally has a chance this time. How can he achieve great things if he can’t even solve his family disputes?”
Grandma Xie was so angry when she heard this, she wished she could strangle Xu Maofang.
Xie Jun was not very capable, and his career had been tepid, neither making great achievements nor making major mistakes. In the past ten years, his mediocrity had served him well. The elderly couple was quite satisfied.
But so many years had passed, and those who were at the same level as him had been promoted several times. Looking back, they were even worse off than those who were once criticized but are now rehabilitated and rapidly rising!
However, Grandma Xie was unwilling to personally go and invite Xu Maofang back.
Xie Tingyu said, “Grandma, I’ll go.”
On Xu Maofang’s side, the Director of Women’s Affairs responsible for mediating military family disputes guaranteed her that she would convince Grandma Xie.
She finally breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.
Xu Maofang waited and waited, but the Director of Women’s Affairs didn’t bring Grandma Xie; instead, she brought her stepson.
“What are you doing here?”
Xie Tingyu had a very faint smile on his face, a smile that made Xu Maofang feel a shiver down her spine.
“I’m here to convince you to divorce my dad.”
Without waiting for Xu Maofang to speak, Xie Tingyu calmly pulled out a lawsuit document and showed it to Xu Maofang: “Zhou Jiahui. You know this person, right?”
Zhou Jiahui?
Xu Maofang knew her. She was a cousin on her ex-husband’s side, Dongmei’s cousin’s aunt.
“She ate Dongmei’s cured sausages, felt unwell that night, and went to the hospital where it was discovered she had a miscarriage. I had someone investigate and took a sausage from Zhou Jiahui’s house for testing. It was found that the sausage had an excessive amount of preservatives added…”
“She’s very heartbroken now. I’ve drafted a lawsuit for her, intending to tell her that her child was killed by Dongmei. Tell me… what will happen to Dongmei?”
Xie Tingyu had recently earned a sum of money, and his wife had returned the money to him to manage. So, he hired a few thugs to keep an eye on Xu Maofang.
Unexpectedly, he accidentally discovered this matter.
Xie Tingyu had just become a father and could not stand such a thing.
Xu Maofang read the lawsuit document, becoming more and more alarmed.
She wasn’t afraid of offending her husband because with a child, he would eventually forgive her. Her mother-in-law would also hold her nose and endure for the sake of the child. Xu Maofang wanted to vent her anger for her daughter…
But the premise of all this was that she had to be able to give birth to the child. At this moment, she wasn’t worried about her daughter, nor was she worried about Zhou Jiahui. She…
Felt a twinge of pain in her abdomen.
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