passionate youth

Chapter 34

Luo Xiaoyue ate sweet potatoes in small bites, blushing.

Children these days are sensible, and a girl as old as Luo Xiaoyue, who is also the eldest sister of the family, knows more things.

So Jiang Pingan didn't criticize her for being outspoken, but just told her to study hard and don't think about it.

"Study is good. If you can go to a technical secondary school, you can be assigned a job after graduation and go to the city to eat commercial food." Jiang Ping'an smiled.

Luo Xiaoyue wondered: "Since it's so good, Uncle Ping'an, why didn't you continue to study? Instead, you went home to farm?"

"Did you have a brain at the beginning? So the choice in life is really important." Jiang Pingan said with a smile.

"Come to see me tomorrow morning, and I'll take you to Aunt Du and ask her to do work with your mother."

"Your mother doesn't even think about it. If you can go to the city, life will be easier, can't you also bring her to the city to enjoy the blessings?"

"So when it comes to reading, you must not give up easily. You must keep reading, so that you can change your destiny."

Luo Xiaoyue leaned into his arms, nodded her head lightly, and said half-understanding: "Well, I listen to Uncle Ping'an."

After eating two sweet potatoes and one potato, Luo Xiaoyue's spirit improved a lot, and with Jiang Ping'an's enlightenment, she was no longer depressed.

"It's getting late, so I'll take you back now. Don't run out at night? How dangerous is it in the freezing cold?"

Luo Xiaoyue shook her head and said shyly, "Uncle, I still want to talk to you for a while."

"I'll talk about it tomorrow if you have anything to say. Uncle has been at the sheep farm for the past few days. You can come and see me anytime." Jiang Pingan got up and said.

Just about to take Luo Xiaoyue away, she stopped, turned her head and smiled at Luo Xiaoyue: "Listen, your mother is looking for you everywhere!"

When the two left the kitchen, they heard the voice of Widow Lu calling loudly from the night.

"Xiaoyue... Where are you, Xiaoyue? Xiaoyue, don't scare mom!"

"Xiaoyue! When you hear it, you should respond. Mom promises to let you continue studying!"

"Woo...Xiaoyue, don't scare me, woo...Xiaoyue..."

"..."

In the night, apart from Widow Lu's anxious shouts, there were also voices from other villagers, all helping to find Luo Xiaoyue.

Jiang Pingan sighed lightly, and said to Luo Xiaoyue:

"Look, your mother still loves you very much, please respond quickly, don't make her worry."

"Hmm..." Luo Xiaoyue's eyes were red, her nose was sore, and she shouted loudly:
"Mom! Mom, I'm here! I'm with Uncle Ping'an!"

Jiang Pingan smiled, took out a flashlight from his pocket, handed it to Luo Xiaoyue and said:

"Come back quickly, return the flashlight to me tomorrow, this black light is blind, don't run around in the future."

"Uncle, I understand. I'll come and see you tomorrow." Luo Xiaoyue answered, took the flashlight, and reluctantly left.

Jiang Pingan watched her disappear into the night, turned around and went back to the kitchen to continue warming up.

After a while, Jiang Dahai and Du Hongxiang came over and asked Jiang Pingan about the situation.

"Xiaoyue said that her mother won't let her study next year, so she will hide behind the tree over there and cry." Jiang Pingan explained.

"I brought her here to warm up for a while, and gave her some enlightenment."

Du Hongxiang sighed: "The past two years have not been good, and many children are facing the possibility of dropping out of school."

"It is still necessary to do more work for adults, and children will be better off if they study more." Jiang Dahai said.

Du Hongxiang nodded, and said: "Today Lu Qiuyan was startled by Xiaoyue, and I feel angry."

"I'm going to do Lu Qiuyan's work right now, lest she embarrass Xiaoyue."

Jiang Dahai nodded and said, "Go ahead, although Widow Lu is a bit mean, she really has nothing to say to her three daughters."

"With your persuasion, she won't embarrass girl Xiaoyue anymore when she has a step down."

After they learned about the general situation, they turned and went out, and Jiang Ping'an escorted them outside.

"I don't know if sister-in-law Miao is asleep?" Jiang Pingan thought.

"Wait a little longer, if she doesn't come to me, I will go to her!"

Go back to the door of the kitchen stove and wait. Ten minutes later, before Miao Hexiang arrives, Widow Lu is waiting instead.

"Thank you for being safe." Widow Lu returned the flashlight to Jiang Ping'an, thankful.

"Xiaoyue is a stubborn girl. If you hadn't enlightened me, even if I was hoarse today, she wouldn't respond."

"Hey, just because Xiaoyue calls me uncle, I won't let her suffer from cold and hunger." Jiang Pingan took the flashlight and waved back.

Then he asked curiously, "By the way, how did you discuss things with Brother Manzi?"

Widow Lu frowned, and asked in confusion, "What are you discussing? Does he have anything to do with me?"

"Huh? Didn't he say that you said that as long as he divorced Mrs. Miao, you would agree to marry him?" Jiang Ping'an asked strangely.

Widow Lu frowned even tighter. She gritted her teeth and said angrily, "He's talking nonsense! When did I tell him that?"

"But before he divorced Miao Hexiang yesterday, he did come to me and asked me that he wanted to divorce Miao Hexiang."

"Ping An, you also know that this bastard has always been uneasy and kind to me."

"I was also annoyed by his entanglement, so I casually replied that you can leave if you want!"

"Well, after a while, I heard that Uncle Dahai summoned the cadres of the production team to go to his house to deal with the divorce of the couple."

"Let me just say, yesterday's things are always weird. He winks at me from time to time, so it's because of An's heart."

Jiang Pingan was surprised and said, "My god, that means Brother Manzi is just wishful thinking, thinking you will marry him?"

"Well, I just heard you say that, it's true, I want to stay away from him in the future." Widow Lu rubbed her brows and said.

Jiang Ping'an asked suspiciously, "He came back from the commune at noon, and he didn't visit you again?"

"On the contrary, they wandered around the door of my house twice, smiling at me like a fool." Widow Lu replied.

"I scolded him a few times, but he didn't leave, and then I raised a mallet to beat him, and he was scared away."

"Just kidding, I'm not stupid, and I'm not blind. Everyone can see clearly how he has treated Miao Hexiang these years."

"Even if I've been a widow all my life, I can't marry him, a worthless bastard, right?"

Jiang Pingan gloated and said, "Okay, Brother Manzi can handle this matter, the daughter-in-law is gone, the house and land are gone..."

"Hehe, he deserves it. A person like him should be extinct and be a bachelor for the rest of his life!" Widow Lu giggled.

Jiang Pingan laughed a few times and said, "Don't talk about him, talk about Xiaoyue. I suggest you continue to let her study."

"This girl has good grades. If she goes to a technical secondary school in the future and is assigned a job, she will be a city person and eat commercial food."

"Sister-in-law Lu, you have to take a long-term view. It's better not to have too many, one is worth ten."

"If you have trained the three sisters of Xiaoyue well, you can enjoy the happiness with them in the future!"

Widow Lu suppressed her smile and sighed softly:
"I understand what Ping'an said, but I think they will be successful, and I am afraid that they will be successful in the future, regardless of me as a mother."

"As the saying goes, married daughters are like poured water. Who knows if they will have a conscience in the future?"

"So my idea is that when the three sisters grow up, it will be safe to call at least one son-in-law."

(End of this chapter)