Eighties Sweetheart Wife
Chapter 171: The Busy Days Are Yet to Come!_1

Chapter 171: Chapter 171: The Busy Days Are Yet to Come!_1

Xia Ming’s hand clenched tightly before slowly relaxing, speaking to Song Yunuan in a gentle voice, "Yes, if we really get to the bottom of this, the truth will come out. Don’t worry, I’ll hand this letter over to my father as soon as I get back."

At this time, Xia Guilan stepped forward, and Xia Xinshan also took a step to stand by his elder sister’s side. He wasn’t good with words, but he had to stand together with them.

They couldn’t let Little Nuan handle everything alone.

Xia Guilan stared at Shangguan Yunqi, "We all know in our hearts who did it, but some people have lived comfortably for too long and have forgotten how high the sky is and how thick the earth is.

Does someone think they’re a deity? Sending a razor blade, what’s the meaning of that, to remind me of that incident involving my mother back in the day? I curse the person who sent the razor blade to my mother; they will not die a good death!"

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In the soft sleeper compartment of the train heading to Beidu, Shangguan Yunqi lay on her bed, her face ashen and looking exhausted.

The door to the compartment was tightly closed.

It was only then that mother and son could have a private conversation.

Xia Ming’s expression was extremely unpleasant.

For the first time in his life, he felt so embarrassed.

But this embarrassment was indirectly caused by his mother.

What could he do?

Xia Ming looked at Shangguan Yunqi skeptically and asked, "Mom, did you really go to see Song Yunuan?"

Shangguan Yunqi didn’t speak.

Whether she did or didn’t no longer mattered.

What was important now was, could his elder brother get Xia Xindong released?

Then Xia Ming frowned and said, "Mom, didn’t you dislike interacting with them? Why did you go over there on your own initiative?

And you said you were going out to get some air, so why did you go to Nanshan County Town?

It’s lucky there were people with you, it would have been so dangerous alone."

Shangguan Yunqi massaged her forehead, trying to forget Xia Guilan’s curse.

She said weakly, "Don’t ask anymore, there are many things you don’t understand. Let’s talk about it after we get home, my head hurts, let me rest for a while."

Xia Ming saw that his mother was truly feeling awful and closed his mouth.

But remembering the difficulties he faced the day before and the things he heard, Xia Ming’s face also grew darker.

He had never heard his father speak of the other three brothers and sister at home.

Just because it wasn’t mentioned, it didn’t mean they weren’t aware.

He wasn’t noble enough to ask his father to take care of the other three.

Resources were already scarce, and if they were divided further, what would be left?

They should have had nothing to do with their own family.

But who would have thought that all of this was just because they wanted to arrange a grain station job for Song Yunuan.

He had already sorted out the causes and consequences very clearly.

A simple matter had been complicated by his mother.

He thought his mother was wrong, but Xia Guilan did say something that made sense yesterday; his mother had lived comfortably for too long and really didn’t know the immensity of heaven and earth.

He had seen for himself, Nanshan County Town was an isolated and impoverished small county.

The people there were poor, and life was hard.

Even so, Zhu Feng never made any demands on his father.

It was just because she couldn’t bear to see Song Yunuan suffer in the countryside, so she brazenly asked his father to arrange a job at a grain station in the town.

How simple!

He could have done it.

But actually, what happened? They said Zhu Feng took away Old Xia’s family heirloom.

His third uncle did come, but what happened? Holding his grandparents’ memorial tablets, he left for Beidu feeling dejected.

No wonder he felt something was off in the atmosphere at home those days.

They didn’t live together.

But they weren’t far apart.

Coincidentally, he ran into his father and third uncle who were driving out, saying they were going to a temple nearby.

It turned out they were placing the memorial tablets in the temple.

Why bother?

What mattered was that the incident should have been put to rest.

But his mother had come up with the rotten idea of having Song Yunuan marry into the Xiangjiang family in place of Shangguan Wan.

Did Father know about this?

Moreover, ever since arriving in Nanshan County Town, he had been in a passive position.

In front of Xia Guilan and Xia Xinshan, he had lost face completely, both inside and out.

It was truly too embarrassing and unbearable.

And, intuitively, he felt that this matter was far from over.

How would it end?

What else did those people want to do?

Xia Ming’s gaze was dark as he stared at his mother, who lay there motionless as if resting with her eyes closed.

In his mind, his mother had always been graceful, noble, and unflappable.

But today, what those people said had shattered his perception.

Xia Ming did blame his mother a little.

Now was a critical time for both him and his father.

His mother was about to retire soon.

What she needed to do now was to ensure the stability of herself and his father.

Only if the two of them were stable would the Xia family and the Shangguan family continue to be stable.

Then, his good-for-nothing troublemaking little brother could continue to indulge in food and drink, enjoying the luxuries of life.

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Grandma Xia had been restless.

She hadn’t shown up, mainly because there was no need for her to, as staying at home was good enough.

Xia Xinshan was with Old Man Song as well.

It was only after Song Yunuan returned that she felt relieved.

After thinking it over, Song Yunuan decided not to tell them about her uncle’s situation.

Mainly because her uncle was too important at the moment.

Shangguan Heng would probably prefer to fall out with Shangguan Yunqi rather than agree to release her uncle.

But then again, Shangguan Yunqi certainly wouldn’t dare to take the gamble.

This time, however, she would not keep Xia Bowen in the dark; she would definitely tell him the whole story as it was.

It would be up to Xia Bowen and Shangguan Yunqi to figure out how to get the person back, or, if they couldn’t, then she would go to the gates of Beidu University and start telling stories.

Song Yunuan giggled mischievously, "Old hag, dare to trick me into going to Xiangjiang, your bustling days are yet to come."

Song Yunuan skipped happily toward the brigade headquarters.

Gu Huai’an was at the stable next to the brigade headquarters feeding the horses, accompanied by Old Man Song, who was sharing his horse-feeding experience.

An old man and a young man, one listening intently, the other talking earnestly.

Song Yunuan glanced at Gu Huai’an, who was bending over.

Those long legs were just too charming.

But she wondered if his figure under his clothes was also charming?

First, she narrowed her eyes, on the verge of blurting something out when Gu Huai’an straightened up.

And said to Song Yunuan, "Good timing, I was looking for you."

Song Yunuan also smiled, "What a coincidence, I was looking for you, too."

But then she suddenly saw Aunt Sun, Xiaohua, and Accountant Li’s wife busy in Chu Zizhou’s dormitory.

Curious, Song Yunuan told Gu Huai’an, "I’m going to see what they’re up to, wait for me a moment."

Then Song Yunuan bounced over and peered inside, where, to her surprise, the dormitory had been completely transformed.

Old Man Sun was laying red bricks on the floor.

New kang mats had been laid on both the north and south kang beds.

Xiaohua was cleaning the windows, Aunt Sun was sewing quilts—in those days, quilt covers weren’t a thing, so quilt tops and linings were typically sewn together by hand.

There were also two pillowcases with embroidered edges, obviously made by her own aunt, as she had seen them yesterday in the west wing of her house.

Grandma had even embroidered two butterflies on them.

Song Yunuan asked Xiaohua in a low voice, "Why are they sprucing up the room, is the brigade leader getting a wife?"