Rebirth in the 80s: The Scholar Wife is Cute
Chapter 134: Golden Phoenix

Chapter 134: Chapter 134: Golden Phoenix

It was the same this time, Li Chunhua watched TV for a while, then headed back home.

Accustomed to an early bedtime, she would start to feel sleepy as soon as it hit nine o’clock in the evening.

Once Li Chunhua left, Shen Jianhua couldn’t stay any longer and decided to head back first, and before long, Old Lady Liu followed suit, reminding Xiaocui before she left, "Don’t go back too late."

Xiaocui had come out with Erni, who was sitting at the bedroom door with Zhang Changfa’s eldest daughter. The two girls were about the same age and got along well, which gave her some peace of mind with Erni around.

Xiaocui responded affirmatively just as the TV drama reached the point where the female lead quarreled with her family, insisting on marrying the man she loved. Since this was a rerun, some had already seen the ending at a relative’s house and had talked about how it all turned out.

Speaking of which, the ending was somewhat similar to Xiaocui’s past life, where both involved husbands who gambled and beat their wives, leading to the female lead drinking pesticide and dying.

As she was reflecting on this, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her arm, followed by Xiaocui’s urgent voice, "This man will ruin you, don’t marry him!"

Her expression was frantic, with a touch of barely noticeable agony. Hands gripping Shen Mianmian’s arm, she seemed almost like a different person.

Shen Mianmian trembled and instinctively whispered, "Xiaocui."

"Huh?" Xiaocui turned her head, looking bewilderedly at Shen Mianmian, "What’s wrong?"

Shen Mianmian: "..."

The expression on Xiaocui’s face was no different from usual, as if the previous moment had been a figment of her imagination.

"It’s nothing," Shen Mianmian smiled, "What happened to you just now?"

Xiaocui laughed sheepishly, "I was too caught up in the drama. Her husband later found another woman outside, gambled away money instead of providing for the family, despised her for giving birth to a daughter, and drove her to drink pesticide to death."

Was she really just too absorbed in the show, or did she have a premonition about the events of her past life?

A seed of doubt planted in Shen Mianmian’s heart.

Normally, Xiaocui and Erni wouldn’t stay up too late watching TV, and after the episode ended around nine-thirty, Xiaocui said goodbye to Shen Mianmian and went back home with Erni.

Shen Mianmian intended to follow them home, but someone, seizing the moment during a commercial break, struck up a conversation.

"Siyu is both smart and beautiful. Our small village can hardly contain such a golden phoenix, she’s bound to marry into the city and live a life of luxury."

"That’s for sure," Zhou Lanfang said, basking in the compliment without a hint of modesty, "These country bumpkins here can’t match up to my Siyu. She’s definitely going to make it to the city."

"..."

While the intention was to praise Zhou Siyu and curry favor with the Shen Family, hearing Zhou Lanfang speak so immodestly left many feeling displeased.

Country bumpkins? What’s wrong with country bumpkins?

Wasn’t everyone sitting here a country bumpkin? She herself was one and yet looked down upon them.

Zhou Lanfang, oblivious to the offense she’d caused, continued to boast, "If you graduate from university, the city will have jobs assigned, that’s a secure job, unlike our backbreaking work here, toiling away with faces toward the soil and backs to the sky."

The others secretly grimaced. If it weren’t for the hope that Zhou Siyu would be successful and not wanting to offend, they would have retorted by now.

No one responded, making the atmosphere somewhat awkward. Zhang Family’s daughter-in-law awkwardly chimed in, "That’s right! Siyu is clever, you have to support her education well."

"Do I even need to say it?" If not support Siyu, then should she support that illegitimate child?

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