Chapter 52: Being a Stepmother 19
Ye Zhu also took the college entrance examination this year, and her good friend Ye Zhidong could only watch. She had never thought about going to school before, but all her peers except her took the college entrance examination. Whether she passed or not, she felt bad.
They were all sisters, but she was the worst off, she had never been to school and she had no idea where to get married. She happened to see Ye Zhiqiu being knocked unconscious, she didn't trust her family, but she didn't have the ability to find a husband for herself.
Anxious, she secretly found Ye Zhiqiu and asked her to help introduce a good young man to her. She didn't care how well-off his family was, as long as he was a good person.
It's a pity that Ye Zhiqiu has no sisterhood or sympathy at all. She herself is living with Han Dalin by accident, so how can she help Ye Zhidong?
Not to mention that she didn't know any good unmarried young men, even if she did, it would be useless. She bet that if the Ye family knew that it was she who introduced the man, they would definitely not agree.
Ye Zhidong could only hope for the best, as the Ye family would not let her go unless they sold her for a good price. Not to mention her, even Ye Rong and Ye Zhu were the same in the eyes of the Ye family, except that they were not exchanged for a high-priced betrothal gift, but were asked to find a good in-law family and help their natal family in the future.
She also didn't know where the Ye family got the confidence that they would help after marriage. She didn't dare to say anything about Ye Zhu. With Ye Rong's personality, let alone the Ye family, even if Ye Daniu had any problems, he would make decisions based on the circumstances.
If it affects Ye Rong's status in her husband's family, she will definitely take care of it, but it is hard to say how to do it. If it does not affect Ye Rong's treatment in her husband's family, she may not shed tears even if Ye Daniu dies.
Ye Zhiqiu didn't think there was anything wrong with Ye Rong's behavior. If a girl was born into the Ye family, she would end up like Ye Zhidong if she wasn't smart. If she hadn't come, the original owner wouldn't have ended up well.
Ye Rong didn't think there was anything wrong with being selfish. She didn't think of taking advantage of her parents' family. Why should her parents ask her for help when they have problems? She didn't ask for a dowry when she got married. Her family gave it to her because they thought her in-laws were good.
No matter how expensive or good the gift was, she would have to repay the favor in the future, so she didn't owe the Ye family anything. If she wasn't afraid that her in-laws would misunderstand her as someone who didn't care about family affection, she would even want to sever ties with her natal family.
Each of them was a drag on the team, so she didn't think much when she heard that her two cousins were taking the college entrance examination. They didn't grow up together and only saw each other during festivals, so how could there be any sisterhood?
Let alone sisterhood, their relationship is at most a familiar stranger. After all, during the New Year holidays, there are more than a dozen people in the family, and they may not even talk to each other in a day. What else can they be but strangers?
Ye Zhu's idea was better than Ye Rong's, but not much better. Although they grew up together, she didn't like Ye Zhiqiu's dull personality, and the relationship between the two was not very good.
When others came to ask her whether Ye Zhiqiu could be admitted to university, she shook her head firmly: "Even the educated youth from the city may not be able to be admitted. My sister has never been to school and she definitely can't be admitted."
There were too many idle people in the village, and the college entrance examination was one of the most exciting events at the moment. Someone told Ye Zhiqiu what Ye Zhu said and asked her if she was afraid of being embarrassed if she failed the exam.
Not to mention that Ye Zhiqiu didn't think it was shameful to fail the exam. Even if it was really shameful, he wouldn't say it out loud, let alone let those who were trying to stir up trouble laugh at him.
She smiled and brought up Han Xiaoqin: "The village chief's daughter is also taking the college entrance examination. You asked me instead of asking her. If she fails, then she fails. It won't hurt you."
After she said this, no one dared to joke about it anymore. If Han Xiaoqin failed the exam, it would be bad if they were blamed. It wasn't that they looked down on others, but the educated youth in the city said that the questions were not easy, and they all looked depressed after taking the exam. If a girl from the village still wanted to pass the exam, her ancestors would be very sad.
Ye Zhiqiu didn't care whether other people's ancestors' graves were surging or not, she was confident that she could pass the exam. If she couldn't pass the exam even after studying in advance, she might as well find a piece of tofu and kill herself.
She had packed her luggage in advance when she had nothing to do. She threw away the unwanted things, gave away the things that should be given away, and sold the things that should be sold. Although she had a space, she still had to deal with the things that should be dealt with on the surface, otherwise people would wonder where her things went.
Things are easy to deal with, but people are hard to deal with. If she really goes to school, what will happen to Han Yue? Ye Zhiqiu doesn't want to take her child to school. It's not that she can do it, but she doesn't want to. She is not her biological mother, so why bother so much.
When she mentioned Han Yue, she remembered that she seemed to have forgotten something. It was not until she went to the Han family's old house to pick up Han Yue that she remembered that Han's father seemed to have mentioned that she should tell Han Dalin about the college entrance examination.
Yes, he also disliked that a married woman like me shouldn’t take the exam. Even if I passed, so what? No wonder she abandoned her husband and daughter to go to school.
Ye Zhiqiu didn't forget to tell Han Dalin, but she deliberately didn't tell him. She wanted to wait until she got the admission letter. She was used to making her own decisions on everything, and she really didn't consider Han Dalin's ideas for the future development.
She thought about writing to Han Dalin the next day, but she received a letter delivered to her door by the postman early the next morning. When she opened it, she found that he had come back to celebrate the New Year this year.
After telling Han Yue the good news, she started to worry about how to spend the New Year since there was nothing at home. Last year, it was just her and Han Yue. The child was young and easy to fool, so she had to get everything she needed from the space.
It definitely won’t work this year. Han Dalin is not easy to coax. The most important thing is that there are many people at home. She doesn’t even dare to talk in her sleep. I don’t know if she has the habit of talking in her sleep.
Everyone else was waiting for the admission letter, but Ye Zhiqiu was the only one who was preparing various New Year's goods at home. She was the first to respond to any meat, fish or even fruit sellers, which made many people say behind her back that she was a greedy daughter-in-law.
The villagers thought she didn't know, but the system had already told her. She didn't want to go out in the winter, but Han Dalin was coming back for the New Year. If she didn't go out every day, where would the New Year's goods come from? She couldn't say she made it up.
She would rather endure the cold wind than treat herself badly. Her life was already hard enough, and she had to worry about neighbors reporting her for eating luncheon meat. During the Chinese New Year, every household had meat, and she didn't want to miss the only opportunity where she didn't have to worry about the aroma of meat drifting to her neighbors' homes.
As time went by, the supplies prepared by the supply and marketing cooperative for the New Year were sold out early, and she had no chance to go out and feel the cold wind. Running outside every day, she missed the news from the village. She heard that some educated youth from the neighboring village had received their admission letters.
This was a major event that concerned all the candidates. Even the village chief was concerned about whether Han Xiaoqin had passed the exam and had specially gone to the town to inquire about the news. Only Ye Zhiqiu remained the same and was not in a hurry at all.
When the educated youth in Hanjia Village also received the admission letter, Han Xiaoqin couldn't sit still. She came to her house and said, "Sister Zhiqiu, do you think I can pass the exam? The questions on the exam seem familiar to me. Why didn't I memorize them? I regret not listening to you."