Chapter 12

Leaving with Xia Chenxi, Jiang Lingling was still a little confused after they had walked a long distance. She asked, "Why were you there?"

Xia Chenxi raised his eyebrows. "Why can't I be there?

I grew up in the village. "

Jiang Lingling thought about it and agreed. However, she had been too embarrassed at the time and had been seen by others. For a moment, she felt very embarrassed.

"You want to persuade Uncle Yang to send Jiabao to school?"

Jiang Lingling nodded and looked helpless. "That's what I wanted to do, but I didn't expect Jiabao's father to be so stubborn."

Xia Chenxi thought about it and said, "Every family has its own difficulties. Think about it from another perspective. If Yang Jiabao really learns a trade, it's not bad for him to be a carpenter in the future."

Jiang Lingling didn't necessarily think that studying was the only way to have a bright future. Moreover, in the current situation, there was no way out of studying.

"I understand, but … Sigh, forget it. It's all fate."

Jiang Lingling sighed and felt a deep sense of powerlessness. "I really hope that in the future, children can sit in the classroom and study peacefully. They don't have to worry about not having enough food to eat or warm clothes to wear."

Xia Chenxi looked at her and smiled. "There will definitely be such a day!"

"Chenxi, just now, Yang Jianian said that he almost went to college. Is that true?"

Xia Chenxi nodded. "I heard about it. His family is poor. Yang Jianian's performance was also very good. He was recommended, but I don't know why he didn't go."

"Just now, he said that he was replaced. It's quite a pity." Jiang Lingling's tone was full of pity.

Jiang Lingling wanted to go back to the educated youth settlement. She called Xia Chenxi over and sat down.

Xia Chenxi walked to the settlement, touched his nose, and said, "They won't be happy to see me."

Jiang Lingling pursed her lips and smiled faintly. The current Xia Chenxi was like a completely different person from the past. She was more likable now.

"I've always wanted to ask you. You didn't seem to like us in the past. Why is that?" Jiang Lingling was quite puzzled. She really couldn't figure out why she disliked them so much in the past.

Xia Chenxi looked embarrassed. "It's because you guys are cultured and good-looking that I'm jealous of you.

It's true. I've been bad at studying since I was young. I've even gotten zero marks in my exams. I hate studying the most.

But I'm not good at studying, and I'm complacent because I'm a junior high school student. Do you understand? "

Jiang Lingling covered her mouth and laughed. "I see."

"By the way, I also want to ask you. It seems that Liu Hong has a very bad impression of me. Did something big happen between me and her?" Xia Chenxi had always been puzzled. Liu Hong especially hated her, but she didn't know why.

Xia Chenxi frowned. After a while, she said, "I'm not very sure either. But I heard Sister Liu Hong mention it once. I don't know if you still remember.

When we first came to the unit and began to assign work, the unit originally arranged for Liu Hong to help out in the village store. You went to the store to buy wine and quarreled with her. Later, Liu Hong wasn't in the store. "

Xia Chenxi was shocked. She carefully recalled the original owner's memory. It seemed that such an incident really did happen.

The original owner, Xia Juan, looked down on this group of new educated youths. When she went to the store to buy wine, she was eccentric and quarreled with someone.

Jiang Lingling glanced at her and said, "Actually, Sister Liu Hong is really a good person. If you get to know her for a long time, you'll know that she's just a little short-tempered."

"Then where is she now?"

"Like everyone else, she works hard to earn a living," Jiang Lingling replied.

Xia Chenxi was in a bad mood. So she had implicated others and delayed their work?

There was a small store in the unit. Usually, the women's director, Auntie Zhu, was in charge of it.

No wonder Liu Hong always had a bad expression when she saw her!

After finding the crux of the problem, Xia Chenxi felt more and more that she was a rat crossing the street that everyone wanted to beat up.

"Other than Liu Hong, who else did I have a dispute with in the educated youths?"

Jiang Lingling pursed her lips. "You don't like us, and we don't like to talk to you.

But that's all in the past. It's different now. "

Wang Zhenzhen came in with a basin of freshly washed clothes. When she saw Jiang Lingling and Secretary Xia's daughter outside, she greeted them.

She seemed to be particularly shy. Her voice was very soft, and she was petite. Xia Chenxi felt that she was like the delicate and weak Sister Lin.

She knew that other than Jiang Lingling who had truly forgiven her, the others might not welcome her. She was aware of this, so she made an excuse that she had something to do at home and did not follow them in.

Wang Zhenzhen finished drying the clothes and carried the basin into the house. She saw Jiang Lingling half-lying on the bed and reading a book. She knew that Jiang Lingling had been troubled recently because one of her students had gone home. However, she was curious as to why Jiang Lingling and Xia Chenxi were together again.

Wang Zhenzhen knew how deep the conflict between the two of them was in the past. Suddenly, the two of them became friendly.

However, Wang Zhenzhen did not understand.

"Lingling, why are you with Xia Chenxi again?"

Jiang Lingling did not raise her head and replied, "We happened to run into each other, so we left together."

Wang Zhenzhen bit her lip. "Lingling, you'd better not get too close to her.

How did she treat you in the past?

Have you forgotten?

Besides, if Sister Liu Hong finds out that you're close to her, she won't be happy. "

Jiang Lingling paused. "I understand your concerns, but Xia Chenxi has really changed a lot.

Everyone makes mistakes, as long as they're willing to correct them. "

Wang Zhenzhen wanted to say more, but when she saw that Jiang Lingling did not seem to be listening, she did not continue.

Xia Chenxi walked on the road and kicked the pebbles under her feet with a dejected look on her face.

Sour, jealous, mean …

… unfriendly …

Xia Chenxi buried her face in her hands and let out a long sigh.

She had thought that she had only offended Jiang Lingling, but it turned out that before Jiang Lingling, she had offended Liu Hong and caused her to lose her job at the store. She was already very polite that she did not come looking for her and make a scene.

A cat quickly scurried past Xia Chenxi. Xia Chenxi looked at the orange cat and muttered to herself, "She really despises cats …"

Xia Chenxi let out a whine and saw a person walking towards him on this narrow country road.

He was wearing a shirt, trousers, and a pair of shoes. He was holding a long bamboo stick in his hand and a group of ducks were quacking …

This was the second time Xia Chenxi had seen Gu Yanqing. He was still as handsome and clean as ever. Even though he was driving a group of quacking ducks, he still had a different aura about him.

"Are … are you releasing ducks?"

Xia Chenxi finally snapped out of her daze and asked when she got closer.

Who knew that just as she finished speaking, a fat duck quacked and walked past her with its butt raised. Xia Chenxi was dumbfounded. She looked at the freshly baked filth on her shoes and her brain short-circuited for a moment …