When Ye Zi returned home, she felt like a fish in water and lived a life of ease.

My eldest cousin went back to take care of the children two days ago.

Before going back, I smiled and told her that we would talk about other things after the Spring Festival!

It was as if he had changed into a different person and suddenly became much more cheerful.

Ye Zi thinks this is fine.

Maybe things will turn around after the Spring Festival.

However, although Ye Zi is at home on vacation now, he is still very busy every day.

In addition to taking a certain amount of time to review her homework, she also has to do housework and help her father collect vegetables.

Mom said it would be fine if she came. Ye Zi said she would come back from vacation, so Mom should rest for a few days!

So she did all the laundry and cooking.

My mother cleans the house and does handicrafts the rest of the time.

Of course, Ye Zi would remember to call Li Mingyuan every night to report.

It's nothing more than talking about what I did today and where I went.

After making a phone call, I always have insomnia when I go to bed because I miss someone so much.

I can vividly experience the feeling of not seeing each other for one day as if it were three autumns apart.

It’s so confusing!

Ye Zi took the washing tub to the river to wash clothes as usual.

In their village, they wash their clothes in a small river at the entrance of the village.

Everyone stood by the river chatting and washing clothes, and the time passed very quickly.

"Ye Zi, how about studying at university?" the aunt beside asked while doing laundry.

"It's okay." Ye Zi raised his head and responded.

You can’t say that you have a hard time reading it!

Alas! Although this is true!

If she didn't study law, she might not have such a hard time!

But if you think about it another way, maybe she would have had the same difficult subjects if she switched to another department.

So just stay in the law department!

At least she has a professor from the law department as a friend who can tutor her, right?

"Have you found a boyfriend?" Auntie walked over and asked with a smile.

"...No!" Ye Zi paused and replied, lowering his head and washing clothes, but his face turned red.

I don't know if I'm blushing because of lying or because I'm thinking of Li Mingyuan.

"Didn't you hear that you can start dating once you go to college? It's your mother who won't let you do it!"

"Well...just let nature take its course!"

"But that's right. If you go to college so far away, it's better not to look for one. When you come back after graduation, you can find someone local to us so that your parents can take care of you!"

"Yeah!" Ye Zi responded in a low voice.

Thinking about this is really a headache!

It is definitely impossible for Li Mingyuan to come here, even if they really get married in the future.

After all, his work family is there.

But if she really marries somewhere far away, what will her parents do?

Thinking of this, Ye Zi suddenly became depressed.

I didn't even hear what Auntie said.

It wasn't until she said it the second time that she came back to her senses, turned her head and answered,

"Okay, let Xiaoling come to our house tonight!"

What Auntie said just now is, Ye Zi, if you are free, can our Xiaoling come to you for tutoring? She will take the high school entrance examination next year. If she can be admitted to a good university like you, she will

alright.

"Ye Zi is still promising and has been admitted to a key university. From now on, your parents will benefit from it.

Unlike the pretty girl next door who doesn't study hard and dresses like a butterfly all day long, she got pregnant before she even got married. Now she's in a hurry to get a birth certificate and she's not old enough, so she has to avoid family planning all day long, even during the Spring Festival.

Since she has never come back, her family will not be at peace either!"

"That's right, wasn't Yanzi's father arrested and imprisoned last week?"

"Yeah, it's really annoying to give birth to a child like this!"

"..."

Everyone chatted with each other, Ye Zi listened silently, and after a while, the clothes were washed.

Except for the dirty clothes of her father, who is a farmer, her and her mother's clothes are easy to wash and can be washed in a few times.

After saying hello to his aunt and aunt, Ye Zi went back with the wash basin.

The three aunts and six wives who were still washing continued to gossip.

Yanzi was Ye Zi's playmate when she was a child, and their families were opposite each other at that time.

We often get together to skip rope, hopscotch, and play house.

Once they talked about what they would like to do when they grow up.

At that time, Ye Zi said that she wanted to be a bride when she grew up and could wear beautiful clothes.

Yanzi said that when she grows up, she will become a scientist and travel around the world.

As I grew older, my original ideals also changed.

After going to school, many practical problems became apparent.

For example, if you want to go to higher education, you need to get high scores.

Like if you don't repeat a grade, you have to pass the exam.

At that time, Ye Zi was worried that he would repeat a grade all day long, so the first thing he did when he got home was to do his homework, and he also listened to the lectures very seriously in class.

Even so, her grades are always neither good nor bad.

Yanzi is very smart and always gets 100 points in the exam.

If you get 100% in the test, you can eat eggs. At that time, eggs were very expensive, just like tea eggs now, and they were basically unaffordable.

But after she entered middle school, her family moved to a newly built house, and her home was a bit far away from Yanzi's home.

And she and Yanzi were not assigned to the same class.

Gradually we became more distant.

Later, I heard that Yanzi fell in love prematurely, and was called by the school's Academic Affairs Office for a talk.

Later, after Yanzi finished junior high school, she stopped studying and went out to work.

There was no contact between them.

During the summer vacation when she was admitted to college, Yanzi came back from working in another place and gave her a set of clothes.

At that time, Yanzi was already dressed very maturely and even wore makeup.

She didn't know why, but she suddenly felt sad.

Yanzi once had much better academic performance than her, and Yanzi was also smarter than her.

But now Yanzi has gone out to work, and she is still studying.

The clothes Yanzi bought for her were a set of sportswear.

Later she took it to school to wear.

After coming back from washing and drying the clothes, Ye Zi sat next to her mother to help with the handwork and asked her mother,

"Mom, do you know how Yanzi is doing now?"

"Yanzi, I heard not long ago that she was going to come back to get married, and she was with a colleague.

Later, I heard that she was pregnant and the Planning Commission wanted to arrest her, so she didn’t come back. I don’t know if it’s true or not!” Ye’s mother responded.

"Mom, her father said he was taken away, is that true?" Ye Zi asked again.

"Well, I was arrested and imprisoned for two days. If Yanzi doesn't come back, there's no point in arresting the old man!" Ye Mu nodded and replied.

"Mom, can I go sit at Yanzi's house later?"

"Go! Bring something with you." Mother Ye said.

Ye Zi nodded.

Just like that, Ye Zi took some things and went to Yanzi's house to sit.

Her mother was the only one at home and was a little surprised to see Ye Zi.

She was busy asking Ye Zi to sit down, pouring water, and washing fruits. Ye Zi asked her to stop working and she came over to sit. Her mother later sighed and said that their Yan Zi did not cherish her, otherwise she should be able to go to college by now.

Ye Zi didn't know what to say, so he could only comfort Yanzi's mother, saying that Xing Xing was the top scholar.

"Yanzi, how is she now?" Ye Zi chatted with Yanzi's mother.

"What's good? Yanzi is pregnant now, but she's not old enough to apply for a certificate, so she has to hide for now! I told her a long time ago not to look for her too early, but she just doesn't listen! Now she's still hurting her family."

When Ye Zi heard what Yanzi's mother said, she didn't know what to say.

"Ye Zi, you still have potential, go to college, don't rush to find it.

When I graduate and find a good job, what kind of job do I want to find?

Our Yanzi is not so lucky!" After Yanzi's mother finished speaking, she began to sigh again.

"Aunt, what Yanzi likes should be good," Ye Zi comforted.

"Let's not talk about whether it's good or bad. Who at such a young age can have a definite idea? It will change when the time comes.

The pain is yet to come!”

"Aunt, I believe in Yanzi's vision.

Yanzi has been smart since she was a child and will not be deceived so easily."

"There's no use being smart, it's all useless on the right path!"

Ye Zi sat at Yanzi's house for nearly an hour.

I originally wanted to ask for Yanzi’s contact information, but then I thought that now is a sensitive period, and Yanzi’s mother might not give it to her if she asked.

So I gave up the idea.

Later, Yanzi's mother stayed with her for lunch. She said that her mother had already prepared it and went back first.

When I got home, my mother had indeed cooked the rice and was cooking.

"How was your chat with your Aunt Yanzi?"

"We just talked about some things about Yanzi. She said that Yanzi is pregnant, but she is not old enough, and now she dare not go home to avoid family planning."

"Actually, Yanzi is also having a hard time." Ye Mu suddenly said this.

"What's wrong?" Ye Zi turned around and asked.

"Yanzi wanted to go to technical secondary school back then, but her father owed a lot of gambling debts and wouldn't let her continue her studies, so she had to work part-time."

"Oh!" Ye Zi responded in a low voice.

She had heard that Yanzi's father was a gambling addict.

During the summer vacation of that year, Ye Zi and Yanzi played together. Yanzi also said that she must study hard after entering a vocational high school. I heard that now she has the opportunity to enter a university if she attends a vocational high school.

She also told her that they would try to get into the same university in the future so that they could be together again.

But then I heard that Yanzi went out to work, and after she entered high school, her classwork was very heavy, and she was the kind of student who needed to work hard, so she basically turned a deaf ear to what was happening outside the window.

Only now do I know that Yanzi was unable to continue studying because of her family's problems.

She was once full of dreams, but she couldn't resist the cruelty of reality.

"Ye Zi, your parents don't ask you to be brilliant and prosperous in the future.

It's already amazing that you can get into this university now.

Study hard and find a stable job after graduation.

Then find a reliable person to get married, have children, and live a stable life, and your parents will be content!"

"I know, Mom!" Ye Zi responded, washing the celery.

"I heard that many students start dating after they go to college.

Mom actually doesn't agree with it.

Let’s not mention that your place of employment after graduation has not yet been determined.

Let’s just say that you are still young and there is no certainty yet.

And you are a girl, so you are always at a disadvantage.

Mom still hopes we can talk after you graduate.

Ye Zi, what do you think?" Mother Ye turned around and asked.

"Mom, I will pay attention!" Ye Zi responded in a low voice, not daring to look at her mother.

"Do you have someone you like?" Ye Mu paused and looked at Ye Zi and asked.

"Not yet... not yet. If there is any problem, just tell mom!"

"Okay, mom knows you are an obedient child!" Mother Ye nodded and did not ask any more questions.

Let Ye Zi take the dishes out.

After preparing lunch, Ye Zi called her father, who was hoeing grass, to come back for lunch.

After lunch, Ye Zi rested for a while and then went into the bedroom to read.

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