Early the next morning, Ji Xiangcheng arrived, accompanied by two people in casual clothes, whose distinguished statuses were imdiately apparent.
The two of them followed Ji Xiangcheng closely like door gods, not leaving her side for a mont.
She handed a red envelope to Xu Qinghuan, "Yesterday was your wedding day. I initially wanted to co, but soone like might not be welco, so I’m here today to make up for it."
Xu Qinghuan did not accept it. Instead, she poured her a cup of tea, "Tell , why did you co to see ?"
When they first t on the train and she didn’t know her identity, she indeed admired Ji Xiangcheng’s personality, but after learning her mother was Zhenai Qianxia, there was no way they could beco friends.
Never mind that Ji Xiangcheng might not know her mother’s identity, Zhenai Qianxia used the profits and benefits gained from Hua Country to raise her, letting her live a life of luxury. She grew up on the blood-soaked bread of soldiers like her father and his comrades.
Ji Xiangcheng didn’t accept the tea, placing the red envelope on the table, "Xu Qinghuan, you weren’t like this to when we first t. After you heard my mother’s na, you knew my identity and started keeping your distance from !"
Xu Qinghuan looked at the thriving vegetables outside the door; this plot was being tended by Jiang Xingye this year, and he was quite skilled at growing vegetables.
"When you introduced your na, I beca suspicious. Ji Xiangcheng, you said you liked eating oranges, so your mother gave you this na, but I knew it wasn’t true—it’s a na with national characteristics.
Ji Xiangcheng, there’s national hatred and family feud between us. I didn’t kill you because I have to abide by the laws of Hua Country and be a law-abiding citizen, not because you’re innocent.
The blood of your mother flows through you; that is original sin!"
Ji Xiangcheng’s tears poured down, "What does it have to do with ? I never knew who she was. How is it related to ? Why do you put her sins on ?
You say that having her blood is original sin, but Xu Qinghuan, is that sothing I could choose?"
She ssily wiped the tears from her face, "I grieve for your father, for those who sacrificed, but in warfare, both sides want to win and will go to all lengths to do so."
Xu Qinghuan responded angrily, "So, Ji Xiangcheng, which nationality are you then?"
Zhenai Qianxia married a person from Hua Country, a genuine Hua Country person.
Ji Xiangcheng shook her head, "I don’t know, I really don’t know. I always considered you my best friend. Even back then, when you made Lin Yufei ignore , though he actually had feelings for , you were the one who instructed him not to pay attention to ."
Xu Qinghuan said, "What about the Ji Family now? Your father’s side of the family’s people, what’s happened to them? And you, what is your fate?"
Ji Xiangcheng began crying again, deeply saddened, "So it’s not fair, it’s really not fair for us, it’s so unjust!"
"There’s nothing unfair about it. If only your mother were punished, that would be unfair for us. Everyone being sent to the countryside follows organizational assignnts; they go where they’re assigned, but you’re different, you have the freedom to choose where to go."
Ji Xiangcheng was astonished, "I trusted you then, that’s why I said such things to you."
"But such words strike a chord with ordinary people like us. There’s an old saying in Hua Country: ’Not fearing scarcity but unequal distribution.’ Xu Qinghuan said, "Why do you enjoy such privileges?"
"You were also assigned to the Shangjiang Team; wasn’t it your desire to co here in the first place?"
"Indeed, yes, but my father was a martyr at that ti. I was a martyr’s orphan and, according to policy, I could even apply not to go to the countryside. But what was your identity?"
Xu Qinghuan sighed, "Ji Xiangcheng, you don’t need to talk about fairness. If I were you, I would accept all the punishnts, repent, atone, repay the father’s debt. There’s nothing unfair about it. You were born on this land, and it raised you. Repent for the evil and cris your mother committed!"
Ji Xiangcheng closed her eyes, crying sorrowfully.
She couldn’t even plead for leniency, couldn’t say soft words.
It is enough to see how well Zhenai Qianxia protected her over the past twenty years, and how naive her thinking was, to assu Xu Qinghuan would plead on her behalf for so leniency due to their brief acquaintance.
Complete destruction!
So many people died, her father survived, but the guilt, the profound pain, wouldn’t diminish with ti but rather beco harder to resolve as the truth erges.
Ji Xiangcheng naïvely still thought she could gain so forgiveness for herself.
On what basis!
Xu Qinghuan gave a slight nod to the two people, who urged Ji Xiangcheng to leave. She didn’t want to go, but staying seed pointless.
As she left, Ji Xiangcheng didn’t forget to take her red envelope with her.
Jian Jingchuan ca out of the room and asked, "Who was that woman?"
"Zhenai Qianxia’s daughter. We t on the train before."
Jian Jingchuan understood.
No wonder this girl ca looking for Xu Qinghuan. She would be sent to the harshest, most challenging, most disorderly farm and would never be released.
The Jiang Family hosted another banquet, inviting relatives from Yan City to a grand al, with at Jiang Xingye had bought early that morning and several main dishes specially brought from the state-owned restaurant.
The next day, Jian Jingchuan arranged two tables at Xu Qinghuan’s place for a return banquet and then returned to Yan City with the group from there.
Xu Qinghuan wanted to give the bathroom renovation plan to Jian Jingchuan, asking him to help install it in Yan City, but Jiang Xingye stopped her, "I’ll do it!"
He seed a bit displeased.
Xu Qinghuan had to let him.
Upon returning from sending Jian Jingchuan and the others to the train station, unexpected guests arrived at the Shangjiang Team: Lu Mingqiu and Lu Mingxu had co for their rural assignnt.
Xu Qinghuan was quite surprised; she thought Lu Mingqiu would have gone with the man who had slept with her, but that would depend on whether the man wanted her.
Lu Mingxu’s leg had healed, but the fifteen-year-old boy was as thin as a sheet of paper, his cheekbones prominent, eyes sunken. In his pocket, he carried a small cat, its round head peeking out, amber eyes darting around.
Upon seeing Xu Qinghuan, Lu Mingxu’s lips moved for a long ti, his gaze following her until she was far away, before he softly called out, "Sister."
In the female educated youth point, only Duan Qingi was living there. Initially, she was worried about people in the production team gossiping and causing trouble, but over ti, she ca to appreciate the benefits of living alone, and now that there was an additional person, she wasn’t accustod and strongly opposed to Lu Mingqiu moving in.
"You’re from the Lu Family, are you related to Lu Nianying?" Duan Qingi asked.
Lu Mingqiu ignored her, tending to the southern kang. Duan Qingi muttered under her breath, and Lu Mingqiu flung a basin of dirty water used to clean the kang at Duan Qingi, "Keep cursing, and I’ll tear your mouth apart!"
Duan Qingi didn’t expect the newcor to dare act so outrageously, and she lunged at her, with the two of them fighting together.
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