In the Wang family household, Mr. Wang, furious to the extre, harshly slapped Yuncai twice, feeling that his face had been utterly disgraced.
"I didn’t, I really didn’t do it, I have no idea why it turned out like that." Yuncai refused to admit it, as she truly wasn’t the one responsible.
But no one believed her. Mr. Wang roared, "That machine is yours, no one else has touched it, if not you, then who? We were lucky this wasn’t classified information, otherwise you would be dragged out and shot by now! Telegraphy is such a sensitive task, yet you managed to ss it up."
Continuing, Mr. Wang turned to Mrs. Wang and said, "It’s all your fault, how did you raise our daughter? You’ve spoiled her rotten. If it weren’t for my sake, would she even be able to work as a telegraph operator?"
At this point, Mr. Wang slapped his own face twice, "My face has been completely lost because of her."
Mrs. Wang and Yuncai shrank back upon seeing Mr. Wang slapping himself, and Mrs. Wang said, "Yuncai, really, you should have been more careful. How could you make such a big mistake?"
"Mom, I really didn’t, and I don’t know why this happened. The machine has problems. I’ve been struggling with telegrams recently and I’ve reported the issues several tis. The machine is problematic." Yuncai continued, "It’s like there’s a ghost behind , sabotaging . Sotis whenever I send a telegram, the machine just keeps having various issues. I can’t count how many tis I’ve been scolded by the leaders."
With a smack, Mr. Wang slapped her again, "Are you out of your mind? How can you speak so recklessly?"
Mrs. Wang gasped, "Yuncai, what has gotten into you lately? How can you say such things? It’s a relief this is only within the ho. If said outside, you would bring disaster upon our family."
Mrs. Wang was also angry now. The Wangs were a respectable family in the county, and with such a big scandal caused by Yuncai, who knows how others might mock her.
"I’ve told you I didn’t do it. Why won’t you believe ?" Yuncai burst into tears.
Mr. Wang said, "Find soone soon and marry her far away. She can’t possibly stay in this county."
"I won’t marry, I won’t go," Yuncai imdiately retorted.
"You have no say in this," Mr. Wang said.
"Mom, I don’t want to marry, I can’t marry," Yuncai shook her head, consud with thoughts of Xia Xiao, who was pregnant and whose delivery was only a few months away. Perhaps she still had a chance. If she were married off, she would lose any opportunity with Gao Jiaxing.
Mrs. Wang looked helpless. Seeing her parents sowhat resolute, Yuncai imdiately said, "I won’t marry, otherwise I might as well die."
Her threat only incensed her father further. Yuncai imdiately said, "Dad, don’t you want a relationship with the military? I know soone, and I want to marry him."
"Who?" Mr. and Mrs. Wang both exclaid.
"Is it Gao Guihua’s cousin?" Yuncai said.
"Gao Guihua’s cousin?" Mrs. Wang frowned and then added, "Isn’t Gao Guihua’s cousin already married?"
As she spoke, Mrs. Wang exclaid in shock, "You’re not eyeing a married man, are you?"
Yuncai fell silent, Mr. Wang glared and demanded, "Clarify your statent."
Seeing her parents like this, Yuncai hesitated but still revealed, "I love Gao Jiaxing, have loved him for many years, but back then I couldn’t get close to him. I didn’t even know he was Gao Guihua’s cousin. He is already married now, and his wife is pregnant. Her health isn’t great. Mom, didn’t you say before that childbirth is like passing through the gates of hell? If she doesn’t make it, I might have a chance."
Slap, this ti it wasn’t Mr. Wang who reacted first, but Mrs. Wang.
"How could I have given birth to such a shaless daughter, wishing for soone else’s death, with such a wicked heart?" Mrs. Wang furiously exclaid.
Mr. Wang was shaking with anger, approving, "Well hit." He felt like beating his daughter to death.
Yuncai cried, "I just love him! Aside from him, I don’t want to marry anyone else. If only I had known earlier he was my sister-in-law’s cousin, his current wife would have been . There must have been soone else behind this. If I married him, it would be beneficial for Dad too."
"Look at the daughter you’ve raised, truly disgraceful," Mr. Wang was so angry he was speechless.
"Find soone imdiately to marry her far, far away. Never let her co back in this lifeti. I can’t bear to see her again; I wish I didn’t have such a daughter." Mr. Wang stord out, slamming the door. If she weren’t his daughter, he would have had her beaten to death.
"Mom, please help , I really do love him so much," Yuncai knelt on the ground, begging Mrs. Wang.
Mrs. Wang asked, "Has he done anything to you?"
"No," Yuncai shook her head. "But in this life, I only want to marry him. Now that his wife is pregnant, if sothing unfortunate happens during the childbirth, I could marry him."
"How could I have given birth to such a debtor?" Mrs. Wang slapped Yuncai, her heart aching as she watched her daughter like this.
"Mom, just give a few more months. If there’s no hope then I’ll obey and marry soone else. Just a few months. If I marry now and if she isn’t fortunate enough, I’ll regret it. Mom, please grant this," Yuncai cried, pulling at Mrs. Wang.
Considering it was just a few months, and if the other woman were indeed unlucky, it might fulfill her daughter’s wish. If things went smoothly, it could also allow her daughter to give up. Thus, Mrs. Wang said nothing more.
Xia Xiao, anwhile, was unaware of the Wang family’s situation; after all, Yuncai no longer worked at the post office, and Xia Xiao didn’t go to the post office anymore either.
At the Fangs’, Ge Liang was doing well and had a new na. The Fangs were planning to send him to school later in the year.
So, for now, Xia Xiao was peacefully resting at ho, looking forward to the day her child would arrive.
But Yuncai went to the Gao family to visit Xia Xiao, ruining her good mood.
"Sister-in-law, look what I’ve brought you!" Yuncai entered with a smile, carrying a food container.
Though one does not strike a smiling face, Xia Xiao couldn’t muster a smile this ti and asked, "Mr. Wang, what do you need?"
"My mom made dumplings, and I brought a portion for you, sister-in-law." Saying this, Yuncai opened the food container in front of Xia Xiao.
Xia Xiao didn’t move, but Yuncai said, "Sister-in-law, go on, eat. My mom makes delicious dumplings."
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