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Wang Chunmei returned to Qingfeng Village, and was promptly sent home by Yan Jinsu, with only Yan Jinsu’s words ringing in her ears.
"Chun Mei, our family is planning to go to Beijing, would you be interested in coming with me?"
"I know you don’t want to grow old and die in the countryside. You have worked well these past days, and since you are like a daughter to my mother, I truly wish the best for you."
"Don’t answer me right now, go back and give it a good thought, and consult your uncle and aunt before you tell me your decision."
Ever since she was on the vehicle, Wang Chunmei had been pondering the implications of the words said by the Third Sister-in-law at the supply and marketing cooperative.
It felt unreal.
To be honest, it was only now that she truly realized that Yan Jinsu was a woman of genuine magnanimity.
If it were any other woman, discovering that another woman had her eyes on her husband and wanted to steal him away, she would definitely find various ways to distance herself from that woman who wanted to be a homewrecker.
No matter how sweet the words spoken, no matter the promises to not covet another’s husband, how many unscrupulous women could truly do as they say?
If she weren’t that unscrupulous woman herself, Wang Chunmei could hardly believe that such women could be honest and consistent in their actions.
Yan Jinsu trusted her so easily, which made Wang Chunmei feel very grateful.
Perhaps she was only fixated because she ’couldn’t have’ him. After all, Xie Jingchen had never given her any hope, he didn’t even remember her name.
Besides her own secret affection for Xie Jingchen, there was literally no interaction between them.
If Xie Jingchen had not become her ’Third Brother’, she would never have imagined that the formidable and dominant Brother Rong, was actually quite warm-hearted and loyal, almost to the frustrating extent of being a slave to his wife.
"Chun Mei, why have you come back?" Mrs. Wang, seeing her daughter who was supposed to be working as a maid for the Xie Family suddenly return home with a troubled expression, and was about to ignore her and head into her room, hurriedly called out.
"Ah," Wang Chunmei was shocked by the sudden voice, turning her head in fright, only to see her mother standing in front of the living room calling her, and then she came back to her senses, covering her chest and complaining, "Mom, don’t you know scaring people can scare them to death~"
Her voice carried a tone of coyness, and rather than heading into her room, she approached her mother and spoke softly.
"Hey, you cheeky girl, now you are playing the blame game! Come, tell mom, what were you so engrossed in thinking about?" Mrs. Wang, seeing her eldest daughter frightened, pulled her into the living room and poured her a glass of water, then asked.
"Um," Wang Chunmei, having seated her mother in a chair, took a sip of the water in her hand, mumbled a response, drank a few more sips until she felt calm, and then began discussing with her mother.
"Mom, just now, the Xie Family’s Third Sister-in-law asked me if I wanted to go with her to Beijing."
Mrs. Wang frowned upon hearing, uncertain, "What? Go to Beijing?"
Chun Mei going to Beijing? Mrs. Wang, once her daughter nodded again confirming it, furrowed her brows deeper, hesitated a moment, but still sternly asked:
"Chun Mei, you are already nineteen today, don’t you want to get married?"
In the countryside, it was common to get engaged at sixteen or seventeen and married within half a year. Wang Chunmei’s age was considered to have stayed quite long in the countryside, and if delayed further, it could complicate her future marriage prospects.
After all, during those times, not only were women expected to marry young, but men as well.
Moreover, due to economic conditions over the past few years, many concerning phenomena had emerged, and families who cherished their daughters generally didn’t want to marry them off too far away.
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