Chapter 22: Ulterior motives
The day after the sister-in-law left, Tao Xiaoqi went to fetch water, although she didn't have to fetch the firewood herself, but she had to pick the water herself, and it was indispensable for a day.
But her shoulders are really overwhelmed, and somehow, the original owner carried two loads full of water all the way home, without a break halfway, and after changing the core of Tao Xiaoqian, she became delicate, and she had to put down her burden to rest once when she carried an empty bucket, not to mention that it was full of water, and she had to rest four or five times.
When I took a break for the third time, I met Liang Hengsheng head-on, and he was returning from the house of his future father-in-law.
"Where's the water?" Liang Hengsheng saw Tao Xiaoqi, the corners of his mouth twitched, he couldn't talk about being happy, and there was an unpredictable look on his face, like constipation, suffering words.
Tao Xiaoqi didn't greet him, and asked directly, "I heard that you're getting married?" ”
Liang Hengsheng suddenly looked cramped, and looked at her in surprise, "Who did you listen to?" ”
"You don't care who I listen to, marriage is a good thing, what is there to hide, I just want to ask you if it's true or not, if you are hard-hearted, I won't say anything later."
Liang Hengsheng lowered his eyes, "What do you want to say?" ”
"Doesn't you think you're sure yet?"
"You say yes." Liang Hengsheng even urged.
"It's only a matter of time before you return to the city, and if you get married because of a job as a rural teacher, I advise you to think twice."
"How do you know I'll be able to return to the city?" A light burst out of Liang Hengsheng's eyes, but it quickly dimmed again.
"What, you don't believe it? Look at the county and village next door to us, which one is not implementing the return of educated youth to the city. ”
"This is also a situation, I asked the village chief, my situation is a little complicated." Liang Hengsheng pushed his glasses.
"What's complicated, isn't it that your parents' problem is still under trial, you believe me, it's nothing at all, it's just a little time."
"You don't understand, I can't go back to the city in this situation."
"What did the village chief tell you?"
"I also went to the county to ask, and they couldn't say it, this matter is mysterious."
"So you gave up and planned to take root in the countryside for the rest of your life? If you really want to contribute to the country's rural construction, I will not stop you, if you are just to solve the immediate work problems, I do not approve of your approach, and I will look down on you very much. ”
Liang Hengsheng looked at Tao Xiaoqi, with complicated emotions in his eyes.
"There are a few teachers who want this system, and there are high school students who will soon graduate and return to the village, most of them will also teach, and I am afraid that I will ......."
Tao Xiaoqi was impatient, "I've made it clear to you, think about it yourself, I don't like to listen to your bitter past and look ahead, you are educated and knowledgeable, you shouldn't be limited to this small world, forget it, don't say it, you can do it yourself." ”
Tao Xiaoqi rested enough, picked up the burden again and got up, just now he was bored, so he said those words to Liang Hengsheng, whether Liang Hengsheng would listen to it or not, she didn't particularly care, she just felt that she just knew, and when she met it again, she had more words.
Looking at the village chief from her point of view, she can actually see it clearly, this is the ulterior motive of the village chief, taking the outstanding talents for himself, and marrying his pockmarked girl to the educated youth from the city, how good the calculation is, the whole village can see that this is a loss-making transaction, but it is a pity that Liang Hengsheng is a fan of the authorities.
When Tao Xiaoqi finally picked up a load of water to the door of the house, Da Mao ran to tell her in a panic that something had happened and Bei Bei had fallen into the river.
Tao Xiaoqi threw the flat shoulder, spread his feet and Da Mao and ran all the way, and when he arrived at the Qushui River, there was already a circle of people around, Tao Xiaoqi pushed aside the crowd and rushed in, shouting "Beibei Beibei" in his mouth.
"Mother, I'm here." I didn't expect to get a response from Beibei.
Tao Xiaoqi stopped her charging posture and looked up, which Wang Ba Lamb said that Bei Bei fell into the water just now, and she didn't just stand on the edge of the river.
"Beibei, come here!" Peach Xiaoqi pulled Bei Bei over and said angrily.
"Mother, grandma is still in the water." Bei Bei said, pointing to the figure fluttering in the river.
It turned out that the grandmother fell into the water.
The eyes of the whole village are now on Tao Xiaoqi.
The splash of grandmother's splash was white, and she only felt dizzy.
Before she could be blind, an aunt next to her pushed her, "Xiaoqian, your mother-in-law fell into the river, you hurry up and save her." ”
"yes, yes, people are gone."
"Hurry up, she's Beibei's grandmother, she's crazy again, pitiful, her son is not around."
The more Tao Xiaoqi listened, the more angry she became, did these people all point to her, a weak woman who didn't know water, to save people? She and Sun Wangcai are divorced, and what kind of mother-in-law is Sun Wangcai, besides, they have such gossip kung fu people who have already been rescued!
But she can't ignore it, she can swim, and she swims very well.
So, she had to go down!
Plop and see the water splash!
Tao Xiaoqian's face with her eyes closed was splashed with water, obviously this splash was not made by her, she, she hasn't gone down yet!
"Look, Liang Hengsheng went down to save people!" There was a commotion in the crowd.
Tao Xiaoqi opened her eyes and finally saw that the extra person in the water was Liang Hengsheng.
The water is not very deep, and Grandma Sun drowned because of fear and bulky body, and after being rescued by Liang Hengsheng, she didn't even need artificial respiration, so she got up from the ground and went home. As if it had nothing to do with her.
Tao Xiaoqi is not as cheeky as her, she thanked Liang Hengsheng very sincerely, not because he saved her mother-in-law, but because of his righteousness and bravery.
But the people of Mantou Village don't think so, they think it's natural for Tao Xiaoqi to thank Liang Hengsheng, because he saved her mother-in-law.
In Mantou Village, there is no such thing as divorce, Tao Xiaoqi is the first one, but the fact that divorce is still not accepted by the people of Mantou Village.
"Xiaoqian, you should thank people for saving your mother-in-law."
"yes, it's not too much to boil eight eggs."
The mother-in-law in the village said everything that Tao Xiaoqi wanted to say and didn't want to say, Tao Xiaoqi was like a little daughter-in-law who had done something wrong, surrounded in the middle, and she couldn't go, and she couldn't go.
In the end, Liang Hengsheng couldn't bear the cold, and wanted to go home to change clothes, and everyone dispersed.
"Why don't I wash your clothes?" Tao Xiaoqi shouted.
"No, go back and see your mother-in-law, she's soaking wet."
"It's all said, Sun Wangcai and I are divorced." Tao Xiaoqi is no longer able to defend.
"Go back, weird cold ......" no one listened to her.
The water of the Qushui River, after a brief period of jubilation, returned to calm, and the river whimpered and flowed, and I did not know whether it was an ode or a funeral song.