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Although her father and I are "blind as bats," our daughter is a well-known talented girl in the surrounding villages. She skipped two grades in elementary school, ranked first in the entire town when transitioning to middle school, and again ranked first in the county when moving from middle school to high school. During her college entrance exam year, she suddenly had a stomachache during the last exam and had to submit her paper early to see a doctor. Despite this, Qiu Ying still managed to get into Jiangcheng University with a score 28 points higher than the cutoff.
After graduating from university, she was assigned to the Intermediate People's Court of Jiangcheng.
As the saying goes, daughters should marry and sons should take wives. Her current husband, Jia Huairen, pursued Qiu Ying relentlessly at first.
The Jia family is well-established in Jiangcheng, with Jia's Father serving as the deputy director of a neighborhood office in Honghe District.
Jia Huairen is fair-skinned and wears gold-rimmed glasses; at first glance, he seems quite presentable. Most ordinary people have a desire to climb the social ladder, and both Qiu Ying's father and I even considered marrying Qiu Ying into Jiangcheng and the Jia family as something to boast about.
However, Qiu Ying disagreed: "I have no feelings for Jia Huairen; his family is too materialistic..."
I didn't understand what materialistic meant; I just felt my daughter was being proud: "I think young Jia is quite good; what do you have against him? Your father and I only met once before we got married and forgot what he looked like until then, yet we've been together for so many years and have you!"
Every time Jia Huairen came to our farmhouse, he would bring envious glances and mixed compliments from our neighbors.
Both Qiu Ying's father and I enjoyed this attention.
But Qiu Ying still insisted on her own opinion: "I don't want to marry Jia Huairen!"
Jia Huairen came to our house again: "Auntie, I truly like Qiu Ying; please support us!"
Her father took a deep drag from his cigarette: "Your aunt and I have no objections; it mainly depends on Qiu Ying herself..."
Seeing that Qiu Ying wasn't around, Jia Huairen lowered his voice: "There's a boy in her class named Hu Ruoyun... He comes from a poor family in Honghui County's mountains and seems interested in Qiu Ying..."
This girl must be out of her mind! How could she not understand what's important?
With smooth sugarcane and worm-eaten sugarcane right in front of her, she still doesn't know which one to choose?
"If you dare to be with that guy named Hu, I'll drink this!" I shouted at Qiu Ying while holding up the pesticide.
From childhood to now, I've been the authority in this household; she and her father together couldn't turn my palm over.
When my daughter got married and was on the flower cart, she cried very sadly.
People in the village said this girl was homesick and attached to me; she valued emotions deeply.
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The Jia family also has another son, Jia Huaili, who is Jia Huairen's twin brother.
The two brothers got married in the same year.
A year later, Jia Huaili's wife gave birth to a son named Mao Mao, while Qiu Ying's belly showed no signs of movement. As a result, Qiu Ying's life became increasingly difficult.
When the second daughter-in-law of the Jia family gave birth, it was Qiu Ying who took care of her during the confinement period. The gas canister and the pampered sister-in-law, who had become spoiled after giving birth to a son, often ordered her around. Qiu Ying had to wash the baby's diapers and prepare six to eight meals a day for the new mother, constantly changing up the dishes. As the child grew day by day and is now four years old, influenced by the adults, he treated Qiu Ying like a nanny. This little brat inherited the Jia family's sharp tongue and lack of morals. Today, Qiu Ying took him to a nearby amusement park.
This little rascal commanded his aunt, "Go buy me an ice cream! I'm about to die of thirst! How can you be so clueless at your age?" While Qiu Ying went to buy him something, he sneaked back home and complained to his grandmother and mother, who were busy playing mahjong with a group of women: "Aunt hit me and left me at the amusement park! I was so scared..." He even squeezed out some tears while saying this.
The old lady of the Jia family exploded in anger and slammed down her mahjong tile: "Good grandson, Grandma will go settle this for you right now!" The gas canister stormed out of the house and saw Qiu Ying anxiously asking the amusement park owner about the ice cream. She approached Qiu Ying and slapped her across the face: "You useless old hen! Not only can't you take care of yourself, but you also want to abandon my good grandson! If it weren't for him knowing how to get home on his own, he might have been taken by human traffickers!"
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