That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1256 Don’t Discredit Yourself
"I did not lie."

Facing Wen Leyu's harsh accusations, Xia Yue subconsciously began to refute: "In the 385 days since I left Qingshui County, I have been thinking about my children every day.

I think about it during the day and at night. I have lost count of how many times I woke up crying from my dreams. The child is my flesh and blood. If there were no other way, who would be so cruel as to separate mother and child?
When I left, my child could not leave my side for a moment, but in just one year, the child doesn't recognize me anymore. Is it wrong for me to come back now for the child?
Wen Leyu, you are also a mother, how can you not understand a mother's feelings, how can you wrongly accuse me like this?"

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When Xia Yue finished speaking, she was choking with sobs and began to cry, and Cui Siguo, who was in her arms, also burst into tears.

But everyone around did not agree with Xia Yue's statement.

Because the "five-year agreement" proposed by Wen Leyu is a test of authenticity.

If you are asked to pay for five years first and you are willing to pay, then you have come back for your children. If you are not willing, then no matter what I say, you have other intentions.

However, the mother and son cried so hard that for a moment, Wu Juying, Li Yue and others around them didn't know how to refute Xia Yue.

Even decades later, "using children as an excuse" is still a sure-fire trick that works all the time, not to mention the more simple 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.

The importance that middle-aged and elderly people of this generation place on family and children is incomparable to that of people decades later. Xia Yue, a mother with a college degree, has her unique value.

But Wu Juying and Li Yue didn't know what to say, but the youngest one, Xiaodou, refused to do it.

The little girl took a bow step and stood in front of Wen Leyu. She pointed her finger at Xia Yue and shouted, "Don't talk about my mother! If my mother says you are wrong, then you are wrong!"

Xiao Baoer also stood up and scolded Xia Yue side by side with his sister: "You...you are wrong!"

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The scene suddenly became very strange.

A woman hugged her child and cried, a group of adults looked on with frowns, but two little kids stood in front of Wen Leyu, put their hands on her waist and supported their mother in a funny way.

However, the next action of the poor child Cui Siguo broke the weirdness.

He broke free from his mother Xia Yue, and grabbed Tong Mingyue's arm, and said timidly: "Grandma, let's go, I don't want my mother anymore, let's go."

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Xia Yue was stunned, and so were the others around her.

Isn't the theme of today's contradiction "all for the children"? But now the children don't want their mothers anymore, so does this contradiction still exist?
Wen Leyu stretched out her hands, pulled back her son and daughter who were standing in front of her, and then asked Xia Yue calmly: "You are a failure as a mother, so I don't need to understand your feelings. Also, don't always compare me with you in the future. I am different from you."

Xia Yue came back to her senses and suddenly burst into tears.

This time I really cried.

She never expected that at this moment when she was most looked down upon, she would be stabbed in the back by her own son.

Look at Wen Leyu's two children, they walked in front of their mother with their heads held high, and accused Xia Yue in a sharp and scolding manner.

But his own son cowardly abandoned him and pulled Tong Mingyue away, just wanting to escape quickly.

Moreover, Wen Leyu's words "You and I are different" further stimulated another "resentment" in her heart.

Ten years ago, Wen Leyu and Xia Yue were classmates, but Wen Leyu at that time was a skinny bean sprout who looked like he was not full, while Xia Yue was a "beautiful girl" with a face like a full moon and was praised by everyone.

But ten years later, Xia Yue was already over thirty years old. Due to lack of maintenance, her skin had become loose and her figure was out of shape. The wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were very obvious, and there were messy strands of gray in her hair. She was completely different from her youthful image back then.

On the other hand, Wen Leyu not only has jet-black hair and unchanged appearance, but her figure has also become three times fuller, and her temperament is excellent, dignified and generous, which is far better than those movie stars.

People often say that whether a woman's life is happy depends on whether her face is moisturized and whether her eyes are confident.

Just now at the door of Li Ye's house, Xia Yue only looked at Wen Leyu for a moment and was forced to look away, because she was jealous of the moisture on the other's face and the confidence in his eyes.

And now, not only had she failed in both events, but even her only son had abandoned her. To whom could she vent her sorrow?

However, Xia Yue's crying was so earth-shattering that it also affected Tong Mingyue.

She pulled her grandson to Xia Yue, crying and scolding Cui Siguo: "You silly child, how can you understand the cry of a motherless child? Children without a father are bullied, and children without a mother are three inches shorter and walk with their heads down all their lives. This is your biological mother."

Li Kaijian: "."

Li Zhongfa: "."

Wu Juying: “.”

other people:"."

After Tong Mingyue finished speaking, everyone in the Li family fell silent, even her sister Li Yue and Han Chunmei.

Children without fathers are bullied, and children without mothers are laughed at. This sentence has great destructive power in the Li family.

Because there are real examples right before our eyes.

Why was Li Ye called a fool who loved fighting since he was a child? Wasn't it because he was laughed at and bullied all the time?
A group of friends laughed at him for being a motherless kid, and he had no way to refute them, so the only option was to use his fists.

Han Chunmei and her two children were kicked out of the house by her mother-in-law. How much grievance did the two children suffer, how many contempts did they get, and how much bitterness did they swallow?

Cui Siguo is not even three years old, how could he know the suffering involved?

There is still a long way to go! Otherwise, Li Zhongfa, Li Kaijian and Wu Juying would not be so entangled in this matter.
You have to know that Li Ye only "woke up" when he was 18 years old, otherwise he would have been a problem teenager who would have been sent to the police station frequently.

Li Juan and Li Ying followed Han Chunmei to the Li family, otherwise how could they be so lively, cheerful and generous now? It is most likely that they are timid and cowardly.

Tong Mingyue and Xia Yue cried together for a long time, and then said to Wu Juying: "Mom, we really came to see you and Dad today, please don't let your granddaughter-in-law drive us away"

Wu Juying raised her eyebrows and angrily yelled, "Who drove you away? Did Xiaoyu drive you away? She is solving your problem for you. Is five years a long time?"

Tong Mingyue was stunned, not understanding what Wu Juying meant. But when Xia Yue heard this, she argued anxiously, "Five years is indeed not a long time, but my request is also very simple! Just publish a book,

Patriotism has a bad reputation now. Children will be criticized from childhood, which is not conducive to their healthy growth. But if I become a writer, all the bad reputation will be swept away, and my children will be proud of me.
I left Qingshui County and went to Guangdong Province to make a career. Don't you know better than me what kind of changes a mother returning home with wealth can bring to a family and a child? "

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Li Ye looked at Xia Yue in surprise, and Wen Leyu's gaze suddenly became sharp.

Wu Juying stood up and pointed at Xia Yue and Tong Mingyue and shouted, "What are you talking about? Why should I know better than you?"

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When Li Ye got married, Tong Mingyue had met Fu Guiru, but Wu Juying ordered her not to say anything. But now from Xia Yue's words, it was obvious that Tong Mingyue had told Xia Yue the secret.

Yes, the relationship between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law is close, and both of them are dissatisfied with Li Ye's "rise against the trend". And the appearance of Fu Guiru is not the evidence of Li Ye's "competing for mothers"?
[He is where he is today thanks to the help of his family. I am also a member of the Li family, so why shouldn’t I be the one being helped?]

"I was wrong, mother, I was wrong, but what Xia Yue said is true! Aiguo has lost its reputation because of taking the blame for those people in the unit, but now they don't care. If Siguo is also affected in the future, I will never be able to rest in peace until I die."

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There are many reasons for Cui Aiguo's imprisonment, but in Tong Mingyue's opinion, apart from being instigated by Xia Yue, he was just taking the blame for other people and it had nothing to do with her beloved son Cui Aiguo himself.

Moreover, Cui Aiguo was captured by Li Zhongfa and his men at that time, and the subsequent penalty results were also handled by Li Zhongfa. So when Tong Mingyue said this, she also meant to blame Li Zhongfa for harming her son.

But if Li Zhongfa had not intervened at the time, how could Cui Aiguo have been sentenced to two years? And how could he have been released several months early?
So when they heard these words, Li Ye and Wen Leyu were unhappy.

Wen Leyu said coldly: "Whether your son's reputation is good or bad has nothing to do with us. Besides, your daughter-in-law wants to publish a book? Then she should go to the publishing house. Why are you looking for us?"

"We have already contacted a publisher! But now everything depends on connections."

Tong Mingyue wiped the tears from her face, raised her neck and said unconvincedly: "Xia Yue is a college student and a public figure who has been interviewed by many TV stations and newspapers. Her works are obviously better than others.

Moreover, after the newspaper received Xia Yue's submission, the editors also said that her work was very good. However, in the end, they refused to publish our work. Instead, they published works that were far inferior to hers.
We have inquired about it, and it is all due to their internal connections. Dad, Mom, we are not asking you for money, we just want a fair opportunity. We will definitely turn things around through our own efforts."

"A public figure? Through his own efforts?"

Li Ye grinned and almost laughed out loud.

After Xia Yue was rescued from the ravine by Li Ye, Lu Jingyao and Qiao Nina made various arrangements to package her as an "undercover reporter" for a newspaper in Guangdong Province, and a hero who cracked a major human trafficking case.

But it is impossible to promote such a person for a long time, and Xia Yue's rhetoric also has various loopholes. Many people know the inside story, so after a year, it is natural that people will cool down.

But Xia Yue and Tong Mingyue were obviously trapped in the halo of this bubble and couldn't extricate themselves. They even fantasized about using this incident to "write a book and a biography" and make themselves celebrities!
Their idea is not bad. The celebrities of the 1980s and 1990s were indeed very famous and could completely cover up the negative impact of Cui Aiguo, a labor camp prisoner. But can an ordinary person like you get involved with those celebrities?
Tong Mingyue said, "I don't want money, I just want a fair opportunity," but she didn't know that opportunity was much harder to get than asking for money.

Wu Juying was uneducated but sensible. She scolded with a sullen face, "Since you know that it can't be published, why bother? Isn't Xia Yue a reporter for a Guangdong newspaper? She has worked hard for a few years, but she still can't get rid of the hat?"

Tong Mingyue's face twitched, and she said awkwardly: "Mom, Xiaoyue quit her job in Guangdong Province because she wanted a child. I was thinking that my father had a drink with Dong Yuejin, so please help me with all the connections!
We have inquired about it, and Dong Yuejin is no longer the same as he was before. Whoever he wants to become a famous writer can become a famous writer."

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Good guy, Li Ye exclaimed. Good guy.

It turns out that they have set their sights on me.

Dong Yuejin did come to see Li Ye often, and he also liked to have a drink with his grandfather Li Zhongfa, and he was indeed quite powerful now.

But if you say that he can make anyone famous if he wants to, that's nonsense.

Because Mr. Dong is a man of principles and bottom line. He will at least stick to certain principles and will never produce any famous works that are full of shit or fart.

Li Zhongfa said with a straight face: "Dong Yuejin hasn't come to our house for many years, forget it."

Tong Mingyue's face suddenly turned bitter. She had talked with Xia Yue for a long time these days, and Xia Yue insisted on her two conditions and refused to give in, which made Tong Mingyue very troubled.

But after listening to the prospects described by Xia Yue, Tong Mingyue was also somewhat tempted, because according to Xia Yue, after she became famous, she could not only join the Writers Association and the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, but also make a lot of money and appear on TV!

Tong Mingyue now urgently needs an opportunity to show off. If her daughter-in-law is capable enough, she will be able to severely suppress those despicable people with disgusting faces.

But just when Tong Mingyue was about to beg again, Li Ye said, "Dong Yuejin hasn't been here much recently because he's busy organizing various pen pal meetings all over the country.

When I talked to him on the phone a few days ago, he was in Guilin. He might have drunk a few more glasses of wine! He told me some nonsense.

Li Ye glanced at Cui Aiguo in the corner, and then said in a deep voice: "Old Dong told me that those authors are generally not good at handling family relationships.

Because writing requires a lot of brainpower, they usually do nothing at home, under the pretext that they need quiet time and inspiration, and if they are disturbed by their family members, they will get angry.

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Everyone around was a little confused.

Wen Leyu, in particular, tilted his head and looked at Li Ye strangely, blinking his big eyes as if asking: "You are also a well-known author, can you please not discredit yourself?"

But when Wen Leyu followed Li Ye's gaze and looked at Cui Aiguo, he instantly understood something.

Today, since Cui Aiguo entered the door, he has been hiding in the corner without saying a word, with empty eyes and expressionless face.

But at this moment, his eyes were full of struggle, and there were even faint tears.

The characteristics that Li Ye just mentioned, such as "bad temper, not doing any work, not good at handling family relationships", etc., are probably all present in Xia Yue.

Just think about it and you will understand that Cui Aiguo is now a released prisoner and Xia Yue is a "public figure". It would be strange if she could be nice to Cui Aiguo!
What if Xia Yue could go one step further and become a famous writer? Would Cui Aiguo still have a good life?
This kind of psychological feeling can only be understood by those who have experienced it. Li Ye also felt it deeply after suffering a beating decades later.

And Li Ye's next words were the straw that broke the camel's back.

"And that's not all. Those authors have to go out to collect materials every few months. Men and women are away for half a month, and their families can't rely on them at all."

(End of this chapter)