The Buddhist Wife of the Cold-Hearted Educated Youth in the 1970s

50

Chapter 50

The deputy director's office is simply furnished, but it has everything it should have. Behind the desk is a tall bookshelf filled with books, and on the wall hangs a banner. The lower half of the wall is wooden, and the upper half is white. The window is open, and on the windowsill is a pot of green orchids, with the slender and delicate leaves swaying slightly in the breeze outside.

In the middle of the room is a rectangular tea table, surrounded by three sofa chairs. Bai Fengyao poured Pei Xingzhi a glass of water, and the two sat down and talked about their experiences after separation.

Pei Xingzhi's eyes flickered when he heard Bai Fengyao say that Xu Huizhu's husband had been promoted.

He once had expectations for Xu Huizhu, but she broke it. Before marrying Meng Wanqiu, he resented Xu Huizhu in his heart, but after being accompanied by Meng Wanqiu and the Meng family, Pei Xingzhi felt relieved.

He has relatives and a lover. Soon, he will have his own children. Xu Huizhu's position in his heart has disappeared completely.

When Bai Fengyao mentioned Xu Huizhu, he carefully looked at Pei Xingzhi's face, as if he was afraid that she would make him sad.

Pei Xingzhi smiled indifferently and put his hands on his knees casually, "Master, don't worry about me. She is just a stranger to me now."

Bai Fengyao was stunned. Thinking of how Xu Huizhu had abandoned Pei Xingzhi several times, it was not surprising that Pei Xingzhi had such thoughts now.

It's ridiculous that as a mother, I am regarded as a stranger by my own children. Xu Huizhu, I wonder if you will regret it later.

"Okay, let's not talk about her." Bai Fengyao changed the subject and asked Pei Xingzhi about the situation in recent years.

In these years, he was on the list of going to the countryside in place of Xu Huizhu's stepson. Pei Xingzhi didn't know about it until the street office came to him after not seeing him report for a long time.

That night, Xu Huizhu packed a set of bedding for him and gave him a few yuan. He was sent on the train the next day.

Come to think of it, Xu Huizhu didn't seem to be so ruthless.

Pei Xingzhi held the cup in both hands, rubbing his fingertips on the cup wall, the cool touch of ceramic was gradually covered by body temperature, "Fortunately, going to the countryside, I was definitely not used to it at first, but I got used to it after doing it more. And I'm not a spoiled young man. During the years I lived with my master, I did a lot of rough work and got the hang of it quickly. After I got married, my father-in-law and his family treated me like their own son, and life became easier and easier."

At the end, Pei Xingzhi touched his nose and smiled.

Now he looks more cheerful than before, more like a young man of this age.

Pei Xingzhi avoided the important point and reported the good news instead of the worries. He was a young boy who had just turned sixteen. He had just been betrayed by his family and came to the countryside alone without any relatives. No matter how mature he was, he must still be afraid.

He loved his own child, but since Pei Xingzhi didn't want him to worry, Bai Fengyao didn't ask any more questions, but he was even more dissatisfied with Xu Huizhu in his heart.

"Speaking of your father-in-law, is he an old comrade of Commander Song?" Bai Fengyao leaned back and asked Pei Xingzhi.

Pei Xingzhi nodded, put the cup on the tea table, and his eyes showed gratitude. "Yes, my father is an old comrade of Commander Song. It was because my father asked Commander Song for help that I had the opportunity to leave the countryside and come to 715."