NOVEL NEXT Chapter 17
Chapter 17
Ning Xiangxiang locked himself in the room, refusing to eat or drink. By evening, Ning Daixiong couldn’t control herself anymore.
Ning Daixiong banged on the door loudly, angrily saying, “Think about it! Open the door, are you spoiled recently! Not eating or drinking, who do you think you are threatening?!”
Ning Xiangxiang was inside, feeling sorry for himself, wondering why Su Fei could change like this. What did he do wrong that she now ignored him completely?
Hearing Ning Daixiong’s relentless scolding, Ning Xiangxiang felt particularly annoyed and quickly replied, “I got it, I’m not hungry. You guys go ahead and eat.”
Hearing Ning Xiangxiang’s impatient voice, Ning Daixiong immediately got angry. She kicked the door open and said fiercely, “Am I a joke to you? Have you forgotten your surname? Let me tell you, get yourself married next year and leave the dowry money for your sister’s marriage.”
Ning Xiangxiang, hearing Ning Daixiong’s transparent intentions, felt bitter. This was his own mother’s requirement for him! As long as there was dowry money, he would become a brother-sister marriage fanatic in the future.
Ning Daixiong said menacingly, “Anyway, you’re quite good-looking. If you marry into a wealthy family next year, I’ll find someone for you to marry, and then your sister can marry.”
Ning Xiangxiang calmly said, “Okay! When I marry someone, as long as I pay my sister’s dowry, we’re done.”
Ning Daixiong looked at Ning Xiangxiang and thought, you’re still a chick, thinking about getting away from this family. But she said, “Alright, as long as you pay your sister’s dowry, I won’t bother you for money anymore.”
Hearing Ning Daixiong’s words, Ning Xiangxiang finally felt relieved. But he continued to ponder how to get Su Fei to marry him and also wanted to find out more about Su Fei’s background and wealth.
While Ning Xiangxiang wasn’t interested in Fang Ru, Fang Ru was intrigued by Ning Xiangxiang’s affected demeanor. She wasn’t young anymore, and her parents had arranged several blind dates for her, mostly with boys from dual-income families in the county town.
It could be said that they were well-matched, but after several blind dates, Fang Ru really didn’t like anyone. This week, she realized that she preferred the kind of charming and unpredictable beauty like Ning Xiangxiang.
Fang Ru’s parents had only one daughter, and if one didn’t work out, the other didn’t work out, they would be very anxious, because this period of time around the New Year was the best time for blind dates.
“How perfect of a handsome man do you want? If this one isn’t good enough, and that one isn’t good enough, do you want to remain single for the rest of your life?” Fang Ru’s mother said angrily. “I won’t bother with you anymore. Do whatever you want, just get lost!”
Fang Ru said with a smile, “Mom, don’t I have someone I like? I’m just afraid you won’t agree.”
Fang’s mother rolled her eyes and said, “As long as you don’t say you like women, you can like whatever ugly man you want, and I’ll be fine with it.”
Fang Ru didn’t say anything and thought for a moment before saying, “I’ll wait until the news is confirmed before telling you, but you said it yourself, I can marry any kind of man I want!”
Fang’s father tapped Fang’s mother on the shoulder and then added, “Got it, no problem, but there still have to be some conditions.”
Fang Ru didn’t say anything more and quickly left without responding to her father’s words. She wanted to see Ning Xiangxiang’s family background and how he had been doing lately. Did he miss her?
Recently, Su Fei started submitting articles to the magazine again, focusing on what she saw and heard in the countryside, especially how rural people celebrated the New Year. In Su Fei’s articles, people could sense her hope for life and the improving quality of life in rural areas.
All of Su Fei’s articles were full of positive energy, so most magazines and newspapers accepted them. Because reading Su Fei’s articles made people fall in love with rural life.
So, after the first successful attempt, the editor-in-chief directly designated Su Fei as a key focus for investigation. As long as Su Fei’s articles passed the review, they would be published. Basically, it was equivalent to being a contracted writer.
By the time of the New Year, because Su Fei had not only submitted articles to the first newspaper, but also to many others, some were published, and some were not. During the New Year, the postal worker rode his bike to the Dadong Commune more and more frequently.
“Su Fei, your mail! Oh, it’s so tiring, bring me some hot water quickly,” the postal worker was familiar with Su Fei.
“Coming,” Su Fei called out and got up to bring her a bowl of hot water.
“Three letters in total, and three remittance slips,” the postal worker said, looking at the amounts on the remittance slips with envy. These were almost equivalent to her three months’ salary.
After sending off the postal worker, Su Fei glanced at the remittance slips she had received recently. It was almost seventy or eighty, and she planned to withdraw it when it reached one hundred.
Ning Xiangxiang finally caught Su Fei’s handle and found out where her money was coming from.