C176 Silently, a man licks his wound

At that time, I was also very conflicted in my heart. Whether I should give up on this marriage or not, the price for divorce was too big for a woman like us in a small city.

"Do you know what the deity told me?" Wu Qiaoling asked.

Du Ruiqi shook her head, of course she didn't know.

"At that time, the blind man said that my marriage must be dissolved. No matter if I am willing or not, no matter how I save him, I cannot change this outcome. That's why I chose to let go, to let him go, and to let myself go as well. Two people who have given up on each other and are tied up together, we can only harm each other, if that's the case, why should I continue to hurt myself? "

"blind demoness also said that my future man won't be any worse than this, and I don't know if it's true or not. But I still choose to believe him, because he has already told me everything that happened before. Wu Qiaoling said.

"Are you really that open-minded?" How did you get out of this marriage so easily? " Du Ruiqi asked in disbelief.

Because from the state of Wu Qiaoling was in, she wasn't able to face it as calmly as she said. Her internal struggles and pain were written all over her face.

"It's not painful. That's a lie." Wu Qiaoling said, "How many years of youth does a woman have? After consuming these five years, my life had also quieted down. What was even more difficult to part with was my daughter. Asking me to give up my child was simply cutting off my flesh, but, what should I do if I had to take care of my child? To him and his children, marrying again with their children was an unbearable weight. Her grandparents were very good and still young, so I chose to cut the meat and leave the children to their families, giving them a relatively stable environment to grow up in. Making such a decision is the most painful choice I can make! "

After Wu Qiaoling finished speaking, she cried until she laid on the table.

Du Ruiqi reached out her hand, patted Wu Qiaoling's back and comforted her.

"Since we have already decided, we shouldn't suffer so much." Du Ruiqi said, "Everything will be decided by going forward. Fortunately, you are still young, so there is still time for you to start from the beginning."

"That's what I said, but every time I think of my daughter, my heart is bleeding …" Wu Qiaoling covered his face with a tissue as his shoulders trembled.

Yes, children will always be the meat from their mother's body. It is easier said than done!

Looking at Wu Qiaoling who was crying in pain, Du Ruiqi did not know how to comfort her.

After a long while, Wu Qiao Lin finally calmed down and raised her head. She dried her tears and looked at Du Ruiqi.

"That's why I said I envy you." Wu Qiaoling suddenly said, "You have married a good family, have a good mother-in-law, and a husband that can only hold you, Zhihua is such a good person!"

Hearing Wu Qiaoling's words, Du Ruiqi's face unconsciously revealed a wry smile, but she quickly smiled at Wu Qiaoling.

"Yes, my family is very kind to me. I'm very grateful to them." Du Ruiqi said.

"Rui Qi, I have something to ask you." Wu Qiaoling said, "Is Zhi Hua really able to tolerate you becoming a government official without having any thoughts?"

Tolerance of being an official? Any idea? Wu Qiaoling couldn't help but feel uncomfortable when she asked such a straightforward question.

The reason why Ding Zhihua had made such a painful choice to end his own life was because he couldn't bear her choice to become an official and couldn't stand her side news. Furthermore, it was due to his own incompetence that made it so that he couldn't release the pressure in his heart …

How many men could stand such a thing? She was very clear what Wu Qiaoling wanted to ask, and also knew what Wu Qiaoling wanted to get from her. These words meant even more.

"My family is my most solid rear. They are the biggest monopolists in my career. Without them, I would not be where I am today. As for what the outside world says, we are unable to interfere. Because the mouth is on someone else's face, so I can only do my own thing, do my own thing, and do my own thing, and do my own thing to my family. " Du Ruiqi said.

"Rui Qi, you sure are lucky to have met such a good wife! To tell you the truth, I married him because he couldn't stand to be described... "Although those are all legends, men would rather believe them than not …" Wu Qiaoling lamented.

That's true! Du Ruiqi sighed in her heart. No wonder even Lin Jie had to warn him, and make sure to properly manage her family, to not let herself become a woman who failed in her marriage and affect her career.

Then, from this point of view, could it be that Ding Zhihua had unwittingly helped him achieve his goal? Perhaps this was also the reason behind their blessings and disasters being related together?

Du Ruiqi looked at Wu Qiaoling, stirred the coffee in front of him with the small spoon, and started drinking from her cup.

The bitter taste of coffee entered his mouth, then slowly entered his stomach. When he completely swallowed the bitter taste, the bitterness in his mouth turned sweet.

Du Ruiqi rarely drank coffee, but when she first tasted it, she felt that it was really weird, bitter, and hard to drink. However, when she actually drank it, it was a different taste that lingered in her heart.

Du Ruiqi felt that this was her life.

If her marriage was unfortunate, making her bear the most unbearable burden of a woman, then this misfortune seemed to have fulfilled her current happiness.

If Ding Zhihua was like Wu Qiaoling's husband, a handsome, talented and healthy man, what would happen? Could this family be so peaceful? Could she still calmly face the outside world's discussions and rumors? She didn't know what the outcome would be, but she could guess that in a normal man's heart, they would definitely be the same as Wu Qiaoling's husband.

She was unable to pacify Wu Qiaoling who was in front of her, because her heart was also injured. It was just that she didn't want to expose her own scar, and was used to burying it deep in the middle of the night. In a place where no one was around, she could silently lick it all by herself.

In the end, Wu Qiaoling invited Du Ruiqi to eat steak once again. Du Ruiqi rejected her invitation. She didn't want to eat outside, she insisted on going home to accompany her son …

Walking on the road, Du Ruiqi repeatedly thought back to Wu Qiaoling's words.

After five years of marriage, she had practically come out clean, leaving behind a daughter for her husband. In exchange, she had received wounds all over her body …

This kind of pain, for any woman, would be difficult to heal in a short period of time. No wonder Wu Qiaoling was so haggard …

She couldn't help but think of herself. Although she said that home was her solid support, and she had always been carefully managing this house, managing this loveless and sexless marriage, although she herself never had the thought of leaving the Ding Family … However, Ding Zhihua's situation was not something she could control. She did not know when he would suddenly flare up again, seeking death, proposing to divorce her again.

If such a day really came, Ding Zhihua would definitely divorce him. What would the situation be like?

Wu Qiaolin was a clean slate. What about him? What can I take away from Ding Family?

Family property? Child? It seemed impossible.

The house belonged to Ding Zhihua's parents, she would never be able to find a tile. After marriage, they had never interfered with each other, but had always been on their own. With just this little bit of salary, it was impossible for him to have any extra savings.

Then what about Zi An? He can take it with him? Unless he was able to find out about Zi An's background. But if this was the case, then he wouldn't be able to be a good person in the Yuhe County. Not only would the current rumors blow up, even his past had been exposed. Furthermore, from Du Ruiqi's understanding of the Grandma Fang He, even if she were to stake her life, Fang Hepian would definitely fight for her rights to be able to raise him. Towards this old granny who once treated him as her own, even if she did not become his wife, how could he bear to harm her? To expose Zi An's true identity? No, that was absolutely impossible! No matter what, she had to protect Ding Family's face, and at the same time, protect her own face!

Thinking like this, Du Ruiqi's heart couldn't help but shiver. If there came a day when she, like Wu Qiaoling, walked to the end of the marriage, the ending would definitely be even worse than Wu Qiaoling's …

Unknowingly arriving at his doorstep, Du Ruiqi composed himself, pushed open the door and walked in.

Zi An happily called out "mother's mother" and ran towards her. His mother-in-law smiled at her and Ding Zhihua sat on the corridor to read the newspaper. He only raised his head to look at her, but did not say anything. However, at this moment, the warmth of the home came into Du Ruiqi's face, the warmth of this tranquility was something that Du Ruiqi could not part with, nor could he bear to part with.

Today, Wu Qiaoling definitely could not appear on him again, Du Ruiqi reminded herself in her heart.

Time quietly passed by. The late spring was approaching, and the Yu He's summer quietly arrived once again.

Ever since Lin Jie told Du Ruiqi that the lotus root was the experimental village for construction of the Socialistic New Countryside, Lin Jie indeed brought a lot of good news for the lotus root.

Lin Jie had obtained a decent sum for the lotus root to help with poverty reduction, at the same time, he had brought a set number of poverty-reducing enterprises, the Xinjiang City Electric Power Company was specially built to only support the construction of the lotus root.

With such a powerful support, the lotus root quickly underwent a huge change.

Wu Yongjin had carried out a completely new planning and construction for the road in the village. He even built a tall and big building at the entrance of the village, which was carved with a painting of a dragon, with the words "lotus root" carved in large, round, and powerful characters in the middle.

This shutter sign became the Peugeot of the lotus root. In fact, at the intersection of lotus root, there was a gate tower. During the Qing Dynasty, there was a Scholar Wu Dachin from Han Lin Yuan, who donated it to the village when he returned, and the people of lotus root also called the gate tower the Zigzag Origin Workshop.

After many movements and looting, some of the valuable things in the village were all cleaned up, and this gate was pushed over. Finally, even the skeleton could not be found.

Now that he had rebuilt such a grand gate, it could be considered as having restored the glorious history of lotus root.

From the moment he entered the gate, he saw a brand-new village road. The flat cement road surface was no different from the road in the city. The village road extended all the way to the village entrance, and then divided into four parts, connecting the lotus root's internal road and the cement road. All the houses could drive, it was spacious and clean.

All the toilets and pig houses in the village were planned and placed to the west of the village. If there were families with conditions, they could change the water into the toilet, and the drainage channels in the village would be dug up again, large culvert pipes would be buried, the sewage would be collected uniformly, and they would enter a culvert on the west side of the village. The culvert would be designed to be a biogas pool, and the biogas would be collected before being sent back to the villagers' homes through pipelines. The manure in the marsh was cleaned up regularly and became the best farm manure in the field. With this cycle, the sewage and garbage would be treated harmless and the lotus root would look completely new.

The Xinjiang City Electric Power Company specially contributed to transform the huge empty warehouse in lotus root into an old people's activity room.

It was arranged according to the elderly activities center in the city. There were large televisions and all sorts of entertainment facilities, and there were also many sports facilities at the entrance. In order to satisfy the needs of the children in lotus root, there was even a children's playground. After the not-so-big or luxurious activity center for the elderly was built, it became the most lively and happiest place in lotus root.

After dinner, the men, women, and children of the village all came to this place. The fitness, entertainment, and children were all playing. This place that was once known as the Diao Mun Village was now radiating with new life and vitality.

Xinjiang City Electric Power Company had also helped Wu Yongjin's glasses factory a lot. They had used Wu Yongjin's glasses as a point of purchase for the company's field staff. This had brought Wu Yongjin a stable profit, and it had given him, this small factory that had just started, a shot in the arm.

On the fifth day of the fifth month, the Dragon Boat Festival arrived. The Yu He had a very grand event during the Dragon Boat Festival: the Dragon Boat Competition.

The Mother River of the Yu He's people had given the people of the Yu He the conditions of being blessed by the heavens. It was a good place to hold the Dragon Boat Competition.

Every year, before Dragon Boat Festival, there would be a few heavy rains in Yu He. The people of Yu He called this rain Dragon Boat Water, which meant that after these few rains, there would be water in Yu He, allowing one to row the Dragon Boat.

The most lively day of Dragon Boat Riding was on the tenth day of the fifth month every year. On the Great Wall of the Yu He, there was a sea of people watching the dragon boat. Thus, on the Yu He levee, this day became not only a holy land for entertainment, but also a small-scale trade fair. The rural areas all needed clothes, shoes, hats, daily necessities, as well as various kinds of food.

The lotus root was a big village in Peace Town. In the village, there were eight dragon boats and all of them had a black flag with the word "Wu" written on it. This flag showed the position of the lotus root in the Dragon Boat Competition. The people of Yu He called it "Wu Yi and Huang Er". They said that a village that dared to use a black flag was the strongest village. In every aspect, they were first place, and a village that used a yellow flag was the second strongest village. The purpose of these two villages was to challenge the position of the overlords, fight for the Black Flag, and become the first in the Dragon Boat Competition.

Therefore, every year during the Dragon Boat Competition, the Yuhe County would mobilize all of her police to patrol the walls of the Yu He's dike.

Wu Yongjin decided to make use of this Dragon Boat Festival to invite some of the village sages to come back and have a look, so that they can experience the changes in their hometown. At the same time, he was contributing his strength to the development of his hometown.

Wu Yongjin prepared a "Letter to the Honored Warriors outside the Country" and sent it to the City where the Honored Warriors were before the Dragon Boat Festival. He hoped that the Honors would respond positively and return home to their families. I believe that the rural sages would definitely be moved and shocked when they saw the changes in the lotus root. They would definitely do their best for the construction and development of the lotus root.

Sure enough, during the arrival of the Dragon Boat Festival, some of the successful people outside the lotus root returned to their hometowns one after another.

Among them was Wu Shuming, a successful merchant who operated glasses business in the north. It was said that he owned a glasses supermarket chain in the three northeastern provinces, and his total family property was already over 100 million. He was the most successful businessman in lotus root.

Those who were doing business in Sichuan, Chongqing, Henan, Hebei, Shaanxi and other places also came back. Some of those who were working on the coast also found time to come back. There were also those who had been admitted to a university to work outside the city, but had also returned home. This time, especially the country bumpkin Wu Junming, who worked in a government department, had also returned, causing the lotus root to be extremely lively.

The public window of the village was placed on the left wall of Village committees's gate, and on it, it clearly recorded every expenses spent on the lotus root, as well as the implementation of every matter. From here, everyone could see that this year's Leader was wholeheartedly serving the village, and from there, they could see the future and hope of the lotus root.

Wu Shuming was most impressed by the change in his hometown since he hadn't been home for almost ten years. Although he did not return to his hometown, his interest towards his hometown grew day by day. He said that after hearing about the conflict between the village and the Town Government last year, he thought that there was finally hope for the lotus root. Therefore, he decided to build a new primary school for the village. He would donate 800 thousand yuan for the first phase, and spend all of it on the new village. If the teaching equipment was not enough, he was willing to contribute further. The rest of the group also donated some money, totaling more than one million yuan. In particular, Wu Junming, who was a secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, looked at the changes in his hometown and sighed emotionally, "When I heard that the townspeople and town cadres were fighting, I wanted to go back to my hometown. When I received the invitation letter, my hometown changed so fast, so good, how could I not come back. The construction of a new rural area is also a part of our department. Nowadays, our hometown has become a model of a new rural area, and Junming has no reason not to hold onto it. I plan to apply for a special fund to help our hometown build a new village, mainly to install tap water and solar water heaters. "

This was an unexpected huge harvest for Wu Yongjin and all the villagers of lotus root.

They had never thought that Wu Shuming, who had disappeared for almost a decade, would be able to make such a huge sum of money as soon as he returned home. He would be able to donate so much money just for his hometown education. He didn't expect Wu Junming, the biggest official in the village, to come back and apply for a special fund for the construction of the new village.

Wu Yongjin quickly reported this to Du Ruiqi. Du Ruiqi realized that this was an extremely good news and immediately informed Deng Nianrong to come here to conduct an interview. He had even personally received Wu Junming, Wu Shuming and the other country bumpkins, greatly praising them for successfully not forgetting the high standards of their hometown.

Wu Junming refused the interview and went to Nanchang airport that night to look back. After Deng Nianrong interviewed Wu Shuming, Wu Shuming quickly became a celebrity in the entire Xinjiang City. As the Calligraphy, Huang Zhonghua personally received this person who made a huge contribution to the development of his hometown. Huang Zhonghua said that Wu Shuming's spirit was the spirit of the new era's Yu He. To become rich, one must not forget their home, and to return home and donate money to education, such spirit was worth the people of Yu He learning well. Huang Zhonghua immediately decided to name the new Elementary School that was built by the lotus root as the "Book Ming School", making the generations of the people of the lotus root remember Wu Shuming's outstanding contributions to education in their hometown.

Good things came one after another. Deng Nianrong organized the process of the master election in lotus root, and combined with the changes in lotus root, he wrote a long communication: From the "difficult village" to the advanced village, he remembered the change in the master election in Yuhe County.

After this article was published in the Guannan Daily, it was forwarded by Xinhua News Agency and became a typical propaganda article for the construction of the Socialistic New Countryside. After a few central media personnel saw the report, they specially sent a team to Yuhe County to request an interview with lotus root's and Peace Town's management members, Du Ruiqi.

Du Ruiqi had once again become the focus of theory. Such a high-profile interview, in Yu He, seemed to be related to Du Ruiqi every single time.

That year, when Du Ruiqi released the classic Gui Zhiming in Regimental County Committee, he attracted the exclusive attention of Central TV, making the little Yu He famous throughout the country. After two years, Du Ruiqi once again used her own strength to bring in the country's most authoritative media into the Yuhe County.

Because he had the experience of responding to an interview with the central media, Du Ruiqi was even more confident of this interview. In the eyes of many, it seemed as if the national media people were very mysterious and difficult to get close to, but in reality, it was completely different.

As long as you do something that has a bright spot and meaning, especially if you are at the forefront of the country's affairs, you will be the object of their digging and you will feel the wisdom and friendliness of these people. This was Du Ruiqi's personal experience. Those hosts who were very famous on TV and came to your side were actually very kind, very easygoing, and very caring …

Du Ruiqi was fully prepared to welcome the central media with an interview.

She cleaned up every corner of Peace Town. This small town that did not look developed exuded an honest and quiet atmosphere, which was also the style that the media liked.

There was nothing to be said about the lotus root. It could be said that each index had reached the upper limit and the quality of the villagers could be seen everywhere.

Du Ruiqi accompanied the reporters and reporters on a stroll around Peace Town for a few days, accepting an all-round interview and filming, finally allowing the reporters to return with a great harvest. In this interview, Du Ruiqi had always kept a low profile. She said that the change in the Peace Town was thanks to the correct leadership of the county council. It was the result of the combined efforts of all the officials and the masses. She had mentioned many times that it was the most difficult time for the Peace Town. However, at the most critical time, Lin Jie had come to the Peace Town station and gave the strongest support to the officials of the Peace Town. The reporters then went to the Xinjiang City to interview Lin Jie, and as a result, the young Mayor appeared in the camera. He said that the elections for the Peace Town was a bold attempt at reform and that the young officials had to bravely use the election as soon as they saw it, and Du Ruiqi was an example of that.

Very quickly, the program was broadcasted and the article was published. The Yuhe County became a flag for the construction of the Socialistic New Countryside and became a model of the entire nation.

Du Ruiqi's name once again spread far and wide, becoming the new star in the political arena of the entire Xinjiang City, attracting the attention of the provincial leaders.

Lin Jie's words seemed to have already fulfilled it. As expected, this round of promotions was just as Lin Jie had said, it had a huge impact on Du Ruiqi's life and work.

Du Ruiqi was classified as a student of the cymbidium by the provincial Party Committee and had to study at the Party School for half a year.

On the first of July, Du Ruiqi officially rushed to the provincial capital to begin her half a year of study.

In the week before they left, Du Ruiqi and Lin Jie had another heart-to-heart talk.