The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 217: Trust Him to Cut Down the Peach Blossoms Himself!_1

Chapter 217: Chapter 217: Trust Him to Cut Down the Peach Blossoms Himself!_1

Let’s talk about He Tiantian, who, after seeing off the overjoyed Qi Xiaoyan that evening, took out Huo Yingjie’s letter and carefully read it over again.

The content inside left He Tiantian in utter shock!

Huo Yingjie wanted to break up with her?

No... that couldn’t be possible, right?

The letter she had received a few days ago was still filled with sweet nothings from both of them. How could it have changed so quickly in just a few days?

He Tiantian thought she had read it wrong and looked over it once again.

Since it was the second time she was reading the letter, she wasn’t as shocked as she had been upon first seeing the content.

Huh?

Something wasn’t right.

The handwriting was different from Huo Yingjie’s, wasn’t it?

He Tiantian quickly picked up a letter previously written by Huo Yingjie and compared it carefully with the one in her hand, noticing some differences between the two.

In her previous life, He Tiantian had experienced Qi Jianguo hiring someone to imitate Huo Yingjie’s handwriting, but in this life, Qi Jianguo was already confined in the reform camp, so it wasn’t possible for him to have someone imitate Huo Yingjie’s handwriting!

Upon discovering the different handwriting, He Tiantian also noticed something fishy.

The content was cold and heartless, and the last word of the first three paragraphs didn’t come together to form the homophonic sound of "He Tiantian," their agreed-upon secret code.

That was the secret agreement between He Tiantian and Huo Yingjie.

All the letters they exchanged always followed this pattern, and even if Huo Yingjie was writing a break-up letter, he would still stick to their agreed-upon method.

This clearly showed that the letter was not written by Huo Yingjie himself.

It was just... just...

Alas, He Tiantian was a bit befuddled!

If it wasn’t written by Huo Yingjie, then who could have written it?

He Tiantian pulled out a piece of paper and started to draw on her notebook. The little person with braided hair was He Tiantian, and the little person with three strands of hair on top was Huo Yingjie.

He Tiantian contemplated while she tapped on the little braids and the three strands of hair.

In her past life, it was because Qi Jianguo had taken a fancy to her that he found someone to forge his handwriting and sabotage her relationship with Huo Yingjie.

In this life, there was no Qi Jianguo to do such a thing!

And since the letter had been delivered by Niu Dajun, with the envelope and stamp the same as before, it could be inferred that the mischief hadn’t come from He Tiantian’s side.

If it wasn’t from He Tiantian’s side, then something must have happened on Huo Yingjie’s end.

Uncle Huo and Aunt Jiang liked her a lot and wouldn’t engage in actions to break them apart!

There was only one possibility left, some woman had taken a fancy to Huo Yingjie and had written this letter to destroy the relationship between him and He Tiantian.

It had to be the case!

He Tiantian stabbed the pen in her hand down onto the notebook with force, piercing through it.

Beyond her anger, He Tiantian also felt emotional about the constant trials in her relationship with Huo Yingjie. She had driven away one, and now another had appeared.

However, she, He Tiantian, was no longer the same person she used to be. Huo Yingjie was hers in this lifetime, and she would not allow anyone to take him away from her.

Having calmed down, He Tiantian figured everything out.

The unknown woman was now aware of her existence, yet He Tiantian didn’t know who this woman was, nor what she did for a living.

As He Tiantian was organizing the envelope, a photo fell out, huh, quite pretty. But in this lifetime, He Tiantian would never back down no matter what.

Huo Yingjie’s workplace was a place He Tiantian dared not rashly visit, fearing it might affect Huo Yingjie’s job.

Since He Tiantian couldn’t go there, she decided that next month, when she received a letter from Huo Yingjie and replied, she would send that letter along.

The work Huo Yingjie was currently doing was of great importance, and faking handwriting could be a trivial or serious matter.

If that woman, unable to win his love, imitated Huo Yingjie’s handwriting to write letters to some hostile forces, slandering Huo Yingjie as a traitor, it would lead to serious trouble.

The more He Tiantian thought about it, the more frightened she became, so she decided not to wait until next month. She would write to Huo Yingjie now, advising him to be on guard, and she would also send him that photograph.

This was the romantic entanglement he had caused; let him cut it off himself!

Since Niu Dajun came to Qijia Village every other day, He Tiantian’s letter was quickly sent out.

As for what was happening on Huo Yingjie’s end, that’s a story for another time.

Half a month later, Niu Dajun and Qi Xiaoyan finally got engaged.

Qi Dajun sent several clothes, a bicycle, a sewing machine, and a Shanghai-brand wristwatch as betrothal gifts for Qi Xiaoyan, only lacking a radio—the "one ring" to complete the phrase "three turns and one ring." He promised to provide it at the wedding.

Once they had opened up to each other, their affection grew strong. Had Qi Xiaoyan been of age, Niu Dajun would have wished to marry her immediately.

Qi Zhenzhen was furious when she heard that Niu Dajun and Qi Xiaoyan had gotten engaged!

Such a good man had been snatched up by Qi Xiaoyan.

"Dad, Qi Dazhu is like the emperor of our village, everything always favors their family," Qi Zhenzhen spoke in annoyance. "I am of a suitable age to match with Niu Dajun and I am better looking than that scrawny girl Qi Xiaoyan. Why wouldn’t Niu Dajun consider me!"

Qi Shuli, who had always been smiling outside, returned home and dropped the facade, lighting up his dry tobacco pipe and taking a few puffs as he sat down.

"Enough, stop talking about it, I know all about it already," Qi Shuli said. "Go cook the meal now."

Ever since Qi Jianguo was taken away for reform through labor, Qi Shuli had been bottling up resentment in his chest.

The university admission quota had already been distributed to the village.

If Qi Jianguo hadn’t gotten into trouble, that university spot would have been secured for him without question.

But now, instead of becoming an envied college student, he turned into a labor reform prisoner.

The more Qi Shuli had cared for Qi Jianguo, the angrier he felt now!

What a good-for-nothing child, to commit such deeds!

He had told Qi Jianguo more than once to behave himself, so he could go to college this year, but... sigh, no point in talking about it now, it only made him angrier.

Luckily the child had gotten on good terms with the Zhang Family’s daughter, thus escaping prison.

Hopefully, with the Zhang Family’s support, Qi Jianguo would be alright after his release.

However, because of Qi Jianguo’s actions, their family’s influence in the village had diminished even further, or else he wouldn’t need to live so meekly every day.

Well, let it be a time to endure hardships and await the future.

With the Zhang Family looking after Qi Jianguo, there was no need for him, an accounting second uncle, to offer any assistance. Now he needed to focus more on finding good marital matches for his two daughters.

As for the university quota, Qi Shuli thought about securing it for his daughter, but since neither of his daughters had completed middle school, they weren’t qualified.

Since he wasn’t qualified to claim that quota, he also didn’t wish to see Qi Dazhu get his way.

Qi Dazhu had always been one step ahead, outperforming him in school, in establishing a family and business, and even in having children; Qi Dazhu had two sons and a daughter while he only had two daughters.

Sigh, he should have known better than to judge only by appearances. His wife may have been pretty, but she was too thin to give birth to any sons.

There’s truth in the saying, "Disregarding the advice of the elders leads to immediate losses." Regret was of no use now.

Without a son, he must find a reasonably good son-in-law. No matter what, he wanted to keep one daughter at home to carry on the family line. As for relying on Qi Jianguo to provide for him in his old age, he had given up on that idea following the incident.

He couldn’t depend on nephew Qi Jianguo, after all!