Chapter 195
The Fu family found out about Fu Peixian’s disappearance on the same night, but they didn’t make a big fuss about it, they searched for her quietly.
The Fu family was naturally in a state of mourning, but what they were worried about was not whether Fu Peixian was in any danger, but rather the impact it would have on the Fu family’s reputation and on their relatives.
Fu’s mother was in tears at home, and told her close mom, “You know how this child is so unintelligent! If she leaves, her reputation will be ruined! She’s about to get married, and now she’ll see which family dares to take her!”
Ma’am: “Ma’am, let’s call the police. It’s scary to see a young lady out there by herself, what if something happens?”
Fu mama was also worried about Fu Peixian’s safety, but she didn’t want to call the police.
“The police department’s appetite is too big, I don’t know how much it would cost to ask them to find someone. Xianxian must be hiding by herself, let’s wait a bit, find her classmates and friends to ask around, and quietly find the person back.” Fu mom said.
Fu mother said: “The most important thing is to hide the side.”
But how can we hide it?
Soon to be married, the two families are the closest to each other, suddenly missing the bride, how can not find out?
Fu mother waited for two days with fear and trepidation, and the old maid came to say, “Auntie is here, saying she came to visit you and Miss.”
Now, the matter of Fu Peixian’s disappearance was completely exposed.
When the aunt’s family learned of this news, they were greatly dissatisfied with the Fu family, and even wanted to repudiate the marriage.
However, both cousin and aunt disagreed, and only aunt’s father wanted to withdraw from the Fu family’s marriage.
The aunt said, “I was not satisfied with that little girl of Fu’s family from the beginning! Every day, she attends school with men and women, and does not behave herself! It was only because you said she was the Fu family’s daughter and had a strict upbringing that I agreed. What do you say now? She’s eloped with someone else? A daughter-in-law like that won’t be happy in her own home, and sooner or later things will go wrong.”
Cousin told his aunt, “I don’t think Xianxian wants to marry me.”
Auntie said, “Don’t you think I can’t see that? Alas, you are so handsome that you have charmed many young girls, but how come Xianxian is not charmed by you.”
Cousin laughed, “Xian Xian and I grew up like brother and sister, how could we be in love? Mom, I think this marriage should be settled otherwise. If we withdraw from the marriage on our side, Xian Xian might stop hiding and be willing to come home. It’s not safe for her to be out there alone, and if something really happens, it’s our family that’s failing our relatives.”
Auntie said, “I know what you mean. Alas, the marriage is about to become an enmity. But we can’t bring up the matter of withdrawing from the marriage; if we do, it should be brought up by the Fu family.”
Cousin: “Then why hasn’t the Fu family come to mention it?”
Auntie smiled and said, “Of course the Fu family won’t come to mention the withdrawal. Xianxian ran away, the reputation is gone, the Fu family is afraid to withdraw from the personal family is even more untenable.”
Cousin said, “What then? Mom, do you still want to make this marriage?”
Auntie sighed and said, “Now that you’re about to leave, where can I find you another marriage that suits your family? The Fu family knows their roots, and Xianxian used to have a temper that I disliked, and she loved to say strange things, but now that this has happened, it’s the perfect time to kill her temper. It’s just that you’ll have to be aggrieved.”
Cousin said, “I know this in my heart. Even if Xianxian isn’t perfect, I’ll still treat her well, as long as she’s filial to mom.”
Auntie consoled him, “Otherwise, mom will make the decision to marry your concubine first. After this kind of incident, the Fu family wouldn’t dare to bother with us about this trivial matter anymore. It’s Xian Xian who isn’t afraid of her anger.”
Cousin said, “It’s better to wait until Xian Xian enters the door, we always have to give her first wife face.”
The Fu family came to the university to inquire, the students began to gradually rumors among them. Yang Yucan realized that Fu Peixian was not resting at home with a cold, but had disappeared.
Yang Yuyan: “…… It’s not the reason I said those words, right?”
Yang Yuchan had the intention to scare her so that she wouldn’t be so bold and dare to say anything.
“I think it’s because of you.” She said.
Yang Yuyan was anxious: “How can it be my cause? What I said at the time was obviously a joke.”
Yang Yu Cicada: “You were joking, but it’s not a joke in the eyes of those with a heart. Fu Peixian originally didn’t want to marry her cousin and was hesitating, those words of yours she listened to naturally all listened in.”
Yang Yuyan: “Then where is she now?”
Yang Yu Cicada: “Who knows?”
The Fu family had been secretly searching for her, and it wasn’t until the original wedding date had been delayed that a letter was sent to the Fu family.
It was Fu Peixian who sent it.
Fu Peixian wrote this letter to apologize to her parents and to show where she was going.
It also incidentally asked her parents to apologize to her cousin and aunt on her behalf.
She wanted to break off her engagement with her cousin, so that the two of them would be married to each other and would not be related to each other. In her letter, she wished her cousin a happy couple and a long life.
Fu family is naturally very angry but there is nothing to be done, only to break the marriage contract.
Fu Peixian’s aunt had no choice. There is no bride, the wedding will naturally be done.
Fu Peixian’s cousin in August to Sichuan, the day before the departure and another located in the Miss marriage, just after the bridal chamber and left, and never came back.
In addition to sending a letter to his family, Fu Peixian also sent a letter to Yang Yucan.
When Yang Yucan received the letter, it was at the end of July, and the osmanthus flowers outside the window gave off a strong fragrance.
She read the letter with Yang Yuxian.
“Fellow student Yang: good exhibition letter.
It’s been more than a month since we left each other, are all the osmanthus blossoms on campus in bloom?
I have now left my home city and gone to another place.
Please say sorry to everyone on my behalf, our unfinished business, I can no longer complete it with you, I have been a deserter and feel deeply guilty.
Every day and night away from home makes me miss it more.
I can’t say I’m happy with my life now, it’s a far cry from the life I imagined, which makes me wonder from time to time if I shouldn’t have left.
But there is no turning back for me.
I lived with a dozen people in a small room, sleeping on the floor with only a cloth. I have to work more than ten hours a day, and I can only eat very little food every day.
If there is anything I can praise about my life now, it is that I have been helping people.
I became a nurse.”
Fu Peixian’s letter was long, several pages long. She wrote from the time she escaped to the church hospital that night, and told Yang Yucan all about her experiences during this time.
Yang Yuyan looked at the letter and tsked, she kind of sympathized with Fu Peixian, but also kind of admired her. Because compared to the students who boasted in school and couldn’t find a way out, Fu Peixian was true to her promise.
Although the path of the promise was a bit painful, she still looks like she has no regrets now.
“Nurses are always in short supply. The head nurse who took me on said. Nurses have to do more work than doctors.
Sometimes I feel more like a slave than a nurse who saves lives.
The job may be noble, but it’s built on drudgery. Maybe because it doesn’t pay well enough, and it doesn’t allow for more technological advances, then it’s just a matter of praising what’s noble about it.
More of my job description consisted of scrubbing patients’ bodies, doing laundry, washing bedding, feeding them, and being scolded. I needed to memorize every patient, and twenty-four hours a day I was by their side, knowing their every cry of pain and every change in their course. But I can’t do anything about it.”
“Doctors can’t offer much help either.
I used to think we lacked medicines, technology, and skilled doctors. But that’s actually far from enough.
We also lacked hospitals, sites large enough to build them up.
There is a shortage of automobiles to transport patients with medicines and supplies.
There is a shortage of people who know us. Too many people don’t even know the doctors or the nurses, they call us murderers.
You wouldn’t believe it, but the day after I arrived I attended an operation by a doctor who wasn’t a doctor at all. That patient died on the operating table.
Sometimes I think that maybe they really are murderers and I am an accomplice to them.
But what comforts me is that we still saved some people, and there were still some people who were cured and discharged from the hospital with our help.”
Yang Yuyan told Su Chunjun about Fu Peixian’s letter.
She said, “Are the doctors’ techniques still backward now?”
Su Chunjun shook his head and told her, “Western medicine has only been developed for less than a hundred years, it is certainly backward. Now its magic lies in the western medicine, not their medical skills. Western doctors have come up with a lot of useful ideas, which is something our Chinese doctors need to learn.”
Yang Yuyan: “I didn’t realize that Fu Peixian really went to become a nurse. How did she become a nurse as soon as she went to the church hospital? The church hospital actually really dared to take her.”
Su Chunjun laughed, “Church hospitals don’t care about Chinese laws and Chinese people, they are originally here to evangelize, and can’t wait for our people not to have their ancestors and parents thrown into their Lord’s arms.”
Yang Yuyan sighed, “Alas, I really didn’t expect that she would leave just like that.” She still can’t get over it to this day, was it really caused by her words?
Su Chunjun thoughtfully touched her head and said, “Is that why you’ve been so silent lately? There’s no need to take it too much to heart. How do you know that Ms. Fu didn’t appreciate your words at that time? She would actually regret it if she left or didn’t leave at that time.”
Just like him. If he didn’t leave, he would have to put up with his family’s hurt. But after leaving home, he would no longer receive help from the family, his life would become poor, and he would also find that if he was not harmed by his family, he would have to be harmed by outsiders.
He also used to wonder late at night, while hungry, what would have happened if he had not left home at that time.
He thought that Ms. Fu must have thought the same thing.