“We’ll cook separately and won’t eat with you.” Ye Zhaoyu pretended not to see the pleading look in the female educated youth’s eyes.

“Alright, then we’ll eat separately. Everything in the educated youth compound was bought with money pooled together by us old educated youth, so we won’t share it with you.” Li Weiqiang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Ye Zhaoyu say that they would eat separately.

Ye Zhaoyu and Ling Yunjue were clearly children from wealthy and powerful families; their hands were white and delicate, indicating they had never done any work.

He wouldn't dare take advantage of such a person, for fear of not being able to repay the debt and offending them.

The female educated youths instantly became dejected. Why didn't they eat together? They had finally found a strong-willed female educated youth, but it turned out that the man had no intention of saving them from the fire.

After the dinner party ended.

Ling Yunjue and Ye Zhaoyu took a walk back to their dormitory.

Ling Yunjue asked Ye Zhaoyu, "Why didn't you help those female educated youths just now?"

“My mother said that some people would take it for granted if they helped others, and wouldn’t be grateful. Besides, there were 10 female educated youths and only 5 male educated youths. It would have been easy for them to rebel. It’s just that they thought men were too powerful. They could have rebelled to the end with just a stick each. They didn’t need my help. They didn’t fight back because they didn’t want to ruin their reputation, to be called shrews, or not virtuous enough. They were afraid they wouldn’t be able to marry into a good family in the future,” Ye Zhaoyu explained.

One second she was able to cooperate with Zhang Meifeng to scheme against her, but after seeing that she dared to resist the group of male educated youth, she wanted to curry favor with her and fight back for them to the end.

All this group of people needed to do was stand behind her and cheer her on.

Why should we help a group of people who are only interested in profit?

"You're quite accurate," Ling Yunjue said admiringly.

"It's not that I'm good at judging people, it's that my mom is amazing. She tells me stories about her experiences, and the more I hear them, the more I understand." Ye Zhaoyu missed her mother again.

"What's wrong, missing your mother again?" Ling Yunjue noticed Ye Zhaoyu's dazed expression.

"Yes, I want to see her as soon as possible." Ye Zhaoyu nodded firmly.

"I'm also curious about Aunt Ye. How did she raise you to be the person you are?" Ling Yunjue also wanted to see the legendary figure.

"Yeah, do you think I'm different from other girls? Be careful, curiosity is the beginning of love," Ye Zhaoyu reminded her with a smile.

"Really? This wasn't something your mother told you, was it?" Ling Yunjue admitted that Ye Zhaoyu was attractive to him and he wanted to explore this woman.

"Yes, my mom said that of all the men she met, only my dad was mysterious, handsome, and a good cook. So she was curious about him, then fell in love, and then it was a lifetime of unwavering devotion." Ye Zhaoyu thought about what her mother had said.

When she was little, she would often ask where her father went and when he would come home.

Each time, he would never be perfunctory, but would earnestly and patiently tell her about her father and draw her a portrait of him. When she got a little older, she knew that her father might have gone on some mission and wouldn't be back for a while, so she stopped asking about him.

To prevent her from resenting her father, her mother would start telling her how she and her father met and fell in love.

"So you also want the kind of love your mother had?" Ling Yunjue suddenly asked Ye Zhaoyu.

"No, I'm just envious. Love can be love at first sight or love that grows over time. The only thing is that when you meet the right person, they will want to give you the whole world, and you will only be good to them."

Ye Zhaoyu both longs for and doesn't long for love; having grown up, she has never met anyone who makes her heart flutter.

When she married Huo Jianan, she wanted to try developing a relationship with him, but after only two days, she lost interest in men.

Especially overly confident men.

She clearly said that it was indeed his family who asked him to deliver it, and she was just acting as an errand girl, but he still insists that she likes him.

After two attempts, she lost interest and also lost interest in other men.

"You're right. Okay, we've arrived. You don't need to get up so early tomorrow. After I get up and cook, I'll keep the food warm in the pot, then I'll go to the county town to buy things and let you know I'm safe." Ling Yunjue patted Ye Zhaoyu's head; it was so soft.

"Okay, thank you, Brother Yun." Ye Zhaoyu immediately thanked him in a clear voice.

She didn't know why she did it.

It might be a social media voice.

"Go back to sleep now." Ling Yunjue watched Ye Zhaoyu close the door before returning to her own home.

For five days on the train, Ye Zhaoyu either leaned on his shoulder or slept with a pillow under her head. Ling Yunjue was still a little unaccustomed to the sudden separation.

The next morning, after eating the breakfast that Ling Yunjue had left for her, Ye Zhaoyu wandered around the village.

To conduct an investigation, we need to know where Su Aiguo stayed and who he was acquainted with.

And you also need to know what you did each time you came to the village.

You can't even ask questions openly.

It would be bad if we alerted the enemy agents behind us.

Ye Zhaoyu tucked two handfuls of melon seeds and a few fruit candies into her pocket, locked the door, and went out.

With just a little inquiry, you can find out who has eggs, whose wife likes to gossip, and whose family likes to take advantage of others—all sorts of information come out of the child's mouth.

Ye Zhaoyu, with 10 yuan in her pocket, prepared to exchange it for eggs at three different stores.

The first family was the one that raised the most chickens.

"Aunt Zhang, is anyone home?" Ye Zhaoyu went straight to the home of Zhang Gui, a wealthy family in the village.

The term "wealthy family" doesn't refer to the family being the richest in the village, but rather to the family having the most male members and the largest population.

So they raise the most chickens. Why? Because the Zhang family is peculiar. Once their children get married, they move out and become a separate household.

Each household can only raise a maximum of three chickens, so the Zhang family has 10 households and raises 30 chickens. After the households were separated, everyone still lived together and the family remained united.

He could be described as a local tyrant.

Each month, we earn a little money from selling eggs, which is the main source of income for our family, and no one can find fault with that.

Others can't learn this even if they want to, because most of them are only children, or at most two children, so how can they divide the family property?

Although Hongqi Village is a notoriously poor village, Ye Zhaoyu noticed that a few people there were eating quite well, their faces even more radiant than those of city dwellers.

Ye Zhaoyu stood at the door for a while before Aunt Zhang came out to open it. "I'm sorry, I was busy. You must be a new educated youth who just arrived! What brings you here to see Aunt Zhang?"

"I just came to the countryside! I wanted to exchange some eggs. I heard that Aunt Zhang has the most eggs, so I wanted to ask if I could exchange some for a chicken. It would be even better if I could exchange it for a whole chicken." Ye Zhaoyu smiled and explained as soon as she saw Aunt Zhang come out.

"That's the truth. Do you want to trade for a rooster or a hen? I still have 50 eggs at home. Do you want them all?" Aunt Zhang smiled even more broadly when she heard that it was a new educated youth.

The God of Wealth has arrived.