She reached out and pinched Bai Anguo's thigh, causing him to flinch back in pain: "Mom, what are you doing?"

"What am I supposed to do? You worthless idiot. I'm asking you, tell me the truth, why did you give her money in the first place?"

"I... I want her to be my wife. Otherwise, why would I give her money for nothing?"

Old Mrs. Bai regained her confidence. "Song Zhiqing, did you hear that? My son wants you to be his wife, that's why he's giving you money. You think it's free? Hurry up and pay back the money, or you can become Anguo's wife. You can choose one."

Song Qingfang glared angrily at Bai Anguo.

"Bai Anguo, you never said you wanted to date me."

“I told you, I only gave you money because you didn’t refuse.”

"But I didn't agree."

"If you don't refuse, I'll assume you've agreed. You've kept praising me, doesn't that mean you like me?"

Does praising you mean I like you?

"You said I'd be a good man in the future, what do you mean?"

“I, I,” Song Qingfang stammered.

In truth, Song Qingfang knew better than anyone that she was deliberately stringing Bai Anguo along. She looked down on the honest, unattractive Bai Anguo, but she wanted his money. So, when Bai Anguo proposed dating her, she neither agreed nor refused. Instead, she praised Bai Anguo, making him misunderstand that she was interested in him, and he continued to send her money.

Those around her were disgusted by what they heard.

But he also secretly cursed Bai Anguo for being too stupid, that he was so desperate to get married that he handed over the money with just a flick of his finger.

Old Mrs. Bai said, "Song, I'm telling you right now, you have to return the money to us, or I'll call the brigade leader and have him stand up for us. I'll see if you still want to go back to the city and apply to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University."

Song Qingfang was hoping for a lucky break; she thought Bai Anguo was honest enough, so she wanted to get money from him.

Another important reason why she went to great lengths to get money from the villagers was that she wanted to buy perfume to cover up her body odor.

This has always been a pain in her heart, something that has existed since she was a child.

Because of her body odor, it was okay in winter, but in summer almost no one wanted to get close to her. When she was in school, her classmates laughed at her for smelling bad, kept their distance from her, gave her nicknames, and some even hit and bullied her.

But body odor is incurable and must be covered up with perfume. However, their circumstances are not good. Their families are lucky if they can afford food and clothes and not starve or freeze to death. Where would they get the money to buy perfume?

After all, perfume is a high-end product, and even wealthy families may not be able to afford it.

She could only live under the strange gaze of others. When she was with outsiders, she would usually stay away from them and be alone.

Later, when she took the train to the countryside, the train was too crowded, and it was summer. Her body odor was so strong that it bothered people, and she was given dirty looks by many people on the train.

She was surrounded by mocking voices and disdainful glances. At that time, she felt inferior to the core and wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into so that she wouldn't have to suffer those people's disgust anymore.

When she arrived at the rural settlement, she was despised and ridiculed by the female educated youth in her dormitory. Everyone ostracized her, but she had no money to build a house and could not move out.

She couldn't stand it anymore, so she took out all her money and bought a bottle of perfume. After spraying it on herself, it immediately covered up the odor. At that moment, she was overjoyed.

She tried to walk into the crowd, and all they could smell was her fragrance, not the stench.

At that moment, she felt as if the dark clouds that had been hanging over her head had suddenly dispersed, revealing the sunlight.

From then on, she sprayed perfume every day, and the voices of disdain from the educated youth at the settlement gradually disappeared.

But buying perfume requires a lot of money. She could only make ends meet by working in the fields and earning work points, so she had no extra money to buy perfume.

Just as she was worrying about this, a man from the village presented her with two large meat buns and said he wanted to date her. That man was Bai Anguo.

Looking at the meat bun in the other man's hand, she suddenly thought of how she could get something out of this honest and kind man.

She despised Bai Anguo from the bottom of her heart, but wanted to get money from him to buy perfume. So she used every means to hook up with Bai Anguo, so that she could get his money and avoid marrying him.

She was so eager for money that she ignored many consequences, such as Old Lady Bai coming back to the field today to force her to repay the money.

If she doesn't pay back the money, Old Lady Bai will call the brigade leader.

As a former sent-down youth, what she feared most were the village officials, because those people practically held their fate in their hands.

Besides, she was just an educated youth from out of town, while Old Lady Bai and the brigade leader were both locals. The brigade leader would definitely side with Old Lady Bai, and then she would be in trouble.

She gritted her teeth and said to Bai's wife, "Look, I have no money right now. Give me a month, and I'll pay Bai Anguo back in a month."

"A month? That's too long." Old Mrs. Bai objected: "Who knows what might happen in a month? What if you run away, or something happens to you? Who will we ask for your money back?"

"But I really don't have that much money right now."

"Then let her become our Anguo's wife."

"Okay, half a month, is half a month alright? I will definitely return the money to you after half a month. I can't go anywhere for half a month."

Old Mrs. Bai thought for a moment and said, "Alright, but I still have to report this to the captain. Until you repay the money, no matter where you want to go, you can't get the captain to give you a letter of introduction. Let's see how you escape then!"

"OK."

"If she can't pay back the money in half a month, she'll have to become Anguo's wife."

Song Qingfang gritted her teeth and said, "Fine."

She will definitely pay back the money and will absolutely not become Bai Anguo's wife.

Old Mrs. Bai was afraid that Song Qingfang would try to renege on her promise again, so she had the villagers present witness the event.

During the busy farming season, everyone had to work, so Old Lady Bai and Bai Anguo quickly returned to their team to get to work.

Lin Qingyan ate the melon with relish for a while, then turned to look at Lu Zhengting and found that he was also enjoying the melon. It seems that eating melons and joining in the fun is a natural trait for everyone.

With nothing more to see here, Lin Qingyan prepared to call Lu Zhengting and leave.

Before she could even call out to Lu Zhengting, an old woman and a young man in his twenties or thirties rushed over from the other side.

Seeing that they looked quite alike, Lin Qingyan concluded that they must be a mother and son.

Just as she was wondering if the mother and son were also looking for Song Qingfang, they stopped in front of her.