Not to mention Zhou Jingyun was excited, even the Zhou family was incredibly excited when they learned that Ruan Miaomiao was willing to take Zhou Jingyun to Haicheng.

Zhou Jianguo immediately returned to his room, took out the cigarettes Ruan Miaomiao had bought for him from the back of the cabinet, carefully put them in his pocket, put his hands behind his back, and walked out to stroll around the village.

He greets everyone with a charming smile.

"Yes, I ate. It's because Yunwa is going back to Haicheng with Ruan Zhiqing to meet his parents, so I came out to see what local specialties we can bring him!"

"Yes, the weather is clear today, so it probably won't snow heavily for the next few days. That's perfect, Yunwa won't have to worry about bad road conditions when she goes to Haicheng with Ruan Zhiqing."

Oh, you don't know, what elder doesn't worry?

"If it were snowing heavily, and Yunwa went so far away with Ruan Zhiqing, wouldn't his mother be worried to death?"

"Yes, there's been a lot of rain and snow this winter, so next year's harvest will definitely be good. When the harvest comes, we'll get more grain, and we can exchange it for some fine grains to help Ruan Zhiqing get better."

This family is willing to take Yunwa back to Haicheng, so we, as elders, can't be inconsiderate and not know how to care for them, can we?"

...

Zhou Jianguo, who is usually honest and doesn't talk much, said almost everything he had to say in a month in just a few hours.

So, within one night, everyone in the Jianshan Brigade knew that Ruan Miaomiao was willing to take Zhou Jingyun back to Haicheng.

Zhao Cuihong also wanted to show off to the villagers, but she was busy packing things for Zhou Jingyun to take with him.

After all, it's the prospective son-in-law's first time visiting his future in-laws' home, so he can't bring anything too shabby, right?

Most importantly, Miaomiao is such a good girl who is willing to follow their Yunwazi. She can't let Miaomiao embarrass herself in the Ruan family, can she?

So Zhao Cuihong took out all her savings and presented the best of everything to Zhou Jingyun.

However, before Zhou Jingyun could speak, Zhao Cuihong felt that none of these were good enough and not worthy of the Ruan family.

He gave Zhou Jingyun all the 1,500 yuan he had saved up over many years through frugality, and solemnly instructed him:

"Yunwazi, hurry up! You have connections, go and think of a way to get a few bottles of Moutai. I heard that wine is pretty good, and it's a specialty of our Qianjiang district. It'll definitely be presentable to give it as a gift."

Then, I'll go buy some high-end items.

You know more than I do, so you decide what to buy.

I'll trade you some local specialties from our village!

Zhou Jingyun did not refute Zhao Cuihong's words, and immediately went out to buy things despite the north wind.

Not long after they walked out, they heard Zhao Cuihong call out from behind again: "Yunwazi, buy some pork leg meat, preferably pig's trotters. Miaomiao's parents seem to really like our local cured meat. I'll smoke it up in the next couple of days, and you can take it with you when you go."

Hearing this, Zhou Jingyun nodded and continued walking forward.

Jianshan Brigade hadn't slaughtered the New Year's pig yet, and the village hadn't distributed the meat. Zhao Cuihong could only ask her youngest son to go to the county town to buy some.

Once her youngest son was out of sight, Zhao Cuihong picked up a basket and prepared to go into the village to look for any good local specialties so that her son could take them with him.

Zhou Dujuan and Zhou Taohua were excited, but they also searched for anything good they might have.

After searching for a while and finding that he didn't have anything worthwhile to offer, he took his own things and prepared to go to the village to trade with his friends.

So, that night, everyone in the Jianshan Brigade was focused on one topic: Ruan Miaomiao was taking Zhou Jingyun back to Haicheng.

"Cuihong, you are so lucky! Not only is Yunwazi successful, but you also found a educated youth named Ruan to be your daughter-in-law."

Now, things have finally turned around, and Ruan Zhiqing is willing to take Yunwazi back home.

When the elderly women in the village who had received some education saw Zhao Cuihong, they spoke with deep emotion.

After hearing this, Zhao Cuihong was deeply moved. In fact, she had also worried about this issue before. She always felt that her youngest son was not good enough for Ruan Zhiqing. Even though the two had become a couple, Zhao Cuihong was still worried that Ruan Zhiqing would abandon her youngest son once she had the opportunity to return to the city.

Little did anyone expect that Ruan Zhiqing would actually bring her son back to Haicheng.

Zhao Cuihong was overjoyed as she exchanged the items.

Similarly, Zhou Taohua and Zhou Dujuan were overjoyed: "Oh my, Taohua, your brother is really capable!"

At first, Zhou Taohua thought that the other party was praising her brother's abilities when referring to Zhou Jingyun becoming the director of the Chinese medicine factory.

Little did anyone know, Er Ya's next words were: "Your brother is really capable, he actually managed to coax Ruan Zhiqing into taking him home."

"Hmph, I've been waiting for Ruan Zhiqing to dump your brother so I can introduce him to her!"

Hearing her friend's words, Zhou Taohua was furious: I treated you like a best friend, and you actually wanted to steal my sister-in-law?

On the spot, Zhou Taohua's expression changed, and she said to Zhou Erya, "Erya, don't dream. Ruan Zhiqing only cares about my brother and doesn't even look at your brother!"

"Why……"

Hearing Zhou Taohua's words, Zhou Erya sighed heavily: she didn't know whether she was sighing because she couldn't be Ruan Miaomiao's sister-in-law, or because her brother wasn't as good-looking as Zhou Jingyun!

After all, she had figured it out: Ruan Zhiqing just liked hanging out with good-looking people.

It just so happens that she also likes the good-looking Ruan Zhiqing, but unfortunately, Ruan Zhiqing already has a boyfriend.

If it weren't for the new society, she would have wanted to ask Ruan, the educated youth, if he minded having another boyfriend...

******

The provincial capital, the Zhou family courtyard.

Wu Xuejun, who was sewing socks for his wife, saw Miao Xiaohua leading Zhou Wenxin and her sister back, one on each side, and immediately greeted them with a smile:

"Comrade Miao, are you picking up your sister's child again?"

Upon hearing Wu Xuejun's words, Miao Xiaohua smiled politely and said, "Third brother-in-law, doing needlework?"

Wu Xuejun could sense that Miao Xiaohua's tone was normal, unlike others who all showed disgust and aversion when they saw men doing needlework.

So, his smile became even more genuine. He nodded to Miao Xiaohua and said warmly, "Comrade Miao, I filled the thermos with water during the day. You can add some cold water and use it to wash Wenxin and the others' hair!"

"Thank you, brother-in-law!"

After thanking her, Miao Xiaohua led the two children into Zhou Shuixian's house and skillfully helped them wash their hair.

Miao Xiaohua was worried she would get lice if she didn't wash herself in time after getting caught in the rain on her way back.

Knowing that Zhou Shuixian was a clean person and would definitely be disgusted by lice, Miao Xiaohua washed even more carefully.

Watching Miao Xiaohua's practiced movements, Lin Xiangdong walked to Wu Xuejun's side and whispered, "Xuejun, do you think Comrade Miao is acting strangely?"