Looking up at the starry sky, the stars twinkled ceaselessly, much like those blinking, beautiful eyes. However, despite being a dark, windy night perfect for a date, Du Jiang fell silent.
Un...
When carrying the two buckets of water back to the pigsty, Tianniu felt a burning pain in her shoulders. Although she didn't open her sleeves to check, she knew that her skin must have been rubbed off, otherwise it wouldn't be so painful.
The sweet girl, grimacing in pain, glared at Du Jiang, who was mixing pig food. After thinking for a moment, she calmed down and walked over, saying in a friendly manner, "Du Jiang, my mother told you about Li Hongjun, right? So, can you introduce him to me?"
Du Jiang paused in stirring the pig food, looked back at Tianniu, and then continued with her work, as if she had not heard what Tianniu had said. Seeing this, Tianniu repeated it again, and this time Du Jiang could not turn a blind eye.
Du Jiang poured the mixed pig feed into a wooden barrel and then carried it out.
"Hello~"
As spoonfuls of pig feed were poured into the stone trough, the two pigs heard the sound and crowded over excitedly, grunting and digging for the rice in the trough.
If it weren't for Du Jiang's fair skin, her patched clothes, and her movements, which were exactly like those of a rural girl, the sweet girl would have frowned in confusion and asked unhappily, "Du Jiang, didn't you hear me? So, can you help me introduce Li Hongjun? If it works out, I'll give you a red envelope."
After the last spoonful of pig food was poured into the stone trough, Du Jiang stood up and looked back at Tianniu, his face full of confusion and doubt. "Sister Tianniu, why do you insist on me introducing you to someone? Logically speaking, shouldn't this kind of thing be done by a matchmaker or someone older in the village?"
"It's not just you, it's Aunt Du too. I'm just a young educated youth who just came here. Matchmaking has nothing to do with me in any way."
As for Du Jiang's confusion, Tianniu was even more confused than her. "Aren't you a matchmaker? Just like the matchmaker who delivers letters in the picture book."
Listening to Tianniu's convincing words, Du Jiang frowned, "What storybook? I don't understand you, and I never read storybooks. If you have nothing to do, clean the yard. I'm going to go cut grass for the pigs."
"Ah, cleaning the yard, can't we do it tomorrow?"
"If you think it's okay, then it's fine," Du Jiang said, ignoring the troubled sweet girl, picked up the sickle and backpack and walked out. After all, she was responsible for the pig feed in the afternoon.
However, Du Jiang overestimated Tianniu. Not long after she went up the mountain, Tianniu also chased after her. Facing Tianniu's relentless pursuit, Du Jiang looked up at the sky speechlessly, "Sister Tianniu, please give me a quick death, okay? I'm really not a matchmaker or a red lady. It's useless for you to pester me like this, really."
Tianniu looked at Du Jiang with a strange look on her face for a few seconds, then took out a small wooden doll from her trouser pocket and handed it to Du Jiang. "Look for yourself, we saw this privately in the small temple behind the mountain."
Du Jiang hesitated for a moment and finally took the wooden figurine handed to him by Tianniu. Looking at the facial features carved on the figurine, Du Jiang subconsciously touched himself. It cannot be said that they are exactly the same, but the general outline is similar. Du Jiang's heart skipped a beat, but he could not recognize it. You know, these are the most taboo nowadays.
Du Jiang immediately returned the figurine to Tianniu. "You can't insist on calling me a matchmaker just because of a wooden figurine. That doesn't make sense. Besides, I've heard of that picture book you mentioned before. I advise you to find a professional matchmaker. Besides, I'm not a very polite person, so I'm afraid I can't help you much."
"It's okay. It doesn't matter if it doesn't work out. I just want you to introduce me to someone and arrange a meeting place or something."
After hearing what Tianniu said, Du Jiang waved her hands repeatedly, "Sister, Sister Tianniu, don't hurt me, and don't drag me into this meeting. I don't want to get involved in your affairs at all. If you really like her, then go find the village chief. Um, it's okay if you don't like Aunt Cui. Isn't she the women's director of the village? Ask her for help."
Seeing Du Jiang's strong refusal, Tianniu didn't force it. She immediately put away the wooden figurine and sighed in frustration, "Alright, if you don't want to help, then don't help. Well, aren't you supposed to cut grass for the pigs? Hurry up, the work will be over soon, and the scorekeeper will come to check then."
"Oh, okay, okay."
This time, Tianniu finally stopped making trouble, and Du Jiang was finally able to cut grass for the pigs in peace.
But it turned out that Du Jiang was too relieved too early.
After finishing cutting the grass and returning to the pig house, Tianniu completely turned on the clingy mode, and Du Jiang almost went berserk. "Sister Tianniu, I've made it very clear to you that I'm not your matchmaker at all, and it's not my business to introduce you to someone else."
"But you look similar to the wooden man."
Du Jiang scoffed at Tianniu's statement, "Stop, stop, stop, what do you mean I look like a wooden man? Are you calling me a wooden man again? You said I look like him, but I think you look more like that."
Looking at the sweet girl still blocking the door, even a clay man would get angry. He immediately reached out and swiftly pushed the sweet girl aside and walked over.
Back at the educated youth camp, Du Jiang was still furious. When Chen Xiaozhen once again complained about her scent, Du Jiang threw a fit and said, "I'm sorry, it's the team's arrangement. If you have any objections, you can raise them."
Qian Meili, who was standing by, was also stunned. Du Jiang was usually very taciturn, and this... the power of his first outburst was beyond her expectations. She had originally thought of using this opportunity to split the cooking time between them, but seeing that it was not going as planned, Qian Meili quickly spoke up, "Du Jiang, Xiaozhen doesn't dislike you. We're just thinking about splitting up the cooking work. Xiaozhen and I will be one team, and you...you will be one team."
In the end, Qian Meili felt a little embarrassed. After all, asking others to form a group alone, wasn't that obviously bullying?
Qian Meili and Chen Xiaozhen did not lower their voices, and Huo Yang and the others in the room heard it clearly, but they were too embarrassed to come out. After all, it was just a quarrel between girls. He Jiefang's face looked a little bad, and it was not known whether it was directed at Du Jiang or Qian Meili in the yard.
In the courtyard, Du Jiang looked at Qian Meili and Chen Xiaozhen in front of him. He was speechless at their reciprocal words. He immediately raised his hand to stop Qian Meili who was about to speak. "Sister Qian, you don't have to say anything. From now on, I will cook my own meals and collect firewood by myself. I will collect more firewood for today's meal this afternoon."
"No, Du Jiang, that's not what we meant." Qian Meili hurriedly explained to Du Jiang's unconventional behavior. Unfortunately, Du Jiang, who was tired and hungry, had no intention of listening. "Whatever you mean, I will follow my own understanding. I am not a talkative girl, but I am not a little girl who knows nothing. Sister Qian, you used to take good care of me, I know, but one thing is one thing, I don't owe you anything, so please don't impose your ideas on me."