Chapter 561 Eldest Sister 18

"So that's what he meant. I really don't know what that kid was thinking. He usually seems like a pretty shrewd person, so why is he so out of his mind this time? Would a female educated youth really want to stay in our countryside and become a peasant?"

"Hey, it's not just the Sun family's kid who's out of his mind. The Party Secretary's daughter is getting really close to that educated youth."

An elderly woman suddenly lowered her voice, "Last night I went to my second son's house to take my grandson to school. When I came back, I happened to run into those two talking together. It looked like Xiufang was bringing food to that boy."

"A cloth bag this big probably contains freshly baked flatbread."

"Oh my, my family can't even afford to bake pancakes once a year, but the Party Secretary's family can just give them away so easily!"

Everyone knows that making pancakes requires oil both inside and out, which is very wasteful of oil. People who know how to manage their money don't usually make pancakes. When there are plenty of vegetables in the yard, they usually steam rice with fillings. When there are no vegetables, they usually steam buns or cornbread made from a mixture of two kinds of flour.

"I heard that the educated youth surnamed Mu and the pretty boy surnamed Lian are a couple?"

"They used to be a couple, but the wedding was called off later."

"Tsk tsk, why go to the countryside together if it's canceled? I really don't understand the thinking of these young people."

When educated youth were sent to the countryside, they could choose where to go. But what couple would go to the countryside together if they were engaged and then broke off their engagement?

They definitely have to separate.

Who cares what he thinks?

Let me tell you something you'd never guess: that old educated youth at the settlement, the one surnamed Liu, fell in love with Widow Wu from our village!

"What? How did you know? Did you see it with your own eyes?"

"Oh dear, don't even mention it, it's an eyesore..."

Ning Yan went home after hearing what she wanted to hear.

"Why are you back so soon?"

There was no one else in the courtyard. Guang Sheng was squatting in the shade washing the clothes the two of them had changed out of that morning.

"It's no fun listening to gossip without you here."

A smile appeared on Guang Sheng's face. "Have you ever seen a grown man who would gossip among women for no reason?"

"Why are they gone? Erchun from next door and Tiedan from Uncle Li's family are both there."

"Listen to what you're saying about these two people. Are they the kind of people you want to live a normal life with?"

Ning Yan thought to herself that this was indeed not the case. Both of them were well-known bachelors in the village. Er Chun was over thirty years old. He had once coaxed a woman back to live with him, but she ran away after less than half a year because she thought he was not doing anything productive. He had been single ever since.

Tie Dan'er never even got close to a woman. Even the widows in the village looked down on him because he was too ugly and had six fingers. There were people in the village who said that the six-fingered Fang family had no choice but to ignore him.

"Yes, yes, my man is a practical person, and he's really good at managing money. You're different from them."

Guang Sheng was delighted. He was different from the other two. Otherwise, how come he had a wife while the other two didn't?

...

Two days later, in the evening.

Lian Mingcheng combed his hair neatly and left the educated youth settlement.

These past few days, Wang Xiufang has been coming to see him every evening after dinner.

Sometimes they would bring him food, and sometimes they would just come to talk to him for a few minutes.

Today, she specially boiled two eggs for him and brought them over. The two stood by the willow tree in the east of the village. Lian Mingcheng had been back for so long, and his body was at its youngest and most vibrant. Anyway, it was dark and neither of them could see each other, so Lian Mingcheng put his arm around Wang Xiufang in the house.

Wang Xiufang was so frightened that she quickly pushed the person away, "No, don't do anything rash. If you really like me, come to my house to propose marriage. This won't do."

Even when Mingcheng was pushed away, he wasn't angry. "What's there to be afraid of? Nobody saw it anyway."

Besides, you're going to marry me sooner or later, and we'll be sleeping in the same bed eventually.

Wang Xiufang blushed deeply, but Lian Mingcheng had lived an extra life and was used to the glitz and glamour of the night, and was used to having women on both sides. He didn't care about a woman's chastity or reputation at all. Otherwise, what person who truly loved her would lay hands on her before marriage?

"I... I'm not talking to you anymore. If you're interested, come and propose. I'm going back now."

Wang Xiufang turned and left.

Lian Mingcheng watched her retreating figure, his eyes filled with calculation.

Since he succeeded in his previous life, he can simply follow the same steps in this life.

Missing any step will not work.

In his previous life, he lived a life of comfort and good food in the countryside for seven years thanks to the Wang family. Later, when he returned to the city, the Wang family helped him out. After that, he did business with the Mu family and became increasingly wealthy. Therefore, both of these women were stepping stones on his road to success, and he could not ignore either of them.

After parting ways with Wang Xiufang, he planned to go back and comfort Mu Xiaoxiao. However, after taking only a few steps, he felt a sharp pain in his neck, and then everything went black and he lost consciousness.

Mu Xiaoxiao couldn't stomach the rough dinner at the educated youth settlement. She barely managed a couple of bites before going back to her room to grab a box of pastries and leaving.

In the educated youth settlement, several people would squeeze into one room to rest. The room smelled of all sorts of things, and with several pairs of eyes watching her, she felt embarrassed to eat alone, so she simply went out to eat.

She's been living like this for most of the time.

Moreover, it's hot in the summer, so people don't rest early; they usually go back to their rooms to sleep around nine o'clock.

Mu Xiaoxiao took the snacks to the riverbank, sat on the familiar rock, and slowly ate them.

She sat for about half an hour before getting up and walking towards the educated youth settlement. As she passed by the big willow tree, she suddenly felt a pain in her neck and fainted.

In the team, everyone receives tools from the same group, and returns them after finishing the work.

The tool shed was located in the side room of the brigade headquarters. No one from the brigade was on duty at night; only the doors to each room were locked.

The most ordinary brass lock was opened with just a wire, and Mu Xiaoxiao was carried into the tool shed.

There were already people on the floor of the tool shed.

Soon, Mu Xiaoxiao was also thrown onto the other person, and the dark figure stuffed the medicine into their mouths.

The medicine was smuggled from the team's pig farm; it's a special veterinary estrus-inducing drug containing epimedium, motherwort, etc.

It's about 9:30 now. The people who will be starting work at 5:00 tomorrow morning will come to collect their tools, which will take about seven and a half hours. She was worried that the effect wouldn't be good, so she fed them a little more.

The two men were knocked unconscious. Based on the force she used, they would have been unconscious for at least six hours. Even if they had taken medication, they would still have been unconscious for four or five hours. With the amount of medication she gave them, they could basically ensure that they were still working when the villagers went to work!

They were a couple in their previous life, and now that they've been reborn, they naturally want to avoid taking unnecessary detours.

So in this life, she helped them, enabling them to achieve their goal sooner. How can this not be called helping?

...

The next morning, Guang Sheng woke up feeling that he had slept exceptionally well the night before. Seeing that his wife was still asleep, he tiptoed off the kang (a heated brick bed), but before he knew it, the person behind him woke up.

"Go to sleep, it's still early."

Ning Yan was still thinking about the tool shed, so she couldn't sleep. She jumped up and said, "I went to bed early yesterday, so I'm not sleepy. I'll get up too."

Guang Sheng felt that his wife was particularly quick today; she finished getting ready in no more than fifteen minutes.