Lin Zhao put away the three medical books, and placed on top of them five comic books and a pile of newspapers.

She strolled out of the pile of books and looked at Song Yunjin with a smile in her eyes.

"Yunjin, are you okay?"

"I'll be there soon." Song Yunjin looked up from the pile of books and saw his sister smiling. He guessed that she had gained a lot.

What a coincidence.

Him too!

The boy quickly put the books in order, took the ones he had chosen and ran to his sister.

His handsome face was full of smiles.

"Sister, look at what I found, there are so many." Yun Jin shook the arm holding a pile of books upwards and said in a cheerful tone, "I have opened them all and read them. Some are storybooks, and some are magazines. You can read the magazines to help you kill time."

Lin Zhao smiled, "We have a good harvest today."

"Yes, I'm lucky."

The brother and sister moved the books to the door. The staff at the recycling station weighed them and quoted a price. Lin Zhao paid the money and moved the books to the ox cart with Yunjin.

It's five minutes to four.

The timing is just right.

"It's not too late. You got it just right." Lin Zhao smiled, very satisfied.

She is a person with a strong sense of time and would rather start early than be late.

Yun Jin knew his sister's habits. Under her influence, he also cared about this and nodded heavily.

When we arrived, there were already several people sitting on the ox cart.

There were no men, only women.

This is normal. There is a big difference in physical strength. Men earn more work points than women. They must stay to earn full work points. It is always women who go out to buy daily necessities.

"Uncle, are we not late?" Yun Jin greeted warmly, with a contagious smile on his face.

The old man smiled and said, "No, get in the car first."

Seeing the smile on his face, the woman in the car looked as if she had seen a ghost.

ha?

Can the old man still laugh? ! !

This guy always has a stern face, and can scare all the kids in the village to tears.

Strange!

Lin Zhao jumped onto the ox cart and sat on the small bench at the front.

"Yunjin, please go back."

Song Yunjin was worried and told the old man driving, "Uncle, please drive slowly. My sister rarely rides in a bullock cart and I'm afraid she won't be used to it."

I put my hands together and said, "Please, please, if my sister falls, my dad will break my legs."

"..."

Lin Zhao didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Yunjin's appearance, coupled with the tone of voice he used when advising the teacher of Yuhong Class, really makes him look like his uncle.

Before she could say anything, the old man laughed again, "Don't worry, I've been driving this ox cart for more than ten years, I can get there with my eyes closed."

He should be grateful to the man who brought him the favor. For the sake of the popsicle, he could not look at the boy in front of him in a rude manner.

He had a good impression of the boy.

A polite person!

Unlike some people who rely on their city residence to look down on others and don’t even know their surnames or names.

Yun Jin's smile deepened, "Thank you, sir. I feel you are very reliable the moment I see you!"

No one doesn't like to hear nice words. The old man was coaxed and smiled. "Of course not. Don't worry, I promise to send your sister to the village entrance in one piece."

"Okay." Yun Jin said.

He stuck the book he found on the side of the oxcart and said to Lin Zhao, "Sister, I'll go back first. See you tomorrow."

Lin Zhao raised her hand.

Noticing that several women in the car were looking at her, she smiled politely, not feeling embarrassed at all.

There was no way, her uncle had sent her to school before, and she was also the center of attention.

"What did our Zhaobao learn today?"

"Has anyone bullied Zhao Bao?"

"Are you happy that your uncle is here to pick you up?"

"Would you like to ride a horse?"

"My uncle brought some meat from the factory. Let's go home and eat some meat!"

He speaks in a clipped tone, and every sentence is a killer move.

There isn't a trace of the restraint that should be present in this era.

To be honest, Lin Zhao grew up under the "strange" looks of her classmates, so she was particularly calm about the looks of others.

On the bus, an auntie asked with a smile: "Girl, which brigade are you from?"

"Harvest Brigade." Lin Zhao smiled.

Her complexion was fair and delicate, her clothes were clean and refreshing, and on her head she wore a beautiful hat that the country people had never seen before. Her sitting posture was casual and relaxed, but not rude, and she had the elegance and grace of a scholar.

He is more outstanding than the educated youth from big cities in their village.

It looks fragrant and soft.

Another aunt asked, "My daughter, do you work in the supply and marketing cooperative?"

Lin Zhao nodded.

The aunt who was speaking raised her arm slightly and bumped the woman sitting next to her, "See, I said this girl was a salesperson. I am old, but my eyes are sharp. I can see clearly from a distance. She is at the counter next to where we are shopping."

The woman who was hit had poor eyesight. Plus, there were so many people in the supply and marketing cooperative when she was buying things that she was so focused on squeezing forward that she had no time to look around.

"I was busy at the time and didn't look around."

Her companion laughed, "You put a lot of effort into grabbing that pillowcase. I saw someone holding his chest after being hit by your elbow."

"How can you buy them if you don't fight for them? There are only a few of them." The person being teased said confidently, "My nephew is getting married. It only happens once in a lifetime. I am his aunt, so I must prepare something presentable as a gift."

"That's true."

"Speaking of marriage, I don't know if you've heard that Erhua and Gouzi's marriage is not going to be finalized?!!" A woman with a long face and a rather serious look suddenly spoke.

As soon as these words came out.

All topics paused.

Everyone on the ox cart had curiosity in their eyes.

"!!"

What's going on?

Even Lin Zhao, who knew nothing, was whetted by the tone of her aunt's voice.

What, why can’t Erhua and Gouzi’s marriage be successful?

You can’t listen to stories without melon seeds. Lin Zhao reached into her bag, actually took out a bag of melon seeds from her storage ring, and started to crack them.

"What?"

“What’s going on?!?”

"Why is Erhua and Ergou's marriage not going through? If I remember correctly, the wedding was already set for next month!"

"I remember it was next month, and the whole village was talking about it, why did it suddenly stop working!?"

…

After some output.

The people on the ox cart guessed that there must be a secret behind it. Their eyes lit up and they listened attentively, afraid of missing any exciting part.

The atmosphere is quiet.

The "click, click, click" sound was particularly clear.

Everyone looked in the direction where the sound came from in tacit understanding.

I saw a pretty girl who looked more like a city girl than the educated youth. She was eating melon seeds one after another with an expression as if she was listening to a good show.

Lin Zhao was being stared at by several pairs of eyes. She did not feel uncomfortable, but she was anxious and wanted to know what would happen next.

She frowned her delicate brows, struggling to figure out how to continue the conversation.

After a moment.

He picked up a handful of melon seeds, stretched his arm forward, and stuffed a handful into the hands of the coachman.

"Uncle, eat some melon seeds."

After dividing it among the old man, they divided it among the other people in the car.

"Come on, come on, one for each of you. I'm bored on the road, so I'll eat some sunflower seeds to kill time."

The country women in the car thought Lin Zhao would be arrogant because she looked different from them, and except at the beginning, no one dared to talk to her.

I didn’t expect that the girl would actually share some melon seeds with them.

The women were flattered and took the melon seeds, their eyes filled with wrinkles from joy.

"Thank you, my daughter."

"Are these sunflower seeds? They're salty and delicious." The woman sitting next to Lin Zhao tasted one, but couldn't bear to spit out the shell, so she swallowed it down with the shell. She couldn't bear to eat the rest, as she wanted to leave it for her child.

"It smells delicious," said another person, who was reluctant to even taste it. He wrapped it in a handkerchief, put it away, smiled at Lin Zhao, and said shyly, "This is a good thing. I'll take it back for my child to eat."

This is what most people do.

Only the woman with the least patches ate two in a row before putting them away.

Lin Zhao waved her hand nonchalantly, "It's okay. I gave it to you, so it's yours. You can do whatever you want with it."

The people in the car thought that this girl was really good at talking.

If the educated youth had learned a little, they would not be so despised.

No wonder he can be a salesperson.

She is good-looking and speaks nicely.

Lin Zhao looked at her aunt who had stirred up such gossip.

The long-faced, serious-looking woman was puzzled, "...What's wrong?"

I subconsciously checked my clothes and found that they were not worn backwards.

Lin Zhao smiled shyly, "Why didn't Erhua and Gouzi's marriage come to fruition?"

Don't say half of your words, hurry up!

Hearing this.

The air was silent.

The old man driving the car: "..."

He didn't like to listen to gossip, especially when he was riding in the ox cart he pulled.

When I heard them talk about it before, I almost called out to stop them.

When I realized that the topic had been diverted by "melon seeds", I breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that there was no need to remind him.

But I didn’t expect…

The topic was brought back by the little girl!

Looking down at the melon seeds in his hand, the old man's eyes flashed with complexity.

To block, or not to block?

This is a problem.

Lin Zhao noticed the old man's gaze and smiled at him, being as polite as possible.

The old man frowned.

Forget it. Anyway, what happened between Erhua and Gou Zi wasn’t groundless.

never mind.

He just pretended today and heard nothing.

No one cares about what the old man is thinking.

A series of laughter rang out from the ox cart, spreading far away.

The woman next to Lin Zhao almost laughed to death and said, "Fat Fatty's mother, hurry up and continue talking. You've even hung the salesman up!"

As the saying goes, one should be grateful to the person who has eaten his food. The melon seeds are so good and the little girl is so curious, so of course I should satisfy her!

Others also urged.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the car was ridiculously good.

Even the old village head found it incredible.

In the past, they always quarreled with each other, which gave him a headache and buzzing ears.

The sun rose from the west today?

Still no one could see his disgust from his hunched back.

Pangpang's mother also laughed, and without deliberately keeping the audience in suspense, she started talking.

When talking about gossip, the face that rarely smiles glows.

Open your mouth and throw a big bomb.

"Someone saw Erhua and the young man hiding in the woods!"

As soon as these words came out, it was like something was ignited.

"What?" someone's voice suddenly became louder.

"..." The old man rubbed his ears.

Very good, he didn’t let go of his ears either.

"Is Erhua crazy? Doesn't she want fame?!" The woman next to the fat lady was shocked. "How dare she do that! She is stepping on Gouzi's face. That family is not easy to mess with. How could they let her go?"

Another person said: "Erhua has two younger sisters. If her reputation is ruined, it will be difficult for her two younger sisters to get married."

"Erhua is a very honest girl, how dare you do that?"

Several women spoke one after another, and afraid that Lin Zhao might not understand, they also described the protagonist's family in detail.

The personalities of the people in Erhua's family and Gouzi's family are clearly revealed.

Lin Zhao: I also felt very involved.

The fat lady had a complicated expression, "Honest? Honest on the surface only."

She and Erhua live next door to each other, so she knows a lot.

"Erhua is a cunning girl with a lot of ambitions. She doesn't like Gouzi at all and only wants to marry a city guy."

Everyone: “……?”

The most impatient person spoke very quickly, "She is a country girl, dark and thin, she didn't even graduate from elementary school, and her family is extremely poor. How can she marry a city guy?"

Another person said, "If you don't like Gou Zi, why would you get engaged to Gou Zi?"

Fatty's mother shook her head. "It's because she didn't have the chance to meet city people before. The educated youth going to the countryside gave her hope. So she looked down on Gou Zi even more and wanted to cancel the engagement. Erhua's parents wanted to save face, so they beat Erhua up and told her to give up. The girl was not going to give up easily. She agreed on the surface, but secretly pestered the educated youth to find a male educated youth."

After hearing this, Lin Zhao thought of Gu Xing'er.

This Erhua is the same type of person as her.

but.

The male educated youth in Fengshou Brigade are smarter than those in the brigade next door.

Song Qianke was a cunning man. He always asked other male educated youth to do anything, and did not give Gu Xing'er any chance to climb up to him. Her clumsy methods were of no use at all.

The woman next to Lin Zhao said, "There will be more trouble about this later!"

"There was some noise, but it wasn't Erhua who made the noise. It was that male educated youth who made the noise," said the fat mother.

Lin Zhao raised her eyes.

Oh no.

There is a reversal.

"What's going on?" she asked.

It was not quite the same as the script she had imagined.

On second thought, the educated youth had just gone to the countryside, experienced the hardships of farming, and wanted to go back to the city all the time. Now they have not been tortured to despair by day after day of hopelessness, so of course they will not have anything to do with country girls.

According to this logic.

The male educated youth was plotted against by the girl named Erhua.

This was confirmed by Fatty's subsequent words.

"The male educated youth said that he was framed and he reported it to the educated youth office early this morning! I guess Erhua will lose everything this time."

The educated youth reported it to the Educated Youth Office?

Lin Zhao felt that this plot was familiar.

That’s right!

There is such a plot in the original book.

The difference is.

The person who reported the case to the educated youth point was Song Qian from the Fengshou Brigade.

This matter is related to Gu Xing'er.

But, it was clearly two years later! !

The book says:

Gu Xing'er found an opportunity to tear open her collar, falsely accused Song Qian of being a hooligan, and asked him to marry her.

At that time, Song Qian had just received an order to return to the city and was in high spirits. Suddenly, he was disgusted by her visit as if he were swallowing a fly alive. He reported it to the Youth League Office without any further ado, demanding to clear his name.

All the educated youth at the educated youth point supported him.

Gu Xing'er cried, made a fuss, and even threatened to hang herself, trying to use public opinion to force Song Qian to submit. Song Qian hid in the guesthouse and refused to come out. In a fit of rage, she injured the staff of the guesthouse, and the diligent female comrade almost died.

The incident became a big deal and ended up in the newspapers.

The newspaper reporter had a keen sense of smell and found that the situation of the educated youth was worth exploring. He went to various places for undercover investigations and discovered that many male and female educated youth were being tricked into getting married.

Write an article with great ease.

The Youth League Offices at all levels took this issue seriously and cracked down on this unhealthy trend.

After this, people with evil intentions turned their attention away from the educated youth.

Lin Zhao had a premonition that the incident in the neighboring brigade would become a big deal, as big as the original book.

This is a good thing.

Some of the educated youth who were plotted against were only sixteen or seventeen years old, still children. They were all educated youth, how unfair it was that they were forced to stay in the countryside for the rest of their lives!