Zhao Aifang glanced at Song Nanting and said with a smile, "Why hasn't the young officer married yet if he's so outstanding? Do you know his name?"

The sister-in-law shook her head and said, "I don't know. I just heard people say that. Maybe there is something wrong with such a high-ranking official who has not yet married."

"That's true. In our countryside, people get married at 18 or 19. There aren't many people who are still unmarried in their 20s." Zhao Aihua looked at Song Nanting and paused. "If she's really a good guy, that's fine. Maybe she'll fall in love with the educated youth from our village."

Song Nanting suddenly spoke up, "I don't think there's anything wrong with them. They're military officers, so busy on weekdays. They're probably busy making achievements and have no time to solve personal problems."

Zhao Aihua was stunned when she heard this, and looked at her twice more, which made Song Nanting blush. She smiled and said, "Little Song Zhiqing is right. If she wasn't busy making achievements, how could she be so capable at such a young age."

Having said this, he started talking about other things.

But Song Nanting's heart was already in turmoil.

She felt that this was talking about Lu Jianan. Lu Jianan was five years older than her and was already 28 years old this year. A 28-year-old team leader was extremely outstanding.

In his previous life, Lu Jianan said that if there really was an afterlife, he would definitely fall in love with her the first time he saw her.

But he seemed to have broken his promise. When Lu Jianan saw her for the first time, not only did he not fall in love with her, he also seemed to have a bad temper.

Sometimes she couldn't help feeling confused.

The current Lu Jianan is the younger Lu Jianan. Is he the same person as the forty-year-old Lu Jianan she met?

"We're here, get off the bus." Zhao Aihua asked everyone to get off the bus, then exclaimed, "There are so many people in the commune today."

The commune was not very big. On weekdays, people would go to the street to exchange things on the 27th day of the lunar month. But today was not a market day, so they could only go to the government-run supply and marketing cooperative to buy things.

A few people went straight over there. When they passed the Youth League Office, they saw a few young people standing there scattered with luggage, as if they were going to the countryside.

Zhao Aihua breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Another educated youth is here again."

The country people didn't like the educated youth because when they first went to the countryside they couldn't carry anything on their shoulders or lift anything with their hands, and they had to borrow food first, and they weren't sure if they could pay back their work points by the time of autumn harvest.

The educated youth ate more, leaving less for the villagers, which definitely made people unhappy.

After all, Song Nanting was the one who borrowed the food. Although she would definitely pay it back when she left, it would be better for her to behave herself and not attract attention for now.

When they arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, they found that it was quite lively in front of the cooperative, with most of the people there being people from various villages buying things.

Zhao Aihua went over to ask, then came back mysteriously and said, "Guess what they want to buy so urgently?"

Several people were curious, "What to buy?"

Zhao Aihua glanced at Song Nanting and said, "It's all for group blind dates. We want to buy beautiful fabrics to make new clothes for our children."

Then Zhao Aihua said to Song Nanting, "You have to prepare yourself too. Clothes make the man, and saddles make the horse. Don't let people look down on you just because your clothes don't look good."

Song Nanting didn't feel embarrassed after hearing this. Instead, she looked down at her clothes. She had thrown away the tattered cotton-padded jacket she was wearing and was wearing a hooded cotton-padded coat she bought from the capital. Her pants and shoes were also new. They didn't look that ugly, right?

As if she could see her doubts, Zhao Aihua smiled and said, "Fix it up a bit more."

Another lady disagreed, "Officers don't choose wives to be actors in the art troupe, so why should they dress up in fancy clothes? I think Xiao Song is fine the way she is, she dresses plainly, and her face is far better than those lesbians."

Several other aunties agreed, "Don't listen to your Aunt Zhao, she's just talking nonsense."

"This is not nonsense..." Zhao Aihua said as she carefully looked at Song Nanting. She had not really looked at her carefully before, but now she liked her more and more. She couldn't help but say, "You are right. With this face, any officer can be charmed. Let's go."

Song Nanting is not short of fabric, and there are several rolls in her space.

She came here mainly to buy buckets, and she bought two at a time. She bought a foot basin as well as towels and soap, which she had already bought in the capital, so she didn't need to prepare any.

Seeing that everyone else was busy grabbing the fabric, Song Nanting was a little envious of the snacks on the counter.

The snacks of this period are actually not as delicious as those of later generations, but the problem is that the body is greedy.

Song Nanting dug out a few dim sum tickets and bought some as well.

Seeing her buying these things, Zhao Aihua was a little disapproving, "They are not even worth eating or drinking, how can they be as economical as buying meat."

Song Nanting smiled, "You are right."

So I went to buy another five pounds of pork. It was such a cold day that the pork would not go bad even if it was left in the house, and it could even be frozen hard.

Zhao Aihua glanced at her slightly yellow face and thin body and said nothing more.

It’s okay to eat better and take better care of yourself so that you can have a more successful blind date. After all, no one would like a malnourished wife.

The women all bought some needles, thread, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and other things, and then they prepared to go home.

When a few people came out of the supply and marketing cooperative and were about to leave, they saw several teams leading the educated youth back to the village.

Zhao Aihua smiled and said, "I guess Xiao Song came here to take up the quota, so we didn't assign anyone to our team. We made a profit."

What she didn't say was that after Song Nanting's blind date was successful and she left, there would be even fewer educated youth in their village.

The other ladies laughed and said, "Song Zhiqing is different from other Zhiqing. She is a good girl."

The ladies kept silent about it and did not mention it any more. Song Nanting was also very tactful and did not ask any more questions. But she was alert in her heart. It seemed that everyone knew about the educated youths' camp. No wonder no one liked them.

Just as I was about to take the donkey cart back, I saw a jeep coming from a distance and then stopped in front of the department store.

Song Nanting looked over and saw a pair of big feet getting out of the car.

He looked up and was stunned.