"Oh my, young man, you really know how to talk! I love hearing that!" the auntie said with a smile.

Everyone smiled kindly.

"It's really commendable that this young man has such awareness!" Minister Yang patted Qin Yu on the shoulder with satisfaction.

He knew that Qin Yu and Xia Lan were both from Shanghe Village, and that Qin Yu wanted to stay in the city and needed a job, so he assumed that Qin Yu was saying this in order to stay.

After Qin Yu helped everyone organize tomorrow's goods, he took Xia Lan back to the small room.

As soon as Xia Lan entered the room, she wanted to wash her hands and found that Qin Yu had already prepared warm water for her.

After washing my hands, I came out to find food already laid out on the table, along with a bowl of warm water.

Unable to express her feelings, Xia Lan silently sat down next to Qin Yu.

Because of the activities these past few days, Minister Yang specially applied for subsidies from the factory, so they don't need to get their own meals; the canteen will bring them two steamed buns every day.

Two vegetable buns were delivered that evening, and with the meal Qin Yu had prepared, Xia Lan's smile never faded.

It's amazing to be able to eat such delicious food in this day and age.

happiness.

After the two finished their meal in silence, Qin Yu finally spoke. "I found a job."

"So fast?" Xia Lan was taken aback, thinking that it was hard to find a job!

Then Qin Yu said he found it?

"Just like you said, I gave him a gift, and he got things done faster." Qin Yu silently labeled Du Qiang and made him take the blame.

"What kind of job is that?" Xia Lan asked happily, as long as she could find a job.

"I work as a ticket collector in that movie theater across from you," Qin Yu replied.

Xia Lan was very curious, so Qin Yu told her about his experience that day.

"Is Zhang Li a lesbian? Is she very pretty?" As soon as Xia Lan heard the name Zhang Li, she instinctively felt that she must be a lesbian.

“You’re prettier than her,” Qin Yu said without hesitation.

Xia Lan's lips curled into a pleased smile.

She didn't care about anything else, but Xia Lan remembered Zhang Li.

Qin Yu finished washing the dishes and returned home to find Xia Lan scratching her skin uncomfortably.

"Do you want to take a shower?" Qin Yu asked.

Xia Lan blushed and nodded shyly.

She felt like she was going to spoil; she hadn't showered for days.

But unlike in later times, the house didn't have a private bathroom. At night, if she wanted to use the toilet, she had to run to the public toilet at the intersection.

“Brother Yu…” Xia Lan looked at Qin Yu, her eyes filled with helplessness.

"Pack your clothes, I'll take you to the bathhouse." Qin Yu had already memorized the route and knew there was a bathhouse nearby.

"Okay." Upon hearing that she could take a shower, Xia Lan immediately packed her clothes and prepared to go.

Qin Yu glanced at her, then silently stepped forward and packed the soap and towel for her.

Xia Lan then realized she had made a big mistake and quickly accepted it, blushing.

Qin Yu became increasingly certain of his own thoughts.

Qin Yu led Xia Lan to the front of the bathhouse, where a long line of people stood. Xia Lan stared in astonishment at the long queue and looked helplessly at Qin Yu.

"A bath at the public bathhouse costs five cents per person."

"You need to hurry up and shower inside, there are many people waiting in line to take a shower!"

"That's right, hurry up! That's good enough!"

Someone stood at the door and shouted.

Some people even urged the people showering inside to hurry up.

"Bathing is such a hassle for women..."

The men who had finished washing in the men's pool walked by, and they even mocked him with smug satisfaction.

Xia Lan was holding her clothes and standing in line, with Qin Yu standing with her. The other women were watching Qin Yu warily.

"What's wrong with you, comrade? This is a women's group!" A young woman said warily as soon as she saw Qin Yu.

"Brother Yu, I can do it. Why don't you go to the men's bathhouse?" Xia Lan saw that Qin Yu had been criticized, so she quickly pushed Qin Yu towards the men's bathhouse.

"I'll wait for you to go in before I shower." Qin Yu glanced at the speed of showering in the men's bathhouse; once Xia Lan went in, he could queue up in time.

"Who is that person to you?" the girl behind Xia Lan asked, looking at Xia Lan.

“He is my husband,” Xia Lan replied to the girl.

"I think you're not bad-looking either, why don't you find someone better?" The woman who had just criticized Qin Yu stood in front of Xia Lan and turned around to ask her bluntly.

Her words implied disdain for Qin Yu, as if she looked down on him.

This was discrimination from city dwellers. Xia Lan was not happy that she was belittling Qin Yu like this, and gave the woman a cold look.

She wore a trendy braided hairstyle and a white shirt, suggesting she came from a well-off family. Unfortunately, her appearance was not flattering; her round face made her look large, and her fair skin gave her an air of disdain.

However, she was distinguishable from the girls in the village by her skin.

No matter what a girl's features are, her fair skin is a huge dividing line in the lives of city girls.

Fair skin can cover up three flaws.

Even if her features weren't pretty, her health wasn't good, and she wasn't tall, her fair complexion still made her more beautiful than the girls in the village.

"You're quite good-looking, so what kind of person did you find?" Xia Lan asked the woman.

"Yeah, what kind of boyfriend did you find?" The girl behind Xia Lan also liked the woman's words that had just belittled others, and chimed in to help Xia Lan.

"Hmph, of course I'll find a good partner. I wouldn't want a man like yours." The woman raised her noble chin disdainfully and gave Xia Lan a contemptuous look.

I wanted to ask her what she used to put on her face, thinking she was clever, but I didn't expect her to be so stupid, marrying a good-for-nothing country bumpkin.

"You can't find it even if you want to!" Xia Lan snorted, mimicking her, "Why do you look down on me?"

"Besides, what gives you the right to look down on him? You're nothing but pale-faced!" Xia Lan puffed out her chest; she was half a head taller than Xia Lan, who was 1.6 meters tall.

She has no figure, no face, and apart from being a little fair-skinned, what does she have to be proud of?

"You...you're only good-looking because of your face!" The woman was also angry after Xia Lan's blunt retort.

But seeing Xia Lan's delicate face, which was obviously much prettier than hers, and Xia Lan being half a head taller than her, she couldn't find anything to belittle Xia Lan.

Then, as if he had found a point to attack, he sneered at Xia Lan.

"What's the use of being good-looking? She still married a country bumpkin who's as tall and ugly as a bamboo pole." The woman pointed her gun at Qin Yu.

"I've heard that people in the countryside don't bathe for months at a time. Could it be true...?"

"Look at that face, it's been at least months since you shaved, hasn't it?"

The argument between the lesbian and Xia Lan attracted the attention of others.

Hearing the woman's words, she couldn't help but glance at Qin Yu, her gaze lingering on the long-unshaven beard on his face.

Xia Lan pursed her lips unhappily.

"What's wrong?" Qin Yu noticed the commotion around Xia Lan and walked over.

Xia Lan pursed her lips angrily. "She called you ugly."