After returning from the county town, Lin Qingmei found that the people in the village looked at her strangely, and everyone seemed a little afraid of her.

After Lin Qingmei left, those gossipers gathered together and started chatting again.

"Lin Qingmei is so lucky that she actually got along well with the county magistrate's secretary. Does that mean she will have to live in the county town in the future?"

"I heard that she and the county magistrate's secretary were classmates and they knew each other when they were in school. If I had known earlier, I would have let my daughter study more so that she could marry in the county town and eat commercial grain instead of marrying a peasant and suffering in the countryside."

"Tsk, your daughter looks dark and strong, it will be hard for her to find a good family even after she goes to college."

"Bah! My daughter may not look pretty, but she is hardworking! No one wants someone like your granddaughter, who is only a teenager and is already in the cornfield with a wild man."

"Li Da Jiao, I'm going to tear your mouth to pieces. I'm going to let you talk nonsense and destroy my granddaughter's innocence."

"Liu Ermei, come over here and fight, who's afraid of who?"

Li Da Jiao and Liu Er Mei started fighting with each other. You scratched my face and I grabbed your hair, which made the people watching on the side enjoy the show very much.

"Stop it right there. You have nothing to do all day long, gossiping about other people. Starting tomorrow, everyone in the village will have to take a literacy course. The time for the literacy campaign will be from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., a total of three hours. The literacy teachers will be selected from the village." Captain Lin was still very angry. The county governor had just called him and said that there were too many idle people in the village, and asked him to find more opportunities for everyone to earn work points.

He was also given the task of reclaiming wasteland and promoting literacy, which sounded nice because it was meant to increase the villagers' income and spiritual well-being, but in fact it was just about getting the villagers to do more and talk less.

He also heard the rumors about Lin Qingmei and the county magistrate's secretary today. Combined with the phone call the county magistrate made to him, it was clearly a warning from the county magistrate's secretary to him, asking him to keep an eye on the villagers and not let them talk nonsense.

This was all because of those gossipy women who didn't control their mouths and caused him to be scolded.

Seeing that the captain didn't dare to take action, Li Da Jiao and Liu Er Mei glared at each other and tidied up their messy clothes and hair.

When Lin Qingmei returned home, she was also pressed against the wall by Lin Qinglan for interrogation.

"Tell me the truth, did you go on a date with He Xufeng today? I heard from Aunt Liu today that she saw you and He Xufeng getting close in the county town."

"Didn't I tell you last night? He Xufeng wants to treat me to a meal."

"Come on, are you two in love now?" Lin Qinglan smiled ambiguously, and her best sister was definitely attracted to her.

"No, I'm only sixteen years old, not even 15!" Lin Qingmei pushed Lin Qinglan away. If people saw them in this posture, they would think they were a lesbian!

"No, we're going to be seventeen soon. Our birthdays are on the first day of the second lunar month, and it's already the end of January. And who says you can't date before you're seventeen?"

"Anyway, I haven't dated him yet. I will tell you when we are in love." It is impossible to say that Lin Qingmei was not attracted to He Xufeng. A handsome man who was gentle and considerate to her appeared in front of her from time to time. She is not a heartless person, so how could she not be attracted to him?