It rained heavily at the film studio today, and most film crews have had to stop working.
Yun Shudai also returned to the hotel and enjoyed a rare afternoon of rest.
Holding my tablet, I started brainstorming ideas for the opening sequence.
I chat with Lao He from time to time.
I learned that Zhang Deping, a former educated youth from their village, is getting married today.
We just finished a banquet.
"Keep everything simple. Apart from the people from the educated youth settlement, Zhang Deping invited the village party secretary, the brigade leader, the accountant, Aunt Juhua, and some close villagers. A total of three tables were set up."
There weren't many green vegetables available at that time; it was stewed pork with cabbage, a fish, a braised eggplant, a potato, and then steamed buns. Everyone knew they were still in debt from the famine, so everything was simple, and no one made any sarcastic remarks.
"That's good. All the male comrades in your educated youth settlement have gradually settled down and started families, haven't they?"
"Yes, they're not young anymore. Many people in the village have tried to find them wives."
Wang Xiaorong directly refused, and Li Zheng and Li Chunsheng looked at several people, but were not very satisfied with any of them.
I heard Li Chunsheng complain that the family wanted him to become their son-in-law because they had many daughters and lacked labor.
Isn't this just blatantly looking for someone to do the work? Not only does Li Chunsheng disagree, but his parents disagree too.
"Didn't anyone in the village introduce you to them?"
"Yes, even with my circumstances, as an orphan, I receive a considerable monthly allowance. I spend lavishly on things, and everyone in the village sees it. Many people have tried to take advantage of me, but I've refused them all because I'm still too young."
"It's good if you refuse. If you can't refuse, just lie or something, say you have a boyfriend. You don't have much to do now, remember to read more books."
"I know, I know, I'm definitely going to get into university."
The educated youth settlement was bustling for two days because of Zhang Deping's wedding.
After that, things returned to normal. After Duan Xiaoxi got married, she followed Zhang Deping and went up the mountain every day to collect firewood.
Duan Xiaoxi made shoes and clothes, and even spent money to buy yarn to knit a sweater for Zhang Deping.
A typical virtuous young wife, Duan Xiaoxi ate and lived well after getting married, and her face visibly gained a lot of weight.
She's gotten fairer, her eyebrows are curved like crescent moons, and her big eyes are particularly bright and lively. She's quite pretty.
He Wan often praised De Ping for finding a treasure and for his good fortune.
Xie Meihui is pregnant at this educated youth settlement and is probably about to give birth.
Now that school is on holiday, I sometimes chat with her and Duan Xiaoxi.
Duan Xiaoxi was happy to mingle with them.
I knew they were all intellectuals, and I only went to school when my grandmother was still alive; I was a primary school graduate.
Also afraid of embarrassing Zhang Deping, I would try to learn something from their conversations.
He even borrowed books from Xie Meihui to study more.
He Wan discovered that although Duan Xiaoxi's family of origin treated her badly, she was very optimistic, did not have many complaints or feelings of inferiority, had a strong ability to adapt, and could quickly accept the status quo.
She's the kind of person who, no matter how tough life gets, is willing to face each day positively and even actively seek out a better way of life.
Such a person is truly rare. Isn't it said that Zhang Deping has struck gold? With a wife like that at home, he'll never have to worry about having a bad life.
A month has passed in the blink of an eye. Dali Village has already had three or four snowfalls, each one thicker than the last. Zhang Cuicao has also returned from her studies.
Coincidentally, Xie Meihui went into labor today and had abdominal pain. Qin Xuxiang quickly found Grandpa Chen and hurriedly took her to the county.
Duan Xiaoxi and Zhang Deping, a married couple, also went along.
As soon as Zhang Cuicao arrived home, she saw Qin Xuxiang carrying Xie Meihui onto the oxcart.
He helped everyone carry their things and saw them off before asking in confusion, "Who is the woman next to Zhang Deping?"
He Wan smiled and said, "It's his wife."
"Wife? Oh, I was gone for a month, what happened that made you get married so quickly?"
He Wan told her about what had happened in the past month.
Zhang Cuicao laughed and said, "I've read about picking up wives in books before, I never thought it would actually happen now. Zhang Deping is lucky. I think that young wife is pretty and young."
"Yes, he's six or seven years younger than Zhang Deping."
Zhang Cuicao laughed: "Zhang Deping is really wicked."
"What about you, are you still going?"
"I'm not going anymore. The training is over. This month has really benefited me a lot. I've learned a lot. I now recognize some medicines and I even dare to give injections to pigs and feed chickens."
"Really? The teaching method is quite systematic."
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