Lin Yiwan pulled Wen Xi to the back and whispered, "I'm going on a blind date today, will you come with me?"
"Huh? A blind date today?" Wen Xi turned to leave, she needed to go back and disguise herself.
Lin Yiwan quickly pulled Wen Xi back, "We'll meet at the state-run restaurant at noon today. You can sit at the next table. Anyway, I'm just going there to make a token appearance; I'm not really going to commit to anything with them."
Her relatives are all from the countryside, and she has no relatives in the city, so the blind dates she's introduced to are naturally all from the countryside. If she hadn't gone to school and didn't know anything, she could accept it. But the key is that she was a college student in her previous life and had several years of experience in society. For her to be with a country boy who has no education and no experience is really going to kill her.
She doesn't need a particularly outstanding man, because she is outstanding enough herself. However, she wants someone with whom she can share common interests and have conversations. In many marriages today, couples often have nothing to say to each other.
"Okay!" Wen Xi nodded. She didn't go back to disguise herself. She would just stay away from Lin Yiwan and not let the man see her.
After all, no one knows what the man's taste is like, and she doesn't want to ruin her sisterly friendship.
After that, everyone set off, each carrying a basket on their back. Since they were going to town, they were bound to buy things. Carrying a basket could help them carry their purchases and also conceal their activities, since no one wanted others to know exactly what they had bought.
Upon arriving at the village entrance, they met up with Song Lan, Zhou Bai, Tian Shengnan, Gu Huai'an, Li Jianguo, and Lu Mingxiu. Afterward, the large group of them walked forward together.
As they walked, they suddenly heard Xu Mengying call out "Brother Huai'an." When Xu Mengying came running over, panting, she pouted and asked, "Brother Huai'an, why didn't you wait for me?"
Gu Huai'an frowned. "Aren't you going with the new educated youth?"
"No, I want to go with Brother Huai'an." Xu Mengying shoved the basket in her hand into Gu Huai'an's arms. She had been in the countryside for a while and had already bought everything she needed. In fact, she planned to buy a few more things today, so naturally she wanted to take the basket with her.
After Xu Mengying finished speaking, her gaze swept across the faces of Wen Xi, Shen Jiaojiao, Jiang Yue, and Tian Shengnan. Wen Xi understood what she meant and snorted coldly, "None of the four of us like men who don't know how to refuse, so you can rest assured that even if your Huai'an brother doesn't accept you now, it has nothing to do with us. You don't need to do this."
"They say it's easy for a woman to pursue a man, Xu Mengying, you'd better try harder." Shen Jiaojiao only realized why Xu Mengying was looking at them after hearing Wen Xi's words; it turned out she was wary of them!
"Comrade Xu Mengying, I hope you won't try anything funny to scheme against us, otherwise we won't hesitate to make a big deal out of it." Tian Shengnan rolled her eyes.
None of the four of them had any feelings for Gu Huai'an to begin with, and now that they saw Gu Huai'an being entangled with his childhood sweetheart, they had even less interest in him.
They're just young, but they're not stupid. Gu Huai'an isn't a big problem, but he's a bit too soft-hearted. I don't know if he doesn't know how to refuse the opposite sex or if he doesn't want to refuse Xu Mengying calling him "brother" all the time. If his partner wasn't Xu Mengying but someone else, seeing Gu Huai'an being pestered by Xu Mengying would make him furious.
Xu Mengying's face turned ugly after what they said. She was indeed wary of them, and she was indeed quite delicate, but she didn't intend to do anything underhanded.
After all, if you don't want others to know, then don't do it in the first place. She didn't want to end up harming herself instead of others.
Zuo Qiuyi, who was not far away, heard their words and a sarcastic smile appeared on her lips.
A large group of people walked steadily toward the town. Since it was a holiday, no one was in a hurry, so they walked at a normal pace. It took them more than an hour to reach the town.
However, it was still early, so those who hadn't eaten breakfast went straight to the state-run restaurant to buy meat buns for a treat, while Wenxi and the others ate breakfast at home.
Wenxi has so many good things here that she could eat them all in several lifetimes. Why not just leave them piled up? So she took Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue to eat to their hearts' content, making sure they didn't miss out on anything.
Once Wenxi and the others arrived in town, they split up and went their separate ways.
A few days after receiving a letter from Zhou Taohua, Wenxi received a gift from her: ten catties of dried bamboo shoots, ten catties of raw potato slices, and ten catties of mixed mountain products, including chestnuts, walnuts, and red dates.
Wenxi brought things to send to Zhou Taohua today: ten catties each of homemade kiwi slices, candied winter melon, and dried persimmons, as well as one dried rabbit, one dried duck, and one dried chicken.
People get married quickly these days. After a successful blind date, they get married after a while. It's estimated that Zhou Taohua will be able to get married before the New Year. People like Li Junzhong, who consider themselves extraordinary, need others but look down on them and drag their feet on getting married, are still a minority.
Wenxi sent these things because she wanted to help Zhou Taohua.
After all, because of her 'meddling,' her fate and Zhou Taohua's fate had become intertwined.
As Wen Xi approached the post office, she saw Zuo Qiuyi emerge from it. Upon seeing Wen Xi, Zuo Qiuyi instinctively put the hand holding the letter behind her back. Earlier, Zuo Qiuyi had been inquiring about her in the village, which made Wen Xi suspect that Zuo Qiuyi was up to something.
Wenxi had Aunt Meihua help her establish a unified narrative in the village, so Zuoqiuyi couldn't find out anything important about Wenxi or her background. If Zuoqiuyi dared to underestimate her and then try to confront her, Wenxi would definitely not be polite to her.
After watching Zuo Qiuyi walk away, Wen Xi carried the things inside to mail them. When Zhang Yaxin saw Wen Xi coming over, she happily waved to her.
When Wenxi arrives, she can exchange some things with Wenxi to improve the family's meals. Although there are many mountain products in the countryside, not everyone is willing to spend so much money to send them.
Wenxi handed the contents of the basket to Zhang Yaxin. Sending items requires checking and weighing each item, so keeping it secret is impossible.
"Comrade Wen, can I trade you something?" Zhang Yaxin asked tentatively after finishing her business.
Wen Xi looked at Zhang Yaxin and said, "Comrade, what do you want to exchange? There aren't many chickens, ducks, or geese raised in the village, so we can't exchange them. But we can exchange some other things, like dried rabbit, dried fish, dried mushrooms, and dried fruit. We still have some of those."
Zhang Yaxin thought for a moment and said, "I'd like two dried fish and two dried rabbits, and five catties each of dried mushrooms and dried fruit, is that alright?"
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