Chapter 204 Li Aiyun's Reflection
After a pause, Li Aiyun said, "Let's just forget about this."
"Mom! How can we just let it go?"
Li Aiyun said, "Let's not rush things. He looks unfamiliar to me, so he must be an educated youth from outside the province. If he were an educated youth, he wouldn't easily arrange a marriage in the countryside. It won't make a difference if we're a little late. If he's already married, there's no point in us getting anxious. If he's not married, there's no need to rush either."
Didn't those educated youth say they wanted to marry later? Men should wait until they're 28. I think that guy is only 20 at most, so there's still plenty of time. Let's slowly look for opportunities. Maybe we'll meet again in the future. We acted so eagerly these two times that it's easy to arouse suspicion and think we have ulterior motives. From now on, it might be better if we just let things take their own course.
Zheng Lanping leaned weakly on the table and said, "It has no other choice."
After thinking for a moment, Li Aiyun continued, "If you work harder and behave better in the future, I'll be able to praise you when I go out to others. But now, even if I want to create a good reputation for you, I can't. There's nothing to say. Apart from your good looks, you don't have anything else to show for yourself."
Li Aiyun didn't want to admit that the child she had pampered was useless, but the truth was so heartbreaking, she really was useless.
Zheng Lanping: “…”
Li Aiyun added, "Go to night school and learn some knowledge. There have been several job openings in the past two years, and you haven't passed every time. But if you did pass and have a job, wouldn't it be easy for you to find a good partner? Look at Zhao Jun; he even found such a great partner. If you have a job, you can find anyone you want."
Zhao Jun's partner, judging by appearance alone, was no worse than Lan Ping. But she ended up being paired with someone like Zhao Jun.
Alas~
Her third son also had a job, earned more than Zhao Jun, had a better personal image, and was a retired cadre, but he still had no one to look for. She had secretly inquired and learned that the third son was well-known in several nearby brigades, but no girls wanted to marry him.
Li Aiyun had to admit that she was the one who dragged down the third brother and actually harmed Lan Ping.
But it's too late to say anything now. She never expected her life to turn out like this.
Zheng Lanping remained silent, feeling a little apprehensive. Xu Xiangmei was such a decent woman, and now she was paired with Zhao Jun. Besides being younger than Xu Xiangmei, she wasn't much better than her. Could she possibly be paired with someone like Zhao Jun? No, no, no, no!
Li Aiyun picked up the bowl and drank a few sips of water without looking at her daughter's face. She knew that what she said just now was not pleasant and her daughter might be unhappy, but she had to say it.
If she doesn't tell him, Lan Ping will never know how much she is worth, won't know her true situation, and will continue to have vague dreams.
Lan Ping graduated from elementary school and was considered educated. She was tall and good-looking, and her family was well-off and harmonious. She had three brothers, one of whom was a soldier. Her brothers and sisters-in-law all loved her, whether sincerely or not, at least that was the way others saw her. So, even if she was a little lazy, her overall conditions were much better than most girls.
It was because of these considerations that Li Aiyun felt that her daughter would have no trouble finding a husband. It didn't matter if she was a little lazy or greedy. What was there to be afraid of? She had the confidence.
But now it seems that this confidence is not solid. It's true that her daughter's confidence was given by her, as she is the head of the family. But ultimately, her own confidence is supported by her sons. If her sons cut off her support, she will lose her confidence. How can she support her daughter?
And now, times have changed!
Everyone else has made progress, so what's the big deal about graduating from elementary school? Almost everyone in Liushu Village has graduated from elementary school, and many have even earned junior high school diplomas. The girls are all diligent and capable, studious and motivated, and their income from earning work points at home has increased, not to mention those who have become workers.
Everyone is striding forward, and they are becoming dazzling on their own. This is true confidence! They can live well without relying on anyone!
Lan Ping, who relies on her family, is much inferior to them.
Not to mention, she has almost no one to rely on now. Her three brothers no longer care about her, so what can she and the old man rely on?
Alas~
Li Aiyun looked worried and sighed.
"Did you hear what I said?"
"I heard it."
"It's not enough to just hear it, you have to hear it from the heart."
"knew."
Li Aiyun sighed again, "Lan Ping, your parents are old. How many more years can they take care of you? What will you do if one day we die and can't breathe?"
Zheng Lanping: "No."
"Your father and I both have a lot of problems. We usually don't talk about it because it's useless to say it. We just have to endure it. We don't know how many years we have left to live, so you still have to find a way to stand up on your own feet. If we both die suddenly, you can still live."
Zheng Lanping: “…”
She refused to think about it. It was more than she could bear.
"Mom, I'll go cook. At least I know how to cook now."
Li Aiyun: “…”
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On the other side, Xie Yun and Xie Shen came to the agricultural machinery station to meet up with everyone.
Li Zhixin was already dressed like a typical old farmer, with a large black cotton jacket with a slanting collar, black cotton trousers, a black cloth belt tied in the middle, and the trouser legs tied. His shoes were also handmade black cotton shoes with thousand-layer soles. He wore a three-piece tile hat on his head, and even his face was black.
Xie Shen walked around him and said with emotion, "Your skin is quite even."
"That's right. I told you, I washed my face first, put some clam oil on it, then went to light the stove. When the coals started to smoke, I put my face close to it and smeared it, then patted it with my hands. That's it."
Everyone was amused by his outrageous actions, and compliments flowed out like crazy.
"Xiao Li is really smart."
"Xiao Li is right. This is safer and more secure."
"Xiao Li knows the difference between the important and the unimportant. He can put aside his pride for the sake of his personal safety. Not bad, not bad."
Li Zhixin accepted everyone's praise with peace of mind.
He said to Xie Yun, "Sister, please help me find some tattered single clothes. The more worn out the better. I can wear a cotton-padded jacket in winter, but I will have to wear single clothes in spring."
Xie Yun: "...If you need me, I'm your sister. If you don't need me, I'm Xie Yun. You really are a bit of a man who puts people first and people second."
"Sister, you are my biological sister, don't argue with your brother. What does your brother know?"
Xie Shen said: "This is my sister, not yours."
Li Zhixin said, "We are just friends, so why should we distinguish between yours and mine? She is my sister."
Xie Shen was too lazy to pay attention to him and buried his head in studying.
Li Zhixin also hurried to follow.
Although Xie Shen is only in the first year of high school, his foundation should be worse than his, but in fact, he is not worse than him at all. If he slacks off a little, he will be overtaken!
Li Zhixin had always thought he was quite smart. He'd been a technician at a tractor factory, picking up the pieces quickly and earning praise from the engineers. He'd also considered himself quite capable. But then he came here and realized there were always people better than him. Xie Yun was incredibly talented, needless to say; he couldn't even compare. Even that little kid, Mumu, was smarter than him!
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