Because the newly arrived educated youth had many things that they had not prepared, the brigade allowed them to rest for a day the next day and then go back to work with the team members on the third day.
There was an elderly widower in the village named Uncle Jin. As he was too old to work in the fields, the team allowed him to drive an ox cart to travel between the team and the town, and gave him work points.
Xu Miaomiao thought about going to the town to buy two pieces of cloth to make two sets of work clothes, and then buy a few pairs of work gloves.
In addition to the newly arrived educated youth, there were also several aunts from the team who went to the town to buy things.
The two aunts started talking about the team's gossip as soon as they got on the bus, and Xu Miaomiao secretly pricked up her ears to listen.
Don't look down on these aunts. They are the intelligence center of the team and there is nothing they don't know.
"Have you heard? The captain's third son's wife has returned to her parents' home?" The round-faced Aunt Guixiang said mysteriously.
Upon hearing this topic, Aunt Lihua next to her instantly became energetic, and even Xu Miaomiao, who was a little drowsy, became alert.
I'm not sleepy anymore if you guys keep talking about this!
She only knew that Chen Chen had been married before he met her. No one in the Chen family was willing to mention his ex-wife, and there must be a reason for that.
Xu Miaomiao had been planning to slowly find out more about Chen Chen, but unexpectedly, someone gave her a pillow just when she felt sleepy.
Aunt Lihua immediately came over to ask, "Why haven't I seen her for several days?"
"I heard that she's going to divorce the third kid!"
"Divorce?" Aunt Lihua was very surprised. In the countryside at that time, divorce was rare.
"Yes, think about it. Back then, the third kid was an officer and his father was a captain. What did Liu Yuanyuan's family have? Her father was a drunkard, a whore, a gambler, and a smoker, and he even beat her mother away."
"He deliberately fell into the water and asked the third kid to rescue him. In the end, he blamed them. He extorted 500 yuan from the Chen family for the betrothal gift alone, and didn't even give any dowry."
It was probably the first time that Aunt Lihua heard such explosive inside information, and she was as surprised as Xu Miaomiao.
"So the captain's family is just being controlled by his family?" Aunt Lihua was Xu Miaomiao's mouthpiece, and she asked everything she wanted to know.
"Hey, San Xiaozi is a soldier, so he can't have any stains. Liu Dashan threatened that if he doesn't give it to him, he will write a letter to him saying he is a hooligan."
Aunt Guixiang's house happened to be next door to the Chen family, so she heard a lot of gossip about his family.
Aunt Lihua sighed, "The Liu family is really a piece of shit. Why are they getting divorced again?"
Aunt Guixiang looked at her as if to say, "Why are you so stupid?", but she still gave her analysis.
"Think about it, this guy was injured, and it's been three or four months since he came back, and his leg is still like that. He might be a cripple for the rest of his life."
"Besides, I can't join the army anymore. Without the army allowance, I'm just a country bumpkin. Liu Dashan must want to find a rich son-in-law!"
Xu Miaomiao got the information she wanted from their words. First, Chen Chen was going to get a divorce, which had nothing to do with her. She should wait until he got divorced before approaching him, otherwise it would be bad for his reputation.
Aunt Guixiang's analysis was actually pretty accurate. Liu Yuanyuan was from the Hedong Brigade across the river. She happened to meet Chen Chen when he came home to visit his relatives and fell in love with him.
But her father sent someone to the Chen family to propose marriage, but was rejected. Everyone in the surrounding villages knew what kind of person Liu Dashan was, so no family would dare to marry his daughter.
After returning home, Liu Dashan gave Liu Yuanyuan a bad idea. He asked her to fall into the water in front of Chen Chen and tear her clothes. If Chen Chen did not marry her, she would bring disaster to his family's reputation and sue him for being a hooligan.
In this era, being a hooligan is a serious crime. The Chen family can't bear to see Chen Chen go to jail, so they can only hold their noses and endure it.
Fortunately, the Chen family did not split up, and most of Chen Chen’s allowance was kept by Chen Chen’s mother, and Liu Yuanyuan had no chance to give it all to his father.
A few months ago, Chen Chen suddenly received the news that he was injured and had to go home. Liu Yuanyuan thought that he could still join the army after he recovered.
Although Chen Chen and she had never had a relationship, she lived a comfortable life in the Chen family. Her parents-in-law were easy to get along with, so she was still very satisfied with her life in the Chen family.
But unexpectedly, Chen Chen has been back for three or four months, but has not mentioned returning to the army, and his leg has not shown any signs of improvement.
Liu Yuanyuan was completely panicked. She had fallen in love with Chen Chen because of his military status.
Now not only can he not return to the army, but he is also likely to become a cripple. She would rather die than have to take care of a cripple for the rest of her life!
So she found an excuse to run back to her parents' home. The Chen family didn't care. After all, it was her family who acted like a rogue and made her marry into the family. Now she could come back or not.
Xu Miaomiao sat on the wobbly old ox cart and listened to gossip along the way.
Even in the village, there are conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, husbands beating their wives, and children who like to steal. . .
The amount of information was so overwhelming that Xu Miaomiao felt overwhelmed when she got off the car.
Uncle Jin parked the car under a big tree and told them to gather at ten o'clock to set off.
Bai Lili, the educated youth who came with Xu Miaomiao yesterday, saw that Xu Miaomiao must have a good family background. She wanted to make friends with her, so she took the initiative to speak.
"Miaomiao, where are you going? Do you want to go together?"
Seeing that they were about to act together, Xu Miaomiao had no interest in joining them.
Xu Miaomiao smiled friendly and politely declined, "No, I want to go to the post office to call home, so I won't waste your time."
Zhao Sumei dragged Bai Lili away, still mumbling, "Humph! What are you asking? Can't you see that the young lady is too lazy to pay attention to us? She's still on the phone, what are you showing off for!"
Xu Miaomiao wanted to teach her a lesson, but seeing that they had already walked far away, there was no need to chase after them.
Xu Miaomiao still hasn't figured out why Zhao Sumei dislikes her.
She felt that I was looking down on her when I shared the food with her.
When I lent her money, she felt that I was mocking her for being poor.
When she mentioned she was making a phone call, she felt like she was showing off.
But she accepted everything Xu Miaomiao gave her and never refused.
Sometimes she would take the initiative to tell Xu Miaomiao how pitiful she was and how she had lost something, so that Xu Miaomiao would offer to help her.
Even if Xu Miaomiao were to live her life again, she would never understand this kind of train of thought, so she simply didn't want to be around such a person who would spoil her fun.
Xu Miaomiao went to the post office and called her grandfather's house to tell him about the environment here.
She said the scenery here was beautiful, the people were welcoming, and the brigade took good care of her. She also mentioned Director Mu's spending and wanted my grandfather to make up for it.
Grandpa Xu listened happily the whole time. He was relieved to hear that she was doing well. He told her not to worry about Director Mu's problems, as he would handle them himself.
He also told her that if she encountered any difficulties, she could go to the county to find Director Mu and not worry about bothering others.
The grandfather and grandson talked for a long time before reluctantly hanging up the phone. Xu Miaomiao then sent the letter to Xu Jianshe.
Having seen the prosperity of later generations, Xu Miaomiao had no interest in shopping in this small town. He went to the supply and marketing cooperative, bought what he wanted, and then went back to the ox cart to wait.
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