Luo Jingyan said to Li Jianguo, "I am her boyfriend. Don't we look very well-matched standing together? She is my future wife. Now that you know she has a boyfriend, you should give up on her, right?"
Li Jianguo raised an eyebrow: "You say you're her boyfriend, why should I believe you?"
Believe it or not.
"Then I'll still pursue her. I can treat you as just a fake. Or, after she's been with me for a while, she'll get tired of you and like me instead."
Luo Jingyan raised an eyebrow, stepped in front of Qin Zhenzhen, and said, "I just heard you say that you must have a powerful background. Your family must be very important."
Li Jianguo gave her a look that said, "You're smart to know what's good for you."
“Since you know that, you should obediently step aside and give Qin Zhenzhen to me. It would be better for both of you.” He glanced at Luo Jingyan’s clothes, which were decent enough, but the basket she was carrying made her look like she had come from the countryside. “You must be from the countryside. Do you think you’re worthy of Comrade Qin Zhenzhen?”
“I just like him, whether he’s from the city or the countryside,” Qin Zhenzhen said.
Luo Jingyan looked at Li Jianguo and said, "You can't just look at someone's family background if you like them. I'm a poor peasant, and I'm proud of it. What about you? Your family is very rich, so you're very arrogant, aren't you?"
At that time, people took pride in being poor, and anyone who flaunted their wealth was courting disaster.
Li Jianguo snorted: "Your family isn't well-off, you can't possibly provide Comrade Qin Zhenzhen with a comfortable life, but I can."
"How much money do you have? Tell me, and I'll believe you're very wealthy."
"Me," Li Jianguo said, swallowing the words that were on the tip of his tongue, "Anyway, it's better than yours."
"Tell me your home address."
"What? You want to go and see for yourself what my family's conditions are like?"
“No matter how well-off your family is, Zhenzhen won’t be interested in you.” Luo Jingyan said, “What I wanted to say was, tell me your parents’ workplaces or your home address. I want to go and ask your parents if it’s right to force a girl who already has a boyfriend to date you. I also want to ask your parents if your family is really as rich as you say.”
"You, you're going to tell my parents about me?" Li Jianguo was scared.
"Don't be afraid, I'm just going to ask you and confirm what you said."
Li Jianguo was just trying to scare people with his parents. If they knew he was doing bad things outside, they would definitely teach him a lesson for fear of implicating them.
But he didn't want to lose face, so he said, "I'm not scared at all. However, I know that the two of you won't last. I'll just wait until Zhenzhen gets tired of you and breaks up with you, and then I'll pursue her."
He then left with a cold snort.
Looking at Luo Jingyan's handsome back, Qin Zhenzhen realized that he had just cleverly helped her chase away the hooligans, and her liking for this "man" in front of her had unknowingly increased by several points.
"Comrade, thank you for stepping forward and helping me out of that predicament. I think after this, Li Jianguo shouldn't bother me anymore. Otherwise, he wouldn't have left so slinking away."
Luo Jingyan turned around and said, "I will come here to sell goods again in the future. If he dares to bother you again, just tell me and I will go and talk to his parents."
Qin Zhenzhen felt incredibly safe; she wished he could always protect her.
"Comrade, you're so kind. What's your name? How can I possibly repay you?"
"My name is Dong Xiao. Dong is the Dong in Dong Xiao, and Xiao is the Xiao in Dong Xiao."
"Haha, comrade, you're so funny." Qin Zhenzhen was amused by him, and she liked him even more. "I know which two characters they are, Dong with the grass radical and Xiao with the grass radical, right?"
"Yes. As for repaying me or anything, there's no need. Do you think I'd ask you to repay me with your body?" Luo Jingyan joked.
Qin Zhenzhen: It's not that it's impossible.
"Comrade Dong Xiao, let me tell you where my house is in the yard. Next time you come, come to my house for dinner."
Luo Jingyan waved her hand: "No, I don't need to. I didn't put in much effort."
"You've been a great help to me."
"That depends on when and if we have time next time. Let's talk about it next time."
Qin Zhenzhen smiled and said, "That's fine then. I have to go to the factory. See you next time."
"goodbye."
Qin Zhenzhen left reluctantly. Luo Jingyan, carrying a basket on her back, found a secluded corner, entered the space, reverted to her female attire, and then left the space.
In a cowshed in Beijing
Mr. and Mrs. Luo finally met an acquaintance, who was none other than Liu Zheng.
During this period, Luo's parents were almost completely persecuted, and the supervision was not so strict, which gave him the opportunity to see them.
As soon as Mr. Luo saw him, he excitedly grasped his hand, and the couple asked him about the situation outside and whether he had seen their two children.
Liu Zhengdao: "I came here specifically to tell you that the children are all doing well. They volunteered to go to the countryside, saying that they could make a living there. It's in a place in Jilin Province in Northeast China."
When Mr. and Mrs. Luo received news about their child, the heavy weight on their hearts was finally lifted a little.
Mr. Luo said, "It's too chaotic here. They can avoid trouble by going to the countryside. I hope they can take good care of themselves. We're going to be sent down to the countryside soon too, and we don't even know where we'll be."
"I wish I could be with the children."
Mr. Luo shook his head: "I'm afraid it will be very difficult."
Liu Zheng gave them some more instructions and then hurriedly left.
When Luo Jingyan returned to the educated youth settlement, she made a special trip to the village's cowshed to familiarize herself with its location.
During this period, the so-called cowsheds were not actually places for raising cattle, but rather places where the freedom of "monsters and demons" was severely restricted and they were subjected to labor re-education.
The actual cattle were raised at the brigade's feeding farm, where specialized herders fed and managed the cattle.
The so-called cowsheds can consist of many different places, with varying living conditions and generally being rudimentary.
The cowshed of Shengli Brigade was a row of low adobe houses built on the edge of the village. It used to be the primary school of Shengli Brigade, but it was converted into a cowshed because there were too few students, and the students went to Qianjin Brigade to study.
Luo Jingyan saw an old woman with gray hair carrying firewood into the cowshed; she must have been sent down here before.
Her parents will probably live here in the future.
In the evening, Luo Changtian returned to Qianjin Brigade with Lu Jiu'er. When they arrived at the entrance of the educated youth settlement, Lu Jiu'er said, "Brother Changtian, thank you so much for today. I'll go home and talk to my brother and mother again to ask them to agree to let me go to school."
Luo Changtian said, "If they don't let you go, I can teach you those things. I'm not bragging, but I've always had excellent grades."
The little girl smiled and said, "You're so kind."
Luo Changtian chuckled and scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed: "It's nothing."
Luo Jingyan frowned when she saw him with Lu Jiu'er.
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