As an educated girl, Zhou Baozhen feels that she is a cultured and aspiring person.
Marrying a rural man, giving birth to a son for him, doing housework, and wasting her life is not what Zhou Baozhen wants.
But she had no choice right now.
She is from the countryside and the city people look down on her household registration.
She was unwilling to marry an uneducated country man, so she could only stay at home.
But after staying at home for too long, her parents started to dislike her.
Even if her parents were willing to keep her, her brother and sister-in-law would not be happy about it.
My parents are getting old and can no longer work. The main workers in the family are my brothers and sisters, who also have to provide food and clothing for my sister-in-law. Who would be happy about that?
Zhou Baozhen worked as a teacher in the commune. She was not a formal teacher, just a substitute teacher, and earned only a dozen yuan a month.
She kept a piece for herself and had to hand over the rest to her family.
But when it comes to interests, most people are unreasonable. No matter whether their sister-in-law earns money or not, they will feel uncomfortable because they have to support her.
The teachers in the school are either married or educated youth, and there is no one else like Hua Qingping.
If you want to talk to someone who can get along with Zhou Baozhen, then there are some.
She did run into one.
Since he could speak the same language with her and lived in the countryside, it was obvious that he was an educated youth.
But Old Man Zhou and Old Lady Qian would never agree.
The reason is simple: the educated youth are unreliable.
They would rather let their daughter marry a divorced man than consider an educated youth.
That educated youth is too weak to carry anything, and he's full of smooth talk. He might leave at any moment. It would be a disaster for my daughter if she married him.
So the couple found a matchmaker to quickly find a suitable young man, hoping to marry their daughter off and be done with it.
At least if you marry near home, your family can still support you.
It's okay to give a little gift as a token of appreciation, but not giving anything is not okay either. If a girl marries into a poor family, she will suffer, and they won't be willing to give her that.
After great difficulty, they met Hua Jingmin. Apart from being a little older, everything else about her was perfect. Mr. and Mrs. Zhou were so eager to pack up their daughter and send her to Mr. Hua's house the next day.
Wan Qingliu sent a matchmaker to Zhou's house and told them that Hua Jingmin didn't like her, which made Zhou's father worried.
What's wrong with his girl?
She is beautiful, educated, and a teacher.
Alas, although teachers are increasingly disrespected these days, being a teacher is still a respectable job, better than farming.
He knew that the incident at his eldest daughter's wedding had left a bad impression on his family.
But he has worked hard to repair the relationship between the two families over the years.
When the peanuts are ripe, they are delivered to people; when the sesame seeds are ripe, they are delivered to people; when the watermelons are ripe, they are delivered to people.
He even gave away two kilograms of oil from the rapeseed in his private plot.
He wanted to see his granddaughter, but his eldest daughter was very cautious, fearing that he would abduct her.
Oh, what is going on?
Zhou Baozhen pleaded tearfully, "Please just let me marry Zheng Zhiqing, okay?"
Father Zhou said with an unquestionable expression: "No, I absolutely do not agree!"
Old Mrs. Qian was also exhausted. "I think you're an educated person, so why are you so confused? Do you think that just because that educated youth says nice things, you'll have a good life after marriage?"
Zhou Baozhen was unwilling to accept this: "Then if I marry someone who beats his wife, wants a son, or only knows how to work in the fields, how can things be good after marriage?"
Old Mrs. Qian sighed and said earnestly, "Oh, my silly daughter, I don't think that educated youth will stay here. Who can predict what will happen to him in the future? He just abandoned you and ran away! Who can you turn to?"
He added, "Do you think city people don't want sons, don't beat their wives, and just work hard? Humph, I tell you, it's all the same!"
Seeing that Zhou Baozhen still looked confused, Old Mrs. Qian was very worried.
I wish I could just get my daughter married right away. Just look at what kind of life she lives in the end and you’ll know how regretful it is!
But that’s not possible. In this world, women can’t afford to take risks!
If that's the case, there's no turning back for my daughter!
Father Zhou snorted heavily: "You are not allowed to go out for the next two days, and you are not allowed to go look for that Zheng Zhiqing!"
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No matter what happened to the Zhou family, Hua Jingmin had already begun to doubt his life.
Is his condition very bad?
Why can't I find a suitable one?
He asked his second brother, "How did you and your second sister-in-law meet?"
Hua Xuguo chuckled and recalled, "That year, I saw her standing among the rapeseed flowers, laughing and joking with her little sisters. She was so beautiful, so I picked some wild flowers for her, and she immediately insisted on marrying me!"
Zhou Yujiao blushed and spat at him: "Bah, you're talking nonsense!"
Hua Qingping said, "Jingxia and I met by chance. Isn't that a coincidence? She was going to support Erniu, and happened to go to the commune. She chased the thief with me, and then we went to the village together!"
Wang Jingxia laughed and said, "Hey, I was wondering how lucky I was to meet Qingping! This is truly a wonderful fate!"
The word "fate" is enough to summarize it, but this thing is very mysterious.
Hua Jingmin began to think: Maybe it's just that his destiny hasn't arrived yet?
How about he go to the county town and find a job first?
Hua Jingmin acted immediately and came to the county town.
He asked many factories, but they all said they were not hiring.
"Oh my, these days young people are trying so hard to find jobs so they don't have to go to the countryside. Even the children of leaders can't get a job, let alone you!"
"There are a lot of high school and middle school graduates these days, and a lot of people are looking for jobs, but where are the jobs?"
"Hey, haven't you seen so many young people going to the countryside because they can't find jobs? What do you think makes you better than them?"
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