Poverty is the original sin!
Lin Yifeng's words deeply shocked Bai Yejin and Zhou Xuelan.
In this era when reform and opening up had just begun, in this era that still retained some innocence and kindness, Lin Yifeng's statement that poverty was the original sin made Bai Yejin and Zhou Xuelan fall into deep thought.
Is it really because they're poor?
As Zhou Xuelan thought about it, she remembered how her parents didn't love her and only asked her for money. She also remembered how she had become Lin Yifeng's teaching secretary and tutor for money.
Yes, I was indeed after the money.
Her brother is of marriageable age, but because of poverty, he is still unmarried.
"poverty...."
"It's original sin!"
Zhou Xuelan repeated the sentence. Following the direction Lin Yifeng pointed, she looked at the children busy on the terraced fields, at the sweat on their foreheads and their dark skin, and fell silent for a moment.
Bai Yejin didn't know what to say. Her beautiful eyes fell on Lin Yifeng, she opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't say anything.
"Zhou Xuelan, what is your dream?"
Lin Yifeng looked at Zhou Xuelan and asked abruptly.
Zhou Xuelan's eyes were filled with confusion.
What is her dream?
Does she have a dream?
"Bai Yejin, what about you?"
Lin Yifeng then asked Bai Yejin. Unlike Zhou Xuelan, whose eyes were blank, Bai Yejin first looked deeply at Lin Yifeng, then stood beside him, gazing into the distance, and said softly, "Marry the person I love, and have several children for him. There will definitely be sons and daughters."
Ideally, the son should be older than the daughter, so that the son can act as the older brother and protect his younger sister.
After saying that, Bai Yejin glanced at Lin Yifeng again, her voice still gentle: "I don't like to cause trouble, I just like to live a peaceful life."
Whether my future husband is capable or not, as long as he is willing to live a peaceful and stable life with me, even in the countryside where he farms and I weave clothes, I will be willing and happy.
A very simple dream.
It can't even be described as a dream anymore.
Although Zhou Xuelan has no dreams, she is ambitious. From her perspective, Bai Yejin's dream is really a bit "pathetic".
Yes, it's just pathetic.
As a vocational school student, my dream is to get married, have children, farm, and weave clothes.
What's the difference between this kind of dream and that of rural women who never read a book and can't read a single word?
Listening to Bai Yejin's description of the scene, Lin Yifeng smiled. He faced the not-too-bright sunlight and smiled happily and brightly.
For a very long time!
Lin Yifeng then gave his evaluation of Bai Yejin.
"You will be the most perfect wife and the most qualified mother!"
"Whoever marries you will be incredibly lucky!"
Bai Yejin was very satisfied with this evaluation. She looked at Lin Yifeng's profile with affection, and as she looked at Lin Yifeng wearing a white T-shirt, a picture appeared in her mind.
It was an afternoon a few months ago. Lin Yifeng was wearing a white T-shirt, but the difference was that his shoulder was dirty from his urea pack.
Will you marry me?
Bai Yejin wondered to herself.
She didn't know what the answer was.
But she wanted to know the answer.
......
The sun has set.
The afterglow of the setting sun bathed the mountains, creating a golden sea with the wheat ears.
Outside the mountains of Muye City, Central Plains Province, most of the wheat began to be harvested in early May.
The wheat harvest inside the mountains is much later than outside the mountains; some wheat ears on the terraced fields were not harvested until mid-June.
The goddess is beautiful.
But apart from Lin Yifeng and his two companions, no one else could appreciate this beautiful scenery.
They were born in the mountains and have lived there for many years, so they have long been numb to the scenery of the mountains.
For them, the real beauty lies beyond the mountains.
We briefly visited the dilapidated school and admired the beautiful scenery of the mountains.
By the time Lin Yifeng brought Bai Yejin and Zhou Xuelan home, it was already late.
Lin Xiuxiu was the only one at home.
She held a large iron ladle, stood on a small stool, and vigorously stirred the porridge in the pot.
In the Central Plains Province, dinner is usually congee, steamed buns, and pickled vegetables.
The congee included cornmeal, millet porridge, rice porridge, and dough balls.
Lin Xiuxiu cooked cornmeal porridge. When she saw Lin Yifeng and the others return, she jumped off the stool and, imitating an adult, said to Lin Yifeng, "Xiaofeng, why do you only come back at mealtimes every day? Where do you go all day? You don't come home until it's time to eat, do you?"
This girl...
My skin is itchy!
Lin Yifeng raised an eyebrow, rolled up his sleeves, and took three steps to Lin Xiuxiu's side, grabbing her ear.
"Lin Xiuxiu, have you gone too far? Do you think I'm second-in-command?"
"Come on, open your eyes wide and see clearly who I am!"
Lin Yifeng bent down slightly so that Lin Xiuxiu could see who he was. Lin Xiuxiu cried out in pain and struggled to run away.
"Hehehe~~~"
"Hehe, I was talking about you, hehe, you bad brother, do you think you only come home when it's time to eat?"
"Hey, you little rascal!"
Lin Yifeng was amused by Lin Xiuxiu. He pretended to raise his hand to hit Lin Xiuxiu, but Bai Yejin, who was standing to the side, quickly grabbed Lin Yifeng's hand and looked at Lin Xiuxiu with a doting expression: "Lin Yifeng, Xiuxiu is right. You only came home when it was time to eat."
"Xiuxiu, you cook at home by yourself? Give me the spoon, let me cook."
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