In fact, Zhou Ling had once been attracted to this Qin educated youth.
After all, the outstanding men around Zhou Ling since childhood were either her blood brothers or already in relationships.
This educated youth from Beijing was single, and being from a big city, he was tall and handsome. Although he seemed aloof, it was hard for girls not to be attracted to him.
Besides Zhou Ling and Gu Baobao, who, according to Zhou Min, is already dating Qin Zhiqing, there are quite a few other girls in the entire Guangming Brigade who like him.
However, Zhou Ling's infatuation didn't last long. After she discovered that Qin, the educated youth, was cold to everyone but treated Gu Baobao very differently, she stopped liking him.
"So they really are together." Zhou Ling wasn't particularly surprised to learn that Gu Baobao and Qin Zhiqing were dating.
They treat everyone equally, but are different from one person; others can immediately tell that there is definitely something between them.
Zhou Min leaned closer to her sister and whispered, "Sister, aren't you surprised? I remember you used to like Qin Zhiqing too."
"Didn't you ever think about taking Qin Zhiqing away?" Zhou Min asked her curiously.
Zhou Ling pinched her younger sister's nose, "What are you fighting over? If you steal your boyfriend, aren't you worried that one day someone else will steal him away too?"
"And how can you be sure I can snatch her away? I may not be the prettiest girl in the brigade like Gu Baobao, but I'm not bad either, am I?"
"Do you think I'm afraid I won't find a partner?"
Zhou Ling really has a very open mind.
Her parents certainly wouldn't let her get married so easily. After all, they've raised her for so many years. If they just found any man for her to marry, wouldn't that be a waste of all those years of their efforts?
Chen Suwen simmered everything in the pot over low heat, then called out to Zhou Min to check the fire and tell her to turn it off if the water in the pot was about to dry up.
After giving instructions about things at home, Chen Suwen put her grandchildren in the stroller and pushed them out.
This stroller was the one that Zhou Shan and Zhou Hu used to use. It's a two-seater, and Zhou Xian and Zhou Mei can fit in it perfectly.
The stroller still fits the era quite well, and although it's a bit worn from long use, Chen Suwen isn't worried that people will see it and think it doesn't look like something from this time.
Pushing the children out the door, the two energetic kids, full of food and water, were babbling away, but their expressions showed they were very happy.
"Cunzhi's mom, are you bringing the kids out to play?"
As Chen Suwen pushed her child along the road, she encountered some villagers who were not at work, and they all greeted her warmly.
Although Chen Suwen still has a reputation as a shrew and a domineering woman in the Guangming Brigade, she has not yet been labeled a wicked mother-in-law.
Xu Huixue became pregnant not long after marrying into the Zhou family. Although the original owner did not like her daughter-in-law, she would not deliberately torment her to cause her to miscarry or suffer from malnutrition, so her reputation was still acceptable.
As for the preference for sons over daughters, and the fact that they fight and argue with others to the point of almost killing each other, such things are very common in the countryside.
Chen Suwen was neither the first nor the only one, so people who didn't have any deep-seated hatred for her would still greet her when they saw her.
"Oh my, these must be Ah Xian and Ah Mei? They're so cute, like little dolls from a New Year's painting."
Although Zhou Xian and Zhou Mei's two children are not particularly chubby, they are not particularly thin either. The two children have a little bit of baby fat on their faces, which makes them especially cute.
They inherited their parents' good looks and were cute from a young age; they grew up to be handsome men and beautiful women.
The villager who greeted Chen Suwen looked at the two children with obvious affection for them.
This clean, cute, and delicate-looking child is someone everyone would like.
Unless that person hates everyone, even little children.
“Cunzhi’s mom, is your Aling feeling any better now? She’s really suffered.”
Zhou Ling was beaten and thrown into the river after she discovered the human traffickers and tried to stop them from taking the children. Everyone was very concerned about Zhou Ling after they found out.
"She's much better." Chen Suwen couldn't help but complain to others about Zhou Ling's actions, "She's still too immature."
"When faced with such danger, one should shout for help. Even a young girl like her is in danger when facing a vicious criminal."
"If she had seen the child traffickers abducting children in the first place, she should have shouted for help so that everyone would know about it."
“Everyone in the brigade knows each other. If she calls for help, everyone will come and help her catch the human trafficker, and she won’t get hurt.”
"The young girl is still too young and doesn't think that far ahead."
Actually, Zhou Ling just had a momentary mental lapse. People can be stiff and react impulsively when they encounter danger, and it's possible that they don't react in time.
It's just that Zhou Ling is usually very smart, but she failed to react to this matter and almost lost her life, which is really wrong of her.
“Sigh, you said yourself that A-Ling is still young. It’s already good enough that she was able to resist when she encountered so many human traffickers.
"Fortunately, neither A-Ling nor Jin-Bao were kidnapped by human traffickers."
Human traffickers often have a strong liking for pretty teenage girls like Zhou Ling. It's common for them to abduct her and sell her to bachelors in remote mountain villages as wives.
Fortunately, Zhou Ling was unharmed, as was Jinbao, who had been abducted, and the human traffickers were all apprehended.
"Ah Ling is still young, it's good that she's alright."
Chen Suwen nodded. Actually, she just felt that her adopted daughter's actions this time were a disservice to her clever mind.
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