Chapter 101: The Grove
“It’s rare that two people want to focus on their careers, so you two should stay behind the scenes for now and support them.
To be the man behind two strong women, you have to learn everything." Li Ruolan joked with the two of them.
Deng Minghao nodded behind him, holding a baby in one hand, and said virtuously: "Just like me."
Shen Yi and Ji Hongjun were once again at a loss for words, but they did not refute Li Ruolan's words. They each rode a bicycle and left.
They can only relax for a few years now. Let Zhou Shengnan and Zheng Fanghua do whatever they want.
Life is always difficult for military wives, and it won’t be so easy when they come back and rejoin the team.
After returning from the town with the books, Zhou Shengnan and Zheng Fanghua read them intently.
The third day of August is a good day for marriage, so the wedding banquet of the three families was held today.
Deng Minghao was called to prepare meals early in the morning. Li Ruolan and Qin Wan naturally went to help. A group of people washed vegetables and helped prepare the meals.
Although the three families held a wedding banquet together, it was still not a big one. They still invited the educated youth and the team leader and other village cadres to have a meal together, which was considered a wedding banquet.
However, there are some advantages to running the business together with three companies. At least there are more meat and vegetables, and the aroma started to spread from the educated youth site at around ten o'clock.
Chef Deng made a lot of delicious dishes, including braised pork, pork rib soup, braised large intestine, stir-fried pork liver, and pork tripe soup.
Four-happiness meatballs, garlic pork, big plate chicken, plus four plates of vegetarian dishes, including meat, vegetables and soup, a total of twelve dishes, it can be considered a feast.
Zheng Hongmei and Li Juhong's wedding dates were set on August 8th and August 11th respectively, with only a few days difference between them.
The two of them also wanted Deng Minghao to be the chef and prepare a wedding banquet for them. After all, they were marrying people from the team, so the wedding would definitely be bigger.
It's just that they are both daughters-in-law, and it's not their turn to make decisions on their husband's family's affairs, so they can only think about it and don't say anything.
They had lunch together happily at noon, and in the afternoon the three families moved into their own homes.
Once Zhou Shengnan, Zheng Fanghua and Xia Zhen moved out, Wu Baoni would be the only one left in the east wing of the educated youth center. By that time, Zheng Hongmei and Li Juhong would also get married, and there would only be two female educated youth left in the entire educated youth center, she and Zhang Baoer.
After Xia Zhen and her friends got married, their lives didn't change much and they continued to lead an ordinary life.
Li Ruolan asked, "Are there no new educated youth coming this year?" They all came in August, and Xia Zhen and the others also arrived in August and September.
I don’t know if there will be any new educated youth coming this year.
Qin Wan said without even raising her head: "Who knows? If you come, it has nothing to do with us, and if you don't come, it doesn't matter much.
The youth camp is quite peaceful now. If new people come and they are nice, it’s fine. But if they are not nice, it will cause chaos.”
Li Ruolan thought about it. In the book, Qin Wan and Xu Tao got married at the end of 1973, and there seemed to be no major setbacks after they got married.
Therefore, the book did not introduce the later educated youth much, and Li Ruolan did not know whether there were any new educated youth coming that year.
Deng Minghao and Lu Yunxiao came back from work.
Wang Xiaoni only ate one meal a day at noon and never had breakfast or dinner at Li Ruolan's house. Seeing that it was getting late, she went home.
Now there are only four people including Li Ruolan in the room.
Deng Minghao fetched some water, washed his hands with Lu Yunxiao, and mentioned Zhang Baoer as if he was chatting.
"I don't know what's going on these days. Zhang Baoer keeps asking for leave and didn't come to work today. The team leader couldn't stand it anymore and got really angry today."
Li Ruolan said: "We saw Zhang Baoer returning to the educated youth camp a few days ago, and we thought he might be feeling unwell.
But she seems fine these past two days, does she not want to go to work?"
Lu Yunxiao held his son in his arms and said, "I don't know, but I woke up last night and heard footsteps passing by outside.
I opened the door and took a look, and found that it was Zhang Baoer who hurried back to the educated youth point. "
Zhang Baoer and Li Ruolan are the same, they are both outside the plot, so Li Ruolan has no idea what arrangements are made for Zhang Baoer.
But after hearing what Lu Yunxiao said, Li Ruolan always felt that something was wrong.
Qin Wan asked, "She didn't go to work, and she even sneaked out of the educated youth center in the middle of the night. Does she have a lover?"
“If there really is a lover, and the man is unmarried and the woman is unmarried, why do they have to be so secretive?
Although Zhang Baoer is a little petty and likes to take advantage of others, I don't think she is such a self-deprecating person.
Could something have happened to her?" Li Ruolan felt that Zhang Baoer would not be confused.
She is a good-looking young girl who wants to get married openly. She can pick a good one here. Why should she be secretive with others?
Moreover, the more petty some people are, the more they will not let go until they see benefits. Such people should not be easily deceived by others.
Qin Wan thought so too, and said, "If she really encounters something and is willing to tell us, we can help her.
But since she doesn't say anything, we can't ask, so let's just leave it at that and see what happened to her."
Li Ruolan was just curious. As for whether Zhang Baoer really encountered something, she didn't care too much.
If they really encounter difficulties, they are willing to help if they can, but if they can't help, they can't help at all.
I originally thought that Zhang Baoer had encountered something, so she was acting secretive and didn't want others to know.
As a result, on the morning of August 7, a fight broke out in the educated youth center. Li Ruolan was still in bed when she heard the quarreling and scolding coming from next door.
Judging from the voice, it seems to be Zheng Hongmei's voice.
Tomorrow, August 8th, is a good day for Zheng Hongmei. What happened to her today?
Li Ruolan felt a little puzzled. She handed the two children to Deng Minghao, put on her clothes and went to the educated youth site to see what was going on.
As soon as I entered the educated youth site, I saw Zheng Hongmei riding on Zhang Baoer and beating her with a ferocious look on her face.
Li Juhong and Wu Baoni just stood aside, not showing any sign of trying to stop the fight.
In just a moment, Qin Wan, Zhou Shengnan, Zheng Fanghua, and even Xia Zhen who liked to sleep in, all got up and went to the educated youth center to see what was going on.
Li Ruolan frowned and asked Li Juhong: "What happened? Why did they start fighting for no reason?"
Li Juhong's face was very ugly. She pointed at Zhang Baoer who was lying on the ground and said, "This little bitch has been asking for leave every day recently. We thought she was not feeling well.
Hongmei even cooked two meals for her. Who knew this bitch could be so vicious? She and the man she was about to marry went into the woods. "
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