When Ruan Miaomiao said this, she deliberately looked at Shen Qingming: she knew that as the male lead, Shen Qingming cared a lot about his reputation and would definitely not let her reveal that he was a kept man.
Sure enough, as soon as she said "repay," Shen Qingming immediately interrupted her, hurriedly pulling at his aunt who was about to stand up for him:
"Aunt Yuhua, don't mention Ruan Zhiqing, I helped Ruan Zhiqing with the work willingly by myself!"
As he said this, Shen Qingming gazed at Ruan Miaomiao with deep affection.
Ruan Miaomiao was disgusted by that look and rolled her eyes, retorting, "Shen Qingming, what do you mean by 'willing'? It's clearly what you should do!"
"ah……"
Shen Qingming was now genuinely afraid of Ruan Miaomiao's sharp tongue, and quickly chimed in, "Yes, yes, it's what I should do, it's all what I should do!"
"..."
Aunt Yuhua, who was about to step in and help, shook her head helplessly, looking like someone who had been through it all, and said to Shen Qingming:
"Oh dear, Chen Zhiqing, you can't do this. What kind of woman doesn't listen to her man?"
Worried that Aunt Yuhua might say something that would make Ruan Miaomiao angry, Shen Qingming picked up his hoe and led the people into the cornfield.
Corn was intercropped with potatoes. After the potatoes were dug up, the area under the corn grove became much brighter, and it was time to sow radish seeds.
After walking quite a distance, Shen Qingming turned back to look at Ruan Miaomiao before lowering his voice and saying:
"Aunt Yuhua, don't take it to heart. Miaomiao is just like that. She was spoiled by her family since she was little. She has a bigger temper and more demands than most people, but she doesn't have any bad intentions..."
The moment Aunt Yuhua stood up for him, Shen Qingming suddenly had an idea: how could it be enough for the people in the educated youth compound to ostracize Ruan Miaomiao?
If even the people of Jianshan Brigade don't like Ruan Miaomiao, then wouldn't Ruan Miaomiao, who is thousands of miles away from home and has no one to rely on, obediently return to their embrace?
With this thought in mind, Shen Qingming was ostensibly apologizing and explaining on Ruan Miaomiao's behalf, but in reality, he only made Aunt Yuhua's impression of Ruan Miaomiao worse.
As expected, after hearing these words, Aunt Yuhua looked at Ruan Miaomiao, who was sitting in the distance playing in the mud, and was even more displeased. She sighed helplessly, "Just keep spoiling her..."
Being far away, Ruan Miaomiao was unaware of Shen Qingming's malicious intentions. She sat in the field for more than two hours, watching Shen Qingming finish all five work points for her, before getting up and returning to the village.
When she arrived home, Zhao Cuihong happened to be carrying a bundle of grass back to feed the chickens.
As soon as Ruan Miaomiao asked, the latter immediately agreed to accompany her to the village.
Although free trade is prohibited, villagers can still exchange goods with each other.
For certain special handicrafts, you can also pay someone in the village to help you make them.
In Jianshan Brigade, there was a carpenter surnamed Zhou who was exceptionally skilled at carpentry, a skill passed down from his ancestors.
Zhou the carpenter had a limp and walked with a stagger. With the secret support of the production brigade, he didn't go to work but stayed home doing some carpentry work to make a living.
Ruan Miaomiao looked at the benches and tables that Zhou the carpenter had made and placed in the room. She thought that he was an honest and kind carpenter. Not only was his craftsmanship good, but the wood he used was also of good quality.
She immediately made the decision, asking carpenter Zhou to make her a 1.5-meter-wide wooden frame bed, a large wooden wardrobe, a square table, four wooden stools, and two wooden basins of each size.
They even went so far as to ask for a large wooden bucket.
All of this adds up to just over a hundred yuan, and the best part is, no tickets are required.
On the spot, Ruan Miaomiao gave a deposit of five yuan and told Zhou the carpenter to hurry up and finish one piece at a time so that she could come and pick it up.
Overjoyed to receive such a large order, Zhou the carpenter's wrinkles deepened into deep furrows as he smiled: With this order, his family could finally enjoy meat for the Spring Festival this year.
Even though the timber needs to be paid to the brigade, in the end, I can still earn several tens of dollars!
Such large orders are rare; only wealthy families would prepare such items when their daughters or wives are married.
Zhao Cuihong was stunned by how much furniture Ruan Miaomiao had ordered at once. She only came to her senses after leaving Zhou the carpenter's house and quickly said to Ruan Miaomiao:
"Ruan Zhiqing, as for the water vat, you can just buy any earthenware pot; there's no need to make a wooden bucket!"
Although the prices of the two are similar, earthenware pots last longer, unlike wooden barrels, which tend to leak after a while.
People in the countryside are very particular about being thrifty when it comes to buying things.
As he spoke, he turned around and pulled Ruan Miaomiao back to find Zhou the carpenter to return the wooden bucket.
Ruan Miaomiao wanted the wooden tub not to use it as a water tank, but to use it as a bath tub.
However, she couldn't voice this thought. All she could do was pull Zhao Cuihong back, saying, "Oh, Aunt Cuihong, it's alright. It's about the same. I think Zhou the carpenter's skills are pretty good. I won't lose out if I buy from him. We're all from the same village, so let's help each other out."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Cuihong immediately imagined that Ruan Zhiqing ordered so much furniture from Zhou the carpenter because she felt sorry for Zhou's family and wanted to help them out.
Ah, Ruan Zhiqing is such a good person, unlike any other educated youth.
When those educated youths in the educated youth compound talked to these villagers, they looked down on them with their noses in the air.
However, Ruan Zhiqing just said "fellow villagers," which proves what?
This proves that Ruan Zhiqing regarded himself as a member of Jianshan Brigade and treated every villager in the brigade equally.
Beautiful, kind-hearted, and educated, such a girl is hard to find even in the surrounding area, and coincidentally, she became his neighbor.
For a moment, Zhao Cuihong was so moved that her eyes welled up with tears.
Since that day, she has spoken highly of Ruan Miaomiao in public.
"Hey, Mom, where did you go?"
When they got near Zhao Cuihong's house, a girl with a thick ponytail tied with a strip of cloth and skin tanned to a wheat color came out carrying a winnowing basket filled with bean husks.
Upon seeing Zhao Cuihong and the other person, they immediately greeted them.
His large, clear eyes fell on Ruan Miaomiao, and he laughed heartily:
"Mom, is this man here to find a match for our brother?"
The girl was none other than Zhao Cuihong's youngest daughter, Zhou Jingyun's younger sister, Zhou Taohua.
As soon as Zhou Taohua finished speaking, Zhao Cuihong quickly retorted: "What nonsense are you spouting? Looking at your brother? Don't you even know if your brother is good enough for her?"
This is Ruan, a newly arrived female educated youth. She rented a house from your Uncle Weiguo's family, and your Aunt Chunhong entrusted us to look after her.
"He's an intellectual from the city, don't talk nonsense and ruin Ruan Zhiqing's reputation."
Although her youngest son was the best in her heart, no girl in the surrounding villages could match him.
However, for some reason, she just felt that her youngest son was not good enough for Ruan Zhiqing.
Hearing this, Zhou Taohua laughed even harder:
"I knew it! Ruan Zhiqing looks so fresh and pretty, while our brother is like a big rock on a mountain. He's not good enough for her at all!"
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