With Ji Xia and Sun Xiaoyu by his side, Chen Qiuyu felt relieved and breathed a sigh of relief, only to feel a piercing pain in his ankle.
Fortunately, she didn't have to wait long before Chen Wanshui arrived with his two sons.
Upon seeing Ji Xia and Sun Xiaoyu, Chen Wanshui expressed his gratitude repeatedly. He carried Chen Qiuyu down the small hill, then put him on an oxcart and hurriedly headed towards the city.
Ji Xia shook her head inwardly. It was the New Year, and for something like this to happen, Chen Qiuyu was really unlucky.
Unlucky Chen Qiuyu was picked up, and Lin Haodong cursed his bad luck. Such a good opportunity was lost because Ji Xia and her friends appeared.
Having overheard their conversation, Lin Haodong had even more thoughts running through his mind.
He was really wrong back then. Finding a partner in the brigade who knew him well and had some background was definitely better than marrying an educated youth from outside the brigade.
Especially for girls like Chen Qiuyu and Ji Xia, whose fathers were brigade leaders or branch secretaries, they had many ways to help their nephews and nieces find jobs.
His family, especially his own mother, needed to take care of her health and see a doctor, and was unable to work. Therefore, he should find a capable wife from his own family so that he could go out to study and complete his studies with peace of mind.
It's impossible for Ji Xia to be with him. The girl next to Ji Xia seems nice too, but unfortunately, we met too late; she's already Ji Xiangjun's woman.
Now, Chen Qiuyu is the only option.
Of course, there were also seven or eight girls in the brigade who went to work in garment factories in the city. However, I heard that their wages were only twenty or thirty yuan, and they had to give the money they earned back to their families. How could they be compared to Chen Qiuyu, who earned hundreds of yuan a month?
However, because of Ji Xia, Chen Qiuyu was very resistant to his approach, and the Chen family was too difficult to please.
What methods does he have to win Chen Qiuyu back?
Lin Haodong walked home absentmindedly, when he suddenly heard Liu Pianran laughing and joking with a man. He looked up abruptly.
A dozen meters away, Liu Pianran, dressed smartly and carrying a beautiful leather bag, was chatting and laughing loudly with several young wives and men who had come to the city to buy New Year's goods.
From afar, he could see the spring-like look in Liu Pianran's eyes and her bright red lips, just like a noble and fashionable city girl.
Seeing Liu Pianran's beautiful face, Lin Haodong had to admit that when it came to seduction, Liu Pianran knew better how to captivate a man's soul.
Unfortunately, besides her captivating face, she had nothing else.
Lin Haodong watched coldly as Liu Pianran and the oxcart slowly approached, then suddenly changed to an angry expression and angrily blocked the oxcart.
"You bitch, how dare you come back?"
Liu Pianran raised an eyebrow and looked at him with a sarcastic expression: "What? Are you going to pin another lover on me? Lin Haodong, do you really like wearing a green hat on your head?"
The villagers on the oxcart burst into laughter, watching them bicker with amusement. A few days ago, their family had implicated Chen Zhang, saying that Chen Zhang and Liu Pianran were having an affair, and the whole brigade knew about it.
Lin Haodong's face turned green, and he shouted in a deep voice, "What nonsense are you talking about? Get down here now!"
Liu Pianran chuckled and said lazily with a coquettish smile, "Oh dear, you've never learned how to roll before. Why don't you demonstrate?"
A group of villagers burst into laughter, making Lin Haodong so angry that his face turned red.
He hesitated for a long time before finally managing to explain, "I was just joking with you, what nonsense are you talking about?"
Liu Pianran chuckled and said, "Oh my god, I was just joking with you, and you're angry? You're so petty!"
Lin Haodong was furious. Where had that delicate little woman gone? How had she turned into someone so prickly?
He suppressed his anger: "Pianran, stop making a scene. Mother is still waiting for us at home. What did you bring? I'll carry it for you."
As Lin Haodong spoke, he looked at the oxcart, which was piled high with everyone's New Year's goods, filling the middle of the cart.
Liu Pianran, carrying a leather bag, casually got off the car and waved her hand dismissively: "Nothing to bring, let's go! Goodbye, folks."
"Goodbye!" A young man waved involuntarily, but seeing the surprised looks on everyone's faces, he quickly lowered his hand.
Lin Haodong followed Liu Pianran away. After seeing that the oxcart and the villagers had gone far away, he said angrily with a sullen face, "You stayed in the city for several days, and you didn't even buy any New Year's goods when you went back to the countryside? Don't you need to celebrate the New Year?"
Liu Pianran chuckled and looked him up and down several times with a playful gaze.
Lin Haodong: "What are you looking at? Did I say something wrong? Everyone else comes back from the city with bags and bags of New Year's goods, and you're coming back empty-handed?"
A hint of sarcasm flashed in Liu Pianran's eyes: "You're the man in charge, the head of the household. Shouldn't you be the one preparing the New Year's goods? Besides, you haven't given me a single penny. How am I supposed to buy New Year's goods?"
"How much money did you make setting up your stall outside? You didn't save any? You made money but couldn't buy New Year's goods?"
Lin Haodong snorted coldly, then suddenly turned around and sneered, "I was blind back then to give up Ji Xia for a slut like you. Look at how many things other people bring home?"
Upon hearing Ji Xia's name, Liu Pianran immediately became interested.
She lowered her voice and said mysteriously, "Speaking of Ji Xia, she doesn't work at the supply and marketing cooperative anymore. Do you know what she's doing now?"
Lin Haodong glanced at her: "What's wrong? She's going to repeat high school, everyone knows that."
"Heh, you really didn't know."
Liu Pianran gave him a smug look: "Speaking of which, Ji Xia has actually been lucky since she broke up with you. She's now a fashion designer, providing design drawings to several clothing factories, did you know that?"
"What? A designer? Her? She can design?"
Lin Haodong was still somewhat skeptical, but Liu Pianran scoffed, "Don't believe me? Think about who made my wedding dress back then?"
"Didn't her brother bring that back from outside?"
"Is this a scam? How could it be such a coincidence? We placed the order one day and received our wedding dress the next? And the size is even perfect for me?"
Liu Pianran had already figured it out, and shook her head and sighed: "Now I understand that the supply and marketing cooperative used to have several sets of clothes every day, with new styles every day, were all designed by her? My wedding dress was also designed and made by her."
Lin Haodong frowned. How come he didn't know Ji Xia knew this?
By the way, Ji Xia used to like to draw and write, but he said several times that Ji Xia was wasting her time doing these things, and she doesn't draw much anymore.
But design is not a simple thing.
Just then, Liu Pianran casually said, "Speaking of which, all Ji Xia does with you is sell some food and collect money at the supply and marketing cooperative. It's nothing special."
"Ever since she broke up with you and got together with Chen Jing, her luck has turned around. Chen Jing is lucky in bringing good fortune to his wife."
"You can make money drawing, you can make money sewing clothes. I heard you can earn thirty or fifty yuan for drawing a design sketch these days. How much do you think she could earn if she drew eight or ten sketches a day?"
Lin Haodong was startled and instinctively retorted, "How is that possible? You think this money is so easy to earn?"
Liu Pianran raised an eyebrow: "But, is it really that easy for her to make money? I heard someone place an order with her yesterday, two hundred yuan for a set, including design and making the clothes. How much money does she make from that?"
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