By the time Xu Zi finished messing with that bastard, it was already dark. Yu Jiu clutched her aching back and kept saying she couldn't take it anymore. How could this dog of a man be so energetic every day? What would happen if this continued?
To avoid losing her virginity before marriage, Yu Jiu quickly made an agreement.
"You can't be alone with me before we get married, or I won't get married!"
Once we're alone together, nothing I say will work; this scoundrel will run wild and do whatever he wants, and I can't stop him at all! Avoiding being alone with him is the key to cutting off his lewd thoughts!
"Huh? Why!"
Xu Zijiang was struck dumb. The wedding date couldn't be too close to the date. He still had to prepare the betrothal gifts and the banquet, which would take at least two months. If there wasn't an auspicious day after October, the wedding date might have to be postponed to the following year. Wouldn't he lose even this little bit of happiness?
"Don't you have any self-awareness? Do you agree or not? If you don't agree, then I'll back out. I don't want to get married anymore. Anyway, you'll be the one in a hurry when the time comes."
Yu Jiu spread her hands, laughing mischievously. "Hmph, you think I can't handle you?"
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He was definitely in a hurry; not just in a hurry, he was extremely anxious!
Xu Zijiang wanted to roar to the sky, but fearing that he would anger his young wife again, he could only sigh and nod.
"Alright, then I have to decide the wedding date. What if you set it a year or two later? I'll be suffocated! I'm already in my twenties, honey. If we keep delaying, I'll be thirty and an old man. I'm not younger than you. Have some pity on me."
Xu Zi pinched Yu Jiu's face repeatedly with his rough fingertips, his deep and sharp eyes pleading for Yu Jiu's life.
"Okay, you can decide the wedding date, but you need all three essentials: a watch, a watch, a watch, and a watch. Take your time preparing. You can only get married when everything is ready. I'm leaving now."
Yu Jiu patted Xu Zijiang's shoulder, comforting him like a gentle spring breeze, thinking he had given him another difficult problem that would stump him.
Anyway, we don't lack money now, and these things are quite practical. Buying them will make things much more convenient and give Xu Zi something to do, so she'll calm down. If she keeps making a fuss, she's afraid she'll get pregnant before she's even married, which won't do!
Yu Jiu would never do such a foolish thing.
"Okay, don't worry, I'll make sure everything is ready before I marry you! I'll take you back to the educated youth settlement."
As dusk fell and few people ventured out, Xu Zijiang was naturally inclined to take her back to the educated youth settlement.
He could send her off whenever he wanted, and Yu Jiu didn't stop him. When they arrived at the educated youth settlement, she turned around and went inside without looking back, not even giving Xu Zijiang a glance. It wasn't that she was angry with him, but she was afraid that he would take advantage of her. Yu Jiu's waist and legs really couldn't take it anymore, and her hands couldn't either!
The next day, Xu Zi gathered the entire team together and announced the details of the subsidies.
"Five yuan per household, three yuan per educated youth in the educated youth settlement, and an extra fifteen yuan for those whose houses were destroyed to rebuild. That's all the subsidies issued by the higher authorities. Each household should send one person to line up and come to me to collect the money."
Xu Zi sat imposingly in his chair, shouting loudly through a megaphone while flipping through the team member list. The list was arranged by household registration, clearly showing how many households there were, how many people were in each household, and their names. He only needed to tick the list with a pencil after receiving the money, and then erase the ticks with an eraser after distributing the money. The list could be reused, making it incredibly convenient.
"Huh? Forget about the money for building the house. Our family hasn't split up yet, and there are more than a dozen people registered in our household. How come we only got a five-yuan subsidy, while each of the educated youth got a three-yuan subsidy? That's not fair!"
"Yeah, why should only the educated youth in the settlements get a share of the money? My wife was also an educated youth before, can't she get a share too?"
As soon as they heard it was about money, everyone immediately became agitated. They didn't know how much they had lost in the flood, and five yuan was not enough to make up for the losses. The crowd was making a ruckus, which annoyed Xu Zijiang.
He raised the loudspeaker again.
“That’s what they said. If you don’t believe me, go ask the commune yourself. I have no objection. Grandpa Li, the money is distributed according to the households. Who told your family not to separate before? You have six sons and eight grandsons, and you still have to squeeze together, arguing and fighting every day. Now look what’s happened, you can’t even get a lot of money.”
"The three yuan per educated youth in the educated youth settlement was decided by the higher authorities. If you really calculate it, each educated youth in the educated youth settlement had their own household, so they should have received five yuan. But unlike you, they didn't have families to support, so they only received three yuan, two yuan less than you. That's already enough to take your feelings into consideration."
"And you, Xiaobing, you've already married your wife and she's registered under your household registration. Aren't you two family? You still want a bigger share of the money? How could you be so delusional?"
"Take it or leave it. Hurry up and line up. First come, first served. Once they're all gone, they're gone."
Xu Zi urged impatiently, his handsome brows furrowed, and he coldly uttered a sentence, openly intimidating his teammates.
"What? First come, first served? Aren't they available at every store? I want it! I'll be first in line!"
"I was here first, let me go first!"
"Don't push! What are you pushing for? Didn't you say there wasn't enough? Then give it to me!"
Immediately, chaos erupted at the scene as everyone rushed to line up to receive their money.
Yu Jiu sat next to Xu Zijiang, watching how he managed to subdue everyone. She pouted slightly and couldn't help but admire this scoundrel in her heart. He really knew how to handle people!
"What did I say? I said to line up! If you don't line up properly, you won't get the money, then you'll have to give me all the money."
Xu Zi shouted into the loudspeaker again, his handsome face slightly sullen as he rested his chin on his hand.
"Did you hear me? Line up!"
Now everyone stopped pushing and stood still, forming a long, orderly queue in less than a minute.
"That's more like it. Just tell me the name of the household head. I'm busy looking through names and I don't want to look at you. Once I've checked the names, I can collect the money from Yu Zhiqing."
Xu Zi gave the instructions in a lazy manner.
“Okay, Captain, my father is the head of the household, his name is Lin Dafu.”
"Lin Dafu, right? Okay, honey, give me the money, five yuan."
Xu Zi found the name Lin Dafu and ticked it on the list. He was so focused on finding the name that he didn't notice that he had called the wrong name.
"oh."
Yu Jiu was busy counting money with her head down. She didn't realize that she couldn't call her "wife" in public yet. She naturally responded and then counted out five yuan.
The thick wad of money contained one-yuan, five-yuan, and ten-yuan notes. She had to count them carefully, otherwise if she gave more to the people in front and less to the people behind, they would have to pay the difference out of their own pockets.
"Brother Lin, here you go."
She handed five yuan to Lin Jianshe, gesturing for him to take it.
Her eyebrows and eyes were indifferent, but her eyes were exceptionally beautiful. Just a light glance from her could make people feel like they were floating on air, especially since Lin Jianshe was called Brother Lin!
Lin Jianshe was overjoyed. A shy smile appeared on his face. He took the money and stammered.
"Thank you, Yu Zhiqing."
After saying that, he ran off happily. Oh my, this was the first time he'd ever spoken to Yu Zhiqing! Yu Zhiqing was beautiful, and her voice was so lovely!!! So gentle!
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Xu Zijiang was consumed with jealousy. He leaned his big head closer and questioned him through gritted teeth and aggrieved expression.
"Why do you call him Brother Lin! You've never called me that before!"
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