Ten days passed in a flash, and it was time for Lin Fengya to go to college, but the Lin family could not afford to hold a graduation banquet, so they had to buy some simple dishes to satisfy the guests.
Zhou Dafu came with the village chief and the leaders of the county education bureau. Although he hated the Lin family, it did not mean that he hated Lin Fengya. How could he, the village chief, not come to practice for the only college student in the village?
The leader gave the gifts he brought to Lin Fengya and said some words of encouragement. A reporter from the newspaper took notes on the side.
After the farewell ceremony, there was a graduation banquet. The old woman had already prepared the dishes with her daughters-in-law. When the leaders saw that there were only two plates of bean sprouts and two plates of fried dried chilies on the table, their faces became extremely excited.
The people from the Education Bureau immediately turned their backs and left, and the township head and village chief also hurriedly followed them.
Old Lady Lin thought she was doomed. She had originally wanted to use this opportunity to establish a relationship with the village chief, but now not only did she fail to establish a relationship with him, she had offended him instead.
After sending the leader off, Chow Tai Fook came back and scolded her, saying that she didn't understand the situation and shouldn't be so stingy as to not even give the leader a decent meal.
Old Lady Lin thought to herself, if you, a damn old bastard, hadn't stolen three hundred yuan from me, how could I be so poor?!
But the last incident still frightened her. She was still afraid and hated Chow Tai Fook. She dared not say a word and could only endure the scolding like a grandson.
After Zhou Dafu scolded his wife, he left. She felt so aggrieved that she cursed everyone in the family.
Zhou Dafu was very proud. Ever since Mrs. Lin decided to let Lin Qingqing marry Zhou Zhuo, he disliked her. How could a wet nurse be so cruel as to let a good girl marry a stupid boy?
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Lin Qingqing has been harvesting pears for more than ten days, making two trips a day and earning more than 500 yuan. She plans to stop in the next few days because the pears have reached maturity and some owners plan to pick them and give them to relatives.
She has become more familiar with Li Xiang these days, and on the last day of delivering the pears, she wants to invite Li Xiang to dinner at the state-owned restaurant in the county town.
Li Xiang refused for a while, but finally agreed. It just so happened that the factory was in financial trouble these days, and the pears delivered in the last few days had not yet been paid. He agreed to take the money from the finance department at noon to take it with Lin Qingqing.
Lin Qingqing told him that they would meet at the Red Star Hotel at noon, and took Zhou Zhuo away first. It was just past ten in the morning, and there happened to be a department store near the state-owned hotel, so she took Zhou Zhuo to go shopping in the building.
There were a lot of customers in the building, almost all of them were people from the county town who were shopping with their children. They were dressed very rustically and looked like country people at first glance.
Lin Qingqing didn't care about other people's eyes. She pulled Zhou Zhuo to the men's clothing counter and wanted to buy him some clothes.
Zhou Zhuo is tall and handsome, but because his family is poor, his clothes are patched and his pants are too short.
After picking for a while at the counter, she set her eyes on a blue and white striped T-shirt. The material was pure cotton and felt very good to the touch. Moreover, stripes were the most popular pattern this year. Zhou Zhuo would definitely look very handsome in it.
She asked the salesperson to take out the T-shirt, tried it on Zhou Zhuo, and was very satisfied with it. But when she was about to buy it, a woman with curly hair came over and said she wanted to buy one too.
The salesperson explained that this was a new model of the year and the clothes were selling very fast, so there was only one left, so he asked the woman to come back a few days later.
The woman glanced at Lin Qingqing, who was dressed in rustic clothes, and said with disdain.
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