Chapter 61 Black Market
The Han family was also straightforward. After Baojuan heard about it, she cut the Gordian knot. The matchmaker told the Zhao family that Han Baojuan did not agree, and the marriage was called off. Zhao Ming found it quite unbelievable. So many girls wanted to marry him, why was Han Baojuan the first one to reject him?
But Han Baojuan was indeed the first one to reject him!
Baojuan's partner issue has become a concern for her second brother and his wife this winter. They have seen almost all the suitable candidates and missed them all. What should they do? But Baojuan herself didn't think it was a big deal. What girl couldn't get married? It’s good for men to be single!
The weather was not very good that day. At noon, Han Jianwu brought back an apprentice who was learning to drive a tractor from him to his home for dinner. He was from the third team and his name was Jiang Zian.
Huo Qingqing was no stranger to the name Jiang Zian. He was a very powerful figure in later generations, but now his family was considered the worst in Hanjiagou Brigade. He had a poor background and was still a bachelor at the age of 23. He had no father or mother, and there were only him and his younger brother Jiang Ziping in the family.
Jiang Zian called Huo Qingqing, "Sister-in-law."
Huo Qingqing nodded and said, "Hello! Wash your hands and eat quickly. The food is ready and we'll be waiting for you to come back." When Han Jianwu left in the morning, he said he would bring someone home for dinner. Huo Qingqing didn't expect it to be Jiang Zian.
Jiang Zian said, "I'm sorry to cause trouble to my sister-in-law."
Huo Qingqing said, "It's not a big deal. It's just a matter of adding a pair of chopsticks." Before she finished speaking, Huo Qingqing had already put the food on the table and said, "It's just a simple meal, nothing delicious to treat you."
A pot of stew, a plate of scrambled eggs, a plate of fried potato chips, and a porcelain plate of rice. The aroma of the rice alone can make people salivate.
Jiang Zian said, "This is just plain food? It's better than what we eat during the Chinese New Year."
Han Jianwu said, "Hurry up and sit down to eat! I cooked a few more dishes and steamed rice because you came today. We don't usually have this kind of food."
Jiang Zian smiled and said, "Thank you, Fourth Brother and Sister-in-law."
Huo Qingqing said, "You two eat first, I'll go find the kids." The two kids were taken away by Baojuan.
In the evening, Huo Qingqing asked Han Jianwu, "Does Jiang Zian have a partner?"
Han Jianwu, "With both parents dead and a poor family background, how can I expect to get a wife?"
At this point, Han Jianwu said with regret: "But this kid is really smart. There are so many people in the whole brigade who came to learn to drive a troika and a tractor, but he was the only one who learned it. Especially driving a tractor, he actually learned it in one day."
Huo Qingqing asked, "Besides the fact that both his parents died and he came from a bad family, what is his character like?"
Han Jianwu, "Character? Not stealing or robbing, working honestly and not cheating, and not daring to talk too much, these are considered character, okay?"
Huo Qingqing, "Of course. You can't blame him for having a bad background. Who can decide their own background? Come to think of it, I also have a bad background!"
Han Jianwu moved Huo Qingqing's head and said, "Both his parents died, and he raised a younger brother. In the past few years, they had no place to live so they lived in a cave. Later, when it rained, the cave collapsed and almost killed the two brothers. The team gave them two shabby houses to live in. When it rained, they repaired them little by little. Now it's habitable."
Huo Qingqing, "How did his parents die?"
Han Jianwu, "I was beaten to death during the most chaotic years." He was hung on the roof and beaten. He couldn't bear it after a few days. He was carried home and died within half a month.
Huo Qingqing pursed her lips and remained silent for a while, then said, "The situation should be much better now than before, right?"
Han Jianwu, "As long as no one is looking for trouble with them, they will be fine. They are good at their work, and the cadres of the brigade and production team don't take the initiative to look for trouble with them. I was quite surprised that they agreed to let him learn to drive a tractor and a horse-drawn carriage this time."
Huo Qingqing said, "The policy is being adjusted now, and many places have already stopped doing what they did before."
In fact, Huo Qingqing wanted to introduce Baojuan to Jiang Zian, but seeing Han Jianwu's attitude that it was probably not possible, she didn't say anything more.
In the future, Jiang Zian would become a very famous entrepreneur, the kind that would often appear in newspapers and magazines. He had a very good relationship with their son Siyuan, and it was also his contribution that Siyuan later became the richest man.
After a moment, Han Jianwu asked Huo Qingqing, "Why are you suddenly so concerned about that boy today?"
Jiang Zian, Han Jianwu and Huo Qingqing are of the same age. He is 23 years old, three years younger than Han Jianwu and two years older than Huo Qingqing, so someone is jealous.
Huo Qingqing said, "Is he your disciple? What's wrong with me, as his disciple's wife, caring about him for a while?"
Han Jianwu, "Master's wife?" Yu Luo chuckled, "You are young but your generation is quite high."
Huo Qingqing still couldn't hold it back. While lying on the kang and nestling in someone's arms, she tentatively said, "You can introduce Baojuan to Jiang Zian."
Sure enough, Han Jianwu reacted as if he had heard a ghost talk at night, "Are you crazy? But don't tell anyone, my second sister-in-law will definitely turn against you if she hears you say that."
Huo Qingqing said angrily, "You have no foresight."
Han Jianwu, "It's not that I don't have foresight. I have always felt that Zi'an is a good person, but Baojuan is the daughter of my second brother and second sister-in-law. They have the final say on her marriage. Zi'an is good in every way except that his conditions are too poor. Let's not talk about my second brother's attitude. Will my second sister-in-law and Baojuan agree?"
Huo Qingqing, "Okay! That's what I'm telling you."
Han Jianwu stroked the woman's hair and said, "Don't tell Second Sister-in-law and Baojuan, it will offend them."
Huo Qingqing said, "Oh".
Once the policy is relaxed in a few years, Jiang Zian will become rich and then he can find a wife, and Baojuan will really have no chance.
The time for conscription soon arrived. Many young men from Hanjiagou signed up. Jiang Zian's younger brother Jiang Ziping also signed up. He had signed up for several years in a row, but was rejected every time because of his family background. According to the brothers' observation, this year seemed to be different from previous years, so they decided to try their luck again, otherwise the two brothers would have to stay at home and be single for the rest of their lives.
Sun Xiaoyue also received the procedures for returning to the city from her family. She completed the household registration and food supply procedures in half a day and planned to return to the city. On the day of her departure, Huo Qingqing and several other educated youth went to see her off. Han Jianwu was at home looking after the baby. There happened to be a big market in the commune that day, and Baojuan and her third sister-in-law also wanted to go to the market. Huo Qingqing and they went to send Sun Xiaoyue to the bus from the commune to the county town.
Sun Xiaoyue held Huo Qingqing tightly and said, "Qingqing, you must be fine. You will definitely be admitted to university and you will definitely be able to go back. Don't listen to those people's nonsense. Things are not so absolute." Besides, her family is so powerful now that they will definitely find a way to get her back. In fact, it is easy for Huo Qingqing to go back, mainly because of the two children and Han Jianwu.
Huo Qingqing said, "I will. Remember to write to me when you are settled."
Sun Xiaoyue nodded, "That's a must."
Several other educated youth sent Sun Xiaoyue and two other male educated youth who were returning to the city to the train station.
Huo Qingqing and her third sister-in-law Baojuan strolled all the way to the black market and saw Jiang Zian in a store that looked pretty good.
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