The reason was simple: she and Chang Jinguang were assigned to nearby villages, and she did almost all the work.

When it was time to register work points, Chang Jinguang reported 10 work points, then looked at her with embarrassment and pleading in his eyes.

Her heart softened and she acquiesced.

Because of the work points issue, I was scolded by my sister-in-law when I got home.

"Xiaolan, I still say that. If a man likes you, he will definitely prove it with practical actions.

If someone praises you but actually takes advantage of you, that is not dislike, but exploitation."

These words were like a bucket of cold water poured over Li Chunlan's head. Her head was buzzing and tears suddenly burst out. She leaned on Jiang Li's shoulder and sobbed softly.

"Lizi, I don't expect him to like me. Really."

Li Chunlan has a low self-esteem because there are many children in her family and she is not good at studying.

In order not to waste money, I dropped out of elementary school after two years and then helped with housework at home.

"Xiaolan, you are wrong.

You are a good girl, you have a heart as kind as gold, much better than his usual golden light.

You deserve to be loved by someone who loves you wholeheartedly and holds you in his hands."

Li Chunlan burst into laughter and said, "You know how to coax me. I don't know where you learned all these tricks."

"Everything I said is true," Jiang Li looked serious and wiped her tears with a handkerchief.

"I promise you that you will live a very good life in the future."

Li Chunlan nodded heavily.

"I just learned a new hairstyle. How about I braid it for you?"

Jiang Li tried various ways to cheer Li Chunlan up, fearing that she would recall the sad memories again.

"OK."

"Lizi, Xiaolan, you two are hiding here!"

Qin Xiaoting's head appeared outside the window, and she jumped on tiptoe.

"Xiaoting, come in quickly," Li Chunlan wiped her tears and hurriedly welcomed Qin Xiaoting in.

Seeing Li Chunlan's red eyes, Qin Xiaoting was stunned for a moment, and without asking any more questions, she raised the paper bag in her hand and shook it, "I brought you some good things."

"What a nice smell!" Jiang Li sniffed, and the charming aroma of braised pork went straight into her nose.

Qin Xiaoting brought a stool over and carefully opened the paper package in her hand, revealing the reddish braised meat.

"The best pork belly is sliced ​​thinly and brined overnight with the skin on. Try it and give me your suggestions."

As soon as the braised pork entered the mouth, the overbearing fragrance occupied the tip of the tongue. The meat skin was elastic, the braised pork was fat but not dry, spicy and a little sweet in the aftertaste.

Jiang Li finished a piece and licked her fingers. "It's delicious. Xiaoting, you are like a living culinary god."

Li Chunlan raised her thumb and said, "It smells so good that I want to swallow my tongue."

Qin Xiaoting put away the empty paper bag with satisfaction, "After going through the test of the public, it seems that my craftsmanship has not declined."

"What were you two whispering about here just now?"

Jiang Li was a little embarrassed. She didn't know whether Xiaolan was willing to tell others about Chang Jinguang.

Li Chunlan was a little flustered. "Nothing. I was just talking about cutting clothes and making insoles."

Qin Xiaoting rolled her eyes and said, "Let me tell you something new. Do you know Chang, the educated youth in our educated youth site?"

"What's wrong with him?" Li Chunlan spoke hurriedly. When she found Qin Xiaoting looking at her meaningfully, she quickly lowered her head to hide her expression.

Qin Xiaoting said, "He went to the post office two days ago, and when he came back he broke things at the educated youth site.

I heard that his childhood sweetheart in the city got married when he was sent to work in the countryside, and she wrote a letter to break up with him.

Li Chunlan was in a daze, her face suddenly turned pale, and she fell on the bed and burst into tears.

Qin Xiaoting and Jiang Li exchanged glances, and Jiang Li immediately understood that Qin Xiaoting had just been outside and heard everything about Chang Jinguang clearly.

He couldn't bear to see Li Chunlan kept in the dark, so he deliberately gave her a strong drug.

Qin Xiaoting just did this offensive thing.

Li Chunlan cried so hard that her whole face was swollen. When she came to her senses, she wiped her tears with a handkerchief.

"Xiaoting, thank you for telling me. If you hadn't told me, I would have been dreaming."

Qin Xiaoting was relieved. She had finally made these two true friends and she cherished them very much.

Fortunately, Li Chunlan is not such an unreasonable person who angers others.

"Don't blame me for being upset," Qin Xiaoting's face was full of distress.

"How could I blame you? You reminded me, and I can't thank you enough."

"Li Zi, Xiao Ting, can you two go out for a while? I want to be alone."

Seeing Li Chunlan's lonely expression, Jiang Li and Qin Xiaoting got up and went out.

"Lizi, do you think I shouldn't have said this?"

"You're right. A short pain is worse than a long one. The longer you delay, the greater the harm to Xiaolan will be."

"Even if you didn't tell me today, I would have exposed Chang Jinguang's true face sooner or later," Jiang Li was filled with righteous indignation, and recounted all the evil deeds of Chang Jinguang in the original work.

"This Chen Shimei is a shameless and treacherous man. Bah! Bah! Bah!"

Qin Xiaoting was even angrier than Jiang Li. "No wonder he is so close to Guo Haifeng. They are really in cahoots with their good friends."

"Calm down! Don't ruin your health for undeserved popularity," Jiang Li said to Qin Xiaoting, changing the subject, "Xiaoting, where are you going to sell the braised pork you made?"

"There's a small, nameless alley in the residential area between the food factory and the textile factory where people can do some small business privately. I want to try my hand there."

Jiang Li nodded. Qin Xiaoting was in the space, so even if they ran into someone who was catching speculation, they would definitely be able to escape and would never be caught.

"Then you have to be careful. There are a lot of people there, and you are a little girl. Don't let others bully you."

Qin Xiaoting was worried about this. Although she knew the space, the space could not hold living things.

The time you can enter the space every day is limited. At the beginning, it was 15 minutes a day, but recently it has been a bit longer, about half an hour.

The space can be her temporary safe haven, but it would be quite dangerous if she really ran into a bad guy.

Thinking of this, Qin Xiaoting persuaded Jiang Li, "Lizi, do you want to go with me to sell braised meat?

Just be responsible for my safety and protect me. I'll give you 10% of the profits from the braised meat."

Is there such a good thing?

Jiang Li was a little moved, but she had no source of money and could only rely on the little money Qi Shaoqiang gave her, which made her feel uneasy.

"become!"

Seeing that Jiang Li agreed, Qin Xiaoting was very happy, and then she thought of something else, "Lizi, since we both want to go to the black market, you can do some small business."

Jiang Li shook her head, "What can't I do?"

"Nonsense, who said you can't do anything? You can braid your hair and match your clothes very well.

You are beautiful, good-looking, and standing there is like a living sign."

Jiang Li's mind was spinning, and she suddenly remembered the handicrafts she had made at home in her previous life. "I can make wigs, hair bands, hairpins, and I can also crochet small objects with wool!"