Chen Xiangxiu naturally praised her great-grandmother's embroidery skills again, and even admitted that she was not as good as her, saying, "I have been secretly learning for many years, but I can hardly reach one-tenth of her skill."
Lu Wanqing felt that the embroidery on her handkerchief last time, although not as good as her great-grandmother's, was still superb and very rare.
Thinking of the clothes she was making for Liu Ying, she took out her design drafts to show her and asked expectantly, "What do you think of my design?"
"It's so beautiful, I want to see the finished product."
"I'm planning to add some embroidery to the neckline, can you embroider it for me?" Lu Wanqing took the opportunity to beg.
Chen Xiangxiu hesitated for a few seconds before finally agreeing, "Then when you've finished making the cheongsam, bring it to me. Don't complain about how ugly it is."
Lu Wanqing clung to Chen Xiangxiu's arm and said coquettishly, "No, Xiangxiu embroiders everything beautifully."
The two chatted sweetly for a while longer before Chen Xiang, the scholar, politely declined Lu Wanqing's invitation to stay for dinner and went home.
After she left, Lin Xiaocui skipped and hopped into the yard with her schoolbag on her back.
Upon seeing Lu Wanqing, she smiled and took a hair clip out of her pocket, putting it in her hair. "Sister-in-law, I went to the county town this afternoon, and this is for you."
As she spoke, she pointed to her own head, implying that she had one too.
"You went alone?" Lu Wanqing asked, frowning.
These are not peaceful times anymore; there are plenty of vagrants on the streets. It's not safe for a girl like her to wander around outside alone.
Lin Xiaocui noticed her worry and smiled, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I went with Wang Xu and Luo Chunlei. We just wandered around the state-run store, but the things there were so expensive that we didn't dare to buy anything. We just bought two hair clips and some notebooks."
After the two finished speaking, Lin Ye called them to eat from the kitchen. Lu Wanqing went to the studio to call Zhao Xiaolan, and they went to the kitchen together.
During the meal, Lin Ye brought up the matter of Qi Wei bullying Kun Kun again.
Lin Xiaocui was so angry she almost threw her chopsticks on the ground. "How can there be such a person? Does such a person deserve to be a principal?"
After pausing for two seconds, she suddenly realized that the name Qi Wei sounded familiar, so she asked hesitantly, "Qi Wei, you wouldn't happen to be that educated youth from our old team, would you?"
She remembered that the educated youth who once wanted to elope with Lu Wanqing was surnamed Qi, and people with the surname Qi were quite rare.
After speaking, she secretly glanced at Lin Ye and Lu Wanqing's faces, as if trying to detect something unusual.
Unexpectedly, Lu Wanqing said frankly, "Yes, that's the person. I almost got scammed by him before!"
Lin Xiaocui chuckled and said, "Everyone has a youthful past. I met that man once. Don't be fooled by his refined appearance; he's actually a scoundrel."
Lin Ye chuckled, "You're just a little kid, yet you can tell he's a refined scoundrel. You're quite something."
The group chatted and laughed, and Qi Wei became the subject of their conversation.
Lin Xiaocui then remembered that on her way back, she saw Zhou Ling talking to a man. Could that man be Qi Wei?
She was right. Not long after Qi Wei left Lin Ye's house, he ran into Zhou Ling, who was returning from work.
It should be said that Zhou Ling saw him first.
Zhou Ling immediately burst into tears of grievance.
When Qi Wei was a sent-down youth, Zhou Ling liked him and had chatted with him a few times. If he hadn't suddenly returned to the city, she might have been able to be with him and wouldn't have had to suffer at the hands of people like Xu Erlai and Lin Gou Dan.
She had taken a wrong turn in her life, but she wouldn't let fate dictate her path again. Her sister-in-law wanted to introduce her to a mentally challenged man from the county town, but she would absolutely refuse.
Now that Qi Wei has appeared in the Victory Brigade, she must do everything she can to get him!
Thinking this, Zhou Ling immediately called out to Qi Wei.
Seeing that Qi Wei's hand was bleeding, she felt extremely distressed and quickly tore off a piece of her own clothing to bandage it for him.
Qi Wei still remembered Zhou Ling, and seeing how friendly she was, he accepted her offer and casually inquired about Lu Wanqing.
Zhou Ling hated Lu Wanqing so much that she naturally didn't have a single nice word to say about Lin Ye and Lu Wanqing.
Those words, as heard by Qi Wei, were interpreted as Lu Wanqing not living well here.
Knowing that Qi Wei still cared about Lu Wanqing, Zhou Ling felt very sad, but she put on a fawning smile and said, "I have some connection with the Lin family. Don't worry, if there's anything I can help you with, I will definitely do my best."
Qi Wei was worried about being isolated and helpless after arriving here. He would definitely welcome anyone who wanted to surrender. After Lu Jiajia, he had some knowledge of women, and he was well aware of Zhou Ling's admiration for him.
Zhou Ling's appearance immediately reminded him that there should still be educated youth in this educated youth settlement, and he could try to win them over as well.
The male educated youth here all had some feelings for Lu Wanqing at the time, while the female educated youth all disliked her. In short, if we could win them over, even if they only passed on some information, it would be good.
After saying goodbye to Zhou Ling, Qi Wei rushed to the educated youth settlement.
At this time, only two rooms remained in the educated youth settlement for the educated youth to live in; the rest of the rooms were used by the brigade headquarters.
When he arrived, Li Yulan was cooking, while two male educated youths, Liu Jie and Su Dazhuang, were playing cards in the room.
Liu Jie was bitten by a wild boar last time and spent several months recuperating in the hospital, but he still couldn't get a permit to return to the city, so he had to continue wasting his time in the team.
Neither of the two men knew how to cook, so they gave the grain to Li Yulan, the only remaining female educated youth, and asked her to cook.
Li Yulan had no choice. As a woman, she was not well-liked in the village. If she didn't unite the two male educated youths, her life would really be difficult.
Li Yulan was also shocked to see Qi Wei. She put down the spatula and invited him into the house to talk.
Qi Wei understood the psychology of the educated youth all too well. He boasted about himself and gave them some money, after which the group treated him with utmost respect.
When he was about to leave, several educated youths pledged their loyalty to him, promising to inform him promptly of any future events concerning Lin Ye's family.
When Qi Wei left, he was extremely satisfied. The few people had only spent twenty yuan of his money, and they were as docile as cats that had smelled fish.
Unexpectedly, just as he stepped out, a woman next door splashed water, which landed squarely on him.
Chen Xiangxiu naturally apologized to him insincerely. He was about to lose his temper when Li Yulan quickly ran out and whispered in his ear that this was the brigade leader's wife.
Even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake, so Qi Wei didn't dare to act rashly and hypocritically accepted her apology.
But in his heart he thought viciously, "Hmph, when I get the chance, I'll take care of all of you Tom, Dick, and Harry."
The next day at work, he began asking each class if the children in the Victory Brigade had paid their tuition fees. If they didn't pay, they shouldn't come to school anymore; if they didn't pay for rice, they wouldn't get any lunch!
Every brigade has a few impoverished households. Schools usually just require children to hand over their money and rice before the end of the semester. Why force people to pay like this? It's clearly an attempt to make trouble for the brigade.
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