After finishing dinner, An Moxue remembered that there were still a few emails in her space that she hadn't opened. She opened each package first. The packages contained some food and some local specialties. There weren't many items, but they were all from her friends' hearts.
Then An Moxue began to open the letters one by one. They were mostly about what happened after they went to the countryside. Among them, the most interesting thing was what Chu Dongmei from Hai Province said in her letter.
She said she thought she had only heard about such things, but she never expected it to actually happen to someone she knew.
Hearing and seeing are different, and she was somewhat shocked.
That happened a few days before she wrote me that letter.
She said that a girl from the village had taken a liking to a male educated youth. The male educated youth was quite handsome and fair-skinned. The girl pursued him relentlessly and showered him with attention, but the male educated youth ignored her and did not agree to date her.
The girl declared that she was determined to win over the male educated youth, causing quite a stir in the village. The male educated youth had no better solution than to try to avoid the girl.
Upon seeing this, An Moxue thought to herself, "Once a plaster is stuck on, is it so easy to remove?"
Then the girl from the village fell into a small river that the educated youth was passing by alone, and no one responded when he called out to her.
He was so eager to save the person that he didn't think about anything else. But as soon as he jumped into the water and pulled the person out, a crowd of people surrounded him and said that he had saved the person and tainted the girl's reputation. They said that if he didn't marry the girl, she would not be able to live.
The girl's mother cried and begged the educated youth to marry her daughter. Dozens of villagers surrounded him, insisting that he marry her. Even the village cadres said, "Although it's a good thing that you saved someone, you also took a girl and tainted her reputation. If you don't marry her, she can't live and will have no choice but to commit suicide."
At that time, the male educated youth had no choice but to say that he would go back and think about it. However, the girl's mother did not give him time to think and made a big fuss about it. The whole village knew about it, and it even spread to other villages. The girl's brothers even threatened him, saying, "If you don't marry her, we will go to the Revolutionary Committee to report you for being a hooligan."
Helpless, the educated youth went to the educated youth office the next day to report the situation. The comrades in the educated youth office said that it was a good thing that he saved people, and they all understood, but that was the local custom, and there was nothing they could do. They suggested that he marry the girl instead, because if she really sued him, he might not get any benefit. The male educated youth became dejected after returning home.
Chu Dongmei told her that he was a perfectly healthy and sunny young man, but suddenly he seemed to have lost all his energy and spirit, like a walking corpse. It was heartbreaking to see him like that.
Finally, on the day he wrote this letter to her, the two families had already discussed marriage arrangements. The woman's family was asking for an exorbitant dowry of one hundred yuan. This time, the educated youth was very firm. He said that if she wanted to marry him, he would not give her a single penny of dowry, nothing at all. If it didn't work out, then forget it. If they wanted to sue him for indecent assault, he would accept it.
The village leaders also tried to persuade him, saying that if it really didn't work out, they could give a small dowry instead of 100 yuan, or even 30 or 20 yuan. But the male educated youth was determined to get married, even if he didn't have a single penny. He said if he didn't want to get married, then so be it.
He accepted the accusation of indecent assault, but the woman's family was not satisfied and threatened to sue him. Then, the woman's two older brothers went out of the village in a big show, thinking they could threaten the male educated youth. But the male educated youth was unmoved and didn't care what happened.
Later, the girl's family saw that the male educated youth was determined to marry her. He acted as if he didn't care what she did and that he was in charge of everything. He even said that if the girl accused him of being a hooligan, he would accept it. The girl's family had no choice but to agree to the marriage, since the girl insisted on marrying him. They received nothing in return.
Chu Dongmei said, "Mo Xue, I just don't understand!"
Will we be able to save people again in the future?
Would you still dare to save someone?
The boy was quite handsome, but not particularly outstanding. He was just average in the city, and in the countryside, there were very few people as fair-skinned as him.
Why did the girl fall so stubbornly in love with this male educated youth? He wasn't particularly good at work, nor was he good-looking in my opinion, and his family wasn't exactly well-off, although they were certainly better off than those in the countryside.
Why is that girl still so persistent in refusing to marry him? It's come to this point. Even if she does marry him, can she be happy?!
The male educated youth was a perfectly fine, sunny young man, but he was ruined by the girl's family. He'll never be good again.
Mo Xue, isn't marriage about uniting two families?
Isn't it for love, for happiness?
But can such a union bring happiness?
Where does love come from?!
Such rural areas are terrifying!
I felt a little lost and didn't know how to interact with the villagers here.
From a young age, our parents taught us to be upright people, to help others in need, and to stand up for bad people and dare to fight them.
But are such villagers of any value?
I live in constant fear in this village. I don't know if anyone is plotting against me in some hidden corner. I feel completely unsafe here.
Mo Xue, what should I do?!
After reading the letter, An Moxue was also surprised by the choices made by both sides. It was a lose-lose situation. She wondered if the girl and her family had anticipated this outcome and whether they regretted it.
Originally, he wanted both people and money, but now he's lost both, and even a girl.
It was already predictable how the male educated youth would treat the girl after getting married.
I need to write a letter to Chu Dongmei to comfort her. I feel like she's being a bit paranoid, but I can't let my guard down.
She put down the letter and picked up the hospital's letter. When she opened it, a stack of receipts and certificates was revealed. She took the receipts and certificates out and put them aside. She then pulled out the letter inside. This letter was a little different. It wasn't written by one person. It was written by many people who cared about her, one sentence or a few sentences at a time. Everyone expressed their concern and blessings for her.
An Moxue carefully looked through the coupons once, then again, keeping in mind everyone's care and blessings. Then she picked up the coupons and looked at them again, selecting the ones she needed most: grain coupons, sugar coupons, cloth coupons, meat coupons, soap coupons, and industrial coupons.
Put down the tickets, pick up paper and pen, and start replying to everyone. Afraid of missing anyone, pick up a letter, read it again, write a reply, put it in an envelope, write the address, affix a stamp, and then write the next letter.
She didn't stop to rest until she finished writing the last letter.
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