Regarding the matter between Zhang Wenfang and Shen Zhiwen, some people were shocked, some did not understand, but Li Wanyue was the only one who had doubts in her heart.

She knew that she and Shen Zhiwen were the same type of people, and would not do anything without benefit. So although she was occasionally confused by Shen Zhiwen's appearance and gentleness, she also knew that both of them would make choices that were more beneficial to themselves in any situation.

Li Wanyue had some secret suspicions about Shen Zhiwen's decision to get engaged in the countryside.

That day, she deliberately ran into Zhang Wenfang on the road.

"Sorry, I bumped into you. Are you okay?" Li Wanyue deliberately bumped into Zhang Wenfang and hurriedly lowered her head to apologize.

Zhang Wenfang frowned and waved her hand: "Forget it." Then she was about to leave.

"Please wait a moment." Li Wanyue called her, then looked at her with a gentle smile and said, "Hello, my name is Li Wanyue, I am an educated youth in the village. You are the girl Wenfang who is engaged to Comrade Shen, right?"

Zhang Wenfang showed a puzzled and wary look: "What's going on?"

She had seen this Li Wanyue when she went to the educated youth center. She looked delicate, weak and pretty, and was simply a seductive vixen.

No, no, Brother Zhiwen has been staying at the educated youth center all the time, and there is no guarantee that he will be seduced by her. We must hurry up and urge our parents to set a date for the wedding.

Li Wanyue seemed to be unaware of it. She showed an innocent smile and said, "It's okay. I just wanted to say congratulations to you. You two are a perfect match. Comrade Shen often said in front of us that his Fangfang is gentle, considerate and beautiful, and the male comrades in our educated youth site envy her to death. Now that you have settled down, of course I have to say congratulations."

Zhang Wenfang was instantly delighted when she heard this and she let down her guard. She felt that although Li Wanyue looked a little weird, she was a nice person.

She said shyly, "Brother Zhiwen is really... so shameless..."

Li Wanyue smiled and said, "People in our educated youth camp said that Comrade Shen has met a girl he loves and doesn't even want to go back home. He has settled down in Dayan Village. I just don't know what to do with his parents. I heard that Comrade Shen is the only child in his family."

Zhang Wenfang quickly asked, "How is that possible? Who told you that? Brother Zhiwen said he has two older sisters and a younger brother!"

Li Wanyue covered her mouth and apologized, "Ah... I was wrong. After all, I don't have much contact with Comrade Shen and I don't know his family. Then there is no problem this way. His parents have other children to take care of, and Comrade Shen can stay in the village with you at ease."

Zhang Wenfang could not help but retort, "Of course Brother Zhiwen will not forget his parents! He is very filial to his elders. Brother Zhiwen will come back in the future, and he will take me with him. I will respect his parents-in-law together with him."

Li Wanyue was surprised and said, "This... Although I understand Comrade Shen's feelings, returning to the city is not such a simple matter."

Zhang Wenfang raised his chin and said proudly, "It's not easy, but if he can be selected as a worker-peasant-soldier university student, can't he go back?"

Li Wanyue's mind was full of thoughts. Finally, she smiled and said, "Yes, it would be the best if you could be selected as a worker-peasant-soldier university student, but doesn't our village have a quota? Alas, I don't know when you and Comrade Shen can return to the city together..."

"It's not a big deal. Maybe he'll have a chance soon." Zhang Wenfang said this hastily, and then reacted and covered up, "Oh, I won't waste my time here with you. I'm leaving first."

Li Wanyue looked at her hurriedly leaving back, and recalled the fact that her second uncle was the village party secretary that she had heard before, and she felt thoughtful.

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Two days later, Jiang Suinsui went to Song Weizhen's house to borrow a bicycle, preparing to go to the town to find Chen Cuizhu, but unexpectedly she ran into the village chief and his men who were repairing and cleaning the yard opposite Song Weizhen's house.

There lived an elderly couple in that yard. Their children had all gotten married and moved out, leaving the elderly couple alone.

Jiang Suinsui felt strange. When did the village chief become so enthusiastic and start caring for the elderly?

She entered Song Wei Zheng's house with a head full of doubts. Song Wei Zheng was chopping wood in the yard. With one chop, he did it cleanly and neatly.

Jiang Suinsui looked at the corner of the yard, which was already piled with chopped firewood.

She said, "Comrade Xiao Song, you are so hardworking. This firewood is enough to last for a month."

Seeing her coming, Song Weizheng threw down his axe, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said, "It's hard to walk on the mountain in winter, and the wood is frozen. Prepare some more for backup. Do you need it? I'll bring you some firewood."

Jiang Suisui quickly shook her head: "No, no, I have some at home too."

Song Weizheng scooped up a bucket of water to wash the clothes, and asked as he washed, "Are you here to borrow the car?"

Jiang Sui Sui: "Well! Is it convenient? I'll only use it for one day and I'll send it back to you before the evening. I've memorized the route and I won't cause any trouble for you!"

Song Weizheng: "I forgot to ask, can you ride a bike?"

Jiang Suishun nodded quickly, like a little chicken pecking at rice: "Yes, yes, yes!"

Song Weizheng nodded slightly, then turned and walked towards the backyard: "Come here."

Jiang Suinsui quickly followed him and watched him open the door of the hut in the backyard and push the bicycle out.

Jiang Suinsui was about to ride on it excitedly, but he stopped her by raising his hand.

Jiang Suisui: “?”

Song Weizheng repeated: "Do you really know how to ride?"

"What are you doing?" Jiang Suishun was not convinced. "Don't worry, I really can ride! I won't damage your bike. If you are worried, I promise that if I damage it, I will pay to fix it!"

Song Weizheng lowered his head and smiled softly, saying, "That's not what I meant."

"What do you mean?"

Song Weizheng looked up into her eyes and said, "I meant that if you can't ride, I can ride your bike to take you there."

"Ah..." Jiang Suinsui was suddenly speechless. She was stunned for a moment and said stupidly, "But I have to stay in town for a whole day..."

Song Weizheng: "I can also go to the town to do some work."

"Well, then..." Jiang Suinshun didn't know what to say for a moment.

Song Weizheng: "Then I'll take you there. It's freezing cold and the road is slippery. It's hard to walk on. I can ride you on my bike and block the wind. Let's go, get in the car."

Jiang Suisui: “…”

She pinched her cheeks lightly, feeling a little shy, but also tasting a little sweetness in her heart.

She hesitated for a while and said, "Then I'll take your ride. Thank you."

Before getting in the car, she suddenly thought, "Oh, Auntie Lan and Xiaoxue are both home, right?"

Song Weizheng nodded: "Inside the house. It's cold outside, so we didn't let them out."

"Oh..." Jiang Suisui thought for a moment and then said, "When I just came here, I saw the village chief helping to tidy up the house opposite yours. I thought it was a bit strange. Did you notice it?"

Song Weizheng laughed coldly when he heard this and said, "I saw it. It should be the previous leader, Jiang Mingde, who is going to live in the village."

Jiang Sui Sui was surprised and asked, "Why is it him again? I heard that he fell and was injured and was hospitalized. I haven't seen him for a long time. I thought he went home. Why is he here again? Didn't the mining team in our village stop working?"

Song Weizheng stroked the handlebars, a cold light flashing in his eyes, and said, "Who knows? Maybe he has recovered from his injuries and is looking for trouble again."

Jiang Sui Sui: "This Jiang Mingde wanted to live in your house last time, and this time he chose the one across the street. Is that intentional? He doesn't want to live in the town anymore, but wants to live in our village."

"No!" Jiang Suinsui felt something was wrong and turned around to go forward. "I have to tell Aunt Lan and Xiaoxue to be careful and not let outsiders in."

Song Wei Zheng held her back and said, "Don't worry, he hasn't come yet. I'll be at home for the rest of the time. If he dares to get close, he'll be in trouble."

Jiang Suinsui felt relieved after hearing this. She warned him, "Then you must stay at home. Although nothing has happened now, I still have a bad feeling about that person."

What Jiang Suinshun couldn't say was that she vaguely suspected that the death of Aunt Lan mentioned in the book might be related to Jiang Mingde.

The heroine in the book said that Aunt Lan's incident was not glorious and was related to a man. But according to Jiang Suisui's understanding of Aunt Lan, she has always stayed at home for a long time and is a pure person. This kind of romantic news could not possibly have anything to do with her, unless someone deliberately approached her with improper intentions.

In addition, the last time she saw Jiang Mingde, Jiang Suishun felt that he had a lewd look and greedy eyes.

Whenever Jiang Suinsui thought of him, she felt inexplicably uneasy.

However, with no evidence, only feelings, Jiang Suishun could only ask Song Weizheng to be more careful.

She sighed in her heart. What a ridiculous Jiang Mingde. He had fallen and was hospitalized, so how could he still be so restless?

Afterwards, she sat in the back seat of Song Weizheng's car, and drove to the town with a lot on her mind and a heavy heart.

In the town hospital a few dozen miles away, members of the exploration team were helping Jiang Mingde pack his things in preparation for discharge.

Jiang Mingde sat aside, waving his hands and managing the business, and pointed his finger and said angrily: "You guys, have you been comfortable these days? You didn't do any work when I was away. By the way, where is your captain? Chen Zhenghua, where is he? He didn't even come to see me when I was discharged from the hospital. He seems to be taking me less and less seriously."

One of the team members quickly explained, "Director Jiang, you misunderstood. Something happened at Brother Chen's home two days ago, and he rushed back home in the middle of the night without having time to tell you. But he will be back in a few days. Before he left, he told us to take good care of you!"

Jiang Mingde snorted disdainfully and said nothing. Seeing that the things were packed up, he waved his hand and said, "Let's go back to the village. Those who are not here don't need to come in the future. You will start working again today, and I will supervise you personally."

The team member hesitated and said, "Director Jiang, but Brother Chen said before that it is not safe to start work in this weather..."

"Damn Brother Chen!" Jiang Mingde suddenly got angry. "Is your Brother Chen the leader, or am I the leader? If you listen to him, then get out with him!"

After the words fell, there was silence in the ward, and no one responded.

After showing off his power, Jiang Mingde finally revealed a satisfied smile: "Why are you so scared? I am not like the landlords in the past who will exploit you. If you do a good job, I will apply to the higher authorities and give you credit. Of course, if you don't do a good job, don't blame me for reporting the truth."

Jiang Mingde was discharged from the hospital earlier than Song Weizheng expected. Not long after Song Weizheng and Jiang Suinsui left home, he also left the hospital and rushed to Dayan Village.