Zhao Huanhuan discovered that this brigade leader was quite fond of playing matchmaker.
The two sisters talked for most of the night.
While Zhao Huanhuan was packing her things, Wen Yan looked at all the things Lin Yuan had bought for her.
"Huanhuan, I knew Lin Yuan fell in love with you at first sight! Look at all the nice things he bought for you," Wenyan said enviously.
She especially liked those leather sandals. As for skirts, she preferred white ones and didn't like floral ones, feeling that her looks couldn't pull them off.
When Zhao Huanhuan wore it to Wenyan, Wenyan would keep praising how beautiful she looked. Huanhuan is so pretty, she would look good even in a burlap sack.
Zhao Huanhuan smiled and gave a soft "hmm". She believed in Lin Yuan's feelings for her, and she had also grown to like him a little during the past few days of spending time with him.
However, it remains to be seen whether fate will grant them the opportunity to be a long-term couple.
Given the chance, she will definitely try her best to be his lover for life and grow old together as a couple.
Inside the main room, the family was talking, and Lin Yuan told her parents about the Zhao family's situation.
The two elders already knew that Zhao Huanhuan was from a dual-income family and was an only child. She was loved and valued by her parents and they would not neglect her just because she was their daughter.
Now, listening to how good the Zhao couple were to their daughter and to their yet-to-be son-in-law, the two elders sighed inwardly, thinking how lucky their son was to have met such a good family. They would treat Huanhuan, their daughter-in-law, even better.
Lin Yuan showed his parents the watch that Zhao Huanhuan had bought for him with money from the Zhao family. The two elders took turns holding it and looking at it. It looked like a good watch. Even the village head was said to not have such a nice watch, let alone a Shanghai watch that everyone said was good.
“Son, Huanhuan is the only daughter in the Zhao family. After the Zhao family elders retire, you two must take care of them and treat them as well as you would your own parents.” Father Lin was usually a man of few words, but when he did speak, it was always a decision he had carefully considered.
Lin Yuan nodded, "Yes, Mom and Dad, don't worry. I will discuss and plan things out with Huanhuan. We will take care of both of your parents."
"Good, it's good that you have ideas," Lin's father replied.
"Mom, after you bought the furniture, you don't have enough money for the banquet, right? I'll take Huanhuan to Shanglin to buy a bicycle tomorrow. After we buy it, I'll withdraw the three hundred from my salary!" Lin Yuan said softly.
Lin Yuan still has three hundred in her pay stub.
That's what my parents told me to keep at least 300 yuan in my paycheck for the next few years. They were worried that something might happen to him in the army and they wouldn't be without any money.
Mr. and Mrs. Lin shook their heads together, "No need, we have money. The money you gave us last time, plus what we saved up before, and two hundred more, is enough for the feast. In this old age, we can buy whatever we can eat. We'll definitely have meat; we've already exchanged some meat coupons, so don't worry!"
Lin Yuan nodded silently. He knew that his family was one of the better-off families in the village, since he earned a monthly salary. He would come back once a year and give his parents two hundred yuan so they could save it for emergencies.
“If you have money left over after buying the bicycle, do you think you can buy Huanhuan a tape recorder? The brigade has one, one of those small single-cassette tape recorders, they don’t seem too expensive. Buy her one so she can listen to music. Young people like to be around people, and you have to go back to the army, so you can’t stay with her all the time. Otherwise, Mom is afraid she’ll be lonely,” Zhang Jinhua instructed her son.
"Okay, I'll go check. I still have about three hundred left," Lin Yuan replied.
The two hundred yuan that Huanhuan's parents gave him was given to him by his parents when he left. They said it was a dowry for Zhao's parents, and it didn't include money for Huanhuan's clothes and other things.
However, after this happy event, the Lin family's savings accumulated over the years were completely depleted, and it would be impossible to build houses in that area to the east within the next five years.
Since their son married a city girl who is both beautiful and spoiled, they definitely have to prepare things for her.
The family discussed things for a while before resting.
The next day, when Wen Yan left, she asked Zhao Huanhuan if she would still go and work with them. Zhao Huanhuan shook her head, "Lin Yuan said she's going to Shanglin to buy a bicycle today."
Wenyan said enviously, "Everyone says that after you and Lin Yuan got married, you became a local, no longer an educated youth, and you don't have to work with us anymore."
Zhao Huanhuan shook her head, "I won't go out during the wedding period. After Lin Yuan leaves, I will still work with you. I need to earn work points too, otherwise what will I eat? I just don't know if the brigade leader will assign me other work or work with you. We'll see!"
"Okay, now you finally have someone protecting you, I feel relieved. I'm off, Huanhuan." Wenyan waved happily to Zhao Huanhuan and went out to the educated youth settlement.
She ran into Qiu Yi waiting for her by the roadside halfway there. They exchanged a few words, smiled at each other, and headed over together.
"Senior, Huanhuan is back. I told her about your idea of teaching children to read, and she agreed. She said it's a good idea, but we'll see if it gets approved from above and what the decision is!"
Qiu Yi responded, "This matter is almost certain. I've observed that there are several small villages around our village. We could let their children study in our village. It's closer than them going to the commune to study, right? I've seen that section of the road; it's actually quite dangerous."
Wenyan gently hummed in agreement. "Do whatever you want. I support you. If you have to stay here in the future, we'll get married, and I'll stay here with you."
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