"Hey, Jingzhi is back?"
"Is school on vacation? You're back so soon?"
"You're the only one in our village who knows how to read. Look at you, you look like a city person."
An Jingzhi rode his family's only bicycle to greet everyone one by one. Every time he passed by the village, as a celebrity in the village, he would definitely become the subject of everyone's discussion.
Watching his figure gradually walking away, some of the old ladies and women at the village entrance couldn't help but feel jealous.
"What's the use of being able to read? There are many people who can read in the cowshed in our village, and they just come here."
"I say, Zhang Wumei, your son isn't cut out for this, and you're being mean to him. How can studying be useless? Without studying, you wouldn't even be able to write your own name."
Zhang Wumei retorted, "So what if you can write your name? If you can't, you can still use your fingerprints. What's the point of us country folk learning so many characters?"
Grandma Fu's face was filled with disapproval. "Let's not even talk about the distant ones, let's just talk about the village scorekeeper. You can't read or count, how can you get this job?"
A young woman nearby joined in the discussion, "It's not that great. When they hire workers in the city, they have to be able to read. You still have to go to school."
"I haven't seen people from the city recruiting workers from our village. Who in every household in the village goes to the city to work as a worker?" Zhang Wumei and Zhang Wunai retorted unyieldingly.
After saying this, everyone fell silent. Zhang Wumei won and was very proud of herself.
An Jingzhi has been here for two years, and has completed his high school studies step by step in these two years.
The original owner was born in this small village. Because he was good at studying and good-looking, after graduating from high school, he boasted that he had found a job in the city and would stay in the city as a worker. The educated youth in the village took notice of him. Fed up with the days of working in the fields, the two successfully got married with the intentional introduction of the female educated youth.
Even though the whole family opposed it, the original owner still insisted on his own way. As the most promising child in the family, he was forgiven by everyone.
There was the betrothal gift, and the money to build a house. He was already in debt, and later on, he was even more in debt.
After getting married, she realized that everything An Jingzhi said was a lie. He could not be a worker in the city, and she married him so that he could work in the city. However, she did not expect that after getting married, he still had to go to the fields to earn work points. She was resentful and complained all day long.
After the college entrance examination was resumed, she divorced him after she was admitted to university. She even left without caring about the child they had given birth to.
But the original owner was also a scoundrel and would definitely not let it go like this.
In fact, he had spread the news that the educated youth could go to the city to work as a worker in order to lure the female educated youth into taking the bait. She wanted to leave just like that, and of course he didn't want that.
Their village was able to find out each other's food relationship and knew where the female student was admitted to. He went directly to the other party's university. The school soon found out about their affair, and the school finally expelled the female student.
In the end, the original owner successfully brought back the female educated youth, and the two returned to the poor mountain village and became a couple of enemies for the rest of their lives.
It is hard for An Jingzhi to say who is good and who is bad. He can only say that both of them want to use each other, and the grudge between them has dragged down the entire family.
After the original owner was exposed, in order to please the female educated youth and make her follow him steadily, he kept asking for money from his family. He had been studying all the time, and he couldn't carry anything on his shoulders or lift anything with his hands. He couldn't do any farm work, and he had to support another woman. He was also very picky about what he ate. They couldn't even earn their own food and were completely supported by the extended family.
He was originally assigned an accounting job, but he was so focused on the female educated youth that he didn't pay attention at all. He also miscalculated the village's work points, and was eventually removed from his position.
The couple together sucked the blood of the whole family.
"Grandma, I'm back!"
As soon as he put down his bicycle, An Jingzhi shouted towards the house, but after shouting for a long time he realized that there was no one at home.
In the past, whenever he came back, he would be welcomed by the whole family. The original owner was studying in town, and because the distance was too far, he would only come back once a month. Every time he came back, his family would prepare a sumptuous meal for him.
Although it was just an ordinary and even shabby side dish for An Jingzhi, it was everything the An family had.
After taking a look around and finding no one at home, An Jingzhi walked out of the house as if he knew the way, and walked along the village path to his destination. Sure enough, he saw a group of old ladies chatting.
The gathering place for the old ladies in the village is the village entrance and the drying yard in the village. Not only the old ladies live here, but almost all the old and young in the village like to stay here.
A sharp-eyed old lady spotted An Jingzhi from a distance and nudged Xu Yanfen's arm, saying, "Isn't this Jingzhi? Your Jingzhi is back? It's not holiday time yet."
Xu Yanfen immediately stopped her needlework, stood up and waved happily to An Jingzhi.
Xu Yanfen raised her three sons alone and helped all three of them get married.
I heard that he killed Japanese devils when he was young.
Everyone in the village respected her very much, and because the original owner could read, she had extraordinary prestige among the old ladies.
An Jingzhi took two steps at a time and quickly stepped forward. He skillfully found a small stool and sat down among the old ladies. "Grandma."
Then he politely greeted several old ladies.
The old ladies asked with a smile, "Is the school on vacation?"
"Yes, it's not time yet, why are you back today?"
An Jingzhi acted well-behaved and politely replied, "It's graduation time, and there's nothing to do at school, so I came back first. I've already finished my exams."
Xu Yanfen patted him happily with a proud look on her face, "Great! From now on, our Jingzhi will be a high school student!"
"So Jingzhi, what are your plans after you graduate from high school?"
Even Xu Yanfen was a little nervous, and everyone was looking at An Jingzhi.
An Jingzhi has always been a popular marriage candidate in the village. His family is ordinary, similar to others, but he is handsome and well-educated, and many young wives and girls in the village like him.
It is true that many of the educated youth were good-looking, but they were not the same kind of people as the villagers after all. In recent years, there have been many cases of educated youth using their connections to return to the city and abandon their wives and children.
It’s better to find a local who knows you well.
"Grandma, I haven't decided yet. Jobs in the city are all assigned to specific positions. How can it be easy to find one?" An Jingzhi replied with a smile.
Hearing this, Xu Yanfen felt a little disappointed, but then she cheered up and comforted her grandson.
"It's okay, it's okay. Our Jingzhi is such a good person. If he can't find a job, he can go back to the village and work. Isn't old man Zhao so old that he can't even see numbers clearly? It will be the same if you take his job."
The old man Zhao that Xu Yanfen mentioned is the village accountant. He is almost seventy years old and is still in good health, but his eyesight is not good. It is difficult to get a pair of glasses these days, and even if they can, they are not willing to spend the money.
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