Chapter 168: Not in Hand

The two walked to a dilapidated pavilion. Zhou Chengye looked at the nervous girl and said directly, "Gao Zhiqing, I am Zhou Chengye, born in May 1944, graduated from Beijing University. I like you and want to be your partner."

Gao Qingmei had calmed down. She looked at Zhou Chengye and asked word by word, "Are you sure you really like me? Are you not old enough to find someone to marry?"

She admitted that Zhou Chengye was an excellent person, and that such a person would be a top figure among the younger generation even in Shanghai.

She was also moved.

But she still needs to find out whether this man really likes her or is just looking for a partner for the purpose of marriage.

Zhou Chengye quickly explained: "My family doesn't ask me to get married right now, so there is no such thing as finding a partner just for the sake of getting married."

"I wanted to date you only after I met you. Of course, all this was done with the intention of marrying you and spending the rest of my life with you."

Zhou Chengye looked serious, with a hint of solemnity in his brows: "Comrade Gao Qingmei, I take this matter very seriously, and there is no element of joking in this."

Gao Qingmei could see that he was serious and was moved, so she nodded without pretending, "Okay, I promise."

Zhou Chengye thought he had heard it wrong, so he asked again carefully: "You, you really agreed?"

"Of course, I am serious too." Gao Qingmei smiled and looked at the man who was a head taller than her: "From today on, I am your target."

Even if she returned to Shanghai, she might not be able to find a man as outstanding and kind as Zhou Chengye.

Just as Wan Qing said, if you like it, just bring it home.

Good things should be kept within the family.

Yu Wanqing and others saw Zhou Chengye and Gao Qingmei walking side by side, talking and laughing. Everyone looked at each other and started laughing.

Zhang Tiesheng went to Gao Sheng's ear and whispered a few words. The young man's eyes lit up and he ran towards Gao Qingmei and the others: "Aunt, aunt, is Uncle Zhou going to be my uncle-in-law?"

Gao Qingmei's face instantly turned red when she heard this.

Zhou Chengye picked up Gao Sheng with one hand and said with a smile, "Yes, after I marry your aunt, I will be your uncle-in-law."

As for whether they will separate?

Zhou Chengye felt that it was something that did not exist.

Since I have chosen Gao Qingmei, I will not let her slip away from me.

At noon the next day, Zhou Chengye invited the educated youth to have lunch at a state-owned hotel. After the meal, he pushed his bicycle to take them out of the city to ride on a ox cart.

He handed one package to Yu Wanqing and one to Gao Qingmei, and said to them, "This is the New Year's goods I prepared for you. I will be back in the afternoon of the 29th."

Yu Wanqing nodded: "Then I will make more dinner, and Qingmei and Xiaosheng will come home to eat together."

"Thank you for your hard work, Xiaowu." Zhou Chengye secretly thought about going back early and trying not to let Xiaowu cook.

Everyone went to the ox cart first, leaving some space for Gao Qingmei and Zhou Chengye.

Uncle Chen Qi saw this and looked at Huo Lanci: "What's going on?"

There's something wrong with Chengye Boy and Gao Zhiqing.

Huo Lanci smiled and said, "These two are a match."

Uncle Chen Qi was a little surprised, but then he thought, this educated youth also came from a big city and was a high school student. His family was well-off, he was good-looking, gentle, and tactful in dealing with people. He had a good reputation in the brigade.

He said, "Not bad, not bad."

He racked his brains to say something nice, but due to his limited knowledge, Uncle Chen Qi felt that he didn't know how to comment other than to say "good".

Only Jing'er was watching the two little kids laughing happily.

After returning home, Yu Wanqing wrote a letter to tell her parents that her second brother and the educated youth Gao were dating.

Huo Lanci looked at her writing two pages of letter paper and asked curiously, "What else did you write?"

Yu Wanqing handed him the letter with a faint smile: "Besides talking about my second brother, it also talks about our current living conditions."

After reading it, Huo Lanci smiled and said, "Auntie mentioned Gao Zhiqing when she came last time. Now her wish has come true."

"Yes, mother will be very happy when she knows this." Yu Wanqing thought secretly in her heart: Third brother's good days are coming to an end.

My second brother has a partner now, so he won’t be far from getting married.

Once my second brother gets married, my parents will definitely turn their attention to my third brother.

I won’t force him to get married, but I will definitely nag him in his ear.

"Sister Yu, Brother Huo, the captain asked me to inform you to go to the main force for a meeting later." Tiger Sister stood outside the door and said with a smile: "I heard that they are planning to go hunting in the mountains before the New Year."

Hu Mei usually followed the educated youth in training. She was sweet-talking, hardworking, and not afraid of hardship, so the educated youth liked her very much.

She also likes going to the educated youth site recently.

Yu Wanqing smiled and said, "Okay, we got it. Let's get over it."

"Then I'll go inform the others."

Yu Wanqing looked at Hu Mei's back and said slowly, "I don't know when the electricity will be available."

If there is electricity, we can get a loudspeaker in the brigade. If anything happens, we can turn on the loudspeaker at the brigade headquarters to notify everyone.

"I've already applied." Huo Lanci said slowly, "I think we can start working after the Chinese New Year."

Yu Wanqing's eyes lit up: "Really?"

Huo Lanci closed the door and nodded: "It's true."

After they closed the door, other educated youth arrived and went to the brigade headquarters as a group.

Ye Shulan said: "In previous years, we would go hunting in the mountains on the 20th. This year, we have to dig a reservoir, so the hunting will be postponed to tomorrow morning."

"After the meeting, you will have to prepare dry food for the mountains. You will stay in the mountains for one night. Behind the educated youth site are endless mountains. If you get lost in the mountains, you may not be able to get out for a long time. So after you enter the mountains, you must not separate from the local members."

Upon hearing this, everyone agreed.

During the meeting, the topic was organizing the brigade members and educated youth to go into the mountains to hunt. In addition to a few forest rangers, another fifty people had to be selected to go into the mountains.

Finally, you sign up yourself, and then the brigade decides who will go.

All the male educated youth and Zhang Hongqi at the educated youth site were selected. After deciding the number of people, Zhou Ping'an asked everyone to go back and prepare two days' worth of dry food and set off at eight o'clock tomorrow morning.

In the evening, when Yu Wanqing was preparing dry food, Huo Lanci went to Beishan and asked Xue Kun to pay attention to the safety of Beishan. He also reminded several elders to try not to go into the mountain and not to separate.

I’m afraid someone will take advantage of the opportunity to break in.

After getting the promise from Kang Lao and others, Huo Lanci went into the mountain again and asked Bian Hanhai and others to be more vigilant and not let others take advantage of them.