Chapter 27: Guaguaguaguagua, can you sell some to me?
Because of Lin Yanyan's behavior, no one said anything for a long time.
Xiang Yao was happy to be quiet, but she also had something on her mind.
Last night I collected some peanuts that I had recently picked, a pile of dried ones and a pile of fresh ones, and picked seven or eight big watermelons. Not only that, I also went to a melon field farther away to pick some bright red tomatoes.
When we get to the county town later, we have to find the black market first. We should be careful to avoid the red armbands and find the right customers to trade with.
She only had a small bamboo basket, so even if she wanted to sell the fruits and vegetables in the melon field, she had to sell them in batches and little by little. This was not an easy task.
Xiang Yao didn't say anything, and neither did the two educated youth. However, Wu Laizi felt that the atmosphere was a little too quiet, so he spoke.
"Is Ding, the educated youth from your educated youth group, going to have a relationship with Liu Xiaotao from the Liu family in our team?"
Weng Yuhong frowned slightly: "Ding Youzhi?"
Wu Laizi laughed: "Oh, how many people with the last name Ding are there in your educated youth camp?"
Weng Yuhong: "Just one."
Wu Laizi: "That's him, isn't it? I only know his name is Ding Zhiqing, but I don't know his full name."
Weng Yuhong asked in confusion, "But why is Ding Youzhi so close to Liu Xiaotao..."
She had been in Shitang Brigade for so many years and knew more people in the entire brigade than Xiang Yao. After thinking about it, she never thought that she had seen any intersection between these two people.
Xiang Yao rolled her eyes. She knew Liu Xiaotao. She was the granddaughter of Zhao Erhua, the neighbor of the Xiang family.
She often saw this girl, who had a personality similar to her original self, always quiet and gentle. Sometimes she would wash clothes in the yard, and sometimes she would pick vegetables in the vegetable garden.
When he saw Xiang Yao, he pursed his lips and smiled, but even though their families lived so close, the two of them didn't become good friends.
However, Xiang Yao guessed that it was Zhao Erhua who did not allow the younger generation of the Liu family to have any contact with their family.
This old lady really holds a grudge! She and Zhang Juhua have been hating each other all their lives!
I didn't expect that the girl had quietly fallen in love with the educated youth.
Xiang Yao asked, "When did this happen? I never heard anything about it. Liu Xiaotao is my neighbor!"
Given Zhao Erhua's personality, if there was any happy event in Old Liu's family, she would probably have already shown off loudly in the yard.
When Lin Yanyan heard this, she had no intention of paying attention to others, but she couldn't help but interrupt:
"How could Ding Youzhi be with Liu Xiaotao? I saw him walking with Zhang Xuemei the other day. They were even talking, and Zhang Xuemei blushed!"
Xiang Yao was a little excited. What Lin Yanyan said sounded like gossip!
Wu Laizi drove the ox cart seriously, without even turning his head: "I heard it from Sister Zhao! She's Grandma Liu Xiaotao, so she shouldn't be talking nonsense."
Xiang Yao pressed the issue, "Uncle Wu, did Grandma Zhao say that? What did she say?"
Wu Laizi said, "A few days ago, your grandmother Zhao came to my house to borrow a shovel. She said she wanted to shovel the ground next to her house and level it so she could set up a table. I asked her why she had to set up a table when no one was celebrating her birthday at home."
Xiang Yao said: "What did our Grandma Zhao say?"
Wu Laizi: "It's said that her daughter Xiaotao is dating Ding Zhiqing and they're about to get married. Shouldn't the family make preparations first?"
As he spoke, he sighed: "She was so happy, saying that Xiaotao had married a cultured man, and that if they had children in the future, they would also be cultured people."
Lin Yanyan said disdainfully, "Ding Youzhi only graduated from junior high school. How can he be considered an educated person?"
Only the country people would think that these educated youth who went to the countryside to work were all educated people, but in fact, a considerable number of them had not even attended high school, and even during the years they were in school, they had not actually taken many serious cultural classes.
Wu Laizi smiled innocently, "That's also an educated person. There aren't many people in our brigade who have finished junior high school, and there are even fewer who have finished high school like Yao girl."
In the entire brigade, there are less than ten people who have graduated from high school.
There is more than one student in the Xiang family who is in high school, there are two little girls at once. I don’t know how many families in the team can’t understand this!
If he were to say, if someone is willing to let their daughter read to it, then let her read it. It doesn't bother anyone else in any way, so why is there any need to be so sour about it?
However, Wu Laizi was actually being polite. When Zhao Erhua said Ding Zhiqing was an educated person, he thought he had also attended high school.
Now that there are more educated people on this team, junior high school students are no longer so valuable...
Alas, he originally thought that this was a lively and happy event, and this topic would definitely trigger a heated discussion between the two educated youths. Unexpectedly, both of them reacted in a wrong way.
Is there really something wrong with this educated young man Ding?
When Xiang Yaojian mentioned himself, he smiled modestly and said, "Well, I couldn't finish high school, so it's equivalent to graduating from junior high school."
At the back of the car, Lin Yanyan and Weng Yuhong, both high school graduates, also knew that Xiang Yao had also been in high school before. After hearing what Wu Laizi said and Xiang Yao's polite words, Lin Yanyan's eyes flashed with disdain, while Weng Yuhong felt quite regretful.
It is much more convenient and easier for children in the city to study than in the countryside. The fact that Xiang Yao can go to high school and has good grades shows that she is a very good seedling.
However, one thing is that it is extremely difficult for these educated youth who went to the countryside to return to the city by following the path of workers, peasants and soldiers. However, children from local rural areas have much more chances of being recommended by the school to go to university after graduating from high school.
I heard that the Xiang family didn't allow her to finish her studies. What a pity...
Xiang Yao herself didn't feel anything. She had already traveled into a book, so she didn't really care whether to go to school or not.
What's more, she has already attended college once and has no feelings about college life anymore!
Weng Yuhong knew that she couldn't go too deep into this topic, otherwise it would poke a sore spot. She quickly focused her attention on what Lin Yanyan had said before and asked, "Yanyan, what do you think about Ding Youzhi and Zhang Xuemei?"
Lin Yanyan touched her braid and said, "How would I know what's going on? I only know that they've been walking together for a while. I've seen them strolling side by side after dinner several times."
Weng Yuhong frowned. Normally, if they were not in a relationship, who would take a walk with the opposite sex after dinner?
Xiang Yao thought about Ding Youzhi and immediately judged from his human-like appearance that this man was undoubtedly a sea king.
During the double harvest period, she once carried two large bundles of seedlings to the paddy field and met Ding Youzhi. The man smiled and insisted on helping her, secretly looking at her as if she couldn't see.
Problem!
"I'll have to ask Ding Youzhi when I get back." As the team leader of the educated youth site, Weng Yuhong was very responsible. "We absolutely cannot let him ruin the reputation of our educated youth."
Lin Yanyan had no objection to this. Although she was picky and didn't have much affection for other educated youth, she had a new goal recently and she probably couldn't let anyone interfere with her.
Thinking of the new target, Lin Yanyan couldn't help but glance at Xiang Yao again, her eyes full of resentment.
She even suspected that Nie Baichuan had cruelly rejected her that day because he was seen by others...
If that weren't the case, why would she settle for second best?
Xiang Yao felt this gaze, looked back, and sighed for the second time in his heart -
Problem!
This girl was so pitiful and tearful in the last Country Love picture. It turns out that it was just a limited edition. She is very powerful in private.
Look, his eyes are rolling to the sky.
After a long and arduous journey, we finally arrived at the county town.
Xiang Yao said goodbye to the other three people at a fork in the road. After the three people's backs disappeared, she turned around, recalling Nie Baichuan's previous instructions and asking questions along the way.
"Auntie, do you know which direction Sweet Water Alley leads to?"
When they reached the stone-cutting road, Xiang Yao walked up to a house with its door open and asked an old lady who was crocheting for directions.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished asking, the old lady looked at her warily and said in a rather unfriendly tone, "Why are you asking about Tianshui Lane?"
Xiang Yao curled her eyes and smiled, "I'm looking for a relative. My family said my relative lives in Tianshui Alley, but this is my first time in the city, and I can't find him no matter how hard I try."
The old lady looked Xiang Yao up and down and thought that this girl had a fair and tender face and was obviously not from the country.
What he said was his first time in the city? It was clearly a lie!
She didn't believe it. Maybe the red armband was a disguise to trick her!
"What's Sweet Water Lane or Bitter Water Lane? This county is so big, I don't know," the old lady said calmly, "You should ask someone else."
Xiang Yao could see that the old lady knew about it, but she was obviously unwilling to tell her.
However, this also made her more certain that there must be some secret business in Tianshui Alley that all the locals knew about.
Since the old lady was unwilling to speak, Xiang Yao did not force her and turned to ask people elsewhere.
This time, the question was asked to an older sister with a smile on her face. The older sister also carried a basket and seemed to be going shopping. When she saw Xiang Yao asking about Tianshui Lane, she looked at her warily.
After telling Xiang Yao the same reason as last time, the elder sister's reaction was different.
She leaned closer to Xiang Yao and asked softly, "Sister, what did you bring in this basket? Are they all for your relatives?"
Xiang Yao blinked her eyes and said innocently, "Sister, I think you're a nice person, so I'll tell you the truth. My relative wanted to get some peanuts for his kids as a snack, and I happened to be in town on some business, so I brought some over!"
As to whether it was given away as a gift or sold, she didn't say it directly, but the elder sister still heard it. This was not just a little bit, it was clearly brought here specifically to sell.
The eldest sister's eyes lit up, and she pulled Xiang Yao's arm and said affectionately, "Sister, this basket of yours is full of peanuts. Can you show it to me?"
Peanuts are not popular in Shangfeng County, so they are a rare commodity. It would be wonderful if she could buy some and eat a few of them when she has nothing to do!
Xiang Yao pretended not to understand what she meant, lifted a corner of the cloth on the basket, and showed it to the other party half-to show off and half-to show off enthusiastically.
"Look, these are all grown by my mother with great care! Look, every one of them is plump, not a single one is bad!"
The eldest sister took a breath and stared at the exposed corner of the basket, her eyes full of greed.
She looked around and said cautiously, "Sister, tell me the truth, are you selling these peanuts?"
Xiang Yao didn't expect that business would come before he even entered Tianshui Alley.
She lowered her eyes, as if thinking for a moment: "Sister, actually my relatives don't need so much. My mother also meant that if anyone else wants it, at least we can exchange it for some money!"
The light in the eldest sister's eyes grew brighter: "Can you sell some to me?"
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