In the apocalypse, because the satellite was damaged by a meteorite, human communication equipment was almost completely paralyzed, and all infrastructure was being rebuilt.
The human population has drastically decreased, including workers who possess core technologies in various industries.
Without people, technology, or facilities, and facing attacks from ever-evolving zombies and mutated beasts, people lived in dire straits. Just surviving was a struggle, let alone having any entertainment.
Even gossip is a right reserved for the powerful.
However, this time, Ke Meiyu didn't have any of her little followers who would put down stools or hand out sunflower seeds.
She stood outside the crowd, listening intently with curiosity and excitement.
There were several sizable factories in Huayuan Town, and the workers enjoyed exceptionally good benefits at that time, including free movie tickets. Of course, the movie theater wasn't very big, and each time, the factories would randomly select lucky viewers.
The movie that Ke Meiyu and Qin Yuanjiu are going to see today is a newly released film this year. Every showing is sold out, making it a paradise for young men and women to quickly find a partner. As a result, tickets are hard to come by, which has caused a lot of minor friction among the factory workers and between factories.
Li Juanmei is a saleswoman at the supply and marketing cooperative, and her benefits are much better than those of factory workers.
As soon as she got the movie tickets, many people wanted to buy them at high prices, including Geng Xiaoqing, who always wanted to be first in everything.
Geng Xiaoqing took a liking to a handsome young man in the factory and wanted to invite him to the movies, but she begged and pleaded and only managed to get one ticket. So she set her sights on the one in Li Juanmei's hand.
When she couldn't make the purchase, she started badmouthing people everywhere and even exaggerated the Li family's affairs.
Now everyone in town knows that Li's wife hasn't laid a single egg in the three years since she entered the family. Li's family pretends not to care, but in reality, they've started secretly looking for a replacement wife, hoping to quickly push the current wife into the position when she can't withstand the public opinion and leaves.
In just two days, the rumors spread more and more wildly, and even the claim that the Li family had secretly hidden a child outside came to light!
It can be said that as long as the Li family divorces their daughter-in-law, or if anything happens to her, the future of everyone in the Li family will be over. After all, in this era, reputation can almost represent everything.
And that's not all. Geng Xiaoqing's father actually had his eye on Li Juanmei's mother back then, and they were about to get engaged. But for the sake of his own future, Geng's father turned around and married his boss's petty and boastful daughter.
Li's mother also married her current husband. Li's father was exceptionally capable and became the director of the county supply and marketing cooperative, which benefited all of Li's close relatives, who all received lucrative positions.
The feud between the two families thus began!
Another interesting story is that Li Juanmei went to work at the Qianzhuang Market Supply and Marketing Cooperative right after graduating from high school.
The little girl was fair-skinned and beautiful. She came from a well-off family and had never experienced hardship. She was an innocent girl who didn't know the dangers of the world.
She naturally became a prime target, attracting Geng Xiaoqing's second brother and the handsome young man Geng Xiaoqing admired.
Thus, the grudges of the older generation were passed on to the younger generation.
Ke Meiyu was completely confused; in short, a movie ticket led to a bloodbath...
As expected, novels are based on real life! There's no limit to how melodramatic it can get.
She didn't know when Qin Yuanjiu was standing next to her with a bag of roasted melon seeds, glutinous rice sticks, rice crackers, and milk candy.
Ke Meiyu hugged him, crunching away as she ate, quietly sharing the news she had received with him, her voice tinged with indignation.
Qin Yuanjiu lowered his eyes, seemingly not listening to a word.
The system suddenly chimed in: "Congratulations, host, for activating the hidden side quest 'Harmony Brings Prosperity'!"
"The host helped the Li family overcome the crisis of rumors and found a partner worthy of entrusting one's life to for the sixth generation of philanthropist Li Juanmei. Reward: 1000 Peace Points!"
"Aren't you surprised? Aren't you happy? The host can punish evil and promote good, and also earn a large amount of peace points!"
Ke Meiyu was taken aback. How did watching the commotion turn into such a frenzy?
"What's wrong?" The chattering little woman suddenly stopped, and Qin Yuanjiu turned his head to look at her.
"It's nothing," Ke Meiyu coughed twice, "I choked on a sunflower seed."
As soon as she finished speaking, a military canteen was handed to her.
Ke Meiyu looked at Qin Yuanjiu with surprise, feeling that this villain was being portrayed in a strange way.
She actually sensed a hint of warmth and gentleness from him.
Is he holding back a big surprise?
Ke Meiyu nervously accepted the water, her eyes constantly fixed on him. She took a sip of water, the temperature just right, with the unique sweetness of honey, which relieved the dry chill of late autumn.
The two groups of girls refused to give way to each other, and just as the movie was about to start, they angrily pushed and shoved their way in and sat on either side of the aisle.
Ke Meiyu and Qin Yuanjiu's movie tickets were right behind Li Juanmei's.
Ke Meiyu nudged the person in front of her.
Li Juanmei turned her head to the side, her pretty face still trying to put on an angry and fierce expression.
But when she saw Ke Meiyu, she turned around in surprise, "Comrade Ke, you're here to watch a movie too?"
After saying that, she nudged her sister-in-law and friend next to her, "Xiaomai, sister-in-law, this is the village beauty, Comrade Xiao Ke, whom I told you about!"
"See? I wasn't wrong. Comrade Xiao Ke is breathtakingly beautiful!"
Ke Meiyu was wearing a newly bought camel-colored short wool coat, a white turtleneck sweater underneath, black straight-leg pants, and a bright red scarf around her neck.
Her jet-black hair was only half-braided, the rest soft and smooth, flowing down, giving her the elegant and exquisite beauty of a female student from the Republican era.
Even in the dimly lit cinema, she was still as beautiful as a radiant being, her smiling eyes sparkling with starlight.
The two women nodded in amazement, "Hello, Comrade Ke!"
Ke Meiyu chuckled softly and said, "Hello, Comrade Xiaomai, hello, sister-in-law!"
"What are you doing, Li Juanmei and Dong Ermai? Don't you have any manners? We're watching a movie, what are you saying!" Geng Xiaoqing shouted loudly. "You're supposed to be sales clerks at the supply and marketing cooperative? You're a disgrace to the people of Huayuan Town."
Actually, as soon as the movie started, there was a cacophony of noise from people cracking sunflower seeds, talking, coughing, and sniffling.
Ke Meiyu and the others deliberately kept their voices down so as not to disturb anyone.
Geng Xiaoqing was targeting them, but they couldn't afford to yell back at her regardless of the situation.
Li Juanmei was both ashamed and angry, and her eyes turned red.
Ke Meiyu frowned as she watched Geng Xiaoqing smugly celebrating her victory, and whispered to Li Juanmei, "Comrade Li, she's just jealous of you. Dealing with someone like her is simple: just live your own life well, and you'll make her jealous to death!"
Li Juanmei was taken aback. "She's jealous of me?"
“Yes,” Ke Meiyu said seriously, “I’m not only jealous of you, I’m also jealous of your sister-in-law!”
The three women in front of them were a little confused. "Comrade Ke, it's possible that Geng Xiaoqing is jealous of me. She's always chasing after Comrade Pan Ronggui, but Comrade Pan Ronggui is from Qianzhuang. He often goes to the store to buy things and has been seen by the crazy Geng Xiaoqing."
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