When asked the question suddenly, Su Nan was stunned for a moment and shook his head honestly.
So next, Su Nan was forced to listen to the story for half an hour.
Huang Pingping was betrothed since she was a child. It was arranged by her grandfather. It is said that the other party was a teammate who participated in the battle with her at that time.
The two met too late in the revolutionary ranks and hit it off right away. They wanted to pass on this friendship to their descendants. Coincidentally, the elder brother's family had a boy and a girl, so they arranged a marriage for the two babies who were still in swaddling clothes.
They also solemnly exchanged tokens and signed a written agreement.
However, during the war, the two had to separate due to personnel transfers. One stayed in the northwest, and the other returned to his hometown, Xiaojia Village.
We lost contact for a while, but later reconnected. The two families still interacted quite frequently, but after the death of the elders of both families, the relationship gradually faded.
But the engagement was still ongoing, and Huang Pingping was stubborn, thinking that she would be her future husband's person in life and his ghost in death, and she had to marry him no matter what.
So, she thought it was time to send a photo of herself to the other party so that he could see what his future wife looked like, so she went to the county town to take photos.
When she attended another wedding, she saw the bride's makeup and thought it was beautiful, so she asked Su Nan to do her makeup.
After listening to the whole story, Su Nan was a little confused as to why some people would attach so much importance to the child marriage that only existed in the feudal period, and even go to the extent of not marrying anyone else.
Moreover, according to Huang Pingping, the two parties had never met each other, and the man's ambiguous attitude probably meant that he had no intention of marrying her.
Because if the man really wanted to fulfill the marriage contract, he would not wait until Huang Pingping was ten years old and still not express his intention.
Don't think that ten years old is very young. This is not the future, this is the 1970s. Girls in rural and urban areas generally get married very early. Ten years old is already considered an older leftover woman. People of the same age may have two children in three years.
"Do you really have to marry him?" Su Nan pondered for a moment, and decided to rescue this stubborn girl, no, it should be said that she was a little stupid.
Hearing this, Huang Pingping clapped her hands and said affirmatively, "Of course. After I send the photos this time, I will take the train to find him."
"Go find him?" Su Nan widened his eyes in shock.
"Yes, is it not possible? Although I have never traveled far, I believe I can find the right place." Huang Pingping was very dissatisfied with Su Nan's fuss.
“…” My goodness, this guy is so ruthless.
Su Nan pursed her lips, and her eyes changed unconsciously when she looked at Huang Pingping. This girl was really brave. She actually dared to go to the northwest alone to find her fiancé, a fiancé she had never met.
"Do your family members agree?"
"I agree. They support me."
"You have to think it over carefully. This is not a trivial matter. What if you meet a bad guy on the road?" Su Nan felt that he still had to remind her.
"Don't worry, there are people our family knows on the train who will take care of you." Huang Pingping patted Su Nan's shoulder and gave her a reassuring look.
"Okay then." What else could Su Nan do? The other party had already considered everything. Saying anything more would be futile.
"Su Zhiqing, I'm getting ready to leave for the county town."
"Then I'll go back to the educated youth point first." Su Nan understood that this was a disguised form of "expelling him", so he stood up and said goodbye.
She carried the bamboo box back to the educated youth site. There was no one there at that time, as everyone had gone to work. She had a rare moment of peace and quiet, so she threw herself on the bed and closed her eyes.
After a few seconds, he suddenly remembered the box of vanishing cream that had disappeared inexplicably, so he locked the doors and windows and slipped into the space.
Things that do not belong to this space will not return to their original places, so Su Nan placed them all in an open space not far from the Lingquan Pool.
But after searching for a long time, I still couldn't find the small iron box.
"Strange, where did I put it?" Su Nan scratched his forehead and frowned tightly.
Did she drop it accidentally? But she clearly remembered putting it in the bamboo box after work that day.
It’s so annoying. I was already short of a small tin box, and now another one is missing. It’s so unlucky.
Su Nan slipped out of the space and lay on the bed. He couldn't fall asleep for a long time. His mind and eyes were full of the missing box of vanishing cream.
Even when everyone came back from work in the afternoon, she was still feeling rather glum.
"Sister Xiaoyu, my heart hurts so much." Su Nan ran into Liu Yu's arms with a delicate voice.
The others were standing in the yard cleaning the mud off their feet. When they heard Su Nan's words, they couldn't help but look at them.
Liu Yu was also frightened and quickly caught Su Nan's light body. Before he could ask, he saw a tall figure walking towards him in two steps and asked anxiously, "What's going on?"
Zhou Rang's brows were furrowed tightly, his face full of worry. If you looked closely, you would find that his hands were trembling slightly.
"I, I'm fine." Su Nan shook his head.
The moment he heard her denial, Zhou Rang felt his tense nerves snap, and his heart, which had been in his throat, calmed down, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"What's wrong?" Liu Yu asked hurriedly.
"My vanishing cream is missing. I've looked everywhere for it, but I still can't find it." Su Nan pouted, her eyes drooping slightly, as if she was about to cry out in the next second.
As soon as he finished speaking, a "bang" sound was heard not far away, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.
The basin of water that Yang Fengduan was carrying fell to the ground with a loud noise, and the water in the basin spilled all over the floor.
"Ouch, I just told you to be careful, why did you still fall?" Zhong Xiaodie on the side hurriedly stepped forward to help Yang Feng pick up the basin, cursing under her breath.
So everyone turned their eyes away again.
"Ah, that thing is not cheap. Everyone, please help me find it later." Liu Yu came back to his senses, turned around and asked for help.
"Okay, we'll definitely help look for it."
"Comrade Su, please look for it again. Maybe there are some corners that we haven't found yet."
"It's better to pack up such valuables."
The female educated youth talked to each other one after another, which livened up the atmosphere. Some of them even went back to the dormitory to help find it. They were very enthusiastic.
"Thank you." Su Nan was moved and a smile appeared on his lips.
So the educated youth team launched a "search and find operation", but unfortunately, they still didn't find the box of vanishing cream in the end.
Su Nan sighed in disappointment and leaned against the door with a frown on his face.
Zhou Rang, who was not far away, took everything in. He had an idea in his mind and decided to go and see how Zheng Guangming was doing. He could also see if there was any cold cream or something like that to buy to cheer him up.
Thinking of this, he turned around and left the educated youth site and walked towards the team leader's house.
"Can you please not feel so guilty?" Zhong Xiaodie pinched her nose and squatted in the corner of the toilet. Opposite her squatted Yang Feng, who looked anxious.
"I can't control myself." Yang Feng scratched his palm, looking nervous.
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