When Yan Ci saw Lin Xiao's appearance, his face turned as black as ink.
Bai Wenyi smiled awkwardly and put a piece of food in Lin Xiao's bowl: "Lin Xiao, quickly try my sister's cooking."
Lin Xiao snapped out of his daze, picked up his chopsticks and started eating, praising Bai Xiaoyue's cooking as he ate.
His words were as sweet as honey, making Bai Xiaoyue laugh out loud.
After lunch, everyone put down their bowls and chopsticks, and Chang Le and Ru Yi went to the kitchen to clean up.
Yan Ci then stood up and said to Bai Wenyi, "Let's go, I'll see you out."
Bai Wenyi had no choice but to get up and leave.
Bai Xiaoyue wanted to persuade him to stay, but Yan Ci told his wife, "They're busy."
Seeing Yan Ci's bad expression, Bai Wenyi immediately said to Bai Xiaoyue, "Yes, we have something to do." Then, he grabbed Lin Xiao and left.
Lin Xiao stepped out of the courtyard and protested to Bai Wenyi, "Brother Wen, I'm not busy."
Bai Wenyi was so angry he almost fell over: "Lin Xiao, you went to freeload a meal, but instead of eating properly, why are you staring at that girl?"
Lin Xiao protested, "Brother Wen, everyone has a love for beauty, can't I even look?"
Bai Wenyi warned, "Lin Xiao, keep your tricks to yourself, or you might lose your eyes."
After Bai Wenyi and Lin Xiao left, Yan Ci said to Bai Xiaoyue, "In the future, when Wenyi comes to visit, don't open the door. If he has something to say, let him talk outside."
Bai Xiaoyue asked, completely bewildered, "Aci, what's wrong? Did he offend you?"
Yan Ci was displeased and spoke in an unfriendly tone: "Just tell me, can you do it?"
Seeing that Yan Ci was unhappy, Bai Xiaoyue quickly said, "Yes, definitely."
She wasn't stupid enough to go against Yan Ci when he was angry.
Although I have doubts, now is not the time to get to the bottom of it.
To distract Yan Ci, Bai Xiaoyue asked him, "Aci, what did Xiaosong want with you this morning?"
Yan Ci knew he couldn't take his anger out on his wife, so he calmed himself down and talked about the progress of Yan Xiaosong and Luo Xiaowei.
Bai Xiaoyue was overjoyed: "Xiaosong has finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel, congratulations!"
It wasn't until evening, when the two were lying on the kang (a heated brick bed), that Bai Xiaoyue, nestled in Yan Ci's arms, asked, "A-Ci, why are you unhappy today?"
Yan Ci gently patted his wife's back: "Wife, I'm not doing this to you."
I noticed that Lin Xiao's gaze towards Chang Le and Ru Yi was off; I'll keep an eye on him in the future.
The little girl is naive and inexperienced. That Lin Xiao has a very sweet tongue; children, don't be fooled by his flattery.
Bai Xiaoyue suddenly looked up: "Really? Then I have to be careful, Chang Le and Ru Yi are at the age of being naive and innocent."
Especially since Lin Xiao is good at sweet-talking people and handsome too.
Yan Ci asked, word by word, "Wife, what did you say?"
Bai Xiaoyue was startled; Aci's tone was dangerous!
She immediately blinked and changed her tune: "I meant he was glib, a wolf in sheep's clothing, and even dared to make a move on our child."
Yan Ci glanced at his wife and said, "You said he's handsome."
Bai Xiaoyue immediately hugged Yan Ci and kissed him: "Slip of the tongue, my A-Ci is the most handsome."
Although Yan Ci was satisfied, he kept his lips tightly closed and refused to speak.
Seeing that Yan Ci was still angry, Bai Xiaoyue tried everything she could to cheer him up.
Yan Ci finally couldn't resist, rolled over and pinned his wife down to begin their exciting nightlife.
With the villagers' clothes finished, there was nothing left to do, and the house returned to its usual tranquility.
The children were free to do as they pleased. Xiaobai and Changle were either reading, listening to the radio, or playing and laughing.
Ruyi loves doing handicrafts, and her needlework skills improve day by day.
Yan Ci read books, Bai Xiaoyue wrote things; their days were peaceful and beautiful.
Time passed slowly and steadily until the spring of 1973.
Bai Xiaoyue only wanted to make new clothes for her fellow villagers, but she didn't expect to have such an unexpected gain.
The Hongxing Production Brigade was once again recognized as an advanced brigade, and Uncle Bai and Ye Jianguo beamed with joy as they shared the good news with everyone.
Moreover, it is said that because of the good welfare benefits last year, it is easier for young men in the village to find wives this year.
Taking advantage of the village officials' good mood, Bai Xiaoyue suggested to them that the village set up another small garment processing factory.
Ye Jianguo and Uncle Bai hesitated for a moment.
Bai Xiaoyue began to persuade several village officials:
"Look, you see, there's hardly any cost to set up a garment factory."
A few sewing machines will suffice. If any commune members have their own sewing machines, they can bring them over to use first. We can buy more once the factory makes a profit!
Workers do it during their off-season, so it doesn't interfere with the harvest during the busy farming season.
Whether it will generate profits is another matter, but at least it can solve the members' clothing problem.
Besides, we still have a lot of fabric left over from making clothes for the New Year. We can't just leave it there; we have to use it and turn it into money, right?
Bai Xiaoyue shared her idea and asked the village officials to consider and discuss it.
She slowly strolled to the big locust tree, wanting to listen to the aunties chatting.
She saw Wen Tong holding her youngest son, listening intently, and was also curious about what the aunties were talking about.
It turns out it really was big news. Before the Lunar New Year, on the very day the village distributed welfare benefits, Li Xinru received a letter from Beijing and asked the village secretary for leave to go back to Beijing.
Spring planting is just around the corner, but he hasn't returned yet.
"Yan Yugang married a former educated youth, and he wouldn't even let her go with him when she went back to her parents' home."
"That educated youth Li has been gone for so long, I'm afraid he won't be coming back."
"He's just unlucky. He's been married to this educated youth, Li, for over two years, but they still don't have a child."
"Li Zhiqing got pregnant several times, but never reached full term."
"People used to say Yan Yugang was lucky, but I think he must have been incredibly unlucky to marry a woman like that."
After listening to the old ladies' discussion, Bai Xiaoyue felt refreshed.
She said to Wen Tong, "Now it's all good. This troublemaker is gone, and our village is a bit quieter."
Wen Tong was also very happy: "Sister, I'm so happy, I never want to see her again."
Both of them felt that it was a great thing that Li Xinru wasn't coming back.
After spring planting was completed, Yan Xiaosong began building his new house.
A few years ago, Bai Wenyi went hunting in the mountains with Yan Ci and saved some money.
Last year he started working as a tractor driver, and he received a monthly allowance of 10 yuan, which he saved for his wedding.
Thinking that he couldn't let Xiaowei suffer, he also built three mud-brick and tile houses.
The day after the new house was completed, he asked Matchmaker Wang to go to the educated youth compound to propose marriage to Luo Xiaowei.
Aunt Yan, Matchmaker Wang, and Yan Xiaosong were together.
They prepared clothes, pants, shoes, socks, six pounds of meat, and 88 yuan for Luo Xiaowei.
The two had already discussed it, and Luo Xiaowei didn't make things difficult for Yan Xiaosong, so she readily agreed.
The wedding date is set for a month from now.
Seeing that the busy farming season was over and summer vacation was approaching, Bai Xiaoyue still hadn't found a clothing processing factory, so she went to find Uncle Bai again.
She asked, "Uncle, what are your thoughts on starting a garment factory?"
Uncle Bai: "Xiaoyue, we need to consider all aspects, it won't be that quick."
Bai Xiaoyue asked, "Uncle, what problem have you encountered?"
Uncle Bai tapped his pipe: "Sigh, it hasn't even started yet, and everyone wants to work in the factory, not do farm work. This won't do!"
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