Chapter 52 When did you get a partner?
Wen Sining was also surprised. She looked at the thread in Xu Zhiyi's hand. It was her favorite color.
"Sister Xu, do you want to make shoes for me? Sure, sure. I like everything Sister Xu makes!"
Xu Zhiyi smiled helplessly, "As long as you like it."
Wen Si Ning propped up his head, sighed, and muttered to himself, "I just noticed yesterday that my brother has been back for so long, but he's still wearing military boots. Sister Xu, is there a rule that my brother has to wear military boots every day? But I haven't seen him wearing a military uniform all the time."
Xu Zhiyi was stunned. As someone who grew up in Beijing, she knew a lot. She knew that there were no strict requirements on the attire of soldiers when they went home on leave.
So Wen Yun didn't have to wear military boots every day. The only reason why he always wore military boots was that he had no other shoes to wear except military boots.
Xu Zhiyi fell silent. She thought about the time she had lived in the Wen family and how Wen Jun had taken care of her. It shouldn't be too much for her to make a pair of shoes for him as a thank you, right?
She struggled for a long time, and finally mustered up the courage to ask Wen Sining, "Xianxian, do you know the size of your brother's feet?"
"Sister Xu, why are you asking this?" Wen Sining blinked and pretended to be confused even though she knew the truth.
"I thought of making a pair of shoes for your brother as well. After all, I have been bothering you at your house for so many days. I will make a pair of shoes for each of you as a token of my gratitude."
"That's a good idea!" Wen Sining reported a number.
She didn't know Wen Yun's exact foot size, but she was a modern person after all, and her eyes were like a ruler, so she could roughly estimate Wen Yun's foot size.
Xu Zhiyi took note of it. After returning to the educated youth point, she sat on the edge of her bed and began to outline.
It was already noon when they returned. After discussing it together, the educated youth decided to cook a big pot of rice.
They worked in pairs, with one educated youth responsible for cooking and the other for washing dishes, and they took turns doing so every day.
Two male educated youth are in charge today. There is a noisy sound coming from the kitchen outside the house. It is obvious that they have never done housework.
The other two female educated youth sat by the bed and chatted.
"It was really scary to see Jiayue like that today. In just ten days, Jiayue has completely changed."
"It seems like working on a farm is tough. Do you think if we stay here any longer, we'll end up like Jiayue?"
It is girls' nature to love beauty. When talking about topics related to appearance, both of their expressions changed.
They looked at their arms and faces, and they were a whole degree darker than when they first arrived!
The same goes for their faces. When they first arrived, their faces were like peeled eggs, smooth and white.
And now? Not peeled eggs, but steamed eggs!
Not only is it bumpy, but there are also many spots!
They simply couldn't accept themselves now, and both of them panicked and spoke incoherently.
"What should we do? If we keep doing this, we'll really become old women. Even if we go back to the city, what will happen? Which man will want us?"
"Jiayue was so beautiful when she first came here, but now she's become like this. We will only be worse than her. No, we can't farm this field anymore."
But they were educated youth sent to the countryside. How could they not do farm work?
What should I do so that I don’t have to work and can wait peacefully for the day when I can return to the city?
They thought about it for a long time, and finally, one of the female educated youth came up with a good idea.
"I think if it really doesn't work out, we should just find a reliable man in the village and marry him. As long as he treats us well and doesn't want us to work, can't we just wait peacefully for the day when we can return to the city?"
"When the time comes, as soon as we return to the city, we'll end everything in the countryside. No one will know about our past in the countryside, and the people in their village can't leave the town without a letter of introduction. They'll be trapped in the village for the rest of their lives."
After hearing this, another female educated youth also thought that this method was feasible.
Xu Zhiyi didn't want to participate in their discussion, but what they said was simply unbearable for her.
She put down her needlework and asked them, "If the marriage is fake, what if I get pregnant?"
The two female educated youth were stunned for a moment, but they ignored this question.
But soon, they didn't think it was a big problem.
"Of course the child will follow the father. How can we not want their men's offspring? Besides, we are educated youth from the city, and they are a bunch of country folk. The fact that we like them is a blessing for them. They should be secretly happy that we can give them an offspring. Do they really want us to bring a burden with us?"
"Yes, Zhiyi, we women have to think more about ourselves. We will have a better future if we return to the city. Staying here will only ruin our lives."
Xu Zhiyi really wanted to say, by doing this, aren’t they also ruining other people’s lives?
If someone dies again, wouldn’t the child be ruined as well?
The two female educated youth noticed that Xu Zhiyi's face was not right, so they didn't continue the topic. They whispered to each other and walked out of the house together.
It was obvious that they didn't want to talk about the subsequent topic in front of Xu Zhiyi. Who knew if she would turn around and tell the people in the village.
After that, when doing farm work, the two female educated youth would always take turns, one working while the other took leave.
Even when it was their turn to cook, they acted pitiful and said they were feeling unwell.
Xu Zhiyi saw through their little thoughts, but she didn't expose them and just went about her own work.
During these few nights, she could always hear a creaking sound. At first, Xu Zhiyi thought that she was too tired and had auditory hallucinations, but a few days later, the educated youth named Li Hongying suddenly told them that she was going to get married.
It was like a bolt from the blue.
Several educated youth thought that Li Hongying was the girl they had been dating before going to the countryside, and that she was probably planning to get married when she returned to the city, so they all congratulated her.
But the next second, when Li Hongying invited them to her wedding, they were all dumbfounded.
"Hongying, you have a way to go back to the city to get married, but we don't. I'm afraid we will miss this wedding."
"Yes, Hongying, I have something I want to send you back to my mother. Is that okay?"
"Hongying, I want you to help me deliver a letter, is that okay?"
"Hongying, ..."
"Red Ying"
Li Hongying was simply fed up with their questions, so she just gave up and admitted it directly.
"I'm not going back to the city. I'm marrying someone from the village."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present fell silent, and it was the female educated youth who had a good relationship with her who was the first to recover.
"Hongying, when did you get a partner?"
Li Hongying was the female educated youth who proposed to date a man in the village last time. Unexpectedly, in just a few days, she actually found a partner.
The female educated youth named Zhao Yunyan suddenly became eager to do something.
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