She's so unlucky. She's already exhausted from work every day, and then she has to go home and watch Chen Rong put on an act. Tian Gang is like a dog; every time she and Chen Rong have a fight, he jumps in. It's so annoying!
What's most infuriating is that she can't win against them. Even though she's in the right, whenever Chen Rong cries, the other educated youths, though not explicitly saying so, subtly imply that she's wrong.
Fang Yuyan looked at Yun Ling on the side. Her face was rosy, her skin was fair and clear, and her hair was black. She was in even better condition than when she first arrived. Otherwise... she would have married a local too.
The moment the thought crossed her mind, she shook her head violently. No, no, if her parents found out she had settled down in the countryside, they would beat her to death.
"Yunling, do your parents know you married a local?" Fang Yuyan asked gloatingly.
Yunling nodded: "Of course I know, they have no objections."
Once the marriage between the original owner and Qin Chuan was settled, she called her family. Of course, Yun's parents disagreed. How could a nice city girl marry a country man? If they had children in the future, it would be difficult to return to the city.
The original owner also spoke the truth: she couldn't endure the hardship of farming. She fainted many times as soon as she arrived and didn't want to work. Her family couldn't make her return to the city. If she married Qin Chuan, she wouldn't have to live such a hard life. Besides, Qin Chuan didn't like her, and they might get divorced in the future.
When Yun's parents heard that their daughter was suffering, they were heartbroken. The original owner was also acting spoiled and silly. Although they felt that this was not good, they finally agreed and sent the original owner a bright red dress and some money. They also told the original owner to treat Qin Chuan well and not to act spoiled and willful.
Fang Yuyan asked with great interest, "If you can go back to the city in the future, will you still go back?"
Yunling was silent for a while. It was only 1972 now. The college entrance examination was not reinstated until the end of 1977, so it would be a long time.
She sighed and said, "We'll talk about the future later."
Fang Yuyan felt that Yunling was just giving her the runaround and felt a little uncomfortable. She asked with ill intent, "Didn't Aunt Chunyan's daughter go on a blind date with your man a while ago? Why didn't it work out? Tell me, I won't tell anyone else."
Yunling gave her a meaningful look and asked curiously, "Do you think you can succeed on just one blind date?"
Fang Yuyan's expression changed slightly: "Yunling, what do you mean? I'm only concerned about you because we're both former educated youth. Your husband and Aunt Chunyan's daughter grew up together, they're childhood sweethearts. I'm just trying to be helpful, worried that you'll be deceived."
Seeing Fang Yuyan's "I'm doing this for your own good, don't be ungrateful" expression, Yunling felt extremely disgusted. What she hated most was people using the guise of "doing what's best for you" to do disgusting things.
“There are quite a few people of the same age in the whole brigade. We grew up together, so we can be considered childhood sweethearts. What, do you want to ask each of them the reason?” Yunling lowered her voice again and said, “Have you ever heard a saying?”
Fang Yuyan frowned: "What?"
Yunling raised an eyebrow: "Curiosity killed the cat."
If you insist on getting to the bottom of things that others don't want to talk about, it's just tactless and shows extremely low emotional intelligence.
Fang Yuyan immediately became unhappy and kept a stern face the whole way.
Yunling didn't pay any attention and walked briskly home. The courtyard gate was open, and her mother-in-law was sewing shoe soles, while Qin Tao and Qin Yan were playing cat's cradle.
She called out, "Mother, some educated youth have come looking for Father."
Zhang Guihua looked up at the person behind Yunling and shouted loudly into the house, "Old man, someone is looking for you."
After saying that, he stood up, moved a small stool over, and said, "Fang Zhiqing, please sit down first. The old man will be out in a bit."
Fang Yuyan glanced at the dark bench, a hint of disdain flashing in her eyes, and said, "It's okay, I'll just stand here for a while."
Zhang Guihua could tell at a glance that the female educated youth in front of her disliked the dirty bench in her home. That's how benches are in the countryside; they're not painted, and unless they're newly made, they can't be cleaned no matter how much you wipe them.
She said, "Fang Zhiqing can do whatever he wants."
After saying that, he sat down and continued sewing the shoe soles.
After saying hello, Yunling went back to her room, opened the window, and leaned on the windowsill to openly watch the excitement.
Hearing the buzzing sound and watching the mosquitoes leisurely fly in, Qin Chuan couldn't help but remind them, "The mosquitoes have all flown in."
Upon hearing this, Yunling immediately closed the window, swatted the mosquitoes that were still flying around the window with a few slaps, then strolled out to wash her hands. After washing her hands, she moved a small stool and sat down next to the Qin sisters, watching them play and listening intently to her father-in-law's words.
"...Fang, you want to live in a villager's house, but the team won't allow it. You came early, so you should know that the earliest batch of educated youths who lived in villagers' houses had a lot of trouble. In the end, they made a huge fuss about moving out, so the brigade specially set up an educated youth settlement. Now there are only a few of you, and you live in spacious accommodations, better than some people in the team." Qin Baoguo said earnestly.
Fang Yuyan frowned and said indignantly, "It's not that I have to move out, it's just that Chen Rong and the others bully me and always wrong me. We all take turns cooking, but it's always Chen Rong's turn. Tian Gang helps her cook and does the same when we go to the fields. We all go to the countryside to participate in labor, how can we encourage Chen Rong's bad behavior? She acts like a princess."
Qin Baoguo coughed and said, "Then you can eat separately from them and cook for yourself. Do whatever you want. I will investigate Chen Zhiqing's matter carefully tomorrow."
"Fang, I'm a rough, uncultured man, but I know you educated youth are intellectuals, and I respect you. However, you can't just take advantage of your knowledge to wrongly accuse people. This is a very serious matter."
Since the beginning of this year, the province has been in turmoil, but their small county town is in a remote location, so the situation is not as serious. He just wants to lead everyone to live a peaceful life.
Fang Yuyan retorted indignantly, "I didn't lie. Besides, why should I be separated? I didn't do anything wrong. If anyone should be separated, it should be Chen Rong."
Qin Baoguo also became impatient: "Then ask them who they want to be with. If they want to separate Chen Zhiqing, I won't stop them."
If you don't have the ability to fight against Chen Zhiqing, why do you insist on making trouble? Can't you just live your peaceful life?
Seeing the captain's darkening expression, Fang Yuyan decisively admitted defeat: "I understand."
After Fang Yuyan left, Zhang Guihua couldn't help but say, "That Chen educated youth is quite good at dealing with people. There are quite a few young men in our team who follow her around. I even saw Qian Mingli stuffing eggs into her hands a few days ago."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
