"Thank you!" Jiang Yao took the pork gratefully. "You are so kind. You have thought of everything for me."
"You misunderstood." Lu Che's tone was still as calm as boiling water, "I just don't want to cause trouble for myself."
“…”
After Jiang Yao left the Lu family, she walked towards the educated youth point based on her memory.
The Lu family was not far from the educated youth site, only about ten minutes' walk away. She took this opportunity to sort out her current situation.
Based on the fact that the original owner took medicine last night, Jiang Yao deduced that it was the summer of 1972 and the original owner was 19 years old. She suddenly became 11 years younger, which should be the biggest gain for her in the book.
She is now in the countryside and has to work every day, but she is very lazy, but she will not go hungry. Because since she went to the countryside, Jiang Zhen has sent money and tickets to support her, otherwise she would not be able to make ends meet.
However, it is very difficult to get through this day.
If she wanted to return to the city after going to the countryside, she could either go to university through recommendation or be recruited for a job. Although she had a brother who was an officer, she was far away from him and could not "reach" to him in the short term.
As for waiting for the resumption of higher education examinations, it will take five years.
Alas... She has been a lawyer for so many years and considers herself to be a lawyer with a strong sense of justice. Not only does she not take cases that go against her conscience, she also often provides legal aid to people in need.
But why did God play such a big joke on her, making her live in this era of food and clothing shortages? Could it be that because he saw that she was still single, he wanted to find her a boyfriend here?
"Jiang Yao..."
Suddenly someone called her from behind. Jiang Yao turned her head and saw a woman jogging towards her. She looked carefully and found that it was Zhu Xia, an old educated youth at the educated youth point.
Zhu Xia ran up to her, frowned and asked anxiously: "Where have you been? We have almost searched the whole village."
"Ah? What do you want to see me for?" Jiang Yao pretended to be surprised, raised her hand and waved the pork in her hand, and said, "I've been tired for half a month, eating sweet potato rice every day. I went to the supply and marketing cooperative early in the morning to queue up and buy meat to improve my diet."
"You... I'm really going to be mad at you..." Zhu Xia was about to curse, but when she thought that she was safe, she felt it was not a big deal. She said, "At least you're okay. Du Yuejiao said you didn't come back all night, and we thought something happened to you. Fortunately, it was a false alarm."
Jiang Yao has met countless people since she started working. She can tell at a glance whether the other person is sincere or insincere.
Although the original owner had little contact with Zhu Xia in her memory, the concern she showed at this moment was genuine, which was completely different from Du Yuejiao's pretentious and false consideration.
"I'm fine, don't worry." Jiang Yao said.
"It's good that you're okay. Let's quickly notify others and let everyone know that you're okay, otherwise everyone will be worried." Zhu Xia pulled Jiang Yao forward.
On the way back, they met two more educated youths. They were relieved to see that Jiang Yao was safe, and then ran to inform the other educated youths who were still looking for her.
Not long after Jiang Yao and Zhu Xia returned to the educated youth site, other educated youth also came back one after another and asked her about her well-being. She felt warm at heart as she listened to them.
"Yaoyao, you're back, are you okay?" Jiang Yao's arm was suddenly grabbed. She turned around and saw Du Yuejiao looking at her with tears in her eyes.
This play was too greasy. Jiang Yao pushed her claws away in disdain, glanced at her coldly, and said, "What's the problem if I don't go to the supply and marketing cooperative to queue up and buy some meat? But you, you said I didn't come home all night for no reason. What do you mean?"
"...No..." Du Yuejiao was confused by Jiang Yao's sudden indifference.
"No?" Jiang Yao snorted coldly, "I'm an unmarried educated youth, and you spread rumors that I didn't come home all night. Others who know me think I'm a good person, but those who don't know me think I did something out of line."
Du Yuejiao's face turned red and white, but no one felt any sympathy for her. Zhu Xia even asked angrily, "We have been working hard to harvest for half a month. Today is a rare day off and we can't even rest properly. We were scared to death. Why did you say Jiang Yao didn't come back all night?"
"Yes, it's really malicious to make such a fuss before you understand the situation clearly."
“…”
Du Yuejiao still hadn't figured out what was going on, but everyone was accusing her, so she could only try to calm the "public anger" first: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it. I saw that today was a day off, and Yaoyao should sleep late. I didn't expect her to go out so early, so... I mistakenly thought that she... wasn't in the dormitory last night, and I was... worried about her."
"Forget it." Someone said, "We've been tired all morning, let's cook and eat early. I'm so hungry."
It would take a long time to deal with a little white lotus like Du Yuejiao, so Jiang Yao gave up for the time being, and she was indeed hungry. Although the white porridge she drank at Lu's house in the morning was thick, it was not oily, and she had digested it by now.
"I'll go cook." Zhu Xia stood up while speaking. Jiang Yao immediately agreed, "I'll help you. You've all been running around for me this morning, so I'll cook a meal for you as a thank you."
"Okay, you must cook this meal well." Zhu Xia said with a smile.
As soon as Jiang Yao turned around, Du Yuejiao stared at her back. She was racking her brains to figure out why Jiang Yao suddenly turned against her.
Could it be that she found out that I was using her? But no one knew what she was thinking except herself? Even Du Yuejia still thought she was a good sister!
Du Yuejiao tried to talk to Jiang Yao in private, but after going to the kitchen twice, she found that she and Zhu Xia were together and she couldn't go in.
It was true that Jiang Yao cooked to thank everyone, and it was also true that she wanted to take the opportunity to ask Zhu Xia about the Lu family. In the original owner's memory and the description of the original text, apart from the fact that Lu Che was a big shot in the business world, there seemed to be no extra information.
She has always been independent and calm. Now that she has accepted the fact that she has traveled through a book, she has to make good plans for the future.
If she wants to live in peace in the countryside, she must find a reliable backer. Although the Lu family is currently in a very poor situation, in the long run, it will never be a disadvantage to be able to cling to the thighs of a business tycoon.
Besides, they were hugging each other wet last night, and the boss was still able to remain a gentleman. He is really the perfect choice to be a backer.
"Put the pig skin in there and cook them together." Jiang Yao cut off the small piece of pork skin that Lu Che gave her and handed it to Zhu Xia.
"This... isn't a good idea. It'll cost you too much money." Zhu Xia swallowed silently when she saw the shiny pig skin, but still refused reluctantly.
These days, everyone is short of oil and water, otherwise they wouldn't be hungry so quickly. Zhu Xia saw that Jiang Yao's family was well-off, but it was a sin to eat a piece of pig skin from others for free.
"It's okay. You all did so much for me this morning, a piece of pig skin is definitely worth it." Jiang Yao said with a playful smile: "In fact, I'm only willing to give you the pig skin. I won't be willing to treat you to my fat meat when it's fried into lard later."
At this point, Zhu Xia was no longer shy. She took the pig skin and said cheerfully, "It's great to have the pig skin. You can keep the lard for yourself. We are thicker-skinned than the pig skin and we dare not eat it."
A piece of pig skin helped Zhu Xia break her stereotype of Jiang Yao. Halfway through the meal, the two of them were already chatting happily. Seeing that the time was right, Jiang Yao asked casually, "Do you know that Lu Qing?"
"Lu Qing?" Zhu Xia was startled after hearing this. After a pause, she asked, "Is it the Lu Qing at the end of the village? Why are you asking about her all of a sudden?"
"Nothing." Jiang Yao made up a story: "There were a lot of people lining up to buy meat this morning. If it weren't for Lu Qing's help, I wouldn't have been able to buy it! I haven't seen her before, but she said she recognized me. You see, I've been in the countryside for almost three months, and I haven't recognized all the members of the production team yet, which will hinder my integration into rural life in the future. You are an old man in our educated youth site, so I want to ask you for advice."
Zhu Xia was a model student of Pingshan Commune, and was very supportive of the behavior of actively accepting re-education of poor peasants. She was a little confused about this question, but now she forgot everything and immediately explained the situation of the Lu family to Jiang Yao.
The Lu family used to be well-off and had considerable prestige in Qingyuan, but as time went by, they fell into poverty.
It is said that wealth cannot last for more than three generations. When it comes to Lu Qing's father, Lu Youwei, not only did he live a mediocre life, he was also executed for hooliganism, which made the already difficult life of the Lu family even worse.
The situation did not improve until Lu Qing married an officer and brought some respect to the Lu family.
"Lu Qing is a good man. He doesn't even mind her family." Jiang Yao couldn't help but sigh.
"You are still too naive." Zhu Xia disagreed, "Since you have seen Lu Qing, you know she is very beautiful. To be honest, before you came, there was no one prettier than Lu Qing in the entire Pingshan Commune. The officer was attracted to her because of her beauty."
"Besides, Lu Qing has also sacrificed herself for the family. Her husband is the head of the regiment, but he is twelve years older than her father, almost catching up with him in age. Moreover, in order to provide support for the Lu family, she did not join the army. Except for taking her son and daughter to visit relatives in the army once or twice a year, she stayed at her parents' home the rest of the time."
"...What about the other members of the Lu family?"
"There aren't many people in the Lu family now." Zhu Xia said, "Mrs. Lu is old and in poor health. She stays at home all day and never goes out."
"Lu Qing has a younger brother named Lu Che, who is a well-known troublemaker in the area. I heard that he is very cruel and good at fighting. People often went to the Lu family to make trouble, but when he grew up, no one dared to do it anymore. At most, they would just talk to him because they were afraid of him."
"Although using violence is wrong, Lu Che is very capable and can protect his family." Jiang Yao praised in a low voice.
When Zhu Xia heard this, she immediately taught him a lesson: "You are so good! If you run into this kind of rascal, remember to turn around and walk away. Don't be so stupid as to approach him, or you will be in trouble."
"..." She didn't get close to him, she just pounced on him...
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