Yang Juan looked at An Muqing enviously.
She wore the most fashionable clothes in Kyoto and ate delicious food like meat buns and peach cakes. She even shared some with her.
Zou Zhiwei was always at An Muqing's side, carrying her bag and water bottle.
Looking at An Muqing, his eyes were full of admiration.
After finishing their work, the villagers ran to the educated youth's site to watch the fun.
The older girls in the village were envious: "This new educated youth, An, is dressed so well. When will I be able to wear something like him?"
Another girl next to her said, "It looks nice, but it's not convenient to wear for farm work. We have two plots of land in our village now, so we have no time to spare."
Liu Juan curled her lips. The villagers were really ignorant. An Muqing's family was well-off and they didn't have to do farm work to have enough to eat.
Then I heard the girl's mother say, "When you go on a blind date, I'll buy you some cloth to make clothes."
The auntie next to her said with a smile: "Let's go together then. I'll tear off some for my daughter too."
Liu Juan felt jealous. When did the villagers have it so easy?
She is from the city, but she doesn't have enough food to eat or warm clothes to wear. How come she is not even as good as the girls in the village?
The educated youth camps all had large bunk beds that could accommodate six people.
Knowing that a new person was coming, Liu Man, Zhang Ping, and Xue Lan moved their bedding to the left half of the kang, leaving the other half for the newcomer to arrange.
An Muqing unceremoniously took up two seats. Liu Juan said nothing and quietly placed her things in the remaining seats.
Liu Man called the two of them to eat: "Let's have a meal together today to welcome you. From tomorrow on, I will cook by myself, or I can find someone to share the meal with me."
An Muqing looked at the food on the table, corn pancakes and stir-fried vegetables, without even a drop of oil, and felt a little disgusted.
"I won't eat if I'm not feeling well."
She came to marry Qin Zhiheng, not to suffer. She went back to the house, took out the peach cakes she brought with her, and ate them with big mouthfuls.
She remembered the news she had heard in her previous life: Qin's father had died of tuberculosis the previous year, and Qin's grandmother had starved to death.
Among the elders, the only one left is Qin Ma, but she is also blind.
The Qin family must be starving and cold right now. Isn't this a good time for her to show off?
After finishing her meal, she took some food to visit Qin's house.
Zhang Ping stamped her feet in anger: "Sister Liu Man, look at that An Muqing. We used our own food to make food for them, and they still complained!"
Wang Youqi said, "She's so hypocritical. It's just right that she doesn't eat. It saves one person's rations!"
An Muqing didn't know him, but he knew An Muqing. This was his brother Qin's fiancée before he was sent down to the countryside.
As soon as they heard about the Qin family's trouble, the An family came to cancel the engagement. How could they be good people?
What a changing world, she also went to the countryside.
Zou Zhiwei explained for his beloved: "An Zhiqing must be too tired from the journey. Come, let's eat, let's eat."
Liu Man grabbed a pancake without hesitation: "Yes, yes, let's eat." Cornmeal pancake with fried beans is a very good meal, which she couldn't eat at home.
Qin family.
Yu You and his wife were bathing their two children. Yu You rubbed mud on the children while Qin Zhiheng boiled and changed the water. The two cooperated very well.
Yu You looked at his daughter and son, who were still a layer darker after taking a bath, and said, "They have been working in the fields all summer, and they are both tanned like little black people."
After Qin Zhiheng poured the water, he put the bathtub away.
"Yes, he's darker, but also a lot more lively. Now he plays with the children in the village."
"It's okay if An An has some black spots, but our Ning Ning is a little girl. I'll go get some vanishing cream and put some on the child."
Qin Zhiheng thought of Yu You's fair skin and felt a little displeased when he looked at the two little ones on the bed.
After thinking about it, he took out the snuff bottle he collected last time.
"An'an, Ningning, look what this is?"
"Wow, Dad, it looks so good!" The two children came over and reached out to grab it.
"Why don't you sleep in your grandparents' room today? This snuff bottle will be your reward."
"Ningning doesn't want to, Ningning wants to sleep with mommy." Ningning protested.
"I don't want it either. I want to listen to my mother tell stories." An An also said.
"But mom has been working very hard on the farm lately. I have to call you to pee and cover you with blankets in the middle of the night. You can't sleep well."
The two children were obviously hesitant. An An linked his little fingers and said, "Well, then we'll stay for one night. We'll come back to sleep tomorrow."
As the three of them were talking, they heard a knock on the door.
"Auntie Wang, Brother Zhiheng, are you home?"
Except for Qin Zhiheng's family of four, everyone else went to the yard to enjoy the cool air after dinner.
Wang Yuerong was a little puzzled. No one had called her that in a long time. The villagers all called her Aunt Yu. She stood up and went to open the door.
"Who is it?"
An Muqing was carrying a cloth bag containing a bucket of malted milk and a bottle of canned peaches.
It was her family who called off the marriage, and now if I don't invest some money, people might think I'm insincere.
"Aunt Wang, I'm Mu Qing."
Wang Yuerong never expected that it was An Mucheng. She stood at the door in a daze for a moment and did not let the person in.
Then I heard An Muqing speak in a familiar tone.
"Auntie Wang, I know you can't see clearly and can't lead the way, so I came in by myself." As she said this, she walked in carrying her bag.
It was dark and there were no lights on in the yard, so it was pitch black everywhere.
Knowing that Wang Yuerong was blind, An Mucheng turned around and attentively supported Wang Yuerong's arm.
"Aunt Wang, you've suffered a lot these past few years. I heard that Grandma Qin died of starvation, Uncle Qin died of illness, and even you can't see anymore."
"I heard the news and was so heartbroken that I even found someone to exchange for me when I went to the countryside. I..."
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