Chapter 29: Seduced

Su Qingyue rode the bicycle home and was stopped by several aunts on the way.

"Su Qingyue, your man has been seduced!"

Su Qingyue subconsciously thought of Pei Huaiye, "Ah?"

Several aunts talked at once, describing the scene of Shen Xunbao defending Su Qianqian, "You better be careful! Oh my, this bicycle is really beautiful, it must have cost a lot of money, right?"

"Old Li, you can't buy a bicycle with just money without coupons!"

Su Qingyue smiled gently, "Thank you, aunts, for the tip. The bicycle is borrowed from a colleague. I don't have the ability to buy one yet, I'll return it in two days."

She smiled and said goodbye to the aunts. As soon as she reached the door, she was surrounded by Su Zhuangzhuang and Su Qingxi.

Su Zhuangzhuang's black, bright eyes rolled around, "Wow! Auntie, I want to ride the car!"

Su Qingyue pushed the bicycle into the courtyard and parked it, "Okay, Auntie will take you two for a ride after eating!"

"Sister, can I ride too?" Su Qingxi smiled a little shyly.

"Why not? Zhuangzhuang sits on the front bar, and you ride in the back seat."

Li Zilan poked her head out of the kitchen and smiled, "These two children, you just spoil them."

Su Qingwu picked a handful of spinach and coriander from the backyard and handed them to his wife, "Qingyue bought a bicycle?"

"No, borrowed from a colleague."

Su Qingyue washed her hands and helped serve the dishes, "Dad went to the fields these two days?"

Su Mingqiang sat down happily and pushed the scrambled eggs with green peppers toward Su Qingyue, "My waist doesn't hurt and my legs don't ache, my body is strong, why not go to the fields." 【29-1

Su Qingyue first placed an egg in the bowls of Su Xiaomei and Su Zhuangzhuang before she started eating, "Then you and Big Brother must be careful when working, and Big Sister-in-law too, don't wear yourselves out."

The family chatted happily, and after eating, they all gathered around the bicycle to look at it.

Su Qingyue taught her sister-in-law to ride, and Li Zilan's face turned slightly red, "I don't know how to ride, you take the two children and go play for a while."

Su Qingwu looked at his wife and secretly vowed that when life got better, he would buy his wife a bicycle too.

Su Qingyue got on the bicycle and took Su Zhuangzhuang and Su Qingxi for a ride around the village.

Li Gousheng and Chen Erdan chased after the bike in envy, and Su Zhuangzhuang puffed out his little chest, his eyes shining, "Auntie, I want to ride a bicycle when I grow up too!"

Su Qingyue smiled upon hearing this, "Then Zhuangzhuang must grow up quickly."

The village roads were bumpy, and Su Zhuangzhuang and Su Qingxi exclaimed and shrieked, their little faces flushed with excitement.

This made many children envious, though of course, there were those who couldn't stand it.

Wang Juqin said disdainfully: "It's not even a bicycle they bought themselves, what's there to be proud of!"

Liu Chunxing sighed, "Sigh, our production team is too poor; the Qingshan Team has six or seven bicycles."

Su Qianqian glanced at the high-spirited Su Qingyue and snorted through her nose.

"Sister Wang, this Phoenix-brand bicycle isn't expensive, and I have coupons too. When I buy one another day, you can let your son Gousheng ride it for fun."

"Oh my! Qianqian, I always said you were beautiful and kind-hearted. There are plenty of small oilseed rape, green beans, eggplants, and peppers; go ahead and pick two handfuls of each."

Su Qianqian had bought fine rice, white flour, and peanut oil in the county today, planning to cook a special meal for Shen Xunbao.

It wasn't cost-effective to buy vegetables on the way back from the county; for the same price, she could buy more fresh vegetables in the village.

So she privately gave Wang Juqin thirty cents and picked quite a few vegetables in her garden, only hating that the basket she brought was too small to hold much.

Wang Juqin didn't dare to make it public; in this era, private trading was considered speculation and profiteering, and in serious cases, one could be taken away to be shot.

After Su Qianqian left, Liu Chunxing pursed her lips, "Why did you let her pick so many vegetables? Su Qianqian's heart isn't right."

"Oh, she's just a little girl we watched grow up; our family can't finish all these vegetables anyway, let her pick a few."

Liu Chunxing was frustrated, "You should dry them to eat in the winter, or make some pickles, they go so well with rice."

"Oh, my man doesn't like pickles."

Su Qianqian returned to the Educated Youth Courtyard and went straight to the kitchen; she did not open her own grain bag.

Instead, she directly tore open Li Yun's grain bag and scooped out a bowl of white flour.

"What are you doing?!" Li Yun happened to enter the kitchen and saw this scene, shouting angrily. Su Qianqian trembled in fright, and flour spilled onto her clothes.

"Dai Xiaohong and I were wondering why our white flour was being eaten so fast! So it was all stolen by you!"

Su Qianqian slammed the bowl down hard, and with a 'crack', it shattered into several pieces.

"What's yours and what's mine! What do you mean by stealing? Everyone has been eating together, is it necessary to draw such clear lines?!"

Dai Xiaohong and the other educated youths came over upon hearing the noise.

Li Yun was relentless, "We agreed on this from the start! Coarse grains are handed over to the kitchen to cook together, and fine grains are kept individually, whether you want to save them or send them home is up to you."

Dai Xiaohong was also unconvinced, "I couldn't even bear to eat my own white flour; it was meant to be sent to my younger sister!"

Su Qianqian looked impatient, "What are you shouting about? It's not like you haven't eaten my things before; what's wrong with me eating a little white flour!"

Li Yun rolled her eyes, "When you first arrived at the Educated Youth Courtyard, you did give everyone fruit candies and biscuits, and later there was the pheasant Pei Huaiye caught that was delivered to the wrong person, which we ate twice. Besides that, what have we eaten of yours? How can you be so thick-skinned?!"

Dai Xiaohong also said: "Li Yun and I have been taking turns cooking, and besides cooking your own special meals, you don't even wash the bowls. The little bit of stuff you shared was paid back long ago! Now you steal our white flour and still look down on us? How can you be like this, Su Qianqian!"

Qiao Wang had just come from Brigade Captain Xiang's place, and as soon as he returned to the Educated Youth Courtyard, he heard the argument in the kitchen.

He stood in front of Su Qianqian and said gently: "We are all one family in the educated youth team, don't hurt our harmony over such small matters.

Zhou Xiang, please bring the white flour I bought today.

Dai Xiaohong, Li Yun, see how much white flour is missing, and I will make it up to you now."

Su Qianqian looked at Shen Xunbao with immense gratitude and lifted her chin, "No need, I'll make it up!"

After she finished speaking, she brought out her own grain bag and compensated Dai Xiaohong and Li Yun with four or five jin of flour each.

Su Qianqian looked disdainful, "How about this, I won't hand over grain anymore, I'll cook separately."

The rest of the people were practically eager for this and all agreed.

Qiao Wang smiled, "My taste is similar to Qianqian's, I'll hand my grain over to you, Comrade Su, please let me join your cooking."

Su Qianqian gave a shy smile, packed their grain together, found a lock, and locked the wooden box in front of everyone.

The other educated youths were speechless; who were they guarding against?

Moreover, Shen Xunbao was still Su Qingyue's fiancé; for them to be so blatant was simply a disgrace to the educated youth team.

Li Yun was about to start scolding, but Zhou Xiang shook his head, gave everyone a look, and they all returned to their respective dormitories.

After they left, Su Qianqian immediately started kneading dough, while Qiao Wang sat in front of the stove to start the fire, his movements very practiced.

The sweetness in Su Qianqian's eyes gradually turned into shock; Young Master Shen actually knew how to start a fire? Looking closely, his slender, fair hands had developed calluses and hangnails, and his gaze was no longer as gentle as it used to be.

"Brother Shen, when did you learn to start a fire?" Su Qianqian asked the question in her heart.