Chapter 139

Lin Zhao put away the three medical books, and there were five comic books and a stack of newspapers on the surface.

She walked out of the pile of books leisurely, looking at Song Yunjin with a smile in her eyes.

"Yunjin, are you done?"

"Almost done." Song Yunjin raised his head from the pile of books and saw his sister smiling, guessing she had a full harvest.

Coincidentally.

He did too!

The teenager quickly organized the books, took the selected ones, and ran to his sister.

His handsome face was full of smiles.

"Sister, look at what I found, there are so many." He shook his arms holding a stack of books, and Yunjin's tone was light, "I flipped through them all; some are storybooks, some are magazines, and you can read the magazines to pass the time."

Lin Zhao laughed, "A good harvest today."

"Yes, good luck."

The siblings moved the books to the door, and after the recycling station staff weighed them and gave a price, Lin Zhao paid the money and moved the books to the ox cart with Yunjin.

It was five minutes to four.

The time was just right.

"Not late, timed just right," Lin Zhao said with a smile, very satisfied.

She was a person with a strong sense of time, preferring to be early rather than late.

Yunjin knew his sister's habit, and under her influence, he also cared about this point, nodding heavily.

When they arrived, several people were already sitting on the ox cart.

No men, all women.

Very normal; there was a large gap in physical strength, and the work points men earned were more than women's, so they had to stay to earn full work points, and it was always the women who went out to buy daily necessities.

"Grandpa, we aren't late, are we?" Yunjin greeted enthusiastically, his smile very infectious.

The old man laughed, "No, get on the cart first."

Seeing the smile on his face, the women on the cart had a look of seeing a ghost.

Huh?

Old Zhuang can still smile?!!

Isn't this guy always poker-faced, enough to scare the little cubs of a village to tears?

Rare!

Lin Zhao jumped onto the ox cart and sat on the small stool at the very front.

"Yunjin, you go back."

Song Yunjin was worried and instructed the old man driving the cart, "Grandpa, please go slowly on the road; my sister rarely rides an ox cart, and I'm afraid she won't be used to it."

He put his hands together, "Please, please, if my sister falls, my dad will break my legs."

"..."

Lin Zhao was amused.

Yunjin's appearance, plus this tone of instructing a kindergarten teacher, was really like her uncle.

Before she could speak, the old man laughed again, "Put your heart back in your stomach; I've been driving this ox cart for ten years, and I could arrive with my eyes closed."

After eating someone's food, he couldn't be fierce to the boy in front of him for the sake of that popsicle.

He had a very good impression of this teenager.

He was polite!

Unlike some people who rely on their city household registration to look down on people, not knowing their own names.

Yunjin's smile deepened, "Thank you, Grandpa; I feel you are very reliable when I see you!"

No one dislikes hearing good words, and the old man was coaxed into curling his lips, "That's for sure. Don't worry, I guarantee to deliver your sister to the village entrance safe and sound."

"Good," Yunjin said.

He tucked the found books at the very edge of the ox cart and said to Lin Zhao: "Sister, then I'll go back first, see you tomorrow."

Lin Zhao waved her hand.

Noticing several women on the cart looking at her, she smiled politely, not feeling embarrassed at all.

No way, her uncle used to send her to school, and it was also such "attention-grabbing"—

"What did our Lin Zhao Bao learn today?"

"Did anyone bully Lin Zhao Bao?"

"Uncle came to pick you up, are you happy?"

"Do you want to ride a big horse?"

"Uncle brought meat from the factory, come, let's go home and eat meat!"

Speaking in a cutesy voice, every sentence was a kill.

Not a trace of the introversion that should have existed in this era.

Honestly, Lin Zhao grew up under the "strange" eyes of her classmates since she was a child, so she was particularly calm about the gazes of others.

On the cart, an aunt asked with a smile: "Girl, which brigade are you from?"

"Harvest Brigade." Lin Zhao's mouth was stained with a smile.

Her skin was fair and delicate, the clothes she wore were clean and refreshing, she wore a beautiful hat on her head that country people had never seen, and her sitting posture was casual and relaxed, but not rude, and she had a kind of scholarly elegance.

More outstanding than the educated youth who came from big cities in their village.

She looked fragrant and soft.

Another aunt asked: "Girl, do you work at the supply and marketing cooperative?"

Lin Zhao nodded.

The aunt who spoke raised her arm slightly and bumped the woman sitting next to her, "Look, I said this girl is a salesclerk. I'm old, that's true, but my eyes are sharp; I can see clearly even from far away, and she is at the counter right next to where we buy things."

The woman who was bumped had poor eyesight, and besides, there were too many people at the supply and marketing cooperative when buying things, so she was focused on squeezing forward and couldn't look around.

"I was busy at that time and didn't look left or right."

Her companion laughed, "You spent a lot of effort to grab that pillowcase; I saw someone get hit by your elbow and hold their chest."

"How could I buy it if I didn't grab it? There were only a few." The person who was teased had a strong argument, "My nephew is getting married, and it only happens once in a lifetime; I'm his aunt, so I must prepare something presentable as a gift."

"That's true."

"Speaking of marriage, I don't know if you've heard, but Erhua and Gouzi's marriage is not going to happen?!!" A woman with a long face and a rather serious appearance suddenly spoke up.

Once these words were spoken.

All topics paused.

Everyone on the ox cart had curiosity written all over their eyes.

"!!"

What's the situation?

Even Lin Zhao, who knew nothing, had her appetite whetted by the aunt's tone.

What, what, why is the marriage of people called Erhua and Gouzi not going to happen?

You can't have stories without melon seeds, so Lin Zhao reached into her bag, but actually took a bag of melon seeds from her storage ring and started cracking them.

"What?"

"What's the situation?!!"

"Why isn't Erhua and Ergou's marriage happening? If I remember correctly, the marriage was already set for next month!"

"I also remember it was next month; the whole village knows about it, why is it suddenly not happening!?"

After a round of output.

People on the ox cart guessed there must be a secret behind it, their eyes shining brightly, listening with their ears pricked up, afraid of missing any exciting part.

The atmosphere was quiet.

The "crack, crack, crack" sound was exceptionally clear.

Everyone looked at the direction the sound came from in tacit understanding.

Seeing the beautiful girl who looked more like a city person than an educated youth eating melon seeds one after another, her face full of the expression of listening to a good show.

Lin Zhao was stared at by several pairs of eyes, not feeling uncomfortable, but she was itching to know the follow-up.

She frowned her delicate brows, struggling with how to continue the topic.

After a moment.

She grabbed a handful of melon seeds, reached forward, and stuffed a handful to the old man driving the cart.

"Grandpa, eat some melon seeds."

After sharing with Grandpa, she shared with the others on the cart.

"Come, come, everyone have a handful. It's boring on the road, crack some melon seeds to pass the time."

The country women on the cart thought Lin Zhao would be very arrogant because she looked like she had a wall between her and them, and except for the beginning, they didn't dare to talk to her.

Didn't expect this girl to share melon seeds with them.

Several women were pleasantly surprised, took the melon seeds, and the corners of their eyes were full of wrinkles with joy.

"Thank you, girl."

"Are these sunflower seeds? Salty and fragrant, delicious." The woman sitting next to Lin Zhao tasted one, didn't want to spit out the shell, swallowed it together with the shell, and didn't want to eat the rest, wanting to save it for her child.

"Smells fragrant." Another person said, actually not even wanting to taste it, wrapped it in a handkerchief, packed it up, smiled at Lin Zhao, and said embarrassedly: "Such good things, I'll take them back for my baby to eat."

This was the practice of most people.

Only the woman with the fewest patches ate two after tasting them before putting them away.

Lin Zhao waved her hand indifferently, "It's okay, I gave them to you, so they are yours, you can handle them however you want."

People on the cart felt that this girl really knew how to speak.

If educated youth learned even a little, they wouldn't be so disliked.

No wonder she could be a salesclerk.

Good looking and speaks well too.

Lin Zhao looked at the aunt who started the big gossip.

The woman with the long face and serious appearance was puzzled, "... What's wrong?"

Subconsciously checked her clothes; they weren't worn inside out.

Lin Zhao smiled shyly on the surface, "Why isn't Erhua and Gouzi's marriage happening?"

Don't just say half, hurry, hurry, hurry!

Upon hearing this.

The air was silent.

The old man driving the cart: "..."

He didn't like listening to people talk about right and wrong, especially when sitting on the ox cart he was driving.

He almost spoke up to stop them when they started talking about it before.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he found the topic was diverted by "melon seeds," thinking he didn't need to remind them.

But didn't expect...

The topic was pulled back by the little girl!

Looking down at the melon seeds in his hand, a flash of complexity crossed the old man's eyes.

Stop it, or don't stop it?

That is a question.

Lin Zhao noticed the old man's gaze and smiled at him, as polite as could be.

The old man frowned tightly.

Forget it, anyway, anyway, the matter of Erhua and Gouzi isn't groundless.

Forget it.

He'll just pretend he didn't hear anything today.

No one cared about Old Zhuang's thoughts.

A series of laughter sounded on the ox cart, carrying far.

The woman next to Lin Zhao almost laughed until she choked, saying: "Pangpang's mother, hurry up and continue, the salesclerk comrade has been hung up by you!"

Since you've eaten someone's food, and they are such good melon seeds, and the little girl is so curious, of course, you have to satisfy her!

Others urged too.

For a time, the atmosphere on the cart was ridiculously good.

Old Zhuang even felt it was incredible.

When did they not curse each other before, making his head ache and his ears buzz.

Did the sun come out from the west today?

Still, no one could see his disgust from his hunched back.

Pangpang's mother also laughed, not intentionally selling the punchline, and began to speak.

When talking about gossip, her face, which didn't often smile, was glowing.

Opening her mouth with a big bomb.

"Someone saw Erhua and a male educated youth in the small woods!"

Once these words were spoken, it was like something was ignited.

"What?" Someone's voice suddenly rose.

"..." Old Zhuang rubbed his ears.

Very good, didn't let his ears off either.

"Is Erhua crazy? Does she not want her reputation anymore?!" The woman next to Pangpang's mother was shocked, "How dare she! She is stepping on Gouzi's face on the ground; that family is not to be trifled with, how could they let her off!"

Another person said: "Erhua has two younger sisters; if her reputation is ruined, her two younger sisters won't be easy to marry off either."

"Erhua is a very honest girl, how dare she?"

Several women said one sentence after another, and fearing Lin Zhao wouldn't understand, they also carefully explained the family of the story's protagonist.

How many people in Erhua's family, how many people in Gouzi's family, and what their personalities were like were all revealed clearly.

Lin Zhao: Also very involved.

Pangpang's mother's expression was complex, "Honest? Just honest on the surface."

She was next door to Erhua's family and knew a lot.

"Erhua is a girl with many schemes and high aspirations; she didn't like Gouzi at all and was determined to marry a city person."

Everyone: "...?"

The most impatient person spoke quickly, "She is a country girl, dark and thin, didn't even graduate from elementary school, and her family is poor as a church mouse; what does she rely on to marry a city person?"

Another person said: "If you didn't like Gouzi, why get engaged to Gouzi?"

Pangpang's mother shook her head, "That's because there was no opportunity to contact city people before; the educated youth coming to the countryside gave her hope, and now, she likes Gouzi even less, making a scene to break the engagement. Erhua's parents wanted face, beat Erhua, and told her to give up this idea, but once the little girl had an idea, how could she easily give it up? She agreed on the surface, but secretly entangled herself with a male educated youth at the educated youth point."

After hearing this, Lin Zhao thought of Gu Xing'er.

This Erhua is the same type of person as her.

However.

The male educated youth in the Harvest Brigade are smarter than the male educated youth in the neighboring brigade.

Song Qian is very cunning, calling other male educated youths for everything, not giving Gu Xing'er any chance to climb up at all, and her clumsy methods were of no use.

The woman next to Lin Zhao said: "There will be more trouble in the future!"

"There will be trouble, but it's not Erhua making trouble, it's that male educated youth making trouble," Pangpang's mother said.

Lin Zhao raised her eyes.

Oh ho.

There's a reversal.

"What's the situation?" She asked.

It's not quite the same as the script she imagined.

Thinking about it, the educated youth just came to the countryside, tasted the bitterness of farming, and wanted to return to the city every moment; they haven't been tortured to despair by the hopelessness day after day, so of course, they wouldn't have any entanglement with country girls.

According to this logic.

That male educated youth was schemed against by the girl named Erhua.

Pangpang's mother's subsequent wording confirmed this.

"The male educated youth said he was schemed against and went to the educated youth office early this morning! I guess this time, Erhua might end up with nothing."

Educated youth went to the educated youth office?

Lin Zhao felt this plot was familiar.

Right, right!

There is such a plot in the original book.

The difference is.

The person who went to the educated youth point was Song Qian from the Harvest Brigade.

This matter is related to Gu Xing'er.

But, it was clearly something that happened two years later!!

The book is like this:

Gu Xing'er found an opportunity to tear open her collar, framed Song Qian for hooliganism, and demanded he marry her.

At that time, Song Qian had just received the order to return to the city and was very happy, but suddenly she did this to him, making him feel as disgusted as swallowing a fly, and he went to the educated youth office without wasting words, demanding to clear his name.

All the educated youths at the educated youth point supported him.

Gu Xing'er cried, made a scene, and threatened to hang herself, wanting to use public opinion to force Song Qian to submit. Song Qian hid in the guesthouse and didn't come out at all. In a fit of anger, she smashed and injured the staff at the guesthouse, causing the dedicated female comrade to almost lose her life.

The matter blew up and eventually made it to the newspaper.

The newspaper reporters had a keen sense of smell and discovered that the situation of educated youths was a point worth exploring, so they went to various places for undercover visits and found that there were quite a few male and female educated youths who were schemed against into marriage.

They wrote an article with a flourishing pen.

Educated youth offices at all levels took it seriously and severely cracked down on this unhealthy trend.

After this, people with crooked minds took their eyes off the educated youths.

Lin Zhao had a premonition that the matter in the neighboring brigade would blow up, blowing up as big as in the original book.

This is a good thing.

Some educated youths who were schemed against were only sixteen or seventeen, still children, and were all educated youths; how unjust it would be to be forced to stay in the countryside for a lifetime!