[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-sweet-nostalgia-of-the-80s":3,"chapter-sweet-nostalgia-of-the-80s-sweet-nostalgia-of-the-80s-chapter-257":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Sweet Nostalgia of the 80s",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1060608,1373,"Chapter 257 - 257 255 A Thought Occurred","sweet-nostalgia-of-the-80s-chapter-257",257,"\u003Cp>257: Chapter 255: A Thought Occurred 257: Chapter 255: A Thought Occurred On Saturday night, the area under the stage was packed with people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing that the hero was going to give a report, people from all the neighboring villages had rushed over, and leaders from various villages stood in three rows at the bottom of the stage, while behind them, a blanket of people who had brought their own stools gathered to listen to the report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only men but women and children were in attendance too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Jian straightened his clothes and ascended the stage with vigorous steps, and immediately a thunderous round of applause erupted from below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leaders, fellow villagers, good evening!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My name is Qin Jian, and I am a power science research engineer…” Qin Jian began his self-introduction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below the stage, the young women from the surrounding villages were no longer composed, as several heads drew close together to whisper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This Qin Jian really is handsome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve never seen a man look so dashing in all my life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I heard he’s thirty and still not married.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Really?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I hadn’t married my man, I’d be willing to marry him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It doesn’t matter if he’s a bit older, older men are more caring.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heard an engineer’s salary is really high, nearly a hundred bucks a month!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh wow, that’s really high…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>hey, whoever marries him will be living the good life, handsome, an official, and earning a lot…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t that the truth?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the crowd below, Bai Xue and her daughter were also listening to Qin Jian’s report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having been treated harshly last month, Bai Xue hadn’t left the house and had been stewing indoors so much that she might as well have grown fur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, hearing that Qin Jian was giving a report, she decided to join in the excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Concerned about being recognized by the people from her own village and feeling embarrassed, she wore a straw hat and sat among the crowd from the neighboring villages with her daughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, Bai Xue overheard the nearby villages discussing Qin Jian, and at this moment, her already restless heart began to stir even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“YanJiao, how have things been going with Shen Zhihua lately?” Bai Xue asked her daughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bringing it up made her irritated, “Mom, don’t even mention it, Brother Zhihua doesn’t pay me any mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s completely focused on his college entrance exams, planning to go to Medical University.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where do I fit into his plans?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, what are you planning to do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re not getting any younger; it’s time you settled on a match,” Bai Xue said pensively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mom, my heart is set on Brother Zhihua,” Bai Yanjiao pouted unhappily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You like him, but does he like you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, if he goes to university, that’s several more years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he did want to marry you, could you wait that long?” Bai Xue argued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Yanjiao’s face stretched long, “Mom, are you saying I shouldn’t wait for Brother Zhihua?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My heart has always been set on marrying him; if not him, who else could I marry?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Xue saw her daughter’s discontent and gently patted her hand, gently nodding toward Qin Jian, who was speaking on stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Yanjiao immediately got the hint, “What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Him?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why, you’re not willing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heard from the village that his salary is really high, over two hundred a month, and after getting married, his work unit even provides housing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>YanJiao, this is a great opportunity.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Yanjiao’s heart was set on Shen Zhihua, but judging by the Shen Family’s attitude towards her, she felt it was hopeless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Qin Jian on stage, so confident and compelling, Bai Yanjiao suddenly felt that it might not be such a bad idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially because An Hao liked him, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she stole An Hao’s beloved, wouldn’t that girl be furiously jealous?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mom, you’re really thinking big here, he’s an engineer, why would he be interested in me?” Bai Yanjiao couldn’t help but feel it was improbable.\u003C\u002Fp>",672,"2026-06-03T10:10:23.911Z","2026-06-03T10:10:27.529Z",1,"novelbin.me","055e32b83880643fb38bfcbe17212ef44da4472049db0460011a367fbbdc6ec3","sweet-nostalgia-of-the-80s-chapter-407","sweet-nostalgia-of-the-80s-chapter-406",2511,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsweet-nostalgia-of-the-80s-cover.jpg"]