Chapter 37 My Educated Youth Husband is Gone and Never to Return
Chapter 37 My Educated Youth Husband is Gone and Never to Return
"Thank you, Sister Wang." Jiang He took out her water bottle and took a sip of water.
"We encountered two dogs on the road that kept barking, which delayed us a bit."
"You encountered a dog? Some dogs are like that, barking for ages as soon as you pass by. The owner doesn't even keep it locked up; it deserves to be stolen."
When guests arrived, Sister Wang went to get busy, and Jiang He tidied up her own area.
Jiang He weighed out some melon seeds and shared some with the older women around her.
"Sister Wang, are you done with your work? Here, have some sunflower seeds."
"Hey, you're here." Sister Wang didn't stand on ceremony, sat down next to Jiang He, grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds, and chatted with Jiang He.
Jiang He learned many things from Sister Wang.
Moreover, Sister Wang's brother-in-law is the director of the supply and marketing cooperative.
Everyone wanted to curry favor with Sister Wang.
The original owner and Sister Wang got along quite well, and Sister Wang took good care of her.
"New educated youth arrived in our commune a couple of days ago. Did your Da Yang brigade get any?"
"Yes, there were four of them. My dad and the brigade leader went to pick them up."
"What do the new educated youth look like?"
"Those educated youth were just like us, with two eyes and one mouth."
"Look at you, you're still clueless. Let me tell you, over there in Liushu Brigade, a male educated youth married into the family."
Why do you think people marry into families with their husbands?
"why?"
"Because I couldn't endure the hardship, couldn't do the work, and couldn't fill my stomach, I married into the family. At least I could have a full meal."
Let me tell you, with your looks and qualifications, any male educated youth would come running.
With your qualifications, you could easily marry a city guy with a decent job, so please don't do anything rash.
Don't let a few sweet words make you lose your bearings.
"Sister Wang will find you a few good ones and introduce them to you."
"Sister Wang, don't worry, I have no plans to get married. I'm very comfortable like this now, why would I want to take on unnecessary responsibilities?"
“You’re still young, so you’re making assumptions. If your thinking changes in the future, remember what I’m saying: the educated youth came to build up the countryside, so don’t end up doing the opposite of poverty alleviation.”
"Sister Wang, I've got it."
Sister Wang didn't take Jiang He's words to heart. The young girl had a different idea every day.
The girl from Liushu Brigade that Sister Wang mentioned is her husband's cousin.
She was deceived by the sweet talk of that educated youth.
My cousin often used things from home to subsidize the male educated youth, but her family found out later.
The male educated youth said he wanted to marry his cousin.
However, he couldn't afford any dowry, saying he was willing to marry into the family.
Everyone disagreed. They could all see that the male educated youth was incompetent and couldn't even support himself. He was relying on his cousin to support him.
Unfortunately, my cousin was blinded by love and became infatuated with that male educated youth, insisting on being with him no matter what.
Sister Wang spoke these words from the heart.
When Zhu Daqiang and Li Min arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, they had already decided what they wanted to buy, and they went straight to the counter.
The supply and marketing cooperative has a lot of goods, but their cash coupons are limited, so they need to prioritize purchasing necessities.
The two had already agreed on the way here that they would eat together and not get involved with the Zhao siblings.
Yesterday, it took forever to collect the grain, and I had so many concerns about the vegetables.
Although Zhao Guangming is Zhao Xiu's brother, it's really inappropriate for him to just walk into the female educated youth's room.
Li Min and Zhao Xiu had a fight, and Zhao Guangming apologized and promised not to come in again.
Li Min thought that everyone had just arrived and needed time to adjust, and since they would be living together, she didn't want to strain their relationship, so she put the matter aside.
Zhao Xiu went straight to the room of the educated youth, which made Zhu Daqiang quite embarrassed. After Zhao Xiu left, he went to stay in the yard.
But with this happening again today, the two of them finally understood that they were just two troublemakers.
The two of them pooled their money and bought a pot and a stove.
The educated youth settlement had a kitchen, but there was only one pot, and that pot was badly rusted.
When we were discussing cooking yesterday, the Zhao siblings kept saying that they weren't good at this or that, wanting to have it all but wanting to make things easy for themselves, and treating us like suckers.
When talking about buying a pot, they always beat around the bush, saying it's just a matter of washing and scrubbing before using it.
She won't do the brushing herself.
The two of them decided to eat together on their own, and let the brother and sister do whatever they wanted.
The two looked at the vegetables; there weren't many varieties, and the prices weren't cheap.
Yesterday, Li Min asked the other members of the brigade if they could get her some vegetables up ahead, at a cheaper price than here.
The two decided to make do for now and later clear some wasteland and grow some vegetables.
I bought some vegetable seeds that are suitable for planting now.
There were also seasonings, which the two of them bought together.
The two of them went to buy the rest of the things they needed separately.
Sister Wang looked at the two unfamiliar faces, and their accents weren't those of locals.
"Xiao He, are those two educated youths from your brigade?"
Jiang He looked over and saw Zhu Daqiang and Li Min, but didn't see the other two.
"Sister Wang, she's from our brigade."
"These two seem to be doing quite well; they even bought pots and stoves. Didn't your brigade provide them?"
"The educated youth settlement was an empty courtyard of the brigade. The educated youth had cleaned it before they arrived, so it should have been cleaned."
Whether new or old, everything that needs to be provided to the educated youth will be provided. This will prevent the brigade leader from having any grounds for criticism.
"Either they're particular and look down on the old ones, or they're planning to start a fire on their own."
In the storyline, these two are practically background characters, and Jiang He doesn't know much about them.
"Comrade Jiang, you're here? I apologize again for what happened this morning."
Li Min saw Jiang He and found that Jiang He was in front of the fabric counter.
Come forward immediately and apologize again.
"It's alright, you don't need to apologize. It wasn't really related to you this morning. Do you want to buy some fabric?"
Jiang He's target is the Zhao siblings; Zhu Daqiang and Li Min are just background figures, and she won't care too much about them.
"Comrade Jiang, do you have any defective fabric here?"
"Not now."
"Then give me a dark blue one."
Li Min wanted to get herself an apron, something durable and usable.
Jiang He cut the fabric to the size Li Min wanted. She also stuffed two extra strips of fabric into her bag as a bonus.
If she finds a pretty pattern, she takes it home and makes a hair tie for her niece.
"Thank you, Comrade Jiang. We'll head back now."
Li Min finished buying the things and said goodbye to Jiang He.
The two bought steamed buns to fill their stomachs and even packed two to take home.
The two of them had a lot to do after they got back, and probably wouldn't have time for lunch. They planned to grab a steamed bun when they got hungry later.
Not long after Zhu Daqiang and Li Min left, the Zhao siblings arrived.
Now that Sister Wang has finished her work, she has started observing people again.
"Xiao He, look at those two, they're probably new educated youth too."
"Sister Wang, you guessed right, these two are also from our brigade."
"Xiao He, you need to be careful with these two, don't get too close."
"Sister Wang, those are two dogs. I'm keeping an eye on them."
Sister Wang's eyes lit up. "So this is the dog you were talking about this morning. How does that dog bark? Tell me about it."
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