Zhuzi felt a little depressed. After greeting Kong Qiuyun, he was worried that the woman was still looking at him, so he followed Kong Qiuyun into the post office.
The post office was just opposite the supply and marketing cooperative. After Zhuzi came in, he hid by the door and kept an eye on the woman's movements.
Kong Qiuyun bought stamps and mailed the letter, then looked back and saw that he was acting suspiciously.
"Are you okay?" Looking at his expression, Kong Qiuyun knew without asking that the matchmaking had failed.
Zhuzi regained his composure, sighed secretly, pursed his lips, and nodded randomly, "Are you leaving?"
Kong Qiuyun shook her head. "I still need to send some money home. Why don't you go first?"
Send money? Zhuzi raised his eyebrows, "Does your family still need you to send money back?"
Kong Qiuyun came from the city after all, and her family was on rationed food, so why did she have to send money back home
Kong Qiuyun lowered her head slightly, "I didn't send it to my parents. I asked my eldest brother to help bring it to my teacher."
Teacher? Zhuzi immediately thought of the intellectuals in their village who were being reformed. Could it be that Kong Qiuyun's teacher was in the same situation
Now is not a good time either. He swallowed the doubts in his heart and said, "You send it. I'll wait for you."
Kong Qiuyun wanted to say, you don’t have to wait for me, but thinking about his failed blind date, his mother had helped her once after all, she might as well comfort him later to repay the favor.
Kong Qiuyun took out some money and tickets from her schoolbag.
There were many kinds of tickets, including soap tickets, food tickets, cloth tickets, etc. Zhuzi raised his eyebrows, slightly surprised, and asked her in a low voice, "Where did you get these?"
"I exchanged them with other educated youth." Kong Qiuyun was very frank and did not hide anything from him. "They were new educated youth who had just arrived in the countryside and were not used to the food, so they used their coupons to exchange eggs with me."
Kong Qiuyun was an old educated youth after all, and was eligible to exchange work points for eggs, which was different from the new educated youth. She was popular, so everyone was willing to exchange eggs with her.
Zhuzi looked at her with a different look in his eyes. He knew exactly what attitude the members had towards these educated youth.
Because of the incident caused by those educated youth before, the members of the commune hardly interacted with them.
They never get any good jobs, and the only jobs they have are temporary work in food factories and hatching chicks.
But people are all made of flesh and blood. After a long time and with more contacts, if you meet one or two good educated youth who work efficiently, you will also deal with them.
Among them are Ge Xiaoyun, Su Aiguo, and Kong Qiuyun.
Zhuzi had heard many times from those gossipy aunties that Kong Zhiqing was a good-tempered man, did not put on airs at all, and did not look down on old farmers like them.
Good temper, highly educated, and smart, isn't this exactly the person he is looking for
Zhuzi looked at her calmly and saw her speaking to the staff in a soft and gentle voice. Her voice was gentle and sweet, like the gurgling of water, touching the heart.
She has beautiful eyebrows and eyes, a unique look of the Jiangnan water town. She is petite and delicate, not tall, with fair and delicate skin.
The lines of her face were very smooth and comfortable. Her lips were not decorated in any way, but they were as pink as the finest crystal cake, shiny and translucent.
She seemed to notice it and turned back suddenly, and Zhuzi's face turned red with embarrassment.
He actually stared at her in a daze, which was really rude.
Kong Qiuyun looked at his pink ears. She had seen such shy boys before.
Many people had wanted to introduce her to potential partners before, but she had rejected them all. Not for any other reason, but simply because she didn't want to stay in the countryside for the rest of her life.
She doesn't like her current life. She is still young and she wants to work hard and do a job that suits her better.
But the policy was already like this, she couldn't change anything and could only try to adapt, so it was impossible for her to stay in the countryside and marry anyone.
Before Liu Bingnan returned to the city, she asked Shen Yanhong to help her inquire about it. She would be the next one to take the position, and she was waiting for the next opportunity.
No matter how hot the weather is these days, she insists on going to the fields just to ensure that her work points always rank among the best.
In order to earn more work points, other female educated youth asked the male comrades in the village to help them harvest wheat, but she disdained to do so.
She doesn't like to take advantage of others, and she remembers her teacher's teachings to be an honest person.
She regained her composure, filled out the remittance form, and said to Zhuzi calmly, "Let's go back!"
Her voice was much colder than before. Zhuzi thought she was angry. After all, the way he stared at her just now was no different from being a hooligan. He was a little flustered, feeling bitter and a bit uncomfortable.
The two walked one after the other. Because Kong Qiuyun refused to sit on the bicycle, Zhuzi had to push the bicycle and follow behind her.
After leaving the town and walking to the small road, Zhuzi looked around to see that there was no one around, pushed his bicycle and ran a few steps, walked to Kong Qiuyun's side, took out a piece of beef tendon candy from his bag and handed it to her, "I'm sorry for what I did just now, I didn't mean to look at you, this is an apology to you."
Kong Qiuyun looked at the piece of beef tendon candy, which was wrapped in rice paper. Because the rice paper was transparent, she could vaguely see the golden color and white sesame seeds inside.
This candy is Kong Qiuyun's favorite. When she was young, her grandmother especially liked to make this kind of candy. Unfortunately, she has never eaten it since her grandmother passed away. Thinking of her grandmother, her eyes were slightly moist.
Seeing her entanglement, he quickly stuffed the pillar into her hand and said, "If you don't want it, I will feel uneasy."
Kong Qiuyun lowered her head to look at the candy, avoiding him and blinking to get rid of the moisture in her eyes, "I forgive you."
Zhuzi was delighted, and his mind moved slightly, "Kong Zhiqing, why haven't you gotten married yet?"
Kong Qiuyun stuffed the candy back into her schoolbag. She was slightly stunned when she heard this. Thinking of his actions just now, she pursed her lips and turned back to stare at him with her determined eyes, "I want to go back! I don't like farming, I don't like raising chickens!"
So direct! Zhuzi was stunned by the determination in her eyes.
"So I must go back to the city and find a job that suits me." Kong Qiuyun straightened his chest and continued to emphasize.
Zhuzi's heart sank, and the love that had just sprouted in him was shattered by her words.
After a long while, he finally found the words to persuade her, "Why don't you stay? If you don't want to farm or raise chickens, you can... you can be an accountant."
As long as she could marry him, the villagers would definitely not reject her as an accountant. Who knows, she might actually be successful in the selection.
Kong Qiuyun could naturally hear his pause. She gradually withdrew her smile and shook her head, "Relying on a man? Then I will never be able to hold my head up high for the rest of my life."
Getting married? To be honest, Kong Qiuyun had really thought about it, but in her mind, the ideal partner must be someone who speaks the same language as her and has no flaws in character. The second thing is that they must be destined to be together, at a specific time and place. But there is one thing, her status must be equal to that of the other party, and she must not be inferior to the other party. Otherwise, there is no point in getting married.
Her mother was a daughter of a landlord, and her father was a farmhand. In the past, her father was not worthy of her and had no status at home. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, their statuses were completely reversed. Her father felt quite proud and ordered her around at home, beating and scolding her at every turn.
Because of their unequal status, the two had been struggling for decades, and as their child, she constantly played mediator between them. Her good temper was also thanks to these two.
Zhuzi's heart sank. She was not only smart, but also so insightful.
He said dryly, "What's wrong with farming? Planting in spring and harvesting in autumn, looking at the golden grains, don't you feel proud?"
Seeing that he was still unwilling to give up, Kong Qiuyun shook her head and said, "I don't look down on farming. It's just that I don't think I'm suitable for farming." As if she felt that he didn't understand, she added, "If I were a country girl and had trained myself to be very strong since childhood, then working in the fields would be easy for me. But I'm not like that. I grew up in the city and have hardly done any heavy work. Even if I try my best, I'm not as good as you people who are used to farm work. I don't like it just because I'm not good at it. Do you understand?"
Zhuzi certainly understood what she meant. Asking a person who had been holding a pen since childhood to work in the fields like an old farmer was like talking to a deaf person, and was totally incompatible.
Zhuzi knew that this was her true words, and he felt reluctant to let her go, so he smiled and asked her, "How will you live when you return to the city?"
Kong Qiuyun smiled and said, "I can make paper boxes. Although I don't earn much, it's definitely enough for me to eat. But I may not be able to live the good life of eating eggs every meal now."
Even though life is so hard, she still wants to go back to the city. It seems that she is extremely persistent.
Zhuzi lowered his head slightly.
With so many questions, Kong Qiuyun could naturally guess what he was thinking. She couldn't help but feel that she had really good intentions just now. His spirit didn't seem like he was hit by someone at all. It seemed that he was just rejecting someone.
But there was something wrong with him, he actually had feelings for her. What she said just now did not hurt his face, he should not trip her up.
The two never spoke again. Zhuzi kept his head down, thinking about something. Kong Qiuyun looked around from time to time, but didn't look at him. When they were almost at the village, Kong Qiuyun reminded him, "We are almost at the village. Hurry up and ride your bike. It will be bad if someone sees you."
Zhuzi took one last look at her and rode away quickly on his bike.
When they got home, Li Chunhua was sewing clothes in the main room. When she heard the noise outside the courtyard gate, she quickly put down the clothes in her hands, came out and looked at him eagerly, "How is it? I heard from the matchmaker that this girl is good-looking and capable."
Before she finished speaking, Zhuzi felt a little tired, so he leaned his bicycle against the wall, went back to the house and immediately lay down on the kang.
This look was a little strange. Li Chunhua sat down on the edge of the kang and patted his back. "What's wrong? Did you fail to meet again?"
Zhuzi said "hmm" in the quilt without even raising his head.
Li Chunhua was a little unhappy. "Son, can you not be so picky? You've seen so many people, what kind do you like?"
"This guy today is not even a high school student." Zhuzi was very concerned about academic qualifications. Even if he was not a high school student, he had to be a junior high school student at least. Otherwise, the two of them would not be able to get along at all.
"What?" Li Chunhua was furious. "Okay, this matchmaker actually fooled me. I clearly agreed that we were high school students, but she played this trick on me."
He rolled up his sleeves and rushed out. Zhuzi hurriedly stopped him and said, "I guess the matchmaker didn't know it was fake. Maybe the girl concealed it on purpose. Mom, don't argue with her."
Li Chunhua thought about it and it made sense. They had been in the same village for decades, and the matchmaker was definitely not that kind of person.