Marrying a Cook in the 1960s

Chapter 16

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Wang Ying was originally a little annoyed about being dragged into this matter. Wang Lingling, a reborn girl, accidentally got her uncle's family into trouble. What does this have to do with her

She didn't forget Wang Lingling's trouble-making face.

In order to make things right for Wang Lingling, she married her ex-fiancé and didn't even think about it.

There are so many people in a commune. She could find anyone she wants. Why does she have to get involved with Wang Lingling's family

But Xu Shuang's words made her feel...

Marrying Xu Shuang seems to be an idea.

Wang Ying's original priority was to find a man who could marry into the family. Only by marrying into the family could she be the head of the household in a strict sense. Could Wang Yongshun still drive away his niece who was marrying into the family just to occupy the house

Later, I considered that those who came to marry into the family at this time were either those whose families had given birth to five, six, seven or eight boys and could not afford to raise them. If she had to deal with so many brothers, sisters-in-law and parents-in-law after marriage, it would be too difficult for her. So I gave up the idea.

Finding an educated youth is actually no different from marrying a son-in-law, and the educated youth are more in line with Wang Ying's aesthetic taste.

Wang Ying had seen the bachelors in the brigade. Not to mention their clothes, they all had mud in their fingernails, fleas in their hair, and they smelled bad even from a distance!

The educated youth were much cleaner.

Looking at Xu Shuang again, he has an outstanding appearance, and as a cook, he has good hygiene habits. He looks upright and refreshing. In addition, he had given me rabbits in the mountains before, and I often heard him helping others in the village. It can be seen that his character is also good.

The most important thing!

He is a cook.

Wang Ying had to admit that she was a little moved.

Xu Shuang didn't stare at Wang Ying and force her to give an explanation right away. Seeing Wang Ying lower her head in thought, Xu Shuang said, "I know this is a bit sudden. Just think about it and tell me later."

Xu Shuang thought for a moment and added, "I just said yes because I suddenly thought of this. When you go out later, just say you don't agree."

When young men and women talk about marriage, there are different changes before and after.

Saying yes first and then saying no later on is not good for the woman. It can easily ruin your reputation.

On the contrary, if you say you disagree now, it means you haven’t thought it through yet, but if you agree later, no one will mind it.

Wang Ying nodded. The balance in her heart had actually already tilted, but it wouldn't hurt to think more about such an important life event.

Looking at Xu Shuang again, Wang Ying added an adjective: this person is quite meticulous.

This is good. Wang Ying thought of her best friend before the end of the world. What she complained about most was her boyfriend’s crude straight male thinking.

Wang Ying doesn't think straight men have bad thinking, but too many men always think that focusing on the big picture and ignoring the small details is proof of their foresight. When they encounter small things that are not done well or details that are not considered, they always don't take it seriously. You tell him that details determine success or failure, and he says that he just forgot for a moment and it's not a big deal.

Bullshit, let these people make some small detail mistakes at work.

To put it bluntly, they still don't pay enough attention to marriage and relationships between men and women.

It was a pleasant surprise for Wang Ying that Xu Shuang could think of this.

Wang Ying stopped Xu Shuang and thought for a while before making up her mind. She said, "Wang Lingling reported your brother's case."

Although Wang Ying didn't know the details, it was not difficult to understand why Wang Lingling, a reborn girl, did something based on the plot she knew.

Wang Ying: "I don't know why she knew about your brother, but I heard her say that she found the town's Revolutionary Committee and reported it anonymously."

Wang Ying didn't feel guilty about saying this. Wang Lingling didn't feel guilty when she reported people, so why should she feel guilty

She had heard that Xu Ming, the eldest son of the Xu family, was studying aircraft research in college. Otherwise, many universities were closed now, but he was still studying at the provincial university.

It is said that he had already been assigned to a university after graduation and would do research with a teacher.

As soon as Wang Lingling reported him, he was sent to the Northwest.

Wang Ying's meaning in telling Xu Shuang about this was very clear, that everyone must pay the price for their actions. Wang Lingling did this, and Wang Yongshun and his wife kept it a secret. Is there such a good thing

Xu Ming is so far away from you. If you don't want to marry Xu Shuang, why don't you just say no

Is it worth it to drag someone else's family into this

A cold light flashed in Xu Shuang's eyes.

He originally thought that his brother's problem was caused by the school...

"OK, thanks."

Wang Ying felt a little awkward: "You can go scare my uncle and ask him to pay the money first."

After Wang Ying came here, she actually had some doubts. Before, she was busy dealing with the troubles in her life and taking care of her body, so she never thought about it carefully. Now when she thinks about it, Wang Ying feels very uncomfortable.

The environment in her home is very discordant.

Her father went to the army and never came back, and there was no obituary.

Her mother was not in a hurry to find someone, nor did she go back to her parents' home. Instead, she lived happily with her.

When her mother was alive, if her uncle's family wanted to wipe out the entire family, they could have taken her mother with them, but her uncle was very quiet at that time.

The original owner also remembered that she had eaten chocolate when she was a child. The original owner didn't know what chocolate was, but Wang Ying had eaten it. After comparing the two, Wang Ying knew that the original owner had eaten a lot of strange things when she was a child.

Then, from some point on, it seemed like these no longer existed at home.

But at that time her mother was a respected barefoot doctor, and the family had no shortage of eggs and other things, so there was nothing special about her.

Thinking about it more carefully, besides the house and household items, didn’t Wang Ying’s mother leave anything else

The barefoot doctor only charged a few cents for treating a patient. She was really capable. Not only her own brigade, but also other brigades came to see her.

Because most barefoot doctors are half-baked and can only prescribe Analgin, Wang Ying's mother can give acupuncture, prescribe medicine, and prepare prescriptions based on medicinal materials.

Barefoot doctors also have to work. It is not a full-time job but a half-job.

But Wang Ying's mother was very capable, and people always came to her for help. The brigade simply gave her full work points, so she didn't have to work. She only had to help escort grain when the brigade was too busy, such as during the autumn harvest.

This is also why Wang Ying’s mother had an accident while transporting grain.

By this calculation, the original owner's mother had no assets at all in all these years

Wang Ying felt puzzled and suspected that it was her uncle's family that took it away.

But last time there was a fuss, her uncle searched the house clean and only gave her a dozen dollars.

Either the uncle was smart and hid the money for himself, or there was someone else who took the money from the family.

Wang Ying emphasized to Xu Shuang: "You should cheat Wang Yongshun, don't look for Li Chunjuan."

Wang Ying still felt that her uncle must have some wealth.

Xu Shuang nodded: "Okay."

The people around watched for a while and only saw Wang Ying and Xu Shuang talking, and Xu Shuang nodded.

"Hey, hey, hey, do you think San Ya will agree?"

"That's definitely not possible. She graduated from high school and is the daughter of a martyr. She might even be able to work as a teacher in the commune. Why would she marry into a family of the "five black categories"

"I used to be worthy of him. Frost's family is not bad and he is also good-looking."

“It’s coming out!”

The two of them came out one after another, and Xu Shuang shook her head at her mother who was looking expectantly in her eyes.

All of a sudden, Mrs. Xu lost all her energy and bent over. From a distance, she looked like she had aged several years.

However, Old Mrs. Xu didn't glare at Wang Ying, she just looked at her with a bit of envy.

Wang Ying took good care of herself during this period, not going out to work, and although she didn't eat much, she ate enough. She became whiter, and her new hair was black and hard. She looked much prettier.

Old Mrs. Xu felt very regretful!

This girl looks better than Wang Lingling. Why did I decide on Wang Lingling at that time

Now, we can no longer reach the level of others.

This girl is good-looking and she is still a high school student. She will definitely marry well in the future.

Alas, it was expected.

Everyone knew from the look on Old Lady Xu's face that Wang Ying probably didn't agree. This little episode undoubtedly made everyone around them think that Xu Shuang's mentality was not right.

You used to be very popular in the surrounding area, and all the young women in the commune were clamoring to marry you.

But your family is in this situation now. What’s the difference between you and the five black categories

How dare you marry a high school student

Was it pushed back by someone

There were some young men among the crowd, and they immediately became excited. In the past, Xu Shuang had good conditions, and he made all the young men in their brigade look inferior to him. Even the educated youth were not as good as him.

Now... the phoenix that has lost its feathers still wants to be a pheasant

Not even qualified to be a sparrow!

"Wang Ying is a high school student and the daughter of a martyr. The commune will definitely call her in when the time comes. She will have a stable job no matter what she does."

"That's right! And she's the only one in her family, and this house..."

"… Hey, Wang Ying is in pretty good condition."

"Yes! She is the only one in her family. Can't she bring all her family wealth to the man's family?"

“It’s true!”

They originally wanted to unite to say bad things about Xu Shuang, but somehow the topic turned to Wang Ying.

From this perspective, Wang Ying has a house, land, food, furniture, chickens, and can earn money. She doesn’t have a mother-in-law, and she may not even ask for a dowry…

Damn! Such a good girl! Why didn't I notice her before!

Looking more closely, Wang Ying is also pretty.

She had an oval face and big eyes. Although she wore patched clothes, she was better looking than those girls from cadres' families seen in the commune, and prettier than those young working women in the town!

Immediately, several young men were interested and prepared to go home and ask their mothers to check it out.

Some cunning ones even thought of not inviting their family members first, but going to show their courtesy first. Anyway, she had a falling out with her uncle's family, and they could save some money by skipping Wang Yongshun and his wife.

Wang Yongshun also felt a tingling sensation in his chest. Xu Shuang walked over to talk to Wang Ying. He was the most frightened one.

Although he had always wanted to marry Wang Ying off, Wang Yongshun didn't know why but felt it was not right when he saw these two people standing together.

Li Chunjuan's eyes lit up. Wang Ying was marrying Xu Shuang, who was a bad person. It would be a torture for her to marry her!

He could even take the initiative and ask Xu Shuang for some betrothal gifts!

Wang Lingling paid compensation to get married. Because the blow was so great that day, Li Chunjuan forgot to stop Wang Lingling from packing her things, and she regretted it very much afterwards.

All of Wang Lingling's clothes, the small things I bought for her before, and a teapot in her room were taken away by Wang Lingling!

Li Chunjuan has very polarized ideas. She loves her daughter, but once she gets married, she belongs to another family. If a daughter goes back to her parents’ home to take things, she is a good daughter. But if a daughter comes back to get clothes after getting married, she is a bad daughter.

At this moment, Li Chunjuan felt that her second daughter, Wang Lingling, was an ungrateful person who was wasting money.

Li Chunjuan felt that the dowry that Wang Lingling was missing would have to fall on Wang Ying.

Xu Shuang is a cook, so she must be rich. She has to ask Xu Shuang for another hundred.

Old Lady Su's eyes turned around, and she was a little unsure whether to make a fuss or not. With her temper, it was difficult for Frost to find a wife, but no one could find someone from the Wang family!

At worst, you can spend a lot of money to marry her, and you can always marry a girl of good background.

But if she can’t get the Wang family’s money back, she will have to hold it in for a year!

When she saw Frost Boy coming out and shaking her head, Old Lady Su immediately felt confident!

“Pay back the money!”

Wang Ying came out and shrugged, saying to Li Chunjuan and Wang Yongshun, "Why are you looking at me, uncle? Pay me back! You can't use me to feed your daughter."

Wang Ying's words confirmed that she didn't want to get married.

Li Chunjuan was so angry that she started to curse: "You little whore with a black heart and a rotten stomach..."

Wang Yongshun didn't know why, but he suddenly felt relieved.

He felt nervous when he saw the two people standing together.

Before he could even breathe a sigh of relief, Xu Shuang pulled him aside and whispered, "A few days ago, I saw Wang Lingling at the gate of the town's Revolutionary Committee..."

Wang Yongshun's heart was pounding.

Xu Shuang: "Two days after she went there, something happened to my brother."

Wang Yongshun subconsciously retorted: "You are talking nonsense! How could Lingling know that your brother secretly hid foreign books!"

Xu Shuang: "She often comes to my house."

Wang Yongshun: "You can't say it was Lingling who reported it!"

Xu Shuang's eyes were like sharp swords: "Okay, then I'll tell my aunt right away."

Old Lady Su was no pushover. She already disliked her younger nephew's fiancée because she knew that she despised the poor and loved the rich. If she knew that her elder nephew's accident was caused by her younger brother's fiancée, she would sit at the door of the Wang family and curse for three days and three nights until the news spread all the way to the county town!

Wang Yongshun felt like he was on the edge of a cliff, completely lost and at a loss as to where to go.

“…How much do you want?”

We can’t let Xu Shuang do this!

His family has lost face now, but this has nothing to do with the other members of the team, so everyone is just watching for fun. They can get along with each other as usual.

But if this kind of report is made, his family will become really infamous.

When Xu Ming got into trouble this time, people in the brigade didn't say anything, but many of them felt sorry for him. It was also because someone reported him, so it was inevitable that some people's families would scold and report him.

When people find out it was Wang Lingling who did it, everyone will just avoid his house!

What is this? Isn't his family treated the same as the Xu family as the "five black categories"

and…

Wang Yongshun has quite a bit of life experience. Wang Lingling makes good use of reporting, which even makes Captain Tian Youfu feel a little unhappy.

If they block your way, you have to report them. The captain has a lot of things to do, so naturally he offends a lot of people.

If your family doesn't want to, then you're doing this. What if the other members follow your example? Can the team leader still continue to work as the team leader

The team leader's attitude towards his own family is also very obvious. He will definitely act according to the rules. The other members have some room for tolerance and maneuver, but your family can forget about it!

Even his son Wang Yaozong wanted to be a worker in the future, and the team leader had to give a character evaluation when he issued a letter of introduction. Normally, he would visit the members first, but the team leader would usually issue it directly if he came across it, and would not hinder your future.

For things like this, there is definitely a difference between following the rules and taking a lenient approach.

Wang Yongshun couldn't possibly let his family fall into such a situation.

Wang Yongshun gritted his teeth: "How much do you want? Name a price."

Xu Shuang's eyes darkened: "One hundred!"

Wang Yongshun's heart was bleeding, but he had no choice but to give it.

"Come with me into the house and get it."

Wang Yongshun found a hundred yuan from various corners and handed it to Xu Shuang.

"You took the money, so you can't tell anyone about this."

Xu Shuang paused, and Wang Yongshun became anxious: "You took the money, it's more than the hundred you asked for! You have to keep this a secret! Wang Lingling did this without telling me, I really feel wronged."

Wang Yongshun felt from the bottom of his heart that he was wronged.

It wasn't him who reported it! He didn't know Xu Ming had a foreign language book! Wang Lingling is a money-loser. She has been raised for 18 years in vain and still wants to cheat her family out of 100 yuan!

Xu Shuang stuffed fifty yuan into her pocket and held the other fifty in her hand: "Yes."

The victim was Wang Lingling. Wang Yongshun was really cheated in Wang Lingling's matter.

Wang Yongshun finally put his mind at ease, and his body was in so much pain that he almost couldn't stand. The family's assets of more than 300 yuan were reduced to more than 200 yuan in an instant. How could he live like this!

Xu Shuang came out with fifty yuan in her hand, and Old Lady Su stood up so swiftly that she didn't look like a person in her sixties.

She spat at Li Chunjuan who was lying on the ground: "The money has been paid. Don't come near my sister's house again!"

When the people around saw the Xu family got the money back, they all dispersed. This drama today was really exciting, with a beginning and an end.

The Xu family has a Xu Shuang, who is still tough.

The Wang family is just unlucky. Anyone who has a daughter like Wang Lingling would be miserable. She really cheated her family in many ways. Not only did she pay for her to be a stepmother, but she also had to give up all the good things that the family had enjoyed.

Besides, Wang Ying's conditions are really good, and she has fallen out with her uncle's family, so she should go and find out if there is a suitable boy in her family.

To be honest, no one had approached Wang Ying directly before. One reason was that Wang Ying was a girl and was confined to her home to do labor. She was not familiar with anyone in the brigade. If you wanted to talk to Wang Ying about marriage, you had to go through Li Chunjuan and Wang Yongshun.

Wang Yongshun and his wife deliberately downplayed Wang Ying's personality. In public, Li Chunjuan said that Wang Ying was difficult to get along with and had a temper like a spoiled brat. As a result, those who wanted to marry a down-to-earth person were afraid to come to her house, and those who came to her house were all ugly.

Wang Yongshun thought this was a good idea, as only a poor and ugly person would be willing to give a betrothal gift!

Those who were getting married in the brigade only paid a dowry of twenty or thirty yuan, and the girl also had to give two sets of clothes and a quilt as a dowry.

His family didn't really intend to find a good family for Wang Ying, so naturally there was no need for this kind of unnecessary communication.

But things are different now.

Everyone in the village thinks that Wang Ying has good conditions.

Without parents asking for a dowry, she still has family assets. Besides, just give the dowry. She is alone anyway, so shouldn’t she take the dowry to her parents’ home

From this perspective, no girl in this town can compare to Wang Ying's conditions!

She is still a high school student, and Uncle Tian said she knows some medical skills.

No matter whether she goes to the health center or works as a teacher in the commune, or even comes back to be a barefoot doctor like her mother!

This is the golden girl who can make money!

Families with young men of marriageable age in the brigade suddenly became excited. Some gossipy matchmakers were also looking for their own relatives. Who doesn't have one or two single young men as relatives

There are few girls in the countryside these days, and every brigade has bachelors who can't find wives.

There are many people who are too poor to get married.

This girl from the Wang family has good conditions and no parents. Isn't this fat meat

Those with normal intentions would just think about proposing marriage to Wang Ying to see if she would like their boy. Those with evil intentions would be extremely evil-minded and would also think about how to marry Wang Ying.

Wang Ying didn't realize that she had caught the eyes of many people. She was still thinking about what Xu Shuang had said.

Both of them are lacking in each other's qualities.

Wang Ying has no support at home and is afraid of marrying the wrong man, so she has to ask to marry into the family.

Xu Shuang is good in everything except her ingredients. We need to find someone with good ingredients.

On second thought, this marriage turned out to be a perfect match.

Wang Ying thought that someone might marry her for the house, the money, or because she was a high school student. After marriage, they might not treat her well.

But Xu Shuang was after her.

That's fine.

To put it more darkly, the Xu family would not treat her badly because of her background, because in today's world, if others want a divorce, they have to argue hard, but for people like her and Xu Shuang, no one would stop them.

Xu Shuang is still married into the family...

Wang Ying thought, this is really a pillow for a sleepy person. The more she looked at Xu Shuang, the more suitable she seemed.

Thinking that she was a kitchen killer, Wang Ying became even more satisfied with Xu Shuang.

These days, she not only took care of her health, but also went to the commune and Xipo Town several times. She originally thought of finding a job with a canteen, but after looking around, she found that this was an extremely impossible dream.

Except for the thermos factory and government agencies in the town, there are no canteens anywhere else!

Wang Ying was already worried about her food problem. She didn't have much money, and even if she bought braised soup once a week it was not enough.

But her cooking skills are so poor that the food tastes so bad that it's fatal.

Wang Ying thought, at least if she married Xu Shuang, she wouldn't have to worry about food in the future.

It's midnight, and the country people go to bed early. Plus, there's no electricity in the village, so they rely on oil lamps at night. But oil lamps have to be used sparingly, because lamp oil is also oil!

So when night falls, even if they can't sleep, everyone spends the time chatting in the dark.

Wang Ying lay in bed thinking about all this and felt a little insomniac for the first time in a long time.

And behind Wang's house, a sneaky figure also quietly appeared.

The man was small and thin, and his movements were not very agile. He almost tripped over a rock as he walked down the mountain path. He quietly went around to the back of the window.

I first leaned against the window and listened for a while. When I heard a man snoring from inside, I knew it was not this door.

It was too dark and he couldn't remember whether he was told east or west.

But he knew it when he heard the snoring, so he walked quietly along the outside of the window and felt his way to the first window on the other side.

Little did she know that Wang Ying knew someone was outside the window when she heard the footsteps. She had a very sensitive hearing and she heard the footsteps heading towards Wang Yongshun and wondered if they were heading towards Wang Yongshun and his wife.

But unexpectedly, the other party had touched the wrong thing and turned back after a while.

Wang Ying nimbly got down from the bed and touched a long stick.

She made the stick from branches in the mountains to prevent this kind of thing.

Wang Ying felt bad. Xu Shuang was arguing with Wang Yongshun and his wife, and she flatly refused to help. In the eyes of others, it seemed that she had a falling out with her uncle and his wife.

Although they had fallen out a long time ago, he had still kept some appearances before. This time when he encountered trouble, he did not stand with Wang Yongshun, so naturally the dispute was exposed.

We had a fight yesterday and someone came to knock on the door tonight.

Wang Ying was also very depressed.

She didn't expect why this person dared to come in. She guessed that he thought she was rich and came to steal her money.

This is what Wang Ying thought wrong. She didn't know that yesterday and today were enough for the people in the team to turn her conditions over and over and weigh them on the scale several times.

Now she is much more valuable than the things and money in the house.

The most audacious man is the old bachelor in the Seventh Squadron, and everyone calls him Old Dog.

Lao Gou is thirty-seven years old this year. When he was of marriageable age, his family was so poor that they almost had to sell blood. His mother was fertile and gave birth to seven sons in one go. His father was very happy and thought it was a sign of prosperity for the family.

As a result, he couldn't support so many sons.

Of the seven sons, two married into other families, one starved to death in a disaster, and two ran away because they could not stand the poverty. The remaining two sons, even if they scraped the walls and the ground, could only afford to marry one. The old dog was the one left without a wife.

The old dog was so angry about his wife that he just moved out.

As a result, he became even poorer, with no food to eat, but luckily things got better and he was no longer hungry. But by then, Lao Gou was old, had no money, and could not find a wife.

As the years go by, the old dog remains a bachelor.

Lao Gou had given up hope and thought he might as well save some money and buy a wife in a few years. Although this was forbidden in the new society, if you bought one secretly, you could say she was married from far away, and the brigade would not be able to question you.

But what suddenly happened in the team yesterday made Lao Gou couldn't help but be tempted.

In Wang Ying’s situation, wasn’t she born just for him

She has everything except a man.

I have nothing, isn't that just right for her

Although she is older, the girl doesn't understand that only when you are older can you care for others.

Lao Gou thought so in his heart, but he also knew that he had no competitiveness.

Now all the young men in the team are keeping their eyes on Wang Ying. If they wait a few days, a matchmaker will probably come to her house.

The old dog felt like someone had scratched him and thought this was his chance.

Otherwise, why didn't he meet such a suitable girl in the past ten years when he was single

So it should be here!

Lao Gou listened to those people's discussions, and some people with clear minds said that Wang Ying was probably looking for a son-in-law to marry into the family. However, even if it was to find a son-in-law, Lao Gou still had no competitiveness.

There are many young and strong men in the village, and some of them are brothers in the family, so they don’t care about that little bit of incense.

If you want to marry into the wife's family, then marry into the wife's family!

I got a beautiful wife and a blue brick house for free. What's there to complain about

The old dog was anxious and he couldn't wait.

The old dog suddenly had a conscienceless idea.

He made it happen first, so Wang Ying had to marry him even if she didn't want to!

As soon as this thought came to mind, the old dog himself was frightened.

This bad guy is innocent, so he must die and go to hell.

But the old dog thought, how miserable he is, he still hasn't found a wife at the age of thirty-seven. Shouldn't this be blamed on God? I can go to hell, as long as I can have a wife and a big house.

At worst he can be nicer to Wang Ying in the future. A girl this young can just be coaxed when things get done.

The old dog came stealthily. He touched the window of Wang Ying's house, his heart surging, as if a wonderful life was right before his eyes.

Suddenly a dark shadow came over, followed by a punch that almost knocked out his front teeth.

The old dog cried in pain, and dared not speak loudly, so he could only beg for mercy secretly.

"Good man, good man, stop fighting! Are you here to look for that little bitch Wang Ying too? Can't I give way to you?"

The old dog didn't want to ask who it was. At this hour, the person under the window of the runaway girl, like himself, couldn't be a decent person!

"I'll give it to you!"

The old dog quickly became scared. It seemed that there were too many people who wanted to pick this flower, and it was not even his turn to be an animal.

As a result, the man didn't say a word and kept waving his fists.

That fist was full of wind!

The old dog felt very aggrieved. He just touched the window, but it didn't even take ten seconds!

It was unfair that it was beaten!

The man was very skilled and beat the old dog half to death. The old dog had already fainted, it had to faint, the beating was really painful.

Wang Ying was waiting for someone to open the window, but she unexpectedly heard what happened outside.

She originally thought the same as the old dog, thinking that they were just a gathering of animals.

Who knew that the beating outside would get more and more severe, and it didn't seem like they were beating up a competitor at all. Wang Ying secretly opened the curtains. The back window of her house was made of glass. Last time, she only smashed the windows in the yard and ignored the ones at the back.

Through the transparent glass, Wang Ying's extraordinary eyesight allowed her to see clearly the person under the moon.

Xu Shuang knocked the man unconscious and was dragging him aside.

Wang Ying pushed open the window, and Xu Shuang also turned her head to look over.

"Did it wake you up?"

Wang Ying scratched her head: "He woke up a long time ago. Is he okay? He just came to steal money. Did you beat him up and make him sick?"

Although it was far away, Wang Ying still recognized him. This was the old bachelor and old dog in the village.

Xu Shuang: "... He's not here to steal money."

Wang Ying: "He didn't come here to steal money, he came here to steal... Shit!"

Wang Ying couldn't help but swear.

This couldn't be blamed on her. After she came here, she had a good impression of most people in the team. Wang Ying had never even thought of choosing a partner for an old bachelor like Lao Gou. For a moment, she really didn't think of herself.

Wang Ying gritted her teeth and said, "Wait, I'll come out and beat you up for a while."

The old dog fainted. In his daze, he thought he was still being beaten after he fainted, but he didn't know that the beating he received after he fainted was given by Wang Ying.

Wang Ying swiftly climbed out of the window and beat the old dog severely.

After beating him, he spat: "Beast!"

This guy looks to be in his forties or fifties, but he can still be so dirty. He deserves it.

Wang Ying said to Xu Shuang: "Thank you."

Actually, there's no need to thank her. If this guy had entered her window, she would probably have beaten him up so badly, but that would have been a bit disgusting.

Seeing that she was still treating this as an isolated incident, Xu Shuang couldn't help but remind her: "You should pay attention to these things recently. You and your uncle's family have a quarrel... Many people in our village have opinions about you."

Xu Shuang did not generalize to everyone. Among those who wanted to pursue Wang Ying, some really wanted to pick a wife.

Not everyone has bad intentions like Lao Gou. He really likes Wang Ying.

Xu Shuang knew that this was also adding obstacles to herself. In the past, no one approached Wang Ying to propose marriage, so she could only choose from a limited range. Now that her situation had spread, and she had broken up with Wang Yongshun and his wife, everyone knew to talk to her in person.

There may be some young men with better conditions among them.

Xu Shuang told Wang Ying about the situation in the brigade in the past two days. After the quarrel between their family and Wang's family yesterday, some people resumed contact with them. It's not that they didn't want to talk to them at all before, but everyone couldn't grasp the right degree.

After the quarrel with Wang Yongshun and his wife, this logical reason was presented to them. Some old ladies who used to chat with Old Mrs. Xu also came to visit. They did not mention the matter of Xu Ming. Everyone pretended that nothing had happened and continued to get along with them as before.

Yesterday, everyone saw clearly that Xu Shuang, the youngest son of the Xu family, was still capable of supporting the family, and Old Lady Xu was not someone who would suffer a loss. It wouldn't take long for the mother and son to turn things around, and they would probably just need to find a daughter-in-law with good family background to balance things out.

This is also a method that everyone knows about in recent years to change their class status. In the early years, some middle peasants and rich peasants did this. After enduring for a while and having a child, they were no different from other people in the village.

It was because of these gossipy old ladies that Xu Shuang quickly realized that everyone in the team was talking about Wang Ying.

He thought differently from those old ladies and immediately realized that this was a bit dangerous for Wang Ying.

That's why I waited here at night, but who would have thought that there was someone who couldn't sit still and came so soon.

Wang Ying listened to Xu Shuang's words and looked at him with a puzzled expression: "You mean... my situation is so good that all the young men in the team are attracted to me?"

Xu Shuang: "Not really... Some aunts in our team went back to their parents' homes today."

Wang Ying was devastated. She meant that with her conditions, she could still attract young men from other teams, right

Xu Shuang: "Some people also said they would hire a matchmaker, and it will probably come in a few days. You can think about it carefully..."

Wang Ying made a prompt decision: "No need to think about it! It's you! When are we getting married?"

Wang Ying watched as Xu Shuang smiled under the moonlight. He used to have a stern face, but with this smile, he looked unexpectedly good-looking.

Wang Ying blushed a little at his smile: "You are not lying to me, are you?!"

What about the whole brigade of young men planning to pursue her, what about someone's kid planning to come and fetch water for her tomorrow morning...

Xu Shuang stopped smiling, but her face was clearly relaxed and playful: "If I lied to you, I would be a puppy."

Wang Ying had never thought that Xu Shuang had such a side to her, so she said, "Okay, then go find a matchmaker and come over quickly."

Matchmakers flocked to the place, and many young men showed their affection. Other Mary Sue heroines might enjoy it, but Wang Ying really couldn't.

She is looking for a partner seriously, not trying to show how attractive she is.

And is this charm really my own charm

Wang Ying knew very well that she had not recovered all her losses, and her appearance had not returned to its peak. In the countryside, even clam oil was rare, so how could she make herself look good

To put it bluntly, it depends on the conditions.

Wang Ying was too lazy to tell whether people came for her as a person or for her conditions, or whether some people came for both. But so what

It is difficult to distinguish these.

It’s better to be reliable than Xu Shuang because of her background.

Xu Shuang agreed without hesitation: "I'll ask my mother to find a matchmaker tomorrow."

Wang Ying didn't ask about the bride price or anything like that. Anyway, Xu Shuang was marrying into the family, so if you really wanted to talk about it, she should be the one to pay the bride price.

But considering the actual situation of the two, all this is unnecessary.

Wang Ying kicked the old dog on the ground: "What should we do with him?"

Wang Ying thought about throwing him back to his own home. After all, she had beaten him up and was venting her anger. After all, it was an attempted murder, so there was nothing she could do.

Xu Shuang stuffed a package into her hands and said, "Don't worry about it."

After saying this, he carried the old dog on his back and hurried up the mountain under the cover of night.

Wang Ying didn't know how Xu Shuang would deal with the old dog, but after all this trouble, she wouldn't be able to sleep tonight. Wang Ying felt sick when she thought of what Xu Shuang had just said, but she didn't know if she was that cruel, so she decided to stay up all night.

After Xu Shuang invited a matchmaker to come and find Minglu, it was estimated that no one would come after that.

Wang Ying went back into the house, lit the oil lamp, and opened the heavy package in her hand. Because Xu Shuang held the paper package to her chest, the paper inside was still steaming.

The newspaper package weighed two or three pounds, with the outside wrapped in newspaper and the inside wrapped in several layers of dry lotus leaves. When Wang Ying saw the contents clearly, she was even more delighted.

A roast chicken!

The brown skin is shiny and oily, and smells incredibly fragrant.

Wang Ying didn't care about anything else and started to break the chicken. The chicken had been stewed for a long time and the bones could be easily removed with a light break. The chicken was not dry and had a salty and fragrant taste with gravy. The chicken skin was a bit crispy, so it should have been fried first and then braised.

Wang Ying enjoyed the meal very much and even ate all the chicken bones.

A chicken weighs two or three pounds. After eating it, Wang Ying lay down on the bed feeling full.

Suddenly I feel that there is hope for the future.

The old dog was found early in the morning. The villagers woke up early and some of them went to fetch water from the only two public wells in the village. The well was next to the threshing ground, and not far from the threshing ground was the brigade office.

The first person to discover the old dog was Uncle Tian's son. He got up early to fetch water, and when he arrived at the well, he saw the old dog lying on the threshing floor with a bruised face and a drunken body.

It’s so cold at night at this time of year, it’s no joke to freeze all night.

Uncle Tian's son hurried to find the branch secretary. At this point, team leader Tian Youfu might not get up, but branch secretary Song Dagui was old and slept less, so he would definitely get up.

When Song Dagui arrived, the old dog was still in the threshing ground.

More and more people gathered around, but no one dared to touch him, for fear that he was already dead.

Song Dagui smoked his pipe and said, "Coward!"

He is old and not afraid of this. He goes up and feels the breath first.

Feeling that the man was freezing but breathing evenly, Song Dagui knew that he was fine.

Song Dagui casually pointed to two young kids carrying an old dog and pointed to the office: "Carry them in."

The young man didn't understand and kept yelling, "Why not just take him home? Why carry him to the office?"

The brigade's office is called an office, but Song Dagui and Tian Youfu are not the kind of people who like formalities, so they simply divided the office into front and back.

The two rooms at the back are offices and warehouses, and the large rooms at the front are simply turned into large conference rooms.

In this way, sometimes when we have individual conversations with some groups in the team or when some families want to borrow a decent place to hold a banquet or entertain guests, we can lend it to everyone.

No other brigade has this kind of preferential treatment except the Seventh Brigade, and everyone is convinced by this arrangement.

When the young people heard that they were going to carry the smelly old bachelor in, they were not happy. Is that the brigade's meeting room? That's everyone's meeting room!

What if this person vomits after entering

Song Dagui took a pipe from the young man nearby and said, "Don't you see he reeks of alcohol?"

If we send him back now, he's an old bachelor and no one is there to take care of him, and we won't be able to explain what happens next.

Song Dagui has his own standards. He is the branch secretary, so it would be fine if he doesn't care, but if he does, he has to see it through to the end and make sure the person leaves alive and well.

Furthermore…

"Does he have the money to buy wine?"

Lao Gou has always been the poorest one in the team, and he never has more than fifty cents on him.

He bought some wine out of the blue and got drunk. Song Dagui couldn't help but think too much.

Grain is expensive now, and wine consumes too much grain. City dwellers have to rely on quotas to buy wine, while country people mostly drink rice wine, which is brewed by the villagers at home.

But when Song Dagui smelled the smell just now, it was obviously a high-concentration liquor. Rice wine cannot be that concentrated.

The old dog was carried to the conference room, and two wooden boards were put together to put him on. Song Dagui searched the old dog's pockets up and down, and finally found a glass bottle in his pocket.

"Shit! This guy drank the office's medical alcohol!"

Song Dagui was so angry that he bought two bottles of medical alcohol and some common medicines such as bandages at public expense, and placed them in the office, just in case something happened to anyone in the team so they could be dealt with urgently.

The thing was just placed on the windowsill of the office and no one took it seriously.

Who knew that I would be targeted by someone!

Song Dagui was furious. Whether the medical alcohol was expensive or not was another matter. Lao Gou's behavior was stealing public property. The money for the alcohol was paid by everyone, but he took it out and drank it all by himself!

"Go, find him a barefoot doctor!"

Who knows if medical alcohol can kill people!

Song Dagui pointed at the old dog and said, "Just wait till he wakes up!"

If he stole the alcohol and nothing happened to him, Song Dagui would have to settle the score with him. If something happened to him... it was his own fault!

The barefoot doctor came quickly and turned the old dog over a few times, waking him up. The barefoot doctor didn't spend any money and earned two cents for nothing.

When the old dog woke up, he didn't know where he was and was completely confused.

Song Dagui's face was stiff: "Are you awake?"

The old dog suddenly got a start and yelled at the top of his voice: "I stole the medical alcohol! I stole it and drank it! I would say the same thing even if the king of heaven came to me!"

Song Dagui: “…”