Chapter 47: Introduction

“The oxcart is only this big, and we have to bring people and things back when we come back. The money paid on the oxcart is for the round trip.

You can take one more person, but you have to walk back by yourself.”

Chen Dasheng spit out the straw that fell from his mouth and sat on the oxcart.

“Hurry up, make your own decision, whether to take it or not, if not, we will leave.”

“Take it.” The three people hurried up and squeezed on the frame.

“Three cents per trip, five cents for a round trip, meet under the big willow tree at the entrance of the post office at 2:30 pm, no one will be waited for after the time.”

Chen Dasheng collected the fare from Cui Hongying. Interestingly, Zhou Rongrong, Wang Qiaoyun and Wang Ping all gave five cents.

“Why, you are going to pay five cents for one trip? That’s fine, the conditions for educated youth are good, and the fare is more than others.”

Chen Dasheng sneered and took the fare handed over by the three people, turning around to drive the oxcart.

Zhou Rongrong and the other two looked very ugly, very ugly, and no one wanted to walk back after walking for three and a half hours.

Although riding in a bullock cart was not very comfortable, it was better than walking back.

The three people who had been together like good friends suddenly had a quarrel over who would ride in the bullock cart.

In the end, Shen Shili paid out of his own pocket and gave fifty cents to Wang Qiaoyun.

Wang Qiaoyun agreed not to ride in the bullock cart and walk back by herself, but she wanted Zhou Rongrong to bring her things back on the bullock cart.

The four aunts watched the excitement with great interest, and then turned their eyes to the new female educated youth on the cart. Their faces changed. Finally, they stopped at Lin Weiwan’s face. Even though there were thick bangs covering her face, her eyebrows, her tall, small and delicate nose, and her petal-like lips were still beautiful.

Zhao Chunhua immediately showed her eight teeth, “Little comrade, you are a new educated youth, right? How old are you?”

Lin Weiwan was just emptying his mind and sorting out the things of the Shen family in his space.

He was too tired last night and did nothing and slept until this morning.

Looking at the aunt who suddenly spoke to him, Lin Weiwan was stunned for a moment and nodded, “Seventeen.”

“Do you have a husband?” Zhao Chunhua looked at the beautiful new educated youth with shining eyes. She had already counted several families with good conditions in the surrounding villages.

Lin Weiwan raised her head and looked at the middle-aged woman with dark cheeks and weathered face.

“Why? Auntie, do you want to introduce me to a partner?” Lin Weiwan didn’t expect that the women in this village were so enthusiastic. They wanted to find a husband for someone without even knowing his name.

“Oh… you educated youth are still quick-witted. When a girl gets older, she has to find a husband. Auntie, I think you are good-looking when you are young. It just so happens that you have a few good families. Isn’t this a good thing?”

Zhao Chunhua said, slapping her thigh excitedly. If this works, the matchmaker’s fee will not be reduced.

Cui Hongying and Zhou Rongrong understood Zhao Chunhua’s intentions and wanted to bury their heads in the ground, for fear of being entangled by these aunties.

Du Shanshan sat next to Lin Weiwan, dark, thin and inconspicuous. No one was safer than her at this moment.

“But I’m not planning to find a husband. Thank you, auntie.” Lin Weiwan directly declined the kindness of this strange auntie.

“Hey… when a girl grows up, she will definitely get married. You are just the right age now. If you wait until you are older, it will be difficult to find a husband.”

Zhao Chunhua persuaded the girl opposite her directly when she was shy.

“Why should I get married? I live a good life.” Lin Weiwan saw that the people on the ox cart had some small thoughts.

“How can a girl not get married when she grows up? It is natural for men and women to get married when they reach a certain age. You can’t delay your marriage just because you go to the countryside. After you get married, it will be so lively to live together with a big family.

If you have any problems, there will be someone to help you. It’s better than living alone.”

“Better? Auntie, do you mean that you can live better after getting married?”

“Of course.”

“Can you sleep until nine or ten, eat meat every meal, and not have to wash clothes, cook, and clean? Can you always buy new clothes, just the supply and marketing cooperative?” Lin Weiwan directly raised his question. She looked like a good baby.

Zhao Chunhua was shocked by Lin Weiwan’s words. Which daughter in-law would live like this? Don’t say you look like a fairy. Even if you are a fairy, you still have to work in the fields. The snail girl and the seven fairies are all good at working to support the family.

“Girl, I’m not saying anything bad to you. It’s good enough to find a good family and live in a big house. Every daughter-in-law has to work in the fields, respect the elders, take care of the children, wash clothes, cook, and clean. These are women’s natural duties.”

Zhao Chunhua said in the tone of an elder teaching a younger generation. She felt that this beautiful educated youth was ignorant and not as capable as her own daughter.

“Aunt, are you sick? Why do you think so? You should go to the hospital in the city for a check-up, otherwise I will be worried.”

Lin Weiwan looked at Zhao Chunhua in surprise.

“Why are you cursing when you are fine?”

Zhao Chunhua was a little angry when she heard Lin Weiwan say that.

“Aunt, how did I scold you? I really care about your brain. You said that getting married means living a good life, and then you said that getting married means working in the fields, washing clothes and cooking, serving parents-in-law, and taking care of children. Then it would be much easier for me not to get married.

You said you were getting married, but I thought you were going to sell me to someone as a servant. Aunt, you are wrong. We are now in a socialist society. We educated youth follow the party’s policy and go to the countryside to re-educate poor and lower-middle peasants, build rural areas, promote rural development, and shed our youth and blood to create rural glory.

Aunt, you are destroying the unity of the masses by finding someone a servant. Ah, aunt, you are not from a landlord family, are you?”

Lin Weiwan said, hiding in fear next to Du Shanshan.

Du Shanshan was almost unable to hold back her smile, and her whole face was dark and red.

“What are you talking about? My family is eight times poor peasants, how could I introduce you to be a servant.”

Zhao Chunhua was so angry at Lin Weiwan’s words that she pulled her neck and shouted.

“You didn’t introduce me to work as a servant for others, why don’t you let your daughter serve others? I am honored to be an educated youth and earn work points to support myself. You let me work as a servant for free. You are so cruel. Auntie should be honest and do her duty. Don’t have a bad conscience and not harm your own daughter, but pick other people’s girls to harm.

Although I am an educated youth who went to the countryside and have no one to rely on in your Dongsheng Village, it does not mean that we educated youth should be bullied. You should stop calculating and stop calculating on us.”

Lin Weiwan stopped pretending to be ignorant, sat up, and stared at Zhao Chunhua.

“You little hoof, you are really a dog biting Lu Dongbin who doesn’t know the good heart. I introduced you to someone with good intentions, but in the end you scolded me like this.”