"Didn’t the eldest son go to the army?"
"Yes, he’s so far away and doesn’t co back often. My wife and I are most worried about his marriage.
But he’s always away, and we’re embarrassed to find soone for him at ho, afraid the girl wouldn’t like it."
"After a few days, when I’m less busy, I’ll bring my niece over for you two to et.
She has been sent to the countryside in our village. My sister and her husband live far away.
This girl graduated from high school and is very pretty. I’m not bragging, but there’s no better girl in the ten-mile radius.
She’s capable, understanding, and respects the elderly."
"But my eldest son isn’t coming back. He ntioned in a letter that he’ll return after the fall harvest."
"You two should et her first. If you think it’s suitable, she can et your son when he returns. If neither of you think it’s a match, there’s no need for them to et."
Li Yungui thought for a mont, "Alright. Once you’re done, co to my house for a al."
His wife worries about their eldest son every evening, so they should et.
At that mont, they heard a girl’s voice from outside.
Zheng Jixian laughed, "What a coincidence, the girl is here, why don’t you et her first? If she’s suitable, we’ll co over in a few days."
Li Yungui nodded, listening to the voice and tone, it seed like a cheerful girl.
"Lan Feng, co in."
Li Yungui saw a tall girl lift the curtain and co in. "Uncle, did you call ?"
"Have you eaten?"
"I have. I ca to ask my cousin to go pick so wild vegetables."
Li Yungui carefully looked at the girl, who had a round apple-shaped face, a dimple when she smiled, and was quite tall. She seed very pleasant.
"Lan Feng, you should call him Second Uncle."
Yue Lanfeng cheerfully greeted him as Second Uncle, then said sothing and left.
"What do you think?"
"Very nice, I find her quite likable, and she has a good personality."
"Yes, this child takes after my sister, she’s got a boyish temperant.
I’ll wait a few days and bring a few children for your wife to have a look."
"Alright, we’ll be waiting for you.
Alright, I have to go now, there’s still a lot to do at ho."
Li Yungui took the money and rode to Liu Family Village.
At this ti, everyone was working in the fields. Liu Dazhi saw Li Yungui coming and hurried over, "Second Brother, soone told you were in the village. I’ve been looking for you."
"I went to Zheng Family Village. I ca to see the four children who have been out here for half a month."
"They’re all doing well, let’s go and have a look."
The Red Army saw his second uncle coming, and stopped the car at the edge of the field.
The two people sleeping also ca out of the tent.
"You two go back to sleep, I just ca to see you."
"Second Uncle, we’re all fine. This place will be done in three days, are we going to other villages? People from Tang Family Village ca looking for us, I told them to find you."
The Red Army also heard from Jiushang that because people from Tang Family Village were envious of the village having a tractor, they even tried to cause trouble. His second uncle brought people to beat them during the winter months.
So there’s a grudge between the two villages. For a bit of money, they definitely wouldn’t go to Tangjiazhuang.
"Don’t worry about it. Once we’re done here, we’ll go ho, there’s plenty to do back there."
Li Yungui gave a few more instructions before intending to leave.
"It’s rare for you to co, stay for a al before you go."
"I have to pull luggage for two more educated youth, besides, there’s really too much to do at ho.
You go on with your work, I’ll go over by myself."
Even so, Liu Dazhi followed him to the educated youth point, and Li Yungui saw from afar two people sitting outside the educated youth’s place. Were they really in such a hurry?
Xu Chunshan saw Li Yungui approaching in a cart and called Zheng Mingzhu to stand up.
"Have you been waiting long?"
Zheng Mingzhu shook her head with a smile, "Thank you, Village Chief Li."
They loaded two boxes, and Liu Dazhi watched as Li Yungui drove away. Only then did he return to work.
Li Yungui drove directly to the educated youth courtyard. The young couple thanked the village chief again, then carried the items inside and tidied up.
Zheng Mingzhu now felt truly settled. She no longer had any contact with the educated youths from Liu Family Village.
She began a new life, a married life.
The couple carried the cabinets into the room where the female educated youths stayed.
After delivering the ox cart, Li Yungui went straight to find Jiang Xinyu and handed the money to her.
Today, Wei Kaiyun was not at ho; he was in the waterlon field pulling vines and pollinating.
Li Cunshan led everyone in working in the cotton field.
He always had a smile on his face now as he looked at the cotton, confident of a bumper crop. It’s a farr’s lifeti wish to reap a good harvest.
Li Yungui walked along the road, humming a tune, feeling proud in his heart as he looked at his fields thriving with crops, while two other villages had just begun planting. It gave him a sense of superiority.
Zheng Mingzhu and Xu Chunshan discussed, "These two cabinets aren’t needed now; let’s store them in your room, since there’s just the two of you, it’s spacious."
"Sure, whenever you need anything, just co and get it."
They had tidied up and it wasn’t ti to clock out yet. "Let’s first take 200 yuan to the bricklayer so we can have peace of mind," Zheng Mingzhu was truly eager, wishing to move out as soon as possible.
Xu Chunshan followed whatever she said, truth be told, he felt incredibly lucky.
He knew he was ordinary, and having such a wife felt like finding a treasure. He thought the Xu family’s ancestral grave must be blessing them.
They found the master again, and because he was a friend of Li Yungui’s, they felt comfortable giving him 200 yuan directly.
"Master Liu, we’re in a bit of a hurry. Please, do your best to expedite things."
The master took the money, "Don’t worry, the stones will arrive tomorrow. I’ll find soone to dig the foundation. By the ti we’re done here, we can start laying bricks there right away.
The $200 you gave will be used to secure the materials. You’ll need to pay for the stones tomorrow yourselves."
"Alright, no problem," Zheng Mingzhu agreed readily. She felt the sooner, the better.
With the master’s assurance, she felt much more at ease.
Li Yungui told them to collect grain from the accountant, so they didn’t go ho but directly found Li Yunqiang.
There was no need for discussion; however, since they didn’t have work points, it was just basic guaranteed grain.
Yet, it wasn’t a small amount, and the Liu Family Village was bound to allocate funds as they had half a year’s work points.
In the evening, the couple still cooked. By the ti they finished their tasks, the al was ready, albeit not cooked yet.
For Xu Chunshan’s wife, the other five mbers didn’t have much opinion.
There was simply an additional person sleeping in the won’s room, and it was only temporary.
This ti, Zheng Mingzhu didn’t act generously, even though her box was full of candies, milk powder, and malted milk essence; she didn’t bring them out, fearing it would beco a duty like it did with the educated youth from Liu Family Village.
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