NABC Chapter 45 Young Educated Youth of the Era 4
Chapter 45 Young Educated Youth of the Era 4
The year turned to 1972.
Jiang Dabao was struggling to make ends meet in the Northwest. His parents hadn't sent him money in a long time, and when he wrote to them, they only replied with a few words.
He had no choice but to start farming to earn a living, while also being busy protecting the chrysanthemums.
I never thought I would end up like this, but the people here seem to like his tastes, and it never works out.
He wasn't stupid; after a few times, he understood that those people wanted to do this or that with him.
But just when he was mentally prepared, the person disappeared again, and in the end, he only managed to get a bite to eat.
Not long after he got out of bed, Jiang Dabao lost all his flesh. To those who paid attention, he seemed to have gained a touch of melancholy and fragile beauty.
She's evolved from simply attracting men to being bisexual, and from protecting her chrysanthemum to caring for everything else...
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Jiang's parents, who live far away in Anshi, also look very thin now.
Every day after get off work, Grandma Jiang would kick me out to ride my bicycle and collect scraps, coal, and rotten vegetable leaves...
You can pick up anything you like.
In Jiang's mother's words, "Why rest at such a young age? Go out and save up some money to raise your baby later."
Xiao Bao became an excuse to spur them on…
The days of eating boiled eggs every day are gone forever…
Nowadays, it's common for a family of four to share steamed egg custard with lots of water added...
Anyway, Grandma Jiang's brainwashing was quite successful. Now, both of Jiang's parents are extremely stingy, the kind of stinginess that can't be coaxed away with money or things.
After they go to work, Grandma Jiang will go out for a stroll and treat herself to a special meal. She's getting old and needs to eat more nourishing foods.
After the neighbors got used to it, they gradually stopped paying attention to whether the family was going out to collect things again.
As for Jiang Lin, the youngest nephew of the Jiang family, he does seem more capable than Jiang Dabao. He attends school nearby, and I hear his grades are quite good.
However, this did not affect Jiang's parents' desire to have a baby, and they firmly believed that the baby who had not yet arrived would be successful.
Jiang's mother just found it funny; the two children they had before were abandoned just like that. This couple really couldn't be two different kinds of people sleeping in the same bed.
This doesn't stop Old Lady Jiang from continuing to "act like a tyrant." She has a plan: she'll leave once Jiang Lin finishes high school in the city.
Before leaving, she definitely had to earn her retirement money, which could be considered as her helping her son manage the household and receiving a small reward.
After all, neither of them would give up their jobs.
This was something that had been arranged beforehand with Jiang's son and daughter-in-law in the village. Only Jiang's parents didn't know, and they thought that Jiang Lin had really come to take care of them in their old age.
That's a really nice idea.
Old Lady Jiang knew what they were thinking and thought they were brainless. Good heavens, how many years did they have left before retirement? Didn't they even calculate it themselves?
Besides, if you have money in your hands, why worry about who will take care of you in your old age?
It must be because her mother raised her so well; the two of them have turned her into a complete idiot.
However, she wouldn't try to correct this idea, lest she get annoyed by their twisted logic.
To be fair, Old Lady Jiang wasn't idle either. After figuring out the residential buildings of other companies and factories, she made an appointment with her son back home to bring some grain, vegetables, and eggs every now and then.
Give a little to the Jiang family as a token, and give the rest to the city people. If anyone asks, just say you've come to stay with relatives and friends.
Anyway, during the years my mother lived in Anshi, they did exchange a lot of money with city people.
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Liu Shengli, a widower from the next production team, is looking for a stepmother for his child.
There are no secrets in the village. As soon as the news spread, families with daughters immediately detained the person inside their homes.
No wonder the villagers reacted so strongly; Liu Shengli's previous wife was someone he had tricked into marrying, and it was too late for her to back out.
Liu Shengli was serving in the army, leaving his wife at home to take care of his parents-in-law, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law. In the end, she died while giving birth.
After his wife died in childbirth, Liu, the widower, never remarried. He dreamed that he would be noticed by his boss and that his daughter would marry him, so that he could have both a successful career and a happy family.
As a result, he made a mistake recently and could not join the army, so he had to go back to the village to farm.
Now this person actually came to their Shiqiao Village looking for a fortune teller.
He didn't fancy the widow Qin, with whom he was on a blind date, but instead took a fancy to Chen Yuhua, an educated youth from the educated youth compound.
Chen, the educated youth, didn't even give him a second glance.
Her family had already arranged a job for her at the commune primary school, so she had no time to deal with this crazy man.
During the years Liu was a soldier, he honestly sent all his money to his parents, asking them to help him build a house in the village.
As a result, his good younger brother, afraid of getting burned by the money, spent it all for him.
Now, Liu is just an old farmer with no stable property, so he has to find a wife with good conditions.
He had also heard from others that Jiang, a educated youth in Shiqiao Village, had better conditions. He earned full work points, rented a house to live in, ate eggs every meal, and even drank malted milk powder.
Every month I receive packages sent by relatives (through the system), and even bicycles are sent to the village.
Unfortunately, he wasn't a good-tempered person; even his three children weren't enough to be used as punching bags.
This person is a bully who picks on the weak and fears the strong; knowing that others are powerful, they consciously avoid provoking them.
A few days ago, two wild boars rushed out of the mountains and forests. Before anyone else could react, Xiao Jiang, an educated youth, picked up a stone and smashed them to death.
Anyway, the red and white stuff was spilled all over the ground, and the villagers will never forget it.
The brigade leader praised her for this, because she acted quickly, and no one was injured or the crops in the field were damaged.
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Another day of Liu the widower's failed attempts to seduce Chen the educated youth.
Watching him leave with his eldest son, Jiang Yaping started chatting with the aunties working nearby.
"Aunt Chen, doesn't Liu, the widower, go on blind dates every day? Doesn't he have to work?"
"Little Jiang, you don't understand. He's clearly trying to live off a woman."
"It's fortunate that Chen Zhiqing hid quickly; otherwise, it would have been hard to say what would have happened if he had been bothered by those three unruly kids."
"Those three children are really no good. Does Liu the widower's mother have a grudge against him to raise her grandsons like this?"
"I don't know if there was any grudge before, but there definitely is now. They thought Liu, the widower, had no money and wouldn't work properly, so they kicked him and his child out of the house."
"I know that. After Liu the widower moved out, he did come up with some money, which made the Liu family regret it."
There are many rumors about Liu Shengli's family. I don't know who is so unethical as to call him Liu the widower.
I guess people won't call him that until he gets married again.
As soon as they left Shiqiao Village, Liu Shengli let go of his eldest son's hand and started kicking a small tree by the roadside.
Chen Yuhua is really shameless!
Her family, living so far away, arranged a job for her, a woman!
Liu Shengli grew angrier the more he thought about it, when suddenly his eldest son said, "What about Jiang Zhiqing? I heard she often goes to the state-run restaurant to buy meat buns."
"You dream even more than I do. Jiang Zhiqing not only gets meat buns, but also fists the size of sandbags. Do you want some?"
The eldest son wasn't discouraged by what his father said. He felt he was still young and could pretend to be pitiful to scam some things.
Liu Shengli was considering whether to look for a new target in other production teams or continue to harass Chen Yuhua.
There's no hope for Shiqiao Village. These villagers are very shrewd; they simply locked the young woman in their house and called him Liu the Widower.
The thought of Liu the widower makes me even angrier!
He still harbored some resentment towards his wife, wondering how giving birth to a child could have been so life-threatening, leaving him unable to find a new wife now.