I Became Rich by Eating Melons in the Era of Literature (1970s)

　　Su Zhengtang stayed in the room for a while, listening carefully to the noise next door. After hearing Zhao Yonglan's voice, he immediately got up and walked outside.

　　Zhao Yonglan came out to carry firewood. As soon as she picked up the firewood, Su Zhengtang called her, "Comrade Zhao Yonglan."

　　"What's the matter?" Zhao Yonglan stood up.

　　Su Zhengtang looked at Zhao Yonglan with a hint of embarrassment: "It's nothing, I just want to apologize to you for what my mother did to you."

　　Zhao Yonglan said, "Okay, I'll go back first."

　　Zhao Yonglan left with the firewood.

　　When she disappeared into the room, Su Zhengtang still hadn't reacted. Zhao Yonglan's reaction was really different from the person in his dream.

　　He started having this dream ten days ago.

　　When he just took the exam, he thought the dream was too absurd, but as the dream deepened, Su Zhengtang had an inexplicable thought in his heart.

　　When Su Zhengtang first met Zhao Yonglan, he experienced her. Su Zhengtang preferred girls who were spoiled by their families and knew nothing about the world. Xia Heyu was like that at the beginning, and Zhao Yonglan he met that day was also like that.

　　But compared to Xia Heyu, Zhao Yonglan had a more noble air. She was wearing a brand new coarse cloth dress and sitting on a stool that had been used in his house for many years and had a black patina on it, which was out of tune with the environment of his home.

　　Su Zhengtang knew what his mother was like. He knew that Zhao Yonglan must not have eaten anything good when she was eating at his house. So he rushed to cook that day and secretly buried an egg at the bottom of Zhao Yonglan's bowl. That day, he saw Zhao Yonglan looking at him with gratitude as he wished.

　　From then on, whenever he came back, he could always feel Zhao Yonglan's vague gaze on him.

　　Su Zhengtang was full of self-satisfaction. He knew that such girls who were spoiled too much by their families were the easiest to coax. As long as your attitude towards her was slightly different from others, they would walk into the trap set by the hunter like an ignorant deer.

　　That's how Xia Heyu fell in love with him. All they wanted was to be treated differently from others.

　　Su Zhengtang can provide all of these.

　　Su Zhengtang thought that if he apologized to Zhao Yonglan, Zhao Yonglan would at least be moved, or at least think that he was a responsible man, right? In his dream, wasn't it because of his responsibility that he won Zhao Yonglan's favor?

　　Why is she so cold?

　　Su Zhengtang was very puzzled.

　　At this time, Xia Heyu came with a bag of things in her hands: "Zhengtang, my mother's family steamed some white flour buns. I remember you loved to eat this the most. I'll bring some to you."

　　When Xia Heyu was dating Su Zhengtang, she often brought him food.

　　Su Zhengtang's impatience grew even stronger. In his dream, Xia Heyu and Su Yang did not live well after their marriage. Su Yang was unfaithful and often did not come home. Xia Heyu did not get along with her mother-in-law Sun Xiaojuan, and they often quarreled.

　　Sometimes when Su Zhengtang saw this, out of compassion he would give them some advice.

　　Xia Heyu gradually came to regard him as her salvation , and sometimes in the middle of the night, she would knock on his door and ask him to go out for a talk.

　　Su Zhengtang has always observed etiquette and never done anything excessive to Xia Heyu.

　　Su Zhengtang still had no intention of doing anything to Xia Heyu, but he felt very happy that Xia Heyu had come to him again and again.

　　As a man, who doesn't enjoy the feeling of being chased by a woman?

　　However, no matter how happy he felt psychologically, Su Zhengtang could not accept it on the surface, especially when he had not yet won Zhao Yonglan's favor.

　　"I don't need it, take it back." Su Zhengtang turned and left without even looking at Xia Heyu.

　　Zhu Yuemei heard Xia Heyu's voice and came out of the east room. When she saw the bag in Xia Heyu's hand, a smile appeared on Zhu Yuemei's face.

　　"Hey, He Yu is here? Come in and sit down, come in and sit down. It's windy today. Are you cold?"

　　The Su family's division was quite ugly. In order to monopolize most of the family property, Su Zhengping and Sun Xiaojuan pushed all the mistakes onto Zhu Yuemei.

　　Zhu Yuemei simply hated them. She also looked down on Xia Heyu, a woman with a brain problem who didn't protect her man but protected her mother-in-law instead.

　　But this girl's parents love her very much, and whenever she goes home, she always brings back some rare things.

　　Just like this white flour steamed bun, you may not be able to eat it during the Chinese New Year, but Xia Heyu's family can eat it from time to time. Xia Heyu always sends these good things brought from her mother's family to her. If you don't cheat this kind of fool who comes to your door, you will feel sorry for yourself.

　　"No, auntie, have you eaten?" Xia Heyu came back with Su Zhengtang and Su Yang a few times when she was in junior high school. At that time, she called Zhu Yuemei auntie.

　　After she married Su Yang in her previous life, she changed her name to Zhu Yuemei, "grandmother". She didn't plan to live with Su Yang in this life. They had been married for a month and they had never slept together.

　　Su Yang wanted to, but Xia Heyu felt sick just by looking at him. How could she possibly sleep with him?

　　Zhu Yuemei's eyes flickered: "I haven't eaten yet. Didn't I go out to cut hemp stalks this morning? I came back with pain all over my body. Have you eaten?"

　　Xia Heyu went home early in the morning. Her parents were angry for several days because she didn't obey and insisted on marrying Su Yang. After she cried for a few times, they forgave her. Every time she went back, her parents would cook some of her favorite meals, such as today's white flour steamed buns, which her mother steamed specially for her. She ate two and couldn't bear to eat anymore.

　　Xia Heyu thought of Su Zhengtang and pursed her lips: "Aunt, if you are not feeling well, just take a rest. I will go cook for you."

　　Zhu Yuemei achieved her goal and was very happy, but she refused: "That's so embarrassing, if your mother-in-law knew, she would be mad to death."

　　Xia Heyu felt annoyed when Zhu Yuemei mentioned Sun Xiaojuan: "Whatever she says, I will just ignore her. Auntie, please sit and wait. I will go cook for you."

　　Xia Heyu rolled up her sleeves and went to the outer room. Zhu Yuemei leaned on the kang, looking at Xia Heyu's back with disdain.

　　The affair between Xia Heyu and her husband spread throughout the village, and Zhu Yuemei of course heard about it too. She felt very disgusted with this woman who broke up with her son and followed Su Yang, and then changed her mind after marriage and wanted to be with her son.

　　A fickle woman, just like Zhao Chunhua. But no matter how much she disliked Xia Heyu, it didn't stop her from using her.

　　Xia Heyu worked quickly and prepared the meal in no time. Su Zhengtang was called out to eat. When he saw the white flour buns that were obviously not something his family could afford, he sat on the kang without saying a word. Xia Heyu served him like a young wife.

　　He suffered too.

　　If someone who didn't know the situation saw this scene, they would think they were a family.

　　Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei had noodles for lunch. The noodles were made by rolling out cornmeal and white flour and were very chewy. The stew was made by soaking and chopping dried eggplants and frying them in lard. They were added with soy sauce that Gu Nianwei said she bought from a state-owned store in the county, but it was actually light soy sauce from someday in the future and the soybean paste she got from Xu Dazui's house. She also added a handful of chopped green onions. The taste was great.

　　The soup is shredded potato soup made by Jiang Youtao, which is very refreshing.

　　This meal made Gu Nianwei and Jiang Youtao full again.

　　The two are very satisfied with their current life.

　　Back in the room, Jiang Youtao first read the letter sent by Fu Shaohua. The letter was written by Ying Chaorong, saying that they had received the things she sent. He installed wheels on the wheelchair for Ying Dexing, making it very easy to push. Now Ying Dexing likes to go out and chat with others when he has nothing to do.

　　He also said that she had spent a lot of money. Hao Juxiang was afraid that she didn't have enough money, so she sent her a few dollars and told her to buy whatever she wanted. The few dollars were not remitted separately, but directly put in the envelope, a brand new one, and it was obvious that it was specially exchanged.

　　Jiang Youtao put the money aside and started writing a reply. After she finished, she remembered the milk tea rewarded by the system, and quickly got up to make a cup. After drinking the fragrant and sweet milk tea, Jiang Youtao closed her eyes in enjoyment.

　　The taste of milk tea with spicy beef jerky is amazing.

　　As she ate, Jiang Youtao sighed. In her previous life, she never drank milk tea because she was afraid of getting fat. She only drank fruit tea, and she would never drink brewed milk tea like YouXmei. She never expected that after traveling through time, the things she used to despise became things she couldn't eat even if she wanted to.

　　It is really a sin committed in the previous life that led to travel through time in this life.

　　Jiang Youtao racked her brains but still couldn't figure out what sin she had committed.

　　Bored Jiang Youtao drank milk tea while opening the system panel. As soon as she came in, she saw the unfinished tasks hanging in the middle of the screen.

　　Jiang Youtao was speechless: [ Tongzi, this mission is really hard to complete. We are so far away from Xia Heyu, and we don't know when Xia Heyu will do something bad to plot against Zhao Yonglan. This mission has been pending for so long, and there is no progress at all. ]

　　As soon as Jiang Youtao entered the system, she saw the highlighted and enlarged box of unfinished tasks, and she was really annoyed.

　　The melon-eating system ignored Jiang Youtao, and even if it paid attention to her, it still didn't know what request she would make.

　　Jiang Youtao didn't care about it and clicked on everything that could be ordered on the system as usual. Then she saw the powerful pill that she had bought but never taken.

　　She opened the system mall to search and found that the Da Li Pills had returned to their original price. Jiang Youtao was satisfied.

　　She found the report button with ease, grabbed the pill with one hand and put it into her mouth, with her finger on the report button. She had thought it through. If anything went wrong after she took the pill, she would immediately click report. She would feel bad anyway, so she didn't care about the artificial idiot that was the melon-eating system.

　　Melon-eating system: It's really too difficult.

　　The pill melted as soon as it entered her mouth, bringing with it a fresh peach fragrance. Jiang Youtao did not feel the warm current flowing through her body as described in novels about cultivating immortals, nor did she experience the tingling sensation all over her body.

　　Jiang Youtao thought this was unreasonable, considering the ridiculously low price of the pill: [ Tongzi, is this a counterfeit product? ]

　　Melon-eating system: .....[ No. ]

　　[ Then why don't I feel anything? ]

　　Melon-eating system: [ Host, please lift the box on your kang. ]

　　Jiang Youtao followed its instructions and moved the box. As soon as she got closer, she found that the box had been moved. Jiang Youtao's eyes suddenly lit up.

　　She quickly got down and moved the desk by the window. She lifted the desk with her hands lightly.

　　Jiang Youtao was immediately happy.

　　With this powerful golden finger, her safety is finally guaranteed in this era, and she can also use the bottle of homemade chili water to make pancakes in the evening.

　　After a nap, everyone went to the team headquarters to dig hemp stalks in the afternoon. Xia Heyu calculated the time and left Su Zhengtang's house.

　　She had a smile on her face and gave a provocative smile to Zhao Yonglan who was walking in the crowd.

　　Zhao Yonglan was completely speechless.

　　After she walked away, they began to discuss in low voices: "See, at noon, he rejected her with all his heart, but in the afternoon, she came into the house."

　　Li Yunying and Zhang Huihui didn't know what happened at noon, so they asked about it immediately. After knowing the whole story, Li Yunying said, "Men, ugh."

　　Men such as Wang Shanxi, Liu Yingjun, and Zhao Rongguang all felt that they were being ridiculed, but they did not dare to speak out.

　　Ever since Zhou Zhenfeng didn't go with them the last time they went to Zhangjia Village, people are no longer willing to bring Zhou Zhenfeng along for group activities.

　　Zhou Zhenfeng now keeps a distance with them and seems to be getting closer and closer to the second-rate guys in the village.

　　As soon as they arrived at the team headquarters, they saw Zhou Zhenfeng standing in the yard and talking with the village hooligans. Among them was Liu Erhua's son, who had fought with Jiang Youtao.

　　When they saw the female educated youth, they stopped talking and watched Jiang Youtao and others walk towards the meeting room.

　　After they went in, Liu Erhua's son Sun Goudan nudged Zhou Zhenfeng's elbow and said, "Brother, you are so lucky. The female educated youth in our village are all very beautiful."

　　Sun Goudan's real name is Sun Erbao. Goudan is a cheap name given to him by Liu Erhua, supposedly so that he would be easier to raise.

　　He was less than 1.7 meters tall, sloppy, with a face full of pockmarks, and eyes so small that the pupils were almost invisible.

　　Zhou Zhenfeng had been severely ostracized at the educated youth center during this period, so after hearing what Sun Goudan said, he just nodded.

　　What a bullshit about being lucky in love. The female educated youth in their educated youth point are all fucking tigresses. They don't have any of the gentleness and grace that a woman should have.

　　Sun Goudan's eyes swept over Zhou Zhenfeng: "Zhenfeng, come to my house tonight, I will introduce you to a few brothers from the commune. One of them is the son of a commune leader. His surname is Shen, you know him, right? His father has the final say in our commune. As long as you coax him well, it will only take a word from him for you to go to work in the commune unit."

　　Why did Zhou Zhenfeng want to hang out with Sun Goudan? Wasn't it just by chance that he saw him playing with the son of the commune director?

　　Zhou Zhenfeng was fed up with working in the fields every day. He wanted to work in the commune. Even being an unappreciated temporary worker was better than wasting time in the village.

　　"I will definitely go tonight, brother. If it works, I will definitely reward you handsomely." Zhou Zhenfeng thanked Sun Goudan.

　　"Okay, okay, but brother, our Mr. Shen has no other hobbies except playing with money. If you are going tonight, you must bring enough money!"

　　What Sun Goudan meant by playing for money was playing cards. They played for a relatively large sum, and it was common for them to win or lose two or three yuan in a hand.

　　Zhou Zhenfeng had already found out everything.

　　He was a little reluctant, but he quickly comforted himself that you can't catch a wolf without sacrificing the child, you have to pay first before you can get the reward.

　　Zhou Zhenfeng did not return home that night. When Jiang Youtao went to work the next day and heard him hanging out with Sun Goudan from the village, she knew that Zhou Zhenfeng's story line had started to move.

　　Life went on in a dull manner, and Zhou Zhenfeng had reached the point where he was not even at the educated youth site during the day.

　　He was even unwilling to attend the Double Ninth Festival gathering at Wangjiatun Commune, which he had been looking forward to very much.

　　On the night before the Double Ninth Festival, Su Zhengtang stopped Zhao Yonglan after work and handed her a wooden hairpin that had been polished very smoothly. He said, "Comrade Zhao Yonglan, I want to apologize to you for what my mother did before. This is an apology gift. I made it myself. Please accept it."

　　Jiang Youtao narrowed her eyes and felt that things were not simple.

　　In Zhao Yonglan's previous life, Su Zhengtang would always give her some small woodworking items he made during the Chinese New Year and other festivals every year, but that was after the two of them had confirmed their relationship.

　　Not to mention in the book, Zhao Yonglan was kidnapped by the old gangster from Linjiadian before she even got to the stage of confirming her romantic relationship with Su Zhengtang.

　　So why is Su Zhengtang so sure that Zhao Yonglan will accept the hairpin?

　　[ Tongzi, Su Zhengtang has also been reborn? ]

　　The melon-eating system replied to Jiang Youtao two minutes later: [ After testing, Su Zhengtang was not reborn. But in order to avoid another collapse, the small world consciousness allowed Su Zhengtang to awaken the consciousness of his previous life. ]

　　In other words, Su Zhengtang was not reborn, but the difference between him and being reborn was not much.