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

　　Jiang Youtao frowned: [ Can this little world still save itself? ]

　　Melon-eating system: [ Of course, not every small world can watch the people of its own world die. ]

　　It's like this little world of Su Zhengtang and Xia Heyu. After experiencing a collapse, it came up with a way to let Su Zhengtang be with his original wife in his previous life. This prevented Xia Heyu from marrying Su Zhengtang, and thus avoided a series of tragedies that followed.

　　[ Can Su Zhengtang and Zhao Yonglan being together really prevent the collapse of the small world? ]

　　The melon-eating system has already calculated: [ No, Su Zhengtang, who has awakened his past life consciousness, is no longer the pure Su Zhengtang. He has some memories of his future life, and he is unprecedentedly confident in himself. But being too confident is not a good thing for a man. ]

　　The melon-eating system continued: [ After simulation calculations by this system, Zhao Yonglan and Su Zhengtang being together cannot prevent the collapse of the small world. Su Zhengtang's derailment has become inevitable. Zhao Yonglan is the candidate who was forcibly pulled up by the small consciousness to block the knife. As long as she makes an extreme move, it will accelerate the collapse of the small world. ]

　　Jiang Youtao understood. Based on her understanding of Zhao Yonglan, it was normal for her to do anything out of anger if she knew her man was fooling around outside: [ Then how can we prevent the collapse of the small world? ]

　　Melon-eating system: [ Stop Zhao Yonglan from being with Su Zhengtang. As for whether the awakened Su Zhengtang will be with Xia Heyu, that is not our concern. ]

　　[ Won't their little world collapse when they are together? After all, they are the male and female protagonists. ]

　　[ No, the awakened Su Zhengtang and the reborn Xia Heyu will only restrain each other, and the impact on the world consciousness is not that great. ]

　　Jiang Youtao didn't say anything and turned to look at Zhao Yonglan.

　　Su Zhengtang's craftsmanship is pretty good. He made a pear blossom hairpin, which is Zhao Yonglan's favorite flower. The hairpin was polished very smoothly.

　　Zhao Yonglan didn't want it. No matter how stupid she was or how much she loved to take advantage of others, it didn't make sense for her to ask for money from a stranger.

　　"I accept your apology, but no need for a gift." Even if Zhao Yonglan was stupid, she knew what it meant when a man gave her such a personal item as a hairpin.

　　If she really accepted it, she's afraid that the news that Zhao Yonglan and Su Zhengtang were dating would spread in the afternoon. She don't know when it started, but Zhao Yonglan became more and more sober.

　　Su Zhengtang was not a good match. Let's not talk about him, Zhu Yuemei alone made her scalp tingle. She couldn't outsmart Zhu Yuemei, and she couldn't beat her in a fight. She still remembered the last time she was beaten on the ground. Would it be good for her to marry into the Su family?

　　Maybe she will be eaten till not even a bone was left?

　　After Zhao Yonglan finished speaking, she took Li Yunying's hand and left. When she entered the educated youth site, she turned her head back for some reason and saw Su Zhengtang still standing there.

　　After entering the dormitory, Zhao Yonglan felt something was wrong the more she thought about it: "Huihui, have you told anyone that I like Lihua?"

　　Zhang Huihui was taking off her coat and was stunned for a moment when she heard this: "No, I didn't say that."

　　Before, Zhang Huihui wanted to draw a line between herself and Zhao Yonglan, but now their relationship is a little better than before. But why did she say those things outside for no reason?

　　"That's strange. I have never told others that I like pear blossoms. How did Su Zhengtang know? Is it a coincidence?" It could be explained as a coincidence, but Zhao Yonglan still felt strange about Su Zhengtang's look just now. He seemed to be sure that she would accept the hairpin.

　　Zhao Yonglan thought about it for a while but couldn't figure it out, so she stopped thinking about it. She had already accepted the fact that she was not smart enough, so she let herself go when she couldn't figure something out.

　　Jiang Youtao boiled some hot water to wash clothes. After she gained more strength, wringing clothes was no longer a troublesome task. With a twist and turn, most of the water was squeezed out. After wringing it twice more, the clothes were almost the same as those in a washing machine.

　　This is a must-have skill at home!

　　Gu Nianwei was astounded after seeing her once. Every time she washed thick clothes, she would bring things to bribe her, sometimes food, sometimes daily necessities.

　　The weather was very good on the Double Ninth Festival on September 9th. Everyone changed into good clothes, packed their money and tickets, locked the door of the educated youth site, and headed for the commune.

　　Just like yesterday, they met Su Zhengtang when they went out today. Judging from his attire, he was also going to the county town.

　　On the way to the village entrance, they met Xia Heyu, who was dressed in new clothes. When they arrived at the village entrance, they met Lin Jianzhong who was with his three children.

　　In both books, it can be said that all the protagonists are present.

　　Jiang Youtao had a bad feeling that something bad was about to happen.

　　Xu Dazui and the others were also going to the commune today. Isn't it the autumn harvest season? Every household has harvested the crops from their private plots. Xu Dazui carried ten kilograms of soybeans to the commune, Fourth Aunt Jiang carried a few kilograms of peanuts and a basket of eggs, and Second Aunt Zhang had nothing to sell, so she hung an empty basket.

　　When the three saw Jiang Youtao, they stopped and waited for her. Jiang Youtao pulled Gu Nianwei and others to catch up with them, and the melon-eating group was complete.

　　As the wife of the current team leader, Xu Dazui is particularly well-informed: "The commune leaders said that this year's harvest is good, and they want to invite people to perform for two days in the commune on the 19th."

　　September 19th is the birthday of Guanyin Bodhisattva. People in Zaoxiang have celebrated this day since ancient times. The custom has been passed down for thousands of years and has now become a custom.

　　Aunt Jiang Si loves to join in on this kind of fun: "Hasn't the commune invited anyone to perform in the past two years? I must go and join in the fun this year."

　　Aunt Zhang didn't say anything, but she couldn't be absent from such a lively atmosphere. She asked Jiang Youtao: "Are you going?"

　　Jiang Youtao glanced at Gu Nianwei and the others and said, "I don't know yet. I'll tell you later. If I go, I'll go with you."

　　"Okay, then we'll bring you back the same way we brought you out." Xu Dazui made a promise.

　　As they talked, they walked forward. They heard bursts of bell sounds behind them. They looked in the direction of the sound and saw Accountant Xu riding a bicycle with his eldest granddaughter to the commune.

　　His eldest granddaughter was still wearing the red cotton jacket, sitting astride the car with a bright smile on her face.

　　Xu Dazui clicked her tongue and said, "The Xu family dotes on this Baozhu to the core. Look at all the girls in the village, who is as favored as Xu Baozhu? It was said before that Zhu Yuemei's family dotes on Su Yang, but compared to Xu Baozhu, they are nothing."

　　Xu Dazui wasn't being sarcastic, she just couldn't stand it. A country girl, 15 or 16 years old, still doesn't know how to do anything. Not only does she not work in the fields, she can't even do housework. "I heard that she asks her sister to wash her pants every autumn. She's more pretentious than the girls in the city."

　　The educated youth all know how to wash their own underwear.

　　"Baozhu is blessed. If Baozhu was our child, I would spoil her the same way. Have you ever seen a rainbow hanging in a child's house after it rained just after it was born?" What Aunt Jiang said was a great wonder in Liushugou.

　　Fifteen years ago, in 1959, there was drought all over the country. There was not a single rain from spring to autumn. It was almost time for the wheat to fill with grain, but there was still no rain.

　　At this time, Xu Baozhu was born. The day she was born, the sky was bright and rosy, and soon after, it started to rain heavily. The rain lasted for a whole day and night, soaking the ground. After the rain stopped, the rainbow hung over the Xu family for a full hour.

　　The strangest thing was that the rain only fell in Liushugou. That year, the grain harvest in the whole commune was poor, but Liushugou had a good harvest. Since then, Liushugou has always had good weather and good harvest.

　　The Xu family is getting better and better, especially Xu Baozhu's parents. One works in the county's water conservancy bureau, and the other works in the county's agricultural science station. They were temporary workers a few years ago, but now they are both regular employees.

　　Her uncles and aunts are all nice people. Over the years, the Xu family has become the wealthiest family in Liushugou.

　　When talking about Xu Baozhu, Fourth Aunt Jiang couldn't stop talking: "Xu Baozhu is so lucky. Everyone went up the mountain together, but she found so many good things. One time, she was standing there, and a wild boar ran straight towards the big tree behind her. Not to mention rabbits and pheasants."

　　Jiang Youtao and the others were amazed when they heard this. Jiang Youtao asked, "It's really so amazing, why didn't you tell me about it before?"

　　"Aren't we all destroying the four olds and feudal ideas now? Who dares to say this? A few years ago, a fortune teller in Linjiadian was reported for practicing feudal superstition. Now the grass on her grave is so tall." No matter what it was, their Liushugou Brigade could not tell anyone about Xu Baozhu.

　　"Just keep this to yourself, don't spread it around." Xu Dazui warned Jiang Youtao and the others with a serious look on her face, "We are telling you this because we treat you as our own people."

　　"Don't worry, we'll keep our mouth shut." Jiang Youtao made the promise.

　　Fourth Aunt Jiang was still talking: "Speaking of Xu Baozhu, we have to mention her twin sister Xu Manyu. If Xu Baozhu is the lucky girl, then Xu Manyu is a well-known unlucky person. I have never seen anyone as unlucky as her since I was a child."

　　"She would sway on the ground when she walked, she would choke when she drank water, and she almost died when a peanut got stuck in her trachea while she was eating. When she went up the mountain with her sister, her sister got everything she wanted, but she was always bitten by animals. Anyway, let's just say that the older sister is so blessed, and the younger one is so unlucky."

　　"The Xu family loves Xu Baozhu as much as they hate Xu Manqiu."

　　This can be seen from their names. One is the apple of the eye, and the other is Manqiu, who comes when autumn is full, the extra one.

　　Jiang Youtao suddenly realized: "Oh, then why haven't I seen Xu Baozhu before?" It's strange to say, she has been in the countryside for so long, but she has never seen Xu Baozhu.

　　She often saw Xu Manqiu. Most of the time, the girl was working quietly and never talked much.

　　Xu Dazui sighed as he spoke, "Her parents took her back to live in the city. She only comes back to live in the village when she goes to school. The Xu family really dotes on this little lucky girl. She gets new clothes and new shoes every season. I've never seen her wear old clothes since she was a child. Manqiu is a pitiful child. She grew up in the village. I estimate that she has been to the city less than ten times in all these years. She wears clothes that are left over by others. Xu Baozhu is very domineering. She doesn't wear her clothes and she is reluctant to give them to Xu Manqiu. What a sin."

　　Aunt Zhang whispered, "We all privately said that Xu Baozhu was too domineering and took away all of Xu Manqiu's blessings in her mother's womb, which is why she is so unlucky."

　　They gossiped about the two sisters all the way until they arrived at the commune.

　　The ninth day of the ninth month is more or less a festival, and it is the first festival after the autumn harvest, and people from all over the commune come to join in the fun.

　　Displayed along the street are agricultural and sideline products grown by farmers themselves. In this era, in some places with lax management, farmers are allowed to buy, sell and exchange what they grow themselves.

　　Jiang Youtao and the others went straight to the post office.

　　Outside the door, Jiang Youtao saw Fu Shaohua behind the counter. He was not delivering letters and newspapers to the villages today.

　　Gu Nianwei pulled Jiang Youtao and went straight to the counter where Fu Shaohua was.

　　Fu Shaohua was busy, and when he noticed someone in front of him, he looked up and saw Jiang Youtao: "Comrade Jiang is here?"

　　Jiang Youtao nodded with a smile and took out the reply letter to Ying Chaorong: "I'm going to send the letter."

　　She actually don't have to go to the lobby to send letters, she can use the mailbox outside.

　　Fu Shaohua was no longer surprised. Since he came to work at the post office, many people came to the counter to send letters knowing that he was there. And they were all young girls.

　　If someone else came, Fu Shaohua would not even smile or give a good face. But for Jiang Youtao, he couldn't keep a cold face.

　　Then he smiled and said, "Just put it here."

　　Jiang Youtao handed him the letter with a smile and wanted to say a few more words, but Fu Shaohua was called away by a woman in her forties. As he walked away, he turned back and smiled apologetically at Jiang Youtao, so Jiang Youtao had to give up.

　　As soon as Jiang Youtao left, Fu Shaohua's gentle face suddenly changed into a cold expression: "Sister Zhang, why did you call me here?"

　　Sister Zhang is an old employee of the post and telecommunications office. Her job is usually to organize information, but as long as Fu Shaohua is around, she will leave her work to Fu Shaohua.

　　Fu Shaohua doesn't care how much life he lives, but Sister Zhang has been going too far recently.

　　Sister Zhang looked at the backs of Jiang Youtao and the other person leaving. Her face was not looking good. She forced a smile and said, "It's nothing. I just wanted to ask if you have sorted out the things I asked you to sort out this morning. The director will need to see them later."

　　Without waiting for Fu Shaohua to speak, she continued, "Xiao Fu, have you considered what I told you before? You have also seen my niece from my mother's side. She is good-looking and educated. She is working in an elementary school now. My eldest brother from my mother's side also said that he would transfer her to the county town in two years. She has seen you and is very satisfied with you. What do you think?"

　　Sister Zhang fell in love with Fu Shaohua the first time he entered the post office. She even asked her niece to come and see him, and her niece also liked him. She was just waiting for Fu Shaohua to nod.

　　Sister Zhang is very confident. Their Zhang family is one of the best families in the commune. Her eldest brother is the second in command of the commune. There are many people who want to go on a blind date with her niece. Xiao Fu's family may have some background, but isn't there a saying? It is better to be a current official than a current manager. She doesn't believe that Xiao Fu won't be tempted.

　　Fu Shaohua really wasn't moved.

　　He has a good family background and good looks. He has seen countless beautiful girls since he was a child. Sister Zhang's appearance is ordinary, and her niece's appearance is even more mediocre, so much so that she can't be found in a crowd.

　　"I don't have any idea." When Fu Shaohua wasn't smiling, even his voice was cold.

　　Sister Zhang's already stiff smile became even stiffer. She had already made a promise to her parents' side. If Fu Shaohua was not happy, how could she report it to them?

　　"Xiao Fu, you have to think carefully. My eldest brother is the second in command of our commune. If you date my niece, there will be many benefits. It is your blessing that she likes you. You..."

　　Sister Zhang's words became smaller and smaller under Fu Shaohua's mocking expression. Fu Shaohua said, "You can ask Zhang Liangsheng, if I don't date his daughter, what can he do to me?"

　　Fu Shaohua left after he finished speaking. When he reached the counter, he took the letter that Jiang Youtao was going to send.

　　Sister Zhang is a person with bad intentions. He has made her angry now. She might tear up her letter soon. It would be safer for him to take it away.

　　Fu Shaohua lived in a dormitory behind the post office. Each person had his own room with curtains hanging on the windows. The room was a little dim and there was not much furniture in it. There was a bed, a table and a chair. The bed was covered with an army green sheet, and the quilt was folded into tofu blocks and placed neatly at the head of the bed.

　　After standing in the room for a while, Fu Shaohua put Jiang Youtao's letter into the drawer, tidied his clothes and went out.

　　The educated youth lived poorly and had bad food, so when they came to the commune, Fu Shaohua guessed that they would go to a state-owned restaurant for lunch.

　　·····

　　Jiang Youtao, Gu Nianwei and others went to the supply and marketing cooperative. They squeezed together for a while and bought cold cream, snacks, candies, cloth and cotton. Jiang Youtao saw that there was wool and bought a few kilograms of wool.

　　Gu Nianwei saw it and bought some too. She didn't know how to knit sweaters, and she had always wanted to learn it, but she couldn't stick to it because she had no companion. It just so happened that Jiang Youtao also wanted to knit, so the two of them can accompany each other.

　　When they came out of the supply and marketing cooperative, Zhao Yonglan and the others had not come out yet, so the two of them leaned against the big pillar at the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative and chatted.

　　Jiang Youtao suddenly wanted to drink chicken soup: "Weiwei, do you want some chicken soup? If you do, let's ask Fourth Aunt Jiang if she has any chickens to sell. I remember she raised quite a few."

　　According to regulations, a family can raise two chickens, but every policy has its own countermeasures. Aunt Jiang still raised quite a few chickens. When asked, she said that her family had split up and she had three sons. Each son raised two chickens, so it was not too much to raise so many chickens together.

　　It would have been fine if Jiang Youtao hadn't said anything. As soon as she said it, Gu Nianwei also wanted to eat it: "Okay, go ask, it's best to get an old hen. We can stew it in the hallway. We can stew it for an entire afternoon and it will be ready to eat. That stuff is the most delicious."

　　As they talked, their saliva was about to flow.

　　The old hen soup is particularly fragrant. Just add a few slices of ginger and a small piece of onion and the chicken soup will be especially delicious.

　　They did it right away. It happened that Aunt Jiang Si was setting up a stall opposite the supply and marketing cooperative. She had already sold her eggs to the supply and marketing cooperative. Three cents a piece, now farmers wanted to get cash, and selling eggs was one of the few ways for them.

　　It is for this reason that chicken is often called the chicken butt bank.

　　When Jiang Youtao and the others went over, Fourth Aunt Jiang didn't even look at the stall. She was chatting with people from another village with saliva flying all over her body. Xu Dazui and Second Aunt Zhang were also listening very attentively.

　　A market like this is a great opportunity for these rural women to exchange information.

　　Just like now, Fourth Aunt Jiang and the others are talking about what happened in Xiaolianggou Village behind, about a wicked mother-in-law torturing her daughter-in-law.

　　This is not a rare thing. What is rare is that this evil mother-in-law is different from others. The reason why she tortures her daughter-in-law is that she thinks her daughter-in-law has snatched her son away.

　　"This woman was a widow when she was young and gave birth to two sons. The eldest son had already married, and she didn't get along well with the eldest son's wife. We used to think it was the fault of her eldest son's wife, who was also very aggressive."

　　"After the autumn harvest, when the second son got married, everyone knew what was going on."

　　"This old widow is very close to her son. When the young couple goes to bed at night, she wants to sleep on the kang with a quilt. She cries when her son and daughter-in-law don't want to. The young couple finally finds an opportunity to do it, but she starts yelling at them right after they start, for fear of tiring her son."

　　"Her youngest son is not a good person. He got so angry that he didn't want to endure it anymore, so he told everyone about it outside." The person who said this began to laugh mockingly.

　　Aunt Jiang Si listened with great interest: "Could it be that she thinks her two sons are her men?"

　　"Who knows? Even if she really treats her son as her man, she wouldn't dare to say it in public."

　　At this point, the topic ended and they moved on to talk about other families.

　　"Do you know the old Zhutou in our village?"

　　"That old Zhu from my maiden village?" Aunt Zhang interrupted without caring whether she was familiar with the man or not.

　　"It's him, it's him. Didn't Zhang Xiaohua die a few years ago? He didn't remarry. The night before yesterday, he was caught doing it outside with the wife of Zhu Laoer from our village. Not only did Zhu Laoer beat him up, he also blackmailed him and ask him to gave him five yuan."

　　Fourth Aunt Jiang exclaimed, "Five yuan?! Is this a gold rim? Hasn't Zhu Laoer's wife been having an affair with someone else for a long time? Compared with the widow Liu in our village, she is not much worse. How can she be worth five yuan?"

　　"You don't understand this. How much has Zhu Laoer earned from his wife over the years? Isn't his wife old and can't find a job outside? Now that he finally caught her, he must be blackmailing her to death."

　　"He ask Old Zhu to gave him money."

　　Jiang Youtao unconsciously took out some melon seeds and distributed some to everyone who was chatting nearby.

　　"And of course, Old Zhu gave it to him, how can he not give it to him? The matter of Zhao Chunhua in your village is still before our eyes. When the time comes, Zhu Laoer's wife will insist that it was Old Zhu who forced himself on her, and Zhu Laoer will testify beside her. Will Old Zhu have to go to the farm? He already has grandchildren and sons. If he doesn't want to go to the farm for forced labor, just giving money to him is the only way."

　　"This man can't control his lower body, and this is what he deserves." Aunt Jiang was full of contempt.

　　The woman had almost finished telling all the gossip she knew, and then it was Aunt Jiang's turn.

　　She has a lot of materials, including those of Zhao Chunhua, Zhu Yuemei, and Su Yang's young wife Xia Heyu.

　　These were all what the woman wanted to know. After she heard the inside story she wanted to hear, someone called the woman, and she left contentedly. Aunt Jiang Si and the others had a good gossip and were also very satisfied.

　　What she learned on the street today was enough for her to talk about for a while when she returned to the village.

　　Jiang Youtao took the opportunity to tell her the reason for her visit to Fourth Aunt Jiang, who immediately clapped her hands and said, "You've found the right person. I happen to have a hen that doesn't lay eggs at home. I've raised it for two years, and today I was thinking about raising it until Chinese New Year before eating it. But as you know, a hen that doesn't lay eggs gets thinner the longer it's raised, and I'm afraid that by Chinese New Year, there will be only a bag of bones left."

　　"It's better to eat now. We can't bear to eat it during the holiday season." As someone who had lived through hard times, Aunt Jiang felt guilty at the thought of eating such delicious food during the holiday season.

　　Selling it to Jiang Youtao was just what she wanted: "I'll catch it for you when I get home tonight. Can you kill a chicken? If not, I'll kill it for you and send it to you."

　　"It would be best if you could kill it. We are good at eating meat, but it is a bit difficult for us to kill chickens." Wang Shanxi and the others knew how to do it, but it would be a bit bad to eat meat without them.

　　"OK."

　　Zhao Yonglan and the others finally came out, and Jiang Youtao and the others left.

　　They went straight to the state-owned restaurant.

　　After sitting down, everyone discussed and ordered the dishes. The waiter had just left with the ordered menus when Fu Shaohua came in.

　　Wang Shanxi was the first to see him, and since they were all acquaintances, he waved at him, and Fu Shaohua walked towards them.

　　"Comrade Fu, are you here for dinner too?" Wang Shanxi was very enthusiastic. Zhao Rongguang quickly stood up and offered him a seat, which, by coincidence, happened to be right opposite Jiang Youtao.

　　Jiang Youtao saw him as soon as she looked up.

　　"Yes, the chef in our cafeteria has asked for leave, and there is no place to cook in my dormitory, so we have to eat here." Fu Shaohua glanced at Jiang Youtao when he said this, and seeing that Jiang Youtao wanted to look at him, but pretended to chat with others as if nothing had happened, he couldn't help but smile.

　　Although he had only met Comrade Jiang Youtao a few times, Fu Shaohua knew that he had some feelings for her.

　　But if asked why he had such thoughts in his mind, Fu Shaohua couldn't answer. He only knew that when he saw Jiang Youtao for the first time, the surprise in Jiang Youtao's eyes when she saw him was too bright, and the admiration in her eyes when she asked him his name was too pure, without the slightest possessiveness, only pure admiration.

　　In the next few meetings, Jiang Youtao came up to him and talked to him again, but her eyes were clear and her expression was excited.

　　That feeling was wonderful, and Fu Shaohua had never experienced it before. He suddenly remembered that when he was still a child, his grandmother took him out to play, and accidentally saw a bunch of particularly beautiful purple hibiscus flowers in a corner of the wall. His grandmother was very happy and went to see it every day.

　　He asked his grandmother why she didn't dig up the flowers and plant them at home if she liked them so much. His grandmother said that some things you like don't need to be possessed, and just looking at them every day is enough.

　　The way Jiang Youtao looked at him was no different from the way his grandmother looked at the bunch of flowers.

　　This undoubtedly made Fu Shaohua a little frustrated. Besides being frustrated, he became more and more interested in Jiang Youtao. He especially wanted to know how he would feel if Jiang Youtao looked at him with possessive eyes.

　　The more he think about it, the more itchy he feel.

　　Fu Shaohua's family tutors told him that if he wanted to get something, he had to give first. If he wanted Jiang Youtao to have feelings for him, he had to give first. Otherwise, what was the difference between him and a gangster?

　　"Comrade Wang Shanxi, have you ordered the dishes?" Fu Shaohua asked Wang Shanxi. He decided to build a good relationship with Wang Shanxi so that it would be more natural for him to interact with Jiang Youtao in the future.

　　Fu Shaohua ordered a serving of dumplings, which looked the same as Jiang Youtao's, with beef and green onions. He also ordered a large serving of mutton soup to share with everyone: "The master chef of our restaurant is a Hui Muslim. He is very skilled in making mutton soup. He makes enough every day to sell."

　　Wang Shanxi continued: "Yes, I have heard of it before, but we never bought it every time we came."

　　As he said this, the mutton offal soup came up. The mutton offal cut into small pieces, coriander and chopped green onion floated in the large soup bowl, and the aroma was fragrant.

　　Fu Shaohua invited everyone to drink together.

　　Jiang Youtao also served a bowl. Fu Shaohua asked at the right time: "Is it delicious?"

　　He was asking someone else, but his eyes were on Jiang Youtao. Jiang Youtao said, "Good, fresh but not smelly, and paired with chopped green onion, coriander, and the unique spiciness of pepper, it tastes good."

　　Fu Shaohua smiled and said, "Drink more."

　　Jiang Youtao's meal arrived soon. She ordered braised fish and rice. Gu Nianwei and the others all ordered different dishes. Everyone sat around the table. You ate my dishes and I tried yours. The meal was very lively.

　　After eating, Fu Shaohua and Wang Shanxi and other male educated youths had already dropped the word "comrade" and called each other by their first names. Wang Shanxi even invited Fu Shaohua to visit the educated youth center.

　　Fu Shaohua agreed.

　　A group of people said goodbye in front of the state-owned hotel. Fu Shaohua looked at Jiang Youtao and the others' receding backs with a smile.

　　The market had not yet ended, and there were still many people. Jiang Youtao and others followed the flow of people to walk around. Suddenly, Jiang Youtao's elbow was touched by Zhao Yonglan: "Look, is that person Su Yang?"

　　These words immediately attracted everyone's attention. Jiang Youtao and others looked in the direction Zhao Yonglan's hand was pointing, and sure enough, they saw Su Yang shopping with a well-dressed young woman. The two behaved very intimately and smiled at each other from time to time.

　　Zhang Huihui was amazed: "This Su Yang is so bold, he dares to be so brazen on a day like today."

　　Su Yang noticed someone was looking at them. He turned around and saw Jiang Youtao and the other educated youths. His expression did not change at all. The young woman also saw Jiang Youtao and the others. She focused her eyes on the educated youths and asked with a smile, "Do you know them?"

　　"The educated youth who went to the countryside from our village." said Su Yang.

　　The young woman nodded: "Let's go, I have to go back to the county town in the afternoon. Su Yang, don't forget what you promised me."

　　"Don't worry." The two turned around to leave, but at this moment, something unexpected happened. Xia Heyu appeared from out of nowhere and rushed towards Su Yang. Before everyone could react, Xia Heyu slapped the young woman next to Su Yang.

　　The young woman's face swelled up instantly. She covered her face and said, "Xia Heyu, are you sick?"

　　Xia Heyu stared at the young woman with eyes full of anger. In her previous life, it was this woman who had stood between her and Su Yang for two whole years, causing her so much pain that she wished she was dead. After her rebirth, Xia Heyu had been conquering Su Zhengtang and had no time to care about Tang Xiaoqing and Su Yang's affairs.

　　When they met now, all the new hatred and old grudges came together: "Tang Xiaoqing, I regard you as my best friend. You went shopping with my man behind my back. Are you worthy of me?"

　　Tang Xiaoqing slapped him back: "You can't keep an eye on your man, why are you picking on me? If you have the guts, keep an eye on him. Besides, there's nothing going on between your man and me. I just asked him to help me with something. He sent me out. How am I sorry for you?"

　　The two women were fighting in the street, and passers-by stopped and surrounded Su Yang and the other two spontaneously.

　　Xia Heyu didn't hold back when she hit Tang Xiaoqing, and Tang Xiaoqing naturally used all her strength when she hit back. Xia Heyu's head was tilted to the side after being hit by her. She wanted to hit back, but Su Yang grabbed her wrist.

　　"Xia Heyu, how long are you going to make trouble?" Su Yang looked at Xia Heyu with disgust. Xia Heyu's actions during this period had ruined Su Yang's reputation and also destroyed the little good impression Su Yang had for her.

　　Su Yang's actions, combined with the scene in her previous life when Xia Heyu first discovered that he had someone outside, made her unable to distinguish reality from fantasy for a moment. Anger overwhelmed her mind: "Su Yang, are you worthy of me? I gave up everything to marry you, are you worthy of me by doing this?"

　　Xia Heyu's tears flowed down. She had truly liked Su Yang. In her previous life, her parents had high expectations of her. When she was in junior high school, her parents found out that she was dating Su Zhengtang, but before they could take any action, she broke up with Su Zhengtang.

　　When she was in high school, Xia Heyu learned from her junior high school lessons and became extra careful in her dealings with Su Yang's relationship.

　　She wanted to marry Su Yang as soon as she graduated from high school. Her parents were very angry. Her father strongly disagreed. She went on a hunger strike for two days before her father agreed.

　　Xia Heyu was extremely resentful towards Su Yang. She didn't understand why Su Yang wanted to find someone else outside when she had given so much to him.

　　Su Yang shook off Xia Heyu's wrist and said, "How have I let you down? On the first day of our wedding, you made a scene at my house and wanted to divorce me. What did you do afterwards? You never helped with household affairs, no matter how idle you were. Instead, you visited my uncle's house every day when you had time, and sent him all the delicious food."

　　"You don't want anything for me? No way, you're doing it for my uncle, right? Xia Heyu, what qualifications do you have to criticize me? Everything I do now is just you doing the first day and I doing the fifteenth day."

　　"I've been married to you for about a month, have you ever let me touch you?" Su Yang became more and more angry. He looked around and asked loudly: "Tell me, everyone, I married a wife and she doesn't come home every day to go to other men's homes, and she doesn't even sleep with me. Am I qualified to divorce her?"

　　The men in the crowd listened to Su Yang's words and instantly put themselves in his shoes. They all responded loudly: "You are qualified, you are qualified."

　　"I would say you have a bad eye for women. Why would you marry such a fickle woman? Just divorce her as soon as possible."

　　With the support of a group of men, Xia Heyu's face became more and more ugly, and Su Yang's back became straighter and straighter.

　　Jiang Youtao was amazed in the crowd: "Xia Heyu is so stupid. What she did is no secret in the village. She has no right to care whether Su Yang takes women shopping or not. She has no basis to stand. Look at all these people, who said anything in defense for her?"

　　This world is inherently unfair to women. Once Su Yang said this, all the fault was on Xia Heyu's side.

　　Gu Nianwei said, "Of course. Facing this situation, the best way for her to deal with it is to pretend she didn't see it, and then wait for Su Yang to come back and use today's incident to negotiate with Su Yang. Wouldn't it be easier to divorce then? After she made such a fuss, who among all the people spoke up for her? The men only heard that she didn't let anyone touch her after marriage and that she went to other men's homes all day long. They didn't even remember that Su Yang took a woman to shopping."

　　Gu Nianwei knew Xia Heyu was stupid, but she didn't expect her to be this stupid. She really didn't have any brains. But think about it, it makes sense. Who with brains would file for divorce the next day after marriage and then always go to her ex-boyfriend's house?

　　Nowadays, who among the families with daughters in Liushugou doesn't use Xia Heyu as a negative example?

　　Zhao Yonglan also found it hard to explain. She really couldn't understand what was going on in Xia Heyu's mind. Until now, she still couldn't figure out why Xia Heyu wanted to deal with her.

　　Xia Heyu's face was pale, her mouth opened and closed, but she couldn't say a word. Jiang Youtao was watching from the side and felt anxious for her.

　　From Xia Heyu, Jiang Youtao understood a truth, that is, rebirth really cannot increase one's IQ.

　　Su Yang finally got rid of the frustration he had been feeling for the past month. He felt relieved. "Didn't you always want a divorce? My mother kept pressuring me not to get a divorce, saying that you were young and immature. Now I've figured it out. If someone's heart isn't with you, you can't keep them even if you want to. I think I've done my duty as a husband, but I still can't win your heart back. Let's get a divorce. I'll help you."

　　Su Yang was a little fond of Xia Heyu, but more than that, he enjoyed the pleasure of snatching Xia Heyu away from Su Zhengtang.

　　Over the years, whenever he took Xia Heyu past the place where Su Zhengtang was an apprentice, he was fascinated by the sense of superiority, excitement and satisfaction that rose from the inside out.

　　Su Yang is the same age as Su Zhengtang. Since he started school, Su Yang has been competing with Su Zhengtang unilaterally. His family has always told Su Zhengtang that he is the younger uncle and should take care of Su Yang, the older nephew.

　　Su Zhengtang was very obedient when he was young. He listened to what others said and took extra good care of his eldest nephew. There was a period of time when Su Yang and Su Zhengtang had a really good life together, but all that changed after they went to school.

　　Su Zhengtang is smart. With the same teacher and the same textbooks, Su Zhengtang's academic performance is better than Su Yang's.

　　Since the first grade, the sentence Su Yang heard most was: You and Su Zhengtang are still uncle and nephew. Look at Su Zhengtang and then look at yourself. Why can't you study hard with Su Zhengtang?

　　Whenever Su Yang heard such words, he felt hatred from the bottom of his heart.

　　Aren't you my uncle? Everyone in my family says you should give in to me, so why don't you give me a break in studying?

　　And Xia Heyu, she obviously knew me first, and got close first, so how come she became your partner?

　　Su Yang was extremely unwilling. Snatching Xia Heyu away from Su Zhengtang was the happiest thing that had happened to Su Yang in all these years.

　　But that joy is gone now, and now all that's left is anger. For a man, his wife's heart and eyes are full of her ex-boyfriend. Isn't this a great shame?

　　She, Xia Heyu, made him famous in Liushugou, and today he would also make Xia Heyu famous throughout the commune!