# c16: roast chicken

Wang Ying was a little annoyed at being involved in this matter. Wang Lingling was a reborn girl who accidentally got her uncle's family into trouble. How did this matter involve her?

She has not forgotten Wang Lingling's trouble-making face.

Don't even think about marrying her to her ex-fiance in order to give Wang Lingling peace.

There are so many people in a commune. She can't find anyone, and she has to get involved with Wang Lingling's family.

But Xu Shuang's words made her feel that...

Marrying Xu Shuang is a possible idea.

In fact, Wang Ying's original priority was to find a husband to marry into her own family. Only by doing so would she be the head of her household in a strict sense. Can Wang Yongshun still drive away this niece who brought home a husband, just so he could occupy their house?

Later, I considered that if a child came into her house at this time, it's could be that the family had given birth to five, six, seven or eight boys who and could not afford to raise them. It would be too embarrassing if you had to deal with so many brothers, sisters-in-law and parents-in-law after marriage. She thought so, and only then did the idea die.

Looking for educated youths is actually the same as recruiting a wife, and educated youth are more in line with Wang Ying's aesthetics.

Wang Ying has seen those bachelors in the brigade. Not to mention their clothes, they all have mud under their fingernails, fleas in their hair, and a smell that could be detected from miles away!

Educated youths are much cleaner.

Let's take another look at Xu Shuang. He has an outstanding appearance and good hygiene habits as a cook. He looks upright and refreshing. In addition, he gave me rabbits in the mountains before, and I often hear about people he helps in the village. It can be seen that the character is also passable.

The most important thing is!

He is a cook.

Wang Ying had to admit that she really had some thoughts about marrying him.

Xu Shuang didn't stare at Wang Ying and insisted on getting a decision now. When Wang Ying lowered her head and thought, Xu Shuang said, "I know this is quite sudden. Just let me know after you think about it."

Xu Shuang thought for a while and added: "I just said yes because I suddenly thought of it. Just say you don't agree when you go out in a while."

When young men and women talk about marriage, there are different situations before and after.

Saying you agree at the beginning and disagreeing later is not very good for the woman. It’s easy to get a bad reputation.

On the contrary, if you disagree now, you may not have thought about it well, and no one will care about it if you agree later.

Wang Ying nodded. The balance in her heart had actually been tilted, but it wouldn't be bad to think more about such a major life event.

Looking at Xu Shuang again, Wang Ying made another attribution: this person has a very delicate and considerate mind.

That's great. Wang Ying thought of her best friends before the end of the world. What they complained about the most was their boyfriend's rough, straight thinking.

Wang Ying doesn't think that straight men think too much, but too many men always think that grasping the big and letting go of the small is proof of their foresight. I always can't take them seriously when I encounter small things that are not done well or details that weren't considered. You told him that details determine success or failure, but he said that he just forgot about it temporarily and it was not a big deal.

Shit, let these people try to make some minor mistakes at work.

To put it bluntly, he still doesn’t care enough about the relationship in marriage.

Xu Shuang could think of this, which was already an unexpected surprise for Wang Ying.

Wang Ying called to Xu Shuang, thought for a while before making up her mind, and said, "Wang Lingling reported your brother's matter."

Although Wang Ying does not know the details, it is not difficult to understand that Wang Lingling, a reborn girl, relies on the plot to do something.

Wang Ying: "I don't know why she knew about your brother, but I heard her say that she went to the town's revolutionary committee and reported it anonymously."

Wang Ying didn't feel guilty for saying this. Wang Lingling didn't feel guilty when she reported the person. Why should she feel guilty?

She had heard that Xu Ming, the eldest son of the Xu family, was studying aircraft research in college. Many universities would be closed now, but he was still able to study at the provincial university.

It is said that he had already decided that he would be assigned to the university after graduation and had to do research with the teacher.

As soon as Wang Lingling reported him, he was sent to Northwest China.

Wang Ying's intention in telling Xu Shuang this matter was also very clear. Everyone must pay the price for their actions. Wang Lingling did this, but Wang Yongshun and his wife kept it a secret. Is there such a good thing?

Xu Ming is eight poles away. If you don't want to marry Xu Shuang, why don't you just say no?

Is it needed to drag someone's family into trouble?

A cold light flashed in Xu Shuang's eyes.

Originally, he thought that his brother's problem was caused by the school...

"OK, thanks."

Wang Ying felt a little awkward: "You can scare my uncle and make him pay first."

After Wang Ying came through, she actually had some doubts. Before, she was busy dealing with the troubles in life and taking care of her health, so she never thought about it. Thinking about it now, Wang Ying feels very inconsistent.

The environment in her home was very inconsistent.

Her father went to serve in the military, and there was no obituary even if he didn't come back.

Her mother is not in a hurry to find someone, nor does she go back to her parents' home. Instead, she takes her to live a contented life.

When her mother was alive, if her uncle's family wanted them to be wiped out, they could trap her mother, but her uncle was content at that time.

In the original owner's impression, she seemed to have eaten chocolate when she was a child. The original owner didn't know what chocolate was, but Wang Ying had eaten it. When the two were combined, Wang Ying knew that the original owner had eaten a lot of strange things when he was a child.

Since then, it seems that there are no more of these at home.

But at that time, her mother was a barefoot doctor and was well-respected. There was no shortage of eggs in the house, so she didn't see anything outstanding about her.

Thinking about it more carefully, apart from the house and the belongings in Wang Ying's house, didn't her mother leave anything else?

The barefoot doctor can only treat patients with a dime or two cents, but she is very capable. Not only her own brigade, but also people from other brigade came looking for her.

Because most of the barefoot doctors are the kind who can only prescribe painkillers, while Wang Ying's mother can give people injections, prescribe medication, prepare medicinal materials and give prescriptions.

Originally, a barefoot doctor also had to work in the fields. Being a barefoot doctor is not a full-time job, but should be regarded as a half-time job.

But Wang Ying's mother is very capable, and there are always people looking for her. The brigade simply gave her full work points, so she didn't have to work. Only when the brigade is too busy, such as the autumn harvest, does she need to help with food storage and the like.

This is why Wang Ying's mother had an accident on the way to transport food.

Calculating it this way, the original owner’s mother didn’t have any money in her family after all these years?

Wang Ying felt confused and suspected that her uncle's family had taken it away.

But the last time a big commotion broke out, her uncle's house was searched and all that they gave her was a dozen yuan.

Either the uncle was smart and hid the money by himself, or someone else took the money from their family.

Wang Ying emphasized to Xu Shuang: "You deceive Wang Yongshun, don't go to Li Chunjuan."

Wang Ying still felt that her uncle must have some family background.

Xu Shuang nodded: "Okay."

The people nearby watched for a long time and only saw Wang Ying and Xu Shuang talking, Xu Shuang nodded.

"Hey, hey, do you think Sanya can agree?"

"It's definitely not possible. She graduated from high school and is the child of a martyr. She might even be able to work as a teacher in a commune, so why would she marry into such a blackened family?"

"Before, he could have still have been a good match. Frost boy's family is not bad, and he is a good-looking person."

"They're coming over, they're coming over!"

The two came out one after another. Xu Shuang shook his head at his mother who had eyes full of expectation.

Mrs. Xu's anger suddenly dissipated, and she bent down, looking from a distance as if she had aged several years.

But Mrs. Xu didn't glare at Wang Ying, she just looked at her with envy.

Wang Ying took good care of herself during this period and did not go out to work. In addition, although the food was not much nor very rich, it was sufficient. Her hair also used to be gray, and the new hair that grows back is black and strong. It looks much more beautiful.

Mrs. Xu felt regretful!

This girl looks more decent than Wang Lingling. Why did I choose Wang Lingling at that time?

Now that it's better, I can't reach the other person anymore.

This girl is good-looking and is still a high school student. She will definitely marry well in the future.

Alas, that is expected.

Everyone knew from the look on Mrs. Xu's face that Wang Ying probably didn't agree. As soon as this this result was made clear, people around her undoubtedly felt that Xu Shuang had not adjusted his mentality well.

You used to be popular in villages and towns all over the country, and all the young women in the commune were clamoring to get married.

But now that your family is like this, what’s the difference between you and the [Black Five](#user-content-fn-1)[^1]?

You still have the nerve to find a high school student to be your wife.

Have you never encountered setbacks before?

There were some young men among the onlookers, who immediately became excited. In the past, Xu Shuang's conditions were good, and the young men in their brigade were a bit underwhelming in comparison. Even the educated youths could not compare with this man.

Now\...the phoenix that shed its feathers still wants to be a pheasant?

Even being a sparrow is not possible!

"Wang Ying is a high school student and the daughter of a martyr. The commune will definitely call her to join them when the time comes. No matter what she does, she will have an iron job."

"Yes! And she is the only one in her house. This house..."

"...Hey, Wang Ying's conditions are quite good."

"That's right! She is the only one in her family. Can't she bring her family's wealth to the man's family?"

"It's true!"

They originally wanted to join forces to speak ill of Xu Shuang, but the topic somehow got diverted to Wang Ying.

Looking at it this way, Wang Ying has a house, land, food, furniture and chickens at home, and can still make money. She doesn’t have a mother-in-law, so she doesn’t even need a bridal price...

Damn it! Such a good girl! Why didn't I pay attention before?

If you look closely, Wang Ying looks good.

She has an oval face and big eyes. Although she wears patched clothes, she is better looking than the cadre families they saw in the commune, and she is prettier than the young worker girls in the town!

Immediately, several young men were tempted and prepared to go home and ask their mothers to come and talk.

The chicken thief even thought of not asking her family to come over, but to go and show his attentiveness first. Anyway, she had a falling out with her uncle's family, so he could save a fortune by skipping Wang Yongshun and his wife.

Wang Yongshun also felt numb. Xu Shuang walked over to talk to Wang Ying. He was the most scared.

Although he had always wanted to marry Wang Ying, Wang Yongshun didn't know why, but he felt bad when he saw these two people standing together.

Li Chunjuan's eyes were shining. Wang Ying marries Xu Shuang. Xu Shuang was such a bad person. She would suffer the consequences if she married him!

I can still turn my back on guests and ask Xu Shuang for some bridal gifts!

Wang Lingling got married at a loss of money. Because the shock was so great that day, Li Chunjuan forgot to stop Wang Lingling from packing her things. She regretted it very much later.

Wang Lingling's clothes, the small things she bought for her before, and a teapot in her house were all taken away by Wang Lingling!

Li Chunjuan's thoughts are very polarized. She loves her daughter, but when her daughter gets married, she becomes someone else's family. If a daughter takes things from her parents' family, she is a good daughter. This kind of daughter who has to come back to get clothes after getting married is a bad daughter.

Li Chunjuan now felt that her second daughter Wang Lingling was a white-eyed loser.

Li Chunjuan felt that the dowry that Wang Lingling lacked had to fall on Wang Ying.

Xu Shuang must be rich as a cook. She has to ask Xu Shuang for another hundred.

Mrs. Su's eyebrows wandered, and she was a little unsure whether to continue to make trouble or not. With her temper, although it's hard for Shuang Xiaozi to find a wife, he shouldn't look at anyone from the Wang family!

Even if you spend a lot of money to marry, you can always marry a girl with good qualities.

But if the Wang family's money doesn't come back, she will really have to hold in her anger for a year!

Seeing Boy Shuang coming out and shaking his head, Mrs. Su immediately felt confident!

"Pay back the money!"

Wang Ying walked out and shrugged, and said to Li Chunjuan and Wang Yongshun: "Uncle, what do you think you are doing? You have to pay them back! You can't use me to replace you're daughter, that won't do."

Wang Ying's words confirmed that she was unwilling to marry.

Li Chunjuan became so angry that she began to curse: "A black-hearted little whore..."

Wang Yongshun didn't know why, but he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

He was worried when he saw these two people standing together.

Before he could finish breathing, Xu Shuang pulled him aside and whispered: "I saw Wang Lingling at the door of the revolutionary committee in the town a few days ago..."

Wang Yongshun's heart was pounding.

Xu Shuang: "Two days after she went there, something happened to my brother."

Wang Yongshun subconsciously retorted: "You're talking nonsense! How did Lingling know that your brother secretly hid foreign books!"

Xu Shuang: "She often comes to my house."

Wang Yongshun: "It can't be said that Lingling reported it!"

Xu Shuang's eyes were like sharp swords: "Okay, then I'll tell my aunt."

Mrs. Su is not a vegetarian. She knew that her nephew's fiance disliked poverty and preferred wealth. She already disliked her very much. If she knew that her brother's fiance was responsible for what happened to her eldest nephew, she could sit in front of Wang's house and scold him for three days and three nights until the news reached the county seat!

Wang Yongshun felt that he was on the edge of a cliff, with no where to go.

"...How much do you want?"

We can't let Xu Shuang do this!

His family has no face now, but after all, this does not involve the other people in the brigade, and everyone is just watching for fun. They still knew how to get along with each other on the weekdays.

But if something like this happened, his family would really be in big trouble.

People in the brigade didn't say anything about Xu Ming's accident this time, but many of them were feeling pity in their hearts. It happened again because someone reported it, and it was inevitable that some people at home would scold such actions.

When they find out that Wang Lingling did it, everyone will walk around his house!

So what does this mean? Doesn't his family have the same Black Five category of treatment as the Xu family? !

and……

Wang Yongshun has a lot of life experience. Wang Lingling makes good use of reporting, which will make the brigade leader Tian Youfu question in his heart.

<mark style="color:purple;">If it blocks the road to your family, you just need to report it. The captain has many things to do and naturally offends many people in this regard.</mark>

If a family has a grudge against you, and if the members in the area follow suit, will the brigade leader be able to continue working?

The brigade leader's attitude towards their family is also very obvious. He must follow the rules accordingly. Other family members are tolerated a little more, but theirs, can't even think about deviating!

Even if his son Wang Yaozong wants to be a worker in the future, the brigade captain must write a letter of introduction in accordance with the regulations to evaluate his character. Normally, you should visit the members of the community first, but if you encounter a group leader, they will usually open the door directly, so your future will not be hindered.

There is definitely a difference between doing something like this by the book and being able to follow it loosely.

Wang Yongshun could not let his family fall into such a situation.

Wang Yongshun gritted his teeth: "How much do you want? Make an offer."

Xu Shuang's eyes darkened: "One hundred!"

Wang Yongshun's heart was bleeding, but he had to give it.

"Come inside with me and get it."

Wang Yongshun found a hundred pieces of money in each nook and cranny and handed it to Xu Shuang.

"You took the money, so you can't tell anyone about it."

Xu Shuang paused, and Wang Yongshun became anxious: "You took the money, which is one hundred more than what you asked for! You have to keep this matter a secret! Wang Lingling didn't tell me what she did. I'm really wronged."

Wang Yongshun felt from the bottom of his heart that he had been wronged.

It’s not like he reported it! He didn’t know that Xu Ming had foreign books! Wang Lingling is a loser. He has raised her for eighteen years in vain, and yet this guy still wants to defraud his family of 100 yuan!

Xu Shuang stuffed fifty yuan into his pocket and held the other fifty yuan in his hand: "Yeah."

The culprit is Wang Lingling. Wang Yongshun really was deceived when it came to Wang Lingling.

Wang Yongshun finally felt relieved, and his body ached so much that he could hardly stand. The more than 300 yuan of family wealth is now only more than 200 yuan. What a day to be alive!

Xu Shuang came out with 50 yuan, and Mrs. Su stood up so neatly that she didn't look like a sixty-year-old person.

She spat at Li Chunjuan who was lying on the ground: "Now that the money has been cleared, please stop hitting up my sister's house in the future!"

When the people around saw that the Xu family had taken back the money, they dispersed. This big drama today is really exciting, with a beginning and an end.

There is Xu Shuang in the Xu family, who is still stubborn.

The Wang family is simply unlucky. Anyone who has a daughter like Wang Lingling can't bear it. It’s really a trick to deceive my mother’s family. Not to mention becoming a stepmother, I will have to spit out all the good things my family has had.

Moreover, Wang Ying's conditions are really good, but she has fallen out with her uncle's family again. If there is a suitable boy in your family, go and find out.

Speaking of which, no one had approached Wang Ying directly before. One reason was that Wang Ying was a girl, and was detained at home to work, so she was not familiar with everyone in the brigade. If you want to propose marriage to Wang Ying, you have to go through Li Chunjuan and Wang Yongshun.

Wang Yongshun and his wife deliberately downplayed Wang Ying. Outside, Li Chunjuan said that Wang Ying was difficult to get along with and had the temper of a young lady. As a result, those who want to marry a down-to-earth woman are afraid to come to the door, and those who come to the door are crooked melons and cracked dates.

Wang Yongshun thought this was really good, only the crooked melons and cracked dates were willing to pay the bridal price!

The families in the brigade who are serious about getting married only pay twenty or thirty as a bride price, and the girl's family also has to give two clothes and a quilt as a dowry.

His family didn't really intend to make Wang Ying comfortable, so there was no need for such extraneous communication.

But things are different now.

Everyone in the village thinks Wang Ying has good conditions.

She doesn’t have parents to ask for bridal gifts and still has her own family money. Besides, it's just a bridal gift. Since she is alone, isn't it still brought back to her home after?

Looking at it this way, no girl in the town can match Wang Ying's conditions!

She is still in high school, and I heard from Uncle Tian that she also has some medical skills.

No matter whether she goes to a health clinic or becomes a teacher in a commune, even if she comes back and becomes a barefoot doctor like her mother!

This is the golden girl who can make money!

Families with young men of the right age in the brigade suddenly became excited. Some gossipy women who loved to play matchmaker were also trying to show her appeal to their relatives. Who didn't have one or two young bachelor relatives?

There are not many girls in the country these days. In every brigade there are bachelors who cannot find wives.

There are many poor people who cannot get married.

This girl from the Wang family has good conditions, and she has no parents. Isn’t this just like the [fat on a piece of meat](#user-content-fn-2)[^2]?

Some people who are more normal just want to talk to Wang Ying about getting married and see if Wang Ying can like their boy. Others have evil thoughts and are very wicked, and they are also thinking about how to marry Wang Ying.

Wang Ying didn't know that she had caught the eyes of many people. She was still thinking about Xu Shuang's words.

The two of them have the qualities to cover the other person's shortcomings.

Wang Ying has no support from her family, and she is afraid of marrying the wrong man, so she is looking for a husband to marry into her family.

Xu Shuang is good in everything except his family's social standing. He has to find someone with a good social status to cover for that.

Taken together, this marriage was a perfect match.

Wang Ying thought to herself that others might marry her because they wanted a house and money, and because she was a high school student. After getting married, they may not treat her well.

But Xu Shuang was interested in her.

That's much better.

On a darker note, the Xu family wouldn't treat her badly not just because of their social status. In this era, people can still go through a divorce if they really desire one, and no one would stop her and Xu Shuang.

Xu Shuang still wants to get married...

Wang Ying thought, this really is perfect timing. Xu Shuang's conditions became more and more suitable as she looked at them.

Thinking about herself in the kitchen, Wang Ying became even more satisfied with Xu Shuang.

These days, she not only took care of herself, but she also went to the commune and Xipo Town several times. She originally thought of finding a job that came with a canteen to eat at, but after looking at it, she realized that this was an extremely impossible dream.

Except for the thermos bottle factory and government agencies in the town, there are no canteens anywhere else!

Wang Ying was already worried about her own food. She didn't have much money, even if she bought braised soup once a week, she couldn't afford it.

But her own cooking skills are really bad, and the food tastes like death.

Wang Ying thought that at least if she married Xu Shuang, she wouldn't have to worry about eating in the future.

In the middle of the night, people in the countryside go to bed early, and there is no electricity. They rely on oil lamps at night, but they have to be used sparingly, because lamp oil is also oil!

So when night falls, even if they can't sleep, everyone in the house talks in the dark to pass the time.

Wang Ying was lying on her bed thinking about all of this and feeling a little sleepless after a long time.

Behind the Wang family home, a sneaky figure also appeared quietly.

The man who came was thin and small, and his movements were not flexible. He almost tripped over the stones on the road as he walked down the mountain path. He quietly walked around to the back of a house.

First, I laid down next to the window and listened for a while. When I heard a man snoring from inside, I knew it wasn't this one.

It was too dark, and he couldn't remember whether others told him it was east or west.

But he knew it when he heard the snoring. He quietly walked along the outside of the window and touched the first window on the other side.

As everyone knows, Wang Ying already knew that someone was outside the window when she heard the footsteps. Her hearing was very sensitive. She originally heard the footsteps and knew they were at Wang Yongshun's side, but she was still suspicious if they were directed at Wang Yongshun and his wife.

But I didn't expect that the other party really had touched it wrong and moved towards her after a while.

Wang Ying easily got off the bed and touched a long stick.

She cut the stick from tree branches in the mountains to prevent this kind of thing.

Wang Ying felt bad. Xu Shuang was having a falling out with Wang Yongshun, and she flatly refused to help. In the eyes of others, it meant that she had fallen out with her uncle.

Although they had a falling out a long time ago, they still kept a good face before. This time, she didn't stand with Wang Yongshun when something happened, so they naturally exposed the dispute to the public.

We had a falling out yesterday, and someone came to touch the door tonight.

Wang Ying was also very depressed.

She didn't expect a person to dare to come in for something. They probably thought that she was rich and came to touch her money.

This is because Wang Ying thought in the wrong direction. She didn't know that yesterday and today were enough for the people in the brigade to rethink her conditions over and over and weigh them on the scale several times.

Now she is worth much more than the things and money in the house.

This bold man is the old bachelor in the seventh brigade, and others call him [Lao Gou](#user-content-fn-3)[^3].

Lao Gou is thirty-seven this year. When he became of age, his family was already so poor that they were almost at the point of selling their own blood to survive. His mother was able to give birth to seven sons in one breath. His father was originally very happy, thinking that this was the prosperity of the family.

As a result, they could not raise so many sons.

Among the seven sons, two went out to marry, one died of hunger in a disastrous year, and two could not bear the family hardships anymore and ran away. The were only two sons remaining, but there is only enough money for one of them to marry, even if they scrape the walls and sweep the ground. Lao Gou was the one left without a wife.

Lao Gou was so angry about not having a wife that he separated and came out to live on his own.

As a result, he was even poorer when he came out, and he didn't have enough to eat. Fortunately, life gradually got better, and he didn't stay hungry. But at this time, Lao Gou was getting older and had no money, so he couldn't find a wife on his own.

Year after year, Lao Gou is still an old bachelor.

Lao Gou had given up all hope and thought that he should save up some money and wait a few more years to buy a wife. Although the new society does not allow this, if you buy it secretly, just say that you are married from afar, and the brigade would not be able to hold you accountable.

But what happened suddenly in the brigade yesterday made Lao Gou unable to help but be tempted.

Wasn't Wang Ying's situation just for him?

She has everything except a man.

I don’t have anything, so aren't I not a good match for her?

Although he is older, the little girl doesn't understand that only when you are older will you hurt others.

Lao Gou thought so in his heart, but he also knew that he had no competitiveness.

Now the young men in the brigade are all staring at Wang Ying. If he waits a few days, a matchmaker will probably come to her door.

Lao Gou felt as if he had been scratched by someone, and he felt that this was his chance.

He's been a bachelor for ten years, but he's never met such a suitable girl for him!

This was meant to be!

Lao Gou listened to the discussions of those people, and someone with a clear mind said that Wang Ying probably wanted to find a suitable husband to marry into her family. But even if she is looking for that kind of husband, the old dog is still not a competitive choice.

There are many young and strong men in the village, and some of them have brothers who don't care about carrying their family lineage.

If you get married, get married!

He would have a beautiful wife and a brick house to live in. What is there to dislike about this?

The old dog is anxious, he can't wait any longer.

Steeling his heart, the old dog had a conscious-less thought.

He could come to make sure that Wang Ying had to get married to him even if she didn’t want to!

As soon as this idea came out, the old dog himself was startled.

For a bad guy who ruins someones innocence, no matter what, he deserves to die and go to the eighteenth level of hell.

But the old dog thought that he was suffering because he was already thirty-seven and had not yet fallen in love with his wife. Can God do this to him? Go to hell, go to hell, as long as you have a wife and a big house.

At worst, he will be nicer to Wang Ying in the future. For such a young girl, he can just coax her when things get done.

The old dog came secretly. He touched the window of Wang Ying's house, his heart was surging, as if a beautiful life was right in front of him.

Suddenly a dark shadow came down, followed by a punch that was about to knock out his front teeth.

The old dog shed tears in pain and did not dare to speak loudly, so he could only secretly beg for mercy.

"Hero, good man, stop fighting! Are you here to find that bitch Wang Ying too? You can have her!"

The old dog didn't want to ask who it was. At this point, running under the window of a girl just like him, how could this be a serious person!

"I'll give her to you!"

The old dog quickly became scared. It seems that there were too many people who wanted to pick this flower, and it was not even his turn to be a beast.

As a result, the man didn't say anything and was still swinging his fists.

That fist was filled with wind!

The old dog was so wronged that he had just touched the window, and he didn't even touch it for ten seconds!

This beating was unjust!

The person who came was very quick and beat the old dog half to death. The old dog had fainted a long time ago. He couldn't survive without fainting, it was really too painful.

Wang Ying was originally waiting for someone to open the window, but unexpectedly she heard something like this coming from outside.

She originally thought like the old dog, thinking that they were just a bunch of beasts.

Unexpectedly, the beating outside became more and more severe. It didn't look like beating a competitor at all. Wang Ying secretly opened the curtains. The back window of her house was still made of glass. Last time she only smashed the windows in the courtyard, she didn't bother breaking the back.

Through the transparent glass, Wang Ying's extraordinary eyesight could clearly see the people under the moon.

Xu Shuang beat the man unconscious and dragged him aside.

Wang Ying pushed open the window, and Xu Shuang also turned to look over.

"Did it wake you up?"

Wang Ying scratched her head: "I woke up a long time ago. Is this guy okay? He just came to steal money. You didn't find anything wrong with him, did you?"

Although far away, Wang Ying still recognized him. He was an old bachelor and the Lao Gou in the village.

Xu Shuang: "...He's not here to steal money."

Wang Ying: "He's not here to steal money, he's here to steal...fuck!"

Wang Ying couldn't help but explode.

This can't be blamed on her. In the past few days since she came here, she had a good impression on most people in the brigade. An old bachelor like Lao Gou, Wang Ying never even entertained the thought of choosing as a partner. For a moment, I really didn’t think about myself.

Wang Ying gritted her teeth: "Hold on, I'll come out and beat him up for a while."

Lao Gou fainted. In his daze, he thought he was still being beaten after he fainted. Little did he know that the beating he received after he fainted was from Wang Ying.

Wang Ying quickly jumped out of the window and beat Lao Gou severely.

After the beating, she spat: "Beast!"

This guy looks like he's in his forties or fifties yet can still be so filthy-minded, he really deserves this.

Wang Ying said to Xu Shuang: "Thank you."

Actually, there's no need to thank him. If this guy got through her window, she would most likely have given him a fierce beating, but that would be have been a bit gross.

Seeing that she was just treating this matter as an exception, Xu Shuang couldn't help but say something: "You have to pay attention to these things recently. You are not in good standing with your uncle's family...many people in our village have ideas about you."

Xu Shuang wasn't going to beat everyone to death with a stick. Among those who wanted to pursue Wang Ying, some really wanted to chooser her as a wife.

Not everyone had bad intentions like Lao Gou, and they do fall in love with Wang Ying.

Xu Shuang also knew that this was an obstacle for himself. In the past, no one approached Wang Ying to propose marriage to her, so she could only choose within a limited range. Now that word of her situation has spread, and coupled with the breakup with Wang Yongshun, everyone knows that they can personally talk with her.

There may not necessarily be any young men with better conditions than the other.

Xu Shuang told Wang Ying about the situation in the brigade for the past couple days. After their family had a quarrel with the Wang family yesterday, some people resumed contact with their family. It's not that they didn't want to talk to their family at all before, but everyone couldn't grasp their level.

After the quarrel with Wang Yongshun and his wife, this logical reason came to the door. Some old ladies who had chatted with Mrs. Xu before also went to visit. They did not mention Xu Ming's incident. Everyone pretended that it had never happened and continued to get along with each other the same as before.

Yesterday, everyone saw clearly that Xu Shuang, the youngest son of the Xu family, can still support his family, and Mrs. Xu is not a loser. It won't take long for the mother and son to turn things around, probably by finding a good daughter-in-law to neutralize them.

This is also a method that everyone knows well in recent years to change the composition. In the early years, some middle peasants and rich peasants were like this. After a long time, they gave birth to a son and a daughter, and they were no different from the other people in the village.

It was these sarcastic old ladies that made Xu Shuang quickly realize that everyone in the team was talking about Wang Ying.

He thought in a different direction from those old ladies, and immediately realized that this was a bit dangerous for Wang Ying.

So he waited here at night. Who would have thought that someone who couldn't sit still would come so soon.

Wang Ying listened to Xu Shuang's words and looked confused: "You mean...my situation is so good that the young men in the whole brigade are excited?"

Xu Shuang: "Not exactly...some aunts in our brigade also went back to their parents' homes today."

Wang Ying crumbled, that means that with her conditions, she can still attract young men from other brigades, right?

Xu Shuang: "There are also some people who want to hire a matchmaker, and they will probably come to the door in a few days. You can think about it carefully..."

Wang Ying made a decision immediately: "No need to think about it! It's you! When will we get married?"

Wang Ying watches as Xu Shuang showed a smile under the moonlight. He used to have a stern face, but this smile turned out to be unexpectedly good-looking.

Wang Ying blushed a little when he laughed: "You couldn't have been lying to me, could you?!"

Why are all the young men in the brigade planning to pursue her? Whose boy is planning to come over to fetch water for her tomorrow morning...

Xu Shuang withdrew his smile, but his face clearly showed signs of relief and joking: "Whoever lies to you is a puppy."

Wang Ying never thought that Xu Shuang actually had such a side, and said: "Okay, you go find a matchmaker and come over quickly."

Matchmakers flocked to her, and many young men showed their attentiveness. Another Mary Sue heroine might have enjoyed it, but Wang Ying really couldn't.

She was seriously looking for a partner, and she wasn't trying to show off how attractive she was.

And is this charm really your own?

Wang Ying knew very well that she had not recovered from her previous losses, and her appearance had not returned to its peak state. Even clam oil was not common in the countryside. How good could she make herself?

To put it bluntly, they're tempted because of her conditions.

Wang Ying is really too lazy to tell whether people come for her person or for her conditions, or some people come for both. But so what?

Distinguishing these is inherently difficult.

It's not as reliable as Xu Shuang, who focuses on her family's social standing.

Xu Shuang agreed quickly: "I'll ask my mother to find a matchmaker tomorrow."

Wang Ying didn't ask about the bridal gift or anything else. Anyway, Xu Shuang was the "bride"[^4]. If we really wanted to talk about it, she should be the one to give the bridal gift.

However, considering the actual situation of both of them, these things are unnecessary.

Wang Ying kicked the old dog on the ground: "What should we do about him?"

Wang Ying thought about throwing Lao Gou back to his own home, but after beating him, she was angry. Whether it was an attempt or not, she couldn't just do nothing about it.

Xu Shuang stuffed a bag of things into her arms and said, "You don't have to worry about it."

After saying that, he put Lao Gou on his back and hurriedly walked up the mountain while the night was dark.

Wang Ying didn't know what Xu Shuang would do with Lao Gou, but after all this trouble, there was no need to sleep tonight. Wang Ying felt disgusted when she thought of what Xu Shuang had just said. Who knew if there was another evil person, so she had better stay up all night first.

By the time Xu Shuang invited a matchmaker to cross the road, no one would bother to come again.

Wang Ying returned to the house, lit the oil lamp, and opened the heavy bag in her hand. Because Xu Shuang held the paper bag close to his chest, it was still steaming inside.

There are two or three kilograms of newspaper bags, wrapped in newspaper on the outside and several layers of dried lotus leaves on the inside. Wang Ying was even more elated when she saw clearly what it was.

A roast chicken!

The crispy yellow skin is shiny and fragrant.

Wang Ying didn't care about anything else and just broke it off. The chicken had been stewed for a long time, and the bones could be separated by gently breaking them. The chicken was not burnt, and there was gravy sauce dripping. The chicken skin was a little crispy. It should be eaten first. Fried and braised chicken.

Wang Ying was extremely satisfied with her meal, eating up all the meat on the chicken bones.

A chicken weighs two to three pounds. After eating, Wang Ying lay down on the bed feeling full.

Suddenly I feel like I have hope for the future.

The old dog was found early in the morning. Country people wake up early and go to the only public well in the village to fetch water. The well is next to the threshing grounds, and not far from that is the brigade's office.

The first person to discover the old dog was Uncle Tian Er's son. He got up early to fetch water. When he arrived at the well, he saw the old dog lying on the threshing grounds, reeking of alcohol, with a bruised nose and a swollen face.

It was so cold at night at this time. It's no joke to freeze outside all night.

Uncle Tian's son hurriedly went to find the commune secretary. At this point, the captain Tian Youfu might not be up. The commune secretary Song Dagui was older and got less sleep, so he must be up.

When Song Dagui came, the old dog was still on the threshing grounds.

There were more and more people watching, but no one dared to touch him for fear that the man was already dead.

Song Dagui smoked his pipe: "Coward!"

He is old and not afraid of this. When you go up, check under the nose first.

Feeling that although this man was freezing cold, his breathing was quite even, Song Dagui knew that nothing was wrong.

He casually pointed to the two young children carrying Lao Gou, and Song Dagui pointed to the office: "Carry him in."

The young boy didn't think about it and yelled: "I can just move him home. Why carry him into the office?"

This building of the brigade was said to be an office. Neither Song Dagui nor Tian Youfu were the kind of people who liked formalities, so they simply separated the designated areas at the front and back.

The two back rooms are made of the offices and warehouses, and the larger front ones are simply turned into big conference rooms.

In this way, sometimes when I talk to some groups in the brigade alone or if some people want to borrow a formal place to hold a banquet or entertain guests, I can lend it to everyone.

No other brigade has this kind of preferential treatment, only the Seventh Brigade does, and everyone liked that this was a better arrangement.

Now it sounds like the smelly old bachelor is about to be carried in, but the young man is not happy. Isn't this the meeting room of the brigade? That's everyone's conference room!

What if this person vomits when he goes in?

Song Dagui smoked a cigarette pack from the young man nearby: "You didn't see that he smelled of alcohol all over his body!"

If he is sent back now, he is an old bachelor with no one to care about him, and there is no telling what happens to him.

Song Dagui has his own standards. He is the commune secretary. He doesn't care whether something is good or not. Once he is in charge, he has to take care of things to the end and make people come out alive and kicking.

Furthermore...

"Does he have the money to buy wine?"

Lao Gou has always been the poorest in the team, he doesn't have more than fifty cents.

This sudden decision to buy wine and drink until he was drunk made Song Dagui couldn't help but think it was weird.

Nowadays, food is expensive and wine consumes too much money. City people rely on quotas to buy wine. Most country people drink rice wine, which is brewed by fellow villagers at home.

But when Song Dagui smelled this smell just now, it was obviously highly-concentrated wine, and rice wine couldn't be that strong.

He carried the old dog to the conference room, put two wooden boards together and put the person on it. Song Dagui rummaged through the old dog's pockets, and finally found a glass bottle in the guy's pocket.

"Fuck! This guy drank the medical alcohol from the office!"

Song Dagui was so angry, because the brigade had bought two bottles of medical alcohol and some conventional medicines such as bandages at public expense and kept them in the office so that they could be dealt with urgently if something happened to someone in the brigade.

The thing was placed on the window sill of the office, and no one took it seriously.

Who knew that they would be targeted!

Song Dagui was half-dead with anger. Whether medical alcohol was expensive or not was another matter. What the old dog did was stealing public property. Everyone paid for the alcohol together, but he drank it all by himself!

"Go and find him a barefoot doctor!"

Who knows if medical alcohol will kill someone?

Song Dagui pointed at the old dog: "Just wait until he wakes up!"

If someone is fine after stealing and drinking alcohol, Song Dagui will have to settle the score with him. If something happens to him...it's his fault!

The barefoot doctor came quickly and stirred the old dog several times to wake him up. The barefoot doctor didn't spend anything and made two cents from doing nothing.

When the old dog woke up, he still didn't know where he was, and he was completely confused.

Song Dagui stiffened his face: "Are you awake?"

The old dog jolted up and shouted at the top of his lungs: "I stole the medical alcohol! I stole it and secretly drank it! I would tell you the same thing if the king of heaven was here!"

Song Dagui: "..."

[^1]: Top people persecuted at that time.

    1. landlords
    2. rich peasants
    3. counter-revolutionaries
    4. bad elements
    5. rightists

[^2]: Since back then eating more fatty meat was thought to be better and meant you were more wealthy.

[^3]: Literally old dog.

[^4]: Since he is the one marrying into her family.


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