The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 11 Getting along
In the 2024st century in , many girls who are years old are already masters in the love field. Any sweet talk will not gain you any advantage unless there is actual benefit.

As for the people in the 1960s and 1970s, some people say that people in this era are simple and have no requirements for marriage. In fact, this is not true. At most, we can say that women in this era are aware of their own situation and will not yearn for a rich and powerful man just because they are not good-looking.

It is a joke to say that people in this era are not greedy. People who have experienced this era know how much rural people want to marry city people, but city people just don't marry them.

The reason why they didn't marry was not because there were no good-looking rural women, but because the children's household registration followed the woman's side in those days. Moreover, when a rural person married an urban person, their household registration could not be transferred to the city. So if he married a rural woman, her household registration would still be in the countryside, and the children would also be in the countryside, and they would not be able to eat commercial grain, which was the ration in those days.

Let's put it this way, if a man who has a job in the city wants to marry a woman from the countryside, and if he feels that the woman is suitable for him when he meets her on the day of marriage, he can basically make it happen. There is no need for affection or love.

So inside the house, it was nothing for Zhou Lingying to be held by Jiang Cheng's hand. They both agreed to be together just now, so it was not considered hooliganism.

"Lingying, are you going to work this afternoon?" Jiang Cheng said, rubbing Zhou Lingying's small hands. The girl was only 18 years old, but her hands were covered with calluses because of going to the countryside for training. However, rural girls may be like this when they are 11 or 12 years old.

"I've asked for leave." Zhou Lingying replied.

"Are you asking for leave because you want to date me?"

Jiang Cheng asked directly, in the 21st century, this is the scene of social death. A girl is attracted by your good conditions and behaves very actively.

But after the three questions just now, the intention of both parties to be together was very obvious, so there was no need to avoid it. So Zhou Lingying replied: "I know you will be going to the city in a few days, so we need to cultivate our relationship."

"Then let's go for a walk outside this afternoon. You should eat more when you have dinner later. You are a little thin. Even if I have to go to work, you should come to my house for dinner more often when you have nothing to do. You don't have to save food."

Jiang Cheng said this with some pride, but Zhou Lingying didn't know how to respond. When she was in the city and now in the educated youth team, her concept has always been that even if they are in a relationship, the efforts should be mutual.

In this era, when you are dating, if you give me a gift, I will give you a gift in return. If someone pays for a meal today, the next time, the other person will pay.

Now Zhou Lingying feels like she is being taken care of by Jiang Cheng. Her long-standing habitual thinking tells her that this is wrong, but for some reason, she enjoys this one-sided care. Without her parents around, Zhou Lingying hasn't experienced this kind of care for more than a year.

"Jiang Cheng, I will listen to you." Zhou Lingying said with a smile.

"Your dimples on your face are so beautiful when you smile." Jiang Cheng said to Zhou Lingying.

Zhou Lingying's heart was beating fast because of Jiang Cheng's staring at her and his compliments. She didn't know how to reply to Jiang Cheng and could only lower her head shyly.

Fortunately, Jiang Cheng didn't make things difficult for her. Girls these days are still very conservative. She was already very satisfied that the situation had developed to this point in such a short time.

To divert the straightforward topic, Jiang Cheng asked Zhou Lingying how she lived in the educated youth team. This question opened Zhou Lingying's mouth and she told many interesting stories in the educated youth team, mainly because the new educated youth would make a lot of jokes. She herself had also made a lot of jokes when she first came here, such as not knowing the wild vegetables, mistaking some grass for wild vegetables, and hurting herself when she first went to work in the fields.

And talking about life in the educated youth team, Zhou Lingying told Jiang Cheng that there were actually new educated youth coming to the team today. She asked for leave in the afternoon and didn't know whether her group would be assigned to new educated youth.

"Chengzi, Yingying, it's time to eat." The two were chatting in the house when they heard Jiang Cheng's mother calling them to eat outside.

"You should eat more today. I hit a rabbit with a stone on the mountain today. We are a family from now on. I don't like it if the meal is too formal." Jiang Cheng stood up and said to Zhou Lingying.

"Jiang Cheng, you are so awesome. You can even hit a rabbit with a stone." Zhou Lingying also stood up. She admired Jiang Cheng very much when she heard that he could hit a rabbit with a stone.

"Of course. There are birds and pheasants on the mountain. Come to my house for dinner tomorrow. If you become my partner, I promise you can have whatever you want to eat in the future." Being admired by Zhou Lingying, Jiang Cheng's vanity was satisfied, and he drew a big and fragrant cake for her.

The two of them quickly entered the main house. Since Zhou Lingying and Jiang Cheng had officially started dating, the tone of her voice when addressing Jiang Cheng's family became more intimate.

Today's meal is rich, a pot of rabbit meat, fish and cabbage, and it is eaten with fragrant rice.

Zhou Lingying also listened to Jiang Cheng and ate as much as she wanted. In the educated youth team, everyone was short of oil and water.

At this time, the dormitory for the female educated youths was also very lively. The fish that Zhou Lingying brought back yesterday was stewed. Many people came to eat the fish, and many male educated youths also came to eat a bite of fish.

Then a question came up. The fish was brought back by Team Leader Zhou, the educated youth, yesterday evening. But where did her fish come from? The male educated youths didn't have fish to eat, so it couldn't have been sent by Li Mingjun. In addition, Zhou Lingying disappeared as soon as the morning work was finished. If she hadn't asked her roommates to stew the fish, no one would have dared to do it.

Li Mingjun also had a piece of fish in his bowl, but he also felt that Zhou Lingying was not normal today. He asked her to borrow food or food coupons in the morning. Although she didn't borrow it, her reason was reasonable. But now think about it carefully. Zhou Lingying's attitude towards him seemed wrong. In the past, when they met and talked, she always smiled.

At noon, after everyone had eaten, they all began to rest. Working in the fields in the morning was tiring, and the weather was hot at noon, so naturally many people took a nap at noon. Unlike later generations, many people were energetic and did not sleep at noon.

Zhou Lingying was at Jiang Cheng's house, and Jiang Cheng shamelessly left her in his room to take a nap. Of course, they didn't sleep together. Jiang Cheng didn't sleep at noon, but stayed in the room to chat with Zhou Lingying. After she fell asleep, he sat in the shade outside the house and played with the children.

Jiang Cheng was quite close to the little brats in open-crotch pants. Maybe it was because he gave them candy as soon as he came back. And there were also delicious food on the table. It was easy for the kids to tell who was good and who was bad.

Zhou Lingying didn't expect to sleep so soundly at noon today. When she woke up, Li Xianglan had already gone to work. Jiang Cheng also took the children for a walk outside and caught a few grasshoppers and frogs to play with. If these grasshoppers were placed in the future, seven or eight of them would be sold in a frying shop for several dollars.

(End of this chapter)