The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 16 Hug

"Zhou Lingying, even if you were looking for a partner, how could you possibly choose someone from the village? Are you too kindhearted and were fooled by Aunt Zhao who was staying there?"

Li Mingjun and Zhou Lingying were already talking in the kitchen of the educated youth dormitory. In Li Mingjun's opinion, even if the female educated youth wanted to find a partner locally, if it was from the village, at least they should find a family that had a relationship with the village production team leader. Or at least find someone who lived in the town.

"Li Mingjun, if that's all you want to say, I don't think there's anything to talk about. Aunt Zhao's son is a retired soldier, and I admire soldiers, so I'm willing to date him."

Zhou Lingying replied that she had known Li Mingjun for more than a year and suddenly she was annoyed with him. What right did Li Mingjun have to ask about her relationship? Moreover, Zhou Lingying did not want to tell others that Jiang Cheng's real identity was a man who was about to become a driver, because then everyone would think she was snobbish and dated someone just because he had good conditions.

But just like what Jiang Cheng said yesterday, she must have some reasons for choosing a partner. Is it because Li Mingjun is thin, because Li Mingjun is not as tall as Jiang Cheng, because Li Mingjun often asks her to borrow things to help other educated youth?

In the past, Zhou Lingying thought that Li Mingjun and she were like-minded comrades. Now, even if Zhou Lingying admits that she is snobbish, she doesn't want to have any common interests with Li Mingjun.

In Zhou Lingying's mind, Li Mingjun is completely incomparable to Jiang Cheng. Although he is from a big city like her, there are also people in big cities who have poor living conditions. Li Mingjun's family is not well off.

I had eaten so many delicious foods in just a few days with Jiang Cheng. But I had known Li Mingjun for more than a year, and every day they talked about responding to the call and what everyone should do. He never made anything for her to eat. Even during the Chinese New Year last year, when Zhou Lingying gave him a piece of some shortbread sent from home, he said it was the shortbread of his hometown and he missed it very much, so he asked her if she could give him a few more.

In the kitchen, Li Mingjun tried various methods to test Zhou Lingying, hoping that she would come back to the right path. But he found that it was useless. After Zhou Lingying impatiently left and returned to the dormitory, he could only go back angrily.

Li Mingjun always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't find the reason.

The next day, early morning.

Jiang Cheng wakes up later and later in the morning. If he doesn't go to work, the biological clock of the original owner of his body will be disrupted sooner or later, and he will not get up until noon every day.

In his sleep, he heard his sister-in-law Li Xianglan talking to someone outside the house. Soon there was no sound outside the house, and then it seemed that his door was pushed open.

In the end, Jiang Chengshe died. It was hot and he slept without a blanket. He only wore shorts and a vest. This was not the key point. The key point was that he had eaten well in the past two days, which made Jiang Cheng want to be strong every morning.

In a daze, Jiang Cheng felt someone enter his room and thought it was his mother who came to his room to take clothes to wash. But it seemed that she had not left and there was no movement, so he opened his eyes and found that it was Zhou Lingying.

We agreed to go to the county town together today, but there is only one bus to the county town in the morning, which starts at around 9 o'clock every day. We have to wait at a wooden bus stop at the intersection of the town.

"Lingying, why are you here so early? Come and sit down." Jiang Cheng greeted her a little awkwardly.

Zhou Lingying hesitated for a while, pretending to be calm and pretending not to see anything, then sat down next to Jiang Cheng's bed and said, "Everyone at the educated youth center has gone to gather, and I was alone in the dormitory and got bored, so I came here."

"You look really good today." Jiang Cheng said while holding Zhou Lingying's hand. This time it was not just a simple compliment, but Zhou Lingying looked really good today, and she had been eating well for a few days at Jiang Cheng's house. For people who lack oil and water, it is a great tonic, and the effect is immediate.

In later generations, many 18-year-old girls have rosy complexions and are pretty. If they are asked to work in the fields for a few months, they will all become country girls. However, Zhou Lingying has been in the countryside for more than a year, and she is still so pretty. She is considered a natural beauty.

"You just know how to coax me, Jiang Cheng. I plan to write a letter to my parents tomorrow and tell them that we are dating." Zhou Lingying said with a smile.

"Why not just write to them and tell them that you're married? It won't be long before they know it anyway." Jiang Cheng said jokingly, and before Zhou Lingying could speak, he continued, "Let's get married soon, and then we can take you to live in the city. You won't have to work so hard to earn work points, and I'll support you."

Zhou Lingying originally wanted to say that it was too early to talk about marriage, but Jiang Cheng's next words moved her heart again. Returning to the city to live, even if it was not her hometown, was something that countless educated youth yearned for.

"I'm not afraid of hardship, I don't need you to support me."

"But I don't want you to work hard. Don't worry, I won't rush you. When you have made up your mind, we can move to the city together." Jiang Cheng sat up and while Zhou Lingying didn't react, he hugged her and said.

After another struggle, Zhou Lingying realized that struggling like she did when they were held hands was useless, so she let Jiang Cheng hold her. But while giving in, she still stubbornly asked, "Jiang Cheng, will you always be good to me in the future?"

This is already happening. In this era, this situation is spread out. In fact, if Zhou Lingying doesn't marry Jiang Cheng, her reputation will be ruined. The last question is just unnecessary.

What Jiang Cheng said and did today actually means that he doesn't want to spend his energy on love. It would be much better to get married first and then fall in love and enjoy life directly.

The idea of ​​living in the city was a bait. On one hand, they worked hard in the fields every day to earn work points, and when food was distributed, it was just enough to eat. On the other hand, there were the beautiful days of hustle and bustle in the city. How many educated youth could resist this temptation?

"If you never leave me, I will stay with you through life and death." Jiang Cheng said in Zhou Lingying's ear.

In the later generations, Jiang Cheng watched many short plays, especially the costume dramas, and the words Jiang Cheng said now basically appeared. But in the later generations, such words can only fool young girls who are not well-versed in the world. No matter how affectionate the words are in the later generations, they are not as real as two hundred yuan.

But now, Jiang Cheng's words made Zhou Lingying fall, and she leaned directly into Jiang Cheng's arms.

However, this embarrassing scene did not last long, as the niece in open-crotch pants outside the door called her uncle for breakfast.

Zhou Lingying came after breakfast, and ate sweet potato porridge, but it was rather watery. For those who ate with her, it was pretty good. Some of the newly arrived educated youth didn't know how to live, and often finished their six-month rations early, and then had to go out to borrow food pitifully.

Moreover, the educated youth were also very realistic. Everyone did different work and earned different work points, so the amount of food and money they received was also different.

(End of this chapter)