The kang (heated brick bed) for left-behind women

Lin Dachun didn't care. He couldn't associate with these people; they were all involved in organized crime, fighting and killing, and could lose their lives at any moment.

In this era of extremely poor public security, there are quite a few cases of forcing women into prostitution.

In particular, due to the preference for sons over daughters, many girls who did not go to school were either sold by their parents or married off early to receive a dowry.

Lin Dachun dug up a large jujube tree and transplanted it to his contracted land.

By the time I finished, it was nearly dusk.

When Lin Dachun saw smoke rising from the chimney of his cave dwelling, he knew that Li Ruoxue was already cooking dinner.

This gave him a sense of happiness.

"Let's go down the mountain and warm the kang with Ruoxue." Lin Dachun's mind was filled with the scene of that rainy day, when they were both soaked and changing clothes in the cave.

As Lin Dachun was descending the mountain, he encountered Aunt Zhou on the road.

Aunt Zhou seemed to have just returned from town. When she saw Lin Dachun, she quickly grabbed him.

"Aunt Zhou, we already said last time that we don't want children, and Ruoxue won't get married. Is there anything else?" Lin Dachun asked.

Aunt Zhou pulled Lin Dachun to the side of the road and said mysteriously, "I have a good job here, are you interested?"

"Good job?? What good thing could you possibly have?" Lin Dachun laughed.

"Yes, there really is." Aunt Zhou said when no one was around. "You know about the mining accident last month? A wealthy family in the neighboring village had their son injured in the accident. His lower body was completely smashed, and he can no longer continue the family line."

"so what?"

"The old man is so anxious. His son just got engaged, and his wife was about to marry into the family when this happened. He's so worried," Aunt Zhou said anxiously.

"Can anyone be as miserable as my family?" Lin Dachun retorted.

"Hehe." Aunt Zhou was quite embarrassed, and continued, "I went to the Qian family today. Master Qian said he wanted me to help his family find a capable man to continue the family line."

"This has nothing to do with me," Lin Dachun asked.

"I just wanted to introduce this job to you. Mr. Qian is offering this much fee." Aunt Zhou raised one hand.

"Five yuan?"

"Fifty," Aunt Zhou said.

Lin Dachun was also taken aback. Fifty for such a trivial matter? They must be rich.

"Aren't you tempted?" Aunt Zhou asked with a smile.

"That has nothing to do with me. This kind of work is suitable for young people. An old man like me, half-buried in the ground, can't do it even if I wanted to. Hehe." Lin Dachun said self-deprecatingly.

"Come on, Dr. Sun said you're fine. The whole village knows about this." Aunt Zhou even leaned close to Lin Dachun's ear and said something very private.

"Huh?? The whole village knows?? What?? She even talks about things like Sun Xiangu? That's too gossipy!" Lin Dachun was speechless.

I should have known better than to go to her for treatment that time.

This time, it was Lin Dachun's turn to blush.

"Have you considered what I'm talking about?" Aunt Zhou asked carefully.

"Hehe, Zhou Mei, you're overthinking it. Even if I agree, the girl won't. Who would want an old man like me? Really, I'm off." Lin Dachun dusted himself off and went home.

This kind of thing was very common in the remote mountain villages of Northwest China during that era, and there were even more cases of forming cliques.

There are even more outrageous stories.

Last time at the wedding pranks~~

Looking at Lin Dachun's tall figure, Aunt Zhou muttered to herself, "That Dachun, what a blockhead! He's so old and still doesn't understand women. With your physique, what woman wouldn't like you? You'd better watch out for the one at home."

After saying that, Aunt Zhou went home.

"Ruoxue, I'm back."

Lin Dachun pushed open the door and saw Li Ruoxue cooking dinner on the kang (a heated brick bed).

"Okay, dinner will be ready soon," Li Ruoxue said sweetly.

Lin Dachun walked over to Li Ruoxue from behind and smelled the aroma of food and the milky scent emanating from her.

Looking at Li Ruoxue's back, her curvaceous figure was very alluring and aroused desire.

"Tonight's dinner is pork belly pancakes and potato noodles," Li Ruoxue said, turning around.

This turn brought Li Ruoxue face-to-face with Lin Dachun at close range, causing her to blush instantly and quickly move away.

"Your cooking skills are getting better and better. I'll definitely eat more tonight," Lin Dachun said.

"Mmm." Li Ruoxue nodded sweetly.

As they sat together at the edge of the heated brick bed to eat, Lin Dachun asked, "Are there any rumors about me in the village lately?"

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Li Ruoxue's heart immediately raced.

"Yeah, right? What are they saying about me? They're not gossiping about you, are they? I'll let them say whatever they want. At my age, I don't care about saving face anymore. It's good that they haven't said anything about you." What Lin Dachun cared about was that Li Ruoxue was being talked about because she was with this old man.

"They're talking about you, anyway." Li Ruoxue didn't answer. There were some words that even she, a woman, couldn't say, let alone in front of Da Chun.