After the frail beauty went to the countryside, she went crazy with scientific research.

Chapter 138, Episode 0143: Entering the City (Part Two)

Lin Yuexi grabbed Xiao Zhaoyang by the armpits with both hands and lifted him onto the oxcart, then climbed up herself by pressing down on the seat.

With Elder Chen's medical treatment and the repairs in the convalescent chamber within the space, Lin Yuexi's body has undergone a qualitative change without her even realizing it over the past six months.

But since it was a weakness he had since birth, and he had been treated at a hospital in Beijing for more than ten years but could only barely survive, it was impossible for him to become as healthy as a calf in just six months.

Otherwise, not only her, but also Old Chen would face utter disaster.

As I said before, things aren't peaceful right now!

So Lin Yuexi had been treated for more than half a year before she finally got permission from Elder Chen and the others to go into the city.

After Lin Yuexi and Xiao Zhaoyang were seated, Seventh Uncle gently cracked his whip, and the oxcart slowly began to head out of the village.

After getting into the car, Xiao Zhaoyang became quiet and sat obediently next to Lin Yuexi. Lin Yuexi was afraid he would fall, so she held him with one arm. He didn't move at all and leaned against Lin Yuexi's chest.

After a while, the young woman in the same car suddenly spoke up: "You are Lin Zhiqing, right? I've heard of you."

Lin Yuexi looked at her, her eyes widening slightly.

An unfamiliar face, not ugly but not particularly beautiful either, just average-looking, slightly chubby, with a round face and some noticeable freckles.

The reason Lin Yuexi was stunned wasn't the above, but rather the fact that this person's lips were painted a bright red. Her lips were already a bit thick, and with such a vibrant red, they looked disproportionately red. If someone saw this late at night…

Who wouldn't guess how many kids she has?!

Hey~
Scared!
Lin Yuexi nodded, suppressing a twitch at the corner of her mouth, "Hello."

The young woman was quite friendly; upon receiving the reply, she immediately launched into a long chatter, "Oh, you city people are so polite, always saying 'hello' and such. We don't stand on ceremony like that here."

"Lin Zhiqing doesn't know me, does he? I am Mingqiang's wife, Li Mingqiang, the only one in the village who works as a sales clerk at the supply and marketing cooperative."

Lin Yuexi was stunned again. Who was Li Mingqiang?

Fortunately, she doesn't go out often but she's always eating melons (a Chinese idiom for gossiping), and fortunately, she has a good memory; she immediately remembered who Li Mingqiang was.

Li Minqiang is the fourth son of Li Dagang, the younger brother of the brigade leader, and is also known as Li Minqiang in the TV series "National Prosperity and People's Strength".

She had heard Aunt Wu mention Li Minqiang once. Because his parents were too fond of and spoiled him, he was a disliked brat when he was young. As he grew up, he was not only lazy but also sponged off his parents and three older brothers. He was still unwanted by anyone until he was twenty years old.

Although Lin Yuexi didn't think there was anything wrong with a man not being married by the age of twenty, Wu Da Niang and the others thought it was a big problem.

In their view, not liking someone and not getting married are two different things.

They believe that it's normal for young men and women to marry later in life due to career commitments, such as joining the military, or other special reasons, such as observing mourning for their families. However, if someone is still unmarried by the time they are twenty, then there's something wrong with them.

Later, Lin Yuexi, whose stance was particularly wavering, felt that what they said made a lot of sense.

At the beginning of last year, Li Mingfu's wife and her family made a big scene, which led to the division of Li Dagang's family. The elderly couple then went to live with the eldest son's wife.

However, although the elderly couple lived with the eldest son's wife, their hearts were still with Li Mingqiang, and they often used the eldest son's wife's things to help Li Mingqiang.

Li Mingguo and his wife were both honest people, but even honest people have tempers. After all, they had elderly parents to care for and four children to raise. So, the eldest daughter-in-law called her family and caused a scene. The elderly couple probably realized that things couldn't continue like this, but do you think they were trying to make Li Minqiang independent?
No, they paid for Li Minqiang's job as a sales clerk at the supply and marketing cooperative in the commune with their own money.

Not only that, after Li Minqiang got a job, it became easier for him to find a partner. I heard that he even married a girl from the commune. The wedding cost 300 yuan, which was all paid by his parents.

This is a huge problem!
Li Dagang and his wife have spent their entire lives toiling in the fields; where would they get so much money?
Not to mention they had just separated.

The truth is, the money and tickets were all earned by the second son, Li Mingfu, through sheer risking his life.

When Li Mingfu was fifteen, he joined the army with Li Dayou's youngest son, Li Aihua. In that battle a few years ago, both Li Aihua and Li Mingfu were there; one was killed in action, and the other lost a leg in an explosion.

During his more than ten years in the army, Li Mingfu sent nearly three thousand yuan home, not counting various coupons and supplies.

When the family divided the property, Li Dagang and his wife took out more than 1,200 yuan, which was divided equally among the four brothers, 250 yuan each [it is unclear whether the old couple was specifically targeting someone]. The extra 200 yuan was considered as the old couple's retirement money.

They took out more than a thousand yuan at once. The brothers didn't think much of it, or maybe they felt something was wrong, but for various reasons, there was no commotion at that time. The division of the family property was quite peaceful, and the villagers didn't have much to talk about.

But then came the demands for a job and another 300 yuan, which made even the usually mild-mannered Li Mingfu and his wife anxious.

Their accounts are so easy to calculate; it's crystal clear who suffered the loss.

Thinking of all this, Lin Yuexi glanced at her young wife a few more times. This was the city wife that Li Dagang and his wife's sons refused to acknowledge, yet they still spent three hundred yuan to marry her!

How can I brag about a job bought with money that my second brother earned by risking his life?

Unfortunately, Wan Fangzhi, the young wife, couldn't understand the disdain in Lin Yuexi's voice. She thought Lin Yuexi was envious of her husband having a job, so she talked even more enthusiastically, as if her husband wasn't just a salesman, but had become the top salesman.

She didn't understand these female educated youths. They looked down on everyone just because they were pretty. They would regret it when the men became successful.

Here's a little tidbit: Li Mingfu once took a liking to Yu Mengmeng and proposed to her that he wanted to date her, but Yu Mengmeng rejected him on the spot.

For this reason, Li Mingfu's parents disliked Yu Mengmeng very much and often spoke ill of her at home.

Li Mingfu was just an ordinary guy. After becoming a salesman, he felt more confident. Yu Mengmeng only glanced at him on the street, but he immediately thought that Yu Mengmeng regretted marrying Li Bin and now wanted to go back to him.

Wan Fangzhi often heard Li Mingfu boasting and Li Dagang and his wife slandering her at home, so she concluded in her heart that Yu Mengmeng wanted to get back together with Li Mingfu because he had a job.

Therefore, she disliked all female educated youth, thinking they were all wicked and vixens.

“Mingfu’s wife, say less. Lin Zhiqing is not in good health, so don’t disturb her.”

As if he had eyes in the back of his head and could see that Lin Yuexi was getting impatient, Seventh Master coldly shouted without turning his head.

Wan Fangzhi was very unhappy that her sharing of her successful life story was interrupted, but the old man who was driving the carriage had given her instructions not to offend him. Although she didn't know why, she said that was enough.

Wan Fangzhi pursed her lips at Seventh Uncle's back, then glanced smugly at Lin Yuexi before clutching her cloth bag tightly and turning her face away to look behind her.

Everyone says that educated youth are superior because they are from the city, but that's bullshit! They had no choice but to toil in the fields like rural people because their families couldn't provide them with jobs!
It's said that only men are capable, yet rural people can find jobs in the city.

Lin Zhiqing must be green with envy by now, right?