Reborn in the 1980s: Nine Stunning Beauties Get Pregnant Before Marriage

Lin Wenfeng is almost seventy years old. Although he is still in good health, his age is still a factor.

There's a lot of work to be done with doors and windows; adding windows and doors to five rooms will take at least a month.

"We need to assign him a helper so he won't have to work so hard. He can just focus on the technical work and let the younger people do the heavy and rough work."

Lin Xiulian thought for a moment and said, "That's true, my great-uncle is almost seventy after all. Who should we ask?"

Chen Yongqiang was also thinking. This person needs to be quick-witted, skillful, and able to endure hardship. There are quite a few young people in the village, but probably not many are willing to do this kind of work.

Two days later, the arrangements at the construction site were almost complete.

Chen Yongqiang called Erniu over, took him to the work shed, and gave Lin Wenfeng some instructions.

"Uncle, this is Erniu. He'll be your assistant from now on. Let him do any of the rough or heavy work. You just focus on the technical tasks and don't overwork yourself."

Lin Wenfeng glanced at Erniu. Erniu was sturdy and had a simple, honest smile on his face, unsure of what to do with his hands and feet.

Chen Yongqiang added a few more words of advice. "Listen to your great-uncle, be diligent, and learn more." Erniu nodded in agreement.

After explaining all this, Chen Yongqiang returned to the thatched hut, told Lin Xiulian, and then jumped onto the tractor and drove towards the county town.

Today is the day I arranged to meet Zhu Lingling at the train station to help her move that batch of electrical appliances.

Chen Yongqiang drove the tractor to the vicinity of the train station and stopped at the place Zhu Lingling had told him to go.

This is a quiet alley, not far from the train station, but not many people come and go.

He parked the tractor by the roadside and looked around, but there was no one in sight; Zhu Lingling hadn't come.

Chen Yongqiang stood by the car for a while, then looked at his watch.

Occasionally, people would walk through the alley, but they were all unfamiliar faces, none of them resembling Zhu Lingling.

"Could it be that I got stood up?" he muttered.

Chen Yongqiang waited for another five minutes, but still no one came.

"Wait ten more minutes. If she doesn't come soon, I'll go to the market and sell the meat." If Zhu Lingling doesn't come, Chen Yongqiang can't have made a wasted trip.

He leaned against the hood of the car, lit a cigarette, and kept his eyes fixed on the alley entrance.

But after more than ten minutes, Zhu Lingling was nowhere to be seen.

Chen Yongqiang finished his cigarette, threw the butt on the ground, and stomped it out.

"Forget it, I won't wait any longer." He started the tractor and drove towards the vegetable market.

He arrived at the market in no time. He parked the truck in the same spot as before, took out a plank from the truck bed, placed it on the side of the truck, and laid out the dozens of kilograms of wild boar meat piece by piece.

There wasn't much meat, only forty or fifty pounds. Once it was sold out, I went home.

As soon as he set up his stall, people gathered around to ask about prices. Chen Yongqiang busied himself weighing the meat and collecting money.

It was almost noon by the time they sold all the wild boar meat.

Chen Yongqiang weighed the last piece of meat for an old lady, counted the money in his hand, and realized that he had made more than sixty yuan from selling forty or fifty jin of meat all morning.

He started the tractor, but didn't drive it out of town.

As if possessed, Chen Yongqiang turned towards the train station again.

He always felt something was off about Zhu Lingling's situation. She'd agreed to come today, but she hadn't shown up.

Did something come up at the last minute? Or did he really stand him up? If he really stood him up, then so be it, let's just pretend it never happened.

But if someone is delayed by something, wouldn't he miss it if he left?

Since we're already in the county town, it won't take much effort to go and take a look.

When the tractor reached the entrance of the alley, Chen Yongqiang slowed down and glanced inside.

I saw Zhu Lingling this time.

She was standing deep in the alley, talking to a middle-aged man.

The man was wearing a gray Zhongshan suit and glasses, and looked like a leader.

Hearing the tractor's sputtering sound, the two men turned their heads at the same time and looked at Chen Yongqiang.

The middle-aged man glanced at him, said something to Zhu Lingling, nodded, and turned to walk to the other end of the alley.

Zhu Lingling turned around and walked towards Chen Yongqiang.

She wore a white trench coat today, and it was very stylish.

Walking up to the tractor, Zhu Lingling looked at Chen Yongqiang and her first words were:

"Why are you here so early?"

Chen Yongqiang sat in the driver's seat and looked up at the sky. The sun was shining brightly overhead, making people squint.

"It's already noon, is it still early?"

"Didn't I make it clear to you that day? I told you to come at night, not during the day." Zhu Lingling didn't remember whether she had said this or not.

"No!" Chen Yongqiang didn't ask any further questions at the time.

Zhu Lingling lowered her voice: "It's inconvenient during the day because there are too many people around. It's easier to do things at night when it's dark and there are fewer people."

Chen Yongqiang understood as well; just as he had guessed, those goods were illicit.

"Then I'll come back after dark!"

"There will be fewer people after 8 pm. Let's meet here." Zhu Lingling arranged the exact time.

Chen Yongqiang responded and drove away in his tractor.

It was still early before dark, and he couldn't just sit around waiting for the next few hours. He thought for a moment and decided to go out and see if he could find some work to do and earn a little more money.

However, he didn't know many people in the county, so it wasn't easy for him to find a freight truck.

I wandered around for over an hour and asked several shops, but they all said they were out of stock and needed to be shipped.

Chen Yongqiang was too lazy to run around anymore, so he simply found a small roadside restaurant and went in to eat a bowl of noodles.

After finishing his meal, Chen Yongqiang returned to the tractor. He found a slightly more comfortable position, leaned back in his chair, and covered his face with his straw hat.

"Take a nap first."

I need to be well-rested so I can work better tonight. I don't know how much cargo there is at the train station, or how late we'll have to deal with it.

Take advantage of the free time now and get some sleep so you'll have more energy tonight.

Chen Yongqiang was half asleep when he was suddenly awakened by a woman's voice. He didn't know how much time had passed.

"Chen Yongqiang, why are you sleeping here?"

He opened his eyes with a start, having taken off his straw hat. The light in front of him was so bright it hurt his eyes.

He squinted and looked in the direction of the sound.

A woman stood next to a tractor, leading a tall German Shepherd.

"Shen Xiaotong?"

"I'm asking you, why are you sleeping in the car in the middle of the day?" Shen Xiaotong took two more steps forward with the German Shepherd, looking him up and down.

Chen Yongqiang sat up straight, put his straw hat aside, and wiped his face: "I'm hauling goods for someone, waiting for someone."

Shen Xiaotong led the German Shepherd a couple more steps forward and casually asked, "Who are we waiting for? What kind of cargo are we hauling?"

He knew her brother worked in the armed forces department. Shen Xiaotong had mentioned it briefly during a previous conversation, saying that her brother worked in the county's armed forces department, in charge of militia training and related matters.

It's not a good thing for someone like this to have connections with the government or with Zhu Lingling's batch of murky electrical appliances.

He remained expressionless and casually replied, "A friend is bringing some miscellaneous goods back to town to sell."