Su Mo didn't know yet that she was labeled as a scheming girl. But even if she knew, she didn't care. She didn't want to have too much involvement with people from the educated youth. She just wanted to be acquainted with everyone.
If the relationship is too good and they still come to see her often after she moves out, it will not be so convenient for her to do anything.
Su Mo pushed aside the wheat stalks and took out the eggs and counted them. There were 23 of them. She probably had to change them several times before getting them.
Su Mo felt a little warm in her heart.
After placing the eggs and covering them with straw again, Su Mo put the straw basket next to the small suitcase.
Everyone has seen this thing, so it cannot be stored in the space.
After finishing it, Su Mo followed the educated youths who were working to the brigade headquarters and asked for leave from the brigade leader. Along the way, the atmosphere was a little strange. The other educated youths looked at Su Mo with a look in their eyes.
Su Mo didn't care and just kept walking forward with Ma Xiaojuan.
When she arrived at the brigade headquarters, Su Mo went directly to the brigade office to find the captain.
Captain Lu Baoguo was writing and drawing on paper. When he heard a knock on the door and looked up, he was a little surprised to see it was Su Mo.
"Su Zhiqing, are you feeling better? Do you want to see me for anything?"
"Thank you, Captain, for your concern. I'm feeling better now. I came here to take a day off and go to the county seat."
Lu Baoguo is the brother of Li Cuihua's man, Lu Baoguo. Last night, he had already heard about Lu Changzheng and Su Mo from his gossiping sister-in-law.
Although the leaders of the commune have said that this kind of forced marriage after skin-to-skin contact is a bad habit and should be banned. But if they are both consensual, then he has nothing to do with it.
"Are you going with the Long March?" Lu Baoguo asked one more question.
Su Mo was stunned, but nodded anyway.
"Okay, let's go." Lu Baoguo waved his hand and approved.
Although during the autumn harvest time, you are not allowed to ask for leave. But the autumn harvest is almost over, and Su Zhiqing can't do much work. What's more, people are getting married, why can't they go to the city to buy something? The team also needs to be humane, right?
Su Mo had already typed up a bunch of drafts, but she didn't expect to be invited so easily, and she felt a little dazed for a moment. She didn't even know how to get out of the team office. She came to her senses only after Ma Xiaojuan called her.
"How's it going? Are you here?" Ma Xiaojuan asked in a low voice. Asking for leave during the autumn harvest is frowned upon, so the villagers can't hear it.
Su Mo nodded.
"The captain didn't criticize you?"
Su Mo shook her head.
Ma Xiaojuan pouted unhappily, "Then why did I get slapped when I went to invite you? Even if I go to the health center to take care of you for such a legitimate reason, I don't approve it. I think the captain just has a problem with me. It's really unlucky. I don’t know where I offended him.”
Ma Xiaojuan began to think about whether to give something to the captain after the autumn harvest.
The family has said that she will have to stay in the country for at least two or three years before they can get her back. If the captain keeps targeting her, her life will be difficult.
Neither the original owner nor she knew much about this brigade, so Su Mo couldn't say anything.
"Then when you go to the county town, remember to buy chicken cakes for me. I'm really greedy, as if I can't eat enough every day. Buy the enamel basin if you can carry it, and forget it if you can't carry it. If you have sugar, buy it for me too. A pound.”
Although she doesn't like eating sweets very much, the old educated youth named Lin Xia in the team often eats sweets secretly. She caught him several times and made her greedy. She also had to buy a pound and keep it for when she wanted to eat.
If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have taken it easy and brought more things from home, which made my life miserable now.
"Okay, go ahead and do it quietly so no one finds you. Remember, buy food first. I can buy the enamel basin later." Ma Xiaojuan said worriedly.
Su Mo laughed at Ma Xiaojuan's greedy behavior and said softly, "Okay, I will remember to buy you something to eat first."
Not long after Su Mo left, Lu Qingan also arrived at the brigade headquarters.
When Lu Baoguo saw Lu Qing'an, he smiled and said, "Party Secretary, are we preparing for a happy event at home?"
Lu Qing'an murmured in his heart, Lu Baoguo, an old guy, was really well-informed. They already knew about this relationship before they mentioned it or even started to talk about it.
He didn't say it clearly, "It depends on what the Long March means. As parents, we just have to cooperate."
Lu Baoguo secretly laughed in his heart, this old fox is still pretending to be here, while his daughter-in-law-to-be is preparing to go to the city to get her dowry.
But he still said: "Yes, yes, the country now promotes freedom of love and autonomy in marriage. As elders, we just listen to the young people."
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After Su Mo returned to the Educated Youth Point, she counted out all the tickets that the original owner had brought to her from space, which were universal across the country. She also counted two hundred dollars and put them together into the crossbody bag that the original owner had brought.
The satchel of the original owner is beige, a bit like a retro model from later generations. In an era when green satchels "serving the people" were everywhere, the satchel of the original owner was really special.
Su Mo recalled that the clothes of the original owner's family were quite exquisite, which was indeed inconsistent with the hard and simple style of this era.
Although they all spent their own pure money, others are suffering, haha. How can others not be jealous of your well-dressed clothes? Moreover, in the eyes of some caring people, the red capitalist of the Su family is a big fat guy, and he will kill you if there is a chance.
As a family, we will lose because we are too high-profile and misjudge people's hearts.
Su Mo didn't wait long before Lu Changzheng arrived. When she heard him calling her outside the door, she quickly locked the door and went out.
When Lu Changzheng saw Su Mo, he saluted solemnly, "Comrade Su, I have a request that I hope you can approve."
Su Mo was startled by Lu Changzheng's serious expression and asked, "Did something happen?"
"My father heard that I'm in a relationship and wants to meet you. I wonder if you agree."
Su Mo had always had an intuition that Lu Changzheng would not give up his plan to marry her as soon as possible so easily. She happened to have figured it out and was waiting for him to make a move.
Seeing him say this, he nodded in agreement.
Lu Changzheng saluted Su Mo solemnly, and then took Su Mo home on his bicycle.
The educated youth center is still a bit far away from the Lu family. The educated youth center is at the head of the village and the Lu family is at the end of the village.
Su Mo sat on the bicycle and took a serious look at the village for the first time. If nothing happens, she will live here for several years in the future.
This village with more than 150 households is quite large. At least at the speed of Lu Changzheng's car, it has been several minutes since he left the educated youth point and he has not reached Lu's house. A few minutes later, Lu Changzheng rode into a yard and stopped.
"We're here, Comrade Su," Lu Changzheng said.
Su Mo got off the car and looked at the house in front of her. Although she had heard that the Party Secretary's house was in good condition, she was still a little surprised when she actually saw it.
In front of us are three rows of grand blue brick and tiled houses, with five rooms in one row in the middle and three rooms in each of the two rows on the left and right, somewhat similar to the layout of a courtyard house. The yard is kept clean, and the vegetable patch at the door is full of vegetables. It seems that the owner is very diligent.
As Lu Changzheng led Su Mo to the main room, he introduced: "The three rooms on the left are for my eldest brother's family, the three rooms on the right are for my second brother's family, and the one in the middle is where my parents and my grandfather live."
"My... ours is not here. It's about a five-minute walk from here. I'll take you to see it later."
Su Mo was a little embarrassed by what Lu Changzheng said, her cheeks were stained with a light pink, and she didn't know how to answer.
Just at this time, two little boys ran out of the main room playing around. They were startled when they saw Lu Changzheng. They immediately stood still and shouted in unison: "Uncle Three."
Lu Changzheng nodded and asked, "Where is your great master?"
The taller one said: "Master went back to his room and lay down." As he said this, he secretly looked at Su Mo curiously.
When Lu Changzheng saw the two boys peeking at Su Mo, he said, "This is your future third aunt."
The two children came up and shouted in unison: "Hello, third aunt."
Su Mo smiled, reached out and took out six maltose candies from her bag, and gave three to each person, "Hello, I'll treat you to some candies."
She found this maltose yesterday when she was tidying up the space. There are still a dozen pieces left. They are all in transparent wrapping paper. There is no printing on them, so she won't be afraid of getting them out when taking them out.
On the way here just now, I thought that Lu Changzheng's brothers were all married and there would definitely be children at home, so I secretly took it out of the space and put it in my satchel.
"Thank you, Aunt Three." The two children shouted louder.
Looking at the candy he had never seen before, the shorter one asked: "Third Aunt, is this toffee?"
He had only eaten the toffee sent back by his third uncle once, and he could never forget the taste.
"This is not milk candy, this is maltose."
"What is maltose?"
"This...is candy made from malt." Su Mo didn't know how to explain it to the two children.
The two children wanted to ask more questions, but Lu Changzheng dismissed them: "You go and play quickly."
Obviously both children were afraid of Lu Changzheng. When Lu Changzheng spoke, they took the candy and ran away in a hurry.
