Yunyi had a day off today and got ready early to make a trip to the county town.
A few days ago, she had received the quarterly rent from the residential committee, so she planned to withdraw the money today.
She had things to send to the Hua Family, Gu Family, and Wei Family, which she had prepared after returning from her master’s. Once in the county, she just needed to find a place to take them out.
She slung the basket on her back, locked the front door, and hurried off to the bus stop.
Unexpectedly, she ran into Du Yuhua from Songling Village at the bus stop. "Doctor Chu," Du Yuhua greeted.
Yunyi smiled and nodded at her. "What are you doing here?"
Pushing through the crowd, Du Yuhua reached Yunyi’s side. "My parental home is in Zhang Family Village. I am taking a ride back there."
"Did you bring Little Mao Dan?"
"He’s had a bit of a cough these past few days, so I didn’t bring him over."
Something came to mind, and she complained, "Ever since you transferred away, the village clinic has turned into a mere decoration. Doctor Gong took quite a fall last time, and he still hasn’t recovered. His family is worried he’ll end up with a chronic condition, so they don’t really want people disturbing his rest. Now, if anyone in the village is feeling unwell, they have to go to the commune health center."
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At this point, Du Yuhua leaned closer to Yunyi and whispered, "Qiu Baojuan is getting married."
Yunyi was intrigued. "So soon?"
After looking around, Du Yuhua murmured, "She’s marrying Zhang Kuiwei from the Educated Youth Compound."
Upon hearing this, Yunyi knew something was amiss. "Did something happen?"
Du Yuhua lowered her voice even more. "Originally, Qiu Baojuan had set her sights on Liu Chenglin, but by a fluke, she ended up with Zhang Kuiwei, who didn’t even want to marry her.
But Qiu Baojuan threw caution to the wind, saying that if he didn’t agree, she would go to the commune leaders and accuse him of hooliganism."
Zhang Kuiwei didn’t dare to gamble, so he had to grudgingly agree.
"However, I heard from my man that Zhang Kuiwei got drunk a few days ago. He said that since Qiu Baojuan wasn’t going to let him live peacefully, he wouldn’t let her live peacefully either. I’m afraid their married life won’t be a happy one."
That’s for sure, but she brought it all on herself,
Just then, the bus to the county town arrived, and the female conductor opened the door. "Please line up to board the bus! Don’t crowd!"
The two of them followed the stream of people onto the bus and found seats together.
Once the bus started moving, the conductor squeezed her way to the back and began selling tickets.
The fare to the county town was ten cents, to Songling Village three cents. Yunyi had intended to pay for both fares, but Du Yuhua wouldn’t hear of it.
After buying their tickets, Du Yuhua continued to share gossip from Songling Village with Yunyi. "That Zhong Liyuan who lives in your small courtyard—I don’t know what’s gotten into her—but ever since she came to the village, she’s been picking fights every day.
She doesn’t work properly. One day she’s arguing with this person, the next she’s causing trouble with another. I’m not sure what she even came to the countryside for."
Yunyi frowned slightly. She had met Zhong Liyuan at the Agricultural Reclamation Group before and didn’t think she was that kind of person. What was happening now?
Seeing Yunyi frown, Du Yuhua said, "You know those educated youths living behind you, right?"
Yunyi nodded. "Lun Huaijing, Tao Yuran, Guo Aibing—are you talking about them?"
Du Yuhua nodded. "Correct. That Lun Huaijing and Tao Yuran are dating. But Zhong Liyuan is like a burr, always sticking to them.
Lun Huaijing has publicly embarrassed her in front of the villagers several times. But it’s like Zhong Liyuan doesn’t understand and still does whatever she wants."
Yunyi felt a bit puzzled. She remembered seeing Zhong Liyuan with Zheng Xuewen before, and they had seemed quite normal together. So what was this new situation? Could it be that I’ve misjudged her?