CHAPTER 632: 632 POPULAR

After the four finished their meal, Wang Shulin looked at them with a smile. Although he didn’t have a daughter of marriageable age, he had nieces. His sisters-in-law, sisters, and younger siblings had all sought him out for help with matchmaking.

Wang Shu wasn’t worried since they hadn’t started families yet; after all, they were just seventeen or eighteen-year-old lads, and it’s still rare to marry so young.

"Nephews, you all should stay here tonight. You’ve been in our village for half a month and haven’t had a good night’s sleep. Take a proper rest tonight."

"Uncle Wang, thanks for the offer, but we’ve been out for over half a month, and we miss home. We’d better go back.

By the way, we’ve kept records each time. Together, we’ve planted and replanted a total of 480 mu of land, which comes to 3,840 yuan, and we’ve worked 125 mu for plowing, making it 500 yuan, adding up to 4,340 yuan altogether.

Uncle Wang, please have the money ready for us. We need to go home; our parents must be worried about us.

And the village’s wheat needs harvesting; we have to return to help."

Wang Shulin nodded internally. This Li Yungui’s son is quite capable; see how quickly he calculated the account?

"Nephews, I’ll have the money ready today, but I was thinking of delivering it personally tomorrow; I have some matters to discuss with your father."

Chuanyang frowned, "Uncle Wang, since that’s the case, we’ll impose on you tonight and stay over. Don’t misunderstand us; it’s not that we don’t trust you, but if we go back tonight, people will definitely ask us for the money. Without it, we’ll get a beating. Let’s go together tomorrow."

"Alright, I understand, that’s how it should be. You all get a good night’s sleep, and we’ll head over after breakfast tomorrow.

By the way, do any of you four have partners?"

Chuanyang was startled, "Uncle Wang, we’re still young."

"Hahaha, indeed, no rush, your conditions are good, you can take your time finding someone."

The four left Wang Shulin’s house, and Xiang Dong quietly said, "Chuanyang, let’s go find Master Yang. Didn’t he say to look for him if we had any troubles?"

The four agreed, although it was already dark, there was no other option. None of them had ever seen 500 yuan, and without holding the 4,000+ yuan in hand, they were uneasy. Lacking a sense of stability, they urgently needed someone to reassure them.

The four arrived at Old Yang’s doorstep. As soon as they knocked, a response came from inside.

The four stood properly outside; Guodong opened the door. He knew these four were the ones driving the tractor.

"You four, come inside and have a seat." He warmly invited them.

"Comrade, we came to see Master Yang."

"Well, come into the yard and sit anyway. Uncle Yang, folks from Li Family Village are here for you."

The four entered the yard, seeing Old Yang coming out from inside.

Old Yang had once sent them some brown sugar water in the fields, so they recognized him.

"Why haven’t you four rested yet?"

Chuanyang stepped forward, "Master Yang, we didn’t receive the money tonight, so we’re uneasy."

Old Yang laughed after hearing this. This Li Yungui’s son is quite good.

"Rest easy; I see they’ve prepared the money.

But you four should sleep alertly, don’t let anyone take advantage of you."

Chuanyang was alarmed, "Master Yang, can we stay here? We’ll bring over the crank handle later. No one else can drive the tractor away."

Old Yang laughed again, "Alright, Guodong, take them to the river to wash up. Let them squeeze in with you when they return."

"Okay, Uncle Yang."

Someone had their eyes on these four, a matter he heard and relayed to Uncle Yang.

The four young men lost all their pride at once; they had been genuinely scared.

"Your name is Guodong, right? Are you related to our Teacher Jiang?"

"Yes, I’ll go with you to retrieve the crank handle, then we’ll go wash up."

The four initially wanted to ask what’s happening, but Guodong cut them off, "Talk when we’re on the bed."[炕上, kang shang, refers to a traditional heated bed-stove.]

After the four bathed and returned, Guodong made them each a bowl of brown sugar water. Four young men laid on the heated bed.

"Actually, many girls have their eyes on you, Uncle Yang was worried you’d fall into their trap."

The four finally sighed in relief, "Guodong, you scared us to death."

"Haha, isn’t this a big deal? Are you thinking about having wives?"

"That would be up to the family to decide, we have no objections, but Teacher Jiang said we should continue our studies." Chuanyang indeed didn’t want to marry early; he had already discussed this with his family.

"Quick, sleep up; tomorrow we’ll accompany you back."

"You guys are coming to our village?"

"Yep, tomorrow my dad and Sister Xiaoli’s brother will be here in the afternoon; the three of us discussed taking leave tomorrow and the day after. We’ll go with you in the morning."

"That’s great, come eat at my house, my mom’s pancakes are delicious," Xiang Dong said with a smile.

"Probably won’t have time, let’s talk about it in winter, we should visit Aunt Jiang’s class then."

"That’s great, we’re just waiting for you; we’ll attend class together then," Da Linzi laughed too.

"Alright, we’ll have chances to hang out then."

The next morning, Zhao Xiaoli and Jing Chu got up early to make breakfast.

Pancakes and noodle soup. Now there were many wild vegetables; the three would dig wild vegetables every time after work, saving some to eat, and boiling the remainder to dry, tired of days without vegetables.

Each person got an egg, a rule set by Old Yang to ensure the three kids had proper nutrition for good health.

Four young men looked at the two pretty ladies, blushing.

During the meal, Old Yang introduced, "This is my wife, your aunt."

The four politely addressed her as Aunt, making Zhao Xiaoli’s face flush red.

"This is Guodong’s twin sister, Jing Chu."

The five greeted each other.

After breakfast, the two girls tidied up the kitchen, and the boys cleaned the yard.

"Alright, let’s head out."

Last night the three had already packed their things, mainly bringing a set of clothes to change.

"Uncle Yang, I and Chuanyang’s group are taking the tractor."

"Alright, don’t rush."

Wang Shulin was already waiting, holding a worn-out bag.

"Village Chief Wang, shall we head out?"

"Sure."

He got on the vehicle, and the two girls greeted him.

"Did you take leave to meet your family?"

Old Yang nodded, "Yes, Xiaoli’s brother is coming; we haven’t decided whether he should stay here with his sister or go to my brother’s house."

"Wouldn’t it be great to stay in our village?"

"My brother’s wife is a college graduate, so for the child’s future, it’s better to live over there, we’ll see then."