As Su Fu left the compound, she happened to see Wang Cheng on her way back to the village.

“Hey, Ma Zi, why aren’t you working?”

Wang Cheng took a pear out of his pocket and handed it over.

“After thinking it over, I realized you make a good point, so I just went to tell them I’m withdrawing from the partnership.”

He now has a few hundred yuan, which is more than enough to support his mother and sister.

If we continue working and something unexpected happens, what will happen to the elderly and young children at home?

One shouldn’t be too greedy. Let’s wait until things turn out better before making any plans.

Su Fu nodded: “Just don’t say I’m hindering your money-making later.”

Wang Cheng: … “How could that be? If I were that kind of person, you would have beaten me to death long ago.”

Su Fu thought about it and agreed. Considering that she would be going to the city for a few days, she whispered a few words of advice.

“I’m going on a long trip in a few days, could you keep an eye on my family for me?”

Wang Cheng immediately understood: “Don’t worry, Sister Fu, I’ll make sure they go to the toilet several times a day…”

Su Fu interrupted, “That’s not necessarily the case. Just keep an eye on the important matters.”

Wang Cheng asked, “Do the educated youth at the settlement need help keeping an eye on things?”

Su Fu waved her hand: “I’m going out with Li Li. As for the others… you can decide.”

Wang Cheng used to like Su Fu, but after being beaten half to death several times for trying to get close to her, he completely lost interest.

So many years have passed, and now he has fallen for a young woman who was sent to the countryside last year.

He was a little embarrassed: “Sister Fu, do you think someone like me, a sent-down youth from the city, would be interested in me?”

Su Fu carefully examined him. His height was passable, and his features were human-like.

It’s just that my face has grayish-brown freckles; I wouldn’t call it ugly, but it’s not pretty either.

“I think it’s risky. What if you actually get together and their family uses connections to help them move back to the city? What will you do then?”

Wang Cheng asked in confusion, “Can’t I go with them?”

Su Fu rolled her eyes: “Why would their family want you?”

Wang Cheng: …Those words are hurtful, but I can’t refute them.

He looked up at the sky, letting the sunlight shine on his face.

“Sister Fu, I have no choice but to find a matchmaker.”

Su Fu ignored him; he could be a bit eccentric at times.

“Go ahead, I’m leaving.”

She had only taken a few steps when Wang Cheng caught up with her again: “Sister Fu, what did you say about me…”

He was nagged all the way to the village entrance, where Su Fu kicked him.

“You’re so annoying, get lost.”

“Okay!”

As I walked into the courtyard, I saw the whole family standing there, including Su Meimei.

Su Fu raised an eyebrow: “Oh, everyone’s here today. Aren’t you all going to work and wait for food to fall from the sky?”

Su Meimei was furious: “Su Fu, how dare you come back?”

She spent a full ten yuan on this plan!

I can’t swallow this anger.

Su Fu asked in confusion, “Why don’t I have a face? Aunt, not to be mean, but…”

Su Meimei didn’t want to listen and lunged at him menacingly.

Su Fu held her back with one hand and slapped her twice across the face with the other.

“Tsk tsk tsk, they say you should use words, not fists, but you actually want to hit me.”

Su Meimei was a little dizzy from being slapped and slumped to the ground like a puppet who had lost her soul.

Su Fu clapped her hands and looked at the Su family: “What, you have a problem with that too? You really think I’m easy to bully if I don’t make a move?”

She really couldn’t understand the Su family’s ability to forget the pain once the wound had healed; they were like cockroaches that could never be killed.

The Su family members all shook their heads: “No objection.”

If you have a problem, you’ll get beaten up; they’re not stupid.

Su Fu glared at them: “I’m going on a long trip in a couple of days, so you’d better behave yourselves.”

“If I find out anyone went into my room while I was away, you can forget about having a room either.”

The Su family members all stated that they were not that kind of people.

Su Fu didn’t believe it at all. Anyway, she meant what she said, and at worst, she would just have to fight a few more times.

Li Mingyu’s family acted quickly; they made the call yesterday, and by this evening they had received a notice to return to the city.

Li Mingyu was very happy: “Susu, I’ll take you boating on the lake, and we can also go to the Grand Theater to see a play.”

The farthest place Su Fu had ever been was the city itself; this place was a county-level city.

The city is not much different from the county, but it is better than the town.

She had only ever seen grand theaters and the like in books.

“Okay, I’ll definitely stick to Lili’s leg tightly.”

Li Mingyu stretched out her legs: “Here, you can hug me. You’re the only friend I liked when I was sent to the countryside. Some people in the educated youth settlement even talked badly about you to me. If you ask me, they don’t know anything.”

She really likes Su Fu. How bad can someone be who gives you a carrot on your first meeting?

Su Fu didn’t care what others said; after all, people can say whatever they want.

Even if she were to curry favor with powerful figures, she would do so openly and honestly.

“Don’t worry, Lili, I promise I’ll help you get that childhood sweetheart.”

Even if it wasn’t for two hundred yuan… well, she really was for two hundred yuan.

The two whispered to each other for a while before going back to pack their luggage.

The next morning, without even having breakfast, I went straight to the brigade leader’s house.

Li Youcai was quite happy for Li Mingyu, but he found it hard to believe Su Fu’s reason for wanting a letter of introduction.

“You mean you’re going to find a marriage partner for someone you’ve known since childhood?”

Su Fu nodded matter-of-factly: “It’s not feudal superstition, my father appeared to me in a dream yesterday, and when I woke up I realized that he did mention this before he died.”

Li Youcai: …Are you kidding a three-year-old?

He still forced himself to open it, because Su Fu had said that if he didn’t, she would cause a scene at the police station.

What’s all the fuss about?

He, the brigade leader, was interfering in the relationship, preventing the orphaned girl from meeting her childhood sweetheart.

As Li Mingyu walked out of the brigade leader’s house, she gave a thumbs up.

“Su Su really knows how to handle things. I had even prepared five yuan to bribe her…”

Su Fu covered her little mouth: “You can’t say that. When we’re out and about, we only have one thing to say, so there’s no need to tell the truth about everything.”

Li Mingyu said she had learned something, and Su Fu followed her back to the educated youth settlement to get her luggage.

The educated youth were filled with envy, jealousy, and resentment when they saw that Li Mingyu was able to return to the city.

Even more hateful is Su Fu; it’s obvious to everyone that she’s latched onto a powerful figure.

A bespectacled male educated youth muttered, “lackey.”

Su Fu stopped and picked at her ear to look at him.

He stopped talking and turned to go to work.

Li Mingyu has a lot of things, and she doesn’t plan to take the quilts, pillows, or anything else back with her.

Seeing that the cotton in the quilt was new, Su Fu immediately took a burlap sack and put it in.

“We can’t afford to waste anything, take it all back with us.”

The female educated youth, who had initially hoped to get a bargain, turned pale and then darkened, but ultimately remained silent.

Su Fu ignored them and put the blankets, pillows and other items into the sack.

He took another burlap sack to pack the shoes that Li Mingyu didn’t want to bring because she thought it was too much trouble.

I rearranged the clothes, and finally managed to pack them into a large suitcase and a duffel bag.

The remaining miscellaneous small items were all collected and packed into a burlap sack.

Looking at the mountain of luggage, Li Mingyu was somewhat troubled.

“Susu, how do I carry this?”

After receiving payment, Su Fu tied several sacks together with hemp rope and carried them on her shoulder.

With one hand supporting it, the other hand can still lift the suitcase.

She turned back and raised an eyebrow at Li Mingyu: “No problem, I can carry you if you get tired.”

She didn’t take the two hundred yuan for nothing; it was well worth the money.