Chapter 34 - 033: Visit
To talk about Wang Hai, Ye Ling only knows he’s a troublemaker who doesn’t study well; because his father is the captain of their brigade, his family is well-off, Wang Hai is like a young master in the village, dressed in a Zhongshan suit every day, not a speck of dust on him, and just goes around teasing the young girls in the village all day.
Being the son of the captain, no one in the village dared to offend him. Families with daughters would have them keep their distance, and nothing happened eventually. However, in her past life, after Ye Ling returned to the city, she heard from her parents’ conversations that Wang Hai had gotten involved with the village’s Zhang Juanzi. Zhang Juanzi was only fifteen when she got married, too young to register the marriage, so they simply held an informal ceremony to count as married.
Zhang Juanzi gave birth at sixteen. In these times, it wasn’t considered a big deal, but ever since the liberation of New China, having children at such a young age was indeed rare.
Knowing this past life incident, Ye Ling’s impression of Wang Hai only worsened. In the eyes of everyone in the village, she’s always been someone of high self-esteem, so Ye Ling did not bother greeting, directly bypassing Wang Hai to fetch water at the well.
Wang Hai, with a cigarette between his fingers, squatted by the well, puffed out smoke, and then smiled, "Ye Ling, staying in the city must be better than in our countryside, right? Tsk tsk, if it were me, I would have stayed in the city and never returned; who would stay in this village."
Wang Hai’s appearance was decent and looked clean-cut, but as soon as he spoke, his whole demeanor changed, coming across as a sly person.
Although the other party spoke first, Ye Ling and her grandmother lived in this village, couldn’t strike a smiling face, but didn’t show a good face either, "No matter how good the city is, it’s not as good as living in the captain’s house, having white flour every day."
If Captain Wang heard these words, he would surely hold an educational session again, but instead, Wang Hai listened and seemed quite pleased, "Smart. City people are good, but what they eat and use need tickets to buy, nowhere as comfortable as me living in the village."
Speaking of this, Wang Hai’s face was full of resentment.
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He’s been to the city, but there he was looked down upon; others were workers with official jobs, back in the village he counted as a local emperor, but in the city, he was like an old farmer begging for food.
After being looked down upon, Wang Hai didn’t want to go to the city anymore; coming back, he felt even more that the village was better. Wang Hai, who had his face full of anger, suddenly became pleased looking towards the village entrance.
"Let’s chat another time." Leaving a word to Ye Ling, he got up and greeted someone.