The Role of Women in Novels
Chapter 60

Zhao Guodong woke up early, bathed in front of the door, shampooed with fresh hibiscus leaves, and looked energetic. The bare upper body of the chest shows strong and full muscles, bathed in the morning light, full of strong beauty.

He rummaged through the drawer cabinets in the room for a long time, today he went to Xu Ergou's house to learn from his teacher, so he had to dress up neatly, if washed poorly, today he went to Xu Ergou's house to learn from his teacher, so he had to dress up neatly, if washed poorly, already patched.

Zhao Guodong thought about it, and wore a T-shirt inside Although Li Yufeng said it was too tight to wear, but she would be apprenticed today, not to attract bees and butterflies, so it didn't matter.

He put on his clothes, and when he came out, he saw that Zhao Mancang was already awake. Zhao Mancang also deliberately found a decent dress, combed her hair meticulously, and organized an apprentice ceremony to be sent to the main hall today.

He also caught two chickens in the backyard yesterday, and threw them into the current courtyard, waiting for a while to mention Xu Ergou's house together.

Cooking smoke was already billowing from the Zhao family kitchen, Grandma made porridge and steamed the coarse bakpao in the pot.

The father and son drank a bowl of porridge in haste, each taking a steamed bun from coarse grain, and came out with their belongings.

The sun outside had just risen, and there was still dew from last night on the green grass on the ridge.

Zhao Guodong felt at ease along the way, as if this was his first step towards a happy life. He had to rely on his own strength to give Li Yufeng shelter from the wind and rain. He wanted to let her live a better life, at least ... Follow him Zhao Guodong, you can't suffer, if you can't, he won't be as comfortable as when he's still the girl at home. If that was the case, what reason would she have to marry him?

They soon arrived at the production team where the Xu Ergou family was located, and under the guidance of passers-by, they arrived at the doorstep of Xu Ergou's house.

The Xu Ergou family was the only one in their entire production team who built a small, two-story building. In that era, a small two-story building was already quite prominent from the crowd among the bungalows.

When they arrived at the entrance of the village, they asked which house was Xu Ergou's house, and everyone could point to their house just by holding out a finger.

Zhao Guodong stood in front of the door of Xu Ergou's house, looking at the small building that was being built, as if he saw himself in the future. Not long ago, he heard that Xu Ergou's house had five main rooms, and in the blink of an eye, another floor was added to it.

A few masons were standing on the scaffolding to put up the bricks.Seeing what Zhao Guodong and Zhao Mancang brought, they all suspected that they had come to look for apprentice Xu Ergou.

Chen Qingquan, the son of Chen Yongfa, was also working on scaffolding. When he saw Zhao Guodong coming, he came down excitedly and went to the edge of the well to wash his hands. A small western-style building has been built. "

Chen Qingquan spoke in an envious tone, Zhao Guodong smiled at her, followed behind her and said: "We can also build on it in the future."

The Xu Ergou family stayed behind for the time being In the row of old houses, Chen Qingquan led Zhao Guodong and his son into the living room, and saw Xu Ergou sitting inside.

"Sir, this is the Guodong I told you about." When Chen Qingquan was standing alone, she looked like a strong person, but now when she was next to Zhao Guodong, she looked a little worse.

Xu Ergou's eyeballs sparkled as he looked at Zhao Guodong Zhao Guodong's body, with a bag of hundreds of cement catties on his shoulders, there was no problem.

In addition to being flexible and skilled, the most important thing for them to learn masonry is to be strong and able to work.

"Sit down." Xu Ergou called Zhao Guodong and Zhao Mancang to sit down, obviously very satisfied with Zhao Guodong, but he had to agree to some apprentice rules beforehand.

"The "rules here are similar to the others. I've been interning for three years, and you can only earn an apprentice salary for these three years; after three years, if you still want to follow me, then you are a master teacher; if you want We don't want to stop you from setting up another branch, but there is a rule that you can't compete with the Master, can you do all these things?

Zhao Guodong frowned and thought carefully, although these were a few simple words, they had a decisive effect on his future.

Seeing that Zhao Guodong did not speak, Zhao Mancang felt a little agitated for a moment, and looked at him. Zhao Guodong frowned and was about to speak, but Xu Ergou continued: "By the way, I have an unwritten rule here. You cannot marry and have children within three years of your internship. Now the state is advocating late marriages and late childbearing. People who go to work in large groups, if the combined age of husband and wife is less than 50 years, they will not be given a cover letter to get a marriage certificate.Although in our countryside there are no such regulations.regions, how can someone who drags his family at a young age be What about a good internship?So this point I propose as a master.If you agree a little, then I will accept you as an apprentice ." Zhao Guodong was about to agree, but who would have thought

Xu Ergou suddenly mentioned this one.

She had no problem not having a baby for three years, but what about Yufeng? He could not delay others for three years just because he wanted to become a teacher Rural people could not compare to urban people Rural girls who had not found a partner after 20 were still outnumbered by old girl! Although the government advocates late marriage and late childbearing, the rule has not become popular in rural areas, and most people pay the fare after taking the bus.

Zhao Guodong's expression suddenly became a little embarrassed, he thought for a moment, frowned and said: "I agree with the former, but the latter, I have to talk about it with my colleague." Zhao Mancang listened to Zhao Guodong's words, and his heart fell silent He sighed deeply, he could no longer control Zhao Guodong's thoughts, and Zhao Guodong was currently dating Li Yufeng, who was not in the least, so it made sense for him to consider the other party's thoughts. But if Zhao Guodong missed this internship opportunity due to Li Yufeng's refusal, Zhao Mancang would still feel a little pity. "Since you already have a partner now, go back and discuss with your partner before replying to me."

Although Zhao Guodong's return made it somewhat unexpected, but Xu Ergou wasn't too difficult. Most of the young men who had come to him for an apprentice, after hearing this rule, nodded and agreed without even thinking about it.Even if some of them already had a partner, they simply did not consider the other party's thoughts at all. It was the first thing Zhao Guodong said that he wanted to go back and discuss with his partner!

This changed his gaze towards the young man, Xu Ergou stood up and said: "Then you take it back first, and after the discussion is over, it is not too late to come here to learn from the teacher." Zhao Guodong said, "I brought those things back.

" Come here, there's no reason to take it back, now I have to go back to discuss with that thing, it's not your problem, Master Xu, I'll come back to discuss with him, and give you news as soon as possible." Zhao Mancang looked at Zhao Guodong's uncompromising temperament, and

he suddenly lifted his leg and was about to leave, so he stood up quickly, and laughed along with Xu Ergou: "Master Xu, Guodong's temperament is like this, this is too serious, this is too serious, then let's go back and let him ask Objection?"

Xu Ergou nodded, but he thought in his heart, that young man who values love and truth, even if his object disagrees, he would make an exception and accept him as an apprentice.

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Zhao Guodong walked to the entrance of the village in one breath, followed by Zhao Mancang who chased after him breathlessly.

He looked at his son who was able to support the family, and sighed, "Yufeng might not refuse to agree. First of all you have to agree with Xu Ergou, and it will be the same when you come back and do his job. "Li

Yufeng She was eighteen now, and after three years she would be twenty-one years old, so she was not considered an old girl.

"That's not the same. What's the difference with lying to her?" Zhao Guodong stopped, took a deep breath and said, "Even if I know he can agree, I have to listen to him." "I don't understand you guys

still young..." Zhao Mancang was a little confused, because Zhao Guodong also felt that Li Yufeng could agree, why would he have to admit death and ask again?

"Dad, Yufeng promised to follow me, how could I lie to her!"

"I didn't ask you to lie to him, I only asked you to accept Xu Ergou first, then tell Yufeng about that ..." Zhao Mancang did not think there was anything wrong with him. "You're wrong," Zhao Guodong said sternly

: "This is called hitting first and playing later. It's a hoax!" ... Li Yufeng was a little bored this morning, especially since Zhao Guodong did not open their doors. Fortunately, Chen Duan, the little postman Zhao Guodong, delivered the enameled pot. Li Yufeng saw her hair was hot and rancid, so she simply boiled hot water, pressed it into the sink and washed her hair. After shampooing, Chen Ah-Dai rode a rhubarb in Aunt Wang's house next door, and Aunt Wang said in a loud voice, "Hurry down, Ah-Dai, please, it will rain the day you marry a wife after riding a dog !" Chen Ah-Dai was so scared that he jumped off Rhubarb, I saw someone hiding in the cornfield across and waving towards me. He tiptoed and saw Zhao Guodong hiding behind a cornfield. I don't know why, it's clear that the two families know that she and Li Yufeng are dating, but Zhao Guodong has always dared not go to old Li's house openly. At home, I had no choice but to bite the bullet and come alone, but let him see it again. "Tell sister Yufeng to go to the cornfield last time. I will wait for him there," Zhao Guodong thought for a moment, and there was a pond behind the cornfield, and a hillside across from the hidden spot. Chen Duan opened his eyes wide and nodded, turned around and walked a few steps, suddenly recalled something, stopped, turned around, and spread his palm towards Zhao Guodong. What about sugar? You don't give sugar yet? He opened his big black eyes and looked at Zhao Guodong with a plain face, he did not give any sugar when the pot was delivered in the morning, and there was no task if he did not give sugar! Zhao Guodong could not help but feel suspicious at this moment, was Chen Duan really that stupid? Why did he feel that he was a monkey spirit!

"I'll call you in a minute, I can't live without you!"