I used rebirth to bury his captivating gaze.

Chapter 70 Yu Mei Goes to the City to Find a Partner - Never to Return (Liu Yue's Auntie, Wu Sa

Yu Han saw her childhood friend Liu Ying and Sun Shangjun, a man from her village. The couple set up a stall to sell girls' floral print tops, which were snapped up by young girls from the city who liked floral print clothes!

Before long, Liu Ying's stall sold out, and she noticed a graceful young woman named Yang Yuqiu standing in front of her.

Then the couple began to talk with Yang Yuhan.

Liu Yingsun Shangjun was tidying up the stall while talking to Yang Yuhan, who was helping him.

It turns out that a few years ago, Liu Ying's mother opposed their relationship, so Liu Ying disobeyed her and ran away with Sun Shangjun to live in this small coal town in Northeast China.

The two came to stay with Liu Ying's uncle's family, who lived in Gucheng County and worked as the deputy director of a clothing factory in the county.

Liu Ying came here again after Yu Han had been working at the night office for more than half a year and then came to her uncle's house.

The handsome, curly-haired boy from my uncle's family, who was also my cousin and the handsome young man who had visited before, died of illness two years ago, leaving behind his two divorced children.

Then, the uncle and aunt took their grandson and granddaughter. The uncle sadly resigned from his job as the assistant factory manager in the clothing factory in the county town, and the aunt resigned from her position as a technician in the clothing factory.

Then they moved to an industrial city that was famous for its clothing industry and started buying and selling clothing.

At first, my uncle went to the south alone to buy goods, and when he returned to this city, he set up a street stall to sell them.

My aunt stayed home to take care of the children. Later, when the two children grew up, Liu was sent to kindergarten. After that, whenever my aunt had free time, she would go to the street stalls to help my uncle buy clothes.

Later, the two of them moved south and started a clothing business! The house my family lives in now is my uncle's house, which is a large courtyard that we bought before we came here.

"My uncle's family went to the south to open a clothing factory and didn't sell this house, so they let our family live here. The other houses in the yard are rented out to others, and you can come and live here if you need."

“The goods we sell at our street stall every day are sent to us by my uncle and aunt in the south. We also need a larger place to store our goods.”

Yang Yuhan nodded in agreement, and that's when she started thinking about starting a small street business.

Liu Ying did not object to the fact that she was a competitor and that it would affect her business. On the contrary, she told her everything without hiding anything and taught her Yu Han, who had no experience.

With Liu Ying's help, Yang Yuhan started to try her hand at business, which brought her wealth in the future!

Yang Yuhan truly lived for her lofty goals!

Yang Yumei truly lived her own life. Before Yuhan left, she went to the coal city of Qishi alone, where Zou Laqian introduced her to a young man from the city who was employed by the government and had a job.

She's incredibly bold; she dared to step into an unfamiliar city alone for a blind date.

Although the matchmaker, Zou Laqian, was from her hometown and was the fourth aunt of her classmate, Zou Yunfang, neither she nor the people in the Yang family compound knew much about her, since she had been married off for some years.

Even though Zou Laxian was an upright person when he was a girl, people's personalities will eventually change over time.

Qishi, a coal-mining city, has many small coal mines as well as large state-owned mines, including underground mines that produce abundant raw coal. In this small coal-mining city in Northeast China, most men earn a living by working in the mines.

At the same time, working in mines is a very dangerous profession. Every year, different mines experience underground accidents!

Yang Yumei was young and didn't think too much. She only knew that she could get out of the rural area where she had to work hard farming. Once she got married and moved to the city, she would be in the city. She thought no one would dare to talk to her because she was a country bumpkin!

And then there's Xu Meili and Yu Dajun, and Yang Yu, you two just wait and see who comes out on top!

When Yu Mei arrived, she spent more than ten yuan on a ticket at the bus station in Tuandingshan Commune. She still had more than ten yuan left in her pocket for the return ticket!

The money was given to her by Diao Yan. When Diao Yan came, she repeatedly told her, "Hurry up and write down the engagement gifts on the betrothal gift list and bring it back. Or I can go with you. You're a young girl, going so far away. I heard that coal mine is quite chaotic. Can you manage by yourself? Don't let them sell you off and then help them count the money."

Her words did not receive Yang Yumei's agreement, but instead angered Yang Yumei. "How much will your travel expenses be if you go there? What's all this nonsense? I'm a girl in my twenties, why are you worrying about this?"

Yu Mei's words dispelled Diao Yan's distrust of her, suggesting that Yu Mei might have truly grown up.

Then she simply gave him a round-trip bus ticket for a little over thirty yuan. She didn't worry about it anymore; if she went along, she really didn't have much money left.

All the money from harvesting crops and selling grain was kept in the west room, in the son and daughter-in-law's kang cabinet.

By this time, the autumn harvest at the Yang family compound was finished. When Yu Mei left alone, the family was busy harvesting corn.

There's nothing much for the family to do right now, but there's still no news of Yu Meiren.

Yu Mei has been gone for more than two months and has not returned home yet.

Now the village's gossipy women had something to talk about again. As usual, several old women sat together after breakfast and started talking badly about Yu Mei.

The village supply and marketing cooperative no longer exists; it was shut down after the reforms.

The gossipy mouths gathered together and started nagging at Yu Mei. What was even more infuriating were her sister-in-law Liu Yue, Wu Sanbao, Zhang Cuiping from the west end of the village, and the other three main characters, as well as several other men and women.

Wu Sanbao said mockingly, "Liu Yue, your sister-in-law has been gone for more than two months, hasn't she? Why hasn't she come home yet? Shouldn't your family go and check on her?"

Liu Yue said with a smile, "I would like to go see her, but her brother Yang Zhi won't allow it. He said that his sister is not a child anymore, she is already twenty years old, and he can't let her miss the chance to find a boyfriend."

"Liu Yue, what you and Yang Zhi did was irresponsible. Yu Mei is only twenty years old; she's still a child. What if she goes to a strange city alone for a blind date and gets sold by bad people?"

“Zhang Cuihua. Look at what you’re saying. How come she’s all alone? How can we not take responsibility? Didn’t she go to find the matchmaker Zou Laqian?”

“Liu Yue, are you really unaware or just pretending? Don’t you know what kind of person Zou Laxian is? She’s no good at all. If she hadn’t sold Yu Mei out, I think she would be in grave danger. She’s been gone for over two months now. Shouldn’t the man have paid her…” Zhang Cuihua said.

"What are you all babbling about? Are you talking badly about my Yumei?"

"Sister-in-law Diao Yan, no, your wife is here, how could we dare to say anything about Yu Mei? Sister-in-law, where are you going? Why are you leaving in such a hurry?" Wu Sanbao said with a smile, changing the subject.

"What I do is none of your business."

Diao Yan hurriedly walked to the east side of the village.

The group burst into laughter as they watched her retreating figure!

“They must have gone to settle scores with the Zou family. What’s the point of going to the Zou family at this point? Yu Mei is probably already living with a man and is likely pregnant, which is why she can’t come back,” Wu Sanbao said with a smile.

"Alright, watch your mouth. You have a daughter too."

"Hey! Liu Yue, what's wrong with you? Weren't you just saying bad things about Yu Mei?"

"What bad things did I say about her? You know you shouldn't wash your dirty linen in public."

After Liu Yue finished speaking, she turned around and walked towards her own courtyard.

Diao Yan really did go to Zou Laxian's mother's house. Zou Laxian's elderly mother and her eldest brother live together.

She arrived at Zou Laxian's parents' home in a huff and puff, and didn't speak in a pleasant tone.

They practically demanded that the Zou family hand over the person immediately.

The elderly mother of the Zou family and Zou Laqian's elder brother and sister-in-law were all very kind. No matter what Diao Yan said, the Zou family elder brother and sister-in-law greeted her with smiles, "Diao Yan, please come in and sit down. Is it cold outside?"

"Stop talking nonsense, tell me where your sister-in-law took my Yumei? Hand her over right now."

"Diao Yan, if you're not worried that I'll tell you my sister-in-law's address, you should go there. Why is Yu Mei going alone?"

"Isn't that going to find your sister-in-law, Zou Laqian?"

"Why don't you, as the elder brother and sister-in-law, trust your own sister?"

"No, don't misunderstand."

"What else are you saying? Hurry up and write down the address for her so her family can go and check on that girl, Yu Mei," the old lady said slowly as she walked over from the east room.

The Zou brothers immediately found a pen and paper and wrote down Zou Laqian's address.

Finally, Diao Yan took an address and went home.