My Wife Is the Capitalist Heiress of the 1970s - Chapter 5

“Prepare some food for her, to fill her stomach!”

Zhou Wenshan gave them some advice and then prepared to go back.

Unexpectedly, they just lowered their heads and didn’t move, and the woman even lowered her head to wipe away her tears.

What happened?

Zhou Wenshan was puzzled. Could it be that there wasn’t even anything to eat for lunch?

“What, didn’t you prepare lunch?”

A young man in his early twenties answered Zhou Wenshan’s question. He smiled bitterly and said, “Young man, my family was framed and hastily sent here. We don’t have much food left. For the past few days, we’ve only been eating breakfast and dinner! We haven’t prepared lunch!”

Zhou Wenshan was startled; he had almost forgotten what period it was.

Even he eats cornbread for breakfast. How much better can these capitalists and black categories sent down for reform be?

“So you’re just going to go hungry like this for lunch?” Zhou Wenshan asked incredulously.

The woman thought for a moment, then said, “Zhijun, help Xiaowan to a shady spot. I’ll go home and cook some sweet potatoes to bring over.”

The man named Zhijun, who appeared to be Xiaowan’s older brother, said, “Mom, just cook two for Xiaowan, we don’t need to.”

The woman waved her hand, looking exhausted, and said, “Don’t worry about it, Mom knows what she’s doing!”

After saying that, he looked at Zhou Wenshan and said gratefully, “Thank you, thank you so much, young comrade! You’ve been a great help to our family!”

The others also realized that they hadn’t even said thank you to Zhou Wenshan, which was incredibly impolite.

However, they had been so focused on Xiao Wan that they hadn’t thought of the young man who had helped them so much.

The group quickly thanked Zhou Wenshan, but couldn’t help blushing.

Because all they could say was a verbal thank you, since they didn’t have a single penny on them.

Zhou Wenshan waved his hand, not caring. He had only come to help with a small matter, and had only paid the price of a piece of fruit candy.

“You’re welcome. But she can’t go hungry like this anymore, or it will cause problems!”

At this moment, the two young men helped Chen Wan stand up. Zhou Wenshan looked up and happened to see Chen Wan open her eyes and look at him.

Zhou Wenshan was startled. This girl’s eyes were so beautiful. Her eyebrows were curved, and her large phoenix eyes, with their dark pupils like black holes, captivated his attention.

Zhou Wenshan felt his heart start pounding faster, at least 120 beats per minute!

It’s over!

He fell in love with this girl named Xiao Wan at first sight!

The girl named Xiao Wan’s appearance was a stunning surprise to his aesthetic sense!

She appeared to be about 1.7 meters tall, with an oval face that looked somewhat haggard, and her eyes lacked the sparkle that life’s hardships had given her.

Although she was only wearing patched and worn-out coarse cloth clothes, they still couldn’t hide her curvaceous figure beneath the tattered clothes.

Decades from now, she would definitely be a goddess-level beauty!

But now this goddess looks sickly.

It made his heart ache for no reason!

Chen Wan looked at the man who had just put a piece of candy in her mouth—or rather, the boy.

The boy looked a year or two younger than her, with clear eyes and a handsome face that made people feel friendly, like a little brother next door.

Chen Wan forced an awkward smile, nodded at Zhou Wenshan, and squeezed out two words with difficulty, “Thank you.”

Seeing Chen Wan’s pale face, Zhou Wenshan quickly shook his head and put on his standard smile, “You’re welcome.”

Chen Wan’s mother hurriedly left and returned to their residence.

Their family now lives in a cowshed on the edge of the village, which is more than ten minutes’ walk away.

In addition, with the cooking fire underway, Chen Wan wouldn’t be able to eat anything for a while and would have to wait quite some time to get hungry.

Chen Wan’s two older brothers helped her to sit down under a tree. Zhou Wenshan stared at her blankly for a few seconds, then suddenly felt a sharp pain in his ear. “Ouch, that hurts!”

Looking back, he saw his mother, Liu Cuihua, rushing over. She grabbed his ear and spun it around, saying, “You little brat, you’ve grown up, huh? You dare not listen to me now? Go back to your dinner.”

After Liu Cuihua finished speaking, she glanced at Chen Wan and the others, nodded slightly to them, and then kicked and shoved Zhou Wenshan back.

Finally, Zhou Wenshan couldn’t take it anymore and ran away from Liu Cuihua’s clutches.

When Chen Wan saw Zhou Wenshan being grabbed by the ear by Liu Cuihua, she first smiled, then came to her senses and fell silent again.

As they ran to the fields, Zhang Minghui, the eldest sister-in-law, had already brought over some warmed cornbread and a few sweet potatoes using a small bamboo basket. She also carried a clean bucket containing cooked millet porridge.

Millet porridge is more nutritious than rice porridge.

Now, you can’t just eat corn when you’re working in the fields; it drains your energy too quickly.

We also need to supplement our nutrition with other foods, so we should occasionally make steamed buns with white flour and mixed flour.

Sometimes we had to grit our teeth and cut off half a pound of meat as a treat. We wouldn’t sell all the eggs either; each person could eat one egg every three days.

Seeing Zhou Wenshan return, Zhou Yuanchao looked furious. “Zhou Xiaoer, why are you running around like that? Do you know those people are ‘black five categories’? They’re capitalists who were sent down here. Do you see how many people in the village dare to talk to them? You think you’re so tough, huh!”

The eldest brother, Zhou Wenhai, also expressed his disapproval, saying, “Xiao Er, you were too impulsive just now. It would be bad if someone found out. If someone says you have a problem with your thinking, you won’t be able to find a wife in the future.”

Zhou Wenshan remained silent. Although he wanted to argue, he knew that his father and elder brother were doing it for his own good.

This is the reality of our times, and no one can change it.

On the other side, Zhao Xiuhua was somewhat angry as she watched Zhou Wenshan’s actions.

She could tell that the person Zhou Wenshan was helping was a young woman.

This made her feel inexplicably uncomfortable.

Even though they’ve already broken off the engagement, right?

Even though they have nothing to do with each other anymore, right?

Although……

Okay, even if she’s already dating a male educated youth from the village, you, Zhou Wenshan, can’t just throw away all our years of friendship and get involved with another woman right after breaking off the engagement!