In Chapter 62, we'll discuss whether it's really necessary to make friends.

The three girls turned their upper bodies in unison in front of the carriage, silently expressing their disdain for the other party's sour behavior.

This attitude is worse than a fight; it's even more infuriating.

The young woman who had started the argument turned green with anger, gritting her teeth as she prepared to continue her provocation: "Tch, a cultured city person, huh? She's really something..."

"Alright." Before the young woman could finish speaking, a middle-aged woman with a serious expression glared at her and said, "Hey, Dazhu's wife, are you never going to stop? Your Dazhu is staring at those female educated youth. Why are you causing trouble for these three new educated youth? If you're so capable, go home and slap your Dazhu. Slap him every time he looks at her. I guarantee that after a few times, he'll avoid educated youths. If you don't have any ability, then stop talking nonsense here."

[Northeastern dialect note: "搁楞嗓子" means to make trouble out of nothing, or to make conversation for no reason.]

"That's Liu Hongying, our brigade's women's director," Chao Xianhua whispered to the two girls sitting in front of her.

Bai Nuo and Sun Yuxi nodded knowingly. No wonder he spoke so bluntly; it made people feel comfortable.

Bai Nuo and the other two looked over and smiled gratefully at the brigade's women's director who happened to be looking over.

Liu Hongying was slightly taken aback by the three beautiful, young, and fair-skinned smiling faces that appeared at the same time, then shook her head with a smile.

These three new educated youths are quite polite, not bad!

"Director Liu is right. Dazhu's family should shut up. Instead of wasting their time, they should go back and keep a closer eye on their own men. In our Qishui Brigade, there's no reason for men to bully others. If a man is being dishonest, just give him a good whack with a broom and he'll behave. He's nothing."

A slightly fierce-looking middle-aged woman sitting at the head of the other side glared disdainfully at Dazhu's wife.

Sitting next to her, Aunt Xu curled her lip and said disapprovingly, "Alright, how can you educate other people's wives like this? You've corrupted the rules of our ancestors. How can a wife hit her husband at will? That's outrageous. I don't know when this evil trend started in our brigade."

Aunt Da Cai, who had a slightly fierce appearance, rolled her eyes and looked at Aunt Xu with disdain.

“What era are we living in? Our new dragon country has been established for so many years. Are you still living in the old society, treating men like ancestors? Comrade Leader said that women hold up half the sky. Which woman in our Qishui Brigade is worse than a man? You treat your men like sons all day long, and you raise your sons like ancestors. Don’t you get tired? Even the hardest working men in our brigade would kneel down and call you Big Sister.”

"Hey, you old woman."

"Alright, is this never going to end?"

Liu Hongying watched speechlessly as the two people were about to start fighting; they couldn't even sit still while riding in a carriage.

Aunt Xu, who treated her son like royalty, glared at Aunt Da Cai and then shrugged off to the other side, almost pushing the person next to her off.

Then he smiled and looked at Bai Nuo and the other two, speaking in a deliberately gentle tone, but his eyes seemed to be criticizing something.

“You three young ladies shouldn’t learn those nonsensical things. Since ancient times, which woman hasn’t obeyed her father at home and her husband after marriage? And sons are born as treasures, how can we not raise and take care of them properly? You are all cultured people, you must understand the rules left by our ancestors. You agree with what your auntie said.”

Bai Nuo blinked gently, looking completely innocent. She clenched her fingers slightly, suppressing the urge to slap him, and kept trying to convince herself otherwise.

Mind your own business and you'll be struck by lightning! Mind your own business and you'll be struck by lightning! Mind your own business and you'll be struck by lightning!

She's a wood element person, and wood element people are made of wood, and wood is afraid of lightning!!!

That's right, that's it, don't fight!

Sun Yuxi, standing next to him, took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, revealing a polite but stiff fake smile.

Super Flower: Don't cry, don't cry, you absolutely mustn't cry because you're angry, it's too embarrassing, too embarrassing.

Aunt Xu, seemingly oblivious to the awkwardness, smiled and continued, "By the way, you three aren't very old. You've only just arrived in the countryside, so you probably haven't found anyone yet. Take my advice: women should hurry up and find a good family to marry into while they're young and fertile, especially for educated youth like you who left home. Marrying someone in the countryside is the only way to truly integrate into the community. You'll have a man to rely on in the countryside, which is much better than living a hard life alone. Don't you agree?"

Liu Hongying and Aunt Dacai knew Xu Da Niang's nature and her good-for-nothing son well, so they both frowned and looked over disapprovingly. The carriage—the carriages of Qishui Brigade—would be larger than this, with wooden railings around the sides.