On the same day, Lin Qingyan also planned to go to the county town. She mainly wanted to take Lin Zhiheng for a casual stroll around the town to relax.

As luck would have it, Lin Guanghui also came to nag Lin Sisi, wanting her to accompany him to the county town. Actually, he was mainly thinking about Gu Mingzhou, hoping Lin Sisi would bring Gu Mingzhou along so that when they got to the county town, he could get Gu Mingzhou to pay for whatever he wanted.

Lin Sisi also thought that Gu Mingzhou could buy her things, so she agreed, and they went to the brigade headquarters together to call Gu Mingzhou.

Old Niu from the brigade only rested for one day and is back at work today.

Not long after Lin Qingyan and Lin Zhiheng boarded the oxcart, Lin Sisi, Lin Guanghui, and Gu Mingzhou arrived together.

Lin Qingyan and Lin Zhiheng didn't want to see them or pay them any attention; they treated them like air.

Lin Sisi didn't see Lu Zhengting, so she brought Gu Mingzhou over herself, which was a good opportunity to annoy Lin Qingyan.

Gu Mingzhou's mood, which was not very pleasant at first, immediately brightened up because he only saw Lin Qingyan and not Lu Zhengting.

Three people got on the bus one after the other. There happened to be an empty seat next to Lin Qingyan, so Lin Sisi sat down there.

She smiled and said to Lin Qingyan, "Qingyan, what a coincidence, we're both going to the county town. Oh, by the way, why are there only two of you? Where's Comrade Lu?"

See? See? Maybe they don't like you, which is why they don't want to go to the county town with you.

Lin Qingyan said, "How can I care whether Comrade Lu goes to the county town or not?"

"Isn't he your boyfriend?"

Lin Qingyan replied irrelevantly, "Whether it's the same or not, it has nothing to do with you."

"Then it definitely isn't."

Lin Sisi was still somewhat relieved that Lin Qingyan still couldn't find a better man than Gu Mingzhou as a partner; she was simply better than Lin Qingyan.

Lin Qingyan didn't say anything more. She couldn't say that Lu Zhengting was her boyfriend just to spite Lin Sisi, because that would damage Lu Zhengting's reputation and be an unfair exploitation of him.

Lin Sisi still wanted to annoy Lin Qingyan, so she deliberately said to Gu Mingzhou, "Brother Mingzhou, it's been a long time since we ate at a state-run restaurant. How about we skip lunch and go to a state-run restaurant instead?"

Lin Guanghui was also extremely tempted. "Brother-in-law, let's go."

Gu Mingzhou nodded: "Okay." He then called out to Lin Qingyan: "Qing, Comrade Lin Qingyan, you and your brother should come too. It's on me, let's all go together."

Lin Sisi's face immediately fell, and of course, Lin Qingyan's expression wasn't much better; she didn't need Gu Mingzhou to treat her.

"Comrade Gu, my brother and I are planning to come back for lunch, so we won't be going."

"Don't be shy, come along."

"No, no, you guys go ahead, we won't bother you."

After Lin Qingyan finished speaking, she turned her face away. Gu Mingzhou found it boring and didn't invite her again.

The oxcart swayed and rattled until it reached the county town. After getting off, everyone went about their own business. Lin Sisi and Lin Guanghui both wanted Gu Mingzhou to buy them things, so they went to the supply and marketing cooperative.

Lin Qingyan simply didn't want to travel with them, so she went somewhere else with Lin Zhiheng.

There was a small park not far from the county's No. 1 Middle School, and the two of them went inside.

Lin Sisi and Lin Guanghui pulled Gu Mingzhou into the supply and marketing cooperative. As soon as they entered, Gu Mingzhou saw Lu Zhengting and Li Qinqin buying embroidery thread and needles.

Gu Mingzhou then learned the reason why Lu Zhengting hadn't accompanied Lin Qingyan to the county town: he had come to buy things with his cousin.

Li Qinqin had already chosen the embroidery thread and needles for Lu Zhengting. At this moment, Gu Mingzhou walked over and asked Lu Zhengting with a smile, "Old Lu, what are you buying?"

"I didn't buy anything, just browsed around."

"Oh." He noticed the embroidery thread and needle in Li Qinqin's hand, then looked at Lu Zhengting: "You accompanied your cousin to buy things?"

Lu Zhengting didn't want to talk to him too much, so he just hummed in response.

"Old Gu, we still need to buy other things, so we won't chat with you anymore."

Gu Mingzhou smiled and said, "It's alright, it's alright. You guys go ahead and do your work. We'll take a look around too."

"Um."

Lu Zhengting and Li Qinqin went to the counter selling snacks and pastries.

Lin Guanghui walked over and called to Gu Mingzhou, "Brother-in-law, let's go take a look over there too." He also wanted to eat some snacks.

Gu Mingzhou frowned and said, "Guanghui, don't eat that kind of stuff, it'll cause cavities."

Lin Sisi had originally wanted to eat sweets, but after hearing what Gu Mingzhou said, she refrained from saying anything.

They stayed in the supply and marketing cooperative for quite a while, but Gu Mingzhou didn't spend a single penny. Lin Sisi was a little angry. He had been quite generous to her back in Jinshi, but now he was incredibly stingy.

In the end, she spent her own money to buy a pound of fruit candy and a pound of sponge cake.

By this time, Lu Zhengting and Li Qinqin had already left, and the three of them left the supply and marketing cooperative after buying their things.

After they all left, Lin Qingyan and Lin Zhiheng arrived here. Lin Qingyan also bought candy because she had promised the people in the dormitory that she would treat them to candy, and she also bought Lin Zhiheng a long-sleeved shirt.

Even though the little guy kept saying he didn't want it, Lin Qingyan still bought it for him.

"Xiao Heng, you need to get used to wearing new clothes. You can rotate between this one and that old one."

After they left the supply and marketing cooperative, Lin Qingyan wanted to take Lin Zhiheng to a state-run restaurant to eat something nice for the little guy.

As they entered the state-run restaurant, they unfortunately ran into Lu Zhengting and Li Qinqin.

"Comrade Lin."

"Sister Qingyan."

The two of them called out to Lin Qingyan together.

Lin Qingyan walked up to them and said, "What a coincidence, you're eating here too."

“Yes.” Lu Zhengting glanced at Lin Qingyan, then at Lin Zhiheng behind her, “Why don’t the four of us go together?”

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