Because of Xie Zhuo's looks, physique, and certain unintentional thoughtfulness and gentleness, Xu Yan struggled back and forth between sincerely wanting to marry him and running away two years later.

Seriously, who could withstand this?!

She felt a bit hot from the sun, and the bright green "garland" didn't help.

My face and the tips of my ears were burning.

While Xie Zhuo turned around to get the hoe, Xu Yan quickly took a deep breath to calm down.

As the two walked back side by side, the field exploded again.

Although Qingshan Brigade wasn't particularly poor, it wasn't rich either. Brigade leader Song Guangming said that each household had to send one person to weed, but he didn't say that only one person could send.

Therefore, families with many members usually go out together.

It's just weeding; anyone with hands can do it.

Besides five- or six-year-old children, many families also take care of seven- or eight-year-old children.

After all, every work point earned counts.

At this moment, some of the unmarried women and those who had recently married saw how Xie Zhuo treated Xu Yan, and their eyes turned red with envy.

There was a man named Zhao Jihou in the east of the village who had been at odds with Xie Zhuo since childhood. He was a cousin of Zhao Jisheng. When he saw his woman staring at him, he started cursing on the spot.

"Keep your eyes closed! What's so interesting to see? I think your soul is practically running away with it!"

Of course, his woman wasn't one to be trifled with either. Before he could finish speaking, she spat out, "You good-for-nothing! You can't even do it yourself, and you won't let others see it?"

Zhao Jihou's face immediately changed when his woman retorted in front of so many people. "You bitch, say that again, why didn't you go with Xie Laosan back then, since he's such a good guy!"

"Zhao Jihou, you coward, back when you married me..."

"What are you doing!"

Just as the two were about to fight in the field, Song Guangming came over in time.

"Aren't you ashamed? If you want to fight, go home and fight. Anyone who dares to trample the crops here will have five work points deducted from their entire team!"

Zhao Jihou and his wife behaved themselves now.

After the captain walked to the other side of the field, the others continued to discuss Xie Zhuo and Xu Yan.

“I never expected Xie Laosan to be so good to Xiao Xu, the educated youth,” another young woman said.

"It's just for show; who knows what might happen behind the scenes."

“But he gave all his money to Xiao Xu, a sent-down youth, before he was even married, and said that he would buy her whatever she wanted.”

"You don't know anything," the man said, leaning closer. "It's fake, just for show. You actually believe it?"

"ah?"

“My mother-in-law saw with her own eyes that when Yang Shulan left, that young Xu, an educated youth, stuffed money into her hand again. I guess that the money was borrowed by Xie Laosan.”

"Really?"

"Why would I lie to you? Besides, you all envy Xie Laosan for making a wreath out of leaves for that educated youth Xu, thinking he's good to her. If he were really good to her, why didn't you see him give her a straw hat? Straw hats are much better for keeping her cool."

"Too."

Only Tian Fang, on the other side, glanced again in the direction the two had left.

He didn't say anything, but in his heart he silently refuted what that person had just said.

Putting everything else aside, Xie Zhuo helped Xiao Xu, a young educated youth, finish her work in the fields in the morning, and didn't let her go to the fields in the afternoon.

While everyone else was toiling away, sweating profusely, only Xiao Xu, a former educated youth, sat clean and tidy under the shade of a tree, playing with her hair, like a fairy.

This alone is something the men of Qingshan Brigade couldn't do.

As she looked away, she glanced again in the direction of her mother.

Her mother was chatting animatedly with several aunts, speaking very quickly, so it was impossible to hear what they were saying.

Xie Zhuo and Xu Yan originally planned to ride bicycles to the city, but unexpectedly they ran into Zhao Bin, the son of carpenter Zhao, who came to pick up goods in a tractor.

Hearing that the two of them were going to the city, I said it would be perfect to take them with me.

Xu Yan had only seen tractors in books and on television; this was the first time he had ever seen one in real life.

That's rather unusual.

Zhao Bin glanced at her before turning his gaze to Xie Zhuo, "Third Brother, are you two really getting married?"

“Yes,” Xie Zhuo nodded.

Zhao Bin gave him a thumbs up and said in a low voice, "She's much prettier than Sun Jiarou."

Xie Zhuo glanced at him indifferently.

Now that they had a tractor to ride in, Xu Yan thought about it and told Xie Zhuo that she wanted to bring the two children along as well.

“They haven’t been to the city much, so this is a good opportunity for them to go for a stroll,” Xu Yan had just asked Zhao Bin, who said they wouldn’t be back until 8 p.m.

In the summer, it gets dark late in Qingshan Brigade, just around eight o'clock, and it only takes about ten minutes to get to the city by tractor.

If we leave now, they can stay for quite a while longer.

Xie Zhuo originally thought that as long as Xu Yan didn't reject Da Bao and Xiao Bao, that would be fine.

Now, hearing her words, his gaze towards her deepened.

"Is it not okay?" Xu Yan hadn't heard Xie Zhuo speak for a while and thought he didn't want to take the child out.

“Okay,” Xie Zhuo cleared his throat, “the two of them have only been to the city once in their entire lives.”

This was when his parents were still alive...

Since his parents passed away, he has been busy all day long and doesn't even have time to play with them, let alone go to the city.

When Da Bao and Xiao Bao heard their third uncle and beautiful third aunt say they were going to take them to the city, they jumped for joy.

"Third Uncle, really?" Da Bao blinked his big, round eyes and looked at Xie Zhuo eagerly.

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