After discussing it that day, Xie Zhuo never spoke to Xu Yan about it again.

She didn't even tell Xu Yan when she went to the city to buy a radio and some other wedding supplies.

These past few days, Xu Yan has been shuttling between the educated youth settlement and Xie Zhuo's home. Da Bao and Xiao Bao are now so attached to her that they don't want her to go back to the educated youth settlement at night.

Running back and forth until the evening before the wedding, Xu Yan was about to return to the educated youth settlement when Xie Zhuo stopped her.

"What's wrong?" Xu Yan turned to look at him.

"I have something for you," Xie Zhuo said, then turned and went into the house.

Xu Yan could only stand in the courtyard and wait.

Da Bao and Xiao Bao squatted in front of the bicycle, each holding a small piece of rag and wiping the bicycle.

He was humming a nursery rhyme that Xu Yan had taught him that morning, all in a jumbled mess.

Xie Zhuo has taken them out quite a bit these past few days when he has some free time.

When they came back, Xiao Bao hugged her leg and said that sitting on the bicycle felt like flying. Da Bao added that it felt like being a bird.

Perhaps inspired by their slightly childlike yet interesting descriptions, Xu Yan went to experience it herself one afternoon.

After getting off the bicycle, she decided that she would never again touch the bicycle in any way on this bumpy, dirt road in Qingshan Brigade.

That was so awful.

Xie Zhuo was very fast; he finished almost before Da Bao and Xiao Bao could hum the third line.

"Here you go," he said, handing the item to Xu Yan.

"What is this?" Xu Yan took it, opened it, and saw that it was a piece of clothing. She turned to look at Xie Zhuo.

“I bought the garments from someone in the city,” Xie Zhuo said. After saying that, he looked at Xu Yan’s slightly puzzled eyes and added, “I was in a rush and I was afraid you wouldn’t have time to make them.”

Xu Yan was stunned.

She didn't expect Xie Zhuo to buy her another piece of clothing.

Although she said it was troublesome, that she didn't want to hold a banquet, and that she didn't want to deal with those tedious customs and procedures, she wasn't really as indifferent as she claimed.

After all, this is her first marriage in more than 20 years, and if nothing unexpected happens, it should also be her last.

A once-in-a-lifetime event.

Actually, the night after she finished talking with Xie Zhuo, she took the fabric to Li Aihua and asked her if she knew how to make clothes.

If you still want to, make her a coat, and she'll pay you.

Li Aihua, being a native of the village, naturally knew how to make simple clothes, but she became intimidated after receiving the fine fabric from Xu Yan.

I was afraid of messing things up for her, so I didn't dare to accept it.

Xu Yan had also considered going to the city to buy some clothes, but after riding a bicycle that day, she changed her mind.

She thought it would be nice to get married wearing the same Dacron shirt as Xie Zhuo.

They're still wearing matching outfits.

“The size should fit properly,” Xie Zhuo said.

It was almost dark when Xu Yan returned to the educated youth settlement with the clothes.

Xie Zhuo took her home.

She originally thought there was no need to deliver it, as she had become familiar with the route over the past two days. In addition, there were many people sitting and chatting at the gate after finishing their meals, as well as some children playing wildly. She also had the flashlight she bought that day with her.

But Xie Zhuo glanced outside and still followed to deliver it.

Seeing his insistence, Xu Yan didn't force him to stop. She figured that after the banquet tomorrow, she wouldn't be staying at the educated youth settlement anymore, so Xie Zhu could take some things over in advance.

"Xu Yan!"

Just as Xu Yan was about to enter the gate, someone suddenly called out to her from in front of the haystack next to her.

Xu Yan was startled.

Xie Zhuo suddenly moved the flashlight beam in that direction.

Han Xiaoyu had been standing there for an unknown amount of time, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, his eyes looking somewhat strange. When the bright light shone on his face, he instinctively raised his arm to shield his eyes.

Xie Zhuo frowned slightly and moved the flashlight away from his face.

Han Xiaoyu has been going into the mountains whenever he has time these past two days, but no matter how hard he searches, he can't find any trace of the wild ginseng.

Sun Jiarou came over the next day to urge him.

He came over to urge him again on the third day.

When I came to the educated youth settlement to find him again this morning, he couldn't help but lose his temper.

The series of setbacks made him start to doubt himself.

Did the rebirth really happen?

Could it all just be a dream of his, a dream in which he lived a lifetime and then returned to this era?

He was somewhat confused.

But whether the dream was real or not, Xu Yan liked him.

Whether it's the previous life or this life.

She was the only one who was truly good to him.

They would even give their lives for him.

Han Xiaoyu had a headache and his mind was in a mess. One moment he was thinking about his past life, and the next he was thinking about all sorts of things from this life, making it hard for him to distinguish reality from fiction.

Oh, right.

Xu Yan will die in another year.

If she really died, wouldn't that prove that his rebirth really happened?

She cannot marry Xie Zhuo!

She can only love him.

Han Xiaoyu felt like his brain was about to split in two. After a long while, he pressed hard on his eye sockets, then looked up at Xu Yan and said, "Come here, let's talk."

Xu Yan really had no idea what Han Xiaoyu was going crazy about this time.

Yesterday, she caught him in a physical altercation with Sun Jiarou.

No, it wasn't just that she saw it.

It seems like everyone in the educated youth settlement ran into them.

Now we have to talk to her again. What should we talk about? How did he bully the original owner before?

Xie Zhuo's expression turned grim the moment he shone his flashlight on Han Xiaoyu.

Xu Yan clearly felt that sense of confinement again, making her unable to resist wanting to walk over.

She pinched her palm hard, trying to clear her head, but it didn't work.

Don't go over there.

Before she could even lift her foot, Xie Zhuo, who was standing a step away from her, suddenly grabbed her arm.

Xu Yan wondered if it was just her imagination, but she felt that Xie Zhuo's fingertips seemed to be trembling a little. But it was precisely because of this pull that she suddenly broke free from his restraints.

She had previously discovered that as long as she got closer to Xie Zhuo, the original plot could no longer control her.

I don't know why.

But now is not the time to think about these things.

"Don't go over there," Xie Zhuo repeated.

Because the flashlight beam was still shining on the haystack, and Xie Zhuo was standing behind the light source, Xu Yan couldn't quite see the expression on his face.

But you could tell that Xie Zhuo was in a bad mood at the time.

“We have to get up early tomorrow for the banquet,” he said. “You need to get some rest, otherwise you won’t have any energy tomorrow morning.”

Before Xu Yan could answer, Han Xiaoyu behind her spoke up again, "I know you've always loved me, and marrying this country bumpkin was just to provoke me."

Xu Yan: "..."

This guy's gone crazy!

Thinking this, she turned around impatiently and started yelling at him.

"If you're sick, go get treated. What's wrong with you acting crazy in the middle of the night? I like you? Why don't you look in the mirror? I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen anyone acting like a hysteriac in the middle of the night!"