When they saw that it was Qiao Qiqi standing in front of Hou Yan and Zhang Jingya, they subconsciously thought that Qiao Qiqi had gone to bother Hou Yan again.

After all, she had declared yesterday that she wouldn't give up pursuing Hou Yan even if he had a girlfriend.

In their opinion, although Qiao Qiqi is good-looking, she has really bad taste. How could she have fallen for such a pretty face? There are so many hardworking young men in their village, aren't they all better than him?

Hou Yan also saw those villagers, but he thought Zhang Jingya was doing a good job. The more jealous Zhang Jingya was, the more it proved that she cared about him.

Moreover, Hou Yan should first thank Qiao Qiqi for getting Zhang Jingya's approval.

If she hadn't moved to the resettlement site for educated youth, hoping to take advantage of the situation and thus provoking Zhang Jingya, she wouldn't have agreed to be her girlfriend so quickly.

Thinking about it, Hou Yan looked at Qiao Qiqi with a hint of guilt, but for the sake of his future, he still stepped forward and said apologetically, "Qiao Qiqi, I already made it very clear to you yesterday that Jingya and I are already together. Please stop bothering me, okay?"

Qiao Qiqi: "..."

With her path completely blocked by the four people, and forced to watch the two's clumsy acting for a long time, Qiao Qiqi now just wanted a basin of water to wash her eyes.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, the two of them became even more arrogant and got more and more into their act. Qiao Qiqi was so angry that she almost laughed.

"Good dogs don't block the way, please move aside, you're delaying my way home."

Hou Yan has been in the village for a year, so he naturally knows that Qiao Qiqi's house is not in this direction at all, but in the direction behind her.

Realizing that Qiao Qiqi was just saying things out of anger, he was about to speak.

Just then, a gust of wind blew in and lifted the blue cloth covering Qiao Qiqi's basket.

Although the cloth fell back down after the wind died down, in that instant, all four of them could see the eggs and pork belly in the basket.

In those days, many families couldn't afford to eat meat for a whole month, and these educated youth were no exception. Not only did they have to take turns cooking three meals a day, but they also grew their own vegetables in the garden.

Of course, you can also buy it from the villagers; you can buy a big basket for just one cent.

But it's difficult to get eggs and meat.

"So many eggs, and meat..." Wu Nana couldn't help but nudge Zhang Jingya with her hand, her eyes glued to Qiao Qiqi's basket.

In contrast, Zhang Jingya, who was next to her, had only been in the countryside for a month and came from a well-off family. Although she usually ate communal meals, she replenished her own food frequently, so she wasn't too greedy.

But Hou Yan and Xing Guangyu next to them were different. They had been in the countryside for a year and their families were of average means. Although they secretly helped each other out, it was very little.

Moreover, they usually have to work, and they only have one day off a month to go to town. At this time, half a month had passed since the last time, and they had finished eating all the food they bought.

Xing Guangyu wanted to buy it, but suddenly remembered something and quietly reached out and pinched Hou Yan's waist.

Hou Yan immediately understood. He coughed lightly and said in a seemingly calm manner, "Qiao Qiqi, although we can't be lovers, we can still be friends. Or, I can recognize you as my sister. I saw that you have eggs and meat in your basket. Can you give them to me... cough... I mean, I can buy them with money."

ha!

What a scumbag!

His eyes were practically glued to her basket. He looked so greedy, yet he didn't want to spend any money and even tried to get close to her. He was shameless!

Seeing that the original owner actually liked such a hypocritical person, Qiao Qiqi immediately felt that the original owner was really stupid. However, when she thought that she had also been deceived by a scumbag, she felt that she had no right to despise the original owner.

They're both equally bad, so neither of them should look down on the other!

With a quick glance around, Qiao Qiqi smiled and asked, "Craving meat?"

Although Hou Yan was tempted, he was too embarrassed to say so directly, so he quickly pretended to be reserved and said, "I'm not tempted."

"If I didn't covet your basket, why would you stare at it so intently? I almost thought some greedy dog ​​had escaped! You scared me half to death!"

Qiao Qiqi rolled her eyes at the sky. She had to go back to make lunch for Qin Huai and didn't have time to chat with these people. She pushed Xing Guangyu aside and walked away.

Hou Yan stood there in astonishment, unable to recover for a long time.

Seeing that Qiao Qiqi not only didn't keep bothering him today, but also called him a dog, a surge of anger suddenly rose in his heart, but it disappeared in an instant.

Sigh! Qiao Qiqi must be too shocked by her sudden relationship and can't accept it right away, which is why she's being cold to him. He can understand.

"Qiao Qiqi, if you don't want to give it to me, then don't. Why are you cursing me? Don't go. You have to apologize today!" Xing Guangyu, who had been pushed back two steps, suddenly caught up and reached out to grab Qiao Qiqi's arm.

Fortunately, Qiao Qiqi heard the footsteps and took a step back, preventing his dog paws from catching anything.

She looked up, her gaze sharp as she looked at the man in front of her, and gave a cold laugh.

"Who do we have here? Turns out you're just a loyal lackey who can't stand seeing his master get scolded. But aren't you mistaken about your master? All that meat and eggs you used to eat, even though Hou Yan gave them to you, were actually given to him by me. If you're going to acknowledge a master, you should acknowledge me!"

“You…” Xing Guangyu’s eyes widened in anger.

But Qiao Qiqi wasn't afraid at all. Her gaze went straight past Xing Guangyu to Hou Yan, who was standing behind her.

Hou Yan felt her gaze and saw that she really couldn't bear to part with him. He understood perfectly. After all, Qiao Qiqi had loved him for so long, how could she just stop loving him like that?

Suddenly, Hou Yan realized a possibility.

Could it be that... Qiao Qiqi is playing hard to get?

After thinking about it this way, everything that had just happened suddenly made sense.

Hou Yan gently curled his lips, glancing at Xing Guangyu out of the corner of his eye. He realized that Qiao Qiqi must know that he had given Xing Guangyu the things she had given him before, and she was upset that her feelings had been given to someone else, so she was throwing a tantrum at him.

He was always adept at handling these kinds of situations, so he simply gave her a gentle look...

The next second—

"I almost forgot if Xing Guangyu hadn't mentioned it. Please return all the things I gave you before!" Qiao Qiqi said fiercely, and then began to search through the original owner's memories.

Hou Yan's eyes widened in disbelief: "What did you say?"

Qiao Qiqi knew he wasn't deaf and could hear her, but to satisfy him, she immediately took a deep breath and shouted loudly, "I said, please return all the money, grain coupons, cloth coupons, oil coupons, eggs, meat, medicine, and all the other rice, flour, grains, oil, sugar, pastries I bought for you, including the shoes you're wearing, that I've given you in installments!"

Good heavens! After saying everything she could remember in one breath, Qiao Qiqi almost choked.

However, she knew there must be things she hadn't thought of, so she immediately added—

"I will make a list and send it to you later. Please return everything on the list to me in full!"