The girl who just sat next to Gu Rong was also from Beijing.

The girl comes from a well-off family and has been pampered at home since childhood. She is also a big meat lover and needs meat with every meal.

She had food at every meal on the train, but suddenly there was no meat, and all she had was steamed buns, which she couldn't eat.

Smelling the aroma of the sesame seed cake in Gu Rong's hand and seeing the generous amount of meat filling inside, their eyes lit up.

Cao Baobao pulled the boy next to her and quickly walked to Gu Rong's side. She took out ten yuan from the boy's pocket and said, "Hello, Comrade Gu, my name is Cao Baobao. Do you still have any sesame cakes? I'd like to buy two... three sesame cakes, is that alright?"

Gu Rong had plenty of sesame cakes, but her bag was only so big that she couldn't take out many.

But there were still four. Gu Rong took out four sesame cakes: "Okay, you don't need so much money. In Beijing, one only costs 50 cents, or one tael of meat coupons."

As comrades who have been sent to the countryside, we'll need to take care of each other in the future. Just give me the original price: three for one yuan and fifty cents, and three liang of meat coupons. I only need local meat coupons now, or those from all over the country.

When she was sent to the countryside, her family prepared a lot of things for her, but they were afraid she wouldn't keep them, so they asked Pu Tao to carry them all for her.

"He'll pay," Cao Baobao said, pointing to Pu Tao. She then took the sesame seed cake and started eating.

Pu Tao looked helpless, affectionately ruffled her hair, and then looked at Gu Rong with a slight smile: "Hello, Comrade Gu, my name is Pu Tao. Do you know if you still have any of these sesame cakes? I'd like to ask for a few more."

"Yes," Gu Rong said, pulling out three more. "These are all I have. Do you want them all?"

"Yes, I'll take them all," Pu Tao said, taking out his money and tickets and handing them to Gu Rong, then taking the sesame seed cake from her: "Thank you."

Holding the sesame seed cake, and leading the gluttonous Cao Baobao by the hand, they walked to where their packages were placed.

He ate two of the three sesame cakes himself, and handed the last one to Cao Baobao after she finished eating.

She had eaten three sesame cakes and was almost done eating, but she was still a little hungry.

Cao Baobao's eyes lit up when she saw the sesame seed cake in front of the tunnel, and she immediately took it and started eating.

Pu Tao sat to the side, handing her water and a handkerchief to wipe her mouth.

Gu Rong sat opposite them, watching their interaction, and felt a sense of liking them as a couple.

The others, seeing that the sesame seed cakes were gone, could only lower their heads and nibble on what they were eating.

Gu Jiazhen, who was sitting to the side, saw everything. Just as she was about to get up to cause trouble, the girl next to her pulled her back and shook her head.

Although Gu Rong was deeply invested in the couple, she was also paying attention to Gu Jiazhen, finding their interactions even more interesting.

The afternoon was still spent traveling.

Finally, around 5 p.m., the group arrived at the village entrance.

At the village entrance, there were many people waiting to see the new educated youth.

Looking from afar, Gu Rong saw a group of unfamiliar faces, but there was one familiar one – Gu Xing.

Although they hadn't seen each other for many years, in fact, to her, they had never met before.

But Gu Rong felt a sense of familiarity, as if this were her real brother.

Moreover, looking at Gu Xing, there was no sense of distance or unfamiliarity, as if they had just met yesterday.

When the oxcart stopped, Gu Xing quickly stepped forward and helped Gu Rong get off.

Staring at Gu Rong's face, which bore a striking resemblance to her mother, Gu Xing couldn't help but tear up: "She's lost weight and grown up."

Gu Rong grinned and said with a grin, "Brother has grown taller and more handsome. Whoever marries you will be very lucky."

Hearing her sister's teasing, she knew she couldn't hide anything from her: "You knew everything?"

Gu Rong proudly raised her head: "Of course, are we going to the educated youth compound now, or to see your sister-in-law?"

"Let's not go yet, let's go back home," he said, nodding to Han Zhengguo while carrying Gu Rong's things, and then led Gu Rong away.

Gu Jiazhen, who was standing behind, wanted to speak, but from the beginning, Gu Xing did not give her a single glance.

She couldn't believe that Gu Xing had forgotten what she looked like after only three years apart.

Especially since she looks about five-tenths like her father, Gu Xing wouldn't recognize her.

The only possibility is that he believed Gu Rong's words and misunderstood her.

Otherwise, as her older brother, who had taken such good care of her and spoiled her so much, she didn't believe that Gu Xing wouldn't acknowledge her.

With so many people around, she didn't want to embarrass herself, so she silently added another layer of resentment to her hatred for Gu Rong, and went to the educated youth compound with the oxcart.

If Gu Rong and Gu Xing heard what Gu Jiazhen was thinking, they would both want to burst out laughing.

If Gu Jiazhen's claim of "taking care" meant taking Gu Xing's things, breaking them, and then complaining, which resulted in Gu Xing being beaten and lying in bed for three days, then that's a different story.

Or, he might steal Gu Rong's food or toys, or even feed Gu Rong dog food. When Gu Xing found out, he would falsely accuse her, causing Gu Rong and Gu Xing to be punished by kneeling all night.

She calls all these evil deeds "caring"—she's truly blind and deaf.

Gu Rong followed Gu Xing towards their new home.

Gu Rong had no expectations for the house. After all, Gu Xing had been exploited by Gu Qiang over the years, so a house was fine as long as it was habitable.

Anyway, she has money, and Gu Xing is about to get married, so she might as well take the opportunity to build a new house.

When Gu Rong arrived at the new house and saw the red brick and green tile house, which was obviously newly built, she didn't expect Gu Xing to be so capable.

However, looking at Gu Xing's slender figure, Gu Rong felt a pang of heartache for no reason.

She herself didn't realize that her ever-smiling face had furrowed slightly: "Did you build this new one?"

Looking at the new house, Gu Xingda was satisfied from the bottom of his heart: "It's newly built. The one on the east side is the biggest. You can live in that one. I've already put your things in there for you."

Since the couple was about to get married, Gu Rong couldn't just occupy their new home. As they walked into the courtyard, Gu Rong casually closed the gate behind her.

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