School starts
Xu Nian didn't expect that her learning endurance could last until the day before school started. She lay on the table and looked at several exercise books on her desk, her thoughts diverging greatly.
I think she must have disturbed Xu Hongqi's lair in her previous life, otherwise he would not have tortured her like this.
However, she only dared to mutter these things to herself. After nearly two months of contact with Xu Hongqi, she was really afraid of his methods. She was only lucky that she had learned them once in her previous life. As long as she memorized them carefully, it would not be shameful.
Feeling stuffy in the room, Xu Nian moved a stool and sat in the corridor of the main hall, memorizing the formula book in his hand.
This place is facing the open courtyard gate. Since everyone has gone to work, it is quiet outside.
Xu Nian studied like this for about an hour, and his hands, brain, and eyes began to lose control. He always wanted to fumble around, or try to do two things at once.
I wondered if my third brother was doing well at his job in the county. I wondered if I could adapt to the new school schedule tomorrow. Then, my mind raced, and I wondered what Xu Hongqi was doing.
If no one disturbed her, her thoughts would continue to wander until a donkey's bray woke her up.
"We've arrived at our village. Don't keep asking questions. We'll let you get off when we get there." His voice was thick and bright, a loud voice rarely heard among country people.
Xu Nian felt the voice was familiar, as if it was Uncle Hongzhong from the village. She was just tired of studying and was particularly curious, so she quickly put down her formula book and ran to the gate of the yard.
I saw Uncle Hongzhong driving a donkey cart almost to my doorstep. The strange thing was that the people sitting on the donkey cart were not villagers, but strangers, both men and women.
Before Xu Nian could even open his mouth to greet or inquire, Xu Hongzhong spoke first, "Nian'er, are you studying at home again?"
"Hey, your family is known for its scholars, so you'll definitely be a worker like your brother!"
Xu Nian smiled awkwardly but politely, her mind was very active. Being a worker was good, but she was so lazy that she didn't know if she could do it for long. After all, her dream was to just eat and do nothing.
Just then, someone in the car made a "click" sound. It was so soft that you couldn't hear it if you didn't pay attention. Xu Nian glanced at the back of the car and pouted.
When facing Xu Hongzhong, he pretended to be embarrassed and modest, and changed the subject, "Uncle Hongzhong, what are you doing? Are there any relatives coming to your house?"
"Well, my family doesn't have any extra food to entertain relatives. These are new educated youth who have gone to the countryside. We just brought them back and are about to send them to the production team."
Educated youth, educated youth! New educated youth?
Ahhhhhhhhhh…
Xu Nian let out a groundhog scream in her mind. Was she a single-celled organism? How could she have just forgotten about this? Was this the plot going to unfold? Wasn't Xu Hongqi's Bai Yueguang about to make her debut?
"Uncle, can you please leave quickly? We are here to support the construction, not to waste time listening to your idle chatter." This hit the nail on the head for everyone else, and no one said anything.
"Wow, you educated youth are really amazing. Now we've reached the village. Why don't you get off the bus and take a walk? If you're not going to do any construction, then let our team's donkeys catch their breath first."
The number of educated youth going to the countryside has now reached a certain level. The villagers used to think that they were out of their reach, but after arriving in the village, they found that they were basically incompetent and could never get enough to eat.
Some of the weak and young ones still need to be taken care of by the villagers, who distribute their food and talk to them. Xu Hongzhong will not indulge them.
Xu Nian hadn't yet fully grasped the situation. She was unprepared for the existence of such a tactless person among the educated youth. She recalled the taunting words she had just used on her and said maliciously, "Mr. Hongzhong, those educated youth are here to help us. They must have had a hard time on the journey. Just let them sit. We'll be there soon anyway."
"But I heard from my dad that our brigade will be going to the county tomorrow to haul manure with manure tickets. It's light work, so let the educated youth brothers and sisters go. It's just the right time for them to get used to village life."
"Pulling manure? Pulling what kind of manure?" The three female and two male educated youth asked in panic, but neither of the two people who knew the answer responded.
Xu Hongzhong was initially a little dissatisfied with what Xu Nian had said, but once she finished, he immediately understood. "You're saying the same thing as the captain: culture means making thoughtful arrangements."
"Nian'er, I'm leaving first. You go back to study!" He said as he was about to raise the whip.
Xu Nian had more to say. He grabbed the handlebars and whispered to Xu Hongzhong, "Uncle, are our village the only educated youth to come?"
Xu Hongzhong looked at her in confusion, "How could that be? This must be divided equally among all the teams, otherwise it would be so unfair."
Xu Nian let go of his hand and said "Oh", realizing that the "educated youth" from Xujia Village should have arrived as well.
After waving goodbye to Xu Hongzhong, he watched people waving whips and taking away the young men and women who were about to settle down here. He felt for some reason that the educated youth who were forced to go to the countryside were also quite pitiful, and he shouldn't have scared them like that just now.
But how should she plan her future?
What is Xu Hongqi's attitude towards Qi Meiyue at this stage? Does he like her or not?
Xu Nian returned to the room and wrote and drew on the table. He re-planned and formulated two plans.
Plan one: if Xu Hongqi likes Qi Meiyue, she will help him pursue her. The more dangerous part of this plan is that Qi Meiyue is uncontrollable. According to the time and space messenger, Qi Meiyue finally likes the educated youth, which means she indirectly abandons Xu Hongqi.
She does have a methodology for implementing this plan, but the results may not be as expected.
The second option is to cut off the budding love between Xu Hongqi and Qi Meiyue and prevent them from developing. Without a beginning, there will be no series of pain and grief later, and it is also very feasible.
Now Xu Hongqi lives in her house, and school is about to start. Even if Xu Hongqi wants to go back to the village to find Qi Meiyue, his restrictions do not allow him to do so.
As for the fundamental reason why he was reluctant to part with Bai Yueguang, in Xu Nian's opinion, the most important point was that Qi Meiyue helped Xu Hongqi in the early stage, which was one of the few warmth in his early life.
Then I can do this myself. How nice she is. She tried every possible way to bring him back to her home, flatter him and coax him. Then look at her red schoolbag. Well, she even made one for him.
Except that she couldn't give herself to him, she was so good to him!
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Xu Hongqi didn't come back at noon. When Xu's father asked about it, Xu Nian repeated what Xu Hongqi said when he left. Xu's father thought it was normal for a young man to have his own things to do.
In the afternoon, Xu Nian followed his mother's instructions and packed the things he needed for school at home. Of course, he had to live in the county junior high school. Thinking about the current accommodation conditions, Xu Nian was very scared, so he took as much as he could with him.
Xu Nian was hungry in the afternoon, and since it was rare for him to be alone at home, he secretly cooked an egg for himself as a snack.
Just as he was savoring the food, the door suddenly opened. Xu Nian was so scared that he finished the remaining half egg in the bowl in one gulp and choked to death.
Xu Hongqi came in just when she was choking to death, her face grimacing. He went straight to the kitchen and said rudely, "You can only stay here."
"I haven't eaten yet, so boil me an egg."
Xu Nian didn't move, shocked by his shamelessness.
Seeing that no one moved, Xu Hongqi said, "I know you still have some. Add more water."
"Brother Hongqi, guess what that thing is that a gun can't penetrate."
"No guessing."
Xu Nian's chest heaved, but his naturally considerate nature comforted him, "Xu Nian, this is a good thing. Look how open he is to you now. So, please face life with a smile, a... smile..."
Xu Nian didn't boil eggs for Xu Hongqi, but directly used the hot water he had just prepared to make him a bowl of egg drop soup.
Xu Hongqi didn't dislike it and took the bowl and gulped it down.
"Where have you been? You didn't even eat. I finally managed to make you fatter, but you're going to lose weight again soon."
Xu Hongqi glanced at her, took a deep breath and said, "Use my money to support me?"
"Hey, where have you been?"
"If you don't tell me, it means you're guilty. Did you go to Xujia Village to find Qi Meiyue?" Xu Nian said this in a low voice without blinking, looking very serious.
After drinking, Xu Hongqi took the bowl to the well to wash it. Xu Nian followed him like a tail. When she thought he would not answer, Xu Hongqi said "hmm".
Xu Nian opened his eyes wide and blurted out without thinking, "You already like Qi Meiyue now?"
Xu Hongqi narrowed his eyes and looked at Xu Nian, as if he was really offended by her innocent words. "Xu Nian, if you continue to be disrespectful, I will not be polite."
Xu Nian quickly covered his mouth with his hands, and his voice was hoarse when he spoke again, "I was wrong, I was wrong, Brother Hongqi."
Xu Hongqi turned around and washed the dishes again. She used firewood ash, and the eggs had a fishy smell that could not be washed away without it. Xu Nian thought that she was cautious every time she ate secretly without being discovered. Xu Hongqi didn't know how many times he had cleaned up for her.
Xu Nian put his hand down and tried again, "Brother Hongqi, there are new educated youths coming to our village. Are there also some from Xujia Village?"
"I heard from those aunts and sisters-in-law that the educated youth are now popular with young men and women. What do you think?"
Xu Hongqi handed the washed dishes to Xu Nian, shook the water off his hands, and then said to her, "It's none of your business whether you come or not. Just take care of yourself. Don't be curious about everything or follow the trend. Get up early tomorrow morning because you have to hurry to the county. School is about to start, so you should focus on your studies.
Xu Nian's first reaction was not Xu Hongqi's irrelevant answer or teacher-like instruction, but surprise. "Brother Hongqi, you can actually speak in long sentences!"
Xu Hongqi couldn't help it in the end, and raised his hand to flick Xu Nian's head. She was like this, and he was worried that she would fall in love too early, which made him really anxious.
He also thought about how when they were in Xujia Village, Meiyue said she wanted to go with him, which was too outrageous. Fortunately, the new educated youth arrived and changed the topic between them, otherwise he might have said something hurtful.
Those educated youth came at the right time, especially one of them named Jiang Fan who had studied medicine. When the villagers talked about the symptoms of Qi Meiyue's younger brother, he explained it in detail after asking about it.
However, it is not easy for this kind of person to integrate into the group as soon as he arrives. Qi Meiyue's eyes seemed to be different at that time. Xu Nian's question reminded him. After all, they were playmates since childhood, and he still had to remind Meiyue when he had the chance.
After Xu Hongqi had eaten half his fill, he went into the house to pack his luggage for school. Xu Nian followed him in since she had nothing to do. Now that they were familiar with each other, she only knocked on the door selectively.
Seeing that the other person was very active and didn't need her, Xu Nian picked up the army green backpack that she had placed on the table in the morning and showed it to Xu Hongqi.
She was so excited about what she said, and her main purpose was to show off her achievements. However, she talked until her mouth was dry, but all she got in return were perfunctory words like "hmm", "okay", "not bad" from Xu Da.
Xu Nian couldn't continue his monologue, and felt that the kind-hearted people didn't care, so he shut up in frustration.
When Xu Hongqi and the others had almost finished cleaning up, they realized that there was no more sound around them. They turned their head slightly and looked at Xu Nian naturally. They saw the girl sitting on a stool with her legs dangling, her mouth pursed, and her face full of unhappiness.
Xu Hongqi sighed inwardly, then smiled and asked, "The schoolbag looks sturdy and practical. Thank you."
Xu Nian was not really angry, he was just disturbed by today's sudden events. When he heard Xu Hongqi's praise, his expression instantly relaxed.
Xu Hongqi understood what was going on and asked, "Where is it made? It doesn't look like it can be sold. The supply and marketing cooperative doesn't have such good ones."
When Xu Nian heard that the supply and marketing cooperative didn't have it, he felt very happy, and the words "I'll have it custom-made by a private person" almost came out of his mouth.
Suddenly he stopped talking, realizing that he couldn't let Xu Hongqi get involved in these bad behaviors that were slightly outside the law, so he quickly tried to get away with it.
After Xu Hongqi watched Xu Nian's jumping figure disappear, he lowered his head, touched his two backpacks with his hands, and sneered, knowing everything.
After noon, everyone in the Xu family came back one after another. After finishing their dinner in a hurry, Xu's father and mother packed up the bags for Xu Nian and Xu Hongqi, and asked everyone to go to bed early so that they would not get up late the next day and affect their going to school.
Xu Nian had many dreams all night and didn’t sleep well.
Even after sitting on the donkey cart, she was still dazed and yawning. At that time, there was no booming development of various industrial electrical appliances, and global warming was still just a concept. In the dim morning of autumn, people felt cold and wanted to wear cotton jackets.
She sat between Xu Hongqi and Xu Fengkai, surrounded by people in front and behind. She tried hard to stick her head out to say goodbye to Xu's mother and two older brothers, and left home amid the whip-cracking and shouting of Xu's uncle and father.
Xu Nian was so sleepy that he didn't have time to feel sad about the passing of time. After he got on the road, he began to sleep soundly with his head swaying from side to side, sleeping even more soundly than he did in his bed at home.
It was not until there was a sudden pause with a "whoosh" that Xu Nian woke up and found herself almost lying in Xu Hongqi's arms. Her little face turned red, and seeing that Xu Hongqi was not looking at her, she quietly straightened up and breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, as if nothing had happened, he said to Xu's father, "Dad, we're at school!"
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