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Xu Xiao realized belatedly that she had lost some memories, about the past, about her and Chen Bei.
She and Chen Bei were not so close in the past.
In other words, Chen Bei would never treat her like this.
Unlike Chen Nan, Xu Xiao has long, smooth black hair, which makes everyone in the team believe that the captain's granddaughter is very much loved.
In order to make it easier to work, most girls in the countryside kept their hair short, to the shoulders or ears. The female educated youth in the educated youth points also cut their hair short after going to the countryside.
They did this not to make their work more convenient, but because they were busy earning work points and had no time to take care of their hair.
For a long time, these girls could not hide the envy on their faces whenever they saw Xu Xiao. The envy turned into jealousy.
Everyone thought Xu Xiao was the apple of Captain Xu's eye. Even when he went to the countryside as an educated youth, he didn't have to do any labor. In fact, the Xu family's oppression was always in the dark.
The times are special, and in order to release labor, high school students also go to the countryside to work.
The team did not hide the fact that Xu Xiao was an educated youth, and the annual supplies for the educated youth would be sent directly to the Xu family.
In such a comparison, Xu Xiao, who had taken advantage of everything, became the one who was exposed. The female lesbians didn't like her, and the male lesbians were even more eager to take advantage of her.
But this person happened to have a crush on Ji Hong. They could do nothing but hide their malice in jokes and in the gossip they told every day.
The Xu family knew about these things, but never cared about it. Later, everyone at the educated youth site knew about Xu Xiao's special case.
In order to return to the city, they did not dare to offend Captain Xu, but they were never polite to Xu Xiao, especially no matter what others said, she would not argue.
Chen Bei heard a lot of rumors about Xu Xiao in the team, but he didn't believe any of them.
Some people need to be seen with the eyes and observed with the heart to be defined. But some people, no matter how they change, are always the ones people like, and even their preference belongs to them, and no one can take it away.
Coincidentally, Xu Xiao belongs to the latter in his eyes.
Seeing that Xu Xiao's eyes were dazed and obviously distracted, Chen Bei lowered his head and approached her, picked up the cigarette box from beside her, and held a long cigarette in his slender white hand.
Strong yet gentle, he brushed past the girl's pale lips. His way was blocked by her tightly clenched teeth, and he shouted helplessly, "Open your mouth."
Xu Xiao was still immersed in the so-called plot. She was looking for the plot about Chen Bei, the growth path of this villain boss.
Compared to her mindless behavior, perhaps Chen Bei is even more outrageous. This person inexplicably confronts the male protagonist and even tries every possible way to kill him until his death.
At least it's a peaceful time, his idea is really villainous.
Unfortunately, this man died young at the age of thirty-four.
What a coincidence, it was the same year that her two rebellious sons were born.
When Xu Xiao thought that Chen Bei only lived to be in his thirties, her heart was filled with raging waves, which disappeared like bubbles in the water, leaving no trace but her own clear anger.
When she suddenly heard Chen Bei's voice, she reacted subconsciously, a submissive reaction.
A piece of something not very soft rushed into my mouth.
"Bite it."
She obediently bit one end again, and a not-so-strong smell of cigarettes gradually approached her. She subconsciously frowned. She could smoke, but she didn't like the smell of cigarettes.
A flame suddenly jumped out of the lighter, lighting up her eyes.
So she watched Chen Bei squatting in front of her, holding one hand in front of her, and lighting the fire for her in an unskillful manner.
She forgot that Chen Bei didn't smoke and he would never do these things.
Xu Xiao stared at all this in a daze.
"Take a breath."
Chen Bei stepped aside, still squatting, looking down from above.
After a few seconds, Xu Xiao finally responded. She stretched out her right hand to hold the cigarette. She exhaled a puff of smoke and said in a hoarse voice, "You... don't have to do this."
Especially since she's not in the right state right now.
Chen Bei looked at her quietly. Time froze at this moment, and the slowly flowing stream finally stopped for a moment.
Unfortunately, no matter how much he wished, time was always moving, just like the second hand on a clock, making a ticking sound, not obvious but still moving.
Xu Xiao withdrew her gaze and supported her chin with her left hand. She looked back in confusion.
Chen Bei quickly took the less than half-eaten rabbit leg that fell from her hand. Before Xu Xiao could say anything, she saw him chewing it without any disgust.
A sense of embarrassment crept over him, Xu Xiao turned away his gaze and said hesitantly: "Brother Bei..."
"Food cannot be wasted." Chen Bei finished it quickly and buried it in the ground.
Xu Xiao didn't know what to say and just finished smoking a cigarette in a daze.
Seeing Chen Bei stand up, she leaned back, as if she couldn't avoid it.
She thought, maybe she was overthinking it.
Chen Bei: "...Have you been staying at the educated youth camp these days?"
She had a room at the educated youth center, but she had been living at the Xu family for the past year.
Knowing that the Xu family had problems, she couldn't possibly go to their door: "I'll go follow Old Man Chen, he's on the mountain."
It’s fine if I don’t go back to Xu’s house. Chen Bei nodded: “Okay… I’m leaving.”
He wanted to say something else, but seeing Xu Xiao's avoidance of him, he felt it was time to leave.
The countryside also has its advantages, such as the particularly appropriate bird calls, including cuckoos and many sparrows, chirping and waking Xu Xiao up in an instant.
Chen Bei had already walked to Fang Hui's side, and the two were still talking.
Xu Xiao ran over and handed the saber on the ground to Chen Bei: "Brother Bei."
Fang Hui took it very servilely: "A Xiao, go ahead and do your work. I have something to say to him."
For example, why did his good friend change his personality?
Saying he was going to look for Chen Youshi, Xu Xiao really searched for him in the back mountain, and actually found old man Chen by accident.
At that time, Old Man Chen was resting under a tree, muttering to himself, "It's strange... How come we didn't see any wild rabbits this time? Even the wild fruits are much less."
Although there are many things in the back mountain, the people in the team all grow crops and can earn work points. It is more practical to work in the fields honestly than to try to find luck in the mountains.
Old man Chen was still muttering about why there was nothing on the mountain. Xu Xiao threw a stone casually, and the old man was so frightened that he took out the walkie-talkie with trembling hands.
A helpless voice came over: "You girl, is it fun?"
Xu Xiao was stunned for a moment, then replied with a smile: "You can be a little more scared." She didn't care.
Facing Old Man Chen's helpless eyes, Xu Xiao walked over slowly. She still couldn't figure it out: "When did you see me?"
Old man Chen was very proud: "So you are the Ah Xiao that Xiaobei mentioned. Can you call me Grandpa?"
It's obvious, who said it's obvious.
Xu Xiao sneered and shouted, "Old man, it seems your Xiaobei has become a homeless person."
Chen Nan's words were like thunder in his ears, and Xu Xiao began to doubt their truthfulness. Chen Bei was not staying in the army, and he had time to wander around outside. It was impossible no matter how you looked at it.
Old man Chen said angrily: "You girl, what do you mean by my Xiaobei..." The old man said jokingly: "Why not give it to you?"
Xu Xiao didn't say anything. She was still thinking about the possibility of Chen Bei becoming an unemployed vagrant.
"That kid just came to explain something. He said your situation is special, so you should stay with this old man in the mountains for the next few days." Old man Chen finally became serious.
The next moment, an untimely cooing sound was heard.
Old man Chen turned his face away and said embarrassedly: "Girl, did you bring any dry food?"
He often went up the mountain and knew that there were many things there, so he would not go hungry even if he ate wild fruits.
But after searching for a long time, he found that the mountain looked like it had been plucked of its hair, and there was nothing there!
Xu Xiao's eyes widened with amusement. After a moment's hesitation, she slowly said, "Food? I didn't bring any." After a pause, she continued, "But I do have some wild rabbits."
Old man Chen looked left and right, but he didn't see the so-called wild rabbit. He curled his lips and said, "You girl just likes to joke around. You are not from the military, are you?..."
Xu Xiao didn't answer him. He put the walkie-talkie back in his pocket and rolled up his sleeves.
She picked up a few stones on the ground, glanced around, and threw them casually into the grass.
In one or two strokes, the stone was thrown in.
Old Man Chen didn't feel embarrassed when he didn't get an answer. He continued, "You should be more honest at your age. You're not a military man and it's not a big deal. How can an old man look down on you?"
"..." Xu Xiao was getting a headache from being scolded. She retracted her foot and raised an eyebrow at Old Man Chen who was trying to reason with her. "Old man, there's the hare you've been thinking about in the bushes."
She emphasized the four words "heartily".
Old Man Chen didn't believe it, but he could tell the girl didn't like his nagging. We'd been walking for so long, it wouldn't matter if we walked a little further. There weren't any rabbits anyway...
Looking at the two hares lying on the ground, he moved closer and found that there was a hole in the rabbit's neck and blood was oozing out.
Old man Chen stopped joking and walked out with one in each hand. He saw Xu Xiao, the girl, rummaging through his bamboo basket.
He couldn't help but ask, "What are you looking for?"
"...You eat it raw?"
Old man Chen was stunned for a moment, remembering that the wild rabbit needed to be roasted, but he only brought tools for collecting soil and herbs.
There was no knife, no one to start a fire, and not even any water nearby.
Originally, Xu Xiao had a lighter with her, but she was distracted and left it at the base camp.
There was no choice but to take Old Man Chen back to the base camp.
Fortunately, it was not far away and we arrived there in half an hour.
Looking at the remaining traces, Old Man Chen suddenly realized: "Girl, did you eat everything on the mountain?"
There is nothing good on the mountain. The team doesn't care about this place. Whoever is lucky enough to pick up some mushrooms or something can take them home without reporting.
However, there are many rabbits on the mountain. They were not wild rabbits. One year, Xujia Village started to raise rabbits, but the rabbits were smart and all ran away in one night.
Perhaps those on the mountain are the offspring that ran away. Even domestic rabbits can’t be caught, let alone wild rabbits.
A few years later, every household was busy earning work points, and no one mentioned the rabbit that had run away before.
Seeing Xu Xiao's method of catching rabbits, it's no wonder that Old Man Chen asked this question.
Xu Xiao didn't hide it: "It should be about the same."
Old man Chen took a breath. These rabbits reproduce very quickly. I don’t know how this girl ate them. She almost ate them to extinction!
After eating the rabbit, it was dark.
Considering that Old Man Chen is old, Xu Xiao felt embarrassed to abuse the elderly.
In fact, Old Man Chen only brought his own padded clothes. It was cold on the mountain at night, more than ten degrees lower than during the day.
There was still some residual heat from the fire, and Old Man Chen wanted Xu Xiao to come over and lie down. Even without clothes, there was at least a lot of weeds that could serve as a cushion.
When he saw Xu Xiao sleeping directly on the tree, he fell silent.
I began to suspect that the boy from the Chen family was not a good person. He actually taught a good girl to lie on a tree, not even afraid that she would fall down if she fell asleep.
The old man was so eager to protect his child that he had forgotten that the girl had extraordinary skills.
At night, the old man would get up from time to time, for fear of hearing the sound of something heavy falling.
But after waiting all night and hearing nothing, Old Man Chen felt relieved and fell asleep.
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