When their eyes met, Pei Hejun curled his lips and extended his hand to her: "Come up."
Auntie Lanhua, who was hitchhiking to the town to buy something, saw this and smiled narrowly: "Hey, are you only seeing your man?"
Jiang Xi coughed lightly, put the package in his arms, took his hand and climbed up neatly, sitting next to Pei Hejun, and said with a smile: "No, Auntie, I saw it too. What good things are you here to buy? These big and small bags are really enviable."
Auntie Lanhua was amused and stopped joking: "Nothing, Xueni is pregnant again, I bought her some brown sugar water."
"That's great news." Jiang Xi quickly congratulated her: "Congratulations, auntie. You now have a house full of children and grandchildren."
Auntie Lanhua smiled brightly: "I hope so."
There was not only Auntie Lanhua in the car, there were other people in the group as well. They were not familiar with Jiang Xi, but were familiar with Auntie Lanhua. When they saw Auntie Lanhua was congratulating them, they smiled so hard that their teeth were showing, and they also started to make jokes.
Pei Hejun sat at the outermost side, and Jiang Xi sat next to him, also in the corner.
Everyone else on the tractor was chatting, so she was free. When she came to her senses, she realized that Pei Hejun had not let go of her hand. Her hands were hanging in the corner, blocked by his body, and no one else could see them.
But both parties can feel it themselves.
The big hand holding hers seemed a little nervous and cautious, not tightly gripping it, but just lightly squeezing it, as if giving her a chance to refuse.
But Jiang Xi didn't intend to refuse.
She didn't dislike Pei Hejun and even liked his personality. Plus, they already had a relationship, which gave her another reason to accept it. So when he took the initiative to test her, Jiang Xi gladly accepted.
Even took the initiative to hold his fingertips.
The silent man beside her noticed her action, and the corners of his lips slightly raised never lowered. His fingertips gradually tightened, and his palms were sweating, but he was reluctant to let go.
Jiang Xi felt inexplicably excited.
Jiang Xi didn't expect Pei Hejun to come pick her up, but she didn't feel surprised.
I was just surprised to see that he didn't have his crutches. I wanted to ask him, but the tractor was too noisy and I couldn't hear his voice once it started, so I just didn't ask.
The car was shaking and Jiang Xi was about to fall asleep, until halfway through the journey, she looked at a few children fighting on the ridge of the field and was suddenly stunned for a moment. After a few seconds, she decisively said, "Uncle, stop!"
Why do the children who are fighting, no, the children who are being beaten, look like my two sisters?!
The tractor made a very loud noise. The other party didn't hear Jiang Xi's first shout. It was not until she anxiously patted him that he stopped the car.
The incident happened so suddenly that as soon as the car stopped, Jiang Xi wanted to get off. Before getting off, he told Pei Hejun: "Don't move, I'll do it myself."
The men who had stood up stopped moving and sat back down silently.
Jiang Xi immediately jumped down, holding her bag and throwing it at the two boys who were beating up her sister: "I told you not to fight! You are bullying others!"
The two boys were stunned for a moment. When they turned around and saw her, they subconsciously shouted, "Cousin!"
Jiang Xi: “?”
Jiang Mi, whose eyes were red with anger, did not stop and rushed over again without thinking, still muttering: "Hit me! I'll beat you to death!"
Jiang Yu came back to his senses and shouted, "Big sister!"
Turning around, she saw her younger sister still fighting, and said anxiously, "Third sister, it's the eldest sister who's here!"
Jiang Mi's movements suddenly slowed down. At this moment, the two kids were about to hit her. Jiang Xi kicked them without thinking: "Get out!"
The two children were kicked away, shocked and aggrieved: "Cousin, you hit me?!"
"I'm going to tell my dad, cousin, you hit me!"
Jiang Mi also saw Jiang Xi and looked over with red eyes: "Wuwuwu... Big sister! I miss you so much..."
"Okay, okay, I'm here, it's okay." Jiang Xi hugged her, and with her other hand she rubbed the hair of the timid Jiang Yu beside her, coaxing them softly. After a few words of coaxing, she turned her head and saw the two children, frowned, and said coldly: "You even hit my sister, why can't I hit you?"
As she said this, she wanted to let go of the two children and beat up those two bastards.
When she came over just now, she saw Jiang Yu and Jiang Mi being beaten and must have suffered a lot.
But these two kids were naughty after all. When they noticed what Jiang Xi was thinking, they turned around and ran away.
Jiang Xi was still angry, so he swung his bag over and hit one of them.
The child fell to the ground, then got up and ran away, saying fiercely as he ran: "I will tell my father and let my father beat you!"
"Get away from me!" Jiang Xiye said fiercely.
The two boys ran faster.
After finishing this, Jiang Xi looked at Jiang Yu and Jiang Mi again, feeling extremely distressed. He combed their hair, but fearing that the driver would get anxious, he pulled them onto the tractor while checking if any of them were injured.
Seeing her sister so anxious, Jiang Yu quickly said, "No, no, it doesn't hurt."
Jiang Xi: “? What did you say?”
The tractor was too loud for her to hear.
Jiang Yu leaned over to Jiang Xi's ear and said loudly, "I'm not in pain. They hit my sister twice before she came."
Jiang Mi also nodded, with tears in his eyes, staring at her without blinking, pulling at her clothes.
Jiang Xi felt a little relieved and tidied their clothes. This place was close to the village. After a while, the tractor stopped. Jiang Xi took them down and helped Pei Hejun get off the car.
Pei Hejun seemed to be in great shape, and he got out of the car quite steadily.
After thanking the driver, Jiang Xi held one of them in each hand and asked, "How many times have you fought?"
The two of them looked at her nervously and shook their heads.
Jiang Yu explained: "This is the second time. The previous time was at school. My brother-in-law found out and came to the school to report it. The teacher beat them up, and they stopped fighting after that. But they always make trouble. My aunt bought us a skipping rope, and when we took it to school to play, they came over to make trouble. It's like this every time, and we can't have fun. I got angry and said we should have a fight, so..."
Jiang Mi said anxiously, "Big sister, it's because they are too much. They keep making trouble. I am so angry. I want to challenge them to a fight."
Jiang Xi smiled: "It's okay, I know they deserve to be beaten!"
Jiang Mi pursed her lips and smiled, somewhat happy to be recognized by her sister.
Jiang Yu still looked depressed: "Sister, they will definitely make trouble. Mother hates us bullying them the most..."
Jiang Xi said indifferently, "It's okay. Let them make a fuss. We are not afraid of them."
Although he said so, Jiang Yu's complexion did not improve.
The eldest sister said it so lightly, but when she thought about her uncle and aunt's tempers, and her mother's temper, she became worried. Her sister already disliked her mother very much, and if this continued, wouldn't she be even angrier?
Jiang Mi looked to Pei Hejun for help.
During the days when the eldest sister was away, Pei Hejun was in charge of them. Aunt said that he and my sister were married, and they were husband and wife, a family, just like my sister.
After receiving the signal, Pei Hejun immediately said: "Xiaoxi, don't be angry. I will go to school and talk to the teacher tomorrow."
Jiang Xi frowned and shook his head, saying, "I'll go."
Pei Hejun followed suit and said, "Then I'll go with you."
Jiang Xi nodded.
Yes, I have to say something.
Didn’t the teacher notice that the two cousins of the original owner bullied the two children for such a long time?
Jiang Xi was definitely unhappy because her child was bullied. For a moment, she even lost the joy of going home and eating delicious food.
Pei Hejun didn't know how to comfort her. After they entered the house, he followed her and said, "I'm sorry."
Jiang Xi was surprised: "What are you saying sorry for?"
Pei Hejun said guiltily: "I didn't notice that they were being bullied, otherwise I would have told the teacher earlier and they wouldn't have had to fight."
"It's not your fault." Jiang Xi shook his head helplessly, sat on the edge of the bed and waved at him.
Maybe it was because of the times, or maybe it was because she had taken care of the man in front of her many times before, but after accepting him, she quickly found a way to get along like an old couple.
Pei Hejun sat over obediently, his brows furrowed like a mountain, and he looked at her quietly.
Jiang Xi said gently, "I also know about those two cousins. Jiang Mi has fought with them many times. There are old and new grudges. Besides, they were harassing me before, not fighting. If they don't tell me, how can you know?"
"That's right." Pei Hejun pursed his lips and rubbed her head with his hand: "Then don't be angry, let's go to school together tomorrow."
Jiang Xi chuckled: "I suddenly felt that I agreed too quickly just now."
"Ah?" Pei Hejun looked at her blankly.
Jiang Xi said seriously: "Let's go together, but your leg isn't fully healed yet, so who will take the bike?"
Pei Hejun glanced at his legs and stopped talking.
There was no obvious frustration in his eyes, but his expression of disappointment was obvious, just like... a rejected dog.
Jiang Xi's heart moved slightly. Who could refuse such a cute dog? She smiled and rubbed his head back, messing up his long hair. "Okay, I'll go by myself tomorrow. You wait for me at home."
"Okay." Pei Hejun responded helplessly.
Then he stood up and continued practicing walking.
Practice more, and your unfamiliar limbs will definitely get better.
Jiang Xi came back, and Pei's parents were also very happy because they knew the time in advance, so there was still meat at home. Pei's mother said: "This is what your father went to buy early in the morning. He wanted to go yesterday, but I said it would not be fresh if he kept it until today, so he went today."
"Dad is so nice." Jiang Xi never hesitated to praise him, and added: "Mom is also nice. She made delicious food for me as soon as she came back."
Mother Pei smiled and said, "What's the big deal?"
Jiang Xi handed over the gift she had prepared with a smile: "You've worked so hard, so this is for you, the vanishing cream, it's great to apply on your face, and combined with the whitening cream I made, it will definitely make your skin better and better."
This is Friendship Vanishing Cream, a 20th century brand for noble ladies. It is not sold in the town, only in the county.
Jiang Xi bought the gifts in advance before returning, and the gifts for Pei's parents naturally had to be the best.
Mother Pei was surprised at first, then distressed, and said: "Oh, such an expensive thing, how could you bear to buy it, you child!"
She muttered to herself while holding the thing in her hand and smelling it.
The scent of this cream is a bit like plum, light and pleasant.
Jiang Xi didn't mind. After all, she just complained a few words but he wouldn't force her to take her money. When she came out of the kitchen, she saw Pei's father looking out the door.
Jiang Xi smiled at him.
Father Pei also smiled and nodded, but after waiting for a while, Jiang Xi didn't say anything, and she went back into the room. Father Pei pursed his lips in disappointment, picked up the tea and started drinking.
But soon Jiang Xi came out and handed him a bottle of Lao Baigan: "Dad, this is for you. I heard from my fellow students that this wine tastes good, so I asked someone to exchange the ticket and buy it."
Father Pei was delighted. He took it with both hands and grinned, "Great!"
There was a lot of commotion outside. Pei's parents were holding their baby happily. Jiang Yu and Jiang Mi were hiding in the room and didn't dare to go out, but they also heard it. They looked at the door with envy and expectation.
Until Jiang Xi pushed the door open and said, "Come here to receive the gift!"
The two children jumped up and said, "Big sister!"
"Sister, we also have a gift, what is it?"
"It's a notebook for Xiaoyu." Jiang Xi handed over a notebook with beautiful patterns. Jiang Yu took it and looked at it, then smiled and happily took it to the desk beside her to write her name.
Jiang Mi was given a box of colorful marbles: "Do you like it?"
Jiang Mi's eyes widened: "I like it!!!"
The noise was too loud, Jiang Xi rubbed her ears in amusement and let them play by themselves while she went out. She came back at a good time, just in the afternoon when the children got out of school, so now they only had to wait for dinner.
Jiang Xi was quite tired these days, so he returned to his room.
As soon as I opened the door, I saw the man who was walking around in the room stop and look at me with a hint of expectation.
Jiang Xi: “? What for?”
Pei Hejun pursed his lips and said nothing, but he didn't move his eyes away.
Jiang Xi guessed it, and lying on the bed with a smile on his face, he picked up the fan and handed it to him: "Fan me."
Pei Hejun answered and tried to fan her, but she remained silent and her eyes revealed a hint of grievance.
"Hey~" Jiang Xi pretended to be upset: "Sorry, I bought these when I bought the gifts, but the money is not enough. You know how I spend money, I'm very lavish."
The wind suddenly stopped, Pei Hejun looked at her in disbelief, he didn't expect this to be the reason?
Jiang Xi thought he would go away angrily.
Hmm~
The taciturn handsome guy who can get angry seems to be pretty good, right?
But unexpectedly, the wind started to blow again soon and a ball of money was stuffed into her hand.
Jiang Xi: “?”
She picked it up and saw that it was just ten dollars in loose change?
When she looked up again, Pei Hejun was looking at her with sparkling eyes.
Jiang Xi smiled dumbly, shook the ten yuan, and asked, "Is this your private money? How did you hide it? Isn't the money in my hands?"
The wind from the fan stopped completely.
Pei Hejun stood there in shock, not knowing how to answer for a moment.