When they reached the entrance of the village, there were already a few people waiting. When a few aunts saw the three of them coming, they gathered around and greeted them, "Hey, this is the captain's niece from the city. She's so pretty."
"Hello, aunties..." Fu Xiao nodded and greeted them obediently.
"Oh... so good,"
"Xiao Yu, why are you taking your younger brother and sister to the county town?" This person is Aunt Li, a well-known daughter-in-law in the village.
"My sister just arrived. Let's take her to the county town. Aunt Li, can Dali come back this year?"
Huiji's eldest son Li Dali has been in the army for three years and has not returned. They are from the same village. He is a few years older than Fu Yu and they have grown up playing together.
Aunt Li sighed, "I don't know. You said that this soldier doesn't go home for several years and makes people worry about him every day. If I had known this earlier, I would not have agreed to let him go."
"Aunt Li, I heard from uncle that Dali has been promoted to platoon leader. This means he is an official now. Aunt Li, you should be happy."
Fu Hong also echoed, "Yes, Aunt Li, many young people in the village regard Dali as a role model."
"I don't want him to be an official, as long as he comes back safe and sound," she said, but her face was still full of pride.
"It's time, come up quickly, we are leaving." Uncle Song started shouting at people in a loud voice.
"Here we come...here we come." At this time, everyone stopped chatting and climbed onto the ox cart swiftly.
Fu Hong jumped into the car and pulled her up, followed by Fu Yu.
A few more people ran up behind him. Judging from their clothes, they didn’t look like villagers. They should be educated youth from the village.
"Come, girl, come and sit over here." Aunt Li waved at her from the front.
"I'm here, auntie." Fu Xiao walked over and sat next to her, with her on her left and Fu Yu who followed behind on her right.
Several educated youths boarded the ox cart at the last minute. Fang Xuhua took advantage of the fact that he didn't have to work that day and was going to buy some daily necessities. The other people had similar goals.
"drive..."
With a loud shout, the ox cart began to move shakily.
The speed was not fast, but the road was not very good. It was bumpy and made people's heads hurt.
On the way, Fang Xuhua politely greeted the people in the car. The villagers had a good impression of him and responded enthusiastically. He looked at Fu Yu with a smile on his face, "Ayu, when did you come back? I didn't see you yesterday."
Fu Yu also nodded in response, "Fang Zhiqing, I just came back yesterday and stayed at home."
When Xu Yue saw the handsome Fu Yu, her eyes were glued to him. She touched the hair on her forehead with her fingers, lowered her head shyly, and asked in a sweet voice: "Comrade, I am a new educated youth, my name is Xu Yue."
Feeling her burning gaze, he looked at her coldly, then looked away, ignored her, and turned to talk to Fu Xiao beside him.
Seeing that he ignored her, Xu Yue shifted her gaze to Fu Xiao again, took out a hard candy from her pocket, and greeted her in a pretentious manner, "Little sister, you are so pretty. Here is some candy for you. You can come to the educated youth center to play with me when you have nothing to do in the future."
Fu Xiao ignored her and did not take her candy. He pretended to be scared and crawled into the arms of Aunt Li next to him.
Aunt Li glared at Xu Yue.
After being humiliated twice in a row, Xu Yue forced herself to maintain a smile on her face. A hint of ruthlessness flashed in her eyes. She put the candy back in her pocket, sat down obediently, and said nothing, but kept glancing at Fu Yu out of the corner of her eyes.
She went to the county town this time to send a letter to her family. After what happened yesterday, she didn't dare to do anything tricky for the time being and could only ask her family to send her more money.
"Oh..."
Following a low shout.
The ox cart finally stopped in the county.
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