"Comrade Liu Xuemei, I think what you said before is right. We are still not suitable. After all, there is a big gap between our two families." He Ping said without even looking at Xuemei.
"But didn't you just say that your parents don't like me very much?"
"What I just said was my guess based on what I think of my parents. They never said those words. Besides, they like daughters-in-law who are willing to take care of children at home and be filial to their parents after marriage. I thought you were such a girl before, but now it seems that you are not. My parents definitely don't like you anymore." He Ping said.
"Really? That's such a pity." Xuemei said with pretended regret.
"Comrade Liu Xuemei, I hope you won't tell anyone what happened today. We should keep our distance from each other in the future. Don't let my father know about this." He Ping threatened.
"Don't worry! Comrade He Ping, I promise not to let anyone else know what happened today, let alone Director He." Xuemei promised.
"I'm glad you understand." He Ping said and rode away on his bike.
Xuemei laughed as she looked at the fleeing figure on the bicycle.
Xuemei was about to ride her bicycle home when she heard laughter coming from the nearby bushes: Puchi...hahaha...hu...
Xuemei thought she was careless. Father Liu had taught her this knowledge before, but she only now realized that she was still not very skilled.
Xuemei parked her bicycle, quietly picked up a few stones from the ground and threw them into the bushes.
Bang...Bang...Bang...Bang...
Voices and footsteps came from the bushes, "Xuemei, don't get lost, it's us."
He Wanting and her sister, Zhou Bing and Han Chen came out from the bushes one after another.
Xuemei looked at the four of them, then peered into the bushes behind them before asking suspiciously, "Why are you here? Is there anyone else in there?"
"Xuemei, there are only four of us..." He Wanting explained.
Xuemei made a whistling sound with her fingers, picked up some stones from the ground and threw them towards the bushes on the other side. Not long after, she heard the sound of pheasants flying away.
Xuemei broke off a branch about seventy or eighty centimeters long from a tree and walked into the bushes to see if there were any other people hiding there besides the pheasants. As soon as Xuemei left, Han Chen followed her in.
Not long after, Xuemei came out, holding a pheasant in one hand and three eggs in the other. Han Chen held a few eggs in both hands.
He Wanting praised as soon as she saw it: "Xuemei, you are amazing. You caught a pheasant and picked up pheasant eggs."
Xuemei didn't answer her first, but said to Zhou Bing beside her, "Zhou Zhiqing, please help me get the chicken and eggs."
Xuemei went to the roadside and pulled up some grass, tied up the pheasant's feet, beak and wings, and fearing that it was not safe enough, she pulled off some feathers from the pheasant's wings.
After doing all this, Xuemei looked at the others seriously and asked, "When did you hide in the bushes? Are there other people besides you?"
He Wanting explained anxiously, "Xuemei, there are only four of us. There's really no one else. Dai Dongfeng went back after taking the package, and Wu Lian also went back when she saw that her package was missing. We went to the county town, so we're back now."
We didn't hide in the bushes on purpose to listen to you. We were heading back to the village when we spotted some pheasants and decided to catch them. We spent over ten minutes trying to catch any, and we ended up scaring all the pheasants away. Just as we were about to leave, we heard you talking to Comrade He, so that's why we all stayed inside."
"Where are your packages?" Xuemei asked, looking at the empty hands of the four people in front of her.
"Hey, our stuff is still in there. We forgot to take it." He Wanting patted her head and ran into the bushes. The others followed suit.
Han Chen took a step slower, handed the egg in his hand to Xuemei, and said, "Comrade Liu Xuemei, I'm sorry, we really didn't mean to eavesdrop on your conversation just now. I won't tell anyone about it. Please believe me, I will also keep an eye on the three of them."
After Han Chen finished speaking, he followed him into the bushes. Not long after, four people came out, each carrying a backpack full of things.
He Wanting said gratefully, "Xuemei, it's a good thing you reminded us, otherwise we would have forgotten all our things. If we had remembered later, they might have been taken by someone else. I would have cried my heart out then."
Xuemei looked at the four people and asked seriously, "Okay, now that we've got the things, let's continue with what happened just now. How much did you hear?"
The four of them looked at each other, and He Wanting rubbed her nose and said awkwardly, "Xuemei, we almost heard everything, but I promise to sew my mouth shut and not tell anyone else. Xiaojing, Zhou Bing, and Han Chen, right?"
The other three looked at Xuemei and nodded, indicating that they would not tell anyone else.
Xuemei looked at the four people and saw that their expressions didn't seem fake, so she felt relieved and said, "Okay, thank you."
As soon as He Wenting saw that everything was fine, she took Xuemei's arm without hesitation and said, "Xuemei, it's a good thing you didn't agree to that Comrade He just now. The last time Xiaojing and I went to the commune to buy things, he kept staring at us lustfully. Today, when Wu Zhiqing went to return the sugar coupons, the two of them talked together for a long time. This Comrade He is obviously a playboy."
"Comrade Liu Xuemei, you were really smart just now. You scared Comrade He. This is called courage and strategy." Zhou Bing said praisingly.
"Yes, that He Ping was so anxious when he heard that all the betrothal gifts were left in your house. Then when you mentioned that you would marry into your family's family, he ran away. This man is too stupid. He believed it just because you said it casually. Hahahaha..." He Wenting said.
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