Chapter 132 Cute Village Girl VS Innocent Educated Youth (18)
With clear skies and a rare rise in temperature, Li Jiaoyun and Jiang Xiangnong quickly gave their home a thorough cleaning.
Someone brought something over from outside the courtyard, saying, "Jiadong, I picked up your letter on the way. Take it back to your parents."
"Okay, thank you, Uncle." Jiang Jiadong, who was playing outside in the yard, quickly took the envelope.
"What does it say?"
"It was a letter from Wang Xiu. She said that they have opened their own steamed bun shop called Yangsheng Steamed Bun Restaurant. Also, Yangyang is getting married soon and they invited us to the wedding banquet."
"Oh dear, shall we go or not? I didn't realize Yangyang was already so old and getting married." Li Jiaoyun said. She remembered that when she and her son left, Yangyang was sickly and very small.
“Let’s go there. We’re practically their family. Let’s go and support them. Otherwise, if the man’s relatives and friends see that the woman’s side doesn’t have many people, they might start gossiping and causing trouble later.”
Li Jiaoyun thought about it and agreed that Jiang Xiangnong made sense. "Okay, I'll go pack my things now, and our whole family will come over then."
When Jiang Zhiyi came home that evening and learned about it, she asked, "When are we going?"
She really wanted to go and join in the fun; it would definitely be a lot of fun, and there would be delicious food too.
"It's tomorrow morning. I just asked the team leader, and there's a bus from the village going to the county town tomorrow."
"How many days will you be there?" she asked again.
"About five or six days. There are still a few days until the wedding, but they said they want us to go earlier," Jiang Xiangnong said.
Jiang Zhiyi wanted to tell Cheng Jiahe, but when she went outside she found it was already dark, so she decided to leave a small note under the big rock at the door.
Cheng Jiahe had come looking for her several times before, but no one was home. He would usually leave something on this stone to remind her, so Cheng Jiahe would definitely see the note he left.
The family got into a car early the next morning and went to the county town. When they left, the whole village was still quiet, and most people had not yet gotten up.
However, it started raining heavily in the morning, and the paper strip under the stone was blown away by the strong wind and fell into the potholes on the road, where it was quickly submerged by mud and water.
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Cheng Jiahe had come to their house countless times in the past few days, but he had never seen anyone there. In the end, he had no choice but to go and ask the team leader.
"Oh, you mean their family? A distant relative of theirs got married, and the whole family went to the county town for the wedding banquet. What happened? Didn't anyone from their family tell you?"
Cheng Jiahe didn't answer the question, only saying, "Thank you, Captain. I'll head back now."
Halfway there, Cheng Jiahe went to the village entrance again. It had been several days already, shouldn't he be coming back soon?
It was dusk, and many people were sitting and chatting under the big tree at the entrance of the village. They talked about everything from crops and the weather to the feelings between villagers.
"You still smoke, like a chain smoker. Use this money to buy your wife and kids some new clothes. The New Year is coming soon, and the weather is so cold." An old woman pointed her cane at a man holding a pipe.
“They have clothes to wear, and my cigarettes don’t cost much,” the man said nonchalantly.
"If this continues, be careful your wife takes the kids back to her parents' home and never comes back."
"Don't talk nonsense." The man took his cigarette and walked away.
"Mother-in-law, your daughter's marriage should be settled by now, right? We should have a big feast when the wedding comes."
"Which family's young man is he? Is he the educated youth from before?" someone asked curiously.
"No, it's the youngest son of Master Li, the carpenter from the next village. That educated youth was unreliable; he'll be going back to the city sooner or later. His parents absolutely refused to agree and arranged a good marriage for him again. Now everyone is satisfied."
"Didn't Nizi cause any trouble? I think she and that educated youth have a very good relationship; they're together every day."
"What do young girls know? Let her and Xiao Li spend a couple more days together, and they'll gradually develop feelings for each other."
"That's true, we're not on the same page as those educated youth. Let me tell you, I've also heard that in the village..."
A group of people continued chatting in that huddle.
Cheng Jiahe passed by on a side path and overheard a lot of what was going on before going inside. Actually, he had always understood her family's thoughts very well; Jiang Xiangnong didn't really agree with them being together, and his attitude was extremely reluctant.
If he doesn't keep a close eye on Jiang Zhiyi, she might become someone else's wife one day.
He himself didn't know where she had gone these past few days, and he had to go around asking around for news of others; she might have met new people outside. His situation wasn't good.
He needs to think of a solution now.
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A few days later, Jiang Xiangnong and his group finally returned to Xiaoshi Village from the county town.
When she returned, it was already late. Jiang Zhiyi saw that the note on the door had been taken away. She was tired after a long day of travel, so she didn't go to find Cheng Jiahe and went straight back to her room to rest.
The next morning, after finishing her work, Jiang Zhiyi went to the educated youth settlement and ran into Chen Yunyang at the gate.
"Chen Zhiqing, here's some candy for you." These are wedding candies that Jiang Zhiyi brought back from over there.
"Oh, is there some good news in your family?" Chen Yunyang asked. He thought to himself, "Cheng Jia and this kid are moving so fast, are they getting married soon?"
But these past few days, he'd noticed Cheng Jiahe's face was incredibly pale, and he didn't say a word all day. Anyone who didn't know better would think his wife and children had run off with someone else. When he tried to talk to Cheng Jiahe, the man reacted as if he'd been injected with gunpowder.
"No, no, it's a relative's house. I'll go in first," Jiang Zhiyi said.
"Okay," Chen Yunyang replied.
Cheng Jiahe, who was on the second floor, saw this and saw him clenching his fists, feeling even more depressed.
She went away for so long without telling him beforehand, and he could only look out at her from the village entrance every day. He couldn't sleep at night these past few days.
He knew she had returned last night, but she didn't come to see him right away. Now she's giving candy to another man. What kind of behavior is this?
He didn't want to be ignored by her.
upstairs.
"Cheng Jiahe, try this." Jiang Zhiyi grabbed a handful of candy and stuffed it into his hand. Before, she was always the one eating his candy, but now she could be generous for once.
"I don't want to eat them, I don't want them. Why don't you give them all to Chen Yunyang? You like him that much?" Cheng Jiahe felt that she had to express her dissatisfaction now, otherwise Chen Yunyang would ignore her.
"What are you doing? I only gave him a little, and I was saving the rest for you. Don't be so stingy, and you don't even like sweets."
“I’m just that stingy,” Cheng Jiahe said.
"Then if you don't want to eat it, fine. I'm reluctant to give it to you." Jiang Zhiyi wanted to take all the candy back.
“It’s mine, you’re not allowed to give it to him.” Cheng Jiahe snatched the item back and stuffed it into his own pocket.
Jiang Zhiyi felt that the man in front of her was very awkward at the moment, and she didn't know what he was thinking. It was inexplicable and she really couldn't understand it.
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