"Cousin!"
"Xie Yuchen, are you here?"
That day, Lin Xue and Xie Yuchen were digging a well at home when they heard someone calling Xie Yuchen's name from the doorway.
"Cousin, come in, the door's open!"
Niu Gensheng pushed open the door and came in, only to find two people digging a well in a corner of the yard.
The two used traditional methods to drill the well, since there was nowhere to find a professional well-drilling team these days.
In the village, everyone digs their own wells.
"I knew you'd be here! Hello, Lin family's daughter!"
Niu Gensheng glanced at the two of them, then greeted Lin Xue.
"Hello, cousin Niu!"
This person is Xie Yuchen's uncle's child, named Liu Gensheng.
He was dark-skinned and strong, and I heard that his skin color was like his mother's.
The villages in this area are not only inhabited by Han Chinese, but also by many ethnic minorities.
Niu Gensheng's mother was one of them.
“Sister Lin, come here. My cousin and I can do the work. Why didn’t you let us know you were digging a well? If I had known, I would have come sooner.”
Niu Gensheng came to see his cousin, but seeing that the two were busy, he took over Lin Xue's place.
"Thank you so much, Cousin Liu! I'll cook you something delicious later!"
Lin Xue wiped the sweat from her forehead. If Xie Yuchen hadn't insisted on helping, she would have dug the well herself secretly. Why did it have to go through all this trouble?
I don't know if Xie Yuchen has any work to do at home, he just keeps running over to her place every day.
This forced her to do things honestly like an ordinary person, and she didn't dare to use her spiritual power at all.
"That's great!"
"By the way, I came here today to ask my cousin to go hiking with me tonight. Lin, would you like to come?"
"There are plenty of young men and women at night!"
While working with Xie Yuchen, Niu Gensheng explained his purpose for coming.
The reason he came here was because his parents asked him to come and go out with Xie Yuchen.
The boys and girls in the village are not as conservative as those in other places.
After finishing their chores at home, they often go out to play in groups at night.
This is what the locals commonly call "chasing the mountain".
But you can't just go out with anyone. Usually, it's only with friends you know well and who you often hang out with that you'll go out together.
After all, going out to have fun is one thing, but you also need to ensure your personal safety.
Because the original owner was disliked by everyone in the village, even the young men and women in the village would not invite her when they went out to play at night.
Moreover, everyone usually avoids the original owner like the plague, and the few delinquent friends she knows would never take her out to play at night.
Because young men and women go out at night partly to pass the time, and partly to find suitable partners.
Lin Xue had never been involved in what Liu Gensheng was talking about, so she nodded happily.
"Since my cousin from the Niu family invited me, I definitely have to give him face!"
"It's perfect timing to spend the evening with Brother Xie. I've never been to the mountains before!"
Xie Yuchen didn't want to go. In the past, unless his parents strongly insisted, he usually didn't want to go out with them.
I don't know what these people have to do.
It's about running around on familiar hilltops, going from one house to another.
Or perhaps we could find a safe spot on the mountain to sing folk songs, dance, and have fun together.
However, since Lin Xue said she was going, he would definitely go with her to keep an eye on things.
In the afternoon, the well was finally dug.
Lin Xue had scouted the location beforehand, so the well produced water very quickly.
By simply flushing away the murky water a few times, the water here will gradually become drinkable.
It's all groundwater from the mountains; there's hardly any pollution back then.
That evening, Xie Yuchen and Niu Gensheng had dinner at Lin Xue's house. Then, at Niu Gensheng's urging, Lin Xue changed into long clothes and trousers before following the two into the mountains.
Xie Yuchen ran back halfway to tell his parents, and then followed Niu Gensheng to a hunter's house in the mountains.
This family was similar to the Xie family, living deep in the mountains. However, the boy in this family was exceptionally playful, which contrasted sharply with the taciturn Xie Yuchen.
After everyone gathered, they went to the agreed-upon woods.
By this time, a number of men and women had already gathered here.
Some are from Qingshan Village, and some are from several nearby villages.
Everyone felt a little unfamiliar with Lin Xue.
After all, she would always cover her head with a headscarf whenever she went to work in the fields.
On the one hand, it's to prevent the sun from tanning them, and on the other hand, it's to prevent the leaves of crops from scratching their tender skin.
So today, dressed in new clothes and with her hair down, she was not recognized by the young men and women of Qingshan Village.
Moreover, after half a year of care, Lin Xue's skin has become fair.
Compared to the surrounding people with wheat-colored skin, he was indeed quite eye-catching.
Many boys were already secretly eyeing Lin Xue and asking those around them about her identity.
When everyone saw Xie Yuchen always by Lin Xue's side, they all knew that although the girl was pretty, she seemed to be taken.
However, no news of a marriage had come from the Xie family, so the young men could not possibly give up their plans because of this.
"Is everyone here? If everyone's here, let's go!"
"We're heading to the Xia'an Mountain Canyon. Has everyone packed everything?"
Niu Gensheng glanced at the number of people and then asked loudly.
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