The three of them got on the vehicle. Li Yuzhu and Fang Lin lay down on the back bunk to sleep, while Dong Qing started the tractor and continued driving.
The next morning, the tractor stopped at a town store, and Dongqing said, "Wake up, let's get off and have some food."
Li Yuzhu and Fang Lin woke up to Dong Qing's shouts. They put on their shoes and got off the bus with Dong Qing.
At this moment, Li Yuzhu got a clear look at Fang Lin's face. She was about 1.7 meters tall and very beautiful. Li Yuzhu said, "Sister, you are so beautiful."
Fang Lin said, "My younger sister is even prettier!"
Fang Lin seemed to have forgotten her past troubles, and a smile appeared on her face as she spoke.
Breakfast here is simple: spicy soup, congee, steamed buns, and fried dough sticks.
Li Yuzhu ordered two jin of fried dough sticks and three bowls of spicy soup, and the three of them sat down to eat.
After returning to his hometown county at noon, Dongqing deposited the money in the bank, then went to the steel market to buy some steel pipes. In the afternoon, he drove the car directly to the repair shop and asked the mechanic to add a 1.6-meter-high sideboard to the truck bed.
Welding the railings would take half a day. Li Yuzhu said, "Honey, you stay here and watch over things. I'm taking my sister to buy some clothes."
Dongqing said, "You guys go ahead, winter's coming soon, get her some cotton clothes."
Li Yuzhu took Fang Lin to the market and bought him two sets of autumn clothes, two sets of winter clothes, and a travel bag.
Fang Lin said with tears in her eyes, "Thank you, sisters. If I hadn't met you, I probably would have died long ago."
Li Yuzhu reached out and wiped away her tears, saying, "Why are you crying again? From now on, you're my older sister, and it's only right that I help you. Let's go back."
As they walked out of the market, a woman suddenly ran out from a street corner and bumped into Li Yuzhu. The woman was running so fast that she almost knocked Li Yuzhu to the ground, causing her chest to ache.
Li Yuzhu said irritably, "What are you panicking for? Do you want to run me over?"
The woman said sorry and was about to leave when a man suddenly ran over and grabbed her arm. Li Yuzhu recognized this man; he was Yi Xiaofan, the man she least wanted to see.
The woman Yi Xiaofan was holding was none other than his fiancée, Su Wei.
Su Wei cried, "How could I have met someone like you in my entire life? Let me go!"
Li Yuzhu didn't want to get involved in their mess, so she turned and left.
As Su Wei struggled, Yi Xiaofan raised his hand and slapped her twice, angrily saying, "You're just a slut, you really don't know what's good for you."
It seemed like he was actually hitting and scolding Su Wei, but it was more accurate to say he was hitting and scolding Li Yuzhu. Even if she were naive, she could tell he was indirectly criticizing her. Li Yuzhu turned around and asked, "Yi Xiaofan, don't treat me like a fool, okay? Who are you insulting?"
Yi Xiaofan said, "I'm cursing you, so what if I curse you? I'd rather beat you up."
Li Yuzhu cursed, "Bullshit! You're so rude! Try cursing me again!"
During their argument, Su Wei broke free from Yi Xiaofan's hand and ran away. He didn't have time to argue with Li Yuzhu and continued to chase after her.
In a fit of rage, Li Yuzhu took off her shoe and threw it forcefully at Yi Xiaofan, hitting him squarely on the back of the head.
Yi Xiaofan stopped, turned around and said, "You just wait," before continuing to chase after him.
After Yi Xiaofan left, Li Yuzhu stepped forward, picked up her shoes, and put them on. Fang Lin asked, "Little sister, do you two know each other?"
Li Yuzhu said, "Don't mention him. He's a complete scoundrel. Let's go."
Why are Yi Xiaofan and Su Wei here? It looks like they're having a fight.
Su Wei came to the market to buy clothes this afternoon and suddenly saw Yi Xiaofan there as well. The two of them were far apart, so Su Wei walked towards him.
Yi Xiaofan didn't see Su Wei. Just as Su Wei was about to call his name, she suddenly saw Yi Xiaofan take money out of a girl's bag and put the money into his own pocket.
Su Wei then realized that he was a thief. She had been following him in the dark for a long time and discovered that he had picked several women's bags; his targets were all women.
After Yi Xiaofan finished rummaging through a girl's bag, he turned around and suddenly saw Su Wei. He walked up to her and asked, "Honey, what are you doing here?"
Su Wei said, "Yi Xiaofan, I was truly blind. I made a choice and ended up with a thief. Let's break off the engagement. I won't spend my life with a thief."
Su Wei ran away as soon as she finished speaking, and Yi Xiaofan chased after her. He bumped into Li Yuzhu right at the street corner.
They returned to Xiulipu, and Fang Lin said, "School has been in session for several days now, and I have to go back to school immediately. I won't go home. I'm thinking of taking a bus to the provincial capital this afternoon and then taking the train back to school overnight. Please leave me your home address, and I'll come to your house to find you when I come back for winter break this year."
Dongqing said, "If you put it that way, I won't keep you any longer. Yuzhu, give Fanglin five hundred yuan so she can go to school."
Fang Lin said, "I don't need that much, two hundred yuan will be enough for me."
Li Yuzhu took out five hundred yuan from her bag and handed it to Fang Lin, saying, "Take this. Don't make yourself suffer at school."
Li Yuzhu took Fang Lin to the county long-distance bus station, bought him a long-distance bus ticket to the provincial capital, and then wrote down his second sister's address on a piece of paper. He said, "I often drive and don't have a fixed place. This is my second sister's address. Just go to her house, and she can take you there."
Fang Lin said, "Sister, I've got it." With tears in her eyes, she embraced Li Yuzhu tightly. She cried, and her cries represented countless unspoken words.
Li Yuzhu reached out and wiped away Fang Lin's tears, saying, "Don't cry anymore, let's get in the car."
After Fang Lin got on the bus, she leaned out of the window and cried, "I'll definitely come back for Chinese New Year this winter vacation. Goodbye, little sister!"
With tears in her eyes, Li Yuzhu said goodbye. The car slowly started moving, and Fang Lin cried out, "Sister, I'll come back to see you during winter break!"
Li Yuzhu waved to her and said "See you during the Spring Festival," and the bus gradually disappeared from her sight.
When Li Yuzhu returned to the repair shop, only half of the car railing had been welded; it looked like it would take until dark to finish.
The welding was finally completed after dark. The tractor bed itself was red, so the mechanic turned on the air pump and sprayed the side rails with iron-red paint. After the paint job, it looked very uniform, just like the original side rails.
That evening, Yi Xiaofan took Su Wei back to her village, Su Village. Su Wei couldn't shake off this scoundrel no matter what she tried; he stubbornly followed her back to the village. With tears in her eyes, Su Wei asked, "What are you doing following me? Are you going to my house?"
Yi Xiaofan said, "You are my fiancée, why can't I go to your house?"
Su Wei said, "You're not worthy to come to my house. Go to Zhang Li's house and wait for me. I'll be there right away."
After Su Wei finished speaking, she walked towards her own home. Yi Xiaofan, being quite sensible, turned around and walked towards Zhang Li's home.
Su Wei returned home, carrying the engagement gift Yi Xiaofan had given her, along with the two hundred yuan she had been given as a meeting gift. She then turned and walked out of the house toward Zhang Li's house.
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