Song Lili and Yang Mei were fast, and with the help of Zhang Qinghua and Daqing, they quickly dug up a lot.
Zhang Qinghua and Daqing moved even faster. The pile of firewood was already quite large, and the two of them had some difficulty carrying it down, so they stopped.
Whenever he had free time, Daqing would go over to Yangmei, wanting to talk to her, but he was worried about the other people around, so he was almost scratching his head in frustration.
Song Lili, with a mischievous streak, refused to leave, standing there wanting to see Daqing's anxious and agitated expression.
After receiving several eye-rolls and fierce glares from Daqing, Song Lili slowly got up, threw down the basket, and walked away.
Thinking to myself, "Fine, I'll take pity on Daqing and let him have a good talk with Sister Yangmei."
As soon as Song Lili made a move, Zhang Qinghua immediately followed suit, making Daqing curse inwardly, "What a heartless bastard when it comes to women."
But they had long forgotten that they were the same kind of person.
Song Lili walked to a place where she couldn't see anyone else, then found a place to sit down and stared blankly at the foot of the mountain.
Zhang Qinghua followed behind her, noticing that she seemed preoccupied, and silently stayed by her side.
At this moment, Song Lili was actually feeling somewhat emotional and complicated.
She has been here for a year, and she has also been away from her original world for a year.
Time flies, and she has unknowingly integrated into this world. Although she is still not used to it, she no longer feels out of place.
She occasionally thinks of her former family and friends.
Looking back now, it feels like a lifetime ago, leaving her somewhat disoriented. Were those things in her memory truly things she "experienced"?
I thought about it for a long time but couldn't find the answer. The more I wondered, the more unreal it felt.
At this moment, she gave off an ethereal and helpless feeling, as if she might disappear at any moment, which made Zhang Qinghua next to her frown.
He disliked this feeling, always feeling that Song Lili might fly away, making him want to do something to ruin it.
He hadn't felt this way with Song Lili in a long time.
What was she thinking of this time?
What was Song Lili thinking? She was wondering if one day she would suddenly return to her original world.
Will it?
Nobody can say for sure.
Her arrival was completely unexpected, without warning, and caught everyone off guard.
Therefore, when she first arrived, she was afraid, uneasy, and anxious, always feeling that there was danger around her, like a frightened bird.
Now that she's settled in here, would she be willing to go back?
Deep down, it seems I was unwilling.
Although the place was poor and backward, she received what she had longed for before: family affection.
Things she longed for but could not obtain before.
To others, the Song family might seem like an incomplete family, but she liked it very much and enjoyed it.
Therefore, she was unwilling to return to her original world.
She wanted to stay here.
Before Zhang Qinghua had even taken any action, he noticed that Song Lili had become more real and down-to-earth.
That feeling of flying away is gone too.
He didn't ask out of curiosity, but simply looked down the mountain with Song Lili.
Neither of them spoke, yet the atmosphere was harmonious and subtly comfortable.
Song Lili suddenly asked, "Zhang Qinghua, what are your plans for the future?" He can't stay in this small mountain village of Hongqi forever.
After all, he is a highly educated person, and probably not many people would want him to stay in the village.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Qinghua turned to look at Song Lili, who was staring straight ahead. "I used to think about it, but now I suddenly don't. I just want to stay here."
"Why?" Song Lili asked curiously. Did he know that such a thing would happen a few years later? That shouldn't be possible.
Zhang Qinghua withdrew his gaze, looking ahead with a distant look in his eyes. "Because I still have important things to do. I will realize my ideas after I finish them."
"Is there something more important? What is it?" Song Lili pondered. What was important to Zhang Qinghua at the moment?
It seems like there's nothing wrong with it, right?
"And you, what are your plans for the future?" Zhang Qinghua didn't answer, but instead asked Song Lili.
"I want to go out and see the world. I don't want to stay in this small village for the rest of my life. Although it's peaceful here and life is pretty good, I still want to go out and see the world."
She wasn't going to see the outside world; she had already seen it all before.
I just don't want to spend my whole life toiling in the fields; I want to do what I want to do and travel around.
"Then let's go together, I'll be going out too."
Song Lili happily agreed, "Okay, but I may have to wait several more years before I can go out."
We should wait until things calm down outside before going out; it's safer to stay in this small mountain village right now.
“It’s okay, it will also take me several years, so our time will probably be about the same.”
"Really? That's great! Let's go together. With you by my side, I won't feel so lonely."
Song Lili was very happy; she had never found Zhang Qinghua so pleasing to the eye before.
"But where do you want to go? I want to visit the capital; I've never been there before."
She had never been there before, either now or in the past, so she had always wanted to go.
“Great, I want to go to the capital too.”
Song Lili's face lit up with joy, her happiness almost overflowing. "Okay, it's a deal." She raised both hands to give Zhang Qinghua a high five.
Zhang Qinghua raised his hand and quickly gave Song Lili a high five.
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