Chapter 06 Chapter 6
With just one glance, he connected the girl in front of him with the legendary beautiful girl who was raised in a pampered manner.
The rumors were true, this girl really didn't look like she could be born in the village.
The girl's skin was as white as fine and soft cotton, and her eyes were not only big, but also uniquely bright and clear, like the cleanest stream water, and like the most perfect glass beads.
In addition, the girl's facial features were all beautiful, with a small and straight nose, a pink nose tip, small lips, also pink, and a palm-sized face that was white and rosy, so beautiful that it was glowing.
She was standing under a tree holding a rag doll, with two waist-length braids hanging behind her head, with two flowers tied on the braids, and a dark blue cloth skirt, revealing two jade-white calves, and a pair of cloth shoes of the same color on her feet.
Just like spring makes wild flowers bloom, the appearance of the girl made everything in front of him bright and lively, no longer dark and gloomy.
...
The girl looked up and stared at him with a pair of crystal-clear big round eyes.
Jia Guoye stared at her for a few seconds. His worn and dirty clothes and listless state made him feel very embarrassed.
He turned his head and stopped looking at her.
He heard the girl's caring voice: "Can't you get down?"
There was still a hint of childishness in her voice.
Jia Guoye didn't say anything.
He ignored her, but couldn't help but secretly look at her.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, the girl blinked and continued to ask: "Do you need help?"
She looked up and said naively: "You can hold the tree trunk and step on my shoulders to get down."
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Jia Guoye found this funny.
How could he dare to step on such a delicate girl who looked like she would be blown away by a strong wind
? He felt a sense of play in his heart.
"Okay," he said, "Stand closer to the tree so that I can step on your shoulder."
Jia Guoye had a contemptuous smile on his face. The little girl just wanted to be a good person and show her sympathy and kindness. He didn't believe that the girl was really willing to help a sloppy stranger.
He worked in the mud for the whole morning and looked very ugly.
But something unexpected happened.
The pretty little girl listened to him, squatted down, carefully placed the doll on the grass, and then ran to the tree.
She looked at him with a smile and said comfortingly, "Come down."
Jia Yourui imitated the tone of her parents and brothers and sisters talking to her, and coaxed, "It's okay, don't be afraid."
...
Jia Guoye deliberately climbed down slowly.
As he climbed down, he saw the little girl's hands tightly grasping, so tense that they were clenched into fists, but her expression was always smiling. Was she trying to comfort him?
The little girl's back was straight, and the hem of her blue skirt fluttered in the wind.
He saw her snow-white neck, which was really thin and fragile.
He had a dark thought and wanted to dirty her a little.
...
"No need."
He bypassed her like a monkey and quickly slipped down from the other side of the tree.
It's too clean, Jia Guoye thought.
He couldn't bear to leave.
......
The pretty girl was stunned. She said admiringly: "You are amazing. I have never climbed so high."
Maybe he was too bored, or maybe this girl was different from others. Jia Guoye, who was always taciturn, said for the first time: "Can I help you? Try?"
The little girl looked embarrassed and hesitant. She bit her lower lip and said apologetically: "It may not work today. I am wearing a skirt..."
"Yeah." Jia Guoye was so obsessed that he didn't notice that she couldn't climb the tree in a skirt.
He cursed himself in his heart for asking for trouble.
"Can we do it tomorrow?"
She looked at Jia Guoye expectantly with sparkling eyes.
Tomorrow?
Jia Guoye nodded: "Sure."
He felt a sense of revenge.
Since he did the most work and ate the least every day, he should rest more.
"Thank you, brother!"
Jia Guoye's heart was shocked by the call of brother.
The girl grinned, revealing two or three white teeth.
This was the most beautiful smile Jia Guoye had ever seen.
...
Jia Guoye's stomach rumbled at an inopportune time.
"Brother, are you hungry?" the girl asked curiously.
Jia Guoye shook his head and said briefly and casually, "Not bad."
"I have some food here."
The girl held the doll in one hand and took out an oil-paper bag from her pocket with the other hand.
"Brother, all for you." She said generously, and handed the oil-paper bag to him with a smile.
How could Jia Guoye accept this? He said, "No, I have food at home."
The girl was a little disappointed, her bright eyes dimmed, and she pleaded, "Brother, try it, it's delicious, my sister bought it for me."
Facing such a pair of eyes, Jia Guoye's heart softened.
He took the oil paper package, opened it, and found two large pieces of fragrant peanut candy.
It was pitiful, the first time in his life that he got so much candy, and it came from a little sister he just met.
Sometimes the family also bought candy, but they had to share it with others first, and he was always the last one to get it.
The small piece that was occasionally distributed would disappear as soon as he put it in his mouth and tasted it.
He broke off a small piece and ate it, then wrapped the rest of the candy and gave it back to her.
"Thank you," he said.
"Brother, is it delicious?"
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The scorching sparks from the cigarette burned his hands, making him shiver. Jia Guoye woke up from his memories and threw the cigarette butt that was almost burnt to the ground.
This cigarette was wasted. Immersed in the past, he didn't take many puffs.
He felt something strange at the corner of his mouth, and when he touched it, he was still smiling.
The memories are so beautiful that it is easy to fall into them every time.
Jia Guoye changed direction and his eyes drifted into the distance. He knew that was Xijia Village.
There he received a gift from God - a month of heavenly days.
He was a teenager at that time, his body was intact, his skin was not damaged, and he spent a dreamlike period of time with a kind, well-behaved and gentle girl, who was so beautiful that no amount of praise could describe her.
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Fifteen-year-old Jia Guoye was unloved by his father and mother, and had a cold temper, like a hard stone.
But that afternoon changed him.
He was taciturn, but talkative in front of Jia Yourui. He would nag Jia Yourui to teach her the essentials of climbing trees, repeatedly reminding her to pay attention to safety and to protect her firmly. When taking her to light a fire and grill fish, he taught her not to get too close to the flames.
He was born lacking in love, gloomy and indifferent, but he could not help smiling when looking at Jia Yourui, and he always wanted to make the little girl laugh.
He was hungry and poor, but he would go to the mountains to help people cut pig grass in the moonlight at night to earn a little money. He used the money to buy candies and pearl flowers for the little girl. He was happy no matter how tired he was when he thought of the little girl's smile.
He worked hard, but suddenly his temper changed. He was nowhere to be seen in the afternoon. He was scolded by his angry family, but he didn't change...
But the good times didn't last long. A fire destroyed everything. All his good days came to an abrupt end. The beautiful memories before the fire became a swan song. They were the last and only happy days in his memory.
He became disabled and ugly. The rugged scars destroyed most of his face. He couldn't even face himself, let alone face her?
From then on, he no longer had the courage to see the fairy-like beautiful and pure girl.
Good things are always fleeting. When fate is over, the deadline is up.
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But Jia Guoye in the previous life didn't know, but Jia Yourui never forgot.