Chapter 09 Chapter 9

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything."

Jia Mingzhang looked at Jia Yourui with a smile, "Young people should go out more often."

Jia Yourui nodded shyly: "Yeah."

He asked Jia Guoye: "Guoye, are you going to harvest the early rice tomorrow?"

Jia Guoye shook his head: "I'll harvest it in two days."

"That's perfect." Jia Mingzhang said happily: "Lend me your sickle. Our Xiao Miao will also join the double grab this year. We are short of a sickle at home. The blacksmith is busy these days, and it will take a few days to get a sickle."

"Okay." Jia Guoye said: "I will deliver the sickle to your house tomorrow morning."

"Thank you."

Jia Mingzhang patted his shoulder: "Okay, you guys go on, I won't bother you."

Jia Yourui said: "Goodbye, uncle."

"Goodbye, goodbye." Jia Mingzhang waved and walked away.

...

Jia Yourui's face was still a little red.

"Is it time to harvest the early rice?" she asked.

"Yes." Jia Guoye said: "I will harvest after the Lesser Heat."

"Do you need help?"

Jia Yourui vaguely remembered that harvesting early rice and planting late rice were connected. During this period of labor, people had to rush to harvest and plant, day and night, and it was very tiring.

This sentence made Jia Guoye's heart itch.

He said calmly, "No, I can handle it."

Jia Yourui asked, "Will it not be very hard?"

"No." He smiled and said, "Not too tired, don't worry."

...

The two chatted and strolled, the atmosphere was relaxed and peaceful.

Others, however, were shocked by their simultaneous appearance.

Most of the people in the village who saw or heard about this were either confused or couldn't believe it.

Because of the drama of the marriage and the huge difference in appearance, the Jia Guoye couple became an indispensable topic of conversation for the villagers after dinner.

Jia Yourui's bad reputation in the neighboring village had spread to their village a long time ago. In addition, she had a restless face. After she got married, she really never took Jia Guoye seriously. She flirted with other men who flirted with her. The villagers were more convinced that she was a womanizer. Many young men and married men had fantasies about her. Some women in the village who didn't like her wanted to peel her skin off. As for

Jia Guoye, some people felt sorry for him. He had a hard life since he was a child. It would have been fine if he had encountered misfortune at a young age. He married a beautiful young wife who ignored him. If he wasn't tall, he would have been a living Pan Jinlian and Wu Dalang.

But some people were jealous of him. Whose wife was as pretty as his?

Even if the little girl despises him, she will have to go home with him. They might even sleep in the same bed at night. Just thinking about it makes people grit their teeth and get angry. Even if Jia Yourui has a bad reputation, it is worth it to look at her face.

When Jia Kaiqian asked the matchmaker for a son-in-law, there were plenty of strong young men who asked the matchmaker to look for him. I don't know why the old man actually fell in love with the ferocious Jia Guoye. Who doesn't know that his right leg was burned and crippled when he crawled out of the fire? Such a half-crippled man who was driven out of the house by his brother and sister-in-law and even had a shabby house actually married such a delicate beauty. Who wouldn't say that God has no eyes?

Men always have a desire to save. The worse Jia Guoye is, the more pitiful Jia Yourui looks. With her pink face and her big, watery eyes, who wouldn't want to "save" the beauty?

Moreover, I don't know if Jia Guoye is really scared or just pretending to be stupid. He never asks about the rumors about Jia Yourui's affairs. He always keeps silent and only cares about working and making money.

...

Jia Yourui actually went out for a walk with Jia Guoye?

People who saw it couldn't believe their eyes.

When did their relationship become better?

Didn't Jia Yourui ignore Jia Guoye?

But no matter how surprised she was, she had to greet him when they met face to face: "Jia Guoye."

"Jia Lei."

Jia Lei said with a smile: "Want to take a walk after dinner? Want a cigarette?"

He took out a rolled cigarette from his chest and handed it to Jia Guoye.

"No thanks." Jia Guoye politely refused.

He tilted his head and looked at Jia Yourui: "She doesn't like the smell of smoke."

A small firework popped in Jia Yourui's mind. How did he know?

She didn't like the smell of secondhand smoke. In his previous life, Jia Guoye would avoid her when he smoked. But considering that they were not very familiar with each other, she didn't say anything when Jia Guoye smoked in front of her.

Jia Lei took his hand back and said awkwardly, "Is that so?"

Jia Guoye said, "Then we'll go first."

"Okay." Jia Lei said with a smile.

...

When Jia Guoye walked away, Jia Lei spat on the ground, "Pah."

He said disdainfully, "Why are you so arrogant? Why don't you count how many green hats you have on your head?"

Jia Lei is about the same age as Jia Guoye, but he hasn't married yet.

These days, there are more men than women, and girls are more expensive than young men. Matchmakers always come to propose marriages with girls. He was picked several times but was not chosen. On the other hand, Jia Guoye, with a red scar on his face, was loved by his father-in-law. He couldn't help feeling a little unbalanced.

Although he was resentful, Jia Lei couldn't help but feel a little confused. Why did Jia Guoye's young wife come out with him?

Could it be that their relationship has improved? Did he really get his hands on the swan meat?

Pah, pah, pah.

As soon as this thought came to his mind, he couldn't stand it.

Impossible!

How could Jia Guoye deserve that!

...

Jia Guoye started cooking after he got home. The two of them ate later than other families and waited for Jia Guoye to take a shower before coming out, so they didn't meet many people on the road. It was the busy farming season, and people who took a walk after dinner basically walked around twice and went home to work.

But within tomorrow, the news that Jia Yourui and Jia Guoye went out for a walk together will spread throughout the village in gossip.

...

Jia Yourui asked curiously, "How do you know I don't like the smell of smoke?"

Jia Guoye looked at her and said, "Just now I was smoking, and when you came close, I felt a little suffocated."

Jia Yourui admired his observation.

"Then do you feel uncomfortable to accommodate me like this?"

Farm work is heavy and life is stressful. There are few ways to entertain now, and smoking is undoubtedly a way to relieve stress.

Jia Yourui knew that he had been addicted to smoking since he was young.

"It's okay, just restrain yourself a little."

Seeing Jia Guoye's calm and relaxed look, Jia Yourui's thoughts drifted away:

...

The previous Jia Guoye was not so serious. When he was addicted to cigarettes, she asked him to go out to smoke, but he hugged her shamelessly, bit her face, and shamelessly said: "Let me kiss you twice, I will calm down."

She couldn't hide or push him away, so she could only let him do what he wanted.

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