Chapter 58 Chapter 58
"Don't wait, Dad." Jia Youkai felt that his father's idea was unreasonable. His younger sister's worries had been resolved and she could live in the village. What was there to "delay"? Originally, Jia Guoye was just asked to take care of his younger sister temporarily.
Jia Youkai said, "Ruirui is only seventeen years old. It won't delay her if she is brought back now. Dad, you are really a fool. You let Jia Guoye marry Ruirui, which made Ruirui's marriage a second marriage in the future. How bad is her reputation."
Jia Kaiqian said nothing.
Liu Xiuli was washing dishes in the kitchen, and she pricked up her ears to listen to the conversation between the grandfathers outside.
She felt uneasy when she heard her husband's resolute attitude. How could Youkai know that his sister might have already fallen in love.
No wonder, Liu Xiuli thought, she saw how good Jia Guoye was to his younger sister, and Ruirui was still treated like a spoiled young lady after getting married.
Although Jia Guoye is not good-looking, even ugly, his character and ability are far superior to others. In fact, Liu Xiuli really thinks that there is no need to bring Ruirui back. First, because Ruirui likes Jia Guoye now; second, because the man Ruirui finds in the future may not be better than Jia Guoye. Maybe someone will come to covet Xiaomei's beauty and obey Xiaomei in his youth, but turn his face and disown him after Xiaomei has children and becomes old. There are too many such examples.
But Liu Xiuli dare not say this to her husband. Jia Youkai hates Jia Guoye to death.
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The tractor did not drive directly to the county town, but had to stop at several nearby villages to attract more customers.
Every time the car stopped, a few people got on. Jia Yourui and Jia Guoye were stared at, especially Jia Guoye, who looked completely different, but in his arms sat a crystal-like beauty. Just one look at her made her heart burn. She wanted to rush up and pull her out of Jia Guoye's arms. He was not worthy!
Jia Yourui didn't mind being looked at. After all, she had always been praised for her beauty since she was a child. But she didn't like the way others looked at Jia Guoye. They looked at her with sympathy, ridicule, and a mixture of small discussions. They winked at him. Jia Yourui frowned and looked up at Jia Guoye. He didn't react at all. Seeing her looking at him, he thought she wanted to know when they could arrive. It was uncomfortable to sit in the tractor. Jia Guoye said, "Wait a little longer. We can get off in more than ten minutes."
"Hey."
Jia Yourui couldn't help it. She glared at the man and woman sitting opposite them, who had been pointing at Jia Guoye since they got on the bus, and said, "You've been looking at us for a long time. It's very rude."
Yanli's little face showed a fierce expression, but the intimidation was obviously insufficient. It was just that Jia Guoye's eyes were scary. He looked in the direction of Jia Yourui's sight, with a hint of anger, coupled with his terrifying face, staring at people in the sun and shuddering.
The man and the woman blushed, and the man shook his hands, "Sorry, we'll give you a gift." He signaled that they would not look at them anymore.
Jia Yourui calmed down a little, turned her head and leaned on Jia Guoye's chest, looking away.
Jia Guoye gently pinched her shoulders and said, "It's okay."
After Jia Yourui's outburst, the other people sitting on the tractor calmed down and looked away.
On the shaky road, in the warm and comfortable embrace, Jia Yourui fell asleep leaning on Jia Guoye unconsciously. When Jia Guoye found out, he held her chin gently with his hand, lowered his head and looked at her sleeping with eyes closed, with affection in his eyes about to overflow, and a faint smile on the corners of his mouth.
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"Xiaorui, wake up."
Jia Guoye said softly:
"We've arrived at the county town."
Jia Yourui opened her eyes half asleep and half awake. The tractor had stopped and people got off the car one after another.
Jia Guoye had taken care of her all the way, and his hands felt a little sore. Jia Yourui rubbed her eyes and yawned. He pinched her wrists twice and turned her joints.
Jia Yourui supported her shoulders and slowly stood up. Jia Guoye stood up afterwards. He held Jia Yourui's hand and followed the crowd to get off the bus.
Jia Guoye carried a cloth bag with a water bottle on his shoulder, and held Jia Yourui, who had just woken up and was still confused, with one hand. He let go of Jia Yourui's hand, took two steps out of the bus, then turned around and carefully held Jia Yourui with both hands, helping her get out of the car.
Jia Yourui turned into a clingy girl. As soon as she got off the bus, she hugged his arm. Her dark braids swung behind her back, looking very beautiful.
She had just had a good sleep and was very energetic. Now she was fully awake, turning her head to look left and right, looking around curiously. In the late 1980s, the county town of her hometown looked like this.
Compared with the crowded scenes in the prosperous metropolis in the future, there were not many pedestrians on the street, and there were not many styles of clothes, but the colors were very rich, red, green and printed. Jia Yourui was a little dazzled.
Jia Yourui was like a small fish and shrimp that had just entered the big river and the ocean from a small river. She was curious about everything.
Jia Guoye thought she had been at home for too long, but she didn't know that she was just filling in the vague memories of the past.
She asked, "Where do you usually set up your stall?"
Jia Guoye said, "In front of the junior high school."
"Is it far from here?" Jia Yourui smiled, "If it's not far, I want to go and have a look."
It's not far, but Jia Guoye said, "It's quite far."
Most of the people setting up stalls have not packed up yet, and he doesn't want to bring Xiaorui to appear in front of those who are familiar with him.