Bai Ruozhen pretended not to see Aunt Wang's expression and said, "Let's go back first."
Aunt Wang nodded. "Your parents don't know you're back, right? They haven't heard about it."
"Yeah." Bai Ruozhen didn't want to say more to her. He called Gu Changqing and walked inside.
Aunt Wang followed behind, constantly sizing up Gu Changqing. While he might be good-looking, he was still a country boy. Tsk tsk, what good was good looks? Nothing could compare to city life. In a few years, the juicy little cucumbers would turn into rough loofahs. Even the Bai family's second daughter would likely be a sallow-faced woman by then.
When Bai Ruozhen and Gu Changqing stood at the door and knocked, Aunt Wang had already gone to other neighbors' homes to spread the news.
The most beautiful daughter of the Bai family has returned with her boyfriend, a country boy!
"Who is it?"
Bai Ruozhen knocked on the door, and Li Qiulan's familiar voice came from inside.
Bai Ruozhen's eyes welled up and she called out, "Mom." When she left, she thought she wouldn't miss home. After all, she had stayed in this poor home with Bai Ruoxin for too short a time, and she thought she didn't have many feelings for them. But when she heard Li Qiulan's familiar voice, she suddenly thought of Li Qiulan's nagging words the night she just came through, and the instructions she gave her before leaving.
Li Qiulan inside was visibly stunned, then asked in surprise, "Zhenzhen?"
Just as Bai Ruozhen finished her "hmm," the door opened and a small figure rushed over. "Second sister."
Bai Ruozhen looked down and saw that it was Bai Lishan.
The little guy still looked the same half a year later, thin and small, with a pale face, which made her feel distressed. Fortunately, she brought back good things this time, so she had to nourish him no matter what.
Li Qiulan wiped her tears with her sleeve as she looked at her daughter whom she hadn't seen for half a year. "I'm glad you're back. Come in."
Bai Ruozhen nodded and said, "Mom, I brought someone back."
"Who?" Li Qiulan's heart was filled with alarm. "Who did you bring back?"
Bai Ruozhen pursed his lips and smiled, "My boyfriend."
Li Qiulan felt her vision go dark. "What?" Her daughter found a boyfriend? Could it be a country boy?
"Hello, aunt." Gu Changqing came over and bowed to Li Qiulan.
Li Qiulan looked at Gu Changqing, who was smiling enthusiastically in front of her, and couldn't recover for a long time. Her daughter went to the countryside for half a year and already brought her boyfriend back?
She couldn't believe it. Although he looked good, he was still a country boy, a farmer. Was her daughter going to settle down in the countryside, get married, and have children? Li Qiulan found this a little hard to accept.
Bai Ruozhen looked at her mother and said, "I ran into Aunt Wang when I first came up here."
"Huh?" Li Qiulan was stunned for a moment before quickly reacting, "Come in quickly."
Bai Ruozhen and Gu Changqing entered the house carrying large and small bags and slammed the door shut.
Aunt Wang and a neighbor were about to come over to watch the fun outside, but when they saw the door was closed, they immediately said to the other person, "Did you see it? He's just a country boy, just a little good-looking. Li Qiulan felt embarrassed and was afraid that we would go to watch the fun."
"Oh, what a pity for that girl. She's so pretty. I used to want to marry her to be my daughter-in-law." The speaker was the wife of the logistics director of the machinery factory.
Aunt Wang's eyes lit up and she quickly said, "Sister-in-law Sun, what do you think of my third daughter?"
The director's wife shuddered when she thought of Aunt Wang's third daughter, "Forget it, I'm leaving." After saying that, she didn't care about watching the fun anymore and ran away quickly.
Aunt Wang rolled her eyes and said, "My third daughter doesn't even look down on your family."
Without mentioning how Aunt Wang publicized Bai Ruozhen's return with his country girl, she simply said that Li Qiulan called Bai Ruozhen and Gu Changqing into the house and said, "Sit down and rest for a while."
Bai Ruozhen nodded, then asked Gu Changqing to sit down.
Bai Liqiang hurriedly moved a stool to Bai Ruozhen, "Second sister, please sit down."
The little guy has been following Bai Ruozhen closely ever since he came in.
"Mom, did Liqiang go to work?" Bai Ruozhen asked as he sat down.
Li Qiulan uttered an "ah" and nodded, "I'm going to work."
"Where's my elder sister? Has she gone to work too?" Bai Ruozhen was a little surprised not to see Bai Ruoxin. After all, the educated youth who went to the countryside had not left yet.
Li Qiulan became upset when she mentioned her eldest daughter, and said unhappily, "Who knows where she is? She will have to go to the countryside soon anyway." Now she thought that the eldest daughter was not as considerate as the second daughter. She even forced her to give her the position and let Bai Liqiang go to the countryside as an educated youth. She didn't even think about the fact that Bai Liqiang was the eldest son and grandson of their Bai family, and she couldn't let him go to the countryside.
Well, Bai Ruoxin started to make a fuss. Now that the Youth League Office had issued the notice, it was a foregone conclusion whether Bai Ruoxin was willing or not. Even so, Bai Ruoxin was still not satisfied and wanted to force her father to give her the position. She didn't think about how the work done by the man could be given to a girl. Moreover, their family's income mainly depended on Bai Jiansheng. If someone else was replaced, the two apprentices in the family would not be able to survive.
Bai Ruozhen didn't want to see her elder sister either, so she nodded, "What about my younger sister?"
"He's gone out to play." Li Qiulan said, and then saw Gu Changqing was upset. "Lishan, pour this comrade a glass of water."
Bai Lishan obediently went to pour water.
Li Qiulan pulled Bai Ruozhen and said, "Come in with me." Then she turned and went into the inner room.
Bai Ruozhen smiled at Gu Changqing and went in. "Mom, what's going on?"
Li Qiulan closed the door and said angrily, "Come on, how come you're already in a relationship after only six months in the countryside? And you even brought her home?"
"Mom." Bai Ruozhen knew her mother was worried about her. "He's here to propose marriage. I'll bring him to meet you. We're planning to get engaged."
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