Chapter 17: Guaguaguaguaguaguagua This is to turn hostility into friendship, ...
"Grandma, wait a minute, I brought you some food!"
Xiang Yao said this and returned to Liu Qiaoyun's room and brought the basket over.
Old Mrs. Huang could naturally guess her granddaughter's situation in the Xiang family, and immediately said distressedly: "You little kid, just come directly to see your mother, why bring anything? Grandma has everything she needs, why would a child like you bring anything?"
She had never thought highly of the Xiang family at first, especially when she went to Xiangjiawan to inquire about them, she had heard that the old woman Zhang Juhua was a powerful figure.
But at that time, Liu Qiaoyun felt that Xiang Liangsheng was good, and the old man also thought that this young man was very good, polite and honest. She thought that in life, as long as the man is good, it is better than anything else, so the two families got married.
Well, when Xiang Liangsheng was still around, the mother and daughter did suffer a little from Zhang Juhua, but they always avoided Xiang Liangsheng's tricks. Usually, with Xiang Liangsheng protecting them, it was nothing.
After all, which daughter-in-law doesn’t get angry at her mother-in-law?
Her daughter only gave birth to Xiang Yao, so she felt a little guilty.
This kind of thinking of the older generation is so deeply rooted that after Xiang Liangsheng died, the Xiang family drove Liu Qiaoyun back to the Liu family, and the Liu family did not even think about seeking justice.
But of course I still felt a bit uncomfortable because of this feeling.
Xiang Yao lifted the basket and motioned for Old Lady Huang to look. Old Lady Huang was feeling sad as she thought of the past, but when she saw the things in the basket, her eyes lit up.
"Wow! Peanuts!"
Xiang Yao repeated to Old Mrs. Huang the reasons for dealing with Liu Qiaoyun, which made Old Mrs. Huang so happy that her face became even more wrinkled.
She didn't know that Xiang Yao no longer had any more school to go to. She just thought that being appreciated by the teacher was a great thing, and told her to study harder and repay the teachers when she became successful in the future.
What else could Xiang Yao say? Of course he just nodded and kept saying "okay, okay" to himself.
After some pushing and pulling, Xiang Yao finally poured all the peanuts into Lao Liu's basket.
The sun sets in the west.
After saying goodbye to Old Mrs. Huang who tried desperately to get her to stay for dinner, and Liu Qiaoyun who was reluctant to leave, Xiang Yao put on her straw hat and set out on the road back to Xiangjiawan.
With these few pounds of peanuts as support, and seeing the attitude of Old Mrs. Huang, Xiang Yao felt more at ease.
Her mother won't be sad in the next few days.
When she came, the basket was filled with clothes and peanuts she had dug out from the melon field.
When he returned, the basket was not empty either. It contained a small piece of green cloth that Old Lady Huang had forced upon him, and a large piece of "pottery rice."
"Taofan" is glutinous rice cooked in a pot with firewood and mixed with a little white sugar. It is sweet, has a thick texture, and takes up a lot of space in the stomach.
However, there are few glutinous rice plants in Shangfeng County, so the yield is low and it is not an everyday food.
Last year, the Liu family planted a small plot of glutinous rice in their private plot, but the glutinous rice they harvested was kept hidden by Old Mrs. Huang and she would not take it out to eat easily.
Seeing Xiang Yao coming and getting so many peanuts, she thought about it, lit a fire and cooked some rice, and told her granddaughter to eat some on the way.
If the Xiang family didn't leave any food for her when she returned, she could still fill her stomach with this Tao rice.
In general, although some people in the Liu family were concerned about Liu Qiaoyun's long-term stay, they were suppressed by Old Lady Huang. Even if there were some sour words, they were just trivial matters and would not be exposed.
Even to someone like Liang Chunlian who looked down on her and her son, she was not actually a bad person. She had always been very polite to them during festivals and holidays.
So she understood that although such people would inevitably become mean-spirited after being around them for a long time, they would not actually do anything bad.
This made Xiang Yao feel much more at ease, and the journey home was easier than the journey there.
But after all, she had walked too much today. She was already panting loudly from exhaustion after only walking halfway.
It seemed as if God was against her. Just as she was about to walk to a flat place ahead to rest, she kicked a stone and twisted her ankle.
"Hiss—" Xiang Yao couldn't bear the pain for a moment and squatted on the ground, hissing and wrinkling his features. "This is too unlucky!"
She looked at the evil stone and wished she could smash it to pieces.
Bad thing!
Now, she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to reach Xiangjiawan even if it got completely dark. Xiang Yao simply sat down and waited quietly for the pain to subside.
Well, I am waiting, but I can’t be quiet at all!
"You broken stone, you dared to make me sprain my ankle today, will you make others fall tomorrow too? Huh?"
Xiang Yao muttered to himself, broke off a small branch from the side, and started digging stones.
"Look at you, why did you have to show up when you could just stay buried in the ground? Don't you know this is a road and people pass by it every day?"
"I'm telling you, when I dig you out, I'll throw you into the canal and put you in jail! I'll save you from causing trouble for others every day. I don't even know how many times I've been in trouble. Humph, you—"
As I was trying hard to dig the stones, I heard a sound behind me. It was the sound of tires hitting the dry and hard soil, making a slight vibration.
Without looking back, Xiang Yao knew that someone must be coming on a bicycle.
Her eyes lit up involuntarily—her savior had arrived!
As soon as I raised my head, my eyes met with the person riding a bicycle nearby.
Hmm, this handsome face looks familiar...
Wasn't he the male protagonist whom she had met on the mountain before, the one who starred in the love triangle drama with twists and turns and was besieged by rivals?
Hey, acquaintance!
It was this acquaintance who looked at him strangely, as if he was looking at someone mentally ill...
Xiang Yao recalled the scene of herself taking off her straw hat, with messy hair, sitting on the ground with legs stretched out, digging the soil and cursing a stone. She was so embarrassed that she wanted to dig a hole in the ground and crawl into it.
This is really embarrassing!
Because of this moment of embarrassment, before Xiang Yao could even ask for help, the young man had already withdrawn his gaze and rode away on his bicycle without looking back.
"Ah--" Xiang Yao slapped his thigh hard, and watched the young man's back disappear around the corner, regretting it so much.
It's broad daylight and there are few people passing by. Once a person with transportation passes by, we have to wait for the next one, and we don't know when he will appear!
Alas, Xiang Yao sighed again, lowered his head and continued digging stones.
Since she failed to ride on the other person's bicycle, she might as well continue to do good deeds. She must dig out this stone and throw it away today!
…
When the young man returned on his bike, he saw a gracefully curved neck exposed in the sun, so white that it almost glowed.
With a stern look in his eyes, he stepped on the brake beside the people, put his long legs on the ground to support the car, and looked at Xiang Yao who raised his head again foolishly.
"Are you injured?" He glanced at Xiang Yao's stretched legs and asked lightly.
Xiang Yao never expected that this person would be so kind as to actually come back. He nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "Yeah, I sprained my ankle. Are you going to Shitang Brigade too? Can you give me a ride?"
The young man said, "Hmm," and said, "Get in the car."
Xiang Yao smiled and said quickly, "Okay, okay, thank you so much. Please wait a moment, it will be ready soon!"
There are still many good people in this world!
She threw away the twig and pulled out the stone that was already mostly exposed.
The stone was pulled out, but her entire upper body was also pulled backward by inertia. If she hadn't reacted quickly and held on in time, she would have fallen into the ditch behind her...
"Haha... unexpected, unexpected." Xiang Yao felt that in just a short moment, all the embarrassment in her life came out.
Who likes to embarrass herself in front of a handsome guy? She really doesn't want to!
He struggled to get up from the ground, and when he exerted force on his ankle, the pain was so severe that Xiang Yao didn't even care about the embarrassment.
Well, between pain and embarrassment, she was forced to choose pain and embarrassment.
A clean hand stretched out towards Yao, with a broad palm, slender fingers, clear arm lines and slight blue veins, looking very powerful.
Xiang Yao was worried about having no support, and when he saw someone extending a helping hand, he didn't hesitate. He wiped his hands on his clothes and decisively reached out to hold the other person's hand.
With a little leverage, he stood up effortlessly.
Only after she got on the other person's bicycle did she realize the residual warmth on her hands.
A strange emotion rose from his heart, making Xiang Yao unable to stop recalling the scene just now and the other person's slightly dry and warm touch.
He suppressed this emotion, looked at his nose with his eyes, and his heart with his nose, without looking sideways.
A bump caused her to suddenly crash forward, rubbing against the other person's hard back, causing her nose to hurt.
Raising his hand to rub his nose, Xiang Yao secretly felt lucky that he hadn't been hit and bled, otherwise the other person's white shirt would have been covered in blood...
"Um, where did you come from?"
One way to get out of an awkward situation is to take the initiative and break the silence.
Xiang Yao blinked and decided to choose a question from "Where are you coming from and where are you going?"
Ahem, of course, there was no need to ask where they were going, since both of their destinations were the brigade, so she had to ask the other one.
"County town." A clear voice came from the front.
county seat?
Xiang Yao's eyes lit up, and he adjusted his sitting position slightly, and his whole body stood up straight.
Originally, he went to the No. 1 High School in the county, but when Xiang Yao traveled through time, it was summer vacation and he had never been to the county town.
She asked, "Don't you have to go to the fields to earn work points?"
The other party said, "It won't take more than one or two days."
Xiang Yao understood. Since this person could afford to ride a bicycle, he certainly wouldn't care about those few work points.
You know, there are only a few bicycles in the entire Shitang Brigade!
I have to say, Xiang Yao felt relaxed once he got on the bike.
If she just relied on limping, she might not be able to finish the journey.
She thought to herself, I still need money. Once I have money, I can buy a bicycle so that I can go everywhere conveniently.
But then I thought about it again, and realized that buying a car these days is not that easy. It’s not enough to have money, you also need a ticket.
Not to mention tickets, she doesn't even have money right now...
It's so sad...
Xiang Yao thought that she had to be diligent in eating melons, so that she could get more access to the melon fields, get more fruits, and try her luck in the county to see if she could sell them secretly.
Just as I was about to ask this kind-hearted handsome guy if there was the legendary black market in the county town, the car suddenly braked -
Well, Xiang Yao covered his nose, feeling that his nose was really in trouble today. This was the second time it hit him, it hurt!
It hurt so much that tears came out.
Xiang Yao could blame anything, but he would never blame himself for not being able to keep his balance.
This guy, why is his back so stiff! Damn it!
"Come down." said the person in front.
Xiang Yao paused in covering her nose and slightly widened her eyes.
Huh? Are you trying to kick her out?
She didn't do anything...
Just as I was wondering whether I should sit there stubbornly or get off the bus to protect my dignity, I noticed that there were several people stopped in front.
Two of them were the ones who had fought with the young man in the woods before. One was Brother Hai, and the other was a dark-skinned guy whose name was unknown.
Is this because you lost the fight last time and are really here to get back at him?
It comes as soon as I say melon, it’s effortless!
A hint of excitement flashed in Xiang Yao's eyes, and he immediately decided not to interfere with this battle of love. He turned over nimbly and jumped on one leg to stand under a tree.
"Okay, go ahead and don't worry. I wish you success!" she said with a smile.
The young man turned his head to glance at her, his eyes once again strange and inexplicable.
But he didn't say anything in the end. He just stepped on the pedal and headed towards those people.
Xiang Yao's bright eyes were full of dazzling light. She felt that she was standing in the right position. She could barely hear what they were saying, and if a fight really broke out, they would not hit her.
But Xiang Yao watched for a long time and did not see them fighting.
What's going on?
Are you trying to turn hostility into friendship and stop fighting?
Which party gave up on continuing the love entanglement with the girl named Wei Hong?
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