Chapter 115 Guaguagua Two-in-One
The simple villagers had no reason to refuse to visit a seriously ill relative. He Jinfeng and his wife remained silent on this matter, and finally gave in after asking Xiaoya for her own opinion.
Xiaoya hurriedly followed Sun Qiaozhen and her husband away, but she also said that she would come back after visiting her grandmother.
She thought she would only be gone for a day or two, so although she couldn't hide her reluctance on her face, she still changed into more decent clothes and prepared to go to an unfamiliar environment and visit a bedridden old man.
Sun Qiaozhen and Li Zhiguo had completely lost their previous emotions at this time and could not help but become overjoyed.
The couple repeatedly assured that they would definitely send the person over safely. They spoke very nicely and expressed their willingness to slowly cultivate their relationship in the future so that Xiaoya could be close to both sides.
But judging from the worried expressions on He Jinfeng and Zhou Laoer's faces, Xiaoya's return home might not be so smooth.
The two of them were already quite distracted when Xiaoya gritted her teeth and decided to go and take a look.
As parents, they raise their daughters as if they were flowers. When they reach a certain age, they are willing to hand them over to a carefully selected and suitable son-in-law.
However, they never imagined that one day the flower would be found and taken away by the other two people who had sowed the seeds.
How can this not make people feel anxious?
If Xiang Yao hadn't whispered a reminder to He Jinfeng to find out where the Li family lived, the couple would probably have let them go in a daze.
But at least they knew the address. Even if the other party really decided not to send the person back, Zhou Laoer and the others could go and see what was going on.
On the way back, Xiang Yao and He Yuezhi felt a little melancholy. Things like this always make people feel like they are walking into a gloomy day, making it difficult to be in a good mood.
"I think there's something wrong with that couple," He Yuezhi glanced at the Zhou family with her drooping eyes. "You say they're impolite, carrying huge bags and small items, and talking a lot. But you say they're polite, but they're all talk and no action. He Jinfeng asked her to take away the gifts she brought, and they actually took them away."
These country people are not like that. They will never really take back the gifts they give.
Xiang Yao said, "Putting aside other things, I just think Xiaoya's mother speaks in a strange voice."
People of this era probably don’t know that this kind of people will have a special label in later generations, called “green tea”.
What about "Sister-in-law won't be angry", "Sister-in-law can understand the painstaking efforts of us as mothers"...
Tsk tsk, she only noticed that the couple treated Xiaoya like a hot commodity, and didn’t see any sincerity or lack of it.
He Yuezhi and Xiang Yao sighed in unison, and after sighing, they realized that they had a tacit understanding, and couldn't help but look at each other and smile.
"Hey, hey," He Yuezhi stopped thinking about the Zhou family's affairs, rubbed Xiang Yao's arm, and asked in a suppressed voice, "How is your man?"
Gossip about what happens in the bedroom is probably a talent that middle-aged people suddenly awaken when they reach a certain age.
At first, Xiang Yao thought the aunt was asking about Nie Baichuan. After a moment's thought, she replied objectively, "He's quite good. He's proactive and considerate. Most importantly, he's good-looking."
He Yuezhi winked and said, "Who's asking you that? Everyone in Xiangjiawan knows what kind of person Comrade Xiao Nie is. I'm asking about that!"
It seemed as if ten thousand invisible crows were flying in a line in front of Xiang Yao's forehead, cawing.
What I mean is, aunties, do you all pry into people's private lives so directly?
She thought and thought, and worded it again and again, and finally managed to mumble, "Very good, very good."
He Yuezhi chuckled twice and asked, "How is it so good? You young people, hey, aren't you full of energy and vigor? What tricks do you come up with?"
Xiang Yao: Ah?
Xiang Yao: ...
Xiang Yao's face suddenly turned as red as a boiled crayfish.
She thought that she had seen some of the world and was very open about such matters, but she never thought that the older generation was even more open-minded than her!
This is a bit too generous. If she is really enthusiastic about sharing her sex life with others, then she is a brainless person...
After all, in such a large team, there is no gossip that won't spread...
Although she doesn't mind being the topic of conversation for others after dinner, she does mind when the topic of conversation is her sex life!
So Xiang Yao gave him a fake smile and said, "That's it."
He Yuezhi was obviously not satisfied with this perfunctory answer and was about to ask in detail: "Just like that, which one is it——"
Xiang Yao was already two steps behind. While shouting, "Auntie, I remembered that I have something important to do when I go back, so I won't talk to you anymore!", he started running as fast as he could.
By the time He Yuezhi reacted, the little girl had already run a long way away.
She looked at the fleeing figure and muttered, "Her home is not in this direction..."
…
Xiang Yao felt that in that short minute, she had been so embarrassed that she passed out and came back to life, and then passed out again.
She made up her mind that she would just make a short companionship while eating melons in the future, but after eating the melons, she would never leave with these aunts.
Xiang Yao pinched a piece of yellowed foxtail grass and found a ridge of the field and walked slowly. It was still early and Nie Baichuan was out again today, so she was not in a hurry to go back.
Not far away, there was an old man I wasn't very familiar with herding cattle. The cows were fat and strong. They mooed from time to time and swung their tails, which was quite cute.
A few dozen meters away, there was another big yellow dog walking and sniffing, with several cockleburs stuck on its fur, which looked quite funny.
Xiang Yao stuffed a peanut into his mouth, found a piece of dry grass to sit on, and prepared to admire these little animals who were living their leisurely lives.
As luck would have it, at this moment, two more people came to the ridge of the field.
To be precise, they were a young man and woman who seemed quite familiar to each other.
There are hundreds of ridges in Xiangjiawan, but these two people chose to walk on this one. I don’t know if it was because they thought this place was more remote, or because they thought there was someone sitting here.
Xiang Yao crossed his legs, propped up his chin, and watched with interest Liu Xiaotao and Ding Youzhi who were walking side by side.
These two people are also interesting. The ridge of the field is only 50 to 60 centimeters wide at most, but they managed to make it two meters wide by walking side by side.
Xiang Yao raised her eyebrows, feeling that these two people were coming for her.
But if you think about it carefully, it seems that apart from the dispute over the straw stack, there have been no other conflicts between the two sides, right?
However, Xiang Yao's intuition was obviously quite accurate. When she waved her hand casually like a lucky cat and said "Hi~", Liu Xiaotao rolled her eyes in return.
Xiang Yao: ...
Wow, it seems it is really coming towards her.
Liu Xiaotao stood in front of her, looking down at Xiang Yao and questioning, "Xiang Yao, you have nothing better to do than to spread rumors around the team? What good does this do you? I haven't offended you, have I?"
Xiang Yao: "Ah?"
What a mess.
Liu Xiaotao thought she was deliberately putting on this puzzled expression, crossed her arms over her chest, and sneered, "Still pretending! Don't think that just because you pretend not to know, I won't know you're behind this!"
Xiang Yao was playing with the dogtail grass, but she was not very angry. She had only one thought in her mind, that is - the melon seemed to have come to her on its own.
"What the hell have I done?" she asked calmly.
The more nonchalant she acted, the more Liu Xiaotao felt she was pretending. She was so angry that she pointed at her and cursed:
"Didn't you, the talkative one, make up a story about me being pregnant? When did I become pregnant? Why did you say that? Do you have the dignity to hurt me like this?"
"I knew you were just jealous of me," she said hatefully, glancing at Ding Youzhi beside her. "You were tormented by your family, and in the end you married a landlord and rich peasant. Your life isn't going as you wish, so you want me to be unhappy too, right?"
"I'm telling you, Xiang Yao, no one will believe you if you do something despicable like this! Ding Zhiqing and I are in a normal relationship. No matter what you say, it's all lies!"
After hearing all this talk like popping beans, Xiang Yao finally understood.
There was a rumor in the team that Liu Xiaotao was pregnant, and this girl put all the blame on her.
She extended her index finger and pointed at herself: "Me?"
Liu Xiaotao: "If it's not you, then who is it? Stop pretending! You and I don't even know what's going on. You're full of thoughts."
Xiang Yao raised his eyebrows, a little curious: "Bu'er, how can you be so sure it's me?"
She has been very busy lately, running away from her marriage and getting married again. Who has the time to care about other people's trivial matters?
Liu Xiaotao was very sure: "It's you. Who else could it be but you? You always get involved with those aunts in the team and gossip about this and that. It was you who leaked my family's affairs! Someone told me, it was you who said it!"
Xiang Yao: ...
His mother opened the door for him, and he was really speechless.
She asked, "Who told you I said that?"
Liu Xiaotao didn't have much sense of confidentiality. Although the person who told her about this repeatedly told her not to say that she was the one who said it, when Xiang Yao asked her, she was eager to prove it and told the person without hesitation.
"Isn't it Dingzi's mother, Liu Guixiang? She said it all. She heard you and Aunt Yuezhi whispering about me being pregnant before getting married! She even called me shameless!"
Liu Guixiang? Who is this? Xiang Yao frowned, unable to find the corresponding face in his mind.
There are many people named "Guixiang" in the entire Shitang Brigade, including Li Guixiang, He Guixiang, and Yuan Guixiang. Now there is Liu Guixiang, who is not familiar at all, and she has come. Why is she blamed?
Xiang Yao shook his head honestly: "Who is Liu Guixiang? I don't know her. Why do you believe her nonsense?"
Liu Xiaotao's voice suddenly became louder: "Haha, how could you not know her! Her son Dingzi once said he wanted to marry you! He's always around you, how could you not know Dingzi's mother!"
Xiang Yao widened his eyes: "Huh?"
Who's been hanging around her all day? How did it become a scandal?
However, the matter of Liu Guixiang falsely accusing her is another matter. Now, Xiang Yao feels that she still needs to explain.
"It's true that Aunt Yuezhi and I were together these past two days, but we went to Zhou Laoer's house to check on their little girl. From beginning to end, we didn't mention you at all."
"Besides," Xiang Yao glanced at Ding Youzhi, who had been serving as a background figure throughout the entire process, "I don't know anything about you and Comrade Ding. It's your grandmother who brags about it everywhere every day, so there are so many people keeping an eye on your family affairs. It's not my turn to make up stories."
Liu Xiaotao snorted coldly, "Why don't you understand? You've known for a long time that I'm dating Brother Youzhi. Flies don't bite seamless eggs. If you didn't say it, why would others insist that it was you who said it?"
Xiang Yao couldn't help but laugh: "You said that flies don't bite seamless eggs, so can I say that if you didn't do such a thing, how could someone cheat on you?"
She originally didn't like to use such words to attack others, but Liu Xiaotao was about to ride on her face, so she couldn't help but give him a taste of his own medicine.
As expected, Liu Xiaotao was so angry after hearing this that she almost exploded. She pointed at Xiang Yao and couldn't even speak: "You! You!"
Xiang Yao continued, "You believe everything Liu Guixiang tells you. Why don't you live with her and become her relative? You have a smooth, flawless mind, so you believe everything you hear." "You and Comrade Ding hang out together every day. I'm not interested in watching you, but do you think those aunts would be the same?"
"I really don't know what you're thinking. Why should I be jealous of you? Envious that you're dating an educated youth?" Xiang Yao propped up his chin. "Come on, my Comrade Xiao Nie is tall and good-looking, and he's rich. Yes, he gives it all to me and I can spend it however I want. Tell me, how could I be jealous of you?"
Comrade Ding Youzhi, who is not tall, has an average appearance, and often relies on Liu Xiaotao for "help", felt that the minute he spent speaking the last words to Xiang Yao was a very long minute.
He felt that he shouldn't have listened to Liu Xiaotao today and accompanied him to cause trouble for Xiang Yao.
Originally, as someone who had secretly had some feelings for Xiang Yao but was repeatedly ignored by her, when he heard Liu Xiaotao say that Xiang Yao first ran away from her marriage and then married a landlord and rich peasant, he had to say that he felt a sense of satisfaction that "the fairy who he could not get had also fallen into the quagmire."
This sense of relief greatly satisfied his self-esteem. He was willing to come and see how miserable Xiang Yao's life was, as he had fallen into the quagmire.
As a result... after hearing what Xiang Yao said, Ding Youzhi realized that the issue of background that he and Liu Xiaotao cared about and despised was not worth mentioning in the eyes of the other party.
His heart ached. Ding Youzhi was in despair.
Of course, Ding Youzhi was not the only one who felt heartbroken. Liu Xiaotao also felt like her heart was being pricked by a needle.
She stomped her foot in frustration, but accidentally stomped on Ding Youzhi's shoe.
"ah--"
After a scream, Ding Youzhi's entire body, from facial features to body, couldn't help but twist.
You know, he was wearing a pair of cloth shoes! Liu Xiaotao's kick was quite powerful!
Well, now not only is my heart traumatized, but my □□ has also been severely hurt.
Ding Youzhi felt aggrieved, but he forced himself not to say anything.
When Liu Xiaotao frantically asked him, "Brother Youzhi, are you okay? I didn't mean to do that! Does it hurt?", he still endured the pain and said through gritted teeth, "I, it doesn't hurt."
Liu Xiaotao believed it and immediately put aside her concern and turned her attention back to Xiang Yao.
But Xiang Yao didn't give her a chance. She kept chattering away, "I don't know what you're thinking. You believe everything others say. Even after I explained something to you, you didn't believe it at all. I guess it's not me who's jealous of you, but you who's jealous of me. You're so jealous that you find any excuse to come and cause trouble for me. It really makes you suffer."
Liu Xiaotao was caught off guard by her and the shameful thoughts deep in her heart were touched upon. She was a little overwhelmed at the moment and kept saying "you, you" for a long time but couldn't make any clear explanation.
She was indeed jealous of Xiang Yao. They were neighbors and she had been jealous of her since she was a child.
Xiang Yao was able to study, was loved by her parents, and was also good-looking, so she was always jealous.
So no one knows how much she wants the other person to suffer.
Xiang Yao's life is not going well, but she can date an educated youth and maybe even live in the city in the future. How can this not be considered a very proud comeback?
Therefore, Liu Xiaotao was keen on putting all the bad accusations on Xiang Yao. Of course, she also believed from the bottom of her heart that Xiang Yao was good at pretending, and she wanted to expose his "pretense" at all times.
Xiang Yao didn't realize that his casual curse had actually hit the real thoughts in the little girl's heart. He curled his lips and warned:
"What do you mean by 'I'? I'm telling you, Liu Xiaotao, next time, find the right person before you cause trouble. Don't come here and ask for trouble."
Liu Xiaotao didn't expect that instead of finding any trouble, she was scolded by Xiang Yao, which made her feel very upset.
But after thinking about it, she still didn't know how to fight back, so she could only say bluntly: "Anyway, that's what Nail's mother said, you said it, who else can I go to if not you?"
Xiang Yao: "If she tells you to eat shit, will you go? If she tells you to bang your head against the wall, will you go?"
Liu Xiaotao bulged her eyes and asked, "Are you sick?"
Xiang Yao raised an eyebrow: "I may not be sick, but you are definitely sick. You believe whatever others say. You are seriously ill."
Liu Xiaotao wanted to stomp her feet again, but she noticed that Ding Youzhi's expression was not very good. He might be a little angry about the kick she had just given him, so she finally held back.
Ding Youzhi noticed her gaze and finally realized that he was a man.
He endured the pain on his instep and started to accuse her, "Comrade Xiang Yao, how can you speak like that? You're a nice girl, but you keep talking about shit and urine. How ugly."
Xiang Yao never had a good impression of this man. Every time they met, he looked at her with malicious eyes, which was disgusting.
She said rudely, "You are all spewing shit, what's wrong with me saying a word?"
Ding Youzhi choked and thought that women really don't care much about their image after getting married, and they even say such words.
The more this happens, the more he should show a magnanimous and tolerant attitude.
"Comrade Xiang Yao, even though you've become so unreasonable, Xiao Tao and I still have to remind you not to spread rumors about us. If you have anything to say, let's talk to your face."
Xiang Yao was not angry at first. She even thought Liu Xiaotao was a little funny. But as soon as Ding Youzhi spoke, she didn't want to laugh at all.
"After all this talk, you two have made up your mind to frame me for this, right?"
She clapped her hands and said, "Alright, since you think I'm a big mouth and that I said this, then I have to live up to my reputation as a good messenger, otherwise I'll be at a loss."
Xiang Yao glanced at Ding Youzhi and gave him a malicious smile.
Ding Youzhi felt a chill in his heart when he was stared at by her, and he had the thought that if he didn't stop this woman from saying the next thing, he would most likely be in big trouble.
really……
"About half a month ago, I was walking on the road, heading to the valley over there where Old Man Li's deserted house is," Xiang Yao said, looking at Liu Xiaotao with a smile, "Liu Xiaotao, guess what I saw?"
Liu Xiaotao glared at her angrily: "I don't care what you saw, it's none of my business!"
Xiang Yao smiled brightly: "Of course it's your business. I saw the educated youth Ding next to you. He——"
"Comrade Xiang Yao, we should stick to the facts. What are you talking about here?" Ding Youzhi interrupted Xiang Yao and said with a feigned generosity, "And we're not saying we don't trust you. We just hope you don't do this kind of thing."
Xiang Yao ignored him and asked Liu Xiaotao, "Do you want to continue listening?"
Liu Xiaotao had been nervous when she heard her mention Ding Youzhi, not knowing what she was going to say. When Xiang Yao asked her this, she didn't even notice Ding Youzhi's dark face and said in a very bad tone, "Just say it if you want to. What are you asking?"
Xiang Yao nodded and was about to speak when Ding Youzhi took Liu Xiaotao's hand. His tone was gentle, yet a little anxious: "Xiaotao, I suddenly remembered that there is something I need to do at the educated youth camp. Why don't we go back first?"
Liu Xiaotao forgot everything else when he pulled her like that. She quickly said, "What's so urgent? Okay, okay, let's go back quickly. We can't delay you."
Ding Youzhi didn't even look at Xiang Yao, he just pulled her away and walked away, making up a suitable reason to explain to her as he walked.
Xiang Yao curled the corners of his lips, watching the two people leave quickly, and suddenly put his hands to his mouth in a trumpet shape -
"I saw Ding Zhiqing, he was walking with Zhang Xuemei~"
She remembered it clearly that Comrade Zhang Xuemei looked at her with disdain at that time.
However, she didn't say much about how close Ding Youzhi and Zhang Xuemei were, how ambiguous their attitudes were, and how sweetly they spoke to each other.
She believed that with Liu Xiaotao's personality, she would figure it out herself, hehe.
Originally, she had no interest in telling anyone about this love triangle, but now that both of them had come to her to cause trouble, she could be treated rudely.
Without looking at how the two people reacted to her words, Xiang Yao smiled brightly at the cow that was eating grass in the distance and then looked at her, then continued to sit quietly with her chin propped up.
The scolding she had just given her made her blood boil. She needed to regain the state of mind she had when she was alone not long ago and calm down...
This place is very close to the small river that runs through Xiangjiawan and another production team, and you can clearly see the reeds swaying in the wind on the river bank.
If you listen carefully, you can hear the faint gurgling sound of flowing river.
This made Xiang Yao recall his childhood.
She also grew up in the countryside. As a left-behind child living with her grandparents, she did not enjoy much material benefits in her childhood, but those little joys filled her early years.
There are many children in the village. During the winter and summer vacations, a group of children from the village gather together in groups.
The older ones played with each other, picking fruits, digging out bird nests, catching loaches...
The younger ones also have their own games, such as playing house, building houses, and skipping rope...
After all, no one would go back until it got dark and the adults called everyone in the village to eat.
At that time, Xiang Yao also liked to play around with his friends. He had seen old farmers herding cattle in the fields with their trouser legs rolled up, and he had also rolled into a ball with the neighbor's little yellow dog or little black dog.
There was no fruit in the mountains that they hadn't tasted, and no snail in the small canals that they hadn't found. How happy they were back then!
And at this moment, it seemed as if she had returned to her childhood, the sky was so blue and the fields were so vast.
Sure enough, it became quiet.
After a long time, Xiang Yao stretched his numb legs and prepared to stand up and go home.
A clear bell rang from the road not far behind him.
She turned around suddenly and saw a tall young man sitting astride a bicycle, his long legs propped up on the ground, and beckoning her—
"Home."
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