Chapter 1211 The Village Girl and the Prince (2)
After Tao Shiyao finally fed Xie Yingjia to finish the small pot of porridge, both of them blushed and looked at each other. No matter how serious the injuries on Xie Yingjia's body were, it did not affect the emotional development between them.
However, no matter how reluctant they were, they had to say goodbye, otherwise Tao Shiyao would not be able to explain why she went up the mountain. So after leaving Xie Yingjia, she went down the mountain.
When she returned home, it was already late in the afternoon. Her aunt and grandmother had already gone to work. Only Tao Shichu was still at home feeding the chickens and ducks and mending clothes.
"Sister, where have you been? You didn't even come back for lunch. Your aunt must be worried about you." Tao Shichu couldn't help but ask jokingly when he saw her coming back with a backpack with a look of love in her eyes.
Tao Shiyao blushed immediately and said, "I, I went up the mountain to pick mushrooms and forgot the time."
"Where are the mushrooms you picked?" Tao Shichu asked, looking at her empty backpack.
Tao Shiyao realized at this moment that there was nothing in her backpack. Her face immediately turned red like a monkey's butt. She was caught lying on the spot. She felt so guilty that she wanted to crawl into the ground. She fled into the house in a panic while lying, "Oh, I accidentally fell and dropped all the mushrooms down the hillside. I can't pick them up..."
Tao Shichu couldn't help but chuckle. This elder sister was not good at lying and was quite adorable. Now she hoped that this elder sister could get married to Xie Yingjia as soon as possible, so that as a younger sister she could also get along with the others and enjoy a good life. After all, she could no longer bear the hard life now.
Apart from being able to secretly take food from the companion space, she is subject to much greater restrictions in this world. Because there are too many people in the Tao family, nothing she does can escape the eyes of her family. She can only honestly follow the personality of her original body and cannot make too many changes. That's why she hopes that Tao Shiyao and Xie Yingjia will be together soon.
After Tao Shiyao came back, he stayed in the room and did not come out again to be chased by Tao Shichu and asked questions.
Not long after, a boy of about sixteen or seventeen appeared at the door of the Tao family. When he saw Tao Shichu, he asked, "Erniu, is your sister home?"
"Yes, she just came back." When Tao Shichu saw the shy boy, he immediately knew that he was one of his sister's admirers. "Brother Chen, do you have something to do with my sister?"
"Yes, there is something. Can you help me call her out?" asked the shy boy.
"Of course you can. Wait a moment, I'll go call her." Tao Shichu was eager to see the fun and immediately went back to find Tao Shiyao.
"Sister, Brother Chen is looking for you." Tao Shichu said to Tao Shiyao who was in the room.
"What does he want to talk to me about?" Tao Shiyao came out and asked.
"I don't know. I'm just a messenger. You can ask him yourself." Tao Shichu replied.
Tao Shiyao went out to meet Brother Chen. When Tao Shichu followed her out, she found that the two of them had already gone out. She couldn't bear to watch the fun at all and was immediately very disappointed. She could only continue to sew her clothes which were full of patches.
"Brother Chen, what do you want from me?" Tao Shiyao asked the blushing boy.
"Big girl, I, I like you. Can I ask someone to propose to you?" Chen Xin mustered up his courage and asked the girl he liked stutteringly.
Tao Shiyao was startled at once. She shook her head in panic: "Brother Chen, thank you for your kindness. I don't have that kind of intention towards you. You will find a better girl than me in the future..."
When Chen Xin heard her words, he knew that she didn't fancy him. He immediately asked Tao Shiyao sadly: "Girl, what's wrong with me? Why don't you like me? If you marry me, I will definitely treat you well. I will never beat you or scold you like other men in the village. I will try my best to make your life better. Please don't reject me so quickly, okay?"
Unfortunately, Tao Shiyao had already fallen in love with Xie Yingjia. Xie Yingjia was not only handsome, but also had a good family background, talent and good looks. How could a country boy compare to him? Therefore, no matter what Chen Xin said, Tao Shiyao would never fall in love with him.
"Brother Chen, don't be like this. I don't have any romantic feelings for you. You'd better not focus on me. There are many good girls in our village..." Tao Shiyao persuaded Chen Xin with great embarrassment.
"Those girls are not you, big girl. Can't you try to like me? I will definitely treat you as a treasure and never let you suffer. Just promise me!" Chen Xin's eyes were red and he begged bitterly.
Seeing this, Tao Shiyao no longer cared about being ashamed. He closed his eyes and said quickly, "Brother Chen, I'm sorry, I already have someone I like!"
"What?" Chen Xin was stunned for a moment before he realized what she said. He suddenly lost all his strength. Seeing Tao Shiyao's resolute expression, he knew that what she said was true, so he left in a daze.
Not long after, Tao Shichu saw Tao Shiyao coming back with a bad look on her face, frowning and looking absent-minded. She almost fell when she stepped over the threshold. Fortunately, Tao Shichu, who was standing by, was quick to support her.
"Sister, why are you so absent-minded that you don't even look at the road when you walk?" Tao Shichu asked her casually.
"Ah? Nothing." Tao Shiyao just answered casually to Tao Shichu. She certainly would not tell her sister that she had just rejected a young man's proposal of marriage.
Tao Shichu thought about it and guessed that it was probably related to the young man just now. But weren't she and Xie Yingjia a perfect match? Why would she be so upset because of another man?
Time passed very quickly. Tao Shiyao would find excuses to go up the mountain to take care of Xie Yingjia almost every day. Xie Yingjia was indeed the hero favored by destiny. He was seriously injured and stayed in the cave without even any medicine, but his wounds did not become inflamed or infected. He healed most of his injuries by eating the less nutritious food brought by Tao Shiyao. It was truly a miracle.
"Yaoyao, my injuries are almost healed. You don't have to climb the mountain to see me every day." Xie Yingjia said distressedly, "You must be very tired from climbing the mountain every day during this period of time, right?"
"I'm not tired at all!" Tao Shiyao said quickly, and then said a little aggrievedly, "Brother Xie, don't you want to see me?"
"How could that be? I just feel bad that you have to walk such a long distance every day." Xie Yingjia hurried to comfort her.
Over the past month, the way they addressed each other has changed from the unfamiliar "Mr. Xie" and "Miss Tao" to "Brother Xie" and "Yaoyao", which shows that their relationship is progressing very smoothly. Soon, Xie Yingjia will recover from his injury and return to the Prince's Mansion to inform his parents that he will come to the Tao family to propose marriage.
(End of this chapter)
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