In the front room, Liu Xiaoping was lying on the kang, listening to the sounds from the backyard, feeling extremely nervous.
They arrived early today, so Gao Xiaomo and a few others decided to go up the mountain to chop firewood. After reaching the mountain, Liu Xiaoping separated from Gao Xiaomo, and when she turned around, she met Ding Dali.
Ding Dali is Lai Cuihua's eldest son. He is over 30 years old and still has not married. Ding Dali dreams of getting married. When he sees a young girl like Liu Xiaoping, his eyes glow green and he rushes towards her.
"You...don't come over here!" Liu Xiaoping stepped back in panic.
"Hehe...Liu Zhiqing, you asked me to come here, why are you still pretending?" Ding Dali had a lewd smile on his face.
"You're talking nonsense! When did I ask you out?" Liu Xiaoping's face turned red with anger.
Ding Dali had no patience to argue with her and opened his arms to hug her. "If I say it is, it is, otherwise how could it be such a coincidence that we met on the mountain!"
Liu Xiaoping didn't dare to scream. If someone came, she would not be able to explain herself. She ran and hid, and soon she was tripped by a branch.
Ding Dali took the opportunity to press forward, and Liu Xiaoping's mind was confused, and she suddenly thought of Yi Xiaoqiu.
"Don't... I... I'll introduce you to a young intellectual who's richer and prettier than me. I can get her to marry you. Please let me go!"
Ding Dali paused, "Really? You didn't lie to me?"
Meeting Liu Xiaoping was a coincidence, and he was also brave enough to do something that would get him shot. If he could get married without breaking the law, Ding Dali would naturally be happy.
When he heard that he could marry a rich and beautiful wife, the ordinary-looking Liu Xiaoping no longer had any appeal in his eyes.
Liu Xiaoping nodded hurriedly, "Really? How could I dare to lie to you? You know Yi Zhiqing, she's prettier than me and has a lot of money, hundreds of dollars on her! She even bought a bike today. If you don't believe me, come over this afternoon and you'll see it!"
Ding Dali did not doubt her words. During this period, his mother Lai Cuihua often mentioned Yi Xiaoqiu to the family, saying that she was the richest among the educated youth.
"Then how do you want to introduce me?" Ding Dali's grip loosened.
Liu Xiaoping took the opportunity to get up from the ground and walked to the side. "She lives in the backyard. You can crawl in at night. As long as you get through the door, you can do whatever you want."
Ding Dali's expression tightened, but he didn't mention that he couldn't open the door. "Isn't this just being a hooligan? What if..."
The bolts on the back doors of the existing door panels are all wooden bolts. You can just insert your finger to lock the door. Ding Dali has done this kind of thing many times and he feels confident, but...
Liu Xiaoping felt contempt for him in her heart and spoke as if he was not being a hooligan.
"Even if you're caught, just say that Yi Xiaoqiu invited you and opened the door for you personally. She won't be able to clear herself even if she jumps into the Yellow River. How can she accuse you of being a hooligan? Don't worry, I'll testify for you then."
That being said, when Yi Xiaoqiu's reputation is ruined, she can come out as a good person and encourage Yi Xiaoqiu to send Ding Dali to be shot. Wouldn't that be killing two birds with one stone!
When she thought of this, Liu Xiaoping felt extremely happy.
Ding Dali was a simple man. When he thought about having a wife, a car and so much money, he became very excited and didn't care about the consequences.
"Hmm! I'll be there tonight!"
In the afternoon, Ding Dali watched Yi Xiaoqiu coming on a pink bicycle from afar, and began to think about how to sneak into the educated youth site at night.
Unexpectedly, it rained at night. Ding Dali felt that God was helping him. Even if he made some noise in the rain, others would not be able to hear it clearly!
Liu Xiaoping heard the noise in the backyard and realized that Ding Dali had taken action. She was secretly delighted and wanted to go and watch the fun, but she forced herself to hold back.
Shen Ruofei woke up immediately after hearing the noise in the backyard while she was sleeping, and Song Ying was with her.
The two of them followed Lu Huaian and the others, and saw Yi Xiaoqiu open the door. She was fine, so they felt relieved.
"It's nothing, a little thief has run away. Let's go to sleep!" Shen Ruofei climbed onto the bed and lay down again.
After hearing what Shen Ruofei said, Liu Xiaoping felt curious and disappointed. She was curious about how Yi Xiaoqiu discovered it in advance, and she was disappointed that Ding Dali did not handle the matter properly. However, she did not dare to ask more questions for fear of getting into trouble.
The next morning, it was still drizzling, so we didn't have to go to work that day.
When the drizzle turned into a light rain and was about to stop, Yi Xiaoqiu went out.
She went to find Carpenter Li to replace the door bolt.
"I'll go over in the afternoon, you go first!" Carpenter Li said without raising his head while busy with the work in his hands.
Yi Xiaoqiu could only wait.
As she walked to the gate of the educated youth site, Liu Xiaoqin called her and asked her to go pick mushrooms together.
It was a good time to pick mushrooms after the rain. If she went any later, they would probably have been picked up by others. Liu Xiaoqin was a little anxious, but when she thought of Sister Xiaoqiu who always gave her candy, she had to call her for such a good thing.
Yi Xiaoqiu felt a little discouraged, but then she thought, "It would be a good idea to go out for a walk and see if she can find out who that person was last night."
"Then let's go together!"
Yi Xiaoqiu gave Liu Xiaoqin some candies, took a backpack from the house, and was stopped by Shen Ruofei when he passed by the female educated youth's house.
"Xiao Qiu, what are you doing? The rain just stopped outside, and the ground is covered in mud."
Liu Xiaoqin said crisply, "Sister Zhiqing, we're going to pick mushrooms. Do you want to come with us?"
"Picking mushrooms?" Shen Ruofei suddenly became excited.
Liu Xiaoqin nodded and said, "Yes! It rained last night, so there must be a lot of mushrooms in the woods today. Mushrooms are delicious. If you want to go, you have to hurry, otherwise Wang Daniu and the others will pick all the mushrooms."
"Then I'll go too!" Shen Ruofei took out a backpack from the corner of the main room.
After the rain, the weather was not so hot anymore. The dirt road outside was muddy. Every time I stepped on it, the soles of my shoes were covered with mud. Before I took a few steps, the soles of my shoes had grown more than ten centimeters higher, just like wearing high heels.
Although the road outside was difficult to walk on, the weather after the rain was particularly cool and the air was fresh. After being out for a while, Yi Xiaoqiu felt much better.
Not long after they started walking, they met a number of young girls and young wives, who were walking towards the woods in groups of three or four.
Seeing so many people, Liu Xiaoqin became anxious. "Sister Xiaoqiu, let's walk faster. If we go too late, the mushrooms will be gone."
Yi Xiaoqiu watched her running very fast, then lowered her head to look at her high heels, her face full of helplessness.
Shen Ruofei picked up a stick from somewhere and poked the mud under her shoes vigorously. "You should pick up a stick and try it too!"
The road was either mud or grass, but there were no bricks or stones to scratch the soles of their shoes.
Yi Xiaoqiu had no choice but to follow suit and find a wooden stick.
In this way, the two of them walked while poking the soles of their shoes with sticks, and it took them more than twenty minutes to reach the outside of the woods.
Both Shen Ruofei and Yi Xiaoqiu felt a little regretful when they left, but since they were already here, they couldn't leave empty-handed!
"Xiaoqin, what do edible mushrooms look like?" Shen Ruofei was picking mushrooms for the first time and knew nothing about it.
Liu Xiaoqin nodded, “I know, Sister Shen, I’ll teach you how to recognize it later.”
"Thank you, Xiaoqin sister!"
Shen Ruofei tugged at Yi Xiaoqiu again. "Xiaoqiu, do you know any edible mushrooms?"
"Ah?" Yi Xiaoqiu came to her senses. She seemed to have seen Liu Xiaoping sneaking into the woods empty-handed. It seemed that she was not here to pick mushrooms.
"I asked you if you know mushrooms, why are you in a daze?" Shen Ruofei said again.
"I recognize some of them." Yi Xiaoqiu nodded absentmindedly. Naturally, these were recognized by the original owner who had stayed in the Great Northern Wilderness for a while.
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