After dinner, Lu Chen helped to turn over the vegetable garden.
The village head and his wife nodded as they watched.
This Lu Zhiqing is really good.
At least he has a keen eye for work. Rural people like diligent and capable young men.
If his Mingyue could really be with Lu Zhiqing, it would be a good marriage. It would be better if there was no such bullshit agreement.
The two of them were alternately happy and sad.
The brothers Cheng Xiangdong and Cheng Xiangnan, however, became more and more dissatisfied with Lu Chen the more they looked at him. They thought Lu Chen was too pretentious.
He is clearly a big-tailed wolf who eats people without leaving any bones, but he still insists on pretending to be a pure and innocent little white rabbit. It's so fucking disgusting.
Cheng Mingyue glared at them fiercely.
What are you doing?!
Does it have to be so obvious?!
She told her family about the agreement so that everyone would have an idea of what was going on and be mentally prepared if she got divorced in the future, not so that they would exclude her.
The two brothers smiled at Cheng Mingyue and then calmed down a lot.
There is not much entertainment in the countryside at night, so everyone helps to grow vegetables, and soon all the vegetables are planted.
Cheng Mingyue also divided the areas for each vegetable, and even planted two kinds of vegetables together, so that she could grow more and harvest more.
After finishing all the work and washing their hands, the village chief spoke again, "Yue'er, it's getting dark and the road is difficult to walk on. Go and see Lu Zhiqing off."
Cheng Mingyue scratched her ear with her little finger: "...Dad, what did you just say?"
Wang Guihua shouted angrily at Cheng Mingyue, "You're so young, and your hearing isn't working well? Your father asked you to go see Lu Zhiqing off!"
Cheng Mingyue pointed at her nose and said, "I...I'll go see him off?"
Are you kidding me?!
"What's wrong with asking you to send me off? You've been running around in the mountains like a wild monkey since you were little. Lu Zhiqing is from the city..."
Wang Guihua was still chattering when Cheng Mingyue had already pushed the door and walked out.
The city is amazing!
I am a wild monkey, why don’t you say I am a big monkey!
Cheng Mingyue was so angry that she kept humming in her heart.
Lu Chen looked at Cheng Mingyue walking in front of him, and suddenly felt at ease, a kind of peace he had never felt before.
Ever since his parents went abroad when he was ten years old, he felt like there was a hole in his heart that seemed like nothing could fill it.
And now as he followed Cheng Mingyue, his heart seemed to be slowly being mended.
He wanted to grab something with all his strength, but it seemed like he couldn't grab anything.
Lu Chen stopped walking and just watched Cheng Mingyue walk further and further away.
"Hey, Lu Chen, why are you standing there like an idiot? Do you want me to go and invite you?!"
Cheng Mingyue walked for a while before she realized that Lu Chen had not caught up with her. She stopped and shouted loudly behind her.
Cheng Mingyue's voice woke up Lu Chen who was in a daze. The corners of his mouth rose for a moment, and then he returned to his previous cold and hard look.
The two of them didn't speak again until they reached the gate of the educated youth camp. Then Cheng Mingyue said, "I'm going home!"
Then he turned around and left.
Lu Chen never said thank you, but he stood at the door for a long time before entering the yard.
As soon as Lu Chen entered the yard, he saw Lu Yao standing at the door.
Lu Yao seemed to have forgotten the unpleasantness of this morning. She showed her eight standard front teeth and smiled, "Cousin, you are getting married tomorrow. This pen is for you as a wedding gift."
Lu Chen took the pen and played with it for a while, then looked at Lu Yao with amusement: "Using my things as a gift?!"
Lu Yao's face turned pale for a moment, she shook her head and took several steps back, crying, "Cousin, I gave you a wedding gift out of kindness, why are you slandering me like this?!
I saved up a lot of money to buy this pen at the supply and marketing cooperative. You really hurt my heart!"
Soon, several educated youths came around one after another, both men and women, and the most conspicuous among them was Qin Lang.
Qin Lang supported Lu Yao with his hand and looked at Lu Chen with a very unfriendly look, "Lu Zhiqing, what do you mean? People gave you gifts out of kindness. How can you, a grown man, bully a woman?!"
"That's right, Lu Zhiqing. If you don't want to accept it, then don't accept it. Why are you saying that? Besides, Lu Yao is your cousin."
Ma Weiguo, a male educated youth who usually followed Lu Yao around, also stood up to speak up for Lu Yao.
Li Qiang, another admirer of Lu Yao, also bared his teeth at Lu Chen. "I heard that you grew up in Lu Yao's home. Isn't what you're doing now just repaying kindness with enmity?!"
There were also a few people who tried to explain for Lu Chen, but they were quickly drowned out by the loud voices of Ma Weiguo and Li Qiang.
Seeing that no one spoke up for Lu Chen anymore, Qin Lang raised his chin, looked at Lu Chen with his nose, and there was a gloating smile in his eyes.
"Lu Zhiqing, it's better not to be so ungrateful!"
"There's booger in your nostrils!" Lu Chen said lightly while turning the pen casually.
Qin Lang usually pays the most attention to his appearance. He wants to look in the mirror eight hundred times every day. Now he is publicly told that he has a booger. How can he bear it!
"You...you..." Qin Lang covered his nose with one hand and pointed at Lu Chen with the other hand tremblingly. He looked so crazy that he seemed as if he wanted to turn into a wolf and bite Lu Chen to death.
Lu Chen ignored the clown-like Qin Lang and turned to look at Lu Yao, who was still acting innocently. "My pen has a mark. There's a five-pointed star engraved on the cap..."
Before Lu Chen could finish, Lu Yao rolled her eyes a few times, her voice filled with a hint of grievance and helplessness.
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