Chapter 825: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 825: Returning to the Village, Meeting Li Yuncui Again, Already Like Two Generations

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

After finishing the meal with the Leaders, Wang Xiaohua told Li Jianjia that he wanted to make a trip back to his hometown, Shanggou Village; after all, he had been back in the County Town for a while now, and if he didn't go back to his hometown, it would be a bit hard to justify.

"Jianjia, do you want to go back with me?"

Wang Xiaohua asked.

Li Jianjia smiled and said: "Sure! I'll just send a message to my parents on WeChat."

Li Jianjia reported her itinerary to her parents on WeChat, and then went with Wang Xiaohua to Hongxing Supermarket to buy some Gifts, and took the bus back to Shanggou Village.

Although Li Jianjia was from this County Town, she had almost never taken the township bus here.

She and Wang Xiaohua got on the bus, found seats and sat down, watching the township elderly board one after another, her eyes full of novelty.

Quite a few of the elderly used "Senior Cards" to ride the bus without paying; this counts as one of the many Affordable benefits the Government gives the people.

Before long, the seats on the bus were full, but Passengers kept boarding continuously.

Li Jianjia hurriedly stood up to give her seat to the elderly.

Wang Xiaohua also stood up to give his seat.

The two of them stood like that for nearly an hour before the bus finally arrived at Shanggou Village.

The two got off the bus, Wang Xiaohua holding Li Jianjia's hand, and walked into the Village Entrance.

"Jianjia, you've had a hard time."

Seeing Li Jianjia so worn out, Wang Xiaohua felt a bit guilty.

But Li Jianjia said:

"Not tired; being able to walk along enjoying the scenery the whole way is actually quite nice."

Wang Xiaohua then said:

"I'll go get a License later; then when we come back to this hometown, I can borrow my Second Brother's car to drive you back."

Just then, a woman carrying a bucket of clothes in her hand and a child on her back happened to walk towards them.

It was none other than Li Yuncui.

Ever since getting pregnant before marriage, Li Yuncui had stayed living in Shanggou Village.

Now her child had been born, a girl.

Her mother Luo Jiaxin and she stayed in Shanggou Village to take care of the child, while her father Li Zhenxing went out to work in a factory Outside.

Previously her parents' business failed, they owed quite a lot of debt, and to avoid creditors they could only come back to Shanggou Village for the Spring Festival; it could be said their life was miserable beyond compare.

Now that Li Yuncui's child was born, it was unknown whether her family's Economic situation had improved at all.

"Xiaohua, you're back!"

Li Yuncui took the initiative to Greet Wang Xiaohua.

This former Primary School Deskmate, now dressed in a plain Village Woman's attire, her face bearing many more traces of weathering, compared to Wang Xiaohua and Li Jianjia, seemed like two generations apart.

"Yeah, I'm back."

Wang Xiaohua replied Politely.

He actually didn't really want to deal with Li Yuncui.

Because of the farce caused by his parents going to her house to propose marriage, Li Yuncui and her parents took the opportunity to extort forty thousand Yuan from Wang Xiaohua's parents; no matter how you looked at it, Li Yuncui and her family were not very decent.

Wang Xiaohua naturally didn't want to associate with indecent people, even if this person was his Primary School classmate.

"Xiaohua, this is your girlfriend, right?"

Li Yuncui looked at Wang Xiaohua and Li Jianjia holding hands, her gaze complex, with Envy, and also melancholy.

"Yeah."

Wang Xiaohua answered calmly.

Li Yuncui sighed:

"Your girlfriend is really Beautiful, she's a University Student too, right?"

Wang Xiaohua nodded: "Right."

Li Yuncui laughed dryly: "Hehe, no wonder."

A trace of inferiority, a trace of shame at her own ugliness, appeared on her face.

Compared to Li Jianjia, she indeed paled in comparison.

At this moment Li Jianjia spoke up with a smile:

"Auntie, your child is really cute."

Li Yuncui was Stunned, her smile becoming even drier.

Wang Xiaohua hurriedly corrected Li Jianjia:

"This is my Primary School classmate; calling her Auntie is Inappropriate."

Li Jianjia hurriedly Apologized:

"Sorry sorry, I saw you had a child so early, thought you were a generation older than Xiaohua, really Embarrassed."

Li Jianjia really didn't call it wrong on purpose; Li Yuncui's face was Haggard and weathered, she thought Li Yuncui was already Thirty Plus.

Can Only Say, giving birth and raising a child, for a woman, really requires paying a lot.

If the Economy is comfortable, it's fine.

If the Economy is not comfortable, that is simply a Disaster.

Wang Xiaohua was deeply moved by this, and while sympathizing with Li Yuncui, he also thought of his mother Li Xiulan; he truly could not imagine how arduous and difficult it must have been for his mother Li Xiulan, alone and left behind in Shanggou Village, to raise three children.

Li Yuncui gave an embarrassed laugh:

"It's nothing, nothing, I'm old too, can't compare to you university students."

Wang Xiaohua said at this point:

"If there's nothing else, we'll be going first."

He and Li Yuncui had nothing much to talk about; even if they talked, it would only be polite surface words.

The two were no longer people of the same world.

"Sure, sure, you go be busy, I have to go wash clothes too, goodbye!"

Li Yuncui turned around, carrying that bucket of heavy clothes, with that heavy child on her back, stepping with heavy strides, heading for the stone slab bridge by the stream at the village entrance to wash clothes.

She had only walked a few steps when she suddenly stopped, turned back, and shouted to Wang Xiaohua:

"Xiao Hua!"

Wang Xiaohua was stunned for a moment, and turned back vigilantly:

"Is there something else?"

Li Yuncui smiled bitterly:

"Nothing, nothing, just... that matter before, my parents and I were in the wrong, sorry."

Wang Xiaohua dismissed it with a smile:

"It's nothing, I forgot long ago."

Wang Xiaohua turned around and left.

Li Jianjia asked:

"What matter before?"

Wang Xiaohua then told Li Jianjia about the farce of his muddleheaded parents going to Li Yuncui's home to propose marriage.

Li Jianjia listened, and was also at a loss whether to cry or laugh.

"Put that way, Li Yuncui's parents really went a bit too far, actually extorting forty thousand yuan from your family, why didn't you report it to the police and have it dealt with?"

Wang Xiaohua said:

"I thought about reporting it too, but in the end I let it go; she already has a hard enough life as it is, if her parents went to prison over this, it would absolutely be a blow she couldn't bear, and might even cost a life."

"You, you're just too kind."

The two chatted back and forth, and before they knew it, they had already walked back to the front of their home.

Mother Li Xiulan was in the chicken coop outside the main gate, holding a worn-out spatula, shoveling chicken manure.

The chicken manure was shoveled out, loaded into a winnowing basket, then carried to the vegetable garden, piled up and covered with plastic film to ferment into fertilizer for the vegetables, which then grew remarkably fast.

"Mom! I'm back!"

Wang Xiaohua called out toward the chicken coop.

Li Xiulan, who was bent over working, slowly straightened up; seeing Wang Xiaohua return with Li Jianjia, her wrinkle-covered old face immediately revealed a pure smile as innocent as a child's.

"Good that you're back, you hurry and take Jianjia inside to drink tea, I'll finish shoveling this bit of chicken manure and go back; tonight I'll kill a chicken, do you want it braised or stewed in soup!"

"Auntie, either is fine for me, you go ahead and be busy, no need to mind us."

Li Jianjia replied with a smile.

Then she added:

"I bought some gifts, I'll put them in the room first; when you're done later, remember to open them and have a look!"

Li Xiulan smiled even more happily:

"Just coming is enough, why bring gifts, you two are still students, there's no need to spend that money!"