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“You child, you really…” To be honest, Gu Zhi’s heart was filled with warmth.
At this time, it wasn’t easy to have enough to eat and wear. Even if Gu Nan were to find a village girl to marry, he wouldn’t be as reckless as Gu’s family. The current mindset and the general environment are teaching girls to marry out and bring things from their husband’s family back to their own.
It’s rare to hear of a girl like Su Niannian.
It truly is as if their ancestors’ tombs are giving off green smoke—only then could they encounter a girl like this.
Especially with the issues in their own family, many families who had once considered Gu Nan now hesitate and step back.
“Wow, it’s a bicycle!” Gu Ningning had never seen a bicycle this closely before.
It was a mixture of surprise and curiosity.
“Sister Niannian, can I touch it?” Gu Ningning stood beside Su Niannian’s bicycle, her eyes sparkling as she carefully observed the brand-new bicycle in front of her.
She had only seen it from a distance before, but now it was right in front of her. Gu Ningning was truly amazed.
“Of course, you can touch it. And if you’re not afraid of falling, Sister Niannian can even teach you how to ride it.”
Gu Ningning was originally weaker and thinner due to her health, so she wasn’t really suited to ride such a large bicycle.
However, seeing how curious she was and how much she wanted to try, Su Niannian was willing to hold the bike and let her feel it.
But with her small and fragile frame, she wouldn’t be able to ride it on her own.
“Really? I want to! I want to!” Gu Ningning’s eyes sparkled with excitement.
Hearing Su Niannian say that, she was practically overjoyed.
Actually, every time Su Niannian cooked at the Gu family’s house, there was spiritual spring water involved, so Gu Ningning’s physical condition had improved quite a bit recently.
At that time, the malnutrition she had been born with had gradually improved.
Both Gu Zhi and Gu Nan had noticed this.
Even her older brother, who had a disability in his legs, could feel the change in Gu Ningning.
In fact, if Gu Zhendong hadn’t lost hope for the future, he would have noticed that his own physical condition had also improved compared to before.
But Gu Zhendong was currently trapped in his own issues, unable to break free from the problems that bound him, so he didn’t realize the change.
“Then come over here.”
Su Niannian placed all the items she had bought for the Gu family on the table in the courtyard. She nodded at Gu Zhi, then, with one hand steadying the bicycle’s handlebars, she picked up Gu Ningning and gently placed her on the seat.
However…
Gu Ningning was still too short to reach the pedals of the bicycle while sitting on the seat.
“I can’t reach!” Gu Ningning was clearly a bit disappointed.
“It’s okay, how about I ride and take you around for a couple of laps?” Su Niannian noticed Gu Ningning’s disappointment and came up with a compromise.
“Okay. Okay.”
Upon hearing Su Niannian’s suggestion, Gu Ningning wasn’t as disappointed as before.
Although she was still young and couldn’t ride on her own, sitting on the back of the bicycle was already enough to make her happy.
“Auntie, I’ll take Ningning out for a ride and come back in a bit.”
“Mm, go ahead, but be careful. I’ll boil some jujube water for you both when you come back.” Gu Zhi didn’t have any particular worries.
She was at ease letting them go out and have some fun.
Su Niannian got Gu Zhi’s approval, placed Gu Ningning on the backseat of the bicycle, and rode out.
The rough, narrow paths were bumpy, so Su Niannian tried to stick to the wider main roads.
This road led toward the village entrance.
Not far from the village entrance, a handsome, sunny figure appeared.
He, too, was riding a brand-new bicycle.
It was just the afternoon work shift, so there weren’t many people at the village entrance.
The man rode his bicycle steadily toward the village entrance.
Su Niannian was riding her bike, with Gu Ningning on the back.
Gu Ningning sat on the backseat of the bicycle, looking around curiously.
She felt the cool breeze brushing past her ears.
It was as though she were flying. Gu Ningning couldn’t stop smiling, until she noticed the man on the opposite side, riding his bicycle toward them.
“Second Brother!?” Gu Ningning shouted as soon as she recognized the person approaching.
At that moment, Gu Nan had already ridden his bicycle to within a few dozen meters of Su Niannian.
Both of them stopped their bikes, squeezing the brakes at the same time.
The two bicycles came to a stop beside each other.
Gu Nan took a moment to look Su Niannian over, as well as the bike she was riding.
Su Niannian also observed Gu Nan, noting the bicycle he was on.
The bicycle Su Niannian bought was an old-fashioned eight-bar bicycle, which was actually quite large.
It was exactly the same.
It was the last two “Yongji” brand bicycles at the county’s supply and marketing cooperative, priced at 220 yuan each.
The salesperson said they were expensive and hard to sell, those two bikes.
Su Niannian and Gu Nan exchanged a smile.
“You too…”
“You too…”
These words were also said at the same time.
Gu Ningning sat on the back seat of Su Niannian’s bicycle, both hands covering her mouth, secretly laughing.
Her two small, bright black eyes glanced first at Su Niannian, then at her second brother, Gu Nan.
She felt quite pleased—these two really did have a tacit understanding, to think they had both bought bicycles on the same day.
She never expected that such a precious bicycle would suddenly appear in two versions.
At this moment, Su Niannian and Gu Nan were also looking at each other, both corners of their mouths lifting in a soft, tender smile.
“I thought it would be inconvenient for you to go to the county town, so I bought it,” Gu Nan said, patting the handlebars of his bicycle.
“When I bought mine, there was still one left, but you ended up buying it,” Su Niannian said, pointing with her chin at Gu Nan’s bicycle.
“How coincidental,” Gu Nan said, dismounting from his bike.
He then walked over to Su Niannian’s side.
At that moment, Gu Nan’s body slightly leaned forward, and the distance between Su Niannian and Gu Nan grew very close.
It was just a fist’s distance away.
Su Niannian almost closed her eyes, but then she saw Gu Nan bend down and lift Gu Ningning off the back seat of Su Niannian’s bicycle.
He then placed her directly on the back seat of his own bike.
“She’s heavy, I’ll carry her,” Gu Nan briefly explained.
But Su Niannian…
She thought he was going to do something romantic with her, but instead… this?
Su Niannian couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed.
Gu Nan looked at Su Niannian, who was about to pout, her expression a bit disappointed and puffed up with frustration, and couldn’t help but find it somewhat amusing.
He was, to some extent, doing it on purpose.
But right now, he still didn’t know what it meant to be stuck in the “chasing wife funeral.”
As for Gu Ningning, she didn’t mind at all. Whether sitting on the back seat of Su Niannian’s bicycle or her second brother’s, it made no difference to her. After all, it was all the same weirdness.
Though she hadn’t known Su Niannian for long, in Gu Ningning’s eyes, she was already like family.