Chapter 26

Yang Bin frowned as he looked at the female educated youth in front of him who was hesitant to speak.

Why did it take so much effort for her to say a word?

“You know my character. It’s impossible…”

Yang Bin frowned even more tightly: “I really don’t know what kind of person you are. Who are you?”

Yang Bin really didn’t know her, he just had a rough impression that she seemed to be an educated youth in their production team, but he never liked gossiping with others, so he really didn’t even know the names of those educated youth.

When Shao Wenhong heard these words, her head seemed to explode. She stared at him blankly with her mouth open.

He… doesn’t know her?

Yang Bin glared at the dazed man in front of him, impatience flashing in his eyes: “What do you want to say?”

The other party’s harsh and cold tone brought Shao Wenhong back to her senses. She did not forget the purpose of her taking the initiative to come forward this time.

“Here’s what happened…”

Shao Wenhong worked hard to spread the rumors about Song Ruan in the village. She wanted to ambiguously mention the fact that Song Ruan was pressed under that man, while also trying to show her own innocence.

The more she spoke, the more frighteningly gloomy Yang Bin’s eyes became, and Shao Wenhong secretly rejoiced.

During these years in the countryside, the educated youth initially wanted to return to the city, but after years of disappointment, it seemed that they could never go back. Farm work was too hard. Even if the educated youth worked from morning till night, the maximum work points they could get was only 6 points, and each work point was 5 cents, which was only 30 cents a day.

Therefore, even if their families occasionally sent them some food, they could only eat half full. It was impossible to eat a full meal. But if they went to work without eating enough, they would not be able to do much work and would earn even fewer work points.

Under this vicious cycle, more and more educated youth no longer disdain country people as they did at the beginning, but instead choose to marry local girls or boys.

This is not only done to have enough food to eat, but also because everyone is at an age when hormones are surging.

Shao Wenhong was attracted to Yang Bin because his house was big and the most beautiful in the village. Yang Bin was also tall and strong, and he worked quickly and well. If she married him, she would definitely not be afraid of going hungry.

But she was quite reserved at first, just looking for opportunities to talk to him and give him hints, hoping that he would take the initiative to pursue her. After all, she was one of the most beautiful girls among the educated youth, so she couldn’t be too humble.

However, this man didn’t understand her secret glances time and time again, and later he even started dating Song Ruan. Shao Wenhong became anxious.

This time, seeing that he actually came back riding a brand new and shiny Phoenix bicycle, she felt even more unwilling and regretted that she had expressed herself too implicitly before and missed him.

“Have you finished? Get out of the way.” Yang Bin opened his lips coldly, walked around her and continued to go to Song Ruan’s house.

Shao Wenhong stood there in a daze for quite a while before coming to his senses.

He just left like that?

“Wow, a bicycle! It’s a Phoenix 28-inch bicycle!” Song Wu, who was hanging vegetables to dry at the door, saw Yang Bin riding a bicycle towards him from afar and his eyes immediately lit up.

When Yang Bin came closer, he quickly put down the dried vegetables in his hand and went to greet him impatiently.

When Yang Bin braked, Song Wu could see the bicycle even more clearly. He had only seen others ride it but had never touched one.

Li Shengli had one, but he was so stingy that he wouldn’t even let him touch it.

“Can I touch it?” Song Wu finally moved his eyes away from the car, looked up at Yang Bin in the car with hope on his face.

Yang Bin took a long step and got off the bike swiftly: “Of course, second brother, why don’t you take it for practice? You need to practice riding a bicycle a lot.”

“Really?” Song Wu’s pupils were brighter than the wheel axles. Which man could refuse a luxury car? “Brother, wait for me. I’m going to wash my hands first.”

Song Wu rushed to the yard, washed his hands carefully, and rarely wiped the water stains on his hands before running out. Song Wen in the yard followed him out. At this time, Song Wu had already sat on the bench and carefully paddled forward with his feet.

Song Wen was about to scold his brother, but was interrupted by Yang Bin raising his hand.

Song Wen still disagreed: “You shouldn’t let him ride it. He doesn’t know how to ride it. If he scratches it, he won’t be able to afford the compensation.”

Yang Bin smiled, walked up, and sat down on the stone pier at the door: “No problem, I bought it for your family in the first place.”

Song Wen was stunned. Buy it for their family? In this day and age, apart from buying a bicycle for the bride, who would be so generous as to give someone a bicycle?

Get married? Song Wen’s eyes darkened, and he also walked to the stone pier and sat next to him: “What do you mean?”

Song Wen had no opinion about Yang Bin, and even admitted that he was very outstanding, but if it came to marriage, he would not be able to accept it all of a sudden. After all, Song Ruan was the girl he brought up.

Yang Bin knew that he could guess what he was thinking. He rarely showed his lack of confidence: “I, now I just dare to think about it.”

She was like a blooming precious flower, and he was just a lowly mud beside her, with a lowly life to work hard to make money and try to stand on the same level with her. But he was still afraid that he was not worthy of her now, and he was also afraid that she and her parents would reject him, so he didn’t dare to make it clear, and only dared to use these to test her parents’ attitude first.

Song Wen looked at the prodigy in his class in the past. There was a trace of hesitation on his face at this moment, and he couldn’t help but feel a little soft-hearted.

Song Wen turned his face away and said, “When my parents come back in the evening, let’s see if they like the car you gave them.”

A hint of smile appeared on Yang Bin’s stiff and stern face. He clenched his fist and punched the shoulder of the person next to him: “Thanks, brother.”

After that, he stood up and patted the dust off his butt: “I’ll go in and talk to Xiaoruan first.”

“Knock knock knock—”

In Song Ruan’s space, she was using a sledgehammer to tamp down the adobe bricks. She was only halfway done when she felt that she could hardly lift her arms.

The knock on the door was like the sound of nature, giving her an excuse to be lazy.

Song Ruan actively left the space and pulled open the bolt.

“Yang Bin? You’re back?”

The old wooden door opened, revealing the little face he had missed for so long.

She tied her hair into a bun, but left it loose and messy on the sides. A few strands of wet hair fell on her cheeks. With the surprise in her eyes, she looked charming and charming.

Yang Bin felt that all the tiredness of the past few days was swept away in an instant, and what followed was a restless blood.

He stepped into the room, but couldn’t close the door because Song Wen was in the yard.

Yang Bin sighed, took out a box and a bag and handed them to the little girl he had missed for a long time.

“What is this?” Song Ruan took it, walked back to the bed excitedly and sat down.

She first opened the box. Inside the square box was a watch with a gold rim and a white background. There was a red slogan “Serve the People” under the dial.

“Wow, it’s a Shanghai brand watch, so beautiful.” Song Ruan praised.

Then Song Ruan opened the bag expectantly, but unexpectedly there was another bag of money inside.

This is too fast to make money…

Song Ruan grabbed a handful of money, flipped through it carefully, and counted it quietly in her mouth, as if she was afraid of forgetting.

Yang Bin looked at her slender fingers swaying in front of him. Even her nails were pink and tender, which was very charming.

He suddenly grabbed the little hand that was waving in front of him and stroked it gently.

Song Ruan gasped. She didn’t expect this guy to be so bold. Her elder brother was in the yard and he could see him just by looking over here.

Yang Bin’s silent gaze fell on her little face, and he asked in a hoarse voice: “Didn’t you say before that you wanted to go to the mountain to pick red dates? Let’s go now, ok?”