Chapter 10

After separating from Huo Linyuan, An Lan walked back to the educated youth point along the route he remembered.

“Ding, the heroine’s halo progress is weakened by 2%, and a four-piece silk set is rewarded. Do you want to claim the reward?” Xiao Ba’s voice sounded in An Lan’s mind.

“Is it what I mean by weakening the heroine’s halo?”

Is it because she fought back against Li Yanli and Zhang Chunmei?

“Ding, yes, host, disintegrating the heroine’s team can weaken the heroine’s aura!”

“Xiao Ba, I understand now, haha.” An Lan showed a sinister smile…

“Host, don’t laugh like that, it’s scary.” Xiao Ba squatted in the corner and shivered.

“Really? Sorry, I scared you.” An Lan put away her smile and spoke softly in a gentle voice.

“Host, would you like to receive the four-piece set now?”

“Xiao Ba, don’t accept it yet. If you accept it, you won’t be able to explain it when you take it back to the educated youth site.” An Lan refused without thinking.

“Host, don’t worry about this. Once you claim it, we will arrange for the postman to deliver it to your door.” Xiao Ba looked very proud. This was his unique skill. Unlike other systems that gave rewards to the host, the host also needed to edit a reasonable reason himself.

Not wise at all!

When An Lan heard this, he felt it was very strange, so he agreed to receive it and did not care about it anymore.

An Lan casually admired the scenery along the way. It was autumn now, and the fields were all yellow. When the sun shone on them, they were dazzling, like gold spread all over the ground. When the autumn wind blew, they looked like waves on the sea, which was beautiful beyond words.

In her previous life, she had always been busy working and had never taken a good look at Yong’an Village. She didn’t realize that there was such beautiful scenery there.

An Lan didn’t know that while she was admiring the scenery, a man behind her was also admiring the scenery, but the scenery in his eyes was only her.

This person was Huo Linyuan.

The autumn wind blows, and the fallen leaves dance like golden butterflies, falling on the woman’s face, body, and feet. Against the backdrop of the golden wheat fields, she is even more beautiful, not like an ordinary person.

Huo Linyuan remembered that the team leader’s home was far from the educated youth site, so he was a little worried and followed him secretly.

He doesn’t know what’s wrong with him?

It seemed that whenever he encountered anything related to An Lan, he would become different from his usual self. This strange emotion made him frown.

Huo Linyuan followed An Lan like this, stopping and starting all the way, until he sent her back to the educated youth institute and then headed towards home.

From a distance, Huo Linyuan saw an old lady with white hair standing at the door, looking forward to seeing something.

“Grandma, why did you come out? Your body is not well yet, you can’t be exposed to the wind, go in quickly.” Huo Linyuan walked over quickly to support Grandma Huo, his tone a little hurried.

“Lin Yuan, I’m fine now. I feel great and refreshed today.” Grandma Huo was so happy that even the wrinkles on her face were filled with joy.

“Grandma, what’s up with you today? You look so happy?” Huo Linyuan was very curious to see Grandma Huo so happy.

“How can I not be happy? I’m about to have a granddaughter-in-law. You like An Zhiqing, why didn’t you tell me? If you had told me, I would have come to propose marriage, and I wouldn’t have made you so anxious.”

“Grandma, what did you say? Things are not what you think.” Huo Linyuan held his forehead with his hand, a little helpless.

“Don’t lie to me, kid. I’ve heard from the villagers. I’m telling you, Lin Yuan, since you did this, you must take responsibility to the end. Otherwise, what will happen to the female educated youth? You can’t learn from your father and do such a thing as cheating on her. I will not forgive you!” Grandma Huo’s eyes were wide open, as if she was going to deal with Huo Lin Yuan if he dared to cheat on her.

“Grandma, I can’t.” Huo Linyuan’s face immediately turned gloomy when he heard the man.

At this time, two young boys ran out of the room, one looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, and the other about seven or eight years old. The older one was called Huo Linshen and the younger one was called Huo Linyuan.

“Brother, brother, are you going to get married? Am I going to have a sister-in-law?” Huo Linshen ran out and asked anxiously.

“Brother, brother, is it really An Zhiqing? The sister who looks like a fairy?” Huo Linyuan asked nervously, pulling Huo Linyuan’s sleeve.

“No, don’t talk nonsense.” Huo Linyuan looked at the two little kids looking at him with longing eyes and interrupted their fantasies directly.

“Ah… isn’t it?” Huo Linshen was a little discouraged.

His eldest brother is 25 years old and still unmarried. Others in the village who are his age already have children.

But think about it, judging from the way An Zhiqing is dressed, he should come from a well-off family, so why would he fall for their family?

Moreover, my fourth brother needs to see a doctor and take medicine every month. Apart from buying medicine for my fourth brother, the rest of the family money is spent on them. How can there be money to marry a wife? They are the ones who have caused trouble for my eldest brother.

“Brother, I like An Zhiqing and want her to be my sister-in-law.” Huo Linyuan raised his head and stared at Huo Linyuan with watery eyes.

Huo Linyuan was younger and didn’t think as much as his second brother. He only knew that the people at the educated youth center looked down on his family. Only educated youth An would smile sweetly at him and give him candy.

So when people in the village said that An Zhiqing and the eldest brother were dating, he was really happy!

Huo Linyuan touched his third brother’s head, his eyes dim and unclear, and did not answer.

“What’s going on? Why are people in the village saying that you and An Zhiqing are together?” Grandma Huo was confused. She had been ill for several days. Today, when she went out for a walk, she heard people in the village say that Huo Linyuan and An Zhiqing were together and that they were about to get married. She was very happy and rushed home to wait for Huo Linyuan to come back to discuss the matter of proposing marriage.

But now she was told that it was not the case, and she felt a little disappointed.

It was they who dragged down Huo Linyuan. She was already 25 years old and had yet to see the shadow of her granddaughter-in-law. How was she going to explain this to her old man and daughter-in-law a hundred years from now?

Huo Linyuan had no choice but to tell the whole story.

“Ah, brother, Li Zhiqing and Zhang Zhiqing have gone too far! I feel that the captain’s punishment is too light. They should carry manure for the rest of their lives!” Huo Linyuan was a little indignant. An Zhiqing was such a good person, but he was almost harmed by someone. How could he not be angry.

“Brother, An Zhiqing is not injured, right?” Compared with his brother’s anger, Huo Linshen was calmer and more stable.

He thought that if An Zhiqing was injured, their family had ointment, and he could ask his brother to deliver it to him. An Zhiqing would definitely be very grateful. With so much going on, wouldn’t there be hope?

“Lin Yuan is right. This punishment is too light. This troublemaker should be sent to a farm! But Lin Shen is also right. Is An the educated youth injured? Why don’t you send him back to the educated youth home? The educated youth home is so far away from the captain’s home…”

It would be terrible if something happened on the way. Previously, a female educated youth was raped on the way back to the educated youth institute, and she jumped into the river and committed suicide the next day.

What’s more, to go back to the educated youth institute from the team leader’s home, one has to pass through a small woods, and there are no houses in front or behind the woods. If one encounters someone with bad intentions, there would be no help from heaven or earth!

“An Zhiqing was not injured. I came back after I followed her back to the Zhiqing Institute. You don’t have to worry about her.” Huo Linyuan put down the backpack and said to Grandma Huo, “Grandma, you should cook the rabbit today.”

“You’re not going to sell it for money?” Grandma Huo said in a low voice, looking at the fat rabbit in the basket.

“No, this rabbit is for you and Lin Qing to nourish your body.”