Chapter 111

Xia Yunxuan: “Nice doing business with you. If I have more goods next time, I’ll come find you.”

Xia Yunxuan pushed her cart and left. When she was far away and no one was around, she immediately put everything in her space, took out her motorcycle, and rode it home. It was already late, and she didn’t know if Yichen would be looking for her.

At home, Xiao Yichen was worried sick. It was almost nine o’clock and Xuanxuan still hadn’t come back. He didn’t know if something had happened. He was afraid that if he went out to look for her, he would miss her.

If he asked others to help look for her, it would make too much noise, and even if nothing happened, it would become something. He knew the gossipy aunties in the village would spread rumors.

Xia Yunxuan rode very fast. It usually took one or two hours, but she cut the time in half. When she was close to home, she immediately put the motorcycle in her space.

Huh, why was there still light in her room? Did Yichen stay up late and wait for her?

Xia Yunxuan checked herself to make sure everything was okay, then opened her door. Sure enough, she saw Xiao Yichen sitting in a chair, asleep. She whispered, “Yichen, I’m back.”

Xiao Yichen finally heard the voice he was longing for. He immediately ran over and hugged Xia Yunxuan, “Xuanxuan, you scared me to death. Why did you come back so late? Don’t do this next time.”

Xia Yunxuan patted Xiao Yichen’s back and comforted him, “Yichen, I’m fine, don’t worry. I just ran into some human traffickers, but don’t worry, I’m fine, they got beat up pretty badly.”

Xiao Yichen: “Xuanxuan, you’re not lying to me, are you really okay?”

Xia Yunxuan: “Yeah, Yichen, I’m not lying to you, I’m really fine. Am I not perfectly fine? Yichen, it’s late, you should go back to rest.”

Xiao Yichen: “Okay, I’ll go. Make sure you lock the door when you go to sleep. If it wasn’t for those people gossiping and ruining your reputation, I wouldn’t have left tonight.”

Xia Yunxuan, is this Girl so direct? Think about it, they’ll be able to get their marriage license in a few days, and then they’ll be able to be together openly.

After Xiao Yichen left, Xia Yunxuan locked the door and went into her space. She took a shower, ate some snacks, brushed her teeth, and then went to sleep. Thinking about how much money she made tonight, she was very happy. She was going to buy more courtyards and land.

She was very tired from riding her motorcycle so far today, so Xia Yunxuan quickly fell asleep. She slept until the alarm went off the next morning and she got up, still sleepy and not wanting to open her eyes.

Breakfast was simple today, just a few egg cakes and meat buns for each person, and some soy milk.

After Xia Yunxuan made breakfast, Xiao Yichen and Gu Beihui came back, but what was this? Why was each of them carrying a bundle of firewood, and Gu Beihui was also holding a wild chicken? Did they go up the mountain this early in the morning?

Xia Yunxuan: “Yichen, did you go up the mountain this early in the morning?”

Gu Beihui: “Sister-in-law, you have to control the boss. Before dawn, the boss dragged me out of bed and said we had to go gather firewood. He also said I was weak and needed to exercise. Who goes to gather firewood to exercise? The boss just couldn’t sleep and didn’t want me to sleep.”

Xia Yunxuan really felt sorry for the poor boy for three seconds. Having a boss like that was really unbearable.

Xiao Yichen: “Hmph, I’m doing this for your own good, so you can get in shape and find a wife. You’re not grateful, you even snitch on me. Sigh, it seems I can’t do good deeds.”

Gu Beihui almost fell over when he heard his boss’s words. Ever since he met his sister-in-law, the boss’s face had gotten thicker and thicker. He was simply shameless.

Xia Yunxuan: “Just eat breakfast. I’ll make you something good for lunch. I don’t want to move this morning, so I’m just eating something simple.”

Gu Beihui: “Sister-in-law, don’t worry, I’m not picky, I’ll eat whatever you make. After seeing what those people in the educated youth point eat, I think what I eat is a feast.”

“They just have some wild vegetables and thin porridge, it’s not even called porridge, it’s just wild vegetable water. They also have hard, tooth-breaking steamed buns and a plate of salty pickles.”

“Sister-in-law, we have fine grains every day, I’m already very satisfied. You can’t be too picky, if others know, they’ll give you the side eye.”

Xiao Yichen: “You know it. If you dare to be picky when your sister-in-law cooks so hard every day, I’ll make sure you experience wild vegetable water every day.”

The three of them quickly finished breakfast and went to the threshing ground to wait for the Captain to hold a meeting. A few minutes later, the Captain held a loudspeaker and asked, “Take a look, who else is missing? You’re always late, do you want work points or not?”

Someone in the crowd said, “Captain, Old Bachelor and Xia Yunyan are missing. Do you think the Old Bachelor is still stuck in the land of love and can’t get up? Everyone else laughed when they heard this.

Someone added, “Who says not? The Old Bachelor has been single for so long, now he finally has a wife, he must want to press her down on the bed and do it all day long.”

“Heh, you guys say, is the Old Bachelor still up to it? He’s so old, maybe he’s all show and no go?”

Xiao Yichen quickly covered Xia Yunxuan’s ears, not letting her hear these dirty jokes. Xia Yunxuan blinked her big eyes and looked at the person who was talking, meaning to say that she had already heard.

The Captain immediately shouted, “Shut up! It’s a meeting, why are you talking about this and that? There are so many unmarried Girls, how will they feel?”

Mrs. Guan said, “Captain, you don’t know. Nowadays, kids are not like us back then, they’re smart. Maybe they like to hear us say these things.”

The Captain shouted into the loudspeaker, “Quiet down! You’re really getting bold. Xiaohua, since the Old Bachelor and Xia Yunyan are not here for work, mark them as absent, understand?”

“Anyway, don’t come crying to me when you don’t have any food. I’m not going to take care of anyone then, and the same goes for you educated youths. You work for three or four work points a day, I don’t know what you’re going to eat. You work more, it’s as if I’m going to take your lives.”

Feng Shuwen: “Captain, why do you care so much? We can just buy food from the team if we don’t have any, we have plenty of money. We’re not going to starve, are you going to watch us die, Captain?”

Captain: “Heh, Feng Zhiqing, you’re so tough, you’re so amazing. I hope you’re still so tough then. The Captain was about to explode, what is this every day?”

And tomorrow morning, there’s another batch of educated youths coming, and there are a few more people being sent to the cow shed. He was so anxious that his hair was about to fall out.