Soul Patch

Chapter 306 Wildflowers Bloom in the Countryside, Tea and Rice Fill the Air

Yonghui Village is located in the southwest of Jiangbei Province, 283 kilometers away from M City, the provincial capital of Jiangbei Province. It is bordered by Zhaojia Village to the east and Xiajia Village to the west.

The taxi drove out of M City and headed southwest. As Wenjie looked at the familiar scenery outside the car window, his emotions began to fluctuate.

Wildflowers bloom in the countryside, and the air is filled with the fragrance of tea and rice... He seemed to see the bright red wildflowers and lush green fields of his hometown.

"Shanshan..." he called out softly.

He suddenly remembered the things he had said perfunctorily when his mother asked about his girlfriend after he went back to his hometown with Zhao Xiaolong.

And after his life trajectory was corrected, when his mother, Zhao Xiaoyun, brought up the topic of him finding a partner, he would put on a poker face.

Yang Shanshan gets sleepy as soon as she gets in the car, and she barely slept a wink last night.

When she got on the bus and discussed the shuttle bus with Wenjie, her eyelids were already drooping. She soon fell asleep leaning on Wenjie's shoulder.

Hearing Wenjie call her, she groggily responded, "Hmm?"

"In a little while, when you go to my house, if you see my mom..." Wenjie lowered her eyes. Yang Shanshan was looking up at her with her little face upturned, her eyes half-closed as if she hadn't woken up yet.

"Uh……"

Half asleep and half awake, Yang Shanshan imagined the scene Wenjie had described:

She sneaked into Wenjie's house and saw Wenjie's mother sitting by the bed. Seeing a reckless person suddenly appear in the house, she was sure to interrogate her.

And then... and then what should she say? That she came to find Wenjie and wanted to borrow a small stone from him.

What a load of nonsense! This whole thing is just absurd to think about.

Thinking of this, Yang Shanshan was wide awake.

She had initially agreed to help Wenjie retrieve the stones, but she hadn't considered this possibility at all.

He thought he might run into Wenjie, who was a teenager... but that didn't matter, kids are easy to fool.

Suddenly realizing there was another test, she sat up straight and said fiercely, "Oh? There's a chance we'll run into your mother? She... doesn't work during the day?"

Oh, people in rural areas probably don't work.

Her parents were both working-class, so she naturally assumed that they both had to work during the day.

Wenjie smiled faintly, ruffled her hair, and comforted her:

"What work? It's National Day today! When you see my mom, just say you're a new teacher transferred from the school, here for a home visit. That way you'll have a chance to come into my room and talk to me alone..."

"What are we going to talk about..." Yang Shanshan blurted out, but immediately realized something was wrong and hurriedly corrected herself, "No, no, what kind of logic is that? If I said I was a teacher, would your mom believe me? Do you think you would? You're a teenager, what don't you understand!"

As they discussed animatedly in the back, the driver in the front, taking advantage of their inattention, secretly glanced at them, his eyes filled with astonishment, fear, and... sympathy.

Sigh, they're all so young, and they've all gone mad.

These two young people are so pitiful.

He calmly took out his phone, opened QQ News, and looked at news such as "Escape from the mental hospital".

"Don't worry, when you see me, just tell me your teacher is giving you tutoring... I'll definitely listen obediently." Wenjie smiled, thinking to himself: I love it when pretty female teachers come to my house for tutoring.

"Family tutoring?"

"You've written everything down, so don't complain later."

Yang Shanshan looked daunted and her face was long.

The road gradually narrowed, and finally, seeing that it was difficult for vehicles to enter the narrow alley ahead, the driver simply stopped the car: "This is the best we can go; we can't go any further." "Thank you, sir. WeChat or Alipay...?"

Having gotten used to electronic payments, Wenjie felt compelled to scan a QR code whenever he saw a large transaction... He was both amused and exasperated.

He quickly took out cash from his pocket and handed it to the driver.

He thought the driver would stare at him in surprise or ask what WeChat or Alipay were.

Because in M ​​City in 2009, the most fashionable payment method was probably the credit card.

Back then, those who were credit card slaves were the trendsetters of the time.

The driver remained calm, as if he hadn't heard anything. He took the cash that was handed to him, took out his wallet from the passenger seat, and handed the change to Wenjie.

Wenjie took the change and was about to leave with Yang Shanshan when he heard the driver behind him mutter to himself, "Young man, hurry up and take a look."

Wenjie turned his head and asked, "What are you looking at so quickly?"

"It's nothing...it's nothing, just saying."

The driver started the car.

Wenjie looked at Yang Shanshan and saw that she also looked puzzled. He smiled and said, "It's probably some kind of misunderstanding. Don't worry about it."

"Shanshan, just follow this path all the way to the end, turn right and the innermost courtyard is my house. There are lots of flowers and plants growing on the base of the curtain wall right inside the gate of my house, none of the neighbors' houses have them, so you definitely won't go to the wrong place."

When Yang Shanshan heard Wenjie say this, she hurriedly grabbed Wenjie's arm and said, "Come with me, I... I'm scared."

"What are you afraid of? Just go in confidently." You haven't done anything wrong, there's no need to be so nervous.

It's easy to say, but it's a guilty conscience!
“Oh right, once we get into the yard…” Wenjie said, squatting down and breaking off a small twig, gesturing on the ground:

He first drew a large square, then a small square: "This is the yard, this is the gate... After you go in, do this, do this, walk like this. You'll be in my room. As soon as you open the door, you'll see the writing desk. Feel around in the drawer on your left, the little stone is there."

Yang Shanshan glanced at the graffiti on the ground, a messy jumble, and frowned as she asked, "Are you sure? Didn't you say you couldn't remember where you put the stone?"

This is truly a soul-searching question.

Wenjie thought about it carefully for a moment and said, "I'm not sure... Sigh! Let's go quickly."

As he spoke, he gave Yang Shanshan a push on the shoulder. Her slender shoulder blades, even through several layers of clothing, revealed a beautiful figure.

That's pure nonsense... He's just lusting after her body. Wenjie watched as Yang Shanshan swayed her hips as she walked into the alley.

He turned and walked down another road, a road he could walk with his eyes closed.

He quickly circled around to the back of his house, jumped over the wall, and climbed over into the backyard.

He crept around the big apricot tree in the backyard, then tiptoed to the back window of his room.

Peek inside furtively.

A strange feeling welled up inside me, as if I were seeing the past through a wormhole.

In winter, my mother always kept the kang (a heated brick bed) against the wall in the room burning brightly, making the whole room warm and cozy. In summer, a mat was laid out, keeping it dry and cool…

At this moment, a fourteen-year-old boy moved a small stool, leaned over the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), and wrote something with his head down.

His features were still youthful and immature, like a pine tree about to burst forth with branches and grow wildly.

Today is National Day, and I'm at home doing my homework. I guess I'll watch CCTV's live broadcast after I finish my homework.

(End of this chapter)