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Xie Zhuo and Han Xiaoyu had never gotten along well before.

On the one hand, it might simply be that their auras don’t match. The two didn’t like each other very much when they first met, but after all, they are in the same village, so they can maintain a superficial peace. On the other hand... it is probably because Xie Zhuo’s fiancée happens to be Sun Jiarou, whom Han Xiaoyu likes.

The two men fought secretly many times.

At first, Xie Zhuo didn't quite understand why Han Xiaoyu always wanted to compete with him in everything. He was obviously not as strong as him, but when he saw Han Xiaoyu carrying sacks in order to earn more work points, he insisted on switching jobs with others to show off by moving grain, and ended up spraining his waist.

Logically speaking, this matter had nothing to do with Xie Zhuo, as the two of them were more than half an acre of land apart at the time. But when Han Xiaoyu was being supported by someone and passed by him, Han Xiaoyu suddenly turned his head and glared at him.

Xie Zhuo: “?”

Then the other educated youth at the educated youth point also glared at him without knowing the truth.

Xie Zhuo: “…”

It's just fucking speechless.

Later, Xie Zhuo finally understood Han Xiaoyu's little thoughts, and then he would choose to do the heavy and tiring work when the brigade secretary was around, and then watch the weak scholars from the city grit their teeth and compete with him in strength.

The educated youth at the educated youth point did not know Han Xiaoyu's intention and thought that he simply wanted to show off in front of the secretary, to gain face and did not want the villagers to look down on them. Unexpectedly, they met Xie Zhuo, the annoying "troublemaker".

Then some educated youth began to curse Xie Zhuo behind his back, saying that he was an uneducated and uncultured country bumpkin, and they also spread rumors that he was a second-rate person in the Qingshan Brigade.

Unfortunately, Xie Zhuo doesn't care about these.

As long as he could make Han Xiaoyu feel uncomfortable, he would be happy.

It’s not that he has deep feelings for Sun Jiarou, he simply can’t stand Han Xiaoyu.

Moreover, he and Sun Jiarou were engaged when their families were young. There were hundreds of households in Qingshan Brigade. His family lived in the south near the river, and Sun's family lived in the north near the supply and marketing cooperative. Except for the occasional visit by Sun Jiarou to the fields to bring meals to her family, the two of them had never met in private.

Later, when Xie Zhuo's parents passed away, the Sun family's attitude changed.

It was said before that the two would get married when Sun Jiarou came of age, but unexpectedly, less than a month before Sun Jiarou came of age, the old lady of the Sun family suddenly passed away.

The Sun family said that they had to observe a three-year mourning period, so the wedding had to be postponed again and again.

Some people in the village gossiped after dinner, saying that the Sun family didn't want to marry their daughter to Xie Lao San because the Xie family had no one left, only one young man with two burdens.

Mr. Xie is already 24 years old this year, and he will be 26 in another two years.

At the age of 26 in the village, the child should be having three children.

The Sun family is not in a hurry. Xie Lao San can't delay it, so he will have to cancel the engagement himself when the time comes.

But this is just something people talk about privately. After all, there was a saying in the past that if one observes mourning for three years, there will be no signs of pregnancy.

Xie Zhuo used to have some thoughts about whether to get married or not. When his mother was still alive, she loved to tease him about this, saying that he would be a father in a few years and he still had a childish temper and liked to act like a spoiled child.

But since his two elder brothers died for the country and his parents died of grief, he no longer thought about anything.

He had read in a book before that a person’s growth happens in that moment, but he didn’t quite understand it. Later, he finally understood it, and also lost the person with whom he could act like a spoiled child without restraint.

He didn't want to live his life again.

Because he knew that Sun Jiarou would never marry him, and he also knew that Sun Jiarou would marry Han Xiaoyu in the future.

As for this Xu Yan...

She is dead.

She didn't drown, but died of long-term hunger and malnutrition. It was finally discovered that something had grown in her stomach. Xie Zhuo didn't remember it very clearly, but he only remembered that less than two months after her death, Han Xiaoyu married Sun Jiarou.

The wedding was a lively one.

Not knowing what he was thinking of, Xie Zhuo came back to his senses, gave a faint sneer, and then made a "tsk" sound.

It was his sudden voice that seemed to lift a spell, and Xu Yan suddenly felt the pressure on him was much less.

"I," she tried again.

Although it still feels difficult, at least I can express complete sentences normally.

"The first time, it was indeed me who distributed the things to them," Xu Yan said in a hoarse voice.

The sun was still very strong outside the gate, and the cicadas were chirping loudly, but no one cared whether it was hot or not at this moment. They were all waiting quietly for her next words.

In the end, I waited for a long time but nothing happened.

"Didn't you understand?" Xie Zhuo suddenly spoke up, "What she meant was that except for the first time, she didn't give them the things on the other occasions."

After saying that, he looked at Xu Yan with a strange look.

After hearing his explanation, the crowd became lively again.

"Xu Yan, do you know what you are saying?" Han Xiaoyu's face looked ugly. He didn't expect that Xu Yan really wanted to take those things back.

"Xu Yan, do you want to kill us?" Zhou Jingjing's eyes turned red with anger. "Don't you even listen to Brother Xiao Yu's words?"

Whoever wants to listen can listen.

I don’t like to listen, so I don’t want to listen!

Xu Yan secretly complained in her heart, but because of Han Xiaoyu, she wanted to bow her head again.

"If you are really so angry, I will go find Liang Qian now and ask her to apologize to you," said a male educated youth and ran towards the woods. Liang Qian usually liked to go there when she was in a bad mood.

"I really don't know what has provoked you," Wu Shi glared at Xu Yan, "You suddenly treat us and Brother Han like this, do you have a clear conscience?"

Xu Yan: “…”

That would be too much for me.

But she couldn't speak.

Li Aihua, who suddenly squeezed in from the back of the crowd, spoke for her, "Conscience? What you say is quite interesting, comrade. Can conscience be eaten? If it could be eaten, young educated youth Xu wouldn't have gone fishing in the river because he was hungry and almost drowned."

Fall into the river?

Han Xiaoyu suddenly looked at Xu Yan, then turned to look at the other people who stayed at the educated youth point at noon.

Zhou Jingjing was a talkative person, but when she heard someone mention Xu Yan falling into the river, her face turned pale instantly. Then, when she noticed Han Xiaoyu's eyes, she was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat.

It’s over.

This was the only thought in Qin Li's mind.

"Who did you say fell into the river?" Ye Wei thought he had heard it wrong and asked again.

"Look, it's been so long," Li Aihua said, "and you didn't even know that young educated youth Xu fell into the river and almost drowned, and you still say she has a guilty conscience. In my opinion, it's you who should have a guilty conscience."

As soon as she said this, the expressions of the others changed.

Yes, the people living in the same yard almost drowned due to hunger, and they still have the nerve to rob others here.

"I was wondering why this young educated youth Xu has become thinner and thinner since he came to our Qingshan Brigade. It seems that you have taken all this stuff away and eaten it. Ugh, you have such a bad conscience!"

"Whoever snatched it away was the one she gave it to us," Wu Shi said with a red face, repeating the same words over and over again.

Han Xiaoyu walked to Xu Yan's side without knowing when, staring at her with a pair of eyes, and said in a deep voice, "You fell into the water?"

Xu Yan really felt sorry for the original owner.

Look, this is the person she holds dear to her heart.

It had been so long, and if someone hadn't brought it up, not only would he not have discovered anything, he even forced her to divide her package.

Is it really worth it?

As soon as the thought came to her mind, she felt her heart suddenly beat violently because of Han Xiaoyu's concern.

Xu Yan: “…”

Sorry, you shouldn't use a normal person's way of thinking to understand a bootlicker.

"Why do you suddenly want to go fishing by the river?" Han Xiaoyu asked a second question when he saw Xu Yan kept his head down.

Before Xu Yan could say anything, Qin Li on the other side couldn't hold back her tears and burst into tears again.

Han Xiaoyu looked over with an unpleasant expression.

If there is anything else that is unclear, it must be her and Zhou Jingjing.

"I, no, it was her. I didn't say anything," Zhou Jingjing said incoherently, "She wanted to make fish soup for you. I just told her that there might be fish by the river, and then she -"

"Enough!" Han Xiaoyu didn't let Zhou Jingjing continue speaking.

Although everyone in the educated youth center knew that Xu Yan liked him, the villagers didn't know. Now that Zhou Jingjing said this, the entire Qingshan Brigade knew about it.

The female educated youth Xu Yan almost drowned when she went to the river to fish for him. He didn't need to think about it to know how the villagers would gossip about her in the future.

Han Xiaoyu was so angry that his liver ached.

What day is today? Why do all the things have to happen today?

And there is Xu Yan. Usually what he says is what matters, but today he actually dared to go against him.

After today's matter is over, he will definitely write a letter home and ask his parents to immediately cancel his marriage with Xu Yan.

By then, even if Xu Yan cried and begged him with those things, he would definitely not be soft-hearted.