The Beginning of the World: Going to the Countryside as an Educated Youth

In the following week, Zhao Dongchuan did not go anywhere else, but stayed in Shuangshui Village to do his homework.

In addition to doing his own homework during the day, he would listen to the stories told by the villagers and record them as material. He would also wander around the village and observe the life in the village. In the evening, he would give Sun Shaoping extra lessons. His life was quite fulfilling.

During this period, Zhao Dongchuan also bought some vegetables, fruits and grain in the village and asked them to exchange them for money to buy needles and thread.

Half a month had passed since Zhao Dongchuan came to Shuangshui Village. He began to worry about Li Huiying's situation. He had left 10 watches for Li Huiying and asked her to take a break after selling them all and wait for him to come back to find her.

Although he believed that Li Huiying would not do anything wrong, money was a tempting thing, so he did not dare to give her too many watches. With so much money, whether Li Huiying could stick to her bottom line over a long period of time was also a test of her heart. After all, with the money in hand, he would not dare to make it public if she ran away with the money.

He has the ability to get it back, but it is easy to be exposed after all, and not showing up for a long time can easily make people have some unnecessary thoughts.

Zhao Dongchuan decided to go back to Huangyuan to see Li Huiying and show up at the cultural center.

So on the next day, Zhao Dongchuan rode his bike directly to Yuanxi County, and then took a bus to Huangyuan.

As the car was bumpy, Zhao Dongchuan kept his eyes closed and followed the breathing method in "Introduction to Qigong" to calm his mind and regulate his breathing.

Being active on the outside and quiet on the inside, one gradually enters a state of oblivion of both oneself and the world.

At this time he was not completely unconscious, but slowly withdrew from that environment, like an observer, quietly experiencing it.

As the meditation deepens, a warm current appears in the lower abdomen, appearing and disappearing like a naughty child.

When the bus arrived at the station, Zhao Dongchuan recovered from this state and slowly got off the bus with the crowd.

After getting off the car, Zhao Dongchuan went around to the back of the car to unload his bicycle, and then rode it towards Li Huiying's home.

Soon after ten minutes, they arrived at Li Huiying's house.

At this time, the yard door was closed and voices were heard from inside.

Zhao Dongchuan knocked on the door.

After a while, footsteps were heard, and with a "creak", the door opened.

"Oh, Xiao Zhao, you're back." It was Li Huiying who opened the door.

"Come in, I'm making lunch, eat here at noon!"

"I just came back and came to see you!" Zhao Dongchuan said as he walked and looked towards the yard.

At this time, there was a strange man in the yard, about forty years old, wearing khaki clothes, with dark skin and thick calluses on his palms. He was obviously a farmer who had worked for a long time.

"Xiao Zhao, this is Old Liu from our village..." Li Huiying became a little embarrassed as she spoke.

"I'm from the same village as Huiying. My name is Liu Laogen!" Liu Laogen felt a little uncomfortable when he saw a stranger coming in.

Zhao Dongchuan understood it at a glance. They were dating, and it was already semi-public, making him like a big light bulb.

"Aunt Li, did I disturb you?" Zhao Dongchuan teased.

"Xiao Zhao, I'm sorry to have made a fool of myself. I..." Li Huiying choked up a little and wiped away her tears with red eyes.

Liu Laogen was at a loss when he saw this. He wanted to go forward to comfort him but was hindered by Zhao Dongchuan's presence.

"Aunt Li, I was just joking. You don't have to be like this. I understand. When you get married, I will give you a big red envelope!" Zhao Dongchuan explained quickly.

"We are not planning on having a wedding. We are already quite old and this is not our first marriage. We just want to find a partner to live with.

Old Liu is an honest man. He had been interested in me since he was young, but his family was poor and my parents did not agree. They married me to someone else and he never married again.

In my current situation, if he doesn't despise me, I'm naturally willing to follow him." Li Huiying said slowly.

Another case of "breaking up a couple in love"!

Zhao Dongchuan understood it very well. After all, it was her own life to live. It was a new society now and there was no such thing as a chastity arch. No one could stop someone from remarrying.

Seeing that Zhao Dongchuan did not have any intention of looking down on them and even expressed understanding and agreement, the two of them couldn't help but put down the stone in their hearts and breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Huiying still cares about the opinion of Xiao Zhao, her "lifesaver". Besides, since she is selling watches to him now, she is considered half his employee. Although this is her private matter, it will be difficult for her if her boss has any opinion about it.

Zhao Dongchuan found an opportunity and asked vaguely about the watch, asking whether Lao Liu knew about it.

Li Huiying shook her head and said, "I didn't tell him, but I can't keep it a secret for long. He will find out eventually!"

"Let's leave it at this for now. You should be careful. We'll talk about it after we finish this deal!" Zhao Dongchuan said helplessly.

This is indeed a difficult matter. The more people who know, the greater the risk of being exposed. Fortunately, he has never revealed his true origins to Li Huiying and Cao Yuan, mother and daughter. Even if something so serious happens in Huangyuan City, it is unlikely that he will be found.

It seems that he has to change his thinking from now on. If it doesn't work, he will take time to sell it himself. He has glasses produced by the system, and with the help of breath-concealing techniques and lightness skills, he can deal with many situations easily.

Afterwards, Zhao Dongchuan had dinner at Li Huiying's house and drank a little wine with Lao Liu. It is said that people speak the truth after drinking, so after Zhao Dongchuan's testing and trickery.

He had probably figured out some of Old Liu's character traits, and at least for now, he was definitely not a cunning or sneaky person.

Even if they knew about the watch, it was unlikely that they would expose them.

This made Zhao Dongchuan feel a lot more relieved.

Li Huiying also found an opportunity to give the payment for the goods to Zhao Dongchuan. Zhao Dongchuan settled the commission, left ten watches, and told Li Huiying to be careful before leaving.

Afterwards, Zhao Dongchuan went back to the dormitory and cleaned it. No one had lived there for half a month, so apart from some dust, the room was fine.

After a quick cleanup and feeling that it was almost done, Zhao Dongchuan closed the door.

He planned to go to the cultural center first, work half a day, and see if Jia Bing was there.

Zhao Dongchuan greeted the colleagues he met along the way while walking towards his office.

"Hi, Xiao Zhao, you're back?" At this time, Jia Bing was leaning over the table writing. Seeing Zhao Dongchuan coming back, he asked with a little surprise.

"Teacher Jia, I'm just worried that I have too much work to do, so I came back to take a look. It didn't take much time to come here from Shuangshui Village. It's the same if I go back in two days. It won't delay anything!" Zhao Dongchuan said with a smile.

"How is it going? What's the progress?" Jia Bing looked concerned.

"It's OK. I've written more than half of it, but it's not finished yet. I'm still making adjustments!"

"If you don't mind, you can show it to me and we can discuss it together!" Jia Bing said.

"Okay, I'll bring the manuscript over tomorrow and ask you to take a look at it!" Zhao Dongchuan smiled.