Fast Passage

Qingli, covered in mud and water, lay weakly by the rapids. The rain pattered against her, blurring her vision and making her voice hoarse.

Her strength was rapidly depleted and her voice was getting weaker and weaker. Just when she was feeling a little desperate, she heard someone calling his name.

Qingli tried to respond, but the crackling sound of the rain drowned out her voice. Fortunately, as Li Yu walked by, he was startled. He stopped and looked carefully before he spotted Qingli.

Li Yu slowly pulled Qingli up. Qingli felt a little hot and had been soaked in the rain for a long time. She had no strength left in her body. She forced herself to open her eyes and saw that it was Li Yu. Then she fainted with relief.

Li Yu held Qingli in his arms and ran to Xu's house. He didn't care about his embarrassment and handed Qingli to her mother.

Before they got married, even if he was Qingli's partner, he had to avoid suspicion now.

After hearing what happened, the Xu family members were all relieved and scared.

After giving Qingli some antipyretic medicine and making sure that Qingli was fine, Li Yu left and went back to change his clothes.

Unexpectedly, Qingli came to Li Yu early the next morning, holding a soup pot in her hand. Li Yu quickly stood up and touched her forehead. He breathed a sigh of relief when he found that her temperature was normal.

I couldn't help but ask, "You were so scared yesterday, why didn't you stay at home? Aren't you afraid of getting sick?" I rubbed Qingli's head while saying this.

Qingli glared at him softly, thinking to herself, it's because I'm worried about you. When she heard her mother say that Li Yu sent her home and waited until her fever subsided before going back, she was a little worried about Li Yu.

She was afraid that he would catch a cold. Li Yu came from the city and probably didn't know how to make ginger soup, so she made some extra and brought it to Li Yu.

Looking at the ginger soup handed over by Qingli and smelling the pungent smell, Li Yu refused in his heart, but looking at Qingli's eyes full of worry and expectation, he drank the ginger soup in one gulp.

His mouth was burning, and when he drank it, even his esophagus and stomach felt warm. Soon, sweat appeared on his forehead.

Qingli helped Li Yu wipe the sweat from his forehead. Seeing Li Yu sticking out his tongue and looking like he had lost all hope in life, he couldn't help but curl his eyes and smile.

Li Yu always pays attention to his image. Today is the first time he sees him in such a miserable state. Seeing Qingli laughing so hard, Li Yu stretched out his finger and tapped her head. "What are you laughing at? I am your savior. It has happened twice. As the saying goes, a life-saving grace should be repaid with one's body. How about it, Miss Qingli? Come and repay me. I will never despise you." As he spoke, Li Yu opened his arms to Qingli, as if he wanted Qingli to take the initiative to throw herself into his arms.

Qingli rolled her eyes at Li Yu. The more she got along with Li Yu, the more she realized that although Li Yu looked gentle and polite, he was actually a naughty child inside.

The New Year celebrations in the countryside were simple. Basically, every household would fry something and then put it in a basket and go from house to house. Li Yu was an educated youth and didn't have many relatives in the village. He only visited Qingli's house once.

Li Yu also sent a lot of things to his original parents and brothers, making the whole family think that he had suffered and grown up in the countryside.

After the beginning of the year, Li Yu was going to get engaged to Qingli. Perhaps he had brainwashed his parents too successfully before, so his parents gave him full approval in their letters and especially hoped that he could bring his daughter-in-law home to see her properly. They also sent a lot of gifts to his in-laws.

The engagement banquet in the village is also simple. A few close relatives gather at home, and then hold a small engagement banquet with everyone's witness, mainly to let the relatives of both sides get to know each other.

Li Yu continued to save money for a while. He remembered that the college entrance examination would be resumed in two years. He calculated his age and thought that he would be of marriageable age in two years.

Although there are no requirements for marriage age in this era, Li Yu still can't get over the hurdle in his heart. He still has to wait until he is 20 years old.