Quick Travel: Destiny for Thirty Lifetimes

"Go out? I don't know." Ji Yunchen had never thought about this, nor had he thought that one day he would leave the village.

He has lived in the countryside since he was a child. His father is the village chief. He is the youngest child in the family and is smarter than his two brothers. He also read some books when he was a child, but he doesn't remember them now. But everyone in the village says that he is good at dealing with people and has a quick mind. He is obviously a good candidate to be the village chief. After his father retires, he will definitely be the next village chief.

His life seemed to have been planned out, which was to take over his father's management of the village. As for what the outside world was like, he had never thought about it before.

But Lian Qingyang is here. He belongs to the outside world, and I don’t know if he will leave here in the future. What should I do then?

Lian Qingyang could see his bewilderment, so he smiled and changed the subject, asking, "Captain Qu is discussing with the other educated youth about holding a song and dance party tomorrow night. Do you want to go and see it?"

"Okay." Ji Yunchen's attention was diverted, and he quickly responded, "I'll go tell my parents and bring a rabbit over. You can go back first."

Lian Qingyang stood still, and when he looked up, the sunlight hit his face. He raised his hand to shield it, his eyebrows moving slightly. "I'll wait for you behind the house. Hurry up."

Ji Yunchen hesitated for a moment before turning around and nodded.

When Lian Qingyang started counting the rabbits for the second time, Ji Yunchen strode over and handed him the kettle in his hand. He said, "This is watermelon juice fresh from the well. It's still cold. Have some, but don't drink too much, or you'll get an upset stomach."

Lian Qingyang took it and recognized at a glance that this kettle was the one Ji Yunchen used to bring him water. He stepped aside with the kettle, unscrewed the lid and took a sip. The cool and rich watermelon juice slid from his mouth, down his throat, and cooled his stomach. It felt like most of the heat brought by the summer had been washed away.

Seeing him standing obediently aside, Ji Yunchen bent down and grabbed a rabbit near the low wall, carrying it aside to deal with it. Lian Qingyang subconsciously followed, but Ji Yunchen raised his hand to stop him: "I'm going to deal with the rabbit, be careful not to get blood on yourself."

Lian Qingyang had no choice but to nod to indicate that he would not move, and then he squinted his eyes from a distance to see how Ji Yunchen handled it.

He first picked up the rope hanging on the low wall and tied up the rabbit's hind legs. Then he turned the rabbit upside down, tied the other end of the rope to the thick branch of a big tree next to him, and picked up a thick wooden stick and started hitting the rabbit's head.

Lian Qingyang was startled when he saw this. He grabbed the kettle with both hands to block his eyes. After the knocking sound disappeared, he tilted his head to look over. Then he saw Ji Yunchen holding a small knife. He expressionlessly cut a hole in the rabbit's neck and started to bleed it. There was a basin underneath to collect the blood.

Qingyang didn't even watch the peeling and cleaning of the internal organs. He held the kettle with a sad mind and drank the whole kettle of watermelon juice without realizing it, and even burped.

By the time he finished drinking, the other side had been processed. Ji Yunchen was holding the processed rabbit in one hand and the basin of blood in the other. A few drops of blood splashed on his face. With a mischievous smile, he said to Lian Qingyang, "Done drinking? Here's some hot ones, want some?"

After hearing what Ji Yunchen said, thinking about the color of the watermelon juice, Lian Qingyang almost vomited. He turned his head away, holding the kettle and left the place.

*

When they returned to the educated youth residence, it was not yet time for lunch and the educated youth in the courtyard were chatting animatedly. As soon as Lian Qingyang walked in, Lin Haojun came up to him and whispered to him that the team leader wanted three or four people to get together to perform a program, which could be poetry recitation, singing or dancing.

Three groups of educated youth from Yunqi Village arrived one after another, with nearly thirty people. With three or four people performing each program, there was enough for the performance.

Lian Qingyang turned his head and looked into the courtyard. The male educated youth were mostly reciting poems, while the female ones had already started rehearsing dance moves. He looked back at Lin Haojun: "So what are we going to perform?"

Lin Haojun shook his head and said anxiously, "They have all formed teams and gone to the captain to sign up for the program. There are only two of us left."

Ji Yunchen, who was half a step behind, appeared behind Lian Qingyang at the right time. He used his height to scan the courtyard and said excitedly, "Wow! That's really good! Can I join you?"

Lian Qingyang was startled and turned around suddenly, frowning and saying, "Why are you shouting so loudly? They have already formed a team, so forget it."

Ji Yunchen patted Lian Qingyang's shoulder and looked at Lin Haojun: "I just heard you say that you two haven't formed a team to sign up for the show yet. Take me with you, I can order too."

"What can you do?" Lin Haojun was a little surprised. He glanced at Lian Qingyang who didn't say anything to stop him before asking the question.

Ji Yunchen pointed at several groups of male educated youth who were practicing poetry recitation and said, "Just be like them. I know a lot of words."

Lin Haojun thought for a moment and said awkwardly, "But, your accent... is a bit heavy..."

Lian Qingyang couldn't help but burst out laughing, then immediately put away his serious expression. He thought for a moment and suggested, "Since Brother Ji wants to join us, let's do some funny sitcoms. I'll be responsible for writing the script, and we can just act it out."

The other two had no objection, so Lin Haojun reported the program to Qu Ruixiang.

Lian Qingyang went into the house to write something. The most idle people in the entire courtyard were Lin Haojun, Ji Yunchen and Qu Ruixiang, who was in charge of the hosting.

The three of them sat there for a while, and then Ji Yunchen took the rabbit he had brought and went to make lunch, and Lin Haojun went over to help.

"Comrade Ji, can you read?" Lin Haojun washed the vegetables and cut them into pieces. There was nothing much to talk about between the two of them. He remembered what Lian Qingyang said about the college entrance examination, so he brought up the topic and asked.

Ji Yunchen rubbed the blood off the rabbit meat, raised his hand and wiped the sweat with his arm, nodded and said, "I learned it when I was a child, but now I have forgotten it almost completely. However, my memory is still very good, so it is not a problem to memorize it at the last minute." He thought Lin Haojun was worried that he would forget the lines while performing.

Seeing that Comrade Ji and Lian Qingyang have such a good relationship, Lin Haojun feels that Lian Qingyang will definitely let Comrade Ji take the college entrance examination together, so that when Lian Qingyang leaves the village, the two can meet each other later.

Lin Haojun lowered his head, piled the vegetables aside for later use, stood up and said, "I'm going to find Lian Zhiqing," and went into the house.

Lian Qingyang was bent over the only wooden table in the room, writing furiously. He didn't even notice Lin Haojun coming in. He waited until someone sat down next to him before turning around and glancing at him: "Why did you come in? Are you bored?"

"Will you... take Comrade Ji with you to take the college entrance examination?" There was a lot of noise outside, and Lin Haojun spoke in a low voice. Lian Qingyang paused when he heard this, and slowly nodded in response.

"Where can I get the textbooks?"

Lian Qingyang put down his pen, leaned over and whispered, "I wrote a letter and sent it back. If my family gets any news from above, they should send it back to me. Anyway, don't worry about it."

Lin Haojun breathed a sigh of relief and nodded without saying a word.