Reborn in 1979, with a female educated youth lying next to me.

Hearing someone call his name, Liu Jia quickly waved.

"pink clouds."

Guo Xiaoyan slowed her pace and silently gazed at the girl in front of her.

Zhou Caixia, the second daughter of the village chief of Xili Village, is sixteen years old this year, just the age when she is beginning to grow up.

Zhou Caixia's big eyes blinked, and her two braids were black and shiny, even longer than her own.

Seeing Liu Jia walk over, Zhou Caixia blushed and grabbed her braided hair, wrapping it around her several times.

Guo Xiaoyan looked at Liu Jia and then at Zhou Caixia, and couldn't help but recall the rumors circulating in the village.

I heard that before I came to Xili Village, the village chief had always wanted to marry his youngest daughter to the Liu family.

Because of my appearance, this whole thing eventually became a joke.

"What are you standing here for? Why don't you go inside?" Liu Jia stopped and asked.

Just as Zhou Caixia was about to speak, a figure next to her suddenly stood up.

"Brother, we've been waiting for you! We've been waiting here for ages!"

Liu Jia instinctively took a step back, looked at the person in front of him again, and then suddenly realized.

"You are... that tractor driver?"

"That's not it."

As he spoke, the man chuckled.

Only then did Zhou Caixia have a chance to interject.

"Third Brother, this man has been looking for you all over the village, so I brought him to your house, but he won't go in. He insists on waiting for you at the door."

After speaking, Zhou Caixia greeted Guo Xiaoyan.

"Your sister-in-law is back too?"

Guo Xiaoyan politely hummed in agreement.

"Don't just stand here, come inside!"

Liu Jia had already experienced Li Zhenhe's enthusiasm before. Besides, since Li Zhenhe had come specifically to see him, how could he not let him into the house?

Hearing Liu Jia say this, Li Zhenhe didn't stand on ceremony and went inside with the things in his hands.

Only then did Liu Jia notice that Li Zhenhe was carrying a net full of things.

"What is this for?"

"It's my first time here to familiarize myself with the place, so I can't come empty-handed. You helped me so much last time, these few things are nothing."

Liu Jia and Li Zhenhe engaged in a question-and-answer session.

Zhou Caixia, who was standing next to her, was dumbfounded.

So much stuff... and it's nothing?

That's malted milk powder, brown sugar, and canned mandarin oranges in syrup!

The yellow paper likely contains snacks.

In his other hand, he was carrying a snack box!

How much will this cost?

He just said he was looking for Liu Jia, and I just followed the west entrance and didn't notice what this person was holding.

Now that I see it, it's incredible!

They keep saying they're familiarizing themselves with the place, but this trip must have cost them a lot of money!

Guo Xiaoyan was also shocked by what Li Zhenhe had taken.

It's really not easy to see so many items in the countryside all at once.

"Did you come all this way just to thank me?" Liu Jia raised an eyebrow.

"That's right. There are too many people at the place where the college entrance exam is held, and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to find you, so I came directly to the village."

Li Zhenhe was also very honest; he answered whatever Liu Jia asked.

They've already gone halfway, and it wouldn't be right to let them carry the stuff back, so Liu Jia had no choice but to say, "Come on in!"

Just as the group was talking, the production team was about to finish get off work.

People coming and going stared wide-eyed at the scene in front of the Liu family's house.

Many people stopped and craned their necks to look inside.

Some people had already started whispering among themselves.

"Who is this relative of the Liu family? Why are they so generous? Carrying so many things."

"I don't know, I've never seen it before."

"It should be from the wife's side, right? Isn't Guo Xiaoyan from the city?"

"I heard there's been some change in Guo Xiaoyan's family, so Liu Jia will be able to enjoy the good fortune too!"

"Keep your voice down, others can hear you."

Amidst the murmurs, Liu Jia, Li Zhenhe, and others entered the courtyard.

"Brother, you helped me a lot that day, I really want to thank you. You have no idea, if I had gone back any later, I would have really messed things up!"

Li Zhenhe was talking while placing things on the square table.

After putting away the malted milk powder and pastry box, Li Zhenhe took out a few cloth coupons.

"Keep these, don't think it's too little."

Liu Jia gasped.

"What's wrong? It's not over yet. I was just helping you out of nothing. You don't need to be so polite. Put all of these away."

Li Zhenhe's eyes widened, and his voice rose accordingly.

"What are you talking about? I came all this way to see you, and you want me to take my things away? What do you think I am?"

"I consider you my brother. Let's keep in touch and become relatives."

"I'm older than you, so I'll shamelessly play the big brother for once. From now on, you're my brother!"

Liu Jia was both amused and exasperated.

I went to repair a tractor and ended up picking up a big brother in the process. What a saga!

"Okay, you sit here for a while, I'll go get some food."

Liu Jiarang sat down in the chair and then turned to go to the kitchen.

Seeing this, Zhou Caixia quickly stopped her.

"They've come all this way, Third Brother, don't bother with all that work. I'll help my sister-in-law prepare the dishes."

Liu Jia and Zhou Caixia grew up together and Liu Jia never considered Zhou Caixia an outsider. Thinking about what happened in their previous life, Liu Jia felt a mix of emotions when he saw Zhou Caixia again.

So he nodded immediately.

"Okay, then you can get busy in the kitchen now."

In saying all this, Liu Jia didn't mention Guo Xiaoyan at all.

Guo Xiaoyan was already feeling down, but seeing people coming to her home, she couldn't show it.

So when Zhou Caixia went to the kitchen, Guo Xiaoyan followed her.

It's not a big deal.

Liu Yutian and Zhang Guilan returned carrying hoes, and seeing that guests had come to their home, they also busied themselves with chores.

Since it's not a holiday or festival, no one has prepared much stock.

The table was laden with dishes, but they were all home-style cooking.

Scrambled eggs with scallions, scallion segments dipped in soybean paste, stir-fried pickled vegetables, and after making tofu with scallions, Zhou Caixia also made half a bowl of dumpling soup.

After the meal was prepared, Zhou Caixia was about to leave, but Liu Jia stopped her.

"We've been busy all day, let's eat here today."

Zhou Caixia was a little embarrassed, but Liu Jia immediately grabbed a small stool and forced her to sit down.

"I used to come here for meals every day when I was a kid, why are we so distant now?"

Zhou Caixia felt a warmth in her heart after hearing this, and simply stopped refusing.

Liu Yutian, Liu Jia, and Li Zhenhe ate at the square table in the north room, while Zhou Caixia, Zhang Guilan, and Guo Xiaoyan ate at the low table in the south room.

Over the course of the meal, Liu Jia learned a great deal more about Li Zhenhe.

The tractor drivers at the city's supply and marketing cooperatives practically had their buttocks glued to the tractor seat all day.

He is honest, has a loud voice, and is also very forthright.

That day, I was on my way to pick up goods, but unfortunately, the tractor broke down.

In Li Zhenhe's words, it was fortunate that he met Liu Jia, otherwise, the trouble he caused would have been so great that it would have caused a huge hole in the sky!

As Li Zhenhe spoke, Liu Jia and Liu Yutian laughed along.

Throughout the meal, laughter echoed countless times from the north room.

Li Zhenhe did not leave until it got dark.

After helping to tidy up, Zhou Caixia looked at Zhang Guilan and said, "Auntie, there's not much work left to do, I should go back now."

"Okay, then be careful."

As soon as Zhang Guilan finished speaking, Liu Jia suddenly walked out of the room.

"Caixia, wait a minute."

"What's the matter?"

Zhou Caixia turned her head and looked at Liu Jia with a puzzled expression.

Liu Jia took out two cloth coupons and stuffed them directly into Zhou Caixia's hand.

"Take this, and buy some floral fabric later to make a dress."

Zhou Caixia hurriedly tried to pull her hand back, but Liu Jia's large hand held it tightly. In her anxiety, her face turned bright red.

"Third Brother, what are you doing? I don't want this cloth coupon, I have clothes."

"Just take it if I give it to you, why make such a fuss?"

"but I……"

Zhou Caixia was only halfway through her sentence when Guo Xiaoyan slowly walked over.

"Xiaoxia, your third brother is giving this to you, so please keep it. It's a token of your third brother's affection."

Zhou Caixia was taken aback.

Something about this sounds off.

"Alright, take it and go."

Before Zhou Caixia could even recover, Liu Jia pushed her to the door.

In the end, they had no choice but to leave with their cloth ration coupons.

Liu Jia turned around and found Guo Xiaoyan staring at him without moving.

"What are you doing?"

"That's what I should be asking you, Liu Jia. No wonder you've been so cold to me these past few days. So you've already found someone else?"

Guo Xiaoyan's expression was icy, and her tone was entirely accusatory.

Liu Jia's face darkened.

"Guo Xiaoyan, please watch your words."

"What? You're going to turn around and accuse me after we're already divorced?"

Suddenly, a loud crash came, startling Guo Xiaoyan.

Liu Jia couldn't help but turn around.

At the west wall by the door, Aunt Zhang hurriedly picked up the aluminum basin, her smile more painful than a grimace.

"Um, I hope I didn't hold you up, my basin... fell!"

Aunt Zhang was still in shock from what she had just experienced, and her speech was halting.

Liu Jia didn't say anything, but glared at her irritably.

What? A basin fell? This guy with the loudspeaker is clearly eavesdropping!

now.

Aunt Zhang was on tenterhooks, wishing the whole village would know the news.

The third son of the Liu family is divorced!