Her father passed away very early, and her mother never remarried and raised her up.

Children from such families are likely to receive strange looks in the village.

Sometimes when Xue Yuantong was on her way to and from school, people from the village would often stop her and ask her about her family affairs.

Some aunts talked to her for a long time, saying that they were orphans and widowed mothers, and their lives were difficult. The aunts were talking, maybe thinking of their own suffering, or feeling sad from the heart. The aunts themselves said that they were crying.

…

She stood on the edge, neither walking nor walking, standing stiffly.

Xue Yuantong knew that they had good intentions, but she didn't like them.

Later, in order to avoid meeting people in the village, she always carried her schoolbag and walked home along this remote dirt road.

At this moment, Xue Yuantong was also carrying a schoolbag and walking back to the village along this dirt road.

Just like a few years ago.

Xue Yuantong never conveyed bad emotions to Jiang Ning, so she didn't let Jiang Ning know about it. She was always a cool little girl.

In rural fields, raised earthen graves can be seen everywhere. If you pass this dirt road late at night, the average timid person will probably be frightened.

Every once in a while, Xue Yuantong asked Jiang Ning if he was tired. If he was tired, he would ask her to carry the milk, but the answer he got every time was that he was not tired.

Country road, birds singing and flowers fragrant, Xue Yuantong walked and danced:

"Jiang Ning Jiang Ning, look, this telephone pole is crooked. It's so funny."

Jiang Ning looked up and saw a telephone pole standing at an angle of 60° at the junction of the dirt road and the field.

Xue Yuantong ran to the telephone pole. She stretched out her shoes, gestured twice, and said arrogantly:

"Jiang Ning, believe it or not, I kicked him down and the whole village was without electricity today!"

Jiang Ning: "Is this how you repay your villagers?"

Xue Yuantong ran to the middle of the road again, continued forward, turned a corner, and walked eastward.

In this way, Xue Yuantong led Jiang Ning into the village.

The name of their village is ‘Xue Xiaozhuang’. Just hearing the name makes people think of it easily. Why is it called ‘Xiaozhuang’?

In fact, there is another village called "Xue Dazhuang" to the east of Xue Xiaozhuang.

After entering the village and walking a little further in, Jiang Ning released his spiritual consciousness and observed a family.

He said: "I will help you put your things at your neighbor's door, and then I will wait for you in the town."

Hearing this, Xue Yuantong suddenly remembered that she was going back to the village to visit her neighbors, not her own home. It seemed unreasonable to take Jiang Ning to someone else's home like this.

When the neighbor asked, how should she introduce Jiang Ning?

Xue Yuantong made a decision: "You come with me. I won't stay for lunch. We will go to town to eat. There is a spicy hotpot in front of the middle school that is very delicious. I will treat you to it."

Jiang Ning: "Are you sure you don't want to stay?"

Xue Yuantong said flatly: "No need!"

Jiang Ning stopped at the door of her hometown carrying milk and fruits.

"Come here."

Xue Yuantong struggled to move the gifts and entered the neighbor's house. She repeatedly told Jiang Ning:

"Don't run away, be sure to wait for me when I come back~"

Jiang Ning said: "Ang, go quickly."

Xue Yuantong took three steps and turned back, reluctantly entering the neighbor's house.

Jiang Ning's consciousness opened and lingered around Xue Yuantong.

He did not wait where he was, but went around the village. Sometimes when people in the village saw him as a stranger, they often looked at him twice, but did not come up to talk to him.

Jiang Ning walked to the ditch. The ditch was oval in shape, about twenty meters long and wide. The water in the ditch was almost dry.

Two children were fishing for fish at the bottom of the ditch with bare feet, a little boy and a little girl.

He watched with relish.

The little girl touched it for a while and found an ugly toad. She was so frightened that she threw it away immediately.

There wasn't much water in the ditch, so the little girl always came up short when trying to fish. She said angrily:

"Let's get the water out. If you don't believe it, you can't touch it."

After that, the two children took the basin and started splashing water.

At first, the two of them splashed very carefully, fearing that the water would get on their clothes. Jiang Ning couldn't get enough of it, so he shouted:

"Hurry up, haven't you eaten yet?"

When the two children heard this, they immediately became energetic.

Although they are children, once they splash water seriously, their momentum is quite astonishing, and the sky is filled with mud and water, just like the Water Splashing Festival.

Children seem to have endless energy, and after a while, they actually compete with each other to see who can splash farther.

Especially the little girl, she splashed water very hard.

She splashed half a basin of muddy water, first glanced at the little boy fiercely, and then cast her proud eyes on Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning looked at this scene, raised his hands, and slowly applauded them.

When the two children saw someone cheering for them, they splashed water even harder as if they had received a reward.

In the end, the two children were covered in mud and water and turned into mud monkeys.

Jiang Ning was very satisfied with the appreciation.

At this time, a woman walked quickly from a distance. She stood by the ditch and looked at the two clay monkeys. She was so angry that she screamed:

"Xiaoyou, what are you doing!"

The little boy was okay and didn't react much. The little girl was so frightened that she trembled all over, as if she had encountered a big terror.

"Xiao You, come up here quickly!" the woman shouted with eyes wide open.

The girl named Xiaoyou turned around, looked directly at her mother, and said confidently:

"You got the wrong person, I'm not your Xiaoyou!"

The woman picked up a branch and chased her down. Xiaoyou ran away, running away like crazy.

Jiang Ning saw this scene and silently turned around and left.

After a while, Xue Yuantong came back.

Her hands were empty and she gave away all the gifts she had brought.

"Jiang Ning, I'm hungry."

It's now 11 o'clock at noon. I've been running around since about 6 o'clock in the morning, changing trains all the way, which consumes a lot of money. It's normal to be hungry.

"Go to town first."

When the two of them left the village, they happened to see the woman coming back holding the little girl.

Xue Yuantong was stunned: "Aunt Hua, is she Xiaoyou?"

Aunt Hua was so angry that she didn't even notice Jiang Ning: "This girl is so angry with me!"

"Watch if I don't treat her when I get home!"

After saying a few words, Aunt Hua said again: "Why did you leave without staying for dinner?"

Xue Yuantong said: "We will go back to the city later."

The two chatted for a few words. During this period, Xiao You, whose face was full of mud and water, stared at Jiang Ning with a pair of resentful eyes. If it weren't for this big brother, she would still be splashing water happily.

After saying goodbye to Aunt Hua, Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning went to the gate of the town middle school and ate a bowl of Malatang worth 7 yuan.

After dinner, it’s 12 o’clock noon.

The bus bound for Xinhong County left at 1:20, which was still early.

Xue Yuantong suggested: "There is a peach orchard in the south of the town. Let's see the peach blossoms!"

April is the season when peach blossoms are in full bloom.

The two went to the peach garden. Amidst the gorgeous fragrance of flowers, Xue Yuantong walked happily, her pink and white skin contrasting with the peach blossoms.

Jiang Ning took out her mobile phone and took a photo of her to record this moment.

Xue Yuantong exercised much more than usual today. Jiang Ning didn't feed her the elixir. After the excitement, she was tired and listless.

Xue Yuantong dragged heavy steps and struggled to walk out of Taoyuan.

She looked at the North Station in the distance, and thought about the distant road home, and sighed:

"Jiang Ning, I'm so tired!"

Jiang Ning found a bench and said, "Stop and have a rest when you are tired. Don't force yourself."
To be continued...