Chapter 134 Gu Xiaoxia's Pursuer After coming out of the department store, Li Long returned to the yard, got on his bicycle, loaded the chickens and eggs, pushed the bike out, locked the door, then got on and rode back. In late March, the spring breeze was still a little cold, but for Li Long, this was no big deal. It was much more comfortable than digging ice holes to catch fish in temperatures of minus 20 or 30 degrees Celsius, or wading through knee-deep snow to chop wood in the mountains. He hummed along the way, and left the county with a gust of wind. Occasionally, people walking and driving horse-drawn carriages could be seen on the road. Although there were ruts on the road, no trucks were seen. Li Long rode his bike to the township middle school. No one was watching at the entrance of the middle school, so he rode his bike in. It was class time, and he remembered that Gu Xiaoxia taught Chinese to the first graders. Before he even turned into the classroom, Li Long was stopped by a man in his fifties. Li Long vaguely remembered that this man was a school worker. He stopped and took the initiative to say: "I'm here to look for Gu Xiaoxia. We're from the same village. I want to bring her some things." Seeing Li Long riding a bicycle - it was rare for someone to ride a bicycle these days - the school worker kindly said, "Teacher Gu has finished her morning class and is now in the dormitory. Ride forward, turn left at the end and keep riding to the end. It is the third bungalow in a row." "Thank you!" Li Long said, and rode his bicycle to the teacher's dormitory. Before Li Long reached the teachers' dormitory, he heard a man's voice over there.

"Teacher Gu, it's inconvenient for you to live here alone, right? My home is in the countryside. Let me bring you some meat and vegetables tomorrow. You eat these whole grain steamed bread and pickles every day, which is not nutritious! Now we need to educate people well to realize the Four Modernizations, and we cannot do this without a good body!" "Teacher Lin, thank you for your kindness, but I don't need it. I'll just eat this. I have to prepare for class now. Could you please not disturb me?" Li Long could tell that Teacher Lin had "ulterior motives". He saw Gu Xiaoxia standing at the dormitory door, and Teacher Lin was not far in front of her, obviously not planning to leave. Li Long shouted from a distance: "Xiaoxia, I'm here to see you." When Gu Xiaoxia saw Li Long, a hint of surprise appeared on her face, and then she blushed a little - she was shy. "Li Long, why are you here?" Li Long got off the bike at the dormitory entrance, propped up his bicycle, took something out of his bag and handed it over: "I went to the county to do some work today, and I saw this beautiful scarf in the department store. I thought it would look good on you, so I bought it. Come on, try it on!" Gu Xiaoxia wanted to refuse, but after seeing Li Long's eyes and thinking about Teacher Lin's attitude, she took it and said softly: "Thank you!" Teacher Lin suddenly felt a little embarrassed here. But he was a little unconvinced, so he forced a smile on his face, stretched out his hand and said: "Hello, I'm Teacher Gu's colleague, my name is Lin Bingwen, and you are..." "I'm Xiaoxia's fellow countryman, we're from the same village." Li Long shook hands with him and said with a smile, "Teacher Lin should have been teaching in the school for a long time, right? Thank you for taking care of Xiaoxia. She just came to the school, and if there is anything she doesn't understand, please help her..." Li Long said "you guys" because out of the corner of his eye he saw a female teacher in her thirties from the dormitory next door who heard the noise and came out. Gu Xiaoxia lowered her head, and at this moment, she felt a little magical when she saw Li Long dealing with the middle school teachers with ease. He is a villager! When the parents of the students came to see these teachers from the city, they were all very reserved, and even spoke in a flattering manner. Li Long now seemed to have no difference in status, and even took the initiative in speaking. When did he become like this? But when you think about what Li Long has done in the past two months, it seems so natural. Lin Bingwen didn't expect that Li Long didn't regard him as a "love rival" at all. He treated him as Gu Xiaoxia's own person throughout the whole process, making it impossible for him to start. He is a teacher who earns a living by the government, but he can't do anything to a peasant! "It's almost noon," Li Long looked at the sun and said, "Let's go to the village canteen for dinner. I'll treat you. I'll also thank you on behalf of Xiaoxia."

He turned his head and looked at the female teacher at the door of another dormitory and said: "Let's go with this teacher." "No, no." The female teacher smiled and waved her hand, "You guys go, I won't go. Xiaoxia has been very hard during this period, and she really needs to make up for it." When she said this, Li Long looked into Gu Xiaoxia's room and saw a small stove and some steamed bread made of mixed flour on the table next to it. He pretended to be angry and said: "Xiaoxia, you can't just eat these, can you? How about this, I'll bring you some meat tomorrow, so you can eat nutritious food. I seemed to have heard what Teacher Lin said just now, and he was right, you have to take good care of yourself so that you can teach and educate people well and contribute to the early realization of the four modernizations!" Seeing Li Long speaking in such an advanced manner, Gu Xiaoxia could hardly hold back her laughter. "You guys go ahead. I still have classes, so I won't go." Lin Bingwen was also a man of dignity. He left after saying a few words. In the end, Li Long was unable to go to the village with Gu Xiaoxia for dinner, but he insisted on taking Gu Xiaoxia to the village store to buy some things. "You are here alone. The relationship between your family and mine is like this. You said that when I saw you eating steamed bread, can you think about how I felt?" When Gu Xiaoxia stopped Li Long from buying things, Li Long put his words there: "Tomorrow I will bring you some fish and some meat, and I will leave a few eggs for you. I won't leave you any chickens, because you won't be able to cook them even if I did. Tomorrow I will come early, and you can share some of the fish I bring with the teacher next door, just as a token of your appreciation. Living alone outside, you must learn to take care of yourself, and don’t mess around.” Sitting on the back seat of Li Long's bicycle, listening to this young man who was about the same age as herself chattering about similar words that her father had said, at this moment, Gu Xiaoxia wanted to laugh and felt sweet in her heart. Li Long bought two large bags of egg cakes for Gu Xiaoxia in the store, as well as a can of chili sauce and a can of red tofu. If Gu Xiaoxia hadn't refused, he would have wanted to buy more things. After sending Gu Xiaoxia back to school and leaving her six eggs, Li Long felt that he had to prepare the things he brought back. It was normal to think about it. Gu Xiaoxia had never been far away since she was a child. He was also worried about his father's health. It was not the end of the month yet, so he must not have received his salary, so he would naturally save on food and clothing. He suddenly realized that he was treating Gu Xiaoxia as his partner. is it? right? It seems that Gu Xiaoxia is not so resistant...So, should we continue? Li Long didn't think much about it and just let it go. Actually... it was pretty good. When he got home, Liang Yuemei was making lunch. What surprised Li Long was that Tao Daqiang had already picked up the four nets. Li Long put the rooster, hen and eggs into the kitchen, and Liang Yuemei complained about it again. Li Long smiled and said: "It's time for the two children to recover. This hen might be able to hatch a brood of chicks in a few days, so keep it." Liang Yuemei actually wanted to raise chickens, but her family didn't allow it before. Now that Li Long has bought them, she might as well raise them. Her brother-in-law is becoming more and more sensible and has spent so much money on the family, which makes Liang Yuemei feel a little guilty. Tao Daqiang and Li Jianguo came back together. But what surprised Li Long was that his shoes and hair were wet. Did this fall into the water? (End of this chapter)