The woman immediately became unwilling and started venting at the man.
“Zhao Feng, you’re shameless! Are you interested in her? I’m your wife! You don’t speak up for me and instead side with her?”
Huo Chengxuan frowned, his eyes darkening.
“Slap!”
“Wang Huijuan, have you gone mad? If you can’t speak properly, keep quiet.”
Zhao Feng slapped the woman across the face. Even the child in her arms, who had been crying, dared not make a sound.
Wang Huijuan was also afraid of her husband and reluctantly closed her mouth.
Gu Yunsheng was too lazy to watch this drama unfold.
The woman had no real skills, just empty shouting. Gu Yunsheng despised men who hit women even more.
She thought to herself, they had only just gotten on the train, and she would have to endure this family all the way. She felt frustrated.
Perhaps it was because of her pregnancy that Gu Yunsheng, already delicate, felt even more so.
Fortunately, she had the Lingquan Water with her.
The only downside was that Wang Huijuan would occasionally stare at them.
While sleeping, it didn’t matter, but whenever Gu Yunsheng was awake, the woman’s gaze would fall on her.
However, perhaps due to the slap earlier, she did not come to bother them again.
Gu Yunsheng ignored her, only wishing to reach their destination sooner.
Time on the train was neither fast nor slow. Finally, on the afternoon of the third day, the train arrived.
Exiting the station, they quickly saw the people sent to pick them up.
Their destination was the Qianjin Brigade.
A young man was driving a tractor, with a few small stools in the cargo bed.
Gu Yunsheng looked at the tractor. In this era, this was considered one of the wealthier brigades.
Huo Chengxuan and the others loaded their luggage onto the tractor before getting on.
Huo Zhenguo looked at the simple tractor, feeling somewhat wistful.
“Comrade, may I ask when we will arrive at the Qianjin Brigade?”
The young man smiled politely.
“The tractor will take about half an hour. If it were an ox cart, it would take about an hour.”
“An hour?”
Huo Wan’er paled at the answer, though it might have been from the train ride earlier. As a delicate young lady, she was used to being driven in a small car.
Gu Yunsheng felt better, as the Lingquan Water helped relieve some discomfort.
But it was not like in other novels, where it could completely transform someone.
It only gradually strengthened the body and improved the original constitution. One sip did not produce miraculous effects.
Hearing this, the young man grinned.
“Comrade, the Qianjin Brigade has the best conditions around. This tractor is the very first one they’re lucky. If assigned elsewhere, we’d complain!”
“Other villages have only ox or donkey carts. At least two hours of travel.”
Seeing the family’s demeanor, he guessed they probably came from a privileged background and said a few extra words.
Huo Wan’er pouted and said nothing.
Gu Yunsheng asked,
“Comrade, can we go now, or are we waiting for someone else?”
“Not everyone’s here yet. Wait a bit longer.”
Just as the young man finished speaking, a dissatisfied voice came.
“This is so broken. How are we supposed to ride like this?”
Gu Yunsheng looked up. A young woman, probably in her early twenties, with two braided pigtails and a floral dress, stood there.
It was clear she came from a well-off family, pampered and delicate.
“Rongrong, this isn’t before. Control yourself.”
Gu Yunsheng glanced at the man. Her eyes sparkled so handsome!
Different from Huo Chengxuan’s style!
Refined features, a high but not overly rigid nose, lips balanced in thickness, smooth and gentle facial lines, clean and neat short hair.
“Whoa!”
Gu Yunsheng felt a sudden pang in her chest and quickly looked away, turning to Huo Chengxuan.
He was angry.
Naturally, her husband would be displeased with his wife staring at another man.
Gu Yunsheng nestled into his arms and whispered softly,
“Hubby, don’t you have confidence in yourself?”
Huo Chengxuan glanced at her, squeezed her hand, and said nothing.
It wasn’t just them. Wang Huijuan’s family, sitting opposite, also stiffened.
Seeing Gu Yunsheng and Huo Chengxuan together, Wang Huijuan froze briefly, then noticed the young woman and furrowed her brows.
Gu Yunsheng looked at the two families in front of her. Life in the countryside was bound to be eventful.
Both families were dissatisfied, boarding the vehicle reluctantly with a clatter.
Gu Yunsheng thought, at least it wasn’t an ox or donkey cart; otherwise, the ride would have been much bumpier.
Although both families were unwilling, they understood times had changed.
The young man didn’t care. Once everyone was on, he started the tractor.
Half an hour later, they finally arrived.
It was the harvest season. The rice fields along the road were golden.
Villagers harvesting the fields enthusiastically greeted the tractor.
“Shao Jie, your father is putting you to work again?”
Du Shaojie smiled.
“Yes, uncle. I just came to the train station to pick people up.”
“Your father really never lets you rest. Haven’t seen him take a break in a month…”
“Wow, so many city folks. Can they even work…”
“Sir.”
“All right, all right, I won’t say more. Go ahead!”
Those on the tractor were slightly taken aback by the villagers’ disdainful tone.
Gu Yunsheng ignored the voices behind and looked at the young man in front Shao Jie, Du Shaojie?
In the book, the female protagonist’s close sister, Gu Yunzhao, admired him.
Du Shaojie appeared only in the later part of the book, and his identity wasn’t mentioned. Unexpectedly, this decisive man appeared here.
Gu Yunsheng wondered how they would eventually meet, but decided to leave that for later.
Soon, the tractor stopped at the Educated Youth Point.
Du Shaojie’s father, the brigade leader of Qianjin Brigade, was already waiting.
The Qianjin Brigade’s Educated Youth Point was a large compound.
The book mentioned that the youth compound had previously belonged to a village landlord, donated to the village when he left.
Later, when educated youth were sent to the countryside, the brigade leader directly converted it into the youth compound.
Because it was the former landlord’s house, the walls were higher than other homes.
Inside, there were several buildings. Facing the main gate were three brick-and-tile houses.
Gu Yunsheng knew this was where the brigade leader lived; it was mentioned in the book.
Wang Huijuan was just about to speak when a middle-aged man appeared from the brick-and-tile house directly opposite.