??43: Chapter 43: Hastily_1
43: Chapter 43: Hastily_1
Li Qiao was about to persuade, when in the corner of her eye, Li Jinhua fell to the ground with a thud.
Her body twitched and jerked.
Li Qiao cried out in alarm, startled.
“Is she having a seizure?”
Upon closer inspection, she saw that Li Jinhua’s mouth was full of sorghum flatbread and realized it wasn’t a seizure.
“Jin, she’s choking.
What should we do?”
“If she chokes to death, so be it!” Qin Jin said rcilessly.
Li Qiao: “….” Although she found Li Jinhua very annoying, she couldn’t just stand by and watch her choke to death.
“Jin, didn’t you learn from the barefoot doctor?
How should we save her?
Tell
quick—Jin~~”
Qin Jin couldn’t withstand her coquettish tone, as though his heart was lting, feeling an urge to hold her tight and cherish her.
At this mont, if she wanted the moon, he would try to pluck it from the sky.
“Fine, for your sake,” he said, explaining the steps leisurely.
It was actually the Heimlich Manoeuvre.
Li Qiao had heard of it and seen it before, but this was her first ti performing it.
After a series of maneuvers she applied, Li Jinhua spat out the piece of flatbread that had been lodged in her throat.
A narrow escape from death.
Li Jinhua’s face was streaked with tears, both relieved to have survived and ashad to have lost face in front of Qin Jin.
The damn Li Qiao, hadn’t she said that Qin Jin had gone on a long trip?
Why was he here?
It must have been on purpose!
All Li Qiao could do was speak softly with a tender voice, “Jinhua, let us give you a ride.
You take the back seat.”
Li Jinhua cursed inwardly, calling her a green tea bitch!
When you were taking the sorghum flatbread from
earlier, where was this act?
Putting on the face of a good person in front of a man!
How did she beco so skilled after being reborn once?
Even though her heart was full of opposition, she still voiced her thanks.
She had no desire to walk the dozen or so miles.
Qin Jin frowned.
“The two of you together weigh what, nearly 200 pounds?
That’s almost the weight of a pig from the production team; we can’t carry that.
If you want to go, you can walk with her,” he said, pretending to kick his bicycle.
Li Qiao: “….”
Li Jinhua: “….”
Li Qiao quickly climbed onto the back seat of Qin Jin’s bike, nearly starving to death and not at all interested in walking with Li Jinhua.
“Sorry, Jinhua.
Your brother-in-law is a bit weak and can’t carry you.
I have to go first.”
Qin Jin: “….” Who’s saying he’s weak?
He had enough strength to kill a bull!
Li Jinhua watched the two of them ride away, her eyes filled with hatred.
She cursed Li Qiao for being evil and Qin Jin for being blind.
….
Once they were away from the town, Qin Jin stopped the bicycle, pulled Li Qiao to sit in front, and intermittently pecked her face.
Li Qiao’s heart pounded with fear that passers-by might see them.
Although she didn’t care about others’ gossip, she didn’t want to create scandalous rumors.
She scolded him, “Behave yourself.”
“You brought this on yourself.”
Li Qiao was speechless, once again hating herself for having brought him into her life, having been taken advantage of all the way ho.
Old Mrs.
Qin had already prepared the al.
White rice and braised pork.
It made her mouth water just looking at it.
She rembered Li Jinhua accusing him of selling antiques on the black market.
But looking at him now, he didn’t seem like the type that would be in business.
Besides, doing business now required connections.
What kind of connections could a young man in his late teens possibly have?
In front of the delicious food, she didn’t dwell on other thoughts.
She picked up her bowl and dug in heartily.
Qin Jin disdainfully comnted, “Just a few days of school and you’re eating like you just got out of half a year in jail.”
With her mouth full of food, Li Qiao looked pitifully at him, “Soone stole so of my buns.
I didn’t even have breakfast this morning.”
The grandparents felt sorry for her.
Qin Jin cursed, “Damn it!
Which worthless runt did this?
Let
find out and I’ll climb over their wall in the middle of the night, tumble their entire family, one after another!”
Li Qiao: “….”
Old Mrs.
Qin chastised softly, “Enough with that!
Watch your language.
Can’t you learn from Qiaoqiao, how gentle and well-mannered she is?”
Qin Jin snorted through his nose, “Learn from her so I can get bullied and just bottle it up?”
Old Mrs.
Qin thought to herself, when that girl does wrong, she does it by letting others do the dirty work, unlike your rashness.
Li Qiao finished eating, put down her chopsticks, and told the grandparents and grandchild that she was heading over to the youth spot.
Qin Jin said, “Wait for , I’ll go with you.”
“Okay,” Li Qiao went back to her room to pack up a bit and waited for Qin Jin to finish his al before they headed to the youth spot together.
On the way, Qin Jin said, “Wait for
there.
I need to stop by the Feng Fugui’s house first.”
Li Qiao humd in acknowledgnt.
It was Saturday, and the educated youths were also off work; so were doing exercises, and others reciting from books.
Seeing Li Qiao arrive, they stood up in groups to greet her.
Li Qiao took out her own subject notes, flipped through the books, and helped them highlight the key points one by one.
She also explained the difficult problems they had been struggling with during this period, and even compiled a set of formulas for them to morize.
“That’s about it for now,” Li Qiao said.
“Thank you for your effort.
You’re going back to school tomorrow afternoon, or early the day after?
I’ll return your notes to you in advance.”
“The morning of the day after tomorrow.”
“….”
Li Qiao chatted with the educated youths for a bit, then suggested leaving, but they insisted on walking her out.
Qin Jin was leaning against the big pagoda tree by the door, holding an unlit cigarette and slling it to quench his craving.
Seeing her, he hastily tucked the cigarette back into the pack and said, “All done?”
“Mhm.” Li Qiao bid farewell to the educated youths and left the youth spot with him.
They walked a bit further.
Taking advantage of the deserted surroundings, Qin Jin kissed her again.
Li Qiao whispered, “Are you really not afraid soone will see and gossip?”
“If you’re scared all the ti, how co you’re not scared when you take the initiative?”
Li Qiao: “….” Wasn’t she allowed to make a mistake?
She quickly shifted from the embarrassing topic.
“What did you go to Feng Fugui’s house for?”
Qin Jin’s eyes darkened as he replied, “Just catching up.” Actually, he went there to repay a debt, the money for her bride price.
“I have sothing I want to ask you.”
“Hmm?”
Li Qiao said, “Did you go on a long trip to sell that knife?”
“What knife?
Oh!
No, I can take out the knife to show you if you don’t believe ,” Qin Jin pretended to realize what she was talking about and fervently offered to prove it.
He did not intend to tell her the truth.
Sotis she was oblivious, and if soone with bad intentions asked her one day, if she, like a fool, spilled the beans, he would surely invite trouble.
“I believe you,” Li Qiao said.
“No need to take it out.”
Li Jinhua was completely wicked, probably harboring the intention of destroying what she could not have, wanting to lure information from her to confirm Qin Jin’s dealings in order to report him.
She would not fall for that trick.
They passed a crossroads, and Qin Jin turned toward the direction of the village entrance.
Li Qiao asked, “Aren’t you going ho?”
“My grandmother asked
to pick up so eggs from the old house on my way back.”
Li Qiao, sowhat embarrassed, laughed, “You already know about it!
If it hadn’t been for sheer desperation, I wouldn’t have stolen the production team’s chicken.”
Qin Jin reacted as if he’d heard big news: “Ah?
You stole it?
Why did Grandma claim she found it by accident?” Soft and ek, the nicely behaved daughter-in-law had actually stolen a chicken from the production team?
Besides, weren’t chickens always accounted for?
Wouldn’t the production team notice if one went missing?
Li Qiao: “….” She had been careless!
Qin Jin narrowed his eyes.
His grandmother was hiding sothing from him.
“Who forced you into a corner?
Is it related to the rabbit missing from ho?”
Li Qiao had no choice but to recount the events.
Qin Jin cursed and clenched his fists, ready to settle the score with the neighboring Feng Family.
Li Qiao stopped him, “The issue has been resolved.
Although they ate the rabbit, they compensated for it in the end.”
“That doesn’t make it right!” How dare they bully his grandmother and his wife while he was away?
He was determined to give the Feng Family a piece of his mind!
Qin Jin tried to leave.
In the end, Li Qiao embraced his legs.
“Let go, you’re going to pull my pants down.”
Li Qiao: “….”If you promise not to make a fuss, I’ll let go.”
Qin Jin couldn’t resist her, “Fine!” A verbal warning was unavoidable.
He’d deal with it after collecting the eggs.
…..
The two arrived at the old house and found three eggs inside.
Li Qiao happily said, “These will be perfect for the three of us to eat tomorrow.”
Qin Jin, “You can have mine.” She seed to have lost so weight recently, and the thought of her not getting enough to eat because soone had stolen her bun made his heart hurt in a way it never had before.
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