Green peaches with reddish tops fell from the sky one after another, and kept falling into the hem of Du Kang's clothes held up by his hands. Only when the short hem of clothes was filled to the brim, did he raise his head and shout.

"That's enough, that's enough. Brother Ergouzi, come down quickly. This is enough for us to eat."

A strong young man stood on the branch of the tree. He looked around and found that he had picked all the peaches he could reach. He jumped down from the peach tree and landed next to the young Du Kang.

"There has been a lot of rain this year, so the peaches are especially juicy and sweet. Cher likes to eat all kinds of seasonal fruits the most. I will give her this bag of fresh peaches, and she will definitely be happy."

Er Gouzi took out a cloth bag from his arms, carefully picked out the untouched peaches from Du Kang's clothes, and carefully put them into the cloth bag with gentle movements, his handsome smiling face full of joy.

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Du Kang had a young face that was still a little childish. He looked at this playmate he had grown up with, rolled up the hem of his clothes with one hand, took out a peach and wiped the peach hair on his clothes.

He persuaded seemingly nonchalantly.

"Brother Ergouzi, do you really want to send peaches?

Although Xue'er grew up with us, she is the only daughter of Ao Caizhu's family after all. Ao Caizhu has not allowed her to play with boys like us since she was ten years old.

It is said that he wants to raise her up to be a lady of the family, and when she gets older, she wants to find a match for Xueer in the county town.

Xue'er is already fourteen this year. How many times have we met in the past four years? How much of the friendship we had when we played together when we were young is still there? Why do you need to go to Ao's house to ask for this trouble? "

"You haven't figured it out yet. When you are my age, you will understand that if a man can marry the woman he loves in this life, even death is worth it."

"As for what you said about Xue'er's impossibility of marrying me, although the Ao family is a rich family, they are just rich people from Bibo Town. It is not that easy to marry your daughter to one of the rich families in the county.

The Ao family is very thin, with only a girl named Xue'er and her sickly brother. I, Li Ergou, am not only talented but also physically strong. With my good looks, I still have a chance to join the Ao family."

Different from Du Kang and Xue'er, Er Gouzi is already sixteen years old this year and has thin hair growing on his mouth, which means that his physical development has basically matured.

With a strong body and at the most impulsive and ignorant age, he was full of deep desire for Xue'er, the most beautiful girl in the town, and was convinced that he would be able to marry Xue'er as his wife.

Du Kang stuffed the rubbed peach into his mouth and took a bite. The sweet juice and smooth flesh swirled on the tip of his tongue. He no longer had any hope of convincing this obsessed playmate.

"Then I wish Brother Ergouzi that he will succeed immediately and marry a beautiful woman."

"I knew you could understand me, Xiao Shitou. When I marry Xue'er and inherit the Ao family's family business, for the sake of you accompanying me to pick peaches today, I will definitely give you a share of the land."

Li Ergou carefully tied a bag of mountain peaches around his waist, as if the bag contained Xue'er and Ao's family property, and couldn't help but smile with joy.

Ergouzi, who was in love for the first time, didn't notice that Du Kang frowned when he heard the name Xiao Shitou, as if he didn't like this nickname he had been calling since childhood.

Du Kang didn't know why, but he always resented others calling him by his nickname recently. It seemed like a voice deep inside kept telling him not to acknowledge this name.

But the boy's emotions always come and go quickly. He quickly puts this trouble behind and ignores this unpleasant emotion.

After ending this unpleasant topic, the atmosphere between the two teenagers returned to its original relaxed state. Then they gnawed on the broken peach in Du Kang's arms and walked down the mountain road.

All the way downhill, along the rugged path and turning over several mountain passes, when the two teenagers were sweating slightly, a quiet town finally appeared in front of them.

This is Bibo Town, a mountain town located in the mountains, but strangely named after the sea.

The two walked into the town humming a song and headed straight to the Ao family's house.

Li Ergou was eager to pass the peach into the dog hole in Ao's backyard to please Xue'er.

As Li Ergou's friend, Du Kang naturally had to shoulder the responsibility of looking out as before. At the same time, he also had some small thoughts of his own, which was to take a look at Xue'er.

Yes, Du Kang also likes Xueer!

In this remote and closed town, the beautiful Xueer is like a crystal snowflake falling from the sky, attracting the attention of every youngster of the right age. How can Du Kang, a boy of half an age, be an exception?

It's just that unlike Li Ergou, who doesn't know the difference between the two, Du Kang is well aware of the gap between the two and will never show his thoughts in this regard. He only feels that he is very satisfied if he can just take a look at this girl from a distance.

In this way, the two young men came to the vicinity of Ao's house with their own thoughts.

Suddenly, he saw several carriages parked in front of the Ao family's gate, and several tenants of the Ao family were unloading parcels wrapped in red ribbons from the carriages and moving them into the house.

The gift of red silk!

According to the custom of Bibo Town, this is a courtesy that only comes to the Ao family to propose marriage. Is there someone who wants to come to the Ao family to propose marriage?

The news was like a thunderbolt from the blue, exploding above the heads of the two teenagers, and all of a sudden their heavy worries were blown away.

Looking at each other, the two of them spread their feet and ran along the street towards the backyard of Ao's family.

Arriving on a hillside covered with short grass, the two of them squatted down in front of a dog hole the size of a human head. They picked up a stone on the ground and started knocking on the dog hole, making a rhythmic sound.

Then there was a long wait.

It wasn't until a stick of incense passed that a burst of brisk footsteps came to the front of the dog hole. A head of snow-white hair fell down at the other end of the dog hole. Half of a beautiful smiling face was revealed from the hole. Xueer whispered to the two people outside the hole.

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As soon as Xueer finished speaking, Li Ergou eagerly asked the question he was most concerned about.

"Xue'er, did someone come to your house today to propose marriage? Who is that person? Has your father agreed?"

"Proposing marriage? We did have a visitor today. My mother said it was Mr. Xu from the county town who came to visit us.

I also met him once. Mr. Xu is quite handsome and his family background is said to be quite good. My father was chatting with him in the living room.

It turns out that he is here to propose marriage, so no wonder he wants to meet me."

Xue'er's voice was still so cheerful, completely lacking the uneasiness or joy that ordinary people have when facing major events in their own lives, as if they were just talking about other people's affairs.

"Xue'er, are you willing to marry that Mr. Xu?"

Li Ergou's eyes were red, and he couldn't help but raise his voice and asked.

"Xue'er doesn't know either. If Mr. Xu is good to me, marrying him is not impossible!"

As she spoke, Xueer didn't know what she thought of, and she let out another burst of laughter like a silver bell.

This laughter stung Li Ergou's heart with pain. Finally he couldn't bear it anymore. He got up from the ground and ran away in the distance. Du Kang called him several times without stopping.

"Why is Brother Ergou gone? Didn't he bring me anything delicious today?

Brother Shitou, you also know that the food in my house has always been limited to a limited time, and I am not allowed to eat all kinds of snacks. If you don't bring me all kinds of food, I will be hungry at night."

Xue'er's voice was soft and soft, which made Du Kang feel a little sad. Xue'er had always regarded them as meal-givers and childhood playmates.

Unlike Li Ergou who wants to eat swan meat, he is very clear about his position in Xueer's heart, but when he actually heard Xueer say these words, the young man's sensitive heart could not help but feel sad.

"Of course I brought food. It's just that we came in a hurry this time. I only have a few peaches here. I hope you won't dislike it, Xue'er."

"Are they the peaches in the peach forest on Rotten Peach Mountain? I like the fresh peaches picked this month best!"

Hearing this, Du Kang quickly took out a few disfigured peaches from his arms and handed them in. After seeing the joy blooming on Xue Er's face, even the emotions in his heart were washed away.

Afterwards, Du Kang accompanied Xueer here to eat a few peaches before reluctantly saying goodbye and leaving the Ao family's dog cave.

On the way back, the scene that just happened kept echoing in his mind. Du Kang was quite disdainful of Li Ergou's fragile appearance as he could not accept the cruel reality.

From early to now, Du Kang has never thought that Li Ergou really likes Xueer.

In the early years, when Xue'er was still young, she was just a pretty, cute little girl. She was the only one who had the best relationship with her, and Li Ergou was just an ordinary playmate of hers.

It was only in the past few years that as Xueer gradually blossomed and turned into a beautiful woman, she caught Li Ergou's attention and aroused his admiration.

In Du Kang's view, this was clearly motivated by sexual desire!

Bibo Town is not big, and you can always find your way home along the alleys extending in all directions. Du Kang turned left and right in the alleys and returned to the main road.

But unexpectedly, I found a group of people gathered in the middle of the road, pointing at a person lying on the road. Although I couldn't hear their words clearly, I could still feel the affection these people had for the people on the road from their expressions.

Feelings of regret or ridicule.

Du Kang walked forward for a while and finally saw the man on the ground clearly.

This was obviously Li Ergou who had just parted with him!

At this time, Li Ergou was lying unconscious on the dirt road of the town in a panic. One of his legs was bent to the side at a weird angle, and sharp bone stubble pierced the skin and exposed his body.

A breeze blew against the red and yellow bone marrow, causing Li Ergou, who was in a coma, to twist his face into a painful expression.

Li Ergou is dead, this was the first thought that came to Du Kang's mind.

Under such a serious injury with broken bones and tendons, let alone whether he can save his life, even if he is lucky enough to survive the suppuration and necrosis of the broken limb, he will never grow back to his original integrity. This is also the best outcome for Li Ergou in the future.

A cripple.

From the conversations of people around him, Du Kang knew the whole story.

"Aunt Liu, what's wrong with Brother Ergou? He was fine just now, but why is his leg broken now?"

"It's a joke. Today is a great day for Mr. Xu from the county town to propose marriage to the Ao family. Li Ergou didn't know where he heard the news.

As if he was frustrated, he ran to Master Xu, stopped his carriage, and insisted on saying that Xueer liked him, so that Master Xu would give up his desire to marry Xueer.

As a result, without even seeing Master Xu's face, he was beaten to the ground by his servants and was run over his legs by a carriage.

Now it’s better, he may not even be able to save his life.”

Du Kang looked at the miserable Li Ergou on the ground and couldn't bear it, so he wanted to step forward and carry him home first.

"As a fellow villager, I'd better help Brother Ergou."

But as soon as he took a step, he was pulled back by Aunt Liu, and he just heard Aunt Liu say.

"You think you are the only one with a conscience, but our fellow villagers just watch and don't do anything, but he really can't do anything.
To be continued...