Even the big yellow dog in the yard lay down on the shabby mat early and didn't bother to bark when someone passed by outside the door.
Xu Ying's eldest brother closed his eyes when he saw his wife weaving baskets. His parents and younger brother also looked tired. He himself felt sleepy and dizzy. He put down what he was doing and said, "I can't do it anymore. I'm so sleepy today. Let's go."
Stop weaving baskets and go to sleep."
Xu Ying's mother spoke, "Okay, okay, stop making it up, go to bed. I'm really sleepy today. Maybe I ate too many dumplings, and I feel tired after I'm full."
After a while, everything in the house and courtyard fell silent.
Xu Ying got up in the dark. She simply packed a few pieces of clothing that she had to bring, took the thirty yuan she had saved in total, and sat on the bed quietly waiting for Gu Shaoqian to pick her up.
The moonlight outside the window was soft and autumn insects were humming. She sat on the bed and curled up her legs, slowly lowered her head, buried her face in her knees and cried.
After tonight, everyone will know about her elopement with Gu Shaoqian.
Elopement is a very shameful thing. Not only will she be gossiped about behind her back, but even her family will be unable to hold their heads high.
She didn't want this, she didn't want to leave her family, but she didn't want to lose Gu Shaoqian either.
Was she desperate to be with Gu Shaoqian, or was she following her parents' arrangements and forgetting about him marrying someone else? She had thought about this for a long time.
She had a deep relationship with Gu Shaoqian, and she felt that she would never meet a man who treated her better than him in her life.
Finally, she thought: If I give up on Gu Shaoqian, I will really lose him for the rest of my life. But if I elope with Gu Shaoqian, my family will be sad for a while, but as time goes by, after this matter is gradually forgotten, I can still come back and recognize him.
Return to parents and relatives.
With a "thud" sound of falling to the ground, Xu Ying, who was half-conscious, suddenly woke up.
She took her things out of the house and met Gu Shaoqian who jumped over the wall in the yard.
"Yingzi." When Gu Shaoqian saw her, he ran over and hugged her. He looked at the big yellow dog sleeping by the wall with joy and whispered in her ear: "Sister An Ran's method is really good. Let's go quickly.
"
Xu Ying's footsteps were heavy and she refused to leave in such a hurry. She shook off Gu Shaoqian's hand and turned around, crying silently facing the house where she had lived for more than twenty years.
"Yingzi..." Gu Shaoqian stood beside her, holding her hand nervously, "You...regret it?"
Xu Ying didn't speak, just kept sobbing silently.
When Gu Shaoqian saw her crying sadly, he also felt sad.
"Yingzi, if you regret it, just stay and pretend that nothing happened."
"I don't regret it." Xu Ying knelt down and kowtowed deeply in the direction of her parents' room.
Upon seeing this, Gu Shaoqian also knelt down, kowtowed with her, and whispered: "Please rest assured, I will be good to Yingzi all my life."
They successfully met up with Gu Dahai and his wife and got on the bus to the city at dawn.
After dawn, Jiqing Village exploded. Everyone was running around telling each other: Xu Ying and Gu Shaoqian had eloped!
When the Xu family got up and saw that Xu Ying's room was already empty, the family immediately rushed to Gu Shaoqian's home.
I originally wanted to have a fight with Gu Dahai and his wife, but I didn't expect that Gu Shaoqian also took the old couple away. He also left a note giving them the house, chickens and sheep here.
If you give your house away, do you plan to never come back again?
Gu Anran got up early today. She and Wang Shuzhen said they were going for a morning stroll, but in fact they were riding a bicycle to the vicinity of Jiqing Village to find out the news.
She didn't need to make any effort to ask. She could hear what they were talking about just by slowly passing by the small crowd.
Very good, it seems that the plan went well and they eloped successfully!
After inquiring about the information, Gu Anran was about to go back when she saw a person riding a bicycle and rushing toward her quickly.
She took a closer look, wasn't this Xu Ying's second brother Xu Hao?
Gu Anran pretended not to see him and hurriedly rode back. As soon as he reached the entrance of the village, he was stopped by Xu Hao who was chasing after him.
Xu Hao held down the handlebars of her bicycle and asked her, "Why did you run when you saw me?"
Gu Anran's eyes rolled around quickly and he laughed dryly: "Ah, second brother! I didn't see you just now."
Xu Hao stared into Gu Anran's eyes, "Didn't you see me? Okay, let me ask you, why did you come to our village so early in the morning?"
"I'm looking for Yingzi." Gu Anran looked around mysteriously, "But when I entered the village, I heard the villagers talking, saying that Yingzi had eloped with someone? Is it true or not?"
"That's what I said," Gu Anran's mouth twitched slightly, "How would I know? When I saw her yesterday, wasn't she still at home well?"
"She hasn't been normal since she saw you yesterday. I thought she had figured it out and decided to break off the relationship with Gu Shaoqian. Unexpectedly, she made up her mind and ran away with Gu Shaoqian. Tell me, did you help yesterday?
Are you here with Gu Shaoqian to deliver a message to Yingzi? How did you help them escape?"
Xu Hao was a reseller on weekdays. He saw a lot of people and had a quick mind. When he found out that his sister was missing in the morning, he immediately thought of Gu Anran. Apart from her, his sister had not seen anyone else in the past few days.
The big yellow dog in the yard that barked at the slightest disturbance was very quiet last night, and my sister ran away so smoothly. It was impossible without prior arrangements.
It’s over, I’m under suspicion! But I can’t admit it even to death!
Gu Anran narrowed his eyes slightly and shook his head in confusion, "I don't understand what you are talking about."
Xu Hao's eyebrows furrowed tighter. Yes, Gu Anran was the most suspicious of her sister eloping with someone. But her eyes were clear and her expression was confused, and she didn't look like the insider.
"Second brother, since you have something to deal with at home, I won't bother you. I'll go back first."
Gu Anran pushed the bicycle around Xu Hao. She lowered her head and acted cautiously and lightly.
Xu Hao stood by and watched her retreating figure and thought to himself: Am I really thinking too much? Gu Anran didn't participate in the fact that my sister ran away?
Just when Gu Anran got on the car and left, riding faster and faster, Xu Hao slapped himself on the forehead: Something was wrong! How could he be deceived by Gu Anran's appearance? She was the one who came back to Baoshan! She had only been in the city for a few days.
He was able to find a partner in a matter of days and accomplish something huge that no one had dared to do before.
So how could she just look so innocent on the outside?
…
Because Xu Hao would come to her house every day to ask about Xu Ying's whereabouts, Gu Anran was miserable. She had no choice but to order a tractor, and at dawn before the sky had fully opened, she got on the tractor and went to town for a ride.
The tractor made an ear-splitting noise as it walked on the winding and bumpy road.
Gu Anran really wanted it to be quiet. She just wanted to leave secretly. She was afraid that its noise would attract someone and catch her trying to escape.
But the world is full of fear. As soon as we left Qingfeng Village, a man jumped out of the woods and blocked the road.