Time Travel to the Educated Youth Era [Space]

67

Tao Xiang, who had escaped from the courtyard, rode the old man's free ox cart to the dirt road in front of Wanggangtun. She jumped off the cart, holding the strap of the backpack tightly with one hand, and waved to the old man: "Thank you, uncle. I'll go to the town by myself later."

The old man and the amiable old man who had received Tao Xiang's cigarettes smiled and responded, and drove the ox cart leisurely.

The cart was also crowded with other villagers who were rushing to the town. They looked at Tao Xiang's pretty back as she walked towards the path leading to Wanggangtun. Where was Tao Zhiqing going?

Everyone was extremely curious, but they didn't dare to ask around in front of Tao Xiang. Even those who had been sitting next to him didn't dare to get too close, for fear of offending Tao.

Someone boldly guessed: "Is he going to look for the eldest son of the captain of Wanggangtun? I saw him looking for Tao in our village last time..."

"Yes, that's right, I saw it too!"

"Do you think they are dating?"

As soon as these words came out, the ox cart was suddenly quiet.

After a while, someone stuttered: "No... No way? How can Tao look down on us country people?"

"What's wrong with country people?" A young wife who married from Wanggangtun didn't think so.

The living standard of their Wanggangtun production cooperative is one of the best in the surrounding ten or so villages. She privately thinks it is not much worse than the county town. Moreover, her family is somewhat related to Captain Wang's family, so she should help to speak well of him.

"That's the captain's family in my mother's village. The house with high walls and large courtyards is more magnificent than anyone else's. Moreover, Brother Yijun is a tractor driver in the cooperative and a model worker. He is more capable than anyone in the county. This educated young man Tao will not suffer any loss if she marries him..."

"Hehe, isn't Wang Yijun disabled in his feet? How can Tao Zhiqing not care?"

The topic became more and more off-topic, but everyone's interest in the conversation became more and more intense.

Tao Xiang didn't know that she was linked to Wang Yijun in other people's mouths. As soon as she entered Wanggangtun and said she was looking for someone, a group of people soon led her to the field enthusiastically.

At that time, Wang Yijun was tying tomato seedlings in the field with his trousers rolled up. Hearing someone shouting, he stood up and turned his head. He saw Tao Xiang standing on the edge of the field, waving and smiling at him.

That smile was like a clear spring in the mountains, with a refreshing sweetness.

For a moment, Wang Yijun could not see anyone else, and his heart and eyes were filled with that charming figure.

He dropped the rope, dragged his slightly lame foot, and hurried to the edge of the field. He was only wearing a sweat shirt, and his body was sweaty. Under the sunshine, he showed his surging energy, which made many girls and wives in the distance blush.

"Why are you here?" Wang Yijun couldn't wait to come to Tao Xiang, but he was afraid that she would dislike the sweat on his body, so he raised his elbow and wiped the sweat on his neck and forehead with his sleeve.

Many people around him smiled at them, whispering to each other, and no one knew what they were talking about.

Wanggangtun has fertile and vast farmland. The wind blows and messes up Tao Xiang's hair. The air is filled with the fragrance of various vegetables. Compared with the poor people in Gadatun who are still struggling to make ends meet, Wanggangtun is much more lively and rich.