After all, Xia Xiang wanted to marry Chen Ning within a month, but he was out for a few days without any news, which would inevitably make Chen Ning have some thoughts.
With a huge sum of fifteen hundred yuan in their arms, Xia Xiang and Lu Gang returned to the county town.
"Gangzi, I'll leave the things in the factory to you. You can go back to the scenic spot by yourself tomorrow morning. I have to go home tomorrow."
After Xia Xiang gave instructions to Lu Gang, he went to the night market in the county town, intending to bring back a gift for Chen Ning.
The next day, Xia Xiang returned to Dabai Township early in the morning.
"Dad, I'm back!"
When Xia wanted to get home, she happened to see Xia Guoxing fetching water in the yard.
"Second brother is back, come and have breakfast."
When Xia's mother saw her son coming back, a kind smile appeared on her face.
Xia Guoxing was sitting at the dining table, drinking porridge, and asked Xia Xiang: "Didn't you sell your stone this time? How was the sale?"
When Xia Xiang asked Xia Guoxing, a confident smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he took out a bulging bag from his arms as if taking credit for it.
"Dad, look at how much money is in here."
Xia Xiang smiled and asked his father to open the cloth bag containing a bunch of banknotes with some pride.
Xia Guoxing saw that Xia Xiang was really making money. After being stunned for a moment, he went to open the cloth bag.
The next second, Xia Guoxing couldn't help but let out an exclamation.
"A lot...a lot of money!"
Xia Guoxing only saw ten yuan notes, the largest denomination, lying quietly in front of him.
He didn't even dare to count it. It was the first time in his life that he saw such a large amount of cash.
"Dad, here is a total of one thousand yuan, all of which I earned outside this week."
"I told you that you don't have to worry about the bride price, now you believe it!"
Xia Xiang said with a smile. Before he came back, he went to the bank to change the money into ten yuan denominations just for the shock of this moment.
"One thousand dollars?"
Xia Guoxing took a breath, this was the largest amount of money he had ever seen in his life.
Moreover, Xia Xiang made so much money in just one week, which was completely beyond his cognition.
Xia Guoxing saw that Xia Xiang had brought back such a large sum of money after only a week. His face was not very happy, but rather a little disappointed.
Xia Xiang was a little puzzled. Just when he was guessing why Xia Guoxing was in such a mood at this time, Xia Dong's hurried footsteps happened to be heard outside.
"Xia Xiang, you are finally back. If you come back two days later, you won't be able to see Chen Ning."
As soon as Xia Dong entered the door, a loud voice rang out.
"What's the meaning?"
With a bang, Xia Xiang stood up from his chair immediately.
"You brat, why are you so nervous? Hasn't Chen Ning not returned to the provincial capital yet?"
Seeing Xia Xiang's nervous look, Xia Dong couldn't help but feel a little sour in his heart. He had never been nervous about his sister.
"Chen Ning is going back to the provincial capital?"
In the previous life, Chen Ning left without saying goodbye, which left a deep shadow on Xia Xiang, which is why he seemed so excited.
In the last life, Chen Ning never returned to Dabai Township once he left, and when he saw Chen Ning again, it was already ten years later.
Now that they are all reborn, of course he will not allow this to happen.
"What's going on, sister, please stop showing off."
Xia Dong gave Xia Xiang an annoyed look, but still told Xia Xiang about Chen Ning.
It turns out that over the past week, Chen Ning had often heard people talking about Xia Xiang and Chen Ning behind their backs at Dabai Township Primary School.
Some people say that Chen Ning is a vixen who got into Xia Xiang's bed by herself.
Some people also say that Xia Xiang never thought about really marrying Chen Ning, otherwise why would Xia Xiang disappear as soon as the incident happened?
Of course Chen Ning knew what Xia Xiang was doing, but she couldn't resist the comments from her colleagues in the school. Over time, even she herself began to doubt whether Xia Xiang really wanted to marry her.
"Oh, Chen Ning is really having a hard time. You don't know how unpleasant those women in their dormitory area are to talk to... Where are you going?"
Before Xia Dong finished speaking, Xia Xiang had already turned around and left.
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"Ring ring ring!"
Dabaixiang Primary School.
The bell rang for the last class, and Chen Ning walked to the dormitory area with her book in her arms and her head lowered.
"Chen Ning, why are you walking so fast? You are not in a hurry to see someone!"
"Brother Xia Dong, didn't I say that I wanted to marry you? It's been more than a week and I haven't seen anyone. He couldn't be lying to you. Everyone has run away now."
"I heard that the younger brother of Xia Dong's family doesn't even have a formal job and is just idle all day long. This kind of person changes his mind very quickly!"
Chen Ning clutched her hands tightly. Even though she was walking fast enough, she still couldn't get rid of the group of tails behind her.
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion at the school gate not far ahead.
"Wow, so many balloons!"
"There seems to be writing on those balloons!"
"I looked at what was written, and it seemed like 'Teacher Chen, I'm sorry!'"
As soon as Chen Ning walked in, she saw balloons hanging at the school gate. When she heard a student read out the words on the balloons, her heartbeat suddenly accelerated.
At this point, she had already guessed something.
At this moment, a student walked up to Chen Ning with a balloon in his hand.
"Teacher Chen, a big brother asked me to give this to you."
"Teacher Chen!"
"Teacher Chen!"
"Teacher Chen!"
At this time, even the students knew that the big commotion at the school gate was caused by someone in order to please Chen Ning, so the students who were afraid of the world being in chaos all followed and started making noises.
Under the gaze of so many classmates, Chen Ning's face turned red, but her heart felt extremely sweet.
The colleagues behind her became stunned one by one, with expressions of embarrassment and envy on their faces.
In the 1980s, they had only seen this high-profile and romantic way of expressing love on TV.
But who would have thought that one second they were mocking Chen Ning for being cheated, and the next second, Xia Xiang would appear in such a highly anticipated way.
Invisibly, this seemed like a slap in the face.
Bang bang bang!
Chen Ning's heart was beating fast. Looking at the balloon in his hand, he saw a line of words written on the balloon: Chen Ning, I'm sorry. I didn't know you had suffered so much grievance during this time. I should have come back earlier.
In order to express my apology, I have prepared a small gift for you. The gift is inside the balloon. If you are willing to forgive me, please pop the balloon in your hand and accept the gift I give you!
I forgive you!
Chen Ning recited silently in his heart, and then popped the balloon in one breath.
The moment the balloon was popped, a shiny necklace fell out from inside.