Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Chapter 235 I Won't Call You Uncle Even If I Die

Li Jianguo and Li Long squatted on the stones beside the canal outside the courtyard gate, talking about this matter.

Although I felt that Wu Shufen and I were two parallel lines that would never intersect, I was still a little surprised to hear that she was getting married.

"It's quite fast." Li Long said.

"Then your sister-in-law will go when the time comes." Li Jianguo said, "We haven't split up yet, so our family can just give a gift. Of course, if he doesn't invite us, that would be the best."

"That's impossible." Li Long shook his head.

Although Li Jianguo is the youngest among the founders of the village, he has great influence and is in the prime of life. At least among the people in the village, this is how Li Jianguo is described.

So usually, when someone in the village gets married and the relationship is good, they will ask Li Jianguo to be the manager, because he used to be the chief steward and can always arrange things clearly.

Moreover, Li Jianguo still has prestige in the village, otherwise when he used a stick to beat Gu Ermao's family last time, there would have been no one to stop and resist.

After all, the Gu family was one of the first families to arrive in the village.

"I'm not going. My parents are here. Something happened on the wheat field, so I have to prepare myself. By the way, will you join the team in harvesting wheat this year?"

"No." Li Long waved his hand. "I won't go and embarrass myself. In the first few years, you and sister-in-law did the work. I was lazy and didn't go. If I go now, I will probably be the slowest. Women can cut faster than me. It's better not to embarrass myself."

"That's right." Li Jianguo wanted to laugh after hearing this. He took out the Mohe cigarette box, took out the paper strips cut from newspaper, poured out some cigarettes, and said as he rolled them:
"I don't know why you were so lazy in the first two years—"

Li Long lowered his head in embarrassment. He had made a mistake himself, so what else could he say?

"Fortunately, everything is fine now. I've grown up," Li Jianguo was very relieved. As soon as he put the cigarette in his mouth, Li Long took out a lighter and lit it for him.

Li Jianguo took a puff, glanced at Li Long, and said with a smile:
"You've matured. Do you want to tell me about you and Xiaoxia? Your parents are here now. I originally wanted them to stay in Northern Xinjiang. Stay for another two years, and then transfer their household registration here. You can stay here from now on."

"Dad doesn't agree?"

"Yes. I don't mind. I think this place is great. Dad said that the ancestral graves are still in the hometown, and the family tree is being continued. In the next two years, there is no objection. The elders in the village have already started to discuss continuing the family tree. He must go back, otherwise our branch... our branch is the legitimate branch, and Dad has the highest generation in the village..."

Having lived two lives, Li Long, like many people on the Internet, actually does not have much thought about family tree and ancestral tomb.

After all, we have been living in the northern Xinjiang, where people from all over the country live, and some traditional habits have been lost. Everyone complements each other and slowly brings in some useful or popular customs here, forming a unique cultural lifestyle.

Of course, the northern border is very large, and Li Long only talked about the village where he was. He didn't know much about other places.

"Then I will discuss it with Xiaoxia tomorrow. If it is confirmed, we will get engaged first?" Li Long asked.

"Okay." Li Jianguo smiled, "We can settle this matter first, so that my parents can rest assured, and that guy Gu won't have to worry too much. It's a good deal for him, and he's a generation older than me..."

"Then brother, will you call him Uncle Gu from now on?" Li Long teased.

"Call me uncle, that's fine." Li Jianguo took a puff of his cigarette and said, "He will never be able to get me to call him uncle again in this life."

Li Long smiled.

After breakfast the next day, Li Jianguo led the horse and pulled the roller to the wheat field, while Li Long rode his bicycle and took Li Juan out of the village.

He dropped Li Juan off at the primary school gate and then went to the middle school.

On the road, Li Long met Meng Zhiqiang, who was hurrying along with a bag on his back. He admired him very much. He could persist in selling fish and must have earned a lot of money.

It’s just that I didn’t know much about him in my previous life. He wasn’t very famous in the team, and his family background seemed to be just average, neither good nor bad.

Will this life change?
Said hello and then rode straight to the middle school.

It was not yet time for school to start, and Li Long rode his bike to the door of the teachers' dormitory. The door of Gu Xiaoxia's dormitory was locked, so she must have gone to the office.

Li Long opened the dormitory door and prepared to wait in the dormitory.

At this time, Teacher Wang next door saw the bicycle parked outside the door and immediately knew that Li Long was coming. She walked over, stood outside the door and asked:

"Li Long? Do you have something to ask Teacher Gu?"

"Yes."

"Teacher Gu's class is in the first period. If you're not in a hurry, I'll go talk to her and ask her to come find you after class."

"Thank you, I'll wait here." Li Long walked to the door and thanked Teacher Wang.

Teacher Wang smiled and nodded, locked the dormitory with his books, and went to the office.

"Li Long is here?" Gu Xiaoxia was already preparing to go to the classroom with her textbooks. She was very surprised to hear what Teacher Wang said. "He's in the dormitory?"

"Yes, I told him you had a class in the first period, and he said he would wait for you in the dormitory."

"Then I'll go find him after class." Gu Xiaoxia couldn't guess what Li Long might have going on, but since he could wait until she finished her first class, it shouldn't be something particularly urgent.

Most of the students at that time were relatively obedient. Although Gu Xiaoxia was a new teacher, she prepared her lessons carefully and was friendly, so her classes were quite popular.

But in today's class, Teacher Gu seemed a little anxious. Although he did not make any mistakes, he looked outside from time to time, which made the students feel a little strange.

After finally waiting until the bell rang outside to signal the end of get out of class, Gu Xiaoxia hurriedly said goodbye to the students, left the classroom and went to the dormitory.

Li Long was standing at the door of the dormitory looking over here. He saw Gu Xiaoxia hurried over and looked at her with a smile.

"Did anything happen in the team... in the village?" Gu Xiaoxia asked when she was three or four meters away from Li Long.

"It's okay. We haven't started harvesting wheat yet. It's nothing to worry about."

"Then you come here this time..."

"I have something to discuss with you." Li Long entered the dormitory first and said at the door: "Come in and talk."

Gu Xiaoxia walked into the dormitory carrying the textbooks and looked at Li Long with some confusion.

"Sit down first and I'll tell you."

Gu Xiaoxia sat on the bedside. Li Long pulled a chair over and sat opposite her, saying:

"It's like this. I had considered it more complicated before. I thought that you had just started working, and if we were to establish a relationship, it would have an impact on your future development. And I felt that if we were to establish a relationship too quickly and prepare to get married, it would be a bit hasty, so I told you that..."

Gu Xiaoxia was a little confused and didn't understand why Li Long said this.

"Now, I realize that I didn't think it through. We are both not young anymore, so..." Gu Xiaoxia suddenly asked:
"You don't want to get married now?"

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant, but what I was thinking is, if you don't mind, why don't we get engaged first?"

Li Long was afraid that he would cause Gu Xiaoxia to misunderstand if he spoke too slowly, so he spoke his thoughts directly:

"My parents are here right now, and your dad is here too. My idea is to settle our affairs while there is not much else going on. As for when to get married, we can discuss it, but the engagement can be settled first...

I also told my eldest brother that I also went to your house yesterday and met Uncle Gu. I think your father should have no objection, so what I mean is, I want to discuss it with you first. If you have no objection, then my eldest brother, or my parents, will invite someone to your house..."

"This..." Gu Xiaoxia didn't expect this to happen so suddenly, but she felt that there seemed to be nothing to hesitate about, so she thought about it and said:

"Well... okay, I think it's okay to decide first... Then can I ask you a serious question?"

"You said."

"Do you have me in your heart?"

Li Long raised his head and looked into Gu Xiaoxia's eyes.

The beautiful girl in front of me seemed to have a look of uncertainty and lack of confidence.

He looked into the other person's eyes seriously and said:

"Yes, I have you in my heart, and I like you."

These words made Gu Xiaoxia lower her head immediately, with a blush all over her cheeks. Girls of that era could not accept such a straightforward statement.

After a long while, Gu Xiaoxia said:
"Then... you can find someone to go to my house... I have no objection."

Originally, Li Long wanted to take Gu Xiaoxia for a ride around the county after making things clear, but looking at Gu Xiaoxia's current condition, it seemed that it was not suitable for her to go out now.

Li Long then asked: "Then... do you have anything else to say?"

"No. I heard that Wu Shufen is getting married. She asked someone to send me an invitation. Will you go?"

"No, I don't think she will invite me. I have to go to the mountains in the next two days." Li Long said, "After we get engaged, I will go to the mountains to do some side business. I have to earn enough money for our marriage first."

Li Long spoke so naturally that Gu Xiaoxia's originally unconfident heart suddenly calmed down.

The young man in front of me is working hard to build a small home for the two of them, so I don’t need to think too much.

"Then I'll go back first." Li Long stood up and said, "If you have no objection, I may go to your house this weekend. Can you go back then?"

"Back."

"Then I'll come pick you up?"

"No, no, it's not far, I can just walk back."

Li Long thought Gu Xiaoxia was shy, so he didn't say much.

When he opened the car and prepared to go back, Li Long suddenly stopped and said to Gu Xiaoxia who had come to the door to see him off:
"Xiaoxia, when you... are free in a few days, I will teach you how to ride a bicycle."

"Okay." Gu Xiaoxia nodded without thinking much about it.

When he got home, the whole family was there. Li Jianguo had already returned from the wheat field, so Li Long told Li Jianguo about the situation.

Li Jianguo couldn't sit still when he heard this. He said directly:

"I'll go to Lao Gu's house first and tell him about this matter. We have agreed on it, and we'll just go through the procedures."

Liang Yuemei looked at them with a smile. It was a good thing that something happy happened in the family.

When Li Jianguo arrived at Gu's house, Gu Boyuan was sorting out the remaining sedge and wire in the yard. Xu Chengjun had already distributed the money to each household to make sedge brooms, but Gu Boyuan said he wanted to send the remaining several kilograms of wire to him, so he asked Gu Boyuan to keep it at home and wait until it was useful.

Seeing Li Jianguo coming over, Gu Boyuan was a little surprised. He asked while busy with his work:

"How come you, a busy man, have time to come to my place?"

"Let me tell you about Xiaolong and Xiaoxia."

"Did Xiaolong go back and tell you yesterday?"

"Yes." Li Jianguo nodded, took a piece of wood from the side and sat down, "I said it when I got back. I said I had not thought it through before, and now that my parents are here, I think we should settle this matter."

"Not bad, the kid is not stupid." Although Gu Boyuan's eyes were inevitably a little picky, he was quite satisfied with Li Long's reaction at the moment.

"Xiaolong went to school to ask Xiaoxia today, and Xiaoxia agreed to get engaged first. So, I think we should settle things as soon as possible. We are not young anymore..."

"Okay." Gu Boyuan nodded, then sighed and said, "It has grown so big without me noticing..."

"There's one good thing about this team. We don't have to look for an auspicious day. Look, this Sunday, Xiaoxia happens to be on vacation, so why don't we come over?"

"Okay." Gu Boyuan said, "Since the two kids are in love, there's no need to delay it any longer. Just do it on the weekend. Xiaoxia will be back soon, so you can find someone here."

"Then I will prepare the things... I must prepare the six-color gifts..."

"No need to go to such trouble. He is not an outsider." Gu Boyuan waved his hand. "I believe Xiaolong will treat Xiaoxia well after they get married. Of course, if he doesn't, I can still beat him with my stick..."

"Don't worry, if Xiaolong treats Xiaoxia badly, you don't have to beat him, I have the stick in my hand." Li Jianguo assured him at this time. After all, Gu Xiaoxia had no mother, and when she was at home, Gu Boyuan never let her suffer any grievances. If Li Long treated Gu Xiaoxia badly, then Li Jianguo and his wife would definitely not favor Li Long.

Gu Boyuan was quite satisfied with Li Jianguo's statement. He sighed again:

"Your Xiaolong has changed so much in the past six months. If he hadn't changed like this, I wouldn't have dared to hand Xiaoxia over to him."

"I was just talking to him yesterday, and he himself said that he didn't know why he was so messed up in the past few years - fortunately he has grown up and has taken on responsibilities... I'm not afraid to tell you that as the eldest brother, I have a lot of pressure. With such a promising younger brother, I feel that if I can't do more, people will gossip about me."

"That's understandable... But Jianguo, you say... Xiaolong calls you big brother and calls me Uncle Gu, look at this generation relationship..."

"Get lost!" Li Jianguo's face changed when he heard it. "I'm telling you, let's talk about our own affairs! Don't even think about me being a generation younger than you... I know you're holding your fart in!"

“Hahahaha,” Gu Boyuan laughed when he saw that Li Jianguo was angry, “That’s what I meant. Let’s talk about different things. After all, we both lived in a dugout. How can I let you call me uncle? Hahahaha…”

(End of this chapter)