Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Chapter 241 What a perfect match

Already engaged, Gu Xiaoxia has actually slowly begun to adapt to becoming a family with Li Long. So she cares more about Li Long's thoughts.

As for her father, Gu Xiaoxia believed that if she decided to go, her father would only support her - although her father was discouraged and had no intention of leaving the team, he supported her to leave the countryside and go to a wider world.

"The notice from the Education Bureau gave me three days to make the transition and then to report this Thursday," said Gu Xiaoxia. "The school also told me that since the classes have been completed and there are exams this week, I don't need to follow the class anymore and someone will take my place.

A familiar teacher told me that the Education Bureau has no vacant housing, and people like me who are seconded there will not be arranged with dormitories, so I have to prepare a place to live.”

This is what worries Gu Xiaoxia the most.

"But the school leaders also said that the dormitory will be reserved for me." Gu Xiaoxia continued, "If there is no place to live in the county, then I will live in the school dormitory and get up early every day to go to work... Five kilometers is not too far."

"No, no." Li Long smiled when he heard it, "I'll take care of the accommodation... By the way, are you free this afternoon?"

"Yeah." Gu Xiaoxia said, "It's okay now. We can pack up now."

"Then let's go to the county now. Let's have a meal first, and then I'll arrange a place for you to stay."

"You? Arrange accommodation?" Gu Xiaoxia was a little surprised.

"If you have nothing to do this afternoon, let's go and have lunch." Li Long said with a smile, "Put this watermelon here first... Do you want to share some with your colleagues?"

"Let's not separate for now." Gu Xiaoxia shook her head. "I have a good relationship with Teacher Wang, but she's not here now. I have an average relationship with the others."

Li Long put the watermelon down, Gu Xiaoxia packed up simply, took a bag, and followed Li Long out the door.

Some people watched them ride their bicycles away together, but no one said anything. After Gu Xiaoxia distributed the candies yesterday, all the colleagues knew that this new colleague was engaged to a young man from the countryside.

This made several young male colleagues feel a little sad. Although they didn't dare to pursue her or knew they couldn't pursue her, this was different from a beautiful girl already having a boyfriend.

Li Long said to Gu Xiaoxia while riding:

"I bought a big yard in the county. When you work in the Education Bureau, you can live in the yard. It will be convenient for you to go to get off work and you don't have to travel so far."

"You bought a big yard?" This was beyond Gu Xiaoxia's expectation. She asked hurriedly, "How did you buy it?"

Although Gu Xiaoxia knew that Li Long could make money, she didn't expect that he could buy a big yard with the money!

It is not easy to build a house in the village. Although it is easier to get a residential land, as long as you get married and separate your family, you can get one. But what you get is only the residential land.

If you want to build a house on the homestead, you need to lay the foundation, pull soil to pad the foundation, expand the soil blocks to build the walls, buy and cut wood to make purlins, rafters and beams, tie reed bundles, apply mud on the house, and finally build the courtyard wall. This cannot be done in a short time.

It is even more difficult to own a house in the city. After all, the land in the city, even in the northern Xinjiang, is much more valuable than in the countryside. Basically, if you want to build a house, you can only go to the fringe of urban and rural areas and buy a house - how many young people nowadays can afford to buy a house.

Although we are not like "Poor Mouth Zhang Damin" or people like Shanghai, where three generations of a family live in a house of a dozen or twenty square meters, but if we want to buy a new house, we may not be able to afford it even if we empty the family's savings.

But Li Long just bought a big yard casually?

Why does it sound so magical?

Li Long also knew that Gu Xiaoxia must be shocked, so he continued to tell his story:

"My friend in the mountains gave me some jade, as I told you. At that time, I needed to buy some daily necessities for them, but I didn't have enough money, so I took the jade to Wucheng to sell it, as you know. I made a lot of money from it, and it happened to be such a good opportunity, so how could I not buy it..."

Gu Xiaoxia didn't say anything. She needed a process of acceptance.

In fact, Gu Xiaoxia always felt that Li Long was very capable, much more capable than the average young man. The reason why she liked Li Long was not only because of gratitude, but also because of a little admiration.

The relationship between them is a bit similar to the one in the TV series "Half-Sided Building", where the excellent and obedient girl in the eyes of her family worships a member of society.

Because my family is too strict, many social issues cannot be resolved and I can only endure them. But for the same kind of issues, in the eyes of social people, there are many ways to resolve them.

In Gu Xiaoxia's eyes, Li Long is the kind of person who doesn't have a proper job but can solve all kinds of problems.

It seems that any difficulty is no longer a difficulty when it comes to him.

For example, I had been worrying about the housing problem for the whole morning, but he had already prepared it!

Li Long took Gu Xiaoxia to the big meat canteen, but Gu Xiaoxia strongly requested to see the house first.

Li Long couldn't persuade her, so he got on his bike and took her to the big yard.

Zhong Guoqiang saw Li Long through the glass in the cafeteria, and was thinking about waiting for him to come in to talk about something, but he didn't expect Li Long to ride away again.

When he chased out, Li Long and his men had already ridden far away, so he had to go back in disappointment.

When they arrived at the compound, the two got out of the car. Li Long held the car with one hand and took off the key with the other hand and handed it to Gu Xiaoxia:

"Go unlock it."

"I……"

"Yes, we are engaged, and this house will be yours from now on." Li Long said with a smile.

Gu Xiaoxia was not prepared for this. She took the key and looked at it carefully before going over to open the door.

Take the key, push open the heavy wooden door, and a heavy sense of history hits you.

Although such a house actually represents feudalism and old-fashionedness in many people's minds at that time, Gu Xiaoxia can still feel the solemnity and the strictness of the high gate and courtyard when the house was first built - of course, it feels high-end now.

Li Long pushed the cart and followed behind Gu Xiaoxia, smiling as he watched her look around the yard.

"Here... we should plant some flowers..." Gu Xiaoxia said, pointing to the two small fields where Li Long had casually planted vegetables.

"Okay, you can plant it when you have time."

"This place... is quite clean." Gu Xiaoxia looked at the yard, pointed to the back and said, "Then in the back..."

"There is also a yard and a house. It used to be a stable, but it was later converted into a glass greenhouse, but it's not used yet."

"This yard is so big!" Gu Xiaoxia exclaimed as she looked at the rows of houses.

Li Long knew that the yard was not particularly large, less than twice the size of his own yard. The main reason was that there were so many houses and buildings that most of the open space was used.

"This is the master bedroom." Li Long introduced it to Gu Xiaoxia after he parked the car. "One row, take a look at where you sleep."

"Do you usually live here?" "Occasionally." Li Long pointed to the master bedroom and said, "I usually stay there."

"Then I'll... change rooms." Gu Xiaoxia was a little shy, "We... just got engaged..."

"Okay." Li Long said readily, "Just leave the bedding in your dormitory alone. Let's finish our meal here and clean up a room together. Then we'll go buy bedding and some daily necessities. I'll also buy you a bicycle so that it will be convenient for you to go home on weekends."

"No, no, no..." Gu Xiaoxia hurriedly shook her head upon hearing this, "That won't work. I'm saving money. I'll buy it myself after I save enough in a few months..."

"We're already engaged, why are you being so fussy?" Li Long showed his chauvinism this time, "Your family didn't even ask for a dowry, what does that mean? It means your dad has entrusted you to me, don't worry! Then I have to take better care of you, right?
Listen to me, we are engaged, we are a family, isn't it natural for me to buy you something? Besides, it can't be done today, I still have to ask someone for the bicycle ticket."

Gu Xiaoxia didn't expect Li Long to be so "stubborn" in this regard, and she didn't know what to say.

It seems like everything is just taken for granted.

Then it was confirmed that Gu Xiaoxia would live in another bedroom in the main house.

Without cleaning up, Li Long took Gu Xiaoxia to the big meat canteen for dinner. He asked Gu Xiaoxia to sit down, and after asking if she could also eat mixed noodles, he went to the window to order food.

When I was about to pay, Zhong Guoqiang came over and said to the window:

"I'm treating this man to a meal, so don't take his money or ticket."

Li Long was delighted when he heard this:

"Manager Zhong, this is not easy. What's the matter? Tell me!"

The two returned to their seats, and Li Long introduced Zhong Guoqiang to Gu Xiaoxia. The last time the two came to eat, Zhong Guoqiang was not there.

"Is this your partner? They are such a perfect match." Zhong Guoqiang was praising her sincerely, "They are a perfect match made in heaven."

"Don't praise me first. Tell me what it is and I'll see if I can help." Li Long waved his hands hurriedly. He could see that Gu Xiaoxia was a little shy and uncomfortable.

"Okay, I'll be frank. Recently, my regular customers have said that the dishes here are still not enough. In this season, we have home-cooked dishes, but we still lack those fine dishes. I was thinking, since I have you here, can you help me get some mountain specialties? I definitely want game, and also wild vegetables, wild mushrooms, etc...."

"That's possible. But it will take two days. My girlfriend is going to be seconded to the county, and I have to help her arrange things in the next two days." Li Long said with a smile:
"Actually, even if you don't tell me, I'm going to the mountains in a couple of days. I can't say whether I can hunt game, but I can definitely pick up wild mushrooms in sacks. I even brought back half a sack of dried black tiger palms a few days ago!"

"Is this true?" Zhong Guoqiang was stunned. "You really got it? Where is it now?"

"I put it at home. I got this thing because I planned to dry it so that I could have more varieties of dishes at home in winter. Otherwise, it would not be good to just eat pickles, radishes, cabbages, etc."

"Okay, then if you have more, bring me some. But I don't want much, just a few dozen kilograms, fresh stuff. If you have other game, bring it to me, too. I'll take both large and small ones."

"it is good."

At this time, the waiter had already brought the food. Zhong Guoqiang nodded at the two of them, then turned and left.

"Come on, come on, you must be hungry, eat." Li Long said, "If it's not enough, add more noodles."

"I'm sure it's enough." Gu Xiaoxia shook her head. "I used to be able to add some noodles, but now that I don't do physical work, my appetite has also decreased a lot."

After dinner, Li Long took Gu Xiaoxia to the department store and bought new bedding. Gu Xiaoxia was reluctant at first, as she meant that the old ones could still be used after washing.

"I don't know how many people have used that old blanket. Daqiang stayed in that room last night. It's okay to wash it and use it, but forget it for you. After all, this is your first time living in this room, and you'll be the mistress in the future. How could I let you use old blankets?"

Li Long's reasons were very powerful, and Gu Xiaoxia thought they sounded sweet, so she did not try to stop him.

After entering the department store, Li Long took Gu Xiaoxia to buy not only bedding, but also some daily necessities and a pair of leather shoes for her.

Gu Xiaoxia didn't want to, but Li Long's reasons were still strong:

"You are going to work at the Education Bureau later, so it is not appropriate to wear a pair of cloth shoes."

Not only leather shoes, but also socks and a full set of clothes.

Gu Xiaoxia simply stopped talking afterwards. She watched Li Long bring things over one by one and asked her to try them on. After trying them on and finding them suitable, she paid for them and took the ticket.

It was as if he really had endless money to spend.

Gu Xiaoxia only remembered the money Li Long spent on her - one hundred and twenty-seven yuan, which was equivalent to her salary for nearly three or four months.

In the future, I must work hard to save money and not let Li Long spend all the money!
This is what Gu Xiaoxia is thinking now.

As she left with her bags, Gu Xiaoxia always felt that someone was watching her. She searched for a long time but couldn't find him. It was not until she turned back when she was leaving that she saw Xiao Liu at the counter.

Xiao Liu's eyes were somewhat complicated.

Gu Xiaoxia's woman's intuition made her feel that this Xiao Liu might have some story.

When Li Long put all the things he bought on the bicycle and was about to push the bicycle up, Gu Xiaoxia asked:
"When I came out, I saw a saleswoman staring at me..."

"In which direction?"

"The place that sells batteries and electrical appliances."

"I know." Li Long said as he jumped onto the bike and prepared to pedal:
"When I bought a radio and batteries for Halim and his friends, the lady at the counter asked me where I worked. I said I was a farmer, but they didn't believe me. I guess they wanted to introduce me to the salesperson."

Gu Xiaoxia asked:

"Then why didn't it work?"

"I told them I had a partner, and I also said I was a farmer, but they didn't believe me. Just think about it, their standards are so high, they must want to find someone who has a job in the city... You must not change your mind in the future!"

"How could I!" Gu Xiaoxia came to the back seat and hit Li Long, "Don't talk nonsense!"

"Hey hey hey!"

Inside the counter, Xiao Liu had completely given up. She had always imagined that Li Long would end up with someone who was not as good as her. Today, she saw that the girl was as good-looking as her, and her temperament did not look like that of a rural youth. The two of them talked and laughed, and they were a perfect match.

Then bless them.

But why do I still feel a little unwilling?

(End of this chapter)