Rebirth of the Rich Second Generation's Growth Diary

Chapter 8 Does sorghum grow on trees?
Li Xu was a little surprised. He looked at his test paper and grinned. His cousin was still keeping her promise.

He quickly packed up his few belongings and walked to Xia Xiaohe's seat in the second row.

Li Xu sat down, then glanced at Xia Xiaohe next to him, only to see that she was staring straight ahead, not looking at him at all.

After thinking about it, Li Xu opened his schoolbag and rummaged through it. There wasn't much in it.

A box of Zhonghua cigarettes, but not the Great Zhonghua, just the fifty-yuan kind. After all, there are very few people in this town who can afford the fifty-yuan Zhonghua.

I won’t mention several textbooks.

Then there were two packs of Dove chocolate.

I forgot where these two bags of chocolate came from... I must have bought them to bribe my cousin when I came back from the county town.

It’s just that I was reborn and it’s useless.

Li Xu touched his chin and thought for a while, then took out the two bags of chocolate and placed them on Xia Xiaohe's desk.

Xia Xiaohe looked up at Li Xu with a confused look on her face.

Li Xu saw that Xia Xiaohe's ears turned red.

But it seems reasonable.

At this moment, he was naturally no longer as ignorant as he was at this age before his rebirth.

He knew that the world was big, and some people were born in big cities. They had seen and experienced many things since childhood and had participated in various interpersonal interactions.

To the point of numbness.

But there are also people who, having grown up to such an age, have only been exposed to such a small world.

The people I have met, the things I have seen, and the scenery I have seen are all just a glimpse into the past.

Their world would be very pure and monotonous, and the slightest change might stir up their emotions.

This was an era when there were no short videos and the Internet was not that developed.

Li Xu smiled and said, "I'm sorry to bother you from now on. Consider this chocolate as a welcome gift."

Xia Xiaohe's face flushed instantly. She quickly shook her head, gently pushed the chocolate back with her elbow, and whispered, "No need..."

"You don't like chocolate?"

"no……"

"Then why not?"

Xia Xiaohe was shy and felt strange. What did this person mean? Did he need a reason to refuse?

Besides, why would you give me such an expensive thing for no reason?

She knew this chocolate because she had seen it on TV. It was so smooth and delicious...

Every time that commercial appears on TV, I can’t help but watch it to the end, and I’m curious about what it tastes like.

The grocery store in the village hasn’t sold it yet because it costs five dollars a bag, which is too expensive.

I saw this kind of chocolate when I was buying New Year’s goods in a supermarket in the county town during the last Chinese New Year.

She didn't dare mention how hard her parents worked to earn money.

What does this... taste like?
He inexplicably gave himself two packs, and the reason was just... a gift for meeting?

What is a meeting gift? Why do we give gifts when meeting someone?

Is this the custom in the city?

It seems like there was a scene on TV where people gave gifts when they met.

Since I received this gift, do I have to give him a gift in return?

After a while of random thoughts, Xia Xiaohe was even more afraid to accept it. She shook her head repeatedly: "Thank you, but I don't want it."

Seeing Xia Xiaohe's determination, Li Xu tore open a bag of chocolate, broke off a piece, and handed it to Xia Xiaohe, saying, "I can't finish this bag, so can you help me eat some?"

Xia Xiaohe looked at the small piece of chocolate broken off in Li Xu's hand, swallowed subconsciously, and finally couldn't resist and took it, then whispered: "Thank you." Xia Xiaohe held the piece of chocolate in her mouth, her small mouth slightly open, her pink lips trembled a few times, her clear big eyes blinked, then looked at Li Xu, her face blushed again.

"Thank you..." Xia Xiaohe said again seriously.

Li Xu smiled indifferently...

Not really, it's just a bag of chocolates, this little girl...

He looked back and couldn't help but think of his ex-girlfriend in his previous life.

I was still pursuing her before I dropped out of school.

After the relationship was confirmed, he spent at least seven figures on her. Even later on, if he bought her a bag worth less than ten thousand, she would be angry.

"Li Xu..."

Xia Xiaohe's voice pulled Li Xu out of his reminiscence.

"Hmm?" Li Xu looked at Xia Xiaohe.

Xia Xiaohe licked her lips, as if still recalling the sweetness of the chocolate, and then whispered, "You, do you know what an email address is?"

Li Xu blinked.

My brain froze for a moment.

But I soon figured it out.

Although it is this day and age, email is not a strange thing for people in the city, but for a country girl, it is really a distant thing.

In the entire township, it is estimated that only a few offices of the township government and the computer rooms of the school have computers.

Although it is still unclear what Xia Xiaohe's family conditions are like, we can guess that her parents are farmers, and she has been studying in the countryside from elementary school to junior high school. She can only go to the county town occasionally during the Chinese New Year.

It is also impossible to go online.

Online games, QQ numbers, and e-mail boxes must be extremely unfamiliar to her.

Li Xu's silence made Xia Xiaohe a little embarrassed. She lowered her head sheepishly and whispered, "Did I...did I ask a stupid question?"

Li Xu shook his head and asked her, "Does sorghum grow on trees?"

Xia Xiaohe was stunned: "Huh?"

Li Xu looked away and said seriously, "Don't laugh. For a long time, I thought sorghum grew on trees..."

Xia Xiaohe couldn't help laughing, but then she felt something was wrong. She held it back and whispered, "How is that possible... You're lying, right? How could anyone think sorghum grows on trees?"

"Because I've never seen it before..." Li Xu said calmly.

Xia Xiaohe was slightly stunned, and suddenly understood something.

Then Li Xu continued, "It's normal that you don't know about email. It's like I didn't know that sorghum doesn't grow on trees. Do you think I'm stupid too?"

After a pause, Li Xu continued, "An email address, um... it's an address that can receive electronic messages. You can write a letter on your computer and send it directly to someone else. Why are you asking this?"

Xia Xiaohe hesitated for a moment before saying, "There was a volunteer teacher I really liked who left us an email address. I...want to write to her."

"This is easy... What kind of letter do you want to write? Let me help you."

Xia Xiaohe's eyes lit up, and after a moment's hesitation, she whispered, "How much does it cost to send this email?"

Li Xu smiled and said, "This is free."

"No money?" Xia Xiaohe blinked, then asked tentatively, "Then...how much is fine?"

Li Xu didn't think much about it, nodded, and said, "Of course, email is different from writing a real letter, and you don't need stamps. As long as you have an internet connection, you can send as many emails as you want."

He happened to have his laptop with him.

After thinking for a while, Li Xu said, "How about this, just give me the letter you've written and I'll send it for you."

Xia Xiaohe's eyes flickered and she nodded slightly.

(End of this chapter)