Rural Life

That same day, October 4th, afternoon.

Li Haoyang and Tang Enqi were helping the farmers husk corn.

The seven-day holiday was also harvest season. People living in the countryside often planted various crops.

And a countryside like this could hardly produce a beauty like Tang Enqi.

The village children all had grimy little faces and ran through the streets chasing and roughhousing. In their eyes, Tang Enqi was like a fairy; they had only ever seen someone like her on the Village Chief's television.

Compared to Tang Enqi, the village elders liked Li Haoyang, this burly man, even more.

After coming to the countryside, he seemed to have completely let loose. He often followed the older men into the fields to work bare-chested.

His well-developed muscles drew praise from everyone here.

For laborers, a strong body was their greatest asset.

As a result, during the days Li Haoyang had spent in Ruxi Village, matchmakers came one after another to introduce potential partners to him.

The people here had no designer bags, only plain cloth clothes. They were extremely simple and unadorned.

For example, two girls were now sitting on either side of Li Haoyang, husking corn as they chatted with him.

"Big Brother Li, what is a big city like?"

Hearing this, Li Haoyang asked in confusion, "Jiangcheng is only two hundred kilometers from here. Haven't you been there?"

As soon as he said that, the girl lowered her head and softly said, "How could we go?"

There were no means of transportation in the village. Only the Village Chief's family had a sedan.

To get to Jiangcheng, they first had to travel to the town twenty kilometers away, take a bus to another, larger town.

Only in that larger town could they buy tickets to a big city.

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