Rebirth: Start to Save the Treasure Girl

"Correct."

"Your grandfather and I live in the same alley. Do you remember me?" Sun Tiantian said, pointing at herself.

"Some impression."

Xue Rui smiled with a forced smile. After he grew up, he seldom went to his grandfather's house, except for once during the Chinese New Year. So in his memory of the past decade or so, the number of times he went back could be counted on one hand.

He couldn't even remember what his relatives there looked like, so how could he possibly remember someone like Sun Tiantian?

"Your eldest uncle is the director of the municipal hospital. Your mother rarely comes back to the village after she got married. Your younger uncle is a second-rate guy. He used to steal my grandmother's chickens and roast them." Sun Tiantian said, counting on her fingers.

"Ah?" Xue Rui was shocked.

A female college student who can remember the relationships with the families of people in the same village?

This is harder to find than a three-legged toad, so how did he come across it?
People like Sun Tiantian are the reserve talents for the "Village Intelligence Office". When they get old, they will sit at the entrance of the village and chat about other people's family matters and dig up the dark history of children.

In this way, when he takes Gu Muxue to visit relatives in the future, given Sun Tiantian's gossiping nature, the whole village will probably know that he is two-timing the next day.

"Am I right?" Sun Tiantian said proudly.

After saying that, she suddenly remembered that there was always a little boy following Ren Jun. Judging from his age, the boy should be in college now.

"Xue Rui, your uncle used to play with a little boy. Have you ever eaten the chicken from my family?" Sun Tiantian said uncertainly.

Xue Rui said seriously, "How could a college student like me who loves to help others eat the chicken legs of a second-rate person?"

"That's right." Sun Tiantian smiled and no longer linked the two together.

Lin Ruoxi shrank her neck. She could tell whether Xue Rui was lying or not. Xue Rui must have eaten it.

"In that case, we can meet again during the New Year."

Wang Zhigang smiled. He thought he and Xue Rui were just chance acquaintances and they would have no interaction in the future. But the sudden emergence of this relationship made him feel more at home.

Xue Rui chuckled and said, "I won't be there until the sixth day of the New Year. What gift do you want to give so that your future father-in-law will keep you there until the sixth day of the New Year?"

"I plan to buy it in Hedong, otherwise it will take up too much of your space." Wang Zhigang smiled naively and began to ask Sun Tiantian about Sun Tiantian's family situation.

"Tiantian, does your dad smoke and drink? How much should I bring in the gift box..."

"Buy cheap ones, don't spend too much money." Sun Tiantian whispered.

"That won't work. I need to prepare more when I go to your house for the first time." Wang Zhigang whispered.

"You're just trying to show off. What can you put in your pocket if you don't have any money?" Sun Tiantian cursed in a low voice.

"I asked my mom for some." Wang Zhigang said as he took out his cell phone.

"You are already an adult, and you still ask your mother for..."

Sun Tiantian kept on complaining.

"Tiantian, I can't listen to you this time."

Wang Zhigang spoke in a firm tone. Face is the bottom line for Northeastern men, and he has to be prepared even if he has to borrow money.

"I have some good cigarettes and wine in the car. I'll buy some gift boxes later. Rice, flour, grain and oil will be enough." Xue Rui said carelessly.

"How can this be possible? We just met." Wang Zhigang was a little flattered.

"Write me an IOU, and then you can buy the same one and return it to me. Sun Tiantian and I are from the same village, so I'm not afraid that she will default on the debt." Xue Rui joked.

Sun Tiantian was stunned at first, but then she thought this plan was not bad. She whispered to Wang Zhigang, "That's fine, we can return it to Xue Rui later."

"Then it's settled."

Xue Rui raised the corners of his mouth, thinking that he finally made this nagging woman owe him something.

He mentioned the gift just now just to stir up a topic.

As for cigarettes and alcohol, she gave away two bottles of Maotai bought for the Year of the Horse by Gu Muxue. When Sun Tiantian saved up money to return it to him, she would find that the price of alcohol had risen much faster than she had imagined, and she would not be able to afford it at all.

By then, Sun Tiantian would not dare to tell anyone about his gossip. He would then relax his mouth appropriately and let Sun Tiantian owe him a big favor.

"Junior Lin, what did Xue Rui give you when he first visited your house?" Sun Tiantian asked curiously.

Lin Ruoxi said with curved eyes: "Rice, flour and oil."

She still remembers the day when Xue Rui went to her house. She was extremely embarrassed at that time, but Xue Rui did not show any disgust.

"Gone?" Wang Zhigang said in disbelief.

"No more."

"Why does it look like poverty alleviation?" Sun Tiantian looked at Xue Rui with a strange expression.

Wang Zhigang quickly covered Sun Tiantian's mouth: "Tiantian."

Xue Rui didn't bring any cigarettes or alcohol, which means Lin Ruoxi probably doesn't have a father.

Sun Tiantian pried Wang Zhigang's hands apart and asked, "Am I wrong?"

"Well, there's nothing wrong." Lin Ruoxi said, shrinking her neck.

Xue Rui's excuse for going to her house was to help the poor...

"Don't you like cats? I'll give you one to play with." Xue Rui sent Xiaobu to the back row to divert Sun Tiantian's attention.

He was afraid that if Sun Tiantian continued asking, it would hurt Lin Ruoxi.

Others bring gifts to meet their parents-in-law, but the little girl doesn't have any parents at all...

"Rui, thank you." Lin Ruoxi smiled sweetly at Xue Rui.

Xue Rui is always so considerate.

Seeing other families celebrating the New Year together, she was really envious.

But this year she doesn't have to envy others, because Xue Rui said he would take her back home to celebrate the New Year.

"I also have to thank Mu Xue..." Lin Ruoxi said in her heart.

The back seat of the car.

Sun Tiantian and Wang Zhigang lowered their heads and chatted for a while, then suddenly said, "Xiaomei Lin, I'm sorry."

Wang Zhigang covered Sun Tiantian's mouth anxiously and said in a low voice: "Aunt, please stop talking."

Xue Rui pinched his brows. He heard the two people talking in a low voice. Wang Zhigang was thoughtful and analyzed Lin Ruoxi's family background from the gifts he brought.

But Sun Tiantian never thinks before she speaks. Isn't your deliberate apology a reminder to others?

Lin Ruoxi felt that the atmosphere in the car was not good, and Xue Rui seemed unhappy, so she comforted him: "Rui, actually... being an orphan also has its advantages."

Sun Tiantian and Wang Zhigang were confused. What good could this do?
Xue Rui smiled silently. The little girl actually comforted him instead.

"What are the benefits?" Xue Rui asked with a smile.

"I don't have parents to control me. I can celebrate the New Year wherever I want." Lin Ruoxi said in a cheerful tone.

"That's right. He's not like someone who was forced by his parents to refund the ticket." Xue Rui said with a smile.

Lin Ruoxi's eyes widened. She remembered that Sun Tiantian had quarreled with her family, and that Sun Tiantian's parents did not support Sun Tiantian...

She stumbled over her explanation: "I...I didn't mean that..."

"Xixi, this is what you mean." Xue Rui said lightly.

"If someone offends you, you should offend them back. How can you always suffer the loss?"

Lin Ruoxi swallowed her saliva, and she said with gritted teeth: "Well, I...that's what I mean."

Between Xue Rui being unhappy and Sun Tiantian being unhappy, Lin Ruoxi chose the latter without hesitation.

Sun Tiantian tilted her head, her mind full of question marks.

She seemed to be ridiculed and isolated for no apparent reason, and even the cute cat in her arms slipped away...

"Tiantian, think about it yourself."

Wang Zhigang smiled bitterly and shook his head. He didn't say anything on behalf of Wang Tiantian. She should learn a lesson from this.

After Xiaobu jumped out of Sun Tiantian's arms, he went around Wang Zhigang's legs and lay on Dahuang to lick his fur.

Wang Zhigang wanted to ease the atmosphere. He pointed at Da Huang and Xiao Bu and asked, "Why don't your cats and dogs fight?"

Xue Rui looked back. He was also curious about this question. Lin Ruoxi had said she would explain it to him.

"Xixi, why do you say that?"

When Lin Ruoxi and Gu Muxue lived together, Xue Rui was always worried that the two pets would fight, but the reality was... the cats and dogs got along very harmoniously.

When Xiaobu had nothing to do, he would lick Dahuang. Dahuang never resisted, and they would even often sleep together.

"Well, I checked. When Xiaobu licks Dahuang, he is bullying Dahuang, because cats are naturally inclined to lick those of lower status to show their status and mark their scent..." "But in the perception of dogs, being licked generally means being flattered, so Dahuang thinks Xiaobu is flattering him."

"Xiaobu thinks he is of higher status than Dahuang, and Dahuang thinks so too, so they don't fight."

"Is there such a strange thing?"

"Yes, I do."

"Hahaha……"

……

As we chatted and laughed, the scenery outside the car window kept changing, from plains to mountains, with peaks upon peaks. The Qinling Mountains were covered with spots of snow, and the mountains below were emerald green.

As a result, the voices in the car gradually became quieter, and everyone was enjoying the scenery along the way.

When Lin Ruoxi was free, she would always turn her head to look at Xue Rui beside her with a satisfied smile.

A few hours later, the car entered the Hedong area. There were green wheat and large tracts of orchards on both sides of the road, but because it was winter, it looked bare.

"Is this Shanxi Province? It's not what I thought." Wang Zhigang sighed while looking out the window.

The mountains along the way made him think that his girlfriend's home should be in some remote mountain village, but what came into view was a vast plain.

Lin Ruoxi explained: "Hedong is a basin, and its average altitude is lower than Chang'an."

"I've learned a lot." Wang Zhigang nodded.

Xue Rui opened his eyes dazedly after hearing the conversation and found a small red blanket covering him.

"Are we there yet?" Xue Rui stretched lazily.

Wang Zhigang looked at Xue Rui with envy. Xue Rui slept the whole way. Lin Ruoxi never complained about anything and asked them to keep their voices down so as not to disturb Xue Rui's sleep.

"We're here. Let's go to the wholesale market first. Senior Wang wants to buy some things."

Lin Ruoxi parked the car on the side of the road at a wholesale market and motioned for the two to go down and buy things.

"I'll go and give some instructions. You wait for me in the car." Xue Rui got out of the car.

After getting out of the car, Wang Zhigang smiled and made way for Xue Rui: "Brother, this way please."

Although Xue Rui is younger than him, he knows just as much as he does. Hedong is Xue Rui's hometown, so he needs to find out more about the things that need attention.

"Buy some fruit first." Xue Rui walked towards the fruit stall.

"What would you like to order? I have everything here..." the fruit shop owner chattered on.

"Boss, do you have lychees?" Xue Rui asked.

The man said sullenly, "Young man, are you looking for trouble? Don't you see what season it is? Where do the lychees come from? Do you want some longans? They all taste almost the same..."

"My girlfriend likes this. What's the point of bragging about lychees? I'll go look somewhere else."

The man immediately got angry: "If you can find it today, I will take your surname!"

"This is what you said."

Wang Zhigang: …

"Let's go." Xue Rui waved his hand, signaling Wang Zhigang to follow.

"Well, I'll buy it myself..."

Wang Zhigang suddenly felt that there was no need to ask anything. Xue Rui might be even worse than him and had no common sense at all.

In fact, because of the different times he lived in, Xue Rui remembered that there were lychees in winter, but in 2015, the fruit preservation technology was backward and lychees were not available in winter.

After a while, Wang Zhigang came out of the wholesale department with bags, while Xue Rui was carrying a black plastic bag mysteriously.

The owner of the fruit shop at the intersection saw Xue Rui coming back and said disdainfully: "How is it, did you buy lychees?"

He was very familiar with the wholesale market here, and there were definitely no lychees there.

Xue Rui reached into the black plastic bag and took out a juicy peeled lychee: "See? We even offer peeling service."

Just now he asked around and after confirming that fresh lychees were not available, he went directly to the supermarket and bought canned lychees.

The man was stunned for a moment, then after taking it and carefully examining it, he couldn't help but curse: "Damn, this is canned lychees."

"Don't worry about whether it's a can or not, just remember that my last name is Xue." After saying this, Xue Rui walked away, fearing that he would get beaten if he ran too slowly.

"Who cares what your last name is?"

The man suddenly remembered the boasting he had just done and thought about what Xue Rui had just said.

This is not "My surname is Xue", it is clearly "I am your father".

"Don't run, kid! I have fresh lychees here!"

Wang Zhigang was speechless. These two people are both talented.

Seeing that the shop owner was about to chase Xue Rui, Wang Zhigang hurriedly called the owner back: "Are you still doing business? Bring another box of tangerines."

"Okay~"

……

When Wang Zhigang returned to the car again, he saw Xue Rui take out a round lychee from the bag and raise his hand to Lin Ruoxi's mouth.

Lin Ruoxi was stunned for a moment, then swallowed the lychee without hesitation, and licked Xue Rui's fingers again: "Hmm, what kind of fruit is this?"

Wang Zhigang’s brain is almost failing. What’s going on?

He remembered that Xue Rui had just said that his girlfriend loved eating lychees the most.

But Lin Ruoxi's reaction clearly showed that she had never eaten lychees.

"This is lychee, smile for me." Xue Rui raised Lin Ruoxi's chin.

A sentence flashed through Wang Zhigang’s mind: A horse gallops through the red dust and the concubine smiles, but no one knows that the lychees are coming.

"Lychee?" Lin Ruoxi's eyes lit up.

Before leaving, Lin Ruoxi felt a little disappointed because she couldn't play the role of Yang Guifei, so when Xue Rui passed by the fruit wholesale market on the way, he found some canned lychees for Lin Ruoxi.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lin Ruoxi hugged Xue Rui and kissed him hard.

Yang Guifei had lychees sent by the lychee messenger, but only in season, while she could still eat the lychees bought by Xue Rui in winter. Lin Ruoxi felt that she was happier than Yang Yuhuan...

Wang Zhigang looked away awkwardly, thinking that these two people were really...

It’s such a waste of time!
"Xixi, let's go quickly. It's getting dark." Xue Rui pushed Lin Ruoxi away.

There are two people in the back row, and the little girl is almost on top of him...

"Well, okay." Lin Ruoxi became serious and started the car again.

After a while, the Land Rover stopped at the entrance of Wende Village. It was almost completely dark at this time, and a few street lights in the alley were lit irregularly.

"Senior Sister Sun, please show me the way and I will take you to the door." Lin Ruoxi said.

Xue Rui looked at the dim alley and felt a sense of security in his heart. Otherwise, if he was seen by his grandparents, he would probably have to stay here today.

"Stop, stop, stop, right here." Sun Tiantian shouted excitedly.

The car slowly stopped and a middle-aged couple stood at the door.

Sun Tiantian ran out of the car, pointing at it and chattering: "Mom and Dad, I met our village in Chang'an..."

Wang Zhigang nodded and smiled at his future father-in-law and mother-in-law. He couldn't understand what they were talking about in dialect...

Xue Rui got out of the car to help Wang Zhigang move things to avoid embarrassing him.

Sun Tiantian waved her hand to signal the two to come in: "Xue Rui, come in and sit down too?"

"It's too late, uncle and aunt, we'll leave first." Xue Rui waved his hand to refuse.

Suddenly, someone patted Xue Rui's shoulder hard.

Xue Rui touched the hand on his shoulder, which was rough and strong. He turned his head stiffly and saw a familiar face.

"Xiao Rui, now that you're here, you still want to leave?" The old man took a puff of his pipe and dragged Xue Rui towards the door of his house.

"Grandpa, your eyesight is so good? You can recognize me in the dark." Xue Rui said embarrassedly.

"Tiantian's mother told me you were coming." Grandpa sneered and pulled Xue Rui towards the lighted door.

Xue Rui turned around suddenly and saw the middle-aged woman smiling and waving at him.

No, gossip is also hereditary?
"Grandpa, don't...don't pull my clothes." Lin Ruoxi shouted, mustering up the courage.

"Yaoyao is here too?" (End of this chapter)