Time Travel: My Comfortable Life After Going to the Countryside

The carriage swayed along, and Liu Xiangyang and Xue Bingbing, basking in the sun, dozed off, leaning against each other. The carriage passed over a small pothole, which woke Liu Xiangyang up.

When Liu Xiangyang opened his eyes, he saw Xue Bingbing's left hand intertwined with his right hand, her right hand gripping his arm, her head resting against him, her eyes rolling around, and her face flushed red. She was clearly pretending to be asleep.

Liu Xiangyang didn't speak. Instead, he gripped Xue Bingbing's hand tightly and pulled her closer to him, a smile playing on his lips as he stared at her rosy cheeks.

Xue Bingbing's eyes rolled around, her long eyelashes trembling.

Xue Bingbing waited for a while and found that Liu Xiangyang did not make any other movement. She cautiously opened her eyes and glanced at Liu Xiangyang. She found that Liu Xiangyang was staring at her intently. Her neck and earlobes were red, but she met his gaze without flinching.

Looking at that face that resembled Fan Bingbing's, Liu Xiangyang hardened his heart and pressed his lips to hers.

Xue Bingbing blushed even more, wiped her mouth, and quickly looked back at Old Wang. She found that he was focused on driving the carriage, and only then did she feel relieved. Neither of them spoke, and their intertwined hands remained clasped together, their palms sweating.

"Whoa!" Old Wang stopped the carriage. Liu Xiangyang and Xue Bingbing let go of the carriage and got off. They made an appointment with Old Wang to return at a certain time, and then Old Wang pulled the carriage away.

"Liu Xiangyang, I like you." After Old Wang had walked away, Xue Bingbing pulled Liu Xiangyang aside and said.

"From how you took care of me on the train, to how you refused their moral blackmail at the educated youth settlement, to how you took the initiative to build your own house, and all the care you gave us over the past month, that's when I fell in love with you."

"Bingbing, I like you too, but given the current circumstances, we can't let the villagers and educated youth know. They'll report us for not accepting education properly, and then we won't get a chance to be recruited for work or join the army. Maybe they'll even leave us here."

"So we can't make it public, we can't let other people know about our relationship."

"I know Liu Xiangyang, I'll listen to you, but I'm so happy right now," Xue Bingbing said excitedly.

"Okay, you find what we're missing first, and we'll talk about it when I get back from Uncle Lu's." After Liu Xiangyang finished speaking, he took out two large black bills and the necessary receipts and handed them to Xue Bingbing.

Xue Bingbing didn't stand on ceremony. She took the money and went to the supply and marketing cooperative, while Liu Xiangyang also rushed to Lu Dajun's house.

Lu Dajun was at work and not home, and the two children had gone off to play somewhere. Only Li Cuihua was at home. Liu Xiangyang put half a pound of meat and half a pound of white sugar that he had taken from his spatial storage on the table.

No matter what Li Cuihua said, she refused to take anything from Liu Xiangyang.

After much persuasion, Liu Xiangyang finally convinced Li Cuihua to accept the gifts. He then briefly explained his situation and asked Li Cuihua to relay the message to Lu Dajun before taking his leave.

Sometimes, Li Cuihua would give Liu Xiangyang a carton of Lotus brand cigarettes from Heilongjiang Province, as well as two shoe polish coupons.

When Liu Xiangyang returned to the supply and marketing cooperative, he saw Xue Bingbing standing at the entrance waiting for him. When she saw Liu Xiangyang, she smiled and waved.

The two went into the supply and marketing cooperative and bought two pots and two large water vats. Xue Bingbing blushed and bought four rolls of toilet paper.

Liu Xiangyang looked at Xue Bingbing and bought another box of face cream. The two of them paid with fare money.

Liu Xiangyang then asked the staff of the supply and marketing cooperative where he could buy waste newspapers to wallpaper his walls. The cooperative staff only told him that he could exchange them with the employees of the recycling station after Liu Xiangyang offered him a cigarette, as the recycling station did not sell them.

Liu Xiangyang and Xue Bingbing asked the commune members to watch their things for a while, saying they would go exchange some newspapers and come back soon.

Liu Xiangyang and Xue Bingbing arrived at the recycling station, a place that was said to be full of treasures.

"What do you do?" a worker at a recycling center asked.

Liu Xiangyang took out a cigarette and offered it to him: "Brother, we're here to exchange some old newspapers for wallpaper at home."

"Hey, Daqianmen, we don't sell old newspapers here. But you look quite handsome, young comrade, let me find you some that are damaged."

Upon hearing this, Liu Xiangyang shoved the entire pack of cigarettes into his hand, saying, "Thank you so much, comrade."

The worker entered the recycling station and came out carrying two stacks of newspapers that looked quite new. He handed them to Liu Xiangyang and said, "Young man, these two stacks of newspapers are wet. They can only be recycled into pulp. You can take them back and use them to wallpaper your walls."

When the two returned to the supply and marketing cooperative with the newspaper, Old Wang had finished his errands and was waiting for Liu Xiangyang and the others.

Liu Xiangyang carried the two water vats onto the carriage, secured them with ropes, and then put the other things he had bought into the water vats. The three of them then got into the carriage and headed back.

The two, who had just realized their feelings for each other on the way, didn't dare to speak loudly. They could only touch each other's hands and smile at each other.

When they returned to Dongsheng Village, everyone had already finished work. Old Wang parked the carriage in front of Liu Xiangyang's house, watched Liu Xiangyang unload the things from the carriage, and then drove off.

Liu Xiangyang carried the things into the yard and put them away, and Xue Bingbing followed him in.

Xue Bingbing took a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from Liu Xiangyang's forehead. She looked up at Liu Xiangyang's resolute, chiseled face with her charming and pretty face upturned, her breathing a little rapid.

Looking at Xue Bingbing's slightly parted red lips, Liu Xiangyang cupped her face in his hands and pressed his entire body against hers. Xue Bingbing wrapped her arms around Liu Xiangyang's waist, closed her eyes, and let Liu Xiangyang ravage and humiliate her.

Xue Bingbing sensed something and tried to push it away, but she was so frightened that she took a step back as soon as she touched it.

Xue Bingbing, her breath coming in short gasps, clutched her chest and said, "Liu Xiangyang, why are you carrying a weapon?"

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"Liu Xiangyang, Bingbing, are you back?"

Just then, the voices of Le Yao and Le Qi came from outside the courtyard gate. They saw Old Wang pulling the carriage by and learned that Liu Xiangyang and the others had returned, so they came over to help carry their things, which relieved Liu Xiangyang's embarrassment.

"You're back. You've bought everything you wanted. I'll open the door for you." Liu Xiangyang and Xue Bingbing quickly straightened their clothes. Xue Bingbing buttoned up her clothes, and the two checked each other's clothes before going to open the door together.

As soon as the gate opened, Liu Xiangyang saw the identical twins, Le Qi and Le Yao, standing in front of it. His heart, which had just been stirred by Xue Bingbing, was stirred again.

Liu Xiangyang welcomed Le Qi and Le Yao into the room. "Xue Bingbing said you're not feeling well, so don't move around. I'll bring the things over to you later."

Le Yao: "Bingbing, why do you tell everyone everything?"

"Liu Xiangyang, it's nothing, it's just..." Le Qi wanted to say that she had just bled a little, but she blushed and stopped talking when she thought of Liu Xiangyang.

"It's alright. Let me take your things to your yard first."