Country Love: Xie Dajiao, 37, is pregnant!

After Liu Yingniang left, the sound of footsteps could be heard in the courtyard.

Xie Lan rushed in first, covered in sweat, followed by Pi Changshan, who looked flustered. Then Xie Yongqiang also rushed back from the orchard. All three of them had run all the way back.

As soon as Xie Lan entered the room, she saw her father lying peacefully on the kang (a heated brick bed), and her heart finally settled down. She turned around, grabbed Pi Changshan's arm, and said angrily in a loud voice.

"Pi Changshan! Explain yourself! You just told me my dad was run over by a car! Where did you hear that?! You're a high-ranking principal, how can you be so unreliable!"

Pi Changshan looked completely innocent and instinctively shrank back.

"I had no idea the rumors would spread so wildly! I heard it from students at school—that something terrible had happened at the village entrance, and Liu Neng had run someone over with half his car. I panicked when I heard that, I was so anxious, who knew they'd be spreading such nonsense!"

Xie Guangkun, who was lying down groaning, heard it all clearly:

"Pi Changshan! I think you'd rather I were dead! What did I do to offend you? I'm still alive and kicking, and you're cursing me like this!"

Pi Changshan quickly forced a smile and moved forward, taking out a cigarette to offer it to him, his face full of apologetic smiles.

"Dad, I really didn't mean it that way. I just heard it from someone else! I was really worried about you. When I heard that something happened, I was more anxious than anyone else. I almost lost my shoes when I ran here."

"You spread rumors on purpose? What, do I have to buy you a new pair of shoes?"

"Father, no need, no need..."

Xie Lan chimed in, getting angrier the more she thought about it.

"Exactly! You're a grown man, yet you act without thinking, believing everything you hear, making me live in constant fear."

Yongqiang's mother looked at the messy family and sighed helplessly.

"Alright, alright, stop arguing. It's a relief that no one is hurt. Changshan was just panicking. Stop talking nonsense."

Xie Yongqiang stood at the door, shook his head helplessly, and then offered his advice:

"Dad, calm down. You're probably terrified. Get some rest."

Xie Guangkun glanced at him sideways, snorted, and slowly lay back down on the kang (a heated brick bed).

……

That evening, Liu Neng slumped in a rocking chair under the eaves, completely drained of energy. His left cheek was swollen and bulging. His usually bright and lively eyes were now fixed on the sky, looking somewhat dull and motionless.

Liu Yingniang brought out a bowl of freshly cooked hot soup noodles, walked to the rocking chair, put the bowl directly on the table next to it, and kept nagging, getting angrier and angrier as she spoke.

"You can't drive at all, why are you twisting the key like that? Trying to show off! Your name is really fitting, you're the most capable person in the whole village, right?"

"I spent the whole afternoon running to Old Xie's house to apologize, saying nice things and begging for forgiveness, and you, on the other hand, just lay down at home after causing trouble and didn't care about anything! I must have owed you something in my past life, that I'm suffering because of you in this one!"

"How was I supposed to know that Yutian's car wasn't in gear? He just turned the key and drove off..."

"I was just trying to scare Yutian into giving me the money. I didn't mean to actually drive it. But as soon as I turned the key, the car sped off. I was scared out of my wits."

"Now, every time I close my eyes, all I see is a car rushing forward like crazy. I'm afraid to close my eyes when I sleep, for fear that something bad will happen in my dream. I'm already this scared, so please stop teasing me."

"Serves you right! Who told you to go looking for trouble! You got what you deserved this time. It's all thanks to Lin Chen; if he hadn't pulled you down, you would have crushed Xie Guangkun and ruined our whole family!"

"From now on, put away all your cleverness and live an honest life. That's better than anything else. If you dare to cause trouble again, I'm not going to care about you anymore. You can just stay in a cornfield and never come back!"

"Oh dear, I'm so confused..."

……

That was the end of the matter, and two more days passed in the blink of an eye.

The dirt road at the village entrance was scorching hot from the sun, and a large patch of corn by the roadside was all wilted, its leaves drooping and looking lifeless. Right now, we desperately need a heavy rain.

Just then, a heavy rain came... no, a girl was riding a bicycle slowly towards the village.

She was riding a mountain bike, the kind with high handlebars and a small frame. Compared to her 175cm height, it gave her a nimble and agile look.

Her single ponytail was tied with a black rubber band, and it swayed back and forth with the bumps of the wheels, a few strands of hair were lifted by the wind and then fell back behind her ears.

She wore a thin striped short-sleeved shirt with short cuffs, revealing a section of her bright white arms, and white trousers, her calves showing clear lines as she pedaled.

She leaned slightly forward, placed her hands on the handlebars, kept her back straight, raised her chin, and looked at the land with clear eyes, as if she were carefully observing it with appreciation and curiosity.

When the car reached the gentle slope at the village entrance, she stood up and pedaled a couple of times. Her white trousers stretched taut along her thighs, immediately highlighting the curves of her hips and waist.

She rode for more than half an hour on a dirt road, and the bumpy ride made her bones ache and her legs go numb.

Just as I was about to stop and ask someone for directions, my eyes casually glanced at the roadside, and the handlebars instinctively veered off course.

There was a car not far ahead, and a man was leaning against it.

Sunlight filtered through the leaves of the poplar trees along the roadside, falling like scattered gold on his high nose and jawline. His profile was clean and sharp, with not even a stubble visible.

The surrounding area consisted entirely of dirt roads and cornfields—a rural landscape that couldn't be more rough.

But when he stood there, he was calm and clean-cut, with a completely different demeanor, as if he belonged to a different world from this village, which was particularly eye-catching.

Who else could this person be but Lin Chen?

She lost her focus and almost drove into the stream ahead. Startled, she slammed on the brakes. The tires screeched on the dry ground, leaving a mark. She lurched forward and nearly fell off the vehicle.

She originally planned to ask the villagers working by the roadside for directions, but somehow she ended up pushing her cart towards Lin Chen.

My heart was pounding faster and faster as I walked, my palms were sweating, and I had only one thought in my mind:

How come there's such a handsome man in this little mountain village...?

When she got closer, she was so nervous that she didn't dare to look Lin Chen in the eye. Her eyes were fixed on the second button of his shirt, and her voice was timid and reserved.

"Hello, excuse me, how do I get to Xie Yongqiang's house?"

As she spoke, she couldn't help but glance upwards out of the corner of her eye, catching a glimpse of his bobbing Adam's apple. Just then, a bead of sweat slid down his neck, and her face instantly flushed red. He was so sexy.

Lin Chen looked up when he heard the noise, his gaze sweeping over, his voice slightly hoarse, but it sounded particularly pleasant.

"Looking for Xie Yongqiang? I know, you must be that college student from the Provincial Youth Federation who went to support agriculture."

Chen Yannan nodded quickly.

Lin Chen raised his hand and pointed forward:

"Go straight along this road, turn left at the second fork, and keep going straight until you see a sign at the entrance that says 'Buying Mountain Goods.' That's his house, but Xie Yongqiang should be on the mountain right now."

Lin Chen glanced at her bicycle and casually asked another question.

"If you're not in a hurry, wait for me for two minutes. I'm just here to help Xie Yongqiang pick up something. The delivery guy will be here soon. I'll give you a ride so you don't have to go through all that trouble."

Chen Yannan's mind went blank for a moment, and she instinctively wanted to nod in agreement.

But the next second he immediately came to his senses, quickly waved his hand to decline, and even his words were stammering.

"No...no need to trouble yourself! I'll go to Xie Yongqiang's house first to clear things up. If possible, I'll go to the orchard to help tomorrow. Thank you so much!"

After saying that, she didn't dare to linger. She hurriedly got on the bike and pedaled hard to get going.

She rode quite a distance away, and she couldn't help but look back; she really was different from everyone else.

Just as they turned the corner, they ran into Zhao Yutian and Liu Ying, who had just returned from work.

When Zhao Yutian first saw Chen Yannan, his eyes widened. He thought to himself, "This girl is too beautiful. When did such a beautiful woman come to Ivory Mountain?"

His gaze was direct and undisguised.

Liu Ying immediately became jealous, reached out and poked him hard in the ribs, and confronted him in a gruff voice.

"What are you looking at! Your eyes are practically glued to him! You're a grown man, and you have no backbone at all!"

Zhao Yutian quickly looked away and tried to salvage the situation.

"I wasn't looking at anything! I just thought her bicycle was nice, so I just glanced at it."

Liu Ying rolled her eyes at him, feeling a pang of jealousy, and muttered under her breath.

"Look at you, so unsophisticated! You can't resist a pretty girl, but she's obviously a college student from the city. Besides, if you buy me the same bicycle, I'll look good too!"

"Hurry up and pull her away, do you have legs as long as hers? Goodness, those legs must be over a meter long, how tall must this girl be..."

"No way, what does height, weight, or body size have to do with you! Zhao Yutian, how can you be so disgusting!"

Zhao Yutian looked completely innocent:

"How was I disgusting? I just glanced at it, I didn't do anything else. Hey, Yingzi, why are you walking so fast!"

……

Chen Yannan found Xie Yongqiang's house, but neither he nor his father were home. Yongqiang's mother greeted her warmly.

"Miss, please sit down and rest for a while. Yongqiang is up on the mountain. I'll call him and ask him to come back."

"Okay, sure..."

Chen Yannan casually sat on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), and as soon as she sat down, her amazing hip-to-waist ratio became apparent.

Slurp~