Gu Erbai's Pastoral Life

Chapter 260 The Qing Family Erbai's Secret

She knew very well that some men, women and children who had been living in the countryside all year round with narrow eyesight were just worthless, thinking about comparing their children with others all day long, so as to live with a little self-satisfied self-esteem.

Since Yue'er got married, her husband's family is capable and opened a shop in Rong'an Capital City. When she returned to her hometown yesterday, the firecrackers of the Zhao family almost stunned Gu Zhen. Use Yue'er's brilliance to set off Erbai's embarrassment?
In the end, I'm still jealous of Erbai's good state now, and I can't see it in my heart, and want to ridicule him.

Aunt Wang was thinking with a grim expression. Everyone dared not speak out when they saw the situation, but they also secretly held back their anger in their hearts. They were going to see the difference between the two after two years, so that they could mock Gu Erbai again.

Gu Erbai obviously didn't think so much. Compared with these boring villagers who are panicking and trying to restrain others, she is more afraid that when she sees Yue'er later, will she... show her flaws?
Is there anyone who knows each other better than friends?
If she mentions the past, she will be embarrassed if she doesn't know anything.

The Zhao family was just in front of the Dayan River bank, Uncle Zhao's figure had just disappeared, and after a while, a slightly plump merchant woman in red came out.

She stretched her head, and kept shouting in surprise, "Where is it? Where is it? Erbai is really back?"

As soon as he heard this tone, he knew that he must have been a very good friend.

Gu Erbai propped his head in annoyance, seeing her like this, Aunt Wang began to regret calling her over, and involved so many bad things.

Over there, Zhao Xiaoyue had already followed her father's pointing, and Sa Benzi ran over. It wasn't until she stood on the opposite side of the bridge, looking straight at her, that a trace of great astonishment appeared in her eyes.

Gu Erbai was also slightly stunned.

In front of me, across the bridge, was a woman who looked about sixteen or seventeen years old, with curly hair and a round face, dressed in brocade silk and satin, wearing wooden clogs, with a slightly plump figure, neither tall nor short, with average features.

Ordinarily, he doesn't seem to have any sharp attack power, but in those squinted eyes, there is a bit of sharpness that belongs to a businessman.

Gu Erbai was also stunned by this pair of eyes.

Because, she found that the eyes she looked at her were all strange.

They are like two strangers meeting for the first time, looking at each other from a distance, they don't look like a pair of friends no matter what.

Gu Erbai admitted that she was not well prepared, so she missed something.

"What's the matter, you used to be so close, why don't you talk when you see him now?"

Behind him, Uncle Zhao came over with a smile, not knowing what he was talking about.

On the shore, the women with broken mouths taunted again and again, "Hedong for 30 years, Hexi for 30 years, and now we haven't seen each other for two years. The situation and status are different. How can there be any common language?"

Uncle Zhao smiled even more satisfied, as if that was all he was waiting for.

"What are you talking about~"

"Are you... Erbai?"

On the other side of the bridge, Zhao Xiaoyue asked almost suspiciously.

Zhao Xiaoyue is smart, she can see through at a glance that the person in front of her is not Qing's Erbai.

A person's face can become more and more refined and beautiful; his body can also become more slender and slim; even his conversation horizon will expand and broaden with the circumstances.

But her aura, eyes, and the most real things in her body will follow her for a lifetime.

In the past, Gu Erbai had a timid temperament, slightly dark skin, and even his eyes were a little listless and cautious. Looking at him from a distance, he felt that his aura was weak, and there was nothing special about him.

But the woman in front of her has sparkling eyes, fair skin, a charming figure, and a top-notch aura. Even in the past two years in Rong'an, none of the rich ladies she has met can match her. .

The innocence and clarity that emanated from the eyes, like a child who has never experienced human affairs, wind and rain, how could it be Qing's Erbai.

It's just that at first glance, the facial features are four or five points alike.

"Yes, Xiaoyue."

Gu Erbai knew that she was sizing him up, and he might even have recognized her. She was not the Qing family's Erbai.

But at this time, it is not a good time to admit it.

If she guessed correctly, the woman in front of her should not expose her.

"Xiaoyue, you have been away from home for two years, and you don't know anyone anymore?"

Aunt Wang was afraid of Erbai's embarrassment, so she came out to make jokes, enlivening the atmosphere.

But unexpectedly, God Zhao Xiaoyue suddenly walked straight towards Gu Erbai.

The strange expression disappeared from his face in an instant, and turned into a mature and friendly expression, the joy of seeing an old friend.

"How could I not know each other? Erbai and I used to be the best friends~ I haven't seen you for two years. I was a little excited when I saw him for a while, so I was stunned."

While talking, Zhao Xiaoyue came over and took her arm skillfully, her eyes were full of smiles, "Erbai, you think so?"

Gu Erbai faintly realized something in his heart, but she was at a disadvantage, and responded to all changes without moving, smiled at her faintly, and hummed lightly.

Uncle Zhao couldn't help being dissatisfied when he saw that Xiaoyue didn't follow his wishes and came to ridicule Erbai, but pretended to be friendly instead.

No, Zhao Xiaoyue didn't intend to stay here at all, she just nodded politely to the people on the shore, "Father, aunts, Erbai and I haven't seen each other for a long time, go over there and have a private conversation, you guys chat."

Before everyone could speak, Zhao Xiaoyue dragged her away.

Huh~
Gu Erbai licked his lips, thinking that the people in Gu Town are all speedists.

The two walked to a banana leaf far away from the crowd, Zhao Xiaoyue suddenly stopped her hurried steps, turned her face and said firmly, "You are not Erbai."

In her expression, there was no rigid seriousness, nor any trembling questions, she was just narrating something calmly.

Gu Erbai only looked at her with a half-smile, and nodded lightly, "Thank you just now."

"...Why are you pretending to be Erbai?"

Seeing her admitting it so directly, Zhao Xiaoyue seemed a little surprised.

But looking at the woman's demeanor suddenly, she really doesn't look like a secretive person.

"It's a long story."

Gu Erbai looked at her with calm eyes.

It is indeed a long story, and such nonsense, who would believe it.

Zhao Xiaoyue paused for a moment, and carefully looked at the emotion between her eyebrows and eyes, she was calm and without a trace of panic or confusion. Years of experience as a businessman told her that this woman might have nothing to worry about.

"I don't know why you pretend to be Erbai, but it won't do you any good at all."

She was reminding her kindly, and Gu Erbai could hear it.

Remind her that she may bear the abuse of many people, just like the scene just now, there will be endless scenes.

This friend of Qing's Erbai has a very clear mind.

Thinking about it, Gu Erbai suddenly narrowed his eyes, raised his head, with a glimmer of light in his eyes, "How did you recognize me?"

"You think I'm tricked?"

Zhao Xiaoyue asked her back.

"No."

She just thought that if she was really so smart, she might know more things.

"You turn around."

Zhao Xiaoyue didn't know what she was thinking about with her slightly condensed eyebrows.

It has always been the more simple people, the more difficult to understand their minds.

Gu Erbai glanced at her, then turned around obediently.

To leave her back to an outsider is to trust that person, but she inexplicably trusts this woman who she has seen for less than a quarter of an hour.

Maybe because this person is Gu Erbai's friend.

In the next second, facing the light, Zhao Xiaoyue stretched out her hand slightly towards her waist.

Gu Erbai was trembling all over, but he didn't escape.

Zhao Xiaoyue's hand rubbed against her waist for a while, and then she didn't know what she touched, and she let it go quickly.

Gu Erbai frowned and turned his face away, and when she looked at her strangely, Zhao Xiaoyue smiled knowingly, "Look, you didn't avoid it, Erbai is very ticklish, and will hide away when someone touches her. "

Gu Erbai looked at her, narrowing his eyes slightly, "Just because of this? Did you know that I'm not ticklish before you touch me?"

"Of course not." Zhao Xiaoyue withdrew her smile, "There is no scar on your waist."

Gu Erbai's expression tightened, "What scar?"

"A wound from a snake bite."

"Erbai of the Qing family was bitten by a snake?"

"Ah."

"You know this, why doesn't Aunt know?"

Gu Erbai began to look at her suspiciously, but it was just pretending to be suspicious, and she wanted to hear her explanation.

"Erbai didn't tell Aunt Qing."

Sure enough, Zhao Xiaoyue knew a lot of things, even...the secret of why Qing's Erbai eloped with a man.

"...It's like, she ran into the valley with the man and didn't tell?"

"I won't let you talk about her like that!"

Unexpectedly, Zhao Xiaoyue, who had always been calm when she finished speaking, suddenly became sharper at this moment, and even seemed a little emotionally out of control.

Gu Erbai paused for a moment, and the corners of his mouth slowly curled into an imperceptible arc, "Okay, she is your friend, and I respect her, but she abandoned the second elder of the Qing family, that's a fact."

Zhao Xiaoyue's throat moved slightly, and she looked closely at her, "Just say what you want to say."

"I don't want to say anything. It doesn't do me any good to judge her, but you know what I want to ask."

Zhao Xiaoyue's face was tense, like a string, it seemed to be very tight, but in fact, it would break if touched.

"This is Erbai's secret, I won't tell it, but I don't want others to slander her."

"Ah."

Gu Erbai nodded, knowing her heart well, twisted his neck again.

A secret has been hidden for two years, and it has been kept for two years, but it can't be hidden.

As if he had given her enough time to calm down, Gu Erbai finally looked at her calmly, "Before helping her keep the secret, I think you should be friends, isn't a friend just for her sake?"

"What do you mean?"

"I don't know why the former Gu Erbai abandoned the second elder, but it is impossible for me to take care of the second elder of the Qing family on her behalf, because I am not even my own daughter."

"Since you are an imposter, you should take responsibility. Do you still want to hurt the old man a second time?"

"I don't want to, but I don't even know why my own daughter abandoned them, so why should I help her support the two old people? Maybe...she has a reason?"

The faint anticipation in Gu Erbai's heart was sprouting in the ground.

If it was really what she thought, Erbai of the Qing family had a reason to elope with someone, then the second elder would definitely accept her easily, and the stigma of the Qing family could also be easily washed away.

Didn't she just use her difficulties to win sympathy?

Gu Erbai noticed that after her words, Zhao Xiaoyue's face was obviously loose, as if some ice had been broken.

She spoke again.

"You don't have to believe me when we meet for the first time, but judging from the fact that I have endured so much abuse and insisted on being the Erbai of the Qing family, I'm not a broken-mouthed person.

And you told me the secrets back then, which is the best result, because there is nothing worse than the current situation, if you don't tell me, I might leave tomorrow.

Your friend's parents can only accept secondary damage. "

This sentence falls.

Zhao Xiaoyue was moved.

Businessmen originally generate transactions based on trust and profit maximization, and this is the most stable transaction.

"I say."

"I'm listening."

"The injury on the back of Erbai's waist was caused by a snake bite two years ago when he accidentally fell into the water.

Erbai doesn't know how to swim. At that time, the farm owner passed by to rescue her and sent her to the hospital for treatment. Erbai was afraid that Aunt Qing would be worried, so he didn't say anything about it. He only talked about falling into the water, and then..."

When she said this, her tone suddenly stopped.

In front of him, the pair of sharply shining eyes were slightly dimmed, but they became more determined.

She looked at Gu Erbai, her tone sank, "You swear, you will never tell anyone what happened next."

Gu Erbai knew that she was going to get to the point, and she saw a pleading from the woman's firm eyes. She thought, she is really a good friend of Erbai of the Qing family, but she had never thought about this pleading before. It actually came from guilt.

"I swear, what Zhao Xiaoyue and Gu Erbai said today, if I tell anyone else that the sky is struck by lightning, is it okay?"

"Is your name Gu Erbai?"

"Coincidentally."

……

Zhao Xiaoyue took a deep breath, and there seemed to be a faint and unrelieved heaviness hidden in her tone, "Erbai fell in love with the host after that life-saving grace."

(End of this chapter)