Chapter 226: Special Treatment for Boyfriend
For Xu Zhixi, ever since she left her hometown and came to eastern Guangdong to work, her hometown has only winter and summer, but no spring and autumn.
Wuyuan is more than a thousand kilometers away from eastern Guangdong.
In the days before high-speed rail, trains had to rattle for more than ten hours, and they were not direct. Most of the time, you could only buy hard seats, or even no seats at all. A round trip in a short period of time was extremely painful. The only way to buy a ticket was to fly from Baiyun Airport to Nanchang, and then take a bus to Wuyuan County, which took five or six hours if the traffic was smooth.
Inconvenient transportation has restricted people's travel and hindered family reunions for a long time, so much so that many parents subconsciously reject outsiders when considering their children's marriages.
Especially when marrying off a daughter, local talents are the first choice.
On the way, Xu Zhixi sometimes lay in the passenger seat to sleep, sometimes got up to read a novel, but more often she just looked at Chen Jianghe silently.
But she didn't say much, maybe she wasn't completely calmed down yet.
After entering Jiangxi, Xu Zhixi finally took the initiative to speak: "My mother told me on the phone that the temperature in my hometown has dropped recently, and the lowest temperature is just over ten degrees. If you wear this short-sleeved shirt and shorts to come to my house, you will probably be frozen like a cuckoo bird."
"What kind of bird is the cuckoo?" Chen Jianghe asked with some confusion .
"Silly bird." Xu Zhixi replied.
Chen Jianghe looked at her in surprise and asked, "Teacher Xu, why are you cursing?"
Xu Zhixi raised her snow-white chin and said softly, "It's your own ignorance, don't blame me."
Chen Jianghe reached out and pinched her chin, then asked with a smile, "You're starting to dislike me, aren't you?"
"I didn't." Xu Zhixi shook her head to deny it, her eyes flickering, she leaned sideways, and said to Chen Jianghe with a gloomy look: "You made me mad for two days, and you hung up on me when I called you, and ran away after saying a few words to you. I feel like you don't like me anymore."
"I didn't like you, but I drove all the way to Jiangxi with you?" Chen Jianghe asked back, and then said, "Teacher Xu, you don't want me to say a few nice words to coax you, do you?"
"In no mood."
Xu Zhixi turned her head away and stared sullenly at the scenery outside the car window.
Chen Jianghe had also set foot on this red land of Jiangxi in his previous life, but he was on a business trip at that time, not like now when he was driving the charming Xu Zhixi and taking a leisurely self-driving tour.
What impressed him most about Jiangxi was not the Tengwang Pavilion described by Wang Bo, nor the Lushan Mountain praised by literati, but the fact that when he passed by Shangrao Station before, the entire train station was selling "Shangrao roasted pheasant legs".
I couldn't help but buy one when I smelled the aroma. It was so spicy that I doubted my life when I ate it, but the taste of the chicken leg, which was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, makes me swallow unconsciously when I think about it now.
Jiangxi is a great place.
After the car got off the highway, Chen Jianghe suddenly pulled over, unbuckled his seat belt and moved closer to Xu Zhixi.
"What are you doing?" Xu Zhixi blinked, leaned against the car window, and looked at Chen Jianghe with some surprise and a little nervousness.
"I want to kiss you." Chen Jianghe said.
Xu Zhixi's eyes widened and she thought, I'm still angry, and you want to kiss me?
No, absolutely not!
"Hmm~"
Xu Zhixi was just saying no in her heart when she was kissed.
Xu Zhixi raised her hand to hit him, so he put her hand on her chest and hit her again, moving her hand downwards. Xu Zhixi didn't dare to move, but he still moved his hand downwards. After a moment, his body went limp and he lost everything.
"Are you ready?" Xu Zhixi pushed him gently.
"Are you still angry?" Chen Jianghe stopped and said, "If you are still angry, keep kissing me."
"I'm not angry anymore." Xu Zhixi shook her head and looked at Chen Jianghe who was so close to her with a dazed look. This guy could always find her weakness easily and defeat her with one blow.
"That's more reasonable." Chen Jianghe held Xu Zhixi's hand and said seriously, "Although you look really good when you're angry, going home is a happy thing. I want to see you smile even more."
"Aren't you nervous at all?" Xu Zhixi asked him softly.
"Why should I be nervous? Isn't it natural for me to go back with you to meet your parents?" Chen Jianghe smiled, looking calm and composed.
"I'm a little nervous." Xu Zhixi took a deep breath and turned to look out the window.
"You are just homesick." Chen Jianghe asked, "Teacher Xu, is this your first time bringing a boy home?"
"Yeah." Xu Zhixi nodded and said, "The ones who came to my house for blind dates before don't count. You are the first man I took the initiative to bring home."
"The men you go on blind dates with should all be very outstanding, right?" Chen Jianghe asked with interest.
"They are all civil servants." Xu Zhixi replied.
"It seems that the Xu family's criteria for recruiting a son-in-law are stable jobs and strong backgrounds." Chen Jianghe said with a smile.
"That's right." Xu Zhixi turned to look at him again, smiled faintly and said, "A guy like you who is handsome, younger than me, and has no formal job is roughly equivalent to a street thug in my mother's eyes. Are you afraid?"
Chen Jianghe raised his eyebrows: "Then is it too late for me to turn back now?"
"It's too late." Xu Zhixi put her hand on his thigh.
Chen Jianghe felt threatened by the ultimate anti-wolf technique, so he asked with a smile: "I heard that the bride price in Jiangxi is quite high?"
"Rumors." Xu Zhixi responded with only two words. After thinking for a while, she added cautiously, "My family is not high."
"I would rather your family accept a high betrothal gift." Chen Jianghe touched his chin and said seriously: "I don't have a stable job, nor do I have a strong backing. The only advantage I have is probably a little bit of money."
Xu Zhixi was happy to see his serious expression, but she said, "At your age, you can't even get a marriage certificate, so who would talk to you about the betrothal gift? Let's not talk about this, just drive home quickly."
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
Chen Jianghe turned the steering wheel and drove towards Wuyuan County.
Xu Zhixi's home is in a town under the jurisdiction of Wuyuan, called Jiangwan Town. The car was driving on the village road, surrounded by green mountains and green waters along the way, and the rice fields on both sides were full of golden rice.
At sunset, the setting sun shines on the water, the quaint Hui-style buildings, the curling smoke rising from the kitchen, and the beautiful rural scenery give people a feeling of walking through a painting.
"About 300 meters ahead, the fourth house is my home."
Xu Zhixi pointed at Chen Jianghe.
It was more than three hundred meters away, just a matter of stepping on the gas. Soon, the Mercedes-Benz had stopped in front of a large, ancient and magnificent mansion with white walls and black tiles.
“This is the feeling of a big family.”
Chen Jianghe glanced at the house and thought that if it was placed in the second or third ring road of the capital, it would be worth at least tens of millions according to the current price.
When I got off the car, I saw a plaque hanging on the door with four words on it: Family of Scholars.
“The threshold is a bit high.”
Chen Jianghe looked up and down, then turned around and took out two bottles of Moutai and two packs of Jinsheng cigarettes from the trunk.
Seeing this, Xu Zhixi smiled and said, "Great! You actually know to buy cigarettes from Jiangxi?"
"When in Rome, do as the Romans do." Chen Jianghe said with a smile.
"It's a pity that my dad doesn't smoke or drink, so you're following the wrong direction." Xu Zhixi said.
Chen Jianghe said disapprovingly: "In a wealthy family like yours, there are always people who smoke and drink. It's better to be prepared."
"You are so smart." Xu Zhixi praised.
Chen Jianghe held something in one hand and put the other hand on his waist, shaking it a few times in front of Xu Zhixi.
"What?" Xu Zhixi asked him with a wink.
"Holding my arm." Chen Jianghe curled his lips and said, "It's the first time your boyfriend comes to your house, shouldn't you give him some special treatment?"
Xu Zhixi pursed her lips, feeling that what he said made sense, so she moved closer and took his arm: "Let's go, the family should be waiting for us in the main room."
