Wealthy Beauty in the 60s-Chapter 171 - 170: Keep Your Distance

Once they arrived at the county town, the ox cart was stopped.

Xia Xiao also shouted out, "Self-reliance, hard struggle."

Gao Jiaxing said, "We are from the Guangming Production Team."

"So you say, but bring out your identification."

Xia Xiao silently took out her identity documentation, but it was not over yet.

Xia Xiao was following along with the women and didn’t dare to stand with Gao Jiaxing to avoid a check.

However, Xia Xiao and Gao Jiaxing’s group still managed to pass through smoothly.

"Move on, hurry up and go, don’t block the road."

Xia Xiao inexplicably thought of the ancient city gates she had seen on television and immediately broke out in sweat.

After boarding the ox cart, several people behind were also stopped, but they were not as lucky as Xia Xiao’s group and were left there to be ’educated.’

Gao Jiaxing said, "Go and take care of your business, and come back here in two hours. If the time passes, I won’t wait."

"Okay, two hours is enough."

Several women and a man each went their own way, leaving Gao Jiaxing in a bad mood.

He had difficulty in convincing Xia Xiao to come out, but upon entering the town, they faced such strict checks that they couldn’t even enjoy a proper stroll.

"Xiaoxiao, come with me to the factory to look for my cousin," Gao Jiaxing called out, not knowing from when he started to address Xia Xiao as Xiaoxiao.

Xia Xiao nodded, "Okay."

Then the two walked side by side, keeping their distance, as someone shouted at them, "What’s your relationship, standing so close together?"

Xia Xiao was speechless. Close together? She and Gao Jiaxing were at least a few fist distances apart, not to mention hand in hand.

Gao Jiaxing was even more distressed and said, "Comrade, we are from Guangming Production Team. This is our team’s educated youth, and we are on our way to find my cousin and his wife."

"What’s it to her, an educated youth, if you are going to see your cousin and his wife?" The woman eyed Xia Xiao suspiciously.

"My cousin’s wife is also an educated youth," Gao Jiaxing said.

"Gao Jiaxing, don’t you recognize me?" the woman asked. "We went to the same school. My name is Wang Yuncai; you were a repeat student, and I was a freshman. My brother was in the same class as you, his name is Wang Xueyong."

Xia Xiao couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow, the attention was directed at Gao Jiaxing.

Actually, Gao Jiaxing couldn’t remember any classmates from his repeat year; they would have been a grade younger than him, and during the repeat year, he had focused on studying and had little contact with classmates, so now he couldn’t even remember if this Wang Xueyong was round or flat-faced.

But to avoid trouble, Gao Jiaxing still patiently made conversation.

Xia Xiao would have been foolish not to discern Wang Yuncai’s intentions by now, but she kept quiet, just observing this girl named Wang Yuncai, who had braided pigtails, looked somewhat dark, had a row of neat, white teeth that shone when she smiled—a highlight, although her cheekbones were high, her face large, and her eyes small, making her features look quite ordinary.

"We are in a hurry, comrade, may we leave now?" Gao Jiaxing asked again.

Wang Yuncai glanced at Xia Xiao and directed, "Female educated youth, please keep your distance from Gao Jiaxing."

Gao Jiaxing immediately followed up, and he heard Wang Yuncai shouting from behind, "Comrade Gao Jiaxing, please keep your distance."

Once they had walked away, Gao Jiaxing hurriedly explained, "Xiaoxiao, I really don’t know her."

Xia Xiao let out a laugh.

"Xiaoxiao," Gao Jiaxing was completely bewildered, wondering if she was laughing out of happiness or anger.

"You don’t need to explain, I know there’s nothing between you and her. I just find it funny." Xia Xiao said, "Hurry up and lead the way. I have no idea where your cousin’s factory is."

Gao Jiaxing then took the lead, grumbling, "What are these people, taking a feather for a token of authority?" At this moment, Gao Jiaxing truly detested those people for stopping them without reason.

Xia Xiao reminded him, "Brother Gao, you need to be careful with your words. Walls have ears."

Gao Jiaxing nodded, "I know."

Xia Xiao didn’t like this feeling, but there was no helping it; if she wanted to live well, she had to conform to local customs.

"Brother Gao, have you been to this factory before?"

Gao Jiaxing shook his head, "Never been, but I know where it is."

Xia Xiao nodded. As long as he remembered the way, that was fine. Xia Xiao said, "Brother Gao?"

Gao Jiaxing raised an eyebrow toward Xia Xiao, "What, you want to be in charge? If you go, I’ll go, and then we can be a couple together."

Xia Xiao glared at him, "Who wants to be a couple with you." But Xia Xiao also breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that Gao Jiaxing didn’t have that in mind.

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