You need to raise your pet using a system [Era]

Chapter 292, the couple

Lu Yuanqing truly never imagined that Lu Mingdong would one day be a fortune teller.

That day, he went to the commune to report on the bamboo ware factory, and waited for Lu Yuanbo at the intersection after he came out.

The factory's truck delivered goods to the city this morning, and he took a ride to the commune. Before leaving, he asked Lu Yuanbo to estimate the time to pick him up at the commune.

When they reached the crossroads leading back to the village, Lu Yuanqing was idly waiting for Lu Yuanbo when he suddenly saw a middle-aged couple carrying luggage, looking around as if they were searching for something.

Judging from their clothes and appearance, they should be city dwellers.

Moreover, the haggard look on their faces was the kind that comes from sitting in a car for a long time.

Lu Yuanqing, who suffers from motion sickness, is very familiar with this.

The couple wandered around, and when they saw Lu Yuanqing, they rushed over as if they had found a savior.

"Hello fellow villager, do you know how to get to Shihua Village?" the middle-aged man asked first.

Shihua Village?

Lu Yuanqing raised an eyebrow. "You want to go to Shihua Village? You don't look like you're from there."

Upon hearing this, the man looked at Lu Yuanqing with suspicion, "Are you from Shihua Village, sir?"

Lu Yuanqing nodded, "Yes, I'm from Shihua Village."

The man exclaimed with delight, "Judging from your appearance, you must be a sent-down youth!"

I was just a fellow villager, and now I'm a sent-down youth.

Lu Yuanqing responded to this with: "..." That's pretty ridiculous.

"No, I am a villager from Shihua Village."

Upon hearing this, the man's expression remained unchanged, but Lu Yuanqing keenly sensed a fleeting look of disdain on the middle-aged woman's face when she spoke of his villagers.

Lu Yuanqing immediately lost his enthusiasm to help.

The man, however, asked in a questioning tone, "You're from Shihua Village, so do you know Cheng Ruolan? She's the educated youth who came to Shihua Village as part of the 'Down to the Countryside Movement'."

Lu Yuanqing nodded lightly, "I know, Cheng, the educated youth! It seems he's been in the countryside for two years now."

“Yes, it’s her!” the man laughed. “We are her parents, and we’re here to visit her.”

Lu Yuanqing: "..."

For a moment, he didn't know whether to be shocked or feel a chill run down his spine.

"Oh, so you are Cheng Zhiqing's parents. Hello."

Oh my god! That jinx Lu Mingdong actually came. Could it be that he really came to stop Cheng Ruolan?

Mr. Cheng laughed heartily, and after laughing, he asked, "How should I address you, fellow villager?"

Lu Yuanqing gave a forced smile and said, "My surname is Lu."

I absolutely do not want to say my full name.

Upon hearing this, Cheng's mother glanced at Lu Yuanqing with a suspicious look.

But considering that there probably wasn't anyone in Shihua Village with the surname Lu, she naturally wouldn't be so lucky as to run into someone she disliked.

Besides, their ages don't match up!

Seeing this, Cheng's mother turned her gaze away from Lu Yuanqing.

Mr. Cheng feigned enthusiasm, "Oh, it's Comrade Lu! Hello, hello!"

"By the way, Comrade Lu, we want to go to Shihua Village. Are you going back to the village? We'll go with you! This is our first time here, and we don't know the way."

Lu Yuanqing naturally had no objection to this.

What troubles him now is how to get along with Cheng Ruolan's parents.

At first glance, Cheng's mother could tell that Cheng disliked her identity as a country person.

Although Cheng's father always had a smile on his face and spoke politely, Lu Yuanqing felt that the other party seemed to regard him as someone of high status.

To put it simply, it sounded like a leader speaking in a bureaucratic tone to people in the countryside.

This made Lu Yuanqing feel extremely uncomfortable.

"Of course, no problem. My brother will come to pick me up, and we'll go back together then!"

As soon as Lu Yuanqing finished speaking, he saw Lu Mingdong driving the village's oxcart to pick him up.

Lu Yuanqing asked curiously, "Why is it you who came?"

Wasn't this what you told Lu Yuanbo?

Lu Mingdong got off the oxcart and said, "Fourth Uncle was asked by the brigade leader to help him."

"Oh!" Lu Yuanqing asked casually, without pursuing what Lu Yuanbo had gone to help with. He saw Lu Mingdong calmly waiting for him to get into the car, completely unconcerned about the Cheng family couple who were obviously sitting very close to him.

Lu Yuanqing explained to him, "These are Cheng Ruolan's parents, Cheng Zhiqing's parents. They've come to the village to visit relatives. Since you're here, why don't you take them back with you?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Mingdong's lips curled into a fleeting smile, revealing his amusement.

Lu Yuanqing looked at his gloating expression with a helpless expression, turned around and ignored him, then turned to Cheng's father and said, "This is my nephew, let's take the oxcart back!"

Mr. Cheng said, "Okay, okay, thank you, young comrade."

Cheng's mother glanced at the oxcart and pursed her lips, but remembering the reason why the couple had come to the village, she reluctantly got on the oxcart.

Lu Mingdong was clearly a little curious about their arrival, but that's just how he is; even if he's curious, outsiders wouldn't be able to tell.

Lu Yuanqing stared speechlessly at his expressionless face, yet he seemed eager to hear gossip.

“My nephew has always been like this, don’t mind him!” Lu Yuanqing explained to Cheng’s father with a smile.

The other party had already sized up Lu Mingdong several times, and was clearly somewhat dissatisfied with Lu Mingdong's aloofness and lack of respect for him.

Mr. Cheng considered himself to be worldly-wise and had met many people at his age, but he still encountered someone like Lu Mingdong, who was aloof, cold, and impolite. Even though Lu Yuanqing had introduced them, Lu Mingdong didn't greet him at all.

Actually, what Cheng's father cared about most was that a country person didn't feel inferior at all when facing them; that was what he really cared about.

After hearing Lu Yuanqing's explanation, Cheng's father suppressed his dissatisfaction and laughed, "It's alright, the young comrade has a rather aloof personality, haha."

Lu Yuanqing frowned subconsciously, disliking Cheng's father's tone. He was about to retort when he remembered the man's identity.

Cheng Ruolan's parents may have come to discuss marriage.

Lu Yuanqing: "Yes! This is a great personality. It treats everyone equally and you don't have to deal with hypocritical people."

The seemingly righteous Mr. Cheng: "..." He felt inexplicably being subtly insulted.

Lu Mingdong glanced at Lu Yuanqing with amusement.

Lu Yuanqing: "..." He retorted subconsciously, it wasn't intentional.

Since Cheng's father felt it was such a coincidence to have met someone from Shihua Village, he naturally needed to inquire about some things.

"Comrade Lu is from Shihua Village, so thank you for taking care of my Ruolan."

Lu Yuanqing: "...There's no such thing as taking care of anyone. Our brigade leader said that since we've come to Shihua Village, we're all people of Shihua Village, and we'll treat everyone the same."

"Moreover, although I didn't have much contact with Cheng Zhiqing in the village, I still heard from other older women that Cheng Zhiqing was very capable and a good person."

Lu Yuanqing casually made a compliment.