It was the first time that Xie Tingyu held Ye Qingshui's hand, and they held it all the way. She was a little nervous, and didn't care that he held her hand all the way.

The woman's hands were soft and cool. Even after she left, Xie Tingyu's palms still felt a little soft and smooth.

Zhou Cunren was sitting in the audience, not on the stage. When Ye Qingshui passed by the first row, his serious face, which was always tense, showed a rare smile. He said, "Go up, everyone is waiting for you."

Ye Qingshui hesitated for a moment and took off his mask. The moment he took off the mask, the whole picture seemed to light up.

The bright incandescent light was like a line, illuminating every detail of the person. The light fell on the cotton-white shirt, and the white light reflected by the newly made clothes was as dazzling as snow. Moving the line of sight upwards a few inches, one could see light pink thin lips and clear eyes as clear as mountains and rivers, which seemed to be covered with ink, with distinct black and white.

She was wearing a black skirt and a white shirt, and walked slowly onto the stage like someone who had strayed in.

The thin white neck is soft and white, the hair is black and the eyes are dark. Clean and transparent.

When the educated youth and village members who came to join in the fun from Yejia Village saw this, their faces showed different expressions, some were surprised, some were shocked, and some even rubbed their eyes in disbelief.

The look of eager anticipation, the way they stretched their necks to look forward, if it weren't for a serious occasion, the shocked voices in their hearts would have already boiled over. Someone whispered:

"Is that Ye Qingshui?"

"How come you have become so handsome? It's like you have become a different person."

The people in Yejia Village were also very surprised. In the past, they just thought that the daughter of the Ye family had regular features, but they never expected that she would grow up to be so beautiful now.

In the past, it would have been a stretch to say that Ye Jiashuiya was the most beautiful girl in the village, but this time she was dressed neatly, in a white shirt, a black skirt, snow-white stockings, and a pair of fashionable leather shoes. Even city dwellers would believe her.

She was the most handsome girl in the whole area, and her purity was as charming as water. They seemed to understand why Xie, an educated youth, got married in such a hurry after only being in the countryside for less than a year.

Xie Tingyu stood aside and heard the commotion in Yejia Village. He snorted lightly and his eyes followed the gazes of the villagers and finally fell on Ye Qingshui.

A flash of surprise flashed across his deep eyes, and then a thicker darkness came over them.

His little girl was like a simple seed that fell into the mud, slowly broke through the soil, sprouted, grew, and blossomed.

The village representative was Ye Dazhi, who had a flower on his chest and handed a big red envelope and a certificate to Ye Qingshui.

He stood beside Ye Qingshui and said, "This is Comrade Ye Qingshui from Yejia Village who developed the 'Electric Pulse Natural Electric Field Method'!"

"She bravely innovated and researched tirelessly, and finally solved the problem of water shortage for the villagers. She embodied the spirit of learning from Dazhai in agriculture..."

Ye Dazhi spoke as if he was reciting a script, with his eyes wide open, his voice loud and clear, and his tone of voice full of emotion. When he finished speaking, there was warm applause from the audience.

The folk band blew the horn again and played a lively song.

Ye Qingshui briefly described the process of inventing the water finder. She said: "We have been digging wells in our village, but we have never found any water. I have been wondering why this is, in an attempt to find a solution. When my wife told me that the special topography of G Province affects the judgment of the water finder, I decided to research a new type of water finder that can find groundwater according to local conditions and the characteristics of our karst area."

"When I was at a loss and in trouble, Chairman M's book gave me a lot of inspiration. He said: 'Things do not exist independently,' and so does groundwater. It is infiltrating, evaporating, and flowing all the time, and the directional movement of water will generate an electric field, so I began to study the electric field method for finding water..."

Her steady and gentle words echoed from the high eaves, and her explanation was very clear. Even the researchers at the Agricultural Science Institute became very interested.

These detailed processes were undoubtedly a loud slap in the face of those who once questioned her.

Finally, Ye Qingshui said gently: "I provided the theoretical basis, but the person who actually turned them into a practical water finder was Teacher Zhou."

Ye Qingshui bowed and quickly ran off the stage.

Her two long, shiny braids swung back and forth, her dark eyes were bright and expressive, her cheeks were flushed, and the applause was thunderous. At that moment, she was like the water in a lotus pond.

Attracted him and led him astray.

…

The short one-hour commendation meeting was over, and the leading staff left one after another. Two armed forces staff walked in side by side. They took off their hats solemnly, and their tone was very warm at the moment they took off their hats.

"You're great to have so many people here. I originally thought it was just the two of us, so we quickly asked our friends from the Agricultural Science Institute to come over."

Xie Tingyu turned his head away, his nonchalant expression turned serious, and he said lightly: "This is her own credit, it has nothing to do with me."

That tone made him sound like a playboy who was obsessed with women, and Xie Tingyu didn't like it.

Although the water-finding instrument made by Ye Qingshui was not eye-catching, it made a great contribution. So many people came, all for its significance. Xie Tingyu spent only the cost of renting the auditorium and hiring a band.

Looking at Xie Tingyu's serious expression, the two soldiers couldn't help laughing.

"Is that your wife?"

Xie Tingyu replied: "Yes."

The two men glanced at the crowd and said, "My sister-in-law is pretty and suitable for you."

"I still have work to do, so I'm leaving now. We'll contact each other when there's a chance." They saluted, their tall bodies standing straight and their steps very methodically.

Xie Tingyu saw Ye Qingshui surrounded by a crowd. Among these people were people from Yejia Village and residents from the county town. They were amazed at this young girl. Since she was young and a girl, she was naturally more popular than the old man Zhou Cunren.

However, most of the people surrounding her were middle-aged women, and Xie Tingyu raised her eyebrows slightly.

"I thought you were an old scholar, but you turned out to be a grown-up girl." A chubby aunt smiled with her eyes narrowed.

"Comrade Ye, do you have a partner?"

"My son is an executive at the steel mill. He's at level 30, 22 years old, and very ambitious..."

"Go away, go away. You are 22 years old and still covet other people's girls. My brother is 18 years old and is already studying in college. He will be assigned a job after graduation. He will work in a fertilizer factory in the future..."

Xie Tingyu was originally standing aside patiently waiting for someone, but when he walked a few steps closer and heard these voices, his face darkened.

He approached Ye Qingshui, put his hands on her shoulders, and held her down. He also bent down and said in a light tone:

"I am her boyfriend. We have other things to do, so we won't chat any more."

Xie Tingyu took Ye Qingshui's hand and walked out of the auditorium. He hooked her mask out of his pocket with his thumb, and squinted his eyes in the slightly hot sunlight.

He said lazily, "Take it with you in the sun."

Ye Qingshui put on a mask and murmured, "You hid this from me."

"I didn't expect..."

Xie Tingyu rang the bicycle bell, raised his thin lips, and said jokingly: "By the time you figured it out, you won't even want to come."

Ye Qingshui then remembered that day when Xie Tingyu went to meet the deputy captain without telling her, and then lied to her that he wanted to raise two more pigs.

Anger surged on her face, her cheeks flushed, and she punched him.

“You are…”

The fist landed on the back of Xie Tingyu, but he didn't feel any pain, it was as light as if it had landed on his heart.

Xie Tingyu raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's wrong with me?"

"How can you be so mean?" Ye Qingshui said through gritted teeth. When he came here, he was leisurely enjoying and picking flowers. His leisurely attitude did not look like he was coming to the county to attend a commendation meeting. He is really a big-tailed wolf.

Xie Tingyu was puzzled when he heard the word "bad". He pulled her braids, leaned over and blew into her ear.

"Where... am I broken?"

He saw that her ears were gradually turning red, tiny pimples appeared on her exposed arms, and her whole body was tense.

Xie Tingyu quickly straightened up and said seriously, "I helped you a lot, Shuiya, you can't be ungrateful. Let me count, how much is the bonus this time?"

Xie Tingyu opened the leather envelope. The last reward was an innovation award given by the state, and this time it was an extra subsidy from the county.

He counted them and found they were quite thick, thirty big unity notes, which was enough to make such a poor and stingy girl rich for a while.

Ye Qingshui quickly snatched back her prize money and said, "I'm going to go see the rickshaw. You stand here and wait for me to come back."

She jumped into the car with a familiar posture and started moving impatiently. The wind made her two big braids tremble, and they swung neatly and beautifully like the tail of a fish emerging from water.

Xie Tingyu stood there, looking at the blue sky, bright sun, and the fresh breeze, and couldn't help but curl his lips.

…

Ye Qingshui quickly came to the black market, and Qian Xiangdong, who was waiting for her in the alley, wiped the sweat off her face and said coldly, "You are late."

"Two of them were bought last night, and you didn't come early this morning..."

He put on a felt hat and a straw hat, sat against the wall, and for years every day he watched over a basket of eggs, waiting for people to come and buy them.

The basket next to him that was used to hold glutinous rice and chicken had long been emptied, not even a lotus leaf was left.

This strong contrast made Ye Qingshui laugh. She said, "I just thought that the eggs can also be used for breakfast. If I collect the eggs, I will give you 80% of the profit. Do you want to do it?"

Qian Xiangdong had wanted to talk to Ye Qingshui about the eggs for a long time. He used to sell eggs to her for one cent each, but the weather got hot, and she was too lazy to move, and she was not very willing to do so much work, so she gradually stopped buying eggs.

He hesitated for a while. 37 was okay, but if Ye Qingshui was driven away, where would he find someone with such good skills?

Qian Xiangdong said: "It's done, it's done."

Ye Qingshui smiled and said, "In this case, you have to help me find a few more things. I'll write them down for you and help me run errands."

Ye Qingshui wanted to take out a pen from her pocket, but found that her clothes had been changed, so she wrote a few words on Qian Xiangdong's palm with her thumb.

"Butter. Can you read?"

Qian Xiangdong nodded suddenly.

"Butter, do you recognize it?"

Qian Xiangdong frowned, but quickly nodded.

"Honey and gelatin."

Qian Xiangdong didn't recognize the latter one, but he forced himself to memorize it.

Ye Qingshui wrote several more. She lowered her head and wrote with her thumb. Occasionally, some strands of hair fell and brushed against Qian Xiangdong's palm.

Xie Tingyu guessed that Ye Qingshui might have gone to the black market. He asked many people before finding this secret alley.

He saw a familiar bicycle parked on the side of the road, so he walked deeper into the alley, and then...he saw this scene:

Ye Qingshui held the hand of a strange man affectionately, lowered her head and touched his palm, her eyes focused as if she was dealing with the most important thing. The breeze gently blew the two strands of hair on her forehead, and the man even stroked her hair.

The smile on Xie Tingyu's lips gradually disappeared. He looked at the scene in front of him, and his deep pupils gradually darkened and became as thick as ink that could not be dissolved.

He gave her clothes, skirts, and shoes, and even went to great lengths to attract a group of people to hold a commendation meeting for her to clear her name. But she was wearing the clothes and skirts that he had ironed by hand, and was being affectionate with another man?

On the other side, Qian Xiangdong in the alley said impatiently: "Big sister, your hair is covering my eyes."

He flicked her hair with his hand, and moved her braid to the other side. He then said in surprise, "Hey, you look really good in this outfit today."

Xie Tingyu took a big step forward, took a few steps forward and grabbed Ye Qingshui.

"What are you doing?"

His voice seemed frozen, chilly like the wind blowing in the capital on a December day, or like frozen ice.

Ye Qingshui wanted to write another "milk", but he didn't expect his shoulders to sink and be clamped. When he turned around, he saw Xie Tingyu's cold face.

That face was cold, no different from usual, yet very different. His eyes seemed to be mixed with a hint of anger, the corners of his eyes tilted upwards, and he looked at her inexplicably...

The author has something to say:

Pingshengjun: Brother Yu is almost mad

Come and see the gongs and drums

Brother Yu suppressed his anger: If you dare to write nonsense in the next chapter, then...

Pingshengjun: “…”