Chapter 41 Dating.

He Susu didn't expect him to be so direct. She liked this kind of personality, so she simply said, "My name is He Susu, I'm nineteen years old, and I live in Qinghe Production Team under Jiang City. I have three brothers and one sister. At present, I make money by writing articles and submitting them. The income is not fixed, but it can support myself."

She confessed, "Personally, I am quite lazy. I like to sleep in when I have nothing to do and I don't like doing housework. If we have the opportunity to run a family together in the future, I can only help out occasionally with housework, and you will be responsible for most of it. Are you willing?"

Nowadays, people date with the intention of getting married. Dating without the intention of getting married is just being a hooligan.

He Susu directly confessed her laziness and dislike of doing housework, in order to avoid being discovered in the future and the other party being unable to accept it, which would then waste all this time and relationship.

Although she liked Cheng Shi's appearance and his initial personality very much, if he couldn't accept these characteristics of hers, she would not regret it if they couldn't be together.

After listening to this, Cheng Shi was touched by Comrade He Susu's frankness and cuteness.

He thought about it carefully and nodded: "Comrade He Susu, I can accept everything you said. If I have this opportunity, you can leave the housework to me when I come back. I am a decent cook and I will not let you down with my three meals a day. If I am away on a mission, you can also go to the canteen to get food. You don't have to worry about these."

He couldn't help but ask again: "So, are you willing to make progress with me?"

This time, He Susu nodded directly: "I do."

The two looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

Both He Susu and Cheng Shi were not used to the sudden change from a stranger who they had only met once to a date. After the topics they had just talked about were over, they fell into silence again.

Fortunately, Cheng Shi knew he should take the initiative, so he asked, "I heard from Political Commissar Zhang that you came to the army half a month ago?"

He Susu nodded: "Yes, my third brother was assigned to settle down in the family housing, and my third sister-in-law wanted to bring her two children with her to join the army. She was worried that she couldn't take care of them on the way, so I came along to help."

The two chatted back and forth and got to know some of each other's information.

At first, Su Yu and Shao Ling were calm and chatted casually. They were very happy to see that no one came out of the office, which meant that the two people inside were chatting well. Gradually, they became a little anxious and couldn't wait to know the result.

Even if both parties reveal a interested idea, they can make an appointment to meet next time. As time goes by, the relationship will be confirmed.

As they waited, they heard the door of the office open. Su Yu and others hurried over and saw Cheng Shi and He Susu walking out one after another with happy expressions on their faces. They thought the result must be good.

Shao Ling asked directly: "Cheng Shi, Su Su, how was your conversation?"

This kind of thing naturally has to be said by the man. Cheng Shi: "Sister-in-law, Political Commissar, thank you for your introduction. Susu and I get along well and have established a relationship."

As soon as these words came out, Political Commissar Zhang and Shao Ling were extremely happy. Shao Ling said, "I said you two are a good match. Just standing together, you look like a couple. It turns out you are attracted to each other."

Political Commissar Zhang nodded and said, "Cheng Shi, treat Comrade He Susu well in the future."

Cheng Shi responded solemnly: "Political Commissar, I know."

Su Yu was also very happy when she saw her aunt's slightly shy face. She didn't expect that the introduction would be so quick and that they would establish a relationship. When they occasionally looked at each other, they would smile, and they must be very satisfied.

Zhang Zhengwei and Shao's wife saw that the blind date was successful and were going home. It was getting late, and Su Yu was also going to go home to cook. She looked at her sister-in-law to see what she meant.

He Susu said directly: "Sister-in-law, let me go home with you."

She looked at Cheng Shi again and smiled, "Cheng Shi, I'll go home first."

Cheng Shi smiled and nodded: "Susu, goodbye. I'll come see you when I'm free."

He was supposed to be training today, but was brought here by Political Commissar Zhang for a blind date, and now he has to rush back to the army.

He Susu smiled and agreed, waved goodbye, turned around and went home with Su Yu.

On the way, Su Yu saw the dimples on her aunt's face from time to time, and she joked with a smile: "Su Su looks very happy."

He Susu was not shy at all: "I'm naturally happy to be dating such a handsome guy."

Su Yu nodded: "Indeed, it's like this when you first start dating. You can't help but laugh just thinking about the other person. Your brother and I were like this back then. Since you're attracted to each other, let's just get along well. The most important thing in this relationship is to make yourself happy."

He Susu smiled and responded: "Thank you sister-in-law for your advice, I understand."

When they got home, the door opposite opened. Dabao and Erbao rushed home and kept asking, "How is my aunt? Are we going to have an uncle-in-law?"

He Susu couldn't help pinching one person's ear with one hand: "It's still early, don't think about it."

The two children immediately screamed like ghosts, making He Susu and Su Yu laugh.

Su Yu went into the kitchen to make lunch, while He Susu supervised the two children to drink water. Water is consumed quickly in this weather, so it is even more important to replenish water. Dabao and Erbao never like to drink water. Needless to say, they definitely did not drink water when they went to the house next door in the morning. Since they were being watched by their aunt, they had no choice but to pick up a cup and drink it.

He Lianzhou came back from training with a smile on his face: "I ran into Cheng Shi before I even left the army. He smiled and greeted me as soon as he saw me. He was not cold at all like usual. So was this blind date this morning successful?"

He Susu, the person involved, nodded directly: "Yes, Third Brother, we talked and felt that we were okay, so we decided to date first."

He Lianzhou was happy to hear this: "That's great. Little sister, let me tell you, Third Brother is very good at judging people. Cheng Shi is definitely the right person."

Su Yu brought out the cooked dishes and said, "Okay, I know you have a good impression of Cheng Shi and I have praised him several times."

She suggested, "Since Cheng Shi is dating my younger sister now, and he saved Erbao last time, why don't we invite him to our house for dinner when you two are both on break."

He Lianzhou nodded: "I think it's okay. I'll tell Cheng when I meet him later."

Su Yu thought for a moment and said, "It's better to wait until we come back from the county town in a few days. Then we can buy some meat and vegetables to treat him."

He Lianzhou naturally agreed: "Okay."

While the two of them were talking, He Susu ate her meal in silence.

He Lianzhou was obviously very happy. If he hadn't had the habit of drinking and had to go to the army for training in the afternoon, he would have poured himself a few glasses of wine. Usually, he would rush back to his room to rest after dinner, but now he specially boiled a pot of water to make tea, calling it a celebration.

He Susu thought for a moment and said, "Oh, Third Brother, I want to tell you something. Don't tell my family that I'm dating someone. I'll write a letter to tell my parents about it later."

He Lianzhou just thought that his younger sister wanted to wait until the relationship was stable before talking about it. It would be best if his younger sister said it herself. He nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. Don't worry."

He Susu was also in a good mood. She wanted to laugh when she thought of Cheng Shi's serious introduction of his situation in the morning. As she laughed, she thought of his handsome face. The most likable thing about him was undoubtedly his cold eyes filled with smiles when he looked at her, and his voice was clear and gentle.

As she was thinking, she fell asleep, and when she woke up, she felt much calmer.

After dinner in the evening, Su Yu washed the dishes and collected some garbage in the kitchen. She was about to take it down to throw it away, but after thinking about it, she decided to go to the balcony to collect the clothes first.

She looked down inadvertently and saw a familiar figure, holding a pile of clothes and walking towards He Susu: "Aunt, come to the balcony and take a look. Cheng Shi seems to be downstairs."

As she spoke, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. It was different when they just started dating. She couldn't help but wait downstairs after just being apart for a long time without even calling anyone.

He Susu heard this and went to the balcony to look down. It was indeed Cheng Shi. He was wearing the same olive green military uniform as in the morning, with his back straight. He looked at the staircase downstairs and wondered what he was thinking.

She thought for a moment and said to Su Yu, "Third sister-in-law, I'll go downstairs to take out the trash tonight."

Su Yu smiled and agreed.

After He Susu left, He Lianzhou came out of the children's room and saw that his younger sister's room was empty and there was no one in the living room. He asked his wife who had just come out of the room, "Where is my younger sister? Why can't I see her?"

Su Yu only said: "She went downstairs to throw away the garbage, and probably took a walk at the same time."

He Lianzhou muttered, "It's strange. I usually don't like to go downstairs. It would be good to walk around more often."

Cheng Shi was standing downstairs. He didn't know why he had come here after eating in the cafeteria after training. He looked up at the building, only the clothes drying on the empty balcony swaying in the wind. Looking up again, it was a dark blue night that was almost dark.

There was no one he wanted to see.

Cheng Shi didn't think of going upstairs to call for help. It was inappropriate to visit someone rashly, and it was also inappropriate to ask someone out so late at night. He just wanted to stand there for a while, and then go back to the dormitory when his emotions calmed down.

"Cheng Shi!"

Suddenly hearing that familiar, gentle and soft voice, Cheng Shi looked up and saw the person he wanted to see, and his emotions were stirred again. He subconsciously bent his eyebrows and asked, "Why did you come down?"

He Susu smiled and exposed him directly: "I don't know who was standing downstairs in my house. My sister-in-law saw it and told me, so I came down."

Cheng Shi was a little embarrassed: "I came here unconsciously."

He Susu was in a good mood after hearing this and called him, "Let's go, I'm going to take out the trash, let's take a walk together."

Cheng Shi naturally cherished this opportunity to spend time together, and reached out to take the trash from He Susu's hand: "Let me take it."

He Susu handed it to him and walked towards the garbage disposal direction.

Under the dim light and in the cool evening breeze, the two walked slowly.

He Susu said, "By the way, I don't know if my brother has told you that he will invite you to my house for dinner in three days. We have always wanted to thank you for saving Erbao last time, and now that we have this relationship, why don't we just have a meal together."

Cheng Shi nodded: "Your brother told me, and I agreed."

He didn't know how to address He Lianzhou for a moment. They were the same age and he used to call him by his name. But now that he was in a relationship with his sister, it felt a bit weird to call him brother. So he could only follow what He Susu said.

He Susu smiled and said, "We are going to the county town to buy things the day after tomorrow. My sister-in-law said that if we invite you the day after tomorrow, we can serve you some fresh pork and fish, and a richer menu."

"Don't be so polite, I can do anything." Cheng Shi said quickly.

He said apologetically, "I happen to have an important training the day after tomorrow, so I can't take a rest and can't accompany you to the county town to watch movies and buy things."

Cheng Shi went back and asked his friends who had a partner how to get along with their partner. His friends said it was nothing more than watching movies together, treating each other to meals, and shopping for things.

I feel a little regretful that Susu and I have just confirmed our relationship but I cannot accompany her to the county town for fun.

He took out some money from his pocket and said, "Take these and buy whatever you want in the county town."

He Susu shook her head and said, "No, just keep it for now. Next time we go shopping together, you can buy me whatever I want. That way it will be more fun."

It is said that being willing to spend money and tickets is the attitude of a good partner. He Susu was very satisfied with Cheng Shi's behavior, although she didn't have anything to buy for the time being.

Seeing He Susu's insistence, Cheng Shi had no choice but to agree: "Okay, then wait for me to rest, and then I'll accompany you to go shopping in the county town."

He then asked, "What did you do in the afternoon? Were you busy writing articles?"

He Susu shook her head: "I just need to write 5,000 words within the time limit set by the magazine and mail it over. I just finished it two days ago, so I can take a break recently."

"I took a long nap in the afternoon. When I woke up, I made some tea and played with my eldest and second child for a while, and the time passed."

For some reason, she really wanted to talk to Cheng Shi.

Listening to the soft voice of his partner drifting in the evening breeze, he seemed to be able to imagine her confusion and annoyance when she woke up from a nap at home and found that she had slept a little too long. A smile appeared in Cheng Shi's eyes and the corners of his mouth curled up again and again.

He said sincerely, "That's good. It's great that you can write a 5,000-word article within the required time. What's rare is that you persist in writing it. I always have a headache when I write a report."

Even though he was often asked to write reports when he was in military school and had to write no less after joining the army, Cheng Shi still hated writing reports. Every time he had to take three deep breaths before starting, and submit them on time.

Rather than writing reports, he prefers to sweat on the training ground, beat his opponents in competitions, and complete the tasks as perfectly as possible.

He Susu laughed inexplicably: "I didn't expect you to be troubled by writing a report. I thought you knew everything."

Cheng Shi couldn't help but laugh when he was praised: "Not as great as you think."

The two of them chatted casually, and the atmosphere was very relaxed.

Occasionally, we walked close to each other, shoulder to shoulder, and felt each other's heat through the thin clothes, then quickly separated. I don't know how long it was before we touched each other again, and then separated again.

Cheng Shi clenched his left hand tightly, resisting the urge to hold Susu's hand. It was only the first day of their relationship, and the casual touch of her shoulder made his heart beat fast. He was afraid that holding Susu's hand would be presumptuous.

He Susu also enjoyed the ambiguity under the night sky. The unique atmosphere lingered between her and Cheng Shi, making her heart beat faster.

This feeling is very similar to the joy I felt when I secretly read storybooks in the past. It is very unique.

The two walked all the way to the garbage disposal area to throw away the garbage, and then walked back. When passing by the downstairs of their home, no one mentioned the separation, and they could not help but walk around again.

Then the family area was so small, and they walked back to the downstairs of the He family. Cheng Shi knew that it was not appropriate to take a female comrade for a walk downstairs at night, so he reluctantly said, "It's getting late, you should go back and rest early."

"Okay, I'll go back first." He Susu looked at Cheng Shi, "Come and take a walk with me when you have time. I quite like it."

After saying that, without waiting for the other party to respond, he turned around and went up the stairs.

After Cheng Shi realized what was happening, he couldn't help but laugh out loud. His eyes followed He Susu's back to the stairs until she could no longer be seen.

His eyes moved up the stairs one floor at a time until the dim figure appeared in the corridor on the third floor, then he turned back to the dormitory.

On the third floor of the He family, Su Yu saw her aunt and joked, "Su Su is back. Did you enjoy your walk?"

He Susu was not afraid of jokes, and nodded in acknowledgement: "I am happy. This is the first time I think it is nice to have someone to accompany me for a walk at night."

Su Yu laughed and shook her head: "I don't know who it is. I asked him to go for a walk with me in the evening, but he didn't go."

He Susu said bluntly: "I just thought that my brother is busy during the day, so I asked him to spend more time with you at night."

Sometimes when her sister-in-law asked her to go for a walk but she declined, her third brother would immediately say that he would accompany her downstairs for a walk. The couple would usually walk for half an hour before coming back.

The eldest and second child were tired from playing downstairs in the afternoon and would not follow, so the couple had a rare opportunity to be alone.

When He Lianzhou saw his younger sister coming back, he felt that Cheng Shi was quite sensible and did not keep his younger sister too late.

He Susu chatted with her brother and sister-in-law for a while, then went back to her room, got some clothes and went to take a shower. She was the only one left at home who hadn't taken a shower.

After taking a shower, she washed clothes and took them to the balcony to dry before going back to her room to rest.

Lying on the bed and browsing the shopping system, He Susu was satisfied to see that the diligence value column had increased by 1 point, and then she started to browse various products.

This time, she didn’t see any discounted products, and He Susu wasn’t interested in anything else, so she simply turned off the screen, closed her eyes, and went to sleep.

Maybe it was because she consumed some energy from taking a walk at night, but she fell asleep quickly and had a good sleep all night.

Time passed quickly, and it was time to go to the county town again.

After breakfast, they sent Dabao and Erbao to the house opposite as usual. He Susu and Su Yu each carried a backpack and set off.

Before leaving, He Susu asked, "Sister-in-law, we buy pork every time we go to the county town after we come here. Do we have enough meat coupons?"

Unfortunately, when she got here, she hadn't found a suitable excuse to get the meat back from the shopping system.

Su Yu smiled and said, "I was worried about this, too. Mrs. Zhang downstairs is a know-it-all. She secretly introduced me to someone from the county slaughterhouse. If I want to buy meat, I can go directly to him. No meat coupons are required, but he will charge me an extra 20 cents per pound of pork. It's a lot more convenient."

Mrs. Zhang is Zhang Qinfang.

If you have connections at the slaughterhouse, they can help you keep some pork. If you don't need meat tickets, then it's naturally the other party's connections, and you can only make an extra two cents per pound.

Many sisters-in-law in the family compound who no longer had meat coupons liked to ask him to buy them. After all, their husbands had a lot of allowances and their training was hard, so those who were willing to spend were happy to add some money to the family.

He Susu nodded in understanding: "That's good. It doesn't matter if it's a little expensive, as long as I can buy pork."

Su Yu thought so too.

The aunt and sister-in-law waited at the boarding point. When they met a sister-in-law they knew, they greeted her with a smile, and soon the car came and they got on.

When they arrived at the county town, He Susu did not rush to leave alone. Instead, she accompanied her sister-in-law to the grocery store to buy things.

Thinking about entertaining Cheng Shi, Su Yu also bought a lot of things because she thought that the family’s ten-day food supply should not be underestimated.

Two pounds of eggs, a handful of peppers, two Anhui fish, a handful of pickled mustard greens, two pieces of tofu, half a chicken, a loofah, and an eggplant.

Save the pork and find someone to buy it from the slaughterhouse.

After filling up a backpack with scattered things, Su Yu said as they walked out of the grocery store, "Susu, go buy whatever you want to buy first. I can go to that place and the supply and marketing cooperative by myself."

He Susu: "I'll carry the things in this backpack. I'll give you the empty backpack so you can put more things in it later."

Even if these things couldn't fit into the storage compartment, she felt embarrassed to let her sister-in-law carry so many things.

Su Yu shook her head: "No, I still have packages to carry things, and it won't take much effort to walk such a short distance. After buying the things, I will wait for you at the supply and marketing cooperative to help carry them. They are not heavy."

He Susu had no choice but to let her do as she pleased and went to other places in the county town at ease.

She actually just wanted to find an excuse and time to bring the electric fan back. She walked for a while and then went into a department store, wandering around in boredom.

Passing by the clothing counter, He Susu slowed down and looked at it. There were fewer styles of ready-made clothes sold here than in her hometown. There were no braids, which were the most popular these days, and there were more clothes made of nylon.

A lesbian wearing a red plaid smock complained: "I've been here so many times, but why are there no new styles of smocks every time? My friend can buy one in the next county."

The salesperson said nonchalantly, "If they have it in the next county, go buy it there. We don't have it here anyway."

"You!" The female comrade was so angry that she couldn't help but glare, but the salespersons these days were too arrogant and didn't care at all, so she left in anger.

He Susu shook her head helplessly after reading it. Fortunately, she had enough clothes to wear, and if she wanted to buy more, she could directly redeem them in the shopping system without having to endure this anger.

After shopping around, she finally just bought some stationery and envelopes and walked out of the department store.

The salesman selling hardware supplies at the corner of the door was bored. When he saw He Susu come in and just buy an envelope and writing paper and leave, he curled his lips in disdain.

He Susu didn't care what others thought. She walked out of the department store, found an empty alley, went in, and moved out the electric fan she had exchanged in advance.

The electric fan is very large. The base and the pole are placed in the backpack together, and the fan head is exposed outside, which is particularly conspicuous.

There was no other way. The fan head was too big to fit into the backpack. She decided to wrap it up later.

Then he put two kilograms of apples and one kilogram of oranges, which he had also exchanged in advance, into the backpack.

He Susu called up the shopping system screen again and searched for chrysanthemums. Drinking chrysanthemum water in summer can clear away heat and detoxify, clear the liver and improve eyesight. The sweet taste is always better than tasteless water.

She used one point of diligence to exchange for a pound of chrysanthemums, and gave half of them to Cheng Shi to make tea with, which could also soothe his throat from yelling all day long while leading soldiers in training.

Although half a pound of chrysanthemum is not a large amount, it can be soaked in water and drunk for a long time.

He Susu put a pound of chrysanthemums wrapped in oil paper into the backpack. She took out the package and spread it flat on the backpack, just covering the head of the electric fan.

Although I can vaguely see some shape, it is difficult to guess what it is at the moment.

He Susu walked back to the supply and marketing cooperative with the basket on her back, feeling satisfied.

Su Yu saw that everything was bought and she was waiting at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative. When she saw He Susu coming back, she saw that the basket was tightly covered and had a strange shape, so she couldn't help asking, "Susu, what did you buy?"

He Susu lowered her voice and said, "Sister-in-law, I'll tell you when I get home."

Su Yu understood that this matter was not simple and nodded in agreement.

The aunt and sister-in-law waited for the car quickly, got in and found a seat to sit down.

When the other military wives saw the strange shape on the backpack, they couldn't help but ask what they had bought, but He Susu answered them carelessly.

After getting off the bus at the family quarters, they went straight home.

After the door was closed, He Susu opened the package covering the bamboo basket and took out a large electric fan: "Sister-in-law, I bought an electric fan."