Su Ruo's heart felt soft and full.

All the panic, confusion, and other messy emotions today were settled because of his words, because he was now by her side.

She looked up at him and suddenly chuckled, then said in a low voice, "Do you remember that you told me before that you could be my elder? Now that you are like this, you really make me feel a little bit like an elder... Hey, I will call you Uncle Han from now on, okay?"

When he said those words to her before, she just regarded them as sweet words to coax her.

But now she felt that he might care about her more than he did Guoguo.

Han Zecheng put his hand on her face, feeling a little strange, but he stroked her eyebrows and said, "You can do whatever you want in private. I'm tired today, so go to bed early."

Su Ruo said "hmm".

After they fell asleep, she snuggled into his arms and asked him, "Why don't you ask me why I said I felt a little bit like an elder?"

He hugged her with one hand, stroked her back slowly, and said, "In my eyes, sometimes you are like a child."

Su Ruo frowned and said, "Then do you feel tired?"

This kind of words sounds touching, but this shouldn't be a normal relationship between husband and wife, right?

She whispered, "You've worked very hard in the army, and you still have to take care of me, take care of Guoguo, worry about us, and work so hard. Aren't you tired?"

"Won't."

He pressed her and said, "Don't think too much. These things are easy for me."

Seeing that she was still frowning, he said, "As long as you have me in your heart, I won't be tired... and you have done very well. You are already a very good wife, much better than what I want."

Su Ruo was deeply moved and filled with love for him.

She climbed up, half lying on him, leaning forward with her elbows, and kissed him, whispering, "You are all in my heart."

It's so full it's about to overflow.

But then I asked him again, "Well, what did you originally want?"

Han Zecheng pressed her into his arms and said, "Didn't I tell you before?"

"Tell me more about it."

Su Ruo said coquettishly, "Let me see if there is anything I haven't done enough."

Han Zecheng took a deep breath and thought for a while. Just when Su Ruo thought he was still unwilling to answer, he said, "Before I met you, I thought that if I were to get married, the partner should be rational. The two of us should treat each other with respect and understand each other's careers."

Anyway, just don't cause trouble.

Oh, Su Ruo remembers.

He had said this before when he explained his engagement with Zhou Nianxue to her.

Just when she was wondering if she had met this standard, she heard him say, "After marrying you..."

Su Ru's attention was drawn to him, but after he said this half of the sentence, he refused to say the rest.

Su Ruo waited for a long time but he still didn't say anything, so she leaned forward and asked him, "What will happen after you marry me?"

He looked at her, his eyes darkening.

After marrying her, he only wanted her to be close to him, to be like a normal woman who would make all kinds of demands on her husband, to act coquettishly with him... and to have him in her heart.

He didn't answer her directly, but only said: "You have done it all, more than I wanted."

"What is it?"

He refused to say it, but she became more and more itchy and kept nagging him to tell her.

He finally couldn't resist her, so he pushed her back and kissed her lips for a while. When both of them were a little out of breath and their heartbeats were unstable, he whispered in her ear in a low and hoarse voice that made her blush and heartbeat: "After marrying you, I just want you to have only me in your heart and eyes, to kiss me actively, to want me to love you, to want me to want you, and when I want you, you will enjoy and be satisfied as much as I do."

Su Ruo:......

Her heart was pounding and she felt like her whole body was burning.

I originally wanted to hear serious words, why did I end up hearing a bunch of sweet talk?

Her hands tickled him softly, wanting to leave his embrace but not wanting to.

He lowered his eyes to see her helpless, shy and sweet expression, and his heart was filled with joy. He turned around and pressed down on her to kiss her gently. It was a very gentle and long kiss, almost like a hug, but with more desire for each other than a hug.

But after the kiss, he didn't go any deeper.

Just hugging each other, caressing her slowly and listening to each other's heartbeats.

It was unknown how long it had been, but Su Ruo suddenly seemed to have thought of something, and whispered to him, "Hey, don't listen to that woman Su Jia. Yuan Chengyang and I...are not like what she said."

Han Zecheng was stunned.

Of course he didn't believe Su Jia's words.

But he wouldn't mind if she told him about it in person.

She slowly said, "Brother Cheng Yang and I were just like brother and sister when we were little, but when I was fifteen, the Yuan family had already moved to the provincial capital, and the engagement was something that happened later, so there was actually no love between men and women at all... Well, I agreed to the engagement at that time mainly because of Aunt Shu. To me, Aunt Shu was like my mother at that time, and the Yuan family was a place where I felt more comfortable and relaxed than my own home, and it was more like a home than my own home."

"At that time, I didn't believe in love... I heard people say more than once how much my father loved my mother. Well, at that time, I felt that getting married was a terrible thing, because if you marry a man and you die accidentally, then the man you marry and the home you carefully arranged will become another woman's. Your child will live under the control of another woman, and her fate may be completely determined by another woman's whim... It's scary to think about it."

"At that time, marrying Brother Cheng Yang and having Aunt Shu around was probably the most acceptable life I could have seen at the time. At least if I had a child in the future and I died, even if Brother Cheng Yang remarried, I think with Aunt Shu around, even if Brother Cheng Yang fell in love with another woman, Aunt Shu would definitely not let others hurt my child."

Is that so?

Han Zecheng originally just wanted to hear her say in person that she had no romantic feelings for Yuan Chengyang.

But I didn't expect to hear her say this.

He felt a dull pain in his heart and wanted to tell her, don't worry, he would never want any other woman except her in this life.

But it feels unlucky.

I also want to say, don’t think too much, you will be fine.

But inexplicably, he thought of Su Jia's words "one corpse, two lives", and his heart became even more blocked.

Han Zecheng did not touch Su Ruo that night.

Su Ruo was a little surprised.

Because ever since they understood each other's feelings and it happened for the first time, it seemed that he had never tried not to touch her during the nights they were together.

Of course, the two of them were rarely together.

But so many things happened during the day and she was very tired, so although it was a little strange, she soon fell asleep in his arms.

******

The family didn't go out again the next day.

Because it was rare for He Zongxi to come back, and it was rare for Han Zecheng and He Zongxi to get together, so the next day the family just chatted downstairs to kill time.

Han Zecheng was talking to He Zongxi, Guoguo was playing by herself, and Su Ruo was talking to Aunt He.

Han Zecheng was asking He Zongxi about his business.

Originally, he was not very interested in his business affairs, but because of Su Jia's words, he asked a few more questions.

Coincidentally, the farm that He Zongxi went to renovate was the same farm where Han Qinqin was sent down.

The land over there

The land is barren and food production is very low.

Inside and near the farm, there is a large area of ​​dry and saline wasteland that is not suitable for growing crops.

The He family used to run the largest cotton company and textile factory in S Province. He Zongxi was influenced by the family since he was a child and is very familiar with every link of this industry, from cotton planting to harvesting, to weaving cotton and cloth, to textile industry and dyeing industry.

He thought it would be better to plant cotton instead of leaving the large tracts of wasteland on the farm empty.

He has been able to interact with people and make friends since he was young...otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to become friends with Han Zecheng, who is such a taciturn person.

Lin Yumin was a kind-hearted man and the two had a good relationship. He persuaded Lin Yumin, and the two of them worked together to plant cotton on part of the farm's wasteland. Lin Yumin's father is a farm owner, so the procedures are naturally not a problem.

Of course, there was no contract responsibility system at that time, so the cotton harvest naturally belonged to the farm.

But He Zongxi is not doing this for money.

He just wanted to find something to do, which was better than digging the ground every day. He could also review the family business. Who knew what the future would be like?

Last year, the farm only tried a small amount of wasteland and the harvest was good.

The farm has tasted the sweetness and plans to plant hundreds of acres of wasteland this year.

However, He Zongxi felt that the seeds produced by the farm were not good, and ordinary seeds were not suitable for saline-alkali land, so he came back to the provincial capital this time to see if he could get some good seeds.

Han Zecheng thought for a moment and said, "I'll ask someone to go to the Agriculture Bureau and ask for you."

He Zongxi was stunned and said, "That's fine."

He didn't want to go to the Agricultural Bureau. He originally wanted to find the old farmers who used to grow cotton for his family. Those people had experience and might have good seeds.

But if you want large quantities of high-quality seeds, it is definitely most convenient to buy them from the Agricultural Bureau.

He then asked him about the cotton sales.

Han Zecheng knew that the He family did not just sell cotton back then. They just complained that the cotton was not enough or of good quality.

As expected, He Zongxi said, "Last year's cotton was sold directly, and we didn't make much money."

Of course, it is extra income for the farm.

He said, "I plan to get some spinning machines this year and spin yarn myself. This way I can earn more money and help many women comrades earn some work points, so they don't have to work hard in the fields."

Time passed quickly and it was time for lunch.

Aunt Zhang brought a large pot of stewed mutton and said something to He Zongxi when she saw him. "Zongxi, don't just focus on farming all day. Planting cotton, can cotton accompany you for the rest of your life?"

"If you were to ask me, when you were in school with Deputy Captain Han, you were always surrounded by girls, but Deputy Captain Han had no one around him. But look at you, you are already in your thirties and still have no partner, which makes your mother and I worry so much. But Deputy Captain Han not only married such a good wife, but his son is already so grown up."

He Zongxi was overwhelmed.

He scratched his head and said, "Zhang Ma, please forgive me. Don't you see my background? How can I compare with Ze Cheng? When girls choose a partner, which one doesn't choose the family background?"

"Don't fool me!"

Aunt Zhang spat at him and said, "Before, people said that you had a bad background and it was hard for you to find a wife, but now you have made great contributions to your farm and become the deputy director of the cotton mill. Isn't this enough for you to find a good partner?"

"Don't compare yourself to Deputy Head Han. Someone like Miss Ruoruo is hard to come by. If you look for someone like her according to these conditions, you will be single for the rest of your life. Can't you just find an educated youth who knows how to live and is well-educated?"

He Zongxi: ...

He is really no match for Han Zecheng.

It was the first time he met Su Ruo, so why did he find someone based on these conditions?

Aunt Zhang, this is just because you have a rich imagination, okay?

"vomit."

Just when He Zongxi was confused by Zhang Ma's nagging, Su Ruo, who was sitting next to Han Zecheng, covered his mouth and rescued him.