Chapter 29

Lin Yao was tossed and turned by someone until midnight, and she fell asleep only at two or three o'clock.

After the commotion last night, Lin Yao could not get up the next day.

At 5:30 in the morning, Gu Shian got up to run as usual. He was used to doing morning exercises in the army for many years. He would run two laps around the alley every day, one lap was two kilometers, and two laps were four kilometers. He ran without getting red in the face or out of breath, and he could even carry a metal bucket to fetch water when he came back.

Lin Yao was soft all over, and she couldn't get up even if she wanted to, so she just hugged the small quilt to sleep.

——Anyway, she always stayed in bed, and everyone in the family was used to it.

Gu Shian also knew that she was very tired yesterday, so she took a simple shower after running in the morning, and Gu Shidong went to the cafeteria to get food.

The food in the commune cafeteria is getting worse day by day. Yesterday we had dry rice, but today we had salted vegetables and vegetable porridge so thin that you could see your reflection in it.

Dongzi was so angry that he jumped up and down, "Mom, look at what kind of rice this is. You just pee after drinking it. How can you work if you can't even eat enough?"

Gu Chunmei slapped her brother, "You little brat, don't talk if you can't talk."

Gu Shidong ran away, covering his head, muttering in his heart that his sister was a tigress.

Zhang Cuilan looked at the black wild vegetable porridge. She had lived through hard times and had eaten this kind of wild vegetable porridge since she was a child. It tasted bitter and astringent. In the past, the poorest families in the village couldn't afford fine grains, so they drank wild vegetable soup to fill their stomachs.

Gu Mancang sighed and took out a piece of money and a few grain coupons from his pocket. "Eating is important. We can't skip breakfast. The state-owned hotel on the street supplies wontons. Dongzi, go buy some wontons." Gu

Shidong's eyes lit up. Hey, wontons? The wontons in the state-owned hotel have big fillings and thin skins. The thin skin is filled with delicious fillings. He can eat a big bowl in one bite.

Zhang Cuilan frowned, "What the hell are you eating? We still have half a bag of cornmeal at home. Chunmei will cook a pot of corn paste and cut some pickled cucumbers. It will be breakfast."

Gu Chunmei said "Hey", rolled up her sleeves, moved some dry firewood and cooked. The county city started burning beehive coal in October when it got cold, and it lasted for more than half a year. The rest of the time, they mostly burned broken wood bought from the lumberyard.

Zhang Cuilan took Gu Mancang back to the house. The old couple had both been hungry before, and they never wanted to experience the feeling of being hungry again in their lives. Now the situation was not good, and the old couple discussed going out to buy some rice, flour and coarse grains to store at home.

Gu Mancang was a bit naive, but he had a long-term vision. He pondered for a moment and felt that it was not safe to store food in the compound. It would be better to hide the food in the cellar of his hometown.

White smoke came out of the chimney in Gu's kitchen, and Lin Yao finally opened her eyes. Half of the jasmine flowers bought yesterday were dried to drink tea, and the other half were kept in a shallow vase. The quiet east room was full of jasmine fragrance.

She fluttered around like a moth for a long time and couldn't get up. Her waist and legs were so sore that she lifted up her nightgown to take a look. Her delicate white skin was covered with red marks left by someone's big hands.

Lin Yao touched her lightly, and her pretty face wrinkled in pain.

You bastard, don't you know how to be gentle!

She was so angry that she hit Gu Shian on the pillow, intending to teach this guy a lesson.

So, when Deputy Director Gu came to call Lin Yao for breakfast, the little girl deliberately curled up in the quilt and couldn't get up.

Gu Shian thought Lin Yao was too tired to wake up, so he wanted to go over and wake the little girl up gently, but as soon as he went over, he noticed the white feet moving in the quilt. He smiled and said nothing.

Lin Yao closed her eyes and waited for a long time but no one showed up. She quietly raised her eyelashes and glanced outside. Well, he was sitting at the table reading a book. When he saw her looking at him, he acted as if nothing had happened. He raised his eyebrows calmly, "Awake?"

Lin Yao: "!"

Bastard, take my slap!

Lin Yao's face turned red with anger. She rushed over to give Gu Shian a lesson, but she had thin arms and legs. After a few tries, she was pressed into Gu Shian's arms and couldn't move.

Even so, she was still shouting that she wanted to teach someone a lesson.

Gu Shian chuckled, and the voice from his Adam's apple was low and pleasant: "Yaoyao want to teach me a lesson?"

Lin Yao's pair of almond-shaped eyes, as bright as water, glared at him softly, "Yes!"

Let you always bully me!

After saying that, she struggled hard a few times. She was as weak as a chicken, and it was like playing in front of Gu Shian.

Although she couldn't break free, she must not lose on the surface!

Lin Yao continued to frown at the dog man.

Gu Shian's dark eyes smiled even more, and he said gently, "Yaoyao wants to teach me a lesson, I have a good way?"

Lin Yao looked at him stupidly, "What method?"

Gu Shian whispered a few words, and Lin Yao was shy and wanted to spit a few times, but her tender lips were captured by someone.

"………"

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Outside, the sun was blazing, and there was no cloud in the sky. The people on the street were sweating profusely.

Gu Shidong was chewing on the popsicles bought by his elder brother, squatting in the yard to study how bamboo grows.

Lin Yao failed to seek revenge but was eaten instead. She was furious and hid in the house for most of the day. It was not until Deputy Director Gu came up to her and let her bite and beat him, and bought her favorite fried dumplings for breakfast that she reluctantly forgave someone.

Although she forgave, as soon as Lin Yao went out to wash up, the brat Dongzi jumped over like he was looking at a monkey, staring at her mouth and yelled, "Sister-

in-law, what's wrong with your mouth? Why is it so red? Did you get bitten by a mosquito last night?" Lin Yao choked, pinched Gu Shi'an's waist without any hesitation, and then took it back as if nothing had happened.

She nodded vaguely with a guilty conscience.

Gu Shidong sighed, "This is the bad thing about summer. There are too many mosquitoes."

The brat wanted to discuss it with his sister-in-law, but was dragged by Gu Shi'an to fetch water.

"Brother, I'm talking to my sister-in-law, why are you pulling me!"

"There's no water in the jar."

"Who said that? There's clearly more than half a jar!"

"You're seeing things."

"You do."

"I don't!"

"You do."

"………"

The two brothers kept beating around the bush, like they were talking in a rhyme, and finally Gu Shidong was confused, "Am I dazzled?"

Seeing the silly look of the brat, Lin Yao slowly went to the house to eat fried dumplings.

She hadn't had breakfast yet, no, it was past ten o'clock now, it should be brunch.

The fried dumplings in Yunshui County tasted good, golden in color, crispy and delicious. The skin was not broken at all, and Lin Yao ate them one by one with great relish.

Gu Shidong came back from fetching water and naggled to her like an old man, "Sister-in-law, you got up late and didn't see what the commune canteen cooked! Guess, Wowotou? No, buckwheat flour cakes, if it was this, it would be good, so you didn't come out, you ate wild vegetable porridge! The wild vegetable porridge was so disgusting, I couldn't swallow a bite, it was too disgusting!"

Lin Yao didn't expect that the food in the commune canteen was consumed so quickly in just a few days.

In fact, it makes sense if you think about it. There are about 100 people in the Second Commune. They eat three meals a day. How much food do they eat in a day? Now there is no government food supply like before.

The government has no food.

Lin Yao asked what the family had for breakfast.

Gu Shidong held his cheek and said listlessly, "It's just corn paste. What else can you eat?"

Seeing the brat like this, Lin Yao's mood also became depressed. She held the chopsticks and looked at the fried dumplings in the lunch box and couldn't eat it.

"Are you hungry, Dongzi?"

Gu Shidong touched his stomach. He was very hungry. He loved to run and jump. He didn't eat enough in the morning, so

Lin Yao gave him the fried dumplings in the lunch box.

Gu Shidong's eyes lit up, and then he shook his head, "Sister-in-law, you eat, I'll just drink corn paste."

Oh, the little boy is so sensible, Lin Yao was moved to tears.

In the end, the lunch box of fried dumplings still entered the little boy's dirty temple.

Lin Yao suddenly remembered that she had to go to get the marriage certificate in the afternoon, so she couldn't eat too much, otherwise her belly would bulge out and it would not look good.

Besides, she hadn't taken a shower yet. Getting the marriage certificate is only once in a lifetime, so she had to look beautiful.

Lin Yao quickly called Gu Shian to boil some hot water for her, and she lay on the wooden bed like a boneless person to slack off.

——She was full and sleepy, so she took a nap for a while before taking a shower.

Gu Shidong was used to his sister-in-law being so coquettish and lazy. He ate the dumplings in the lunch box, went to the kitchen to wash the lunch box, and helped his elder brother to boil water.

It turned out that his sister-in-law and elder brother got the marriage certificate today. Hehe, how great!

The Gu brothers were busy running around. In less than half an hour, Lin Yao took a bath. She took a slow bath and came out only after Zhang Xiulan got off work.

Zhang Cuilan was so happy to learn from her old son that her son had obtained the marriage certificate. Seeing Lin Yao's little face flushed by the hot steam from the bathhouse, she took her hand and smiled happily, "Yaoyao, getting a marriage certificate is a big event in a girl's life. You have to dress up nicely. The daughter of the wealthy Wu family in the county wore a suit when she got her marriage certificate. She looked very fashionable. Wear your red dress, which is bright and suits you best."

Lin Yao nodded with a smile and shouted smartly, "I know, Mom."

Oh, the mother's call was so sweet that Zhang Cuilan was so happy that she smiled until the evening.

Mr. Wu was the richest man in Yunshui County in the old society. All the money houses, restaurants, rice shops, cloth shops, etc. in the county were his properties. After liberation, Mr. Wu donated all his properties to the country without compensation.

In order to take care of him, the government left two shops to Mr. Wu. Now they are public-private partnerships. Mr. Wu gets dividends every year and lives a very good life.

Last year, his only daughter got married and wore a fashionable dress from abroad, which caused quite a stir in the county.

Lin Yao followed the local customs, braided two pigtails, and wore a red dress. Her waist was so slender that she could be held in one hand, her skin was as white as jade, her eyebrows were bright, and she was incredibly beautiful.

Gu Shian usually wears either military uniform or police uniform. Today, he was not wearing police uniform. He changed into a white shirt and black pants, which made him look slender and handsome.

The wealthy aunt heard that the couple was going to get a marriage certificate and came to congratulate them.

Zhang Cuilan and Gu Mancang watched their son and daughter-in-law leave with a smile.

The couple rode their bicycles to the county people's commune office to register their marriage. Meanwhile, Lin Hongna was dreaming at home.