Chapter 404 Don't Wait for Me

Zhang Yaowen, dressed in casual clothes, stood as straight as a pine or cypress. His persistence in staying where he is was a sign of his perseverance.

Lin Yiyi hid behind a telephone pole and watched the show.

Compared with the verbal gossip of my cousin's wife, the live version is more exciting and makes all the curious cells in my body stir.

She involuntarily moved her feet forward a little, and her ears tilted forward.

"I'm almost 30, how long are I going to put off the most important event in my life?"

"If you don't marry the blind date your father arranged for you, who do you want to marry? Which widow? I won't care about this no matter what, so get out of here right now."

As soon as he finished speaking, another old book was thrown at him.

Uncle Zhang turned and walked into the yard, closing the door with a bang.

Zhang Yaowen didn't get any help, so he was worried and had to make other plans. A burst of laughter broke the atmosphere.

Looking in the direction of the laughter and seeing that it was Lin Yiyi, Zhang Yaowen frowned, "Why are you eavesdropping here?"

"Who's eavesdropping?" Lin Yiyi denied it, moving the other half of her body out from behind the electric pole. "It's a street corner, so people passing by will naturally bump into you. Who can overhear you talking at home?"

He couldn't win the argument with her, and he wasn't so petty as to argue with a female comrade. Zhang Yaowen brushed off the dust on his body and said, "It's been so long since we last met. How are you doing, Comrade Lin?"

"As gray as you." Lin Yiyi told a humorous joke with a smile.

Zhang Yaowen opened his mouth but didn't ask. He sighed and said, "Does everyone have to get married?"

Lin Yiyi took over the recliner from Uncle Zhang and said with a smile, "Not getting married is against the law, family law, social customs and public opinion law."

"Forget it. I'm leaving." Zhang Yaowen looked at her unhappily, his eyes rolling around and no one knew what he was up to.

He was confused when he asked her about this.

Lin Yiyi put the books, newspapers and scrap plastic that had fallen on the ground back into the corner of the piled-up waste, and called out to "Uncle Zhang" into the yard. The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, so they started chatting more.

This time, Lin Yiyi did not borrow any miscellaneous books. She chatted with her old book friends for a while and then went to Yaer Hutong.

He arrived at the gate according to the house number on the deed, looked around to make sure that no one was passing by in the alley, and then dug out a key from the gap in the red bricks at the bottom right corner of the gate.

When she opened the gate, she saw an empty courtyard with a lot of weeds growing on it. The structure of the house was similar to the one she lived in now, but it was a little older.

Lack of popularity.

The sun was shining brightly in the sky and a gust of wind blew from behind. Lin Yiyi shivered and walked out without entering the house.

She didn't even go down to the cellar to check, but just locked the gate and took the key away.

After a busy period, he returned to Lihua Lane and spent a few more days studying hard without sleep or food.

It was almost the end of the month before she remembered what she had forgotten.

Lin Yiyi took out the grain and oil book that Zhao Sheng gave her and pushed her bicycle to the grain station.

After waiting in line for a while, I bought all the monthly rations of grain and oil in the two grain and oil books. The grain ration for my husband and the twins was a total of 38 kilograms plus 6 taels of soybean oil.

After Zhao Sheng left Ze County, he had no job and could only buy rationed grain for urban residents.

Today, the ratio of coarse grain to fine grain in the 38 kilograms of grain is 9:1, and there are only 3.8 kilograms of fine grain and white flour.

They will wait until the beginning of next month to buy another round of food to get 76 kilograms, which is equivalent to five months' food ration, and let Ma Dongmei take it all away.

Next year, when Zhao Li finishes his last semester, Ginseng’s coarse grain debt will be settled.

Thinking about today's date, Zhao Sheng should have finished reading the third letter she wrote by now. I wonder if he has integrated into the city that is about to take off?

He is so clever, he must learn English very quickly.

Youyou and Mozi should be living a happy life, being able to eat their favorite fruits, seafood and meat every day, without having to plan to eat a little every one or several days like they do here.

Time flies, and another month has passed.

Sometimes when she couldn't sleep at night, Lin Yiyi would think of all the memories from the past, from the excruciating pain to the current numbness and relief.

The tears seemed to have dried up.

She should take a big step forward, walk out alone, pick up the book on the table, and dive into the ocean of learning.

You must rely on hard work to make up for your shortcomings. God rewards hard work to fight for a future for yourself.

Lin Yiyi felt like she was the scholar taking an imperial examination in the picture book, and her cousin's wife was the wife who took care of her daily life.

The rainstorm came suddenly and hit people so suddenly that they were caught off guard.

Southern port city.

The bell house.

In the evening, the sky was filled with rosy clouds and the guests attending the birthday party arrived as scheduled.

The party only invited close friends and some of the branch families in Hong Kong.

The sound of champagne glasses clinking could be heard in the hall, and everyone fell silent.

Mr. Zhong stood on the fourth step of the stairs and raised his glass to the guests in the hall, "Thank you all for coming to my son's birthday party."

"Now let me introduce it to you solemnly." Mr. Zhong smiled at his son at the steps, and when he stood beside him, he spoke again, "I'm sure you will find the person next to me unfamiliar, but you can definitely guess who he is by looking at his appearance.

This is my only son, Zhong Jiasheng, with my beloved wife Ms. Yang Ying. "

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Everyone in the hall had heard the news a long time ago and had been talking about it for several months. Now that they had seen the person in person, they had confirmed that it was true.

It's inevitable that there will be some sympathy. A tiger father will have a dog son, and a dog father will have a tiger son.

Zhong Jiasheng wore a well-tailored black suit with sapphire cufflinks and a robin sapphire brooch in the same color.

The man had a tall and strong body, full of wildness, with slightly long black hair combed back, angular and cold facial features, and under his thick eyebrows that were slanted like a knife were a pair of dark and deep narrow eyes, which looked down at the people below the stairs.

Beneath his unruly and wild strength, he carries an air of nobility that is out of reach, and is surrounded by a layer of frost that makes people afraid to approach easily.

The dusty gems in the northern mountains reveal their true appearance.

They clinked glasses, passed around cups, and talked happily. The brightly lit Zhong residence did not return to silence until late at night.

After socializing with Mr. Zhong all night, Zhao Sheng was a little tipsy. He returned to his room, undressed himself, and took out the seventh letter as agreed.

This is also the last letter.

My favorite Zhao Sheng,

Good evening.

Today is your birthday. I'm sorry I can't be with you. Please forgive me for saying happy birthday to you so late.

Don't be angry with me.

Strange, it seems like every vow I make will be broken. I said I would celebrate your birthday with you every year...

You are smarter. You say nothing and keep everything in your heart, so you won’t break your oath.

I don't know how you are doing there, but I think it's definitely better than in the north.

Do you remember the birthday present I gave you before you left?

Take it out now.

Open its belly and you will find the gift I want to give you.

Did you see it?

Isn’t it beautiful to see a rough diamond shining brightly under the light?

I like it very very very much.

So I give it to you.

Do you think I'm a little ridiculous? I'll give you the gift you gave me back.

In fact, I also think I am ridiculous.

But……

I have nothing to give you.

I can only place everything I consider most precious in your hands.

Fate is unfair to you, even cruel.

Whenever I think of your childhood experiences, I feel heartbroken.

In the past, I could do nothing about the subtraction that fate had done to you.

But now, I think your life is addition, and I want to take back everything that belongs to you from it.

Even if I had to exchange myself.

I want you to have a beautiful and happy family, a bright future that soars in the sky, and I want to send you back to where you belong.

Going to the South is a one-way ticket, forgive me for lying to you.

But I am a liar.

You should forget everything I said.

Forgot about me too...

None of us should wait for anyone else.

Time will leave no trace of everything.

Promise me that you will be the you who cherishes your reputation and is dazzling and outstanding, which is the you that I love the most.

You don't have to worry about me.

I have been drifting for a long time...

Lin Yiyi.

1977.4.17 night

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