Shen Xiaobei suppressed her inner excitement and joy, and took the little wooden figure that Duan Xichuan had carved personally and specially gave to her from Duan Beihai.
She already knew what Duan Xichuan's gift to her meant.
In this simple era, many people express their love in a subtle and simple way.
When a man gives a woman a handicraft like this, it is like a token of love.
However, Shen Xiaobei felt that it was not enough to just receive the token of love. Since Duan Xichuan was willing to be engaged to her, the two of them should keep communicating in the future!
But how can they communicate since they are separated by huge distances?
"Beihai, besides asking you to give me this little wooden figurine, did your second brother ask you to bring me any other message?"
"A message? My second brother just told me to remember to give this little wooden figurine to you, and he also said that you would be very happy to receive this gift!"
"That's all? Didn't he give you any address?"
"What address?"
"That's the address where your second brother is serving in the army!"
"No! Sister Shen, why do you want the address of the place where my second brother is serving in the army? Do you want to write to him too? If you want to write to my second brother, I can copy the address for you, because it's on the envelope my second brother sent home!"
"Uh...Okay, then you can copy one for me, and remember to bring it next time. However, this is our little secret, you have to promise Sister Shen that you can't tell anyone, including your father, your mother, and your eldest brother and sister-in-law, okay?"
"Why can't you tell them?"
Duan Beihai raised his little head and asked innocently.
Oh, no wonder some people say that every child’s head is filled with a hundred thousand questions, and they always easily stump adults with their questions.
Shen Xiaobei frowned and thought about Duan Beihai's question.
Then he replied with a sly smile, "Because children without little secrets are superficial!"
"Yeah?"
"Of course! Go ask a few of your classmates tomorrow if they have any little secrets, too. Don't students without little secrets seem more superficial?"
"Hmph, okay. Then I'll ask a few of my classmates tomorrow to see if you're right."
"Okay! Then ask tomorrow! Don't forget about copying the address. Also, this is our little secret, don't forget it either!"
"Don't worry, I won't forget! I remember everything you said!"
"Well, little Duan Beihai is awesome! Sister Shen gives you two thumbs up!"
Shen Xiaobei smiled and raised two thumbs up, giving Duan Beihai two thumbs up. The thumbs up were real, but it was also true that he fooled this little brat once.
There's nothing I can do about it. Who told him to ask why?
There are some questions that adults don’t want to answer truthfully, so they can only fool children.
Haha, Shen Xiaobei guessed that in reality, there must be many adults who have done such harmless little bad things!
After talking with Duan Beihai for a while, letting him play with the Rubik's Cube for a while, and watching him run away in the direction of home, Shen Xiaobei looked at the little wooden man over and over again, and then put it into the space with great cherishment.
After receiving this lovely token of love, she was in high spirits and looked very beautiful every day for the next few days.
Even Fan Huifang, Ke Xiaoli, and Gao Hongmian noticed that she had been unusually happy these past few days, and they all asked her, "Xiaobei, have you had any good news recently?"
She just smiled and said to them: "No! Didn't I do this every day before?"
Shen Xiaobei actually wanted to share her joy with them, but she remembered a modern saying: those who show affection will die quickly.
Although she received the token of love from Duan Xichuan, the two of them had not yet had any specific and in-depth communication, and could not be said to know each other very well.
The relationship between the two is in a state of tacit understanding but also hazy.
To put it bluntly, they are not in a formal romantic relationship yet.
It's not even official yet, but she exposed it first. It's not a sensible thing to do. At least she has to wait until Duan Beihai gets the address and the two of them communicate with each other before the relationship can be settled.
As Shen Xiaobei was eagerly waiting, a few days later on a Saturday evening, Duan Beihai finally secretly copied the address to her.
After getting the address, Shen Xiaobei found a deserted place on his way to close the stall the next day and opened the small folding table where the cold dishes were placed.
It was on this small table that I wrote a short letter to Duan Xichuan.
The general idea was to tell him that the little wooden man had received it and understood his intentions, and then he was given a few words of advice, hoping that he would take care of his health in the army.
For the first letter, Shen Xiaobei didn’t want to write too much.
In love, some words need to be said slowly, and feelings also need to be communicated slowly to be meaningful.
If you say everything in depth, thoroughly, and completely at the beginning, there will not be much room for communication later.
Moreover, she also wanted to see what Duan Xichuan would write to her in his reply, and then decide the content of her letters to him and the extent of her emotional expression.
After writing the letter, Shen Xiaobei bought a stamp and put it on the envelope after closing his stall at the commune the next day.
I threw it into the mailbox of the commune post office with some excitement and enthusiasm.
"Hey, Shen Zhiqing, please stop for a moment, there's a letter for you!"
After delivering the letter, Shen Xiaobei rode his bicycle back to Baiju Brigade. When he passed by the door of the agency store run by Ye Zhicheng's family, he was stopped by Ye Zhicheng's mother Cao Guiying.
She immediately stopped her bicycle, pushed it to the door of the agency store, and asked Cao Guiying with a smile, "Auntie, is there a letter for me?"
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