As they were about to leave, the staff at the counter suddenly remembered something and shouted to stop them.
"Oh, right, Comrade Xue Fu, I forgot to give you a letter! Don't go!"
The clerk's voice was loud and clear, and Xue Fu immediately turned around to go back and take the letter.
The yellow envelope I received was quite thick.
Xue Fu squeezed it and found a hard stack of pieces.
She thought that besides the letter, there was also her parents' deep 'concern'.
Xue Fu smiled from ear to ear, her hands never stopping as she eagerly opened the letter.
She opened the envelope and glanced inside. Sure enough, there was a stack of bills that looked brand new, just withdrawn from the bank.
Xue Fu can now indulge in shopping and enjoying good food and drinks without worry.
Xue Fu was very satisfied.
Besides the money and tickets, there were two sheets of paper filled with dense, full writing.
Xue Fu originally intended to keep it at home to examine it carefully. However, after thinking about it, she took it out anyway and began reading it on the spot.
She thought that after reading this letter, she could also write a letter home and send it back.
The letters from home were all about everyday life.
Dad said he missed her and that she had worked hard. He told her to bear with it for a while longer and that the family would use their connections to transfer her back to the city.
My mother was initially disappointed in her daughter for going to the countryside with another man, but now that her daughter has been there for so long, that anger has long since dissipated.
My mother was also very worried, worried that she wouldn't be used to living in the countryside, that she wouldn't be used to the food, the accommodation, or the amenities.
The couple was very anxious, and the letter they wrote home was full of rambling nagging and worries.
Xue Fu felt both touched and amused by what she saw.
However, when she saw the end, the corners of her lips that had been curled into a smile froze.
?
A blind date...?
Her father said that a colleague's son was in the army, and he happened to be on a mission that would pass by the place where Xue Fu was working in the countryside. Her father said that he had seen the young man before when he came to the research institute to deliver food to his colleagues during his leave, and he thought the young man was quite nice.
He is an outstanding person, with good looks, regular features, and exceptional height. Moreover, they are a good match in terms of social standing.
Dad said they can meet next month; he's already made arrangements with people.
Dad had a very idealistic plan: if Xue Fu could find someone she liked and get married, she could go with her husband to the army and move back to the city to go home!
Xue Fu was speechless with frustration upon seeing this...
Does her father want to find a way for her to return to the city, or does he simply want to find her a partner through blind dates?
After Xue Fu finished reading the letter, she folded it again and put it back in the envelope. Her gaze involuntarily drifted to Gu Chong, who had been standing quietly beside her waiting for her.
Gu Chong was sensitive to her emotional changes. When he noticed her looking over, he somehow sensed the guilt in her expression.
Gu Chong: "What's wrong?"
He felt there was something strange about her gaze.
Xue Fu chuckled and tucked the letter into her bosom.
“It’s nothing,” she said, pointing to the shop at the street corner. “I’m going to buy paper and a pen. I also need to write a letter home.”
She doesn't want to go on blind dates or meet people!
She wasn't actually in that much of a hurry to go back to the city!
It's already 1976. If she just endures another year, she can go back to the city after the college entrance exam. She wouldn't want to go on a blind date and get married, only to end up hurting herself.
Xue Fu bought paper and pens, and Gu Chong led her to a state-run restaurant where there were tables for writing.
Today, the state-run restaurant had wontons, and Gu Chong asked her if she wanted some.
While organizing her thoughts, Xue Fu looked up and nodded upon hearing this: "Okay."
Xue Fu received a well-rounded education in the past, and among the nine subjects including Chinese, mathematics, and English, she felt that her Chinese language skills were the best.
But when she wrote this letter today, she spent a long time writing it, and apart from the sentence "I! Won't! Go! On! Blind Dates!", she couldn't come up with any other words.
Xue Fu stared at the four words and the four exclamation marks, but felt that the power might not be enough to dispel her father's wicked intentions.
She raised an eyebrow and giggled.
Xue Fu raised her hand to cover the new content she had just written.
The main concern was preventing Gu Chong on the other side from seeing this new statement—"Dad! Mom! I found a boyfriend!!!"
After writing two sentences, Xue Fu caught a glimpse of Gu Chong out of the corner of her eye and felt a little guilty.
However, she quickly regained her composure, capped the pen, folded the letter neatly in half, and stuffed it into an envelope with a stamp, concealing her merit and fame.
Successfully rejected the marriage proposal today, hehe.
Gu Chong noticed that she had looked at him several times, so he straightened his back.
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I'm going to mail a letter!"
A week later, the security guard at the mailroom saw Xue Mingcheng, who was working overtime and was an hour late leaving get off work that day, and immediately greeted him.
"Professor Xue, I received a letter from you today!"
Xue Mingcheng has a very refined appearance and temperament. If you are not close to him, you would not know that the personality hidden beneath his scholarly demeanor is so irritable.
For example, right now, upon seeing the letter his daughter sent, Xue Mingcheng couldn't wait to take it home and read it with his wife; he secretly opened it by himself.
"???"
Xue Mingcheng's hands trembled after scanning those two short lines of text.
Damn it?!
Which pig just happened to be so lucky and stole his good cabbage?
Xue Mingcheng suddenly remembered the male educated youth his daughter had always liked and who had gone to the countryside with her.
His world has collapsed.
He's going to the countryside!
Unfortunately, he couldn't leave even if he wanted to; the institute wouldn't grant him leave.
When Xue's mother saw her husband's pale face that evening, before she could even ask what had happened, her husband raised his hand and laid a piece of paper out in front of her.
Shen Yuan: ...
Shen Yuan's eyelids twitched violently, and her face turned ashen, just like her husband's.
Xue Fu!!! That unreliable brat!
After buying what they wanted, Xue Fu took Gu Chong back home.
Her family sent her other necessities, such as clothes and winter blankets, so she didn't need much.
When she wrote to me last time, she specifically listed things out, asking her parents to help her prepare scarves, gloves, and hats.
During this trip to the city, she bought three boxes of face cream, several pencils, a few notebooks, and a pencil case.
Those stationery items were bought by her for Gu Fei.
Gu Fei will be starting school next week.
The results of the village teacher election were announced recently.
Although Xue Fu hadn't paid much attention, she had heard about it.
Six people were recruited in total, three to teach junior high school and three to teach primary school.
Four were locals, and the remaining two were sent-down youth.
The two educated youths were Li Jing and Yang Yang, a very quiet male educated youth.
Yang Yang's presence at the educated youth settlement wasn't very strong, and Xue Fu didn't have a deep impression of him either.
Xue Fu knew that this male educated youth was very low-key, meticulous in his work, and very hygienic.
Because her younger brother needed to go to school, Xue Fu suddenly felt a greater sense of responsibility as a 'parent'.
She considered herself her younger brother's 'elder,' so of course she had to prepare some things for him.
Before making the preparations, Xue Fu had discussed it with Gu Chong to avoid them having to prepare the same things repeatedly.
The schoolbag was prepared by Gu Chong. Gu Chong said he had the fabric and had already found someone to sew one for him.
Xue Fu took care of all the other paper, pens, and notebooks with a wave of her hand.
Xue Fu thought that children should learn happily.
So before she and Gu Chong got on the oxcart to return to the village, she excitedly went and bought a few more comic books.
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