The weather is getting colder, and the heavy snow outside has turned the small village into a scene covered in silver.
Gu Zuozuo was wearing a thermostatic suit inside and a thick military coat outside. The rabbit fur hat on her head made her little face look even whiter and more delicate.
The long, curled eyelashes were covered with tiny beads, and even the eyebrows were frozen with frost.
As soon as I stepped into the knee-deep snow, half of my snow boots were instantly submerged.
"Sister Gu! Why are you here now? Come in!"
When Ma Liang opened the door and saw that it was Gu Zuozuo, he was shocked. The temperature outside was as low as minus 60 degrees Celsius. If you go out in this weather, your legs will be frozen off.
Gu Zuozuo walked in, stomped off the snow on his feet, took off his military coat, revealing a high-necked sweater disguised as a constant temperature jacket underneath.
"Your sisters Meng and Qi sent something to you and Grandma Ma. I'm here to deliver it to you."
As he spoke, he placed a large package in his hand on the table.
Grandma Ma came in tremblingly, carrying a bowl of boiling ginger sugar water. When she saw the big package, her eyes flashed with emotion and disapproval.
"It's hard for everyone these days, so why are those two kids still sending things here? What a waste!"
Gu Zuozuo took the bowl with one hand and supported the old lady with the other hand and helped her onto the kang. The old lady was old and in poor health, so she tried her best to avoid the cold.
"They are expressing their gratitude for the cloth shoes you made for their family. They said they were very comfortable to wear. They sent these things especially to express their gratitude to you."
The heavy snow had just fallen, and Grandma Ma had nothing to do at home, so she made eight or nine pairs of cloth shoes and gave them to her, asking her to send them to the two sisters who had returned home.
Although the shoes were hand-sewn stitch by stitch and didn't look fashionable, they still had embroidery on the surface. If you bought them from the supply and marketing cooperative, a pair would cost about three yuan, but they looked very delicate. At least she liked them very much.
Grandma Ma smiled, revealing her only four remaining teeth, and the wrinkles on her face were smoothed out. Even at this age, she was still very good at judging people.
When she first met these three girls, she found that they were very warm and sincere. Even Gu Zuozuo, the coldest and most thoughtful of the three, was the kind of person who would not offend others unless they offended her.
I originally thought that we would have no interaction, but who knew that we would become closer to them because of our grandson.
The two of them, grandparents and grandchildren, had received a lot of care from them. They originally thought that making a few pairs of shoes would be a way to repay their favor, but who knew that they would give their family something in return.
"If you like wearing it, I'll make it for you. It's easy and hassle-free."
Gu Zuozuo didn't refuse, for fear that if he refused, she would take the things back unopened.
"Oh, wait a minute..."
As she spoke, Grandma Ma walked to the side room and took out a big backpack. It turned out to be too heavy and she almost stumbled while carrying it. Ma Liang and Gu Zuozuo were so scared that they quickly reached out to help hold on to it.
"Oh, I'm too old to have any strength anymore. I'm getting old..."
Grandma Ma lifted the bamboo lid of the backpack, and a rare look of pride, like that of an old child, appeared on her kind face.
"Someone sent me frozen pears, frozen persimmons, dried squid, dried shrimp, kelp, and other things. We, the grandparents and grandchildren, saved enough for ourselves. This is for you. You can take it back later."
Gu Zuozuo raised her eyebrows in surprise. There were actually seafood. She didn’t realize that her family had such a relative.
"Okay, I'll take it back later."
Gu Zuozuo stayed for lunch, took out the elementary school textbooks he had prepared, and began to teach the illiterate little Ma Liang to read and count.
Their family was too poor to even afford the five-dollar tuition for one semester. Ma Liang was almost ten years old this year, and he had never been to school for a single day and didn't know a single word. When Gu Zuozuo found out about this, he would often come over to eat and stay to be his tutor.
When there was a knock on the door, Gu Zuozuo was checking Ma Liang's homework from the previous few days. Ma Liang was so bored that he ran to open the door.
"Thank you, uncle!"
Xie Jinyu touched his short flat head with his big gloved hand, raised the dead roe deer in his hand, and smiled brightly and relaxedly.
"Look, what did I bring you today?"
"Roe deer meat! Brother Xie, are we going to have roe deer meat to eat?"
Xie Jinyu nodded, her dark eyes sparkling with light, but who knew that when she turned around... uh...
"What a coincidence! Are you also coming to Grandma Ma's house for dinner?"
I felt really embarrassed to look at the man who was sitting lazily cross-legged on the kang, spinning a pen in his hand, looking at the man who suddenly stuttered with a look of disgust, so I nodded politely.
"Xiao Xie is here. Come quickly and let me introduce you. This is Gu Zuozuo, the educated youth, and this is Xie Jinyu, my grandson's comrade-in-arms."
Comrade?
Wasn’t he one of the five black categories who was demoted?
Thinking of the team stationed on the mountain, and thinking about the fact that they had almost turned the mountain upside down in just half a month, I understood why this man came here.
"Hello, nice to meet you again. My name is Gu Zuozuo,"
"Hello, nice to see you again, my name is Xie Jinyu."
The atmosphere immediately became awkward. The two people who had calm and indifferent expressions suddenly didn't know how to start a conversation. They always felt that if they said one more word, they might both be doomed.
Xie Jinyu wanted to scratch his head, but he didn't dare to do so because of the girl in front of him, for fear of leaving a bad impression on others.
As a man who has been working in the military camp every day, he really doesn't know how to get along with girls. He has cousins at home, but those girls are more fierce than boys and will fight if they disagree with him.
But the person in front of him is his fiancée, well, his one-sided fiancée. Although Gu's father and mother agreed, she hasn't agreed yet. He can't get along with her like he gets along with his cousins, right?
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