evening.
Ye Qingshui bent over to pack her things and put the bed curtains back up. Ever since Xie Tingyu got hurt, Ye Qingshui often forgot to put up the fig leaf because it was inconvenient to check on Xie Tingyu.
After spending some time together, Xie Tingyu behaved very well, and Ye Qingshui also completely adjusted his attitude and stopped thinking about it. He thought before that this piece of cloth was of no use.
But she didn't expect that Xie Tingyu would kiss her today.
Ye Qingshui didn't dare to think deeply about what this meant.
Perhaps, I need to ask Xie Tingyu what he means before I can understand.
When Xie Tingyu came back in the evening, he found that the room had been "renovated" with great fuss and raised his eyebrows.
He held a piece of cotton cloth in his hand, put it on the table and lightly dusted it off.
Xie Tingyu reflected deeply on what happened in the morning. It was the first time that he treated a girl so rashly and made her cry. He probably frightened her. So he bought a piece of cloth and planned to give it to her.
For the first time in his life, Xie Tingyu considered pleasing women.
Xie Tingyu said: "Shui'er, I'm sorry."
When Ye Qingshui was tidying up her clothes, her hands tightened slightly and she quickly put the clothes away.
She cleared her throat and looked at Xie Tingyu with clear eyes:
"You...what do you mean?"
Ye Qingshui couldn't utter the word "kiss" no matter what, and was too ashamed to admit it.
She felt a burning gaze on her body, very aggressive, and stopped folding the thin sheet with her hands, and hugged it in her arms, as if she would feel a little safer this way.
Now Ye Qingshui is really afraid that he will get stuck in a rut and suddenly want to try the taste of a woman.
Xie Tingyu looked at Ye Qingshui's conflicted and wrinkled face.
I chuckled in my heart.
"It's nothing. Didn't I tell Shui'er that if you make me unhappy again, I'll kiss you."
Ye Qingshui's heart skipped a beat. She gritted her teeth and said to Xie Tingyu, "I only see you as my brother."
She said angrily, "We said it from the beginning - you have no feelings for me, we got married only because of pressure. You saved me and helped me, I won't do anything to bother you, nor will I force you... We have to divorce in a good way."
When she was angry, her face turned red from her neck to her ears, and her brows were tightly furrowed.
Xie Tingyu has a good memory. When he recalled this incident, he thought about it for a while and wondered when he had told her that he was getting a divorce.
He smiled playfully: "I remember there seems to be such a thing."
"However, Shui'er seemed to have told me at that time that she would try her best to compensate for my losses."
Ye Qingshui's words were stuck in his mouth. After such a long time, he still remembered them clearly.
"Yes...I did say that when I have the ability, I will do my best to compensate you."
A faint smile appeared on Xie Tingyu's face, very shallow, and the corners of his narrow eyebrows were slightly narrowed, and his whole face seemed to be lit up.
"Well, Shui'er, try your best to make it up to me now. I was wrong today. I bought a piece of cloth for you. Can you make pajamas out of it?"
Xie Tingyu stared at her tender face, which was becoming more mature with a feminine charm and her eyes still youthful. He recalled what he had done in the morning and couldn't help but despise his own behavior.
In the past, Xie Tingyu probably never imagined that one day he would enjoy this raw, tender and green taste.
After he calmed down, he regained his rationality. He spent his cloth coupons and bought a piece of cloth for her so that she could make a few more pajamas.
Ye Qingshui's people are operating right under his nose. If he doesn't keep her under close watch, won't he be the one who gets into trouble in the end?
"You said you treated me like your sister, and we agreed to divorce in the future. Xie Tingyu, don't change the subject so lightly!"
Xie Tingyu looked at Ye Qingshui steadily, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared.
People like her can't lie. Her eyes were clear and intimidating, and the undisguised emotions she had before were indeed gone. Did she no longer love him?
As soon as this absurd idea came up, it was rejected by Xie Tingyu.
How could she stop liking him so easily?
The scene of her shyly and angrily saying "I love you" to him in a broken foreign language flashed through his mind; the scene of her eagerly and bravely pushing him away when concrete and steel bars fell down came to his heart; every scene of her applying medicine for him day and night, racking her brains to prepare meals for him every day, and caring about his rehabilitation meticulously, all appeared before his eyes.
How could she bear to divorce him?
Xie Tingyu thought for a moment, reflected on what he had said before, and wondered in confusion: Could it be that she really minds what he said about treating her as a sister?
During the early days of their marriage, he did behave a bit like a jerk. After all, the two of them didn't have much affection at that time. Considering how much she liked him, these jerkish things could be forgiven, right?
Thinking of this, Xie Tingyu said, "Shuiya, I'm sorry. I bought this piece of cloth to make amends for you."
No... this was very different from what she had imagined. Ye Qingshui raised her head.
A thick piece of floral cotton was forced into her hands.
"Shui'er, make good work. It's autumn and the weather is cold. Make a set of long sleeves and long pants to wear indoors."
Ye Qingshui was very upset. Seeing Xie Tingyu still not waking up, she immediately understood. Perhaps he still didn't dare to believe that she no longer had feelings for him.
She needed a little action.
"Shui'er, what are you still standing there for?"
Ye Qingshui wanted to refuse, but when she thought of Xie Tingyu who was in danger now, it was indeed more taboo for a man and a woman to live under the same roof. She had to have all her clothes that didn't fit her remade.
"Thank you for your cloth, cloth coupons and money. I'll give it to you."
She quickly went through her money, counted out the cloth coupons, and without saying anything, stuffed them into Xie Tingyu's cabinet.
When Xie Tingyu saw this, even though he understood her temper, he still felt upset.
Ye Qingshui picked up the cloth and walked to the desk. While the sun was still shining, he quickly picked up the scissors and started cutting.
The gentle sunlight of the setting sun licked her cheek. Her eyes were clear and bright. She stared intently at the cloth in her hands, as if she was treating it as the most important thing.
She picked up the needle with her slender thumb, threaded the needle, and buried her head in making clothes seriously. The needlework made her more beautiful. Xie Tingyu had never seen other people make clothes. His clothes were all custom-made and delivered to his door. His mother left too early when he was young, and he had too little experience of the warmth of home.
He stared at Ye Qingshui and suddenly felt that this scene was very heartwarming.
If life goes on like this, it doesn't seem like a bad thing.
It would be even better if Ye Qingshui could make a few clothes for him personally. He has never worn the clothes she made.
…
Ye Qingshui worked hard on the sewing for two hours. When he looked up, it was already dark.
The oil lamp beside me had a dancing flame from the wick, illuminating the surroundings.
Xie Tingyu picked up the oil bottle, adjusted the lamp socket, and slowly added oil to the lamp. He did this kind of thing without making any noise, very quietly.
The dancing lights made his face look even more jade-like.
None of this mattered. What mattered was that the oil lamp was very close to Ye Qingshui, and he was also very close to her, leaning down to add oil silently, almost so close that she could even count his eyelashes under the light. This made Ye Qingshui stunned.
She grabbed the lamp and pushed it forward.
Ye Qingshui couldn't stand it any longer. "Can you keep a little distance?"
Xie Tingyu thought she was very cute and had the urge to kiss her, but he rubbed the oil lamp lightly with his thumb and held back, he just hummed lightly.
"You were so serious about it, I didn't want to disturb you."
"Okay, let's go eat."
Nine o'clock in the evening.
After a day of twists and turns, Xie Tingyu was also tired. He lay on the hard ground. The mat under him was not as soft as the bed. After more than a month of comfort, he was not used to going back to the ground to make his bed.
Xie Tingyu's mind flashed back to the kiss he had today. He became very agitated and turned over to take off his clothes.
He lay on the bamboo mat and pondered for a while. He felt something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it for the moment.
Shen Weimin said that Ye Qingshui was upset, so let's just assume that she was upset.
Xie Tingyu fell asleep quickly.
On the other side, Ye Qingshui tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep for a long time.
She was racking her brains over how to make Xie Tingyu understand and agree to a divorce. If possible, it would be best to wait until the other educated youth divorced one by one next year before they divorced.
As he thought about it, Ye Qingshui became confused. Why was Xie Tingyu reluctant to divorce?
Could it be that she was more beautiful than in her previous life and he couldn't bear to leave her?
Thinking of this, a cool smile crossed Ye Qingshui's lips.
…
The next day, the public opinion in Yejia Village seemed to have turned upside down.
In the past, when villagers mentioned Ye Qingshui, they would say, "Ye Qingshui, isn't Ye Qingshui the girl who married an educated youth in an unclear way?"
"She chose Xie Zhiqing. This girl must be very thoughtful!"
Now when people mention Ye Qingshui, they gradually change to: "Ye Qingshui is quite promising. He didn't go to school much, but he's no worse than a middle school student."
"The girl from the Ye family is so pretty. No wonder Xie Zhiqing fell in love with her."
Grandma Ye heard these completely different words outside and laughed and scolded a few times. After she returned home, she said to her granddaughter: "My Shui Ya can be regarded as a famous person in the village."
That commendation meeting was like a tsunami that swept across the educated youth site.
There were not many educated youth participating at the time, and the auditorium had limited space, so there were about 30 educated youth and members in total. However, even these ten or so people were enough to describe the events of that day from beginning to end.
Some people who were not optimistic about Xie Tingyu and Ye Qingshui were a little surprised when they heard this:
"Is he really that handsome?"
"Yes, yes, I guarantee you'll be surprised when you see it. I think they were in love freely at the time, and it wasn't allowed for them to touch hands or kiss behind each other's backs? Who spread those rumors at the time?"
"It's hard to say. Xie Zhiqing's family is well off. Miss Ye may have to work harder in the future."
As everyone was talking, they couldn't help but nod. However, the label of "scheming woman" attached to Ye Qingshui was finally removed.
Since Xie Tingyu went to the countryside, he has been a hot commodity in the eyes of women. He has also reached the age of marriage, and in the eyes of the girls in the village, he is really a piece of Tang Monk meat that they are thinking about every day. It just so happens that he is tall and handsome, and his family is well-off. Marrying him is like a daydream.
Neither Sun Lingyu nor He Fang went. After hearing others describe it so vividly that it sounded like the truth, Sun Lingyu said:
"Is Ye Qingshui really that good-looking?"
He Fang suddenly thought of the letter she had sent to Xie Dongmei some time ago, and her face looked a little unhappy.
She said calmly, "Maybe."
Military compound, Xie family.
Xie Dongmei used scissors to cut the fresh camellia flowers she had just picked and put them into the vase one by one. At this time, the phone at home rang, and she picked it up, tilted her head and clamped the receiver on her shoulder to listen.
"Excuse me, is this Chief Xie's home?"
"Yes."
"There is a letter from the commander in the guard room. A guard will deliver it to your door later. Please review it!"
Soon there was a knock on the Xie family's door. Xu Maofang opened the door and the guard respectfully handed over the letter.
The signature of the letter that caught my eye was: Yejia Village Brigade 1, Hongqi Commune, recipient Xie Dongmei.
Xie Dongmei opened the letter, and her mother Xu Maofang came over and took a look:
"Dear Comrade Dongmei, hello! I am surprised and happy to receive your letter. I have always remembered your enthusiasm in volunteering to serve the masses. In your letter, I asked about Xie Zhiqing. It is like this. Recently, he was injured in the work of repairing the reservoir. His hands, legs and back were seriously injured. He has been recovering for more than a month. It is inevitable that the letter is not perfect, but please rest assured that he has gradually recovered."
Next was a personal question asked by Xie Dongmei. She pushed her mother and turned around to look secretly.
"Xie Zhiqing married a wife here, but I'm not sure what your new sister-in-law is like. My general impression is that she is plain-looking, graduated from a junior high school, is relatively introverted and rarely communicates with the educated youth, but is very hardworking. Xie Zhiqing may have married her because of their revolutionary friendship."
Xu Maofang, who was of average appearance and had only graduated from junior high school, felt dizzy when he saw these words.
She is introverted, rarely communicates with others, but works hard. After just one sentence, the two people have already outlined the image of a simple and dull country girl in their minds.
The author has something to say:
Brother Yu: Average looks, junior high school graduate, simple and dull?
Is there any misunderstanding about Shuiya?
Pingshengjun thinks deeply: In the future, their faces will also be swollen
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