Chapter 31 Chapter 31 I’m Definitely Not Pregnant
Xiaogang ran outside, opened the door, and looked up to ask, "Sister Dahua, is there anything wrong? My aunt hasn't gotten up yet."
Dahua stepped in. "You haven't gotten up yet? It's okay, it's okay. I'm free anyway, so I'll just sit and wait. I have something to talk to your aunt about."
Xiaogang nodded and closed the gate. He turned around and saw Dahua standing at the door. Dahua had two long braids. She stood at the door, her hands unconsciously holding the ends of her hair, and smiled shyly, "Yanzi, do you have guests so early?"
Yan Zi was hunched over her desk, doing her homework. Hearing this, she put down her pen, ran over, and pulled Da Hua over. "Sister Da Hua, are you here to see Auntie?" Acting like a host, she knelt on a stool, poured a glass of water, and handed it to Da Hua. "Wait a minute! I'll go get Auntie."
Su Yan was sleeping soundly. She vaguely heard Yan Zi calling her, "Auntie, Auntie, Sister Dahua is here to see you."
Yan Zi called her while pulling up the quilt: "Auntie, why don't you wear clothes when you sleep?"
Su Yan opened her eyes and was dazed for a while before she realized that this was the Lu family in Xiaoheyan in the 1960s.
Yan Zi cried out, "Ah, Auntie, why is there such a big mosquito bite on your chest? I'll get you some ointment."
As she was about to go outside, Su Yan quickly huddled under the quilt and pulled her back: "Go tell Sister Dahua that Auntie is feeling a little unwell. Ask her to come over this afternoon, okay?"
Yan Zi reached out to touch Su Yan's forehead and asked in confusion, "Aunt, do you have a fever? Can I ask Uncle Qin to take you to the hospital?"
Su Yan shook her head: "It's okay, go and ask Sister Dahua to go back first, I'll go find her in the afternoon."
Yan Zi nodded, walked out, and said, "Sister Dahua, my aunt has a fever. She told you to go back first and wait for her to come to your house to see you this afternoon."
Dahua brought a glass of water and lowered her head, not daring to look at Qin Zhanwu. She felt the atmosphere was very strange. After hearing Yan Zi's words, she nodded immediately: "Okay, I'll be leaving first." She walked to the door with her head down, and heard the soldier's voice: "Why do you have a fever? Drinking won't give you a fever?"
Then I heard Yingzi's voice: "Why haven't you left yet?"
He hasn't left yet? It's already very early, could he have come last night?
Dahua's heart was pounding, thinking she had witnessed something terrible. She rushed home in a panic. Her mother was standing at the door, looking anxiously at her: "Dahua, did you borrow the grain?"
Dahua shook her head: "Yingzi hasn't gotten up yet?"
Her mother reached out to hit her: "You idiot, can't you just sit there and wait before you get up? Can't you just wait a little longer when you go to borrow food? Forget it, I'll just have to pay you back. You can't do anything I ask you to do. All you do is eat, wear clothes, and buy hairbands and flowers to wear."
Dahua was hit and twisted by her, and chased around the yard: "Mom, Yingzi has a guest at home, a soldier. Besides, he hasn't gotten up yet and said he's not feeling well. How can I stay here any longer? Yingzi said she'll come to our house to see me this afternoon."
Dahua's mother was skeptical: "What nonsense are you talking about? It's so early in the morning, and if you hadn't told me Yingzi wasn't awake yet, how could we have guests?"
Dahua nodded: "Really, Mom! It's a man, about 27 or 28 years old. When I went in, he was helping Yan Zi and Xiao Gang with their homework. I think his last name is Qin. I heard Yan Zi call him Uncle Qin..."
Dahua's mother rolled her eyes, patted Dahua, and told her to go fetch some water quickly.
Dahua grumbled, "Why do I always have to carry water? Why doesn't my brother do it?"
Dahua's mother yelled at the top of her lungs, "How can you compare with your brother? He graduated from high school and has a formal job, do you? You're a younger sister, and you don't know how to be considerate of your brother. Your brother has only been working for a week, and you've lost your conscience, and you still want him to fetch water?"
Su Yan pulled the quilt and sat up, feeling a severe headache. She saw Qin Zhanwu walk in with a glass of water: "Why do you have a fever? Drinking alcohol won't give you a fever?" He reached out and touched Su Yan's forehead.
Su Yan tilted her head slightly, dodged, and asked, "Why haven't you left yet?"
Qin Zhanwu said awkwardly, "I'm waiting for you to wake up so we can discuss our business."
Su Yan took the water, took a sip, and asked, "Deputy Captain Qin, what could we possibly need to discuss? Are you mistaken?"
Qin Zhanwu misunderstood Su Yan's meaning. He smiled and said, "That's right. There's no need to discuss this. I'll go back today and file for marriage, and we'll get married once it's approved. I just don't know what you want to buy for the wedding? Just tell me, and I'll take care of it."
He added, "When you get married, you should move to our military academy. All married people there have to have a separate house as a dormitory. Oh, and I have to write to my parents to see if they will come."
Su Yan's face darkened as she interrupted him: "Wait, get married? When did I say I was getting married? However, if you want to get married, I still want to congratulate you."
Qin Zhanwu stood up and said, "Lu Yingzi, what do you mean? You don't want to get married? You don't want to marry me?"
Su Yan held the water cup, looked at his surprised and angry expression, and nodded calmly: "Yes, I won't marry you, I don't want to get married."
Qin Zhanwu pursed his lips, probably wanting to curse, but swallowed it back. He walked around the room twice, pointed at Su Yan and asked, "You...we all...last night...if you don't marry me, who are you going to marry?"
Su Yan immediately turned the tables, "I was drunk last night and don't remember a thing. You were the one taking advantage of me, taking advantage of me when I was drunk and not sober."
Qin Zhanwu was so angry that his hands were shaking: "You... Lu Yingzi, it was obviously you..." He thought about it and admitted everything: "Okay, even if I took advantage of you, I am willing to take responsibility, right? I am willing to marry you!"
Su Yan shook her head generously, her tone relaxed: "No, I don't want you to be responsible. Don't let me be responsible either, okay?"
Qin Zhanwu could never imagine that when he was in his twenties, a girl would sit on the bed with bare shoulders and beg him, "Can you please not hold me responsible?"
Qin Zhanwu felt a mixture of emotions. He was angry and heartbroken, but what could he do with a girl like her? He couldn't hit her or scold her. He sat on the edge of the bed for a while, his mind blank. Then he stood up suddenly and said, "Lu Yingzi, is it really so hard for you to see me, Qin Zhanwu? You've given me your body, and you still want to marry someone else?"
Xiaogang and Yanzi peeked through the crack of the door, and Yanzi asked, "Brother, Uncle Qin seems to be arguing with Auntie. Will he hit her?"
Xiao Gang shook his head: "Uncle Qin is not that kind of person. He would never hit anyone."
Su Yan was so excited that she was afraid the neighbors would hear him. Although Xiaoheyan was more private than the tube-shaped building, if he made too much noise, the neighbors would still be able to hear a few words. It would be bad if others heard him.
Su Yan pulled his sleeve and said, "Keep your voice down. What's the matter with you being healthy or not? It's the weekend, everyone's at home on vacation."
Qin Zhanwu calmed down and asked, "Do you really look down on me?"
Su Yan thought to herself, it’s not that I look down on you, I just want your body. At the same time, she thought with evil humor that if she told the truth, would Qin Zhanwu faint from anger on the spot?
Su Yan remained silent. Qin Zhanwu laughed sarcastically and stood up with his coat in hand. "Okay, since you look down on me, I have nothing to say."
He put on his coat, walked to the door, and said with his back to Su Yan: "Last night, we did it...several times. If you get pregnant, remember to tell me. Even if you don't want the child, you have to get married before you can go to the hospital to have an abortion."
Su Yan curled her lips, thinking that he was thinking too far ahead: "No, I definitely won't get pregnant."
Yan Zi ran in and touched Su Yan's head with her little hand: "Auntie, you don't have a fever? Are you hungry? Uncle Qin made noodles, they are delicious. I'll bring them in for you."
Xiaogang sent Qin Zhanwu out and asked cautiously, "Uncle Qin, did you have a fight with my aunt? My aunt is a very nice person, please don't be angry with her."
Qin Zhanwu patted his little head and sighed helplessly: "It's not that I'm angry with her, it's that she looks down on me."
Xiaogang didn't understand, and sent Qin Zhanwu away in a daze. He ran back to ask Su Yan, "Aunt, why do you look down on Uncle Qin? Daddy once said that we shouldn't look down on others."
Su Yan was so annoyed by the two little guys that she couldn't help but laugh. She coaxed them to go out and play: "Auntie wants to sleep for a while. After you finish your homework, you can play in the yard."
After they left, she locked the door and entered the space. She remembered that the last time she went to buy painkillers for dysmenorrhea, she was fooled by the salesperson and bought a women's health gift package that contained a box of emergency contraceptive pills.
She knew that emergency contraceptive pills were bad for her health, but she also felt that she was being lusty and that if she really got pregnant like Qin Zhanwu said, it would be a disaster. Unfortunately, she searched for a long time but couldn't find the women's health gift pack.
She searched for a long time but couldn't find it. However, she did find a box of body lotion among a pile of messy things. She sat cross-legged in the space for a long time, comforting herself that it wasn't that easy to get pregnant. There were so many people infertile nowadays, wasn't it just one case?
After preparing herself mentally for half a day, Su Yan put on her clothes and went to the kitchen. Sure enough, she saw Qin Zhanwu rolling noodles and putting them in a bamboo basket. Su Yan turned on the fire, cooked a small bowl, and ate it happily while sitting there. She thought to herself: Qin Zhanwu's cooking skills are really good. He is a southerner, but he can actually make noodles, and they are quite chewy.
After dinner, I washed the sheets and quilt. Just as they were drying, I heard Dahua's mother coming from the alley: "Yingzi, is Yingzi home? Auntie wants to talk to you about something."
She pushed the door open and came in. Looking at Su Yan drying the sheets, she smiled and said, "Yingzi, you really love cleanliness. You wash them every now and then. I remember you washed the sheets just the day before yesterday. Why are you washing them again today?"
Su Yan said, "Of course you have to wash it if it's dirty. Auntie, you should wash it more often too, otherwise, it won't be worth it if you get lice on your body."
Dahua's mother pulled Su Yan and said, "Come here, Auntie has something to tell you."
Su Yan took out a small bowl of cornmeal she had prepared and said, "Auntie, I was planning to go to your house. Since you're here, I'll give it to you. We don't have much at home, so please don't despise it."
Dahua's mother took it and wiped her tears: "Yingzi, you have a good heart. You will definitely marry a good family in the future." At the same time, she secretly reminded Su Yan: "You should keep your distance from gay men, otherwise lesbians will always suffer. Last night, when I got up to go to the bathroom, it seemed that a soldier brought you back."
Su Yan nodded and said vaguely, "It's our unit's business. I'm translating for the Soviet experts. It's too late and it's not safe for me to be alone!"
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