Chapter 49 Chapter 49 The bed next door is covered in dust, I can’t sleep...
This winter came too quickly, and Su Yan didn't have time to prepare a stove for warming herself. After she had packed up, she took out the newly bought wool from the cupboard, sat on the bed and began to try to knit a sweater by herself.
Nowadays, everyone knits their own sweaters. You can buy them in the mall, but they're expensive. If you buy a sweater a month, forget about buying vanishing cream or shampoo. Although there are still some skincare products and shampoo in the space, Su Yan tries not to use them for fear of others discovering.
Su Yan sat on the bed, took the wool, and began to knit. She had learned for a while at Aunt Xu's house that day and felt she had mastered the technique. Now she started knitting, but after knitting only one row, she had already missed a stitch.
Su Yan had no choice but to dismantle it. After repeated attempts, she could only manage one row. She put on her clothes and got up, preparing to get a cup of hot water from the thermos. As she walked out into the living room, she heard the gate to the courtyard open.
Su Yan leaned against the door, drawing the curtains to watch. She wasn't worried about thieves; at most, they'd steal a few things. What she feared most were the unemployed migrant workers who not only stole but also murdered their owners if they were seen. It was raining outside, and it was dark. There was no moonlight at all; all she could see was the beam of the man's flashlight.
Su Yan felt relieved. If he was willing to openly use the flashlight, then he was not a thief. Su Yan heard footsteps, the sound of military boots stepping on the stone slabs. She was hesitant when she heard the footsteps gradually approaching. Someone took out a key and opened the door.
When Qin Zhanwu opened the door and walked in, Su Yan was wearing a white nightgown. Her hair seemed to have just been washed, and it was still a little damp, draped curled over her shoulders. She stood by the cupboard with a glass of water in her hand, and looked up at Qin Zhanwu, her eyes also seemed wet.
Su Yan saw that although he was wearing a raincoat, most of his trouser legs were wet. She took a towel from the wall and handed it to Qin Zhanwu.
Qin Zhanwu did not take it. Su Yan saw that he had a sullen face and was silent. She thought that it was because she had suddenly gone out of town without informing him, so he thought that she had run away and had no intention of getting married.
Su Yan felt that she had done nothing wrong, but seeing Qin Zhanwu's expression, she felt a little uneasy. The two of them were silent for a while, and it was Su Yan who spoke first: "I asked for leave to rest. It was boring to stay at home, so I went to visit classmates in another city."
Qin Zhanwu finally took off his raincoat, revealing a wide-brimmed hat, broad epaulettes, and a medal on his chest. He must have been at some conference and hadn't changed yet. He hung his raincoat on the coat hook by the door and put on a pair of shoes from the shoe rack.
Su Yan then realized that a pair of large-sized slippers had appeared on the shoe rack at some point.
Qin Zhanwu snorted coldly, sat down with his arms folded, and began to interrogate: "What classmate? What's your name? Where do you live?"
Su Yan glared at him and asked, "How did you get the key to my house? You ran in while I was away. You're trespassing."
Qin Zhanwu only said one sentence, and Su Yan fell silent - Comrade Lu Yingzi, we have obtained the marriage certificate and are now a legal couple.
Su Yan looked embarrassed and couldn't come up with any forceful words to refute. She stood for a while and felt a little cold, so she prepared to go back to bed: "Is there anything wrong? I'm sleepy and need to rest."
Seeing that he only snorted coldly and sat there with a gloomy expression without saying anything, Su Yan took the water and walked towards the bedroom: "Then I will rest. Please close the door when you leave."
Su Yan jumped into the bed. There was only a little bit of heat left. She didn't know when the hot water bottle was pushed to the foot of the bed and was completely cold. She sat on the bed and listened carefully for a while. There was no sound outside, not even the sound of a door closing. It was obvious that Qin Zhanwu was still sitting alone in the living room.
This was the first time Su Yan had seen Qin Zhanwu so gloomy and silent. She was a little scared, but she felt that he was not wrong. The two of them were in a stalemate for a while, and Su Yan simply lay down. The rain outside gradually stopped, and the whole yard was quiet. Outside, only the wind could be heard, and in the room, only the ticking of the clock could be heard.
After an unknown amount of time, the bedroom door creaked open and Qin Zhanwu walked in: "Lu Yingzi, I have something to tell you."
Su Yan sighed and sat up: "Go ahead, I'm all ears."
Qin Zhanwu said, "You didn't tell anyone this time and just ran away for two or three days. What if something happened?"
Su Yan knew what he was going to say, and she was very resistant. "I'm an adult, and I'm going to a crowded place, either a train station or a guesthouse. What could possibly happen to me? Besides, who can I tell? If I tell you, will you go with me? It seems like if I don't tell you, I'm letting you down, a huge sin. I just want to go out for a walk alone, what's wrong with that?"
Qin Zhanwu's anger surged when he heard Su Yan's tone. He pointed at Su Yan and said, "You're an adult, you won't be in danger? You forgot about that incident with Wang Tieshu last time. You're lucky you can stand here and talk nonsense with me now. You're a college student, an intellectual, what else can you do besides making up stories?"
Su Yan pursed her lips and thought for a moment before saying, "I told you I don't know any Wang Tieshu. So, it seems like I can't go anywhere, right?"
Qin Zhanwu pointed at Su Yan's belly and said, "Can you compare with others now? It's freezing outside, and you won't have anyone to call if you fall. You're about to become a mother, can you be a little more responsible?"
Su Yan said bluntly, "Stop using moral blackmail! Oh, you can't go out of town just because you're pregnant? What about rural women who are eight or nine months pregnant and still working in the fields, earning work points? If you judge them like that, wouldn't that make them even more irresponsible? You're quite responsible, a combat hero coming to criticize a woman like me in the middle of the night. I think it's a waste of talent for Deputy Regimental Commander Qin to be a field army commander. He should be a primary school sergeant, not only teaching children, but also teaching their parents whether they have a sense of responsibility."
As she spoke, Su Yan threw back the quilt, got off the bed barefoot, opened the door, and smiled: "Deputy Commander Qin, please go back and teach your soldiers. I won't see you off."
Qin Zhanwu stood there, letting Su Yan say this. Instead, he, a grown man, rushed over in the middle of the night to criticize someone, acting petty and unreasonable. It was originally a small matter, but he didn't know how the conversation got so tangled up. When he saw Su Yan get off the bed barefoot, he quickly handed her slippers to her: "Alright, put your shoes on. I can't argue with you."
Su Yan snorted and kicked off her shoes. "What do you mean you can't argue with me? You're the one who's being unreasonable. According to you, if a woman is pregnant, she can't do this or that. Chairman Mao said that women hold up half the sky. As for not telling you, didn't you also not tell me what you did?" She was a little guilty at first, but the more she spoke, the smoother it became, and she became more and more confident. "So, what I eat and drink every day, who I meet at work, what meetings I hold, what I write, where I go on business trips, I have to tell you everything. If I don't tell you, you'll come to our house in the middle of the night and scold me, right? It's simply hegemonism. A grown man, all he knows how to bully a weak woman..."
Qin Zhanwu lost his temper at her words. "When did I scold you? Didn't I just say a few words to you? That's how I usually talk to the soldiers in the barracks, and no one has ever accused me of scolding anyone?"
Su Yan kicked off her slippers and climbed onto the bed. She sat hugging the quilt, her hands and feet cold. She continued, "What do you mean by saying a few words? What do you mean by talking to soldiers like this? Qin Zhanwu, I'm not your soldier."
Qin Zhanwu had no choice but to say, "Yes, you are not my soldier." He muttered softly, "How come I am the one who is to blame?"
Su Yan snorted, not really appreciating it: "Alright, Vice Captain Qin came here in the middle of the night to scold me, just leave after you're done. I have to go to work tomorrow."
Qin Zhanwu reached out to touch the back of Su Yan's hand and smiled: "Why are your hands so cold? It's raining outside again, listen."
Su Yan was indeed diverted from the topic. She opened the window a little: "It's not raining, it's snowing, snowflakes." The snowflakes hit the roof with a loud noise, as if it was raining heavily.
Su Yan immediately put on her clothes and prepared to go out: "I think it's going to hail. The water tank outside might be broken. We need to move in quickly."
After hearing this, Qin Zhanwu hurriedly moved the water tank in the yard into the house. After a while, the snowflakes in the sky gradually became larger, and hailstones as big as little fingers fell from the sky.
Su Yan said, "That was a close call." "The aunt next door taught me how to pickle sauerkraut. If it goes bad, I'll have to wait until next month."
Qin Zhanwu closed the door and said to Su Yan, "Go to sleep!"
Su Yan said, "I actually want to go to sleep. I'm waiting for you to leave so I can close the door."
Qin Zhanwu glared at Su Yan and said, "It's hailstorming outside. If I go back now, my head will be dented."
Su Yan suspected that he just wanted to stay here tonight, but she couldn't refute him, so she said, "Okay, wait until the hail is a little lighter, then you can go back. Lock the living room door when you leave, and you don't need to lock the door to the yard, just leave it ajar."
As she spoke, she yawned and was so sleepy that she went into the bedroom. She thought to herself, the biggest advantage of living in the sixties is that she has developed the habit of going to bed early and getting up early. According to this schedule, maybe she can really live to 2020?
Su Yan was half asleep. There was no movement outside for a long time. She thought Qin Zhanwu had left when she saw him push the door open wetly and say apologetically, "It's too late. The military academy is closed. I'll sleep here tonight. Is that okay?"
Su Yan pointed to the next room: "Xiaogang Yanzi's bed is right next door, where are you going to sleep?"
Qin Zhanwu said, "I went to check, and the bed next to me was covered in dust, so no one could sleep there."
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