A glint flashed in Gu Shen's eyes, and his face was full of joy.
He had just sat down when he suddenly stood up again, unconsciously straightening his clothes.
Even though it was already very clean and tidy, he was still working hard to tidy it up.
Xia Anyan was amused by his appearance and suddenly found the man quite cute!
"Ahem, Comrade Gu Shen, shouldn't you be stating your thoughts now?"
Gu Shen nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, yes."
As he spoke, he took out a marriage application form and filled in the information of the two people.
Xia Anyan had been watching from the side, and when she saw him about to write down his identity, she quickly stopped him: "I have completely severed ties with Xia Zhengyuan now. My household registration is in the Heilongjiang Provincial Brigade. Even if it's not here, it's with my grandfather."
Gu Shen knew that her grandfather was a rural resident, and that his family had been poor farmers for three generations.
With this identity, the impact on Gu Shen will be much smaller.
Gu Shen isn't stupid; how could he not understand what she meant?
Gu Shen's eyes became deep, and the boyish demeanor he had just displayed vanished.
Xia Anyan realized that his personality and temperament were probably only different in front of her, and that the way he was like now was probably how he was when he was with other people.
Gu Shen straightened his expression: "Yan Yan, your identity is not a burden to me. I want to marry you, and naturally I have made all the preparations."
"You don't need to worry about me or overthink it. I will make all the necessary preparations."
Xia Anyan's heart was pounding.
This man knew perfectly well that doing this would affect his career, but he still…
It would be a lie to say she wasn't moved; even Xia Anyan couldn't help but soften her heart at this moment.
Gu Shen reported the situation truthfully and sent it out immediately.
Afterwards, Gu Shen took Xia Anyan to the supply and marketing cooperative, where they bought two sets of ready-made clothes, as well as fabric and a lot of food.
He wanted to buy more, but Xia Anyan stopped him: "These things are already enough. I don't want to be targeted."
"The people in the brigade are all watching me now. This is not like the city. After you leave, I will be left alone here. There will always be a time when I can't guard against you."
Gu Shen frowned, seemingly not very satisfied with what she had said.
"I never intended for you to be left here alone."
“Yanyan, now that you’ve agreed to marry me, we’re no longer engaged, but about to get married. You’re number one in my life. And I’ve already applied to the military and won’t be going back anytime soon.”
“You just said that those people in the countryside might be watching you, so let’s not go back,” Gu Shen said solemnly. “It just so happens that I’ve already called Grandpa, and he wants me to take you back.”
Xia Anyan was stunned for a moment.
She remembered that Gu Shen didn't seem to have a grandfather, so the grandfather he was talking about now was hers.
She had only sent a telegram to her grandfather, but she never expected that Gu Shen would actually call him directly.
This kid is really something...
"Okay, I'll go back now and ask the captain for leave. We'll go back together to see Grandpa."
After what happened yesterday and today, Xia Anyan lost all interest in that brigade.
Zhou Chuan, in particular, has been extremely disappointing to her lately.
He meddled in many things he shouldn't have, including last night.
Did he think that drinking gave him the right to say and do those things? He crossed the line.
"Yan Yan, I'll go back with you," Gu Shen said, his words leaving no room for argument.
Xia Anyan hadn't originally intended to refuse, so since he had already said so, she naturally agreed.
The two first went to the commune, where Gu Shen used his identity to help the female lead get the leave slip and other documents.
They went back this time to explain things to Zhou Chuan.
If he can release the person easily, it means there's nothing wrong with the matter.
But if he wanted to forcefully keep the person there, the leave slip he got from the commune came in handy.
Since they only had one bicycle, Gu Shen carried Xia Anyan all the way back.
The ride was a bit bumpy, and Xia Anyan wrapped her arms around his waist as they chatted casually.
After they entered the brigade, many people saw the two of them interacting.
Especially after yesterday, when she was with Zhao Dahua and had a lot of questions, she felt that Xia Anyan was a restless person.
"Look, who's that person with Xia Zhiqing? Those two are standing so close together, it's really... tsk tsk, so shameless!"
"Someone like her, and our captain is still protecting her. If you ask me, a shameless woman like that should just be dragged out and thrown into the pond."
"You'd better shut up. The brigade leader already said that we can't say these things to outsiders, especially in front of those educated youth."
The woman who had just mentioned drowning herself in the pond curled her lip after hearing this.
These brigades used to be villages, and women who had affairs with men would be drowned in the pond.
It was because the collective system was implemented later, and there was supervision from higher authorities, that things like drowning people in ponds were no longer allowed.
But in some of the villages deep in the mountains, they still retain this custom.
"Let's go, let's follow them and see. I saw those two people head towards the work area. Could they be going to find the team leader?"
These women had nothing to do at home, so they often sat under the tree and chatted.
Now that we've found some fun, we naturally won't wait any longer.
The group, in a grand procession, headed towards the location of the Upper Palace.
When they arrived, Gu Shen and Xia Anyan were already standing with Zhou Chuan. There were quite a few onlookers around the three of them, but no one dared to get close.
Looking at Zhou Chuan's face, it was beyond just being described as black.
It's so black it couldn't be blacker.
"What do you mean by this? Xia Zhiqing, I remember I made it very clear to you before that as a newly arrived educated youth, you don't have many opportunities to ask for leave."
"I'm giving you this opportunity today because I want you to go to the county town to find a job, not because I want to give you two a chance to spend time together privately."
“I don’t care what your relationship is, but now that you’re a sent-down youth in our brigade, you can’t just change the rules of our brigade.”
"So, I can't approve your leave to go back to the city to visit your family this time. Don't go to the county town to look for work anymore. Just work in our brigade."
After Zhou Chuan finished speaking, he waved to the person next to him, and the scorekeeper hurriedly ran over.
"Captain, what are your orders?"
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