Gu Huanian, who was outside the courtyard, withdrew his foot after he had just been about to step out.
He was genuinely afraid that Su Li might encounter someone like that, and if that person also liked her, his principles prevented him from ruining someone else's relationship.
But the thought of giving up Su Li made him reluctant to do so.
As he hesitated and grew anxious, he heard Su Li say, "I haven't met one yet."
Gu Huanian also breathed a sigh of relief.
He strode into the yard carrying the nuts on his back. Su Li felt a little embarrassed when she saw him. He probably hadn't heard what he said earlier!
Gu Huanian put the two bags of nuts directly into Su Litang's room.
"Thank you. I'll cook some in the next couple of days, and you can take some with you then."
"Okay, not too much, two or three pounds will do. My mom likes to eat it, I'll bring some for her to try later."
Consider it a gift from her future daughter-in-law to show her respect.
"good"
"It's getting late, I should go now."
Seeing that he was about to leave, Su Li called him back and wrapped some persimmon cakes and apples in a newspaper for him.
There's really nothing left to put in the house, and it's so inconvenient not having disposable bags.
"Thank you for today. Please take these home and eat them."
Gu Huanian took the things, her smile widening. She said she didn't like him, but her actions showed she was still so good to him. He didn't believe she had no feelings for him at all; she must just not have realized it herself. "Hmm."
Upon reaching the mountain, Zhang Da approached with a letter in his hand; "Battalion Commander, this is a letter from your aunt."
Gu Huanian took the letter and saw Zhang Da staring at the persimmons and apples wrapped in newspaper in his hand.
"Battalion Commander, what are you holding in your hand?"
"It's nothing," Gu Huanian's eyes flickered.
"I can smell the apples. Did Su Zhiqing bring you these apples? Let me have one."
Su, a young educated woman, had given him an apple before. For some reason, the one she gave him was more fragrant and tasted better than the ones sold at the supply and marketing cooperative.
The food she cooked had a unique taste. Ever since he started eating Su Li's cooking, he felt lighter, stronger, and several old injuries on his body had disappeared. He always felt that this Su Li was a bit strange.
Seeing what the battalion commander was holding, his mouth watered; he was certain there were apples inside.
Gu Huanian moved the items aside before Gu Huanian could reach out his hand.
This is something Su Li gave him; no one else should even think about it.
This was the first time Zhang Da had ever seen the battalion commander so stingy. He usually shared any good food with them and never ate alone.
They're being incredibly stingy this time. Looks like their battalion commander is really hooked!
Based on his observations over the past few days, his future sister-in-law hasn't noticed anything yet. The battalion commander's road to winning his wife is long and arduous!
After Zhang Da left, Gu Huanian opened the letter. The letter basically said that he was already twenty-five years old, which was not young anymore.
Murong Lan, the granddaughter of the neighboring official, is still waiting for him to return so that the two families can sit down together and discuss their marriage.
Gu Huanian felt a little annoyed after reading the letter. He had told his mother many times that he had no interest in that Lan and didn't like her.
But she kept bringing it up. It was fine before he didn't have anyone he liked, but now that he'd met Su Li, he couldn't let her misunderstand.
Thinking about these things, I can't explain them clearly in a letter now. He'll be returning to Beijing in a few days.
We should talk to her mother face to face and make things clear, so she won't make any more random pairings.
*
As soon as Li Liang and Li Fang returned home, Yuan Shuo asked his niece how she was doing in the village.
Before Li Liang could speak, Li Fang said indignantly, "Dad, do you know? There are seven or eight people in Jiao Jiao's dormitory. I can't even find a place to put my foot down. And that Su Li, because she used to be Jiao Jiao's neighbor, always bullies Jiao Jiao. She's so mean. I heard her family is very poor. Her parents didn't give her a penny before she went to the countryside, but guess what? After she went to the countryside, she rented a place and ate meat every day."
Jiaojiao said that before she went to the countryside, her family had 800 yuan stolen from them. I suspect that Su Li did it. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that Jiaojiao's family was robbed and she had money after going to the countryside?
Today, my younger brother and I went to the village to visit Sister Jiaojiao. We saw Su Li refusing to help someone who begged her for help. I only said a few words to her, and she hit both Sister Jiaojiao and me. Sister Jiaojiao said that she originally had a job and didn't need to go to the countryside, but Su Li stole Sister Jiaojiao's household registration book and registered her to go. She also said that Su Li had previously stolen Sister Jiaojiao's boyfriend.
Yuan Shuo never expected that this female educated youth named Su Li would be so arrogant and bully people like this.
The reason he didn't go today is that some factory leaders came down to inspect the factory, and he couldn't leave.
I was thinking of sending my two children to see how my niece was doing. I never imagined that she was having such a hard time and being bullied so badly.
He made up his mind to take a couple of days off to visit his niece and, while he was at it, warn that Su Li that she shouldn't go too far.
Back then, he and his sister lost their parents at a young age and depended on each other for survival, but then they were caught in a famine.
His sister got married, and he didn't want to be a burden to her. A merchant wanted to find a son-in-law to live with his wife's family, so he volunteered and went with him.
At first, he was still in contact with his sister. She said she had given birth to a daughter, nicknamed Jiaojiao. At that time, he often bought things and clothes and sent them to her.
Later, some things happened to his father-in-law's side, and he was worried that frequent contact with his sister would be bad for them, so he stopped contacting her.
It wasn't until two years after his sister passed away that he learned about it. To make up for his niece's loss, he sent her lots of money, clothes, and the like. Su Guoqiang rarely replied to his letters, so over time he stopped sending as much.
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