"Thank you, Xie Yan! There's a letter for you!" Gu Bin's voice, like a loudspeaker, rang out from outside.
"Look, it's from the capital. It must have been sent to you by your family!"
Gu Bin ran into the postman at the intersection, who saw his letter and handed it to him. Gu Bin was planning to go to Xie Yan's place to freeload, as the food sent from home had recently run out, and Xie Yan had started working again and was no longer going to the commune.
His mouth was practically tasteless.
I was originally planning to go to the commune for a treat tomorrow.
Today I'll go to Xie Yan's place to see if there's anything good to eat that I can mooch off.
He's pitiful too! He lives like a beggar.
Xie Yan took the letter, but before he could even say thank you, he heard this guy shout, "What did you guys make? It tastes so weird!"
"Both sour and fragrant?"
"What delicious food did you make this time?"
Xie Yan casually placed the letter on the table. "Time to pickle vegetables!"
Upon hearing that it was food, Gu Bin asked with delight, "Is it delicious?" He then sniffed it hard, "It smells quite good!"
"It must taste delicious!"
Xie Yan said irritably, "It's only just been pickled, it'll take a year to eat! You'll have to wait until next year, then you can eat it."
Gu Bin's eyes lit up. "Do you have any from last year? I'd like to try some. Maybe I'll find I don't like it?"
Xie Yan glared at him. "You don't even like to eat these things? How come I didn't know that?"
Gu Bin rolled his eyes. "Yeah, there is! They don't like cornbread! They don't like the food the educated youth ordered either! Isn't there plenty of food?"
"Is it because you're getting old and your memory is starting to fail?"
Xie Yan lifted his eyelids and threatened, "Looks like you don't really want to eat this either?"
Gu Bin quickly slid to his knees, "How could that be? Look at you, young and handsome, you're even more handsome than that annoying guy from the educated youth settlement." He then looked around and lowered his voice, "You'd definitely make your wife swoon."
Xie Yan muttered a curse, "Get out!"
Reluctantly, she got up and brought out a small dish of pickled vegetables from the kitchen. "This is for eating with rice. If you don't eat anything else, this will make you sick of the salt!"
Gu Bin waved his hand dismissively, picked up a small stool, sat down at the table, and tasted a green bean. "Mmm~"
It has a strange taste, a bit sour but also delicious, fragrant and crunchy!
"It's delicious! Xie Yan, you're not a true brother! You never told me about this good stuff, you just ate it all by yourself!"
Xie Yan was speechless. "Brother, I was eating openly and honestly. Why would I eat my own food secretly?"
Gu Bin sighed, "Fine! You're eating it openly and honestly, but if you have something this good, why don't you share it with me? Why are you eating it all by yourself?"
Xie Yan really wanted to kick him out. "I'll share this with you. After I share it, will I still eat it? Otherwise, you'll have tricked me out of everything."
Xie Yan: "Didn't I tell you? Otherwise, how would you have known?"
Gu Bin was speechless. "You're shameless! I found this out myself, what does it have to do with you!"
Xie Yan calmly replied, "You're so shameless! If you hadn't sent me a letter, would you have found out?"
"And also, your eyelids are really thick!"
Gu Binmo touched his nose, feeling a little embarrassed. He knew from the taste that pickling vegetables required a lot of vinegar, which was brewed from grains and was not cheap.
He now has a good understanding of the prices here.
"I won't take your things for nothing, don't worry. I have a military overcoat here, do you want it?"
Xie Yan's eyes lit up, and he patted him on the shoulder, "Good brother, don't worry, I'll bring you a plate when you leave, take it and eat it, then come back for more!"
As for how much to give in the future, that's a matter for the future!
Plates are not all the same; they come in different sizes, don't they?
Let's get our hands on the military overcoat first.
Gu Bin slapped his hand away. "You bastard, if I don't have this military overcoat, are you going to refuse to give me the pickled vegetables?"
Xie Yan lied through his teeth, "How could that be? What kind of relationship do we have? Why wouldn't I give you pickled vegetables? If I really didn't want to give them to you, I wouldn't have even offered them to you!"
Gu Bin took another bite of the pickled vegetable. And he had to admit, it tasted really good! It was even addictive; once you started eating it, you couldn't stop! "Since you've said so, I'll believe you for now!"
Seeing that he was still eating, Xie Yan couldn't help but move the plate further away. "Eat less, there's a lot of salt in this, you'll die of thirst later!"
Gu Bin smacked his lips, put down his chopsticks, and said, "It is indeed quite salty!"
Xie Yan got up and packed a box of pickled vegetables for the guy. He handed it to him with a smile and said, "Could you get me a couple?" He knew a little about Gu Bin's family situation. There were quite a few soldiers in the family, so getting a few military overcoats wouldn't be a problem!
Gu Bin took the box, weighed it in his hand, and said with a smile, "Alright, I'll get in touch with them for you. I guarantee you won't freeze this winter!"
He glanced inside and, not seeing Yu Yuehui, smiled and said, "And your wife is here too~"
Xie Yan glared at him speechlessly, "If you don't want it anymore, take it back!"
Gu Bin hugged the box, smiled, and left, saying, "What's given away is mine!"
Xie Yan smiled and shook his head. Since he had nothing else to do, he opened the letter and started reading.
His hands trembled slightly, and the letter he held seemed to weigh a ton, making it hard for Xie Yan to breathe.
The veins on the back of his hand bulged, and after a long while he chuckled softly, gritting his teeth as he said, "Good! Very good indeed! Excellent!"
Look how happy that family is!
The eldest got married, and the second child found a job—how wonderful! What a sweet and lovely family!
I was laughing when I suddenly choked up!
What a load of bull!
Xie Yan resolutely tore the letter to shreds and threw it far away.
A fire of anger was burning inside him, almost driving him to the brink of madness!
How ridiculous! They've treated him like this, and what's more, they're still saying anything? They want him to understand their difficulties? Why should he understand? He'll never understand a thing!
Xie Yan overturned the things on the table, feeling increasingly upset!
So it's possible to find a job, right?
He's only been in the countryside for a month! Don't tell him it's just a coincidence that he couldn't find a job a month ago, but got one a month later!
Jobs in the city aren't as common as cabbages!
Waiting for your whole family!
What an ironic statement!
"He's been sensible since he was little, he'll definitely understand the family's difficulties!"
Understand my ass!
Being sensible means you deserve to be bullied, forgotten, and abandoned!
Xie Yan's fingernails had unknowingly dug into his flesh, and the veins on his arms were bulging.
Xie Yan took a deep breath and tried hard to control her emotions, but it was no use; she couldn't control herself.
He desperately wanted to destroy the world, as if that was the only way to vent his anger!
The beast within could no longer be contained; it burst forth, roaring wildly, wanting to destroy everything.
Hearing the commotion outside, Yu Yue ran out and saw Xie Yan, who was clearly not in a good state, and asked softly, "What's wrong?"
Xie Yan's eyes were bloodshot. He knew he was in a dangerous state and his condition was not right. He replied to Yue, "I want to be alone."
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