Gu Bin wasn't angry about being kicked. He picked up the candy Xie Yan had just dropped, unwrapped it, and started eating. "I was just worried about you, brother. Why are you being so fierce? Did I hit a nerve and you're getting angry?"
Xie Yan rolled her eyes, snatched the candy from his hand, and said, "Get lost! I'm going to distribute candy to everyone! I'm not talking to a childish kid like you!"
Gu Bin snatched it from his hand again, grabbing a large handful for himself and stuffing it into his pocket. "Hmph! As a good brother, how can I have as much candy as everyone else!"
While eating candy, she retorted, "You're the childish one! You're the most childish one!"
Xie Yan rolled her eyes and handed him 150 yuan as she walked away, saying, "Here! Money for the watch."
Gu Bin took the money, counted it, and gave Xie Yan fifty yuan back. "This hundred is enough. You gave too much!" Seeing that Xie Yan didn't take it, he put it directly into Xie Yan's pocket. "Take it. You'll need money a lot in the future. If you really feel bad about it, just remember me if you want anything good to eat!"
Xie Yan's lips twitched slightly; the emotion that had just welled up inside him vanished instantly. Foodie! All he ever does is eat!
As soon as the two entered the educated youth settlement, they saw several educated youths sitting outside. Several female educated youths were sitting in front, each holding some melon seeds and chatting while eating them.
Liu Yihong sat under the eaves behind, looking like a lonely old man, swatting mosquitoes from time to time!
Liu Yihong was quite happy to see Xie Yan. After all, they had lived together for so long and had developed some feelings for each other. Plus, Xie Yan had a good temper, and now that he was leaving, he was quite reluctant to part with him.
He could never have imagined that his dear friend, whom he was so reluctant to part with, would think of him as a lonely old man.
Actually, it's quite common to cool off outside in the summer. Most people in the village do this. Nowadays, everyone uses kerosene lamps, but kerosene requires coupons, so everyone tries to save as much as possible.
To save kerosene, many families don't turn on the lights at night and sleep by the moonlight outside!
It's not dark outside yet, so everyone is sitting outside chatting. This saves on kerosene and allows them to gossip together, which is a win-win situation.
Along the way, Xie Yan saw many men and women sitting in twos and threes outside chatting.
Several female educated youths were very excited to see Xie Yan arrive. They all knew very well why Xie Yan had come today, and with the bag of candy he was carrying, it was hard for them to ignore him!
Who cares about anything else when there's candy to eat? Candy is such a rare and precious thing!
Liu Yihong walked over and patted Xie Yan on the shoulder. "The dishes today were all delicious. Thank you for spending the money. I'll order some on behalf of the other comrades from the educated youth to thank you!"
Wan Chun'er, Wang Mei, and the others chimed in, "That's right! Xie Yan, you know how long it's been since we've had meat. We're only able to eat meat this time because of you!"
Xie Yan smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing. I couldn't even invite you all to my wedding banquet, so I could only try to get some meat for you all to enjoy! It's also a way of thanking you all for taking care of me before!"
"Come on, come on, I brought some wedding candy to share with everyone. I was supposed to come over this afternoon, but I had too many relatives there and couldn't leave. I came over as soon as I finished getting things settled there!"
"Although I've moved out, my heart is still with our educated youth settlement. If you ever need anything in the future, you can come to me! Of course, I'll do whatever it takes!"
These are just official platitudes, and everyone just laughs them off; nobody takes them seriously.
At the thank-you banquet, everyone received a handful of candy to share!
Wang Hongmei looked at the candy in her hand and pursed her lips. It was just ordinary fruit candy. She couldn't even afford to buy some milk candy. So stingy! And this is from Beijing!
Seeing Wang Hongmei's actions, Yuzhen quietly tugged at her arm. After all, Xie Yan was still nearby, so they should be a little careful!
Wang Hongmei felt Yuzhen's reminder and forced a smile, which was already giving Xie Yan a lot of face. She disliked him because Xie Yan hadn't spoken up for them when they were cooking earlier!
In her mind, the newly arrived educated youth should unite against outsiders and work together as one. She never expected that Gu Bin and Xie Yan would betray them and not speak up for them at all!
Moreover, they sided with the older generation of educated youth!
Xie Yan saw through their new moves but said nothing. He wasn't sure he'd have any dealings with them in the future, so he didn't care about their little tricks at all!
Most other people are quite sensible; after receiving the candy, they will say congratulations!
After going around the room, Xie Yan looked at the remaining candy in the bag and felt something was wrong. There shouldn't be so much left. He noticed that there was light coming from the house over there, so he knew that Shen Jianguo must be inside and hadn't come out.
With a weary sigh, she turned to the others and said with a smile, "You guys continue enjoying the cool air, I'll go inside and deliver this to Shen Jianguo and the other guy!"
Gu Bin waved his hand, "Go on, go on! Be careful not to bring any mosquitoes in!"
Xie Yan: "..."
Why can't we include text in this? There's so much text outside!
This made Xie Yan not want to go in, but you should have given it to everyone else, but you didn't give it to the two of them, which is not fair!
When I got to the door, sure enough, it was closed!
Xie Yan knocked on the door, and Song Jianshe's voice came from inside: "Who is it! What is it?"
Xie Yan stared speechlessly at the sky. "I, Xie Yan, came to deliver wedding candy to you!" With all that noise outside, are you two deaf? And who are you asking?
Inside the room, Song Jianshe was washing his feet. He was sitting on a stool, and on the other side was a foot basin. The water in it had changed color, indicating that someone had already washed their feet there.
Shen Jianshe looked at Shen Jianguo, who was sitting inside the mosquito net on the kang (a heated brick bed) reading a book, and mouthed, "Should I open it?"
Shen Jianguo rolled his eyes. This idiot! Someone came to deliver something, and he still asked if he should open the door. He said in a deep voice, "Go open the door!"
Song Jianshe hurriedly put on his slippers and rushed to open the door!
The moment she opened the door, her expression changed completely, and she greeted everyone with a beaming smile, "Oh, Xie Yan! Congratulations! Come in!"
Xie Yan was also entering Shen Jianguo's room for the first time. The room was the same as the one he had stayed in before, but it was obviously much cleaner and the things inside were more exquisite!
Xie Yan didn't dare to look around carelessly, so he grabbed a handful of wedding candy and gave it to Song Jianshe. He originally wanted to give Shen Jianguo a handful as well, but seeing his pathetic state, he turned around and left!
This made him appear noble.
From head to toe, Shen Jianguo didn't come out of his mosquito net, not even raising his head once.
Xie Yan isn't a pushover; he doesn't like being fawned over.
You, Shen Jianguo, are such a noble person! His mere mortal candy is certainly not worthy of her.
After Xie Yan left, she handed the remaining candy to Gu Bin and stormed off!
Gu Bin originally wanted to talk to him about the wedding night, but when he saw the candy in his hand, he knew that things weren't going very well over there, so he shut his mouth.
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