More words came to my throat, but I refused to say them.
Gu Zhiye leaned over Su Niannian's neck, kissing her ears from time to time. The latter's cheeks flushed, and she pushed him away with her free hand.
Except love, Su Niannian gave him everything.
…
The next morning.
When Su Niannian woke up, there was no one around her. There was a faint scent of bitter chestnut flowers in the air. Her face turned slightly red. She put on her clothes and opened the window.
Su Zhaodi was washing clothes in the yard, and the rest of the people were nowhere to be found. Su Niannian asked casually, "Where are they?"
Su Zhaodi wrung out the water stains and raised her eyes to answer, "Grandma said you should eat less pickled food. Early in the morning, Brother Wang took your husband and cousin to the mountains to hunt. They will probably be back in the afternoon. The price of pork has increased now. It's 75 cents a pound. You can't buy it without a meat ticket. The captain turned a blind eye. Whether you can hunt meat depends on your ability!"
"I remember there are still some tender chives under the old tree. Cousin, please knead the white flour I brought back and make some chive cakes."
"Okay, tell me what else you want to eat!" Su Zhaodi wiped her hands on her bib, with a simple face and hardworking demeanor that gradually resembled Wang Guifen, making her particularly pleasing to the eye.
Su Niannian waved to her and asked her to come over, and gave her a portion of authentic clam oil and vanishing cream that she brought back from the South China Sea.
Su Zhaodi was so happy that the corners of her mouth were raised all the time.
Towards the afternoon, after much anticipation, the three men of the family finally returned with things in their hands: two pheasants, a hare and five or six quails. It was a big harvest. Wang Wei didn't usually get such a harvest. He knew at a glance who had done it. The only unusual thing was that the three men seemed to have rolled in the mud, with fallen leaves on their heads. Gu Zhiye even had a sleeve torn, which was very unusual.
Su Niannian asked with a straight face, "How did you do that?!"
Before Gu Zhiye could answer, Su Jianshan, who was very angry, complained first: "It was Su Kui, the brat, who teamed up with the villagers to block us at the foot of the mountain. If it weren't for my brother-in-law's quick reaction, we would have been beaten black and blue! Look, my arm is swollen from being pinched here, it hurts so much..."
Wang Wei smiled and put his arm around his shoulder: "We had a fight, luckily we won."
Without thinking, I knew that he liked the good things done by Su Niannian's gang. Looking closely at Gu Zhiye, it was obvious that he had been entangled in a fight. Su Niannian subconsciously lifted his clothes, fearing that the villagers would not show enough strength. Gu Zhiye reflexively stepped back two steps. After meeting Su Niannian's angry eyes, he smiled and explained, "It's okay! It's really okay.
Let's clean up the game first. Su Kui and the others said they will come to apologize later. The Su family needs to have a foothold in the village, so it's better to have more friends than more enemies."
According to Gu Zhiye's character, he would fight if he was not convinced, but for the Su family, he was willing to tolerate and back down. In other words, for Su Niannian, he was willing to do anything.
Su Zhaodi didn't care about these trivial matters. She happily took the pheasant to deal with it. As for the other things, she gave them to her husband Wang Wei. Gu Zhiye coaxed Su Niannian left and right, and finally managed to make her not angry about this matter. But as the young and middle-aged men in the village entered the house, no one of them could get a good look from Su Niannian.
Su Kui, the instigator, touched the bruise on his cheek awkwardly and asked Gu Zhiye in a low voice: "Brother Ye, does Nian Nian dislike us coming to your house?"
Gu Zhiye's eyes darkened and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.
"No, she's just in a bad mood during her pregnancy. Sorry."
The young men who were originally toasting each other paused, their eyes all fell on Su Niannian's stomach, the wine in their mouths suddenly became bitter, and many of them got drunk. Even the usually steady Su Kui got drunk, and kept hugging Su Jianshan and crying, "Why don't you like me! Why don't you like me!"
Su Jianshan burped, spat out half a quail bone, squinted his eyes and said, "Help me hunt ten quails tomorrow, and I'll like you. It's no big deal!"
The old Su family who watched the whole process: "..."
Shen Xiu'e filled Gu Zhiye's glass with rice wine from the countryside and said with a smile, "Look how smart Jianshan is. People who have been to the northwest are different. I can guarantee his marriage! It will work out! Little Gu, I have always treated Nian Nian as my own daughter. Zhao Di is the only child in my family. She is a failure, but your brother-in-law Wang Wei is very strong. If it is convenient, why don't you give him a hand?!"
The wine bowl in Wang Wei's hand fell to the ground with a thud, and his face turned dark red.
Gu Zhiye's smile did not reach his eyes: "Aunt, do you think I look drunk?"
"ah?!"
"I won't do anything illegal. If my brother-in-law is really capable, I can help him make connections, but I won't take on a job that's too complicated. I treat everyone the same. You are Nian Nian's family, and you are my family. If you have any problems, come to me in the northwest. As for other things, I can't help you."
He staggered away from the table and went straight back to the house.
Su Niannian heard everything that was said at the table from a distance. To be honest, her face was burning. Fortunately, Gu Zhiye had a balance in his heart. She helped the man to lie on the bed. The moment she fell, Gu Zhiye grabbed her waist, his eyes blurred but his tone clear: "Tell Brother Jianshan to pack up and leave with us tomorrow. The organization can arrange his marriage."
Gu Zhiye was always like a worm in her stomach, easily able to guess her unspeakable thoughts, "Is it appropriate?!"
"Zhang Yan and your brother get along well, he will find a way." Gu Zhiye rubbed his forehead and closed his eyes. It was obvious that staying in the old Su family was not a good choice for Su Jianshan. The other party was Su Niannian's weak spot, and they had to keep their brother-in-law by their side. He had already prepared for this move.
The next day.
As expected, Su Jianshan packed up his things and left home with Su Niannian and his wife under the envious eyes of the second wife.
The troops had called to urge them to leave, so Gu Zhiye was unable to send Su Niannian to the northwest. The three of them separated in City A and went in different directions. With Su Jianshan guarding Su Niannian, Gu Zhiye felt a little more at ease. Before leaving, he stuffed a wooden sculpture into Su Niannian's palm and said, "Wait for me."
Su Niannian lowered her eyes and just caught a glimpse of the rabbit wood carving that she had forgotten.
It was very beautiful and lifelike. Su Jianshan liked it very much when he saw it.
As soon as he got on the bus, he opened the package and took out the meat coupons that Wang Guifen had stuffed in. He said proudly, "Look! This is the meat coupon that grandma exchanged with the captain. Sister, when we get off the bus, I will go straight to the supply and marketing cooperative and ask Niannian to cut the fattest piece for us..."
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