Chapter 116 This sentence is enough
Fubao looked at Su Wanru's red eyes and sighed softly in his heart.
When Su Wanru saw that it was Fubao and Chen Cuier, she quickly let them into the house and took out some delicious food for them.
Fubao and Chen Cui'er didn't dare mention Huo Jinyun. After all, they were students and Su Wanru was the teacher, and even the closest of ties meant some things couldn't be said. So they settled on small talk, recounting the city's recent changes and the radio. Su Wanru, listening, felt a surge of longing and interest. After all, new changes always bring a new mood. Fubao spoke at length, then concluded, "Every day is different. Today it's one way, tomorrow it might be another. It's all a new atmosphere!"
These words were spoken loudly and solemnly, almost like the commentary of the news broadcast, which made Su Wanru and Chen Cuier couldn't help laughing.
After laughing, Su Wanru looked out the window, a hint of helplessness on her lips: "What's the use of a new look? I feel like my life has been set. This is it."
She is three years younger than Huo Jinyun and is 27 years old this year. Even if she returns to the city now, she will be an old maid.
What's more, her family background is very ordinary, and after returning, she is very different from Huo Jinyun.
She had no idea how she would live in the future.
Among the female educated youth who traveled with her, some married male educated youth, and some simply lived with local farmers, but she had always devoted her attention to the school over the years and had never thought about anything else.
By the time I finally managed to remember it, I was already 27 years old and an old maid.
There has never been an old girl of her age in the city or the countryside.
Fubao said hurriedly, "Sister Wanru, don't say that. How can you say it's finalized? No one can predict what the future will be like. You might even go back to the city tomorrow!"
Su Wanru lowered her head and chuckled softly: "Oh, you suddenly called me Sister Wanru, it reminds me of your childhood."
When she first met Fubao, Fubao was just a six-year-old little glutinous ball. He stood there with his big clear eyes and called her like a sister. Fubao was so cute at that time!
But when I think about it carefully, I was only eighteen years old at that time, the best age.
It seemed like the days passed by so quickly, and in the blink of an eye, so many years had passed. Fubao had grown up, and I had also become a girl.
As for returning to the city, how is that possible? She will never be able to go back in her lifetime.
"But I can't go back, I can't go back—"
When I said this, I suddenly burst into tears.
She didn't want to cry in front of Fubao and Chen Cui'er, but she couldn't help it.
She covered her face and tried desperately to suppress her emotions, but the grievance, grief and indignation made her cry with her mouth wide open.
Fubao and Chen Cuier were frightened and hurried to comfort her. Su Wanru hugged Fubao and Chen Cuier and started crying.
After crying for a long time, she finally calmed down. Thinking about it, she felt embarrassed: "I lost my composure today. I don't know what happened. I feel sad."
Fubao held her hand and said, "Sister Wanru, listen to me."
Su Wanru was originally panicking, but when Fubao suddenly held her hand like this, she felt that Fubao's slender hands seemed to have an inexplicable power that soothed her originally disordered mood and calmed her down.
She couldn't help but look up and look at Fubao: "Huh?"
Fubao stared at Su Wanru and said solemnly, "Sister Wanru, don't cry. Everything will be fine. It really will be fine."
Su Wanru was stunned.
For some reason, she had a trance-like feeling that Fubao was telling the truth.
Fubao said that everything will get better.
She actually nodded, smiled with tears in her eyes and said, "Well, it will be fine..."
Even after she sent Fubao and Chen Cuier out, she was still feeling dazed.
She even began to feel excited and look forward to it.
But soon, she was at a loss.
It's just a sentence, how is that possible? Fubao is just a child. How can it be possible that he will really get better if she says so?
——
Fubao and Chen Cuier walked out hand in hand.
Chen Cui'er sighed: "Teacher Su has been delayed!"
Of course she understood that Teacher Su was already 27 years old and it would be difficult for him to find a partner at this age.
Fu Bao looked up at the sky, watched the birds flying in the distance, and said with a smile: "Love may come early or late, but one day it will come to her."
Chen Cui'er: "..."
She sighed and said to Fubao helplessly, "Fubao, sometimes I think you're very smart and have a very accurate view of things, but sometimes I think you're very unrealistic, like someone floating in the sky."
Fubao said he didn't understand: "Why am I floating in the sky?"
Chen Cui'er: "The so-called love you speak of is all from books. It's far from us, and it's also far from our teacher Su. For us, we should think about what kind of dowry our family can prepare, what kind of person we can find on a blind date, and what kind of life we can live in the future. This is the most realistic thing."
Fubao: "...You've been studying for so many years, how come you think and speak like Wang Fugui's wife?"
Chen Cui'er choked: "Isn't it? This is reality, what else do you want to do? So I advise you not to read those idle books, they are all miscellaneous books, useless. My family allows me to go to high school, because they can afford it. Otherwise, you might as well come back early to find a blind date and get married."
Fubao didn't understand: "Cui'er, why do you think your family let you go to high school?"
Nowadays, the college entrance examination has been cancelled for a long time, and it is rare for a girl's family to still be willing to support her.
Chen Cui'er blushed. This was something she was too embarrassed to say out loud, but Fubao was her good sister, so she didn't mind being embarrassed. She lowered her voice and said, "Of course I'm going to find a good partner through blind dating. With a higher education, you can also find a good match. My mother said that when the time comes, let my father introduce me to the son of the secretary of the commune. She said that he has good conditions and if we get married, we can have three turns and one ring, and thirty-six legs like the people in the city."
Fubao really didn't expect that his good sister, who is only in the first year of high school, has already thought about these things.
She was a little surprised: "But, can there be love between you and the son of the commune secretary?"
Chen Cui'er curled her lips. "Love? That's all in books. Why should we country people care about that? Do you know where the door to love opens? I just want to find a good husband and live a good life!"
Fubao was completely speechless.
Good friends, of course they are good friends, lifelong good friends, but the differences in values are really irreconcilable.
Chen Cui'er looked at Fubao's silly face, sighed, held his little hand, and said earnestly: "Fubao, let me tell you, you are good-looking, good at studying, smart, and you have won awards before. In fact, your conditions are really good. You have to think of a way to find a good marriage in the future. Don't look at us as only fifteen, but a few years have passed in the blink of an eye. You have to pay attention from now on."
Fubao: “…”
Chen Cui'er thought about it and began to worry about her: "That son of Secretary Li's family, his name is Li Jianbai, right? I think he is not bad. He is good-looking, and the most important thing is that his family is well-off. If you can get hold of him and marry into his family, wow, that would be a bright future, and you would be able to live a good life in the future! I tell you this, don't take it to heart. I will be sixteen soon after the New Year, and we are going to school. If we don't go to school, we can start dating at the age of sixteen or seventeen."
Fubao said with some difficulty: "Cui'er, what you said, I——"
Although I knew that just when I said this, I heard a cough next to me.
Fubao and Chen Cuier were originally chatting privately, but when they heard this suddenly, they were naturally startled and looked over quickly.
They saw a man named Shengyin standing in the poplar forest in front of them, looking at the two of them with a smile.
And standing next to Shengyin is...
Chen Cui'er looked over in surprise. The other person looked handsome and elegant, about two or three years older than them. He was dressed very elegantly and must be from the city.
Chen Cui'er frowned.
Ever since Shengyin was caught for buying and selling food coupons and got into trouble, he has been keeping a low profile. He rarely speaks in class and rarely shows up in front of them.
I didn't expect to meet you suddenly today.
Shengyin glanced at Fubao, and then her gaze fell on the young man beside her. She carefully paid attention to the young man's expression.
The young man naturally heard what Fubao and Chen Cuier said.
He found it a little funny. It sounded like these two girls were not even sixteen years old. Were they paying attention to this kind of thing at such a young age?
And what he was thinking about was three turns, one sound and thirty-six legs.
He just smiled and glanced over subconsciously.
I was thinking that I would see two rustic country girls.
But when Fubao's figure jumped into his sight, his eyes suddenly burst into amazing light.
This little girl is so pretty.
I have never seen anything so white and delicate in the city.
She doesn't look like a country girl at all. Country girls are not as pretty as her, nor do they have her unique temperament. She looks like a girl who was raised in a big city.
Shengyin noticed the look Huo Jinze gave Fubao, and a look of unwillingness suddenly flashed in her eyes.
In this life, she was caught reselling food stamps on the black market, criticized and educated, and her record was recorded in her file. She swallowed all these grievances.
Because she remembers what is most important to her.
So she waited at the train station early and "coincidentally" met Huo Jinze as soon as possible. She also inadvertently learned that Huo Jinyun was her teacher's younger brother, and helped him find the way. Finally, she got the upper hand and got to know Huo Jinze earlier than Fubao.
She could lose a thousand or ten thousand times in front of Fubao, but this time, she couldn't lose to Huo Jinze.
She saw Huo Jinze's appreciation for her, and she had already agreed to communicate with Huo Jinze. She felt that she was halfway to victory.
But now, when Huo Jinze saw Fubao for the first time, at that moment, she felt the surprise in Huo Jinze's eyes.
She suddenly panicked, clenched her fists, and watched Huo Jinze's movements carefully.
Fortunately... Huo Jinze looked away after his initial surprise.
Shengyin chuckled: "Are you here to see Teacher Huo too?"
Chen Cui'er nodded and said lightly: "Yeah."
She didn't really want to talk to Shengyin and didn't like Shengyin.
Fubao couldn't help but glance at Huo Jinze next to him.
She didn't know who this person was, but the way he looked at her just now made her feel uncomfortable.
Especially since she and Chen Cui'er had just talked about girls' private topics and someone had overheard them, the other person's stares made her feel a little embarrassed.
Besides, that person seemed to be very familiar with Shengyin.
Fubao just nodded politely and left with Chen Cuier.
After Fubao and Chen Cui'er walked away, Shengyin smiled and said, "Their names are Gu Fubao and Chen Cui'er, both are students of Teacher Huo, but they are -"
Huo Jinze: "What happened to them?"
Shengyin smiled: "I can't really explain it. I guess he and I are not the same kind of people."
Huo Jinze thought of the stunning look of one of the girls and stopped talking.
He didn't know who Fubao was and who Chen Cui'er was, but he didn't want to ask.
Aren't rural girls supposed to be simple and innocent? It turns out they are so scheming.
——
That night, when the people who came to visit had dispersed and the educated youth site had finally become quiet, Huo Jinyun had dinner but did not want to stay in the house.
He was excited, with an irrepressible tide surging in his heart, but he felt as if something was missing.
He couldn't help but walk out of the room and look at the room opposite, which was Su Wanru's room.
The door of Su Wanru's room was closed, and it was unknown whether she was in the room.
He will leave tomorrow, leave here and return to the city he has been away from for ten years.
He didn't know if he would have the chance to knock on that door again, just like countless mornings in the past nine years. He knocked on that door and said with a smile, "Wanru, get ready to go to school."
He stood there, hesitated for a long time, and finally reached out his hand.
Before his hand touched the door, it opened.
Su Wanru was standing inside the door, holding a basin of water and about to pour it out.
When she saw Huo Jinyun, she was stunned.
Huo Jinyun lowered his eyes, hesitated, and then said, "Want to go out for a walk and chat?"
Su Wanru blushed and looked inside the house.
Her roommate in the room was called Peng Yu. Peng Yu tried hard to signal: "I want to wash my feet. You are in the way here. Please go out for a walk first."
Su Wanru knew that Peng Yu was giving her a chance, so she bit her lip and nodded.
After walking out of the educated youth's small courtyard, the night was getting darker. A crescent moon hung on the treetops, reflecting the remaining snow on the piles of dry firewood and weeds on the ground. It was cold and lonely, and everything was silent.
The Big Roller Mountain in the distance returned to tranquility after the catastrophe, and its undulating silhouette appeared in the night.
Huo Jinyun wrapped her cotton jacket tightly.
The village at the foot of the mountain was extremely cold on this night, so cold that the air breathed in froze people's lungs.
He took a deep breath: "I...will be going back tomorrow."
Su Wanru: "Yeah, I know."
After venting her emotions during the day, she was calm at this moment, extremely calm.
She knew that some educated youth had gotten the opportunity to return to the city, but she didn't, and she never would.
Her life might very well be ruined at the foot of Big Roller Mountain.
It’s an exaggeration to say that she was ruined. At least she made her contribution here and did what she should do. At least many years later, the children she taught will still remember her, remember the talkative and cheerful teacher Su.
That's enough.
That's where her value ends.
Huo Jinyun stopped and looked at Su Wanru.
When they came to the countryside together, Su Wanru was only seventeen years old, a very young and lively girl, about the same age as Fubao Chen Cui'er is now. But now, she is twenty-seven years old. She can definitely not be called old, but for an unmarried girl, she is definitely not too young.
In rural areas, there are many women under the age of 20 who breastfeed their babies in the streets.
For ten years, he knew her pain and her helplessness.
Sometimes she even felt that there was no one else in the world who understood her as well as he did.
Huo Jinyun gritted his teeth and said, "Wanru, wait for the opportunity, wait for the opportunity, and you will return to the city."
Su Wanru smiled: "I can't wait for this opportunity."
So far, who are the people who can go back? Xiao Dingkun's family has its own connections, Huo Jinyun also has a good family background, and there are a few other educated youth who have returned, and they all got the quotas through connections.
But what about her? What else can her family do except write letters saying that they have no money to spend, no food to eat, and that her brother has no wife to marry?
Huo Jinyun was silent for a long time, staring at Su Wanru silently.
Finally, he took off his scarf and wrapped it around Su Wanru's neck.
The scarf, which was tinged with masculine scent, brought a sudden warmth that caught Su Wanru off guard. She blushed and said, "You..."
Huo Jinyun is also feeling very uncomfortable now.
He is a low-key person. He doesn't speak easily and never acts impulsively.
What he was doing now was unprecedented for him.
He turned his face away and said uncomfortably, "Before, you know my family situation, I didn't dare say anything because I was afraid of getting others into trouble."
Su Wanru clenched the scarf in her hand, bit her lip, and stared at Huo Jinyun blankly, her heart beating like a drum.
Huo Jinyun: "Now, my family is finally well, but my parents are in poor health. They are completely broken. I have to go back and fulfill my filial duty. I can't make any promises anymore."
Su Wanru's face was burning hot and she couldn't say a word.
Huo Jinyun said hoarsely, "...Leave this scarf here for me. I, I, will wait..."
Huo Jinyun didn't say what he was waiting for.
But Su Wanru understood.
Their generation should have had the most passionate youth, but they encountered such an era. They had to restrain their temperament, be low-key in their actions, and be reserved in their words. Even if they were familiar with the most passionate poems about love in famous domestic and foreign classics, they could not say a word at the critical moment.
Tears welled up in Su Wanru's eyes: "I, I understand..."
There is no need to say anything, she understands, really understands.
Just hearing this from him was enough for her.
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